In front of Huai Shi was a corpse.
To be exact, it was a corpse whose neck was mostly cut off. According to Huai Shi's experience, the murder weapon should be a knife. And the culprit was quite skilled.
Like a butcher, calmly and skillfully using the simplest way to cut off the flexible muscles and hard bones, instantly breaking the neck of the deceased.
The only flaw was that there was still a part of the flesh connected, which made it feel awkward.
But no matter how he looked at it, it seemed deliberate.
Not beheading, but … correcting the mistake?
Huai Shi held the oden skewers in his hand and nibbled on them, lost in thought. The more he looked at the scene, the more familiar it was. The more he looked at it, the more he felt a sense of déjà vu.
Even with his unruly knowledge of tracing, Huai Shi could imagine how the murderer forced the victim into the alley step by step, and then cruelly ravaged the victim, leaving wounds all over the victim's body. Finally, when despair came, the murderer coldly and skillfully cut off the victim's head.
Perfect!
Wait, why did it feel like he was the one who did it?
This was completely his traditional program!
Huai Shi instantly became alert.
— — Someone wants to harm me!
But soon, he calmed down.
First of all, only a few people knew that he came to Yingzhou in disguise as Huai Shi Su. Although Russell had a bad taste, he wouldn't kill other people just to torment him. Tongi didn't need to be mentioned. She had hundreds of thousands of ways to deal with him, so there was no need to draw legs on a snake.
As for weapons similar to murder weapons, Huai Shi only had the Royal God Sword, Hatred.
Not many people knew about this: his two students, the manager of the alchemy laboratory, Mr. Ping, and Raymond, who he pulled over to test the sword.
They wouldn't go around talking about this kind of thing.
So, the biggest suspect was …
He turned around and looked at Hu Po, his eyes becoming serious.
Stupid sister, what are you doing?
"It's not me …"
Hu Po rolled her eyes and lit up the seven stars at the corner of her mouth. "It's too easy for me to harm you, I just have to lift up your skirt in public.
Besides, this kind of murder happened long before you came, so it's not related to you at all. "
"Then who is it?"
"How would I know?"
Hu Po shrugged and glanced outside. "But that fellow has been getting more and more out of hand lately … Over there, just one more street, and that's the entrance to Nara City Hall. This is clearly a provocation. "
Anyway, as long as it didn't involve him.
After Huai Shi finished the last meatball, he threw the bamboo skewer into the container and casually tossed it into the trash can in the corner. Just like that, he finished his supper at the scene of the murder. In the end, he even took out a wet tissue to wipe his hands and mouth clean, causing Hu Po's eyes to twitch wildly.
Finally, his gaze fell on the head that was still filled with fear and despair.
"Who was the one who died? He looks familiar. "
Huai Shi thought for a long time but couldn't remember. "An acquaintance?"
"For the time being, he's one of my cousins. His name is … Forget it. You're too lazy to remember anyway. Since he's dead, you can call him whatever you want. Didn't you have a cooking demon duel with his agent last night? "
Huai Shi frowned.
"Shen Jin Qing?"
He finally remembered this unlucky brother of his. He remembered that he was still sitting on a chair and watching the show.
"Why did he appear here?"
"Who knows. The cooking demon left the competition, so he lost the right to compete. He probably gave up on himself and came out to get drunk. I heard that there are many places to have fun nearby. Speaking of which, while your colleagues are working hard to make a living, you're actually sleeping. Don't you feel ashamed? "
"Sorry, not at all. Instead, I was so happy that I ate an extra bowl of supper."
Huai Shi retorted mercilessly. "Your cheap cousin is dead. Shouldn't you be happy? Why are you so serious? Or did you call me all the way here just to share this joy with me? "
"That's where the problem lies."
Hu Po sighed faintly. "An hour ago, your former colleague, Riken's former retainer, Sasaki Kiyomasa, appeared at the scene of the crime."
Huai Shi froze on the spot. He slowly turned his head in disbelief.
"What?"
He asked in shock. "Sasaki? He didn't come to meet us? "
"We were in contact before, and he even wanted to join us. But unfortunately, when we were about to meet on the day we arrived in Nara, he stood us up and then disappeared. "
Hu Po sighed. "Although that guy is stupid and inflexible, and his head is full of untimely and stubborn thoughts, he still values keeping his promises.
I thought that something happened to him and he might be dead, but I didn't expect it to be worse than that. "
"But even so, I don't believe that he would become a murderer … That idiot would rather die than be in such a sorry state."
Hu Po handed him the phone, and he saw the surveillance video of the intersection at that time.
After a pause, she stared at the man who was hurrying in the night.
There was only a back view.
He was still wearing a Yingzhou-style robe, wooden clogs, and an ill-fitting long saber … On his head, he was wearing an extremely funny pink motorcycle helmet, as if he was trying to disguise himself, but it only made him more eye-catching.
Only two short frames were shown, but it was enough to identify him.
Because even if his head was covered with a helmet, that guy … forgot to disguise his own sword. Whether or not he had seen it before, as long as he took the photo to the weapon craftsman to check, he could not hide his identity at all.
It was too lame.
Huai Shi looked at the screenshot and shook his head. "To be honest, I have never seen such a punk style murderer."
Hu Po was silent for a long time. He glanced at the unconscious Jinling Decapitation King next to him and finally felt the thickness of the skin on both sides. He sighed.
Huai Shi also did not believe that Sasaki would be a headless murderer.
What a joke, how could he not know Sasaki's decapitation skills? How could it be so good?
Moreover, with his temper, if he really wanted to take revenge on society, he would have gone to Luming Hall with a bomb. Why would he need to do this?
But it was clearly not his business, and he just ran straight into the murder scene. In fact, it was such a coincidence that he hid his tracks … No matter how he looked at it, he was a major suspect.
"How long has similar cases been appearing?"
"Half a month," Hu Po said.
"This is also the reason why the Riken family did not announce Sasaki as the murderer now. He came here a week ago … The time does not match at all, but we can't rule out the suspicion of impersonation."
"It's been so long?" Huai Shi was stunned. "The local inspector in Nara did not take action? How useless is that? "
Hu Po asked, "In Dongxia, will the Social Security Bureau hand over the security of Jinling to the Astronomy Society?"
"Okay …"
Huai Shi thought for a long time and asked, "Is the Luming Hall in charge now?"
"Luming Hall? At the critical juncture of the family head selection, they can't wait for the Riken family to make a fool of themselves. Everyone kicks a man who is down. At this time, everyone wants to step on him. Those guys only come to clean up the mess and pretend to apologize after they are done. Other than that, they don't care about anything else. "
Hu Po rolled his eyes. "In order to prevent the Riken family's reputation from being damaged, the elders have decided to offer a reward to all the family head candidates. You are almost the last one to know."
"Got it."
Huai Shi understood. "Whoever catches that guy will be the family head?"
"Ha, what are you thinking? Will the Luming Hall allow it? Those guys can't do anything right, but it is too easy for them to mess things up. " Hu Po sneered. "They can only enter the final round and choose any border relic from the Riken family's treasury."
"That's it?"
Huai Shi curled his lips in disdain. "There should be a limit to lying to country people, right?"
Choosing any border relic from the Riken family's treasury sounded good, but in reality, by the time it was your turn to choose, the good stuff would have already been taken away. It would be like picking trash for you to choose. It would be troublesome no matter which one you chose.
Plus, Huai Shi did not care about ordinary border relics.
The Sword of Virtue, the Axe of Fury, the Spear of Compassion, the Sword of Hatred … Not to mention Beelzebub, even the shoulder bag he was carrying was a divine artifact.
Moreover, he had a Tong La Dream at home that would grant his every request. Why would he care about this?
In comparison, the promise of entering the final round was more sincere.
This was especially true for Huai Shi.
He was not a professional chef who had a bunch of recipes in his stomach. It was just a part-time job. It was okay to steal chickens occasionally, but if he really had to fight with a professional, he would be a bit scared.
Being able to skip the middle process and enter the final round was undoubtedly a great opportunity for him.
By then, he would just have to sit and wait for Hu Po's sister's representative to fight. Then, he would lower his head and admit defeat, and he would be able to take the money home. It was so easy and simple.
"But …"
Huai Shi asked curiously, "It's such a good thing, but the other candidates actually agreed?"
"Of course, why wouldn't they agree? This is the best time to show off your strength. As long as you can prove your ability, you can obtain more important value. At the same time, it's also a chance to openly eliminate competitors … "
Hu Po snorted. "That old man Quan Jiang already saw through it and found a chance to make a scene. He's not afraid of being ordered to commit seppuku after the family leader selection at all. He'll give the emperor and the general a hard time. "
By including "solving the serial murder cases" as a condition for the family leader selection, it gave all the candidates room to express themselves.
From this moment on, the competition would spread outside the range of the imperial chef and demon trials. It would not be strange if a few groups of people used the excuse of investigating a murderer to walk on the streets.
You said you're not a murderer, so why are you strolling on the streets in the middle of the night? Enough, stop talking and come with me. Otherwise, I won't be polite …
There were so many excuses to stir up trouble.
Just thinking about it made Huai Shi's teeth hurt.
"No, this is too troublesome. It's not within the cooking competition …"
After picking his feet while pretending to be Miss Paper, he slapped his knee and said loudly, "I have to pay more!"
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