Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 224: The Rebels’ Temporary Camp Scattered with Corpses

Putting the Youlan Sword back into its scabbard, Li Cunxi kicked down the merchant's dead body.

"Yang Fangrenkuo, hurry back to Yongchang County and ask the county magistrate Zeng Tai to bring the yamen runners to clean up this place."

"Shen Tao and Xiao Bao, you two stand guard... Now, let's see if there are any clues at the scene."

Li Cunxi had only taken two steps when he found a silk handkerchief on the ground that he had used to wipe the blood.

He still had two of that type of Hu silk handkerchiefs in his hand, one was Ma Rong's White Crane in the Clouds, and the other was Long Feng's Green Dragon in the Wind.

He reached out and picked up the Hu silk handkerchief. As expected, it was embroidered with a white crane in the clouds. It was dropped here by Ma Rong.

Secretly putting away the Hu silk handkerchief, Li Cunxi slowly walked forward and stopped beside the dead person lying at the back.

"Based on the distance and location, the deceased must have rushed down from the mountain."

"He was the last one to rush down, and the first one to die, because right after he rushed down, the murderer rushed over, raised his knife, and hacked him to death."

Li Yuanfang came over and analyzed seriously.

"So I judged that there must be more bodies on the mountain, and more than one body."

Li Cunxi looked down the small slope beside the road and saw that some of the weeds on the slope had indeed been trampled and had not straightened up again.

If the murderer rushed down from above, it would indeed be as Li Yuanfang analyzed.

Li Cunxi walked forward, climbed up the small slope, came to the side of the trampled weeds and took a look, then continued walking into the woods.

"Wait, let's do it together!"

Wu Yanhao shouted and quickly climbed up.

Li Cunxi, who was in front, took only two steps when he found a dead body lying on the ground. The time of death of the deceased was similar to that of the other dead outside, and the deceased ran here with injuries.

Following the trail of blood, Li Cunxi continued to move forward.

Hu Jinghui, Li Yuanfang and Wu Yanhao behind finally caught up, paying attention to their surroundings as they walked.

Less than a cup of tea after climbing the mountain, we suddenly saw a narrow path in front of us, which was artificially opened. There were not many gaps between the trees, and judging from the dryness and wetness of the cut parts, they were probably cut in the past one or two days.

The few of them continued walking up the mountain along the narrow path. After walking for a long time, they finally found a temporary camp that had been completely destroyed.

The station was filled with corpses, including some fat and strong dead pigs.

"I'll go in and take a look. General Hu, protect Cunxi and Lord Wu."

Li Yuanfang took out the chain knife and walked inside cautiously.

The fence outside the temporary camp had been destroyed long ago, and the bodies in the camp were lying in all directions, with no one alive. Several makeshift rest areas were also destroyed, and the tents were full of bodies.

Without exception, the victims were all hacked to death after a fierce fight because of their lack of strength, and there was more than one person who attacked them. Li Yuanfang found wounds caused by several different weapons on several bodies.

After briefly checking the situation here, Li Yuanfang hurried out of the temporary camp with the chain knife and said to the three people outside:

"Cunxi, everyone inside is dead, there is no one alive."

Li Cunxi licked his cracked lips and said:

"Go in and have a look."

Several people entered the temporary camp and looked left and right. They found basically nothing here except corpses and weapons thrown on the ground.

Oh, by the way, there is also a dead wild boar. It seems that the people in the camp caught it from the mountain to improve their food.

There are more than ten stoves in the camp. Judging from the total number of corpses, these small stoves are obviously not enough to cook meals for more than a hundred people.

Li Cunxi stuck his head out and looked around for a long time, but didn't get any useful information from this broken place.

"I just looked at the wounds of some of them and found that there are most likely dozens of murderers." Li Yuanfang said as he walked. "A considerable number of people rushed in here at the same time. They attacked the people living here without hesitation. In the end, the attackers won and killed the last five survivors at the foot of the mountain."

"That makes sense." Wu Yanhao nodded. "Moreover, these people came here in batches. The first batch of people was only about forty people, and the rest came in the second or even third batch. However, the interval between the second and third batches was not long, probably no more than five hours, because this place can only accommodate thirty or forty people."

"There is another clue. The number of attackers is no less than one hundred. They are numerous and ruthless. They quickly took care of most of the people here, scaring the remaining people into running away. I firmly believe that in addition to the road we just took, there must be corpses in the remaining directions." Hu Jinghui added.

As for why Hu Jinghui had such a feeling, it was of course because Hu Jinghui thought of his old friends.

Isn't this the Snake Spirit's usual trajectory of action? Surrounding the enemy and killing them quickly, this is the Snake Spirit's way of playing.

"Then I will make the final judgment."

Li Cunxi found a relatively clean place and sat down.

"This is a group of rebels who are against Your Majesty. They are most likely people that He Yun has contacted. Their purpose of coming here is to unite with others to do something big."

"But they were targeted by another group of people here. The other group killed them all and left here quickly. I can assure you that we will never find any trace of the group that left."

"Okay, now we can look for clues everywhere. Maybe we can find some inconspicuous and useless clues."

Li Cunxi spread his hands, basically giving up all hope.

The anti-military forces are hiding in the dark and are very vigilant. It is really not easy to find them. Someone must reveal a flaw before we can find them.

The four of them searched around the temporary camp, but found nothing. They had no choice but to return to the woods.

There were more than a dozen corpses lying in the woods, probably from the same group as the anti-military forces. These people were dressed casually and were killed directly without even showing any signs of resistance.

Li Cunxi glanced at them casually, clapped his hands, and said:

"Okay, I think we have wasted enough time here. Let's hand these bodies over to the yamen runners brought by Brother Zeng Tai. We should go down the mountain to look for other clues."

Li Yuanfang narrowed his eyes and asked, "The other clues, are you talking about that businessman?"

"Yes, he was going to Fuyi Village to sell silk, but this season is not the season for selling silk. He also brought a box of swords. I guess Fuyi Village must have the clues we are looking for."

"Then let's go down the mountain and take a look, but I think we can disguise ourselves."

"How to say?"

"How about two young masters and six escorts?"