Chapter 24.
At first glance just now, he thought that it was the Beast Cult’s people who were behind this.
But the more he heard, the more wrong it became.
It was even if it wasn’t a local corpse, why were there dense stab wounds on the body?
That was the strange part.
The fact that we’re investigating now proves that there’s something else going on here.
The guy who killed should not have been found.
“It’s Old Zhou ah, so you’re here, hurry over, the body is placed in the courtyard, the coroner is examining it, Sheriff Xie’s expression is grave.”
The constable who answered Zhou An came in a hurry just now, and only reacted at this time, after saying a sentence, he hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard.
The inner courtyard was inhabited by the magistrate of the county office, and this time, he was probably going to report to the magistrate.
Zhou An didn’t stop, although he was puzzled inside, he still walked towards the courtyard.
Something had happened, and of course they, the constables, had to be busy as well.
“Old Liu, you get busy first, I’m going over.” Zhou An didn’t wait for Cook Liu to reply, so he gripped the long knife on his waist and walked towards the courtyard.
From the kitchen to the front yard, there wasn’t much distance.
Holding the long knife at his waist, Zhou An did not have to walk for long before he arrived at the front yard.
At this time, the front yard was already full of constables.
In the middle of the open space, a straw mat was placed.
There was a male corpse lying on the straw mat.
From Zhou An’s angle, he found that the male corpse was ordinary looking, his body was ragged and tattered, all traces of being scratched by sharp instruments.
The wounds were densely packed, there were hundreds of wounds.
These wounds no longer bled, and the blood and flesh that turned out was red, causing people to get goosebumps just by looking at it.
“An expert.”
Nowadays, Zhou An’s Planing Ding Dui Niu Blade Technique had already reached the third level.
Even from a distance, he was able to see what was wrong with the corpse at a glance.
Although these knife wounds looked horrifying, each knife was very severe.
The wounds left behind were neat.
Most importantly, the depth of each wound was similar.
The weight was lifted and relaxed.
This was an ability that could only be revealed after the knife skill had reached a certain level.
Zhou An would also be able to do this.
Precision Plus One was able to allow him to achieve the ability to put and put down his sword as he pleased, and to lift weights as if they were light.
But he was only touching the threshold now.
The corpse in front of him had densely-packed wounds on it, and to do so with every single wound, Zhou An could not do it either.
“Very strong.” Zhou An hit a standard inwardly.
As he thought this in his mind, the other side was also busy.
The experienced coroner was examining carefully.
Sheriff Xie stood aside with an ugly face, staring at the corpse on the ground, his brows furrowed.
Zhou An did not draw the attention of the crowd and came to Yu Hang’s side silently, “What’s the situation?”
Yu Hang shook his head, came over to Zhou An and whispered, “I don’t know, but Sheriff Xie’s expression is grave, I guess the identity of the person who died is not small.”
The two of them only exchanged a short exchange, after all, the occasion was not quite the same.
The coroner was still checking, the constables also stood aside, waiting patiently.
After a while, the coroner stood up.
“Death by blood loss, these stab wounds are the cause of blood loss.”
The coroner organized his language and spoke slowly.
“The other party had the strength to kill with a single blow, but instead of killing with a single blow, he achieved a slow fatality by leaving dense wounds.”
Next, the coroner began to recount the other things he had ascertained, but none of these things were too important.
After Sheriff Xie finished listening, he asked the coroner and a constable to carry the body away.
He didn’t say anything either, and the scene fell into a state of stagnation.
The constable didn’t even say anything, and the constables dared not say anything.
Zhou An stroked his chin and said in his heart, “The identity of the deceased is not ordinary.”
In the usual times, even the Beast Cult had not been so staid, this time, Sheriff Xie was not quite the same.
The grave atmosphere continued, and after another half a pillar of incense, a sound of footsteps came from outside the yamen.
Zhang Si Xian came from outside with a tired face.
“Blood Shadow Sect’s people, how did they die in Anding County?”
As soon as he came in, he let out a question.
Blood Shadow Sect?
Zhou An also heard this name for the first time and found it unfamiliar.
Sheriff Xie nodded and said, “The Blood Shadow Sect’s token was found on him.”
A jet-black token was thrown into Zhang Si Xian’s hands.
Zhang Si Xian carefully examined it for a moment and put the token away, “It is indeed the Blood Shadow Sect, if he died in Anding County, it would be a bit of a problem.”
Sheriff Xie sighed, “Originally, the Beast Cult was causing people to panic, and now there’s the Blood Shadow Sect.”
Zhang Si Xian asked, “What did the magistrate say?”
Just as he asked this, the constable who had just run off to inform the magistrate ran back.
The constable whispered a few words in Sheriff Xie’s ear and quietly retreated to the side.
Sheriff Xie felt Zhang Si County’s gaze and said, “The county magistrate said that the government offices are requested to cooperate with the Zhen Gui Si in this matter.”
Zhang Si County frowned, “With such a big event happening, he really doesn’t intend to come out of the gate, just for the selection, he has to hold himself in?”
Sheriff Xie didn’t say anything.
His rank was one level lower than Zhang Si Xian and the county magistrate, so he could only be a mute at this time.
Zhang Si Xian was also clear that they belonged to different departments and really couldn’t control this, so he just complained.
“Your manpower for patrolling the streets will have to be increased this time, I’ll go back to investigate right away and start dealing with it once I’ve found out what’s going on.”
There was no unnecessary nonsense.
Zhang Si County came and left in a hurry.
When Zhang Si Xian left, Sheriff Xie then looked at the constables in the courtyard.
“Everyone is going to have to work a little harder, from now on there are no more shifts, all of them will have to patrol the streets, one team for every two people.”
“If you encounter an unexpected situation, be sure to inform the Town Gui Si in time.”
“Remember, don’t do it the hard way.”
The constables all looked at each other when they heard these words.
Although they were only constables, they all had brains and were able to see the seriousness of the problem.
Sheriff Xie gave several more orders, and even set the area where each constable would patrol the streets before he left.
And at this time, the constables didn’t touch the fish and walked towards the outside in groups of two or two.
Zhou An and Yu Hang were assigned to a team, and the two of them looked at each other without saying anything, and silently rushed towards the place where they were patrolling the streets after they left the door.
The location of their street patrol was in a street that wasn’t very far away, named Cang Yun Street.
On both sides of the street, there was an endless stream of people and vendors shouting in all directions.
The two of them walking with swords naturally attracted frequent side glances.
Just now had not been the right time to speak, this time Zhou An opened his mouth.
“Blood Shadow Sect, what exactly is it?”
He just said this, and did not expect Yu Hang to know, after all, both of them grew up in this Anding County.
The situation just now was very special, and he was also very curious.
From the look in Zhang Si Xian’s and Sheriff Xie’s eyes, he could tell that this matter seemed to be bigger than the Beast Cult.
He had thought that he would just ask casually, but he did not expect Yu Hang’s side to give dry silence instead.
Zhou An stopped and frowned, “You know?”