Chapter 393 - Chapter 393: Investigating a Case (3)

Chapter 393: Investigating a Case (3)

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However, in Daoist Xuanji’s eyes, this perfect sudden stop went from ‘accidentally slapping her’ to ‘taking the opportunity to gently rub her with ease’!

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When Daoist Xuanji felt the extremely gentle heat on her clothes, her peach blossom eyes widened a little. The meaning in her eyes was obvious: You did it on purpose, right? Why didn’t you stop earlier?

Despite being annoyed, Daoist Xuanji didn’t make any mistakes in her cooperation. She still took two steps back and hit the wall as if she had been struck heavily.

Bam!

Ye Jingtang was a little flustered. He pulled back his weapon and kicked out again, pretending to hit Daoist Xuanji’s heart. Then he pulled back and threw the air weapon behind him at the empress dowager, who was looking around curiously.

The set of actions was very fast, and he completed them in an instant.

The spot where Ye Jingtang’s feet landed and the spot where Daoist Xuanji received the blow were exactly the same as in the crime scene.

Daoist Xuanji should have been knocked down now, but she didn’t slide down the wall to act as a corpse. Instead, she covered her chest with her sleeve and looked at Ye Jingtang with a dangerous gaze.

Ye Jingtang felt that his hand was still warm and felt rather awkward. He raised his hands to apologize before turning around and analyzing. “If nothing unexpected happened, Instructor Zhang should have been patrolling the alley in the middle of the night and standing here to watch the students practice martial arts in the courtyard. Because he didn’t want the students to discover him, he didn’t make any noise.

“The murderer’s footsteps were also silent. When he turned out of the alley, the two of them encountered each other by accident. Then the murderer suddenly attacked and killed Instructor Zhang in the blink of an eye.

“The martial arts student inside heard the commotion and ran out to check. But before he could turn around, he was hit in the temple…”

People reenacted the scene and explained the situation. The constables naturally understood and nodded.

But Yuwen Chengde was still puzzled. “Sir Ye, when the murderer attacked, he was still more than thirty feet away from the target. Even a horse lance couldn’t stab him from so far…”

“It was a soft weapon.”

Ye Jingtang explained, “The point of exerting strength is here. If it were a hidden weapon, there would definitely have been traces on the corpse, weapon, and wall. Since we can’t find any, the murderer must have retracted the weapon after missing. The weapons that can be thrown out and retracted can only be rope darts, meteor hammers, and so on. The corpse suffered injuries from a blunt weapon, so the probability of a meteor hammer is higher.”

“Oh.” Yuwen Chengde nodded in understanding.

Ye Jingtang thought for a moment and said, “In addition, those who dare to use rope darts and meteor hammers must have precise and fast basic skills to throw three consecutive times. They won’t easily get close. This person should also be good at unarmed combat. In order to kill quickly and safely, he changed his move after missing a single strike.

“A soft weapon tests one’s control of internal energy, and the palm strike was as strong as a bow and abnormally fierce. If I’m not wrong, the murderer is a comprehensive expert who practices both internal and external martial arts and can fight at range and in melee…”

Many constables were listening attentively. Gradually, their pensive expressions turned into confusion.

Even though Yuwen Chengde had seen it once, he still couldn’t understand it at this moment. He shrugged slightly. “Sir Ye, there are just a few footprints that have been erased. How did you see so many things?”

Ye Jingtang explained, “Actually, it’s not difficult. Humans have two hands and two feet, and the space is so small. Think through all the positions and movements that may cause these marks. Then, according to the effects of the attacks, deduce the strength of the blows and the murderer’s thoughts and find the most reasonable result…”

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Yuwen Chengde felt that the principle was quite simple, but his small brain might not be able to learn it, so his eyes were still full of confusion.

Ye Jingtang spoke for a while. Seeing that many constables seemed to be listening to a heavenly book, he didn’t waste his breath and said, “That’s all I can see. The footprints have been erased, and it’s difficult to guess the murderer’s height, body shape, sect, and so on. If we want to catch the murderer with this, we can only find similar experts in Jianghu. The chances are slim.”

“Sigh, it’s better to have a general direction of investigation than not knowing anything like just now. 1’11 go to the case library to search for experts who match the murderer’s characteristics. If there are any new clues, I’ll report it to you immediately…”

Ye Jingtang couldn’t give too many suggestions, so he didn’t stay long and prepared to leave.

The empress dowager was still standing obediently at the door. When she saw Ye Jingtang and Daoist Xuanji fighting just now, she had thought that he would do the same thing with her. She had been secretly nervous about how to respond so that she wouldn’t embarrass herself.

When she realized that Ye Jingtang was about to leave, she said in a daze, “Ye Jingtang, you wanted me to stand here without even doing anything?”

Daoist Xuanji held up the small umbrella and covered the empress dowager’s head as she replied, “You acted as a corpse. Since you stood still, you acted well.”

“Uhh?” The empress dowager turned around to take a look. After confirming that no one was paying attention, she looked at Ye Jingtang with dissatisfaction. “You wanted me to act as a corpse?”

Ye Jingtang picked up the bags from the ground and shook his head. “How is that possible? We were acting out the situation at that time. Your Majesty was a martial arts student. When Your Majesty heard the commotion, Your Majesty went out to check and then disappeared.”

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Isn’t that still acting as a corpse?! The empress dowager blinked, very unhappy about this. “Ye Jingtang, 1 know some martial arts too. You could have let me practice with you with a wooden staff. You let me show my face and die without even raising my hands. Do you despise me for my poor martial arts skills?”

“How is that possible? It was just that there were too many people in the alley, and fists and feet have no eyes. I was afraid of offending Your Majesty.”

Daoist Xuanji had been offended just now. She narrowed her eyes slightly. “Aren’t you worried about offending me? Or do you think it’s fine to touch me?”

The empress dowager wasn’t stupid. She felt that these words were like a woman acting coquettish and throwing a tantrum. She frowned and reminded, “You’re an elder. So what if a younger generation accidentally offended you during a spar? If you were really taken advantage of, it’s because you’re not skilled enough. How can you blame him?”

Ye Jingtang’s expression was calm, but in his heart, he really wanted to give the empress dowager a thumbs up.

Daoist Xuanji was rendered speechless by the empress dowager’s rebuttal.. She didn’t say anything else and pulled the empress dowager to walk in front…