Chapter 363 – Old Acquaintance

Update: 2013-05-28

Pinghe County. A county in the country’s top 100 counties can be hung on the bottom of the list, with the metropolis is different here almost can not see the towering skyscrapers, standing in the street, both sides of the building will never block your vision, in the eyes of many people, this is also a kind of enjoyment, the long-term steel buildings under the shade, they forget how vast the sky is.

On the fourth day of the New Year, the whole Pinghe County is still in the New Year’s lively atmosphere, but the county public security bureau is not so.

A New Year’s Eve died three people, which makes the entire public security bureau had to all act, and will suppress the news, otherwise dead three people this is not to make a mess of the sky, on the surface is to maintain the annual holiday security, but insiders know is in the search for evidence.

Wang Yu is a small police officer, just last year on the police force, originally thought that a lifetime of clothes and food, not thought of New Year’s vacation was pulled to serve the people. And beside him is a young man, wearing a Taoist robe, have passed by will be very strange to look at this strange combination, a young police, a young Taoist, this northern days more than ten degrees below zero, that Taoist wearing a simple Taoist robe does not seem to feel the cold, it is just a pity that such a handsome man but did the Taoist. Occasionally walking by a few young beautiful women can not help but shake their heads and sigh.

“Master, who are you talking about the damn murderer down there.” Wang Yu stretched, then tightened his police uniform again and asked.

“If I knew would I still take you skulking around the streets?” The Taoist priest said with dissatisfaction.

Wang Yu shrunk his head, not knowing if he was scared or freezing.

“Give me detailed information about the deceased.” The Taoist priest said.

Wang Yu busy is said: “The three people who died, a sixty-three years old, said to be the old Red Army, a sixty-two years old, a farmer, a sixty-three years old, used to do a period of time as a businessman, well-off families, the three people seem to be old friends very early in the morning, are locals, according to us to ask their family members, the three people in the beginning of the year three do down to drink when it seems to have a little conflict , home are scolded the other two are not thick, but the specific why who refused to say, and later in the first four . Early in the morning, the family found the bodies of the three, while reporting, according to our investigation, the old Red Army died the earliest, followed by farmers, and then the businessman. The method of death was all a single fatal stab to the neck, and there didn’t seem to have been any resistance.”

“One stab to death.” The Taoist priest held his chin and said, “Was anything ever lost?”

“According to their families nothing was lost.” Wang Yu replied.

“That’s strange.” The Taoist priest frowned and muttered, “Could it not be the key.”

“Eh?” Wang Yu froze and said, “What key.”

“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t.” The Taoist priest glared at him.

Wang Yu in shrunk his head, this master, he has recognized for four or five years, these four or five years only met a few times, has been calling him master, as for the Taoist number, the first time they met seemed to have mentioned that they called Qing Xuan. Very capable, at least himself in accordance with what he said, in a lot of work career is all the way smooth, this voice master also shouted the heart.

Qing Xuan asked again, “I want to see the bodies of these three people.”

“Master.” Wang Yu helplessly said: “If you are the police force to see no harm, but you are not, and is responsible for this case is the new deputy director, called Sun Qi, powerful, it is said that before the Haitian City as a vice-captain of the criminal police brigade, solved a lot of cases, the new official three fires, and encountered this tricky case, where do I dare to do the wolf on the top of the wind?”

“Sun Qi?” The corner of Qing Xuan’s mouth lifted up with a hint of a smile and said, “Take me to see her.”

Wang Yu was stunned, but Qing Xuan didn’t seem to want to explain, he had no choice but to bring Qing Xuan to the public security bureau, the police coming and going were surprised to see that Wang Yu had brought a Taoist priest back, this guy called the Taoist priest did he want to perform a practice? But unexpectedly, the newly appointed deputy director seemed to resemble this Taoist priest and warmly welcomed the Taoist priest within his office.

“Qing Xuan, I can’t imagine that you really don’t give up on your profession.” Sun Qi was quite happy and said, “We haven’t seen each other for more than a decade, right?”

“Yes, I never thought I would see you here.” Qing Xuan laughed, “Aren’t you also not giving up on the position of a police officer?”

“Haha.” Sun Qi laughed, but then asked, “By the way, didn’t you follow your master into the mountains? How did you come here?”

“My disciple ran into some trouble, and it just so happens that I came here to look for a certain thing.” Qing Xuan said, “And the thing I’m looking for seems to be related to the three dead people, so I wanted to come and take a look, and by the way, could you let me see the dead bodies?”

Sun Qi frowned.

Wang Yu, on the other hand, was curious about Qing Xuan’s relationship with and Sun Qi, it seemed that the two were acquainted at a very young age and were on good terms, but when he saw Sun Qi frowning, Wang Yu’s heart thumped.

“It’s also possible.” Sun Qi thought carefully for a while and said, “I’ll let you take a look for the sake of an old friend, but you have to know that what you shouldn’t say should never be said.”

Qing Xuan nodded.

The three came to the hospital morgue, the guards guarding the morgue saw Sun Qi walking over with a Taoist priest, they were startled and did not know why, but still honestly opened the door to let the three enter, the three corpses were placed in the center, the cold air constantly blew from all directions, Wang Yu who came in could not help but in tightening his own clothes, looking at the master with some envy, only wearing a thin Taoist robe also did not feel the cold. Qing Xuan went forward, lifted the white cloth, is that the body of the old Red Army, pale face, neck has an oozing knife wound, through the knife can see the inside of the white bone, and in addition to the knife wound in the absence of the rest of the wounds, Qing Xuan looked at the rest of the two corpses in succession, are the same way of death.

“What’s the view?” Sun Qi asked.

“All three are experts.” Qing Xuan said in a deep voice.

“What?” The two of them, Sun Qi, were startled.

Qing Xuan said, “Their hands are not bad, they are at least at the level of a master in the art of the state, and they were killed by a single slash without any resistance, so it can be seen that the murderer’s methods are extremely skillful.”

“How do you know?” Sun Qi asked.

“I know the three of them, I know the masters of the three of them to be exact.” Qing Xuan said.

“Their masters?” The duo was again puzzled.

Qing Xuan said, “National Martial Arts Grandmaster Han Qishui.”

“Does this have anything to do with their master?” Sun Qi asked when she was busy, this case has been a huge headache for her, there are still dead orders from above that the case must be closed as early as possible, so there is a little help she wants to find.

“Already died ten years ago.” Qing Xuan shrugged and said, “Han Qishui had four keys in his hands, it was my Kunlun who entrusted him with the investigation for a period of thirty years, but Han Qishui gave the keys to four of his disciples before he died, and now that the thirty years have come and gone, my master ordered me to come and retrieve the keys, and I didn’t realize that the three had died.”

“It’s the fourth disciple?” Sun Qi was busy asking.

Qing Xuan said, “Not sure, his fourth disciple is called Yu Yaomu, his reach is high, his strength has far surpassed Han Qishui, if he were to commit a crime, it would indeed be simple and unusual.”

“I’ll investigate immediately.” Sun Qi was busy saying.

Qing Xuan also didn’t say anything, he needed to use Sun Qi to find out those four keys, and when the group left, the guards re-closed the door of the morgue, at this time a doctor in a white coat with a mask came over, the two guards were about to stop him but the doctor turned around and walked to the side of the storeroom, the guards shrugged their shoulders.