yasinovel Chapter 50 Investigation
Chapter 50 Investigation
The moment the gun fired,
Fang Shuwen's spine suddenly twisted, activating his serpentine talent.
His body was twisted at an almost impossible angle.
The bullet grazed his ribs, and his skin felt a burning sensation.
Li Tong's smile hadn't even faded yet.
Just at this time,
Fang Shuwen's fist had already landed.
A simple straight punch, a pure punch that embodies the power of Ming Jin (a type of internal energy).
It shot out from the waist, traveling in the straightest line, and in an instant, it had already smashed into Li Tong's chest.
"Snap!"
The sound of ribs breaking echoed as Li Tong's back slammed against the wall, shattering the blue bricks, and he was embedded in the wall.
He looked down at his sunken chest, then at Fang Shuwen, and dark red blood foam gushed from his mouth.
"impossible!"
"You...how could you possibly dodge it!"
The voice has not fallen,
Li Tong's eyes lost their light, his head tilted to the side, and he collapsed.
"Phew, you idiot, you really thought we weren't on guard against you."
Fang Shuwen withdrew his fist, bent down to pick up the pistol from the ground, and tucked it into his waistband.
They then searched Li Tong again, finding more than a dozen silver dollars and a short knife.
The other two corpses were searched in the same way, and a total of sixty silver dollars and three short knives were found.
.......
Fang Shuwen glanced at Cuicui, who was lying on the ground, but didn't pay her any more attention.
This woman brought this upon herself; sparing her life is already an act of utmost kindness.
after all,
Although the woman was unaware of the situation, by inviting him out, she had already acted as an accomplice.
Fang Shuwen dragged the three corpses onto a cart and pushed it to the Qingshui River under the cover of night.
They disposed of the body, making sure no trace was left, before leaving.
Fang Shuwen did not return to the Zhao residence, but instead turned towards the west of the city.
Li Tong just said he's very rich, so I'll go check it out.
Fifteen minutes later,
Fang Shuwen arrived at a low, detached house by the river.
With a slight exertion, Fang Shuwen crossed the gray wall and entered the courtyard.
The house was small and simply furnished.
He searched high and low, and finally found an iron box under the ashes of the stove.
The lock was pried open, and a box full of silver dollars dazzled the eye.
I counted it, and it was exactly five hundred yuan.
"I didn't expect this kid to actually be rich."
Fang Shuwen smiled slightly, stuffed all the silver dollars into his cloth bag, and then climbed over the wall to leave again.
He circled around several alleys to make sure it was safe before returning to the Zhao residence through the back door.
The lights in Lao Fang's room were off, and the sound of even snoring could be heard.
Fang Shuwen did not disturb him. He tiptoed into the inner room, stuffed the silver coins under the bed, and then lay down.
Silent all night.
The next three days passed uneventfully.
He goes to school during the day, practices martial arts in the afternoon, and studies in the evening.
Cui Cui took two days off. According to Wang Ma, she caught a cold and stayed at home instead of going to school.
Fang Shuwen finally saw Cuicui on the third day when he went to school.
She has lost a lot of weight.
He looked haggard, as if he had been traumatized.
He also avoided looking at Fang Shuwen.
Fang Shuwen pretended not to see it.
Friday arrived in the blink of an eye.
As soon as the school bell rang in the afternoon, the students poured out of the school gate like birds released from their cages.
Fang Shuwen, carrying his schoolbag, walked along East Street towards the Zhao residence.
"Extra number! Extra number!"
A newsboy in a gray cloth jacket was waving a newspaper and shouting loudly on the street corner.
"A serial killer has recently emerged in Xikou County! Three murders have occurred in the western part of the town, and the victims' deaths are gruesome! The Public Security Bureau is offering a reward of one hundred silver dollars for the capture of the murderer!"
"Have you heard? The one who died was a Red Wolf Gang member. I bet he wasn't some kind of serial killer, but rather a double-crosser..."
"I heard that one of them had his chest smashed open, and his body was just thrown into the river. The water is no longer clean."
Fang Shuwen paused slightly, his ears perking up.
His chest was smashed open, and he was thrown into the river?
Could it be that the bodies of Li Tong and the others have been discovered?
Fang Shuwen, with these thoughts in mind, casually stopped a newsboy and bought a newspaper.
My eyes immediately fell on the front page headline.
Through a blurry photograph, he immediately recognized the three corpses as Li Tong and the others.
His chest collapsed, and his death was gruesome.
He calmly folded the newspaper, stuffed it into a roadside trash can, and continued walking.
The Great Yan New Kingdom had only been established for a little over ten years, and the world was far from peaceful.
Warlordism dominated the country, and foreign concessions were everywhere.
Rebellious parties frequently emerged, and evil spirits and demons wreaked havoc on the world.
With so few people, the police department is too busy with the cases on the surface to have time to investigate the life or death of a few gang members.
not to mention,
Li Tong and his two companions were involved in human trafficking, so they deserved to die.
When the seasoned officers in the Public Security Bureau see the scene, they'll most likely investigate it as a case of double-crossing. If they can't find anything, they'll shelve it, and after a year or two, it'll become an old case.
Fang Shuwen was very familiar with this process.
I'm not worried about being exposed.
He walked at a leisurely pace, turned into the alley, and disappeared into the twilight.
.......
at the same time,
The Folklore and Antiquities Survey Section of the Xikou County Government Building.
"Section Chief, Wang Jiu's body has been found. His sternum was shattered, and he has been dead for five days!" Officer Liang said.
Lin Xiu sat behind his desk, holding a newspaper, his gaze fixed on the blurry photos on the front page.
His fingers tapped lightly twice on the table, the rhythm neither too fast nor too slow, like some kind of silent countdown.
"His chest was smashed?"
Lin Xiu's voice wasn't loud, but it made Officer Liang's back tense slightly.
"Yes. Wang Jiu's chest is caved in, and almost all of his ribs are broken. The forensic doctor's preliminary assessment is that it was caused by a heavy blow to the chest by a martial arts master of at least Ming Jin level."
Officer Liang paused, then added, "The time of death was that night. That night, Wang Jiu was tracking Fang Shuwen."
The office was quiet for a moment.
Lin Xiu spread out the newspaper and scanned back and forth between the two photos several times.
The photo of Wang Jiu's body was taken by him personally, and the wound on his chest was clearly visible.
The three corpses in the newspaper were blurry.
However, the location of the collapse and the way the bones were broken were almost identical.
"Four corpses, all dying in the same way, what a coincidence."
Lin Xiu muttered something, put down the newspaper, took off his glasses, and wiped the lenses with a cloth.
"Section Chief, do you mean... the murderer is the same person?" Officer Liang lowered his voice even further.
Lin Xiu did not answer directly. He put his glasses back on and pointed at the photos of the three corpses in the newspaper.
"Wang Jiu is a Ming Jin martial artist. Anyone who can kill him with one punch must be at least at the mid-stage of Ming Jin. Li Tong and his two companions, the bald man and the bearded man, are all hard-hitting fighters with three cracking bones. To be able to kill them all at the same time by the same person, their strength is not simple."
He paused, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
"Go and investigate Li Tong's social connections. Find out his background, who he has grudges against, what kind of business he's been involved in lately, and everything in detail."
"Perhaps, we can find the killer!"