Xia Fan and Fo You entered the Imperial City and arrived at the site of the fire. It was a round wooden building.
The building had collapsed due to the explosion, and the raging fire had burned everything to ashes.
Hai Dongying stared blankly at the fire, while the chubby steward was anxiously organizing the guards to put out the fire.
"What's going on?" Xia Fan frowned and asked curiously.
"It's gone."
"What's gone?"
"Father, father's body and the altar have all been burned."
Xia Fan and Fo You were stunned. Did that mean that the old emperor's body was in the fire?
Wasn't it too much of a coincidence?
Xia Fan had just planned to do an autopsy the next morning, and the body had been burned in the night?
There seemed to be a force that prevented Xia Fan from getting closer to the truth.
The others who stayed in the hotel also rushed over when they heard the news. Everyone was stunned when they heard that the old emperor's body had been burned along with the altar.
"How could it be so coincidental? Something must be wrong, "Wu Zhuo muttered in dissatisfaction.
Xia Fan did not say anything. He stood in the distance and watched the imperial guards investigate the fire.
The altar was a forbidden place for the royal family. Not only was the old emperor's body inside, but there were also countless skeletons and memorial tablets of the ancestors. Xia Fan was a guest after all, and entering the altar would offend the royal ancestors.
About an hour later, the captain of the guards, a middle-aged warrior with a ponytail, came to Hai Dongying and bowed.
"What caused the fire?" Hai Dongying asked anxiously.
The captain stood up and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the cause of the fire has been investigated. It was caused by the sudden ignition of the Green Qilin."
Green Qilin?!
Hai Dongying was stunned.
The Green Qilin was a green natural mineral with a strong burning ability. After the Green Qilin was ignited, the huge altar was engulfed in flames almost instantly.
"Why was the Green Qilin in the altar?!" Hai Dongying asked with a gloomy face.
The captain frowned and said, "Your Majesty, according to the previous investigation, the late emperor was poisoned to death through telekinesis."
"Since the murderer could poison the late emperor from a distance, he could have secretly transported the Green Qilin to the altar and burned it while you were resting."
"Originally, Mr. Xia Fan had decided to conduct an autopsy tomorrow. But now, all the evidence has been destroyed in the fire. The murderer is safe now."
"Without a doubt, all of this was done by the murderer!"
"He must still be in the city and hasn't gone far. Please allow me to lock down the city and search every house!"
After listening to the guard captain's investigation report, everyone nodded slightly.
It was a reasonable deduction. The murderer must have set the fire overnight to prevent Xia Fan from getting close to the body.
After all, Xia Fan had the rare superpower of smell. He might be able to find clues about the murderer from the body of the late emperor.
The fire came at the right time and burned everything away.
Speaking of which, Xia Fan was originally a speed-type warrior. His speed was almost at the level of a Heavenly Venerable.
However, when it came to tracking down the murderer, the thing that always played a decisive role was the superpower of smell, which had nothing to do with combat.
His sense of smell had become Xia Fan's forte, making him the first expert in the history of the Skywing Clan to solve a case. Even in the Skywing Xia Clan, which was full of talents, Xia Fan's skill was unique.
Hai Dongying frowned and was about to order a lockdown of the city to search for the murderer.
However, he suddenly thought of Xia Fan, so he turned to Xia Fan and asked for his opinion. "What do you think?"
His colleagues and the investigators of the Sacred Alliance's Special Task Force all looked at Xia Fan curiously, wanting to know if this amazing young man had a different opinion.
Xia Fan scratched his head and said, "Since Your Majesty has asked, I'll tell you the truth."
"I don't think this fire has anything to do with the murderer who poisoned the late emperor to death."
Phew!
Everyone's expressions changed, and their eyes were filled with shock.
The murderer killed the late emperor and destroyed the evidence before the autopsy. Everything was reasonable. Why did Xia Fan think that it was not the murderer?
The ponytailed guard captain was embarrassed and asked hurriedly, "Sir, what do you mean?"
Xia Fan smiled and said disapprovingly, "What I mean is very simple. Arson also requires skill."
After saying that, Xia Fan took out a pen and paper from his spatial ring and began to calculate in front of everyone.
He first calculated the height of the flames, then the time of the fire, and the explosion caused by the explosion caused by the Azure Qilin's ignition before the fire started.
The formula on the paper became more and more complicated, and the numbers became longer and longer.
Finally, he calculated the number of Azure Qilins needed to cause a fire and explosion of such a scale!
Xia Fan pointed at the final number and said, "Look, according to the calculation, to cause such a fire and completely burn the altar with a total area of nearly 3,000 square meters in a few minutes, at least 56.75 kilograms of Azure Qilin would be needed.
"The density of Azure Qilins is very low. With so many Azure Qilins, the volume would not be smaller than 2.3 cubic meters, which is about this size."
Xia Fan said as he gestured with his hands, showing everyone how large the volume of more than 50 kilograms of Azure Qilins would be.
Xia Fan tilted his head and said, "This is the Imperial City. Such a large pile of Azure Qilins flew in from outside the courtyard, flew more than 10 kilometers outside the Imperial City, and arrived at the central altar. Then, it entered under the eyes of the guards and ignited it. Do you think it would be possible to not be discovered?
"When the fire starts, the first thing that happens is an implosion. The reason for the implosion is because a large number of Azure Qilins were ignited at the same time, and the temperature suddenly rose, causing the air to expand and cause an explosion.
"If it was only a small number of Azure Qilins, it would only cause a big fire, but not an implosion. This shows that there must be a lot of Azure Qilins."
Everyone was speechless. No one had considered the size of the Azure Qilins.
Azure Qilins were a type of flammable mineral with a very low density. The possibility of sending a large number of Azure Qilins into the Imperial City without anyone noticing was infinitely close to zero!
"You know math?!" Wu Zhuo took the piece of paper from Xia Fan's hand and looked at it under the light. Suddenly, he felt a little dizzy. He had already returned the basic math knowledge he had learned to his teacher.
When everyone looked at Xia Fan, it was as if they were looking at a monster.
At first, when they knew that Xia Fan had the superpower of speed, they thought that he was a force-type investigator.
Later, when they found out that Xia Fan was also an expert in beast control and had the superpower of smell, they thought that he was a perceptual type.
Now that he looked at it again, this guy still looked like a scientific investigator. Even mathematical geometry and other theoretical things were a mess.
As the saying went, every profession had its own specialization.
Under normal circumstances, it was already very impressive for a person to be excellent in one area.
Xia Fan, on the other hand, was like a genius. From combat to perceptual to theoretical, he excelled in everything!
What these people did not know was that one of Xia Fan's most important teachers was Grandpa Mechanic. How could one learn mechanics without knowing math? That was why Xia Fan had always been good at math.
Impressed.
Completely impressed!
Even the investigators from the Sacred Alliance, who were supposed to be his enemies, looked at Xia Fan with admiration. Hai Dongying felt that Xia Fan was a miracle sent by the Eagle God to help him.
"Mr. Xia Fan, if the person who set the fire is not my father's killer, then who is it?" Hai Dongying asked earnestly.
Xia Fan turned his gaze to the chubby Imperial City Governor. He did not speak but sighed softly.
* Swoosh *
Countless eyes followed Xia Fan to look at the Governor. Everyone was shocked. Did Xia Fan think that he was the one who set the fire?!
That was impossible!
Everyone saw him trying to put out the fire. It was as if the fire was not burning the Imperial Altar, but his own ancestral grave. The look on his face was even more painful than the Emperor's!
In an instant, the Governor's expression changed again and again, but he still resisted the urge to speak.
Xia Fan asked in a low voice, "Sir Governor, you have been serving the Imperial Family for a long time, right?"
The Governor slowly raised his head and looked into Xia Fan's eyes. "Before I was 27, I was the Deputy Governor and the Governor was my father."
Xia Fan nodded. "It's been hard for two generations to serve the royal family for almost a hundred years."
"This afternoon, I still did not understand why you immediately objected when I mentioned an autopsy."
"Of course, your objection was very tactful. You used the dignity of the Imperial Family and your father-son relationship as a shield, so that His Majesty could not refuse. Otherwise, according to His Majesty's wishes, the autopsy would have been conducted on the spot. There was no need to wait until the next day."
"Now, I finally understand. You needed time. You needed time to destroy the body and the final evidence. This way, I wouldn't be able to find any clues related to the murderer, and the old emperor's death would be a mystery forever."
"But why did you do it? After serving the Imperial Family for so long, I don't think you are a traitor. From the way His Majesty spoke to you and the way you looked at each other, it was not difficult to see that you and His Majesty trusted each other deeply. "
"Then, why would a Governor who had been trusted by the Imperial Family for so long join forces with someone else to kill the late Emperor?"
Everyone was silent. As expected, Xia Fan suspected the Governor.
The one who was the most shocked was Hai Dongying. He almost suffocated, feeling as if his heart was about to split open. He could not imagine that he would be betrayed by the person he trusted the most.
The plump general manager first gritted his teeth. Then, perhaps sensing that he was doomed, he simply threw caution to the wind and a smile appeared on his face.
He could deny it, but there was no point in doing so.
Xia Fan was an investigator from the Special Task Force. They had a very advanced but extremely vicious thing in their hands: the truth serum.
Perhaps those experts could withstand the torture of the truth serum, but it was impossible for him.
"Mr. Xia Fan, how did you find out?" The Governor asked, "I changed my clothes. There would not be any trace of the Qilin's smell on me."
Xia Fan nodded. "I know. Not only did you change your clothes, but you also changed your shoes, socks, and the hair tie. You changed everything."
"When you showered, you used Flower Fragrance Number Five body wash and a powerful deodorant from the Agar Company. Then, you used DV men's perfume, a strong fragrance type. It was all to prevent me from finding out that you had been in contact with the Qilin."
"But the fact that you were so meticulous in removing the smell on your body made me suspicious."
"His Majesty and Father bid farewell at such a crucial time. Even His Majesty did not have time to shower and change his clothes. As the Governor, how did you have the time to wash yourself so thoroughly? Unless you're trying to hide something. "
"I can understand that you took the time to take a shower, but who would use a powerful deodorant?"
"Your meticulous preparations have backfired."
"Yes, there is no smell of the Qilin on you, but there is a strange fragrance on you."
"Only a criminal who committed arson would need to remove the smell on his body. Furthermore, you are the Imperial City's Governor, and you were the one who arranged the ceremony. So, no matter what I think, you are the most suspicious."
* Bang! *
This sentence was earth-shattering!
Everyone saw the Governor's face turn pale, and his eyes slowly narrowed. There was a murderous look in his eyes. Hai Dongying's guards quickly surrounded him.
"I see." The Governor shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "I was on guard against your superpower of smell, but I forgot that your logical reasoning ability is also first-rate. Too much meticulous preparation has become a flaw."
Xia Fan said calmly, "Yes, if you did not remove the smell on your body, I might not have found out that you are the arson murderer."
"Why? Why did you kill the late Emperor and frame the Red-Eyed Eagle? "
Frame?!
It turned out to be framing!?
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