Chapter 33: The number one suspect

Chapter 33: The number one suspect

"What?"

Zhou Heng almost thought he had misheard, and said in astonishment: "Is it Zhao Yuan, the owner of Wuxiang Martial Arts Hall? He died? And it was written that I was the murderer?"

"That's right." Liu Changsheng nodded, and then smiled: "But you don't have to worry, almost no one believes that you killed him. Well, before the truth is revealed, Zhao Yuan's direct disciples and daughter may be hostile to you."

"Huh, that's normal." Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still very confused. He took Liu Changsheng to a corner and asked: "What exactly happened? Can Mr. Liu explain it?"

Zhao Yuan is the owner of Wuxiang Martial Arts Hall. He stepped into the seventh rank more than ten years ago. He is also an outer disciple of the Five Elements Sect. He is proficient in many advanced martial arts and can be said to be one of the top masters in Huangtong Prefecture.

How could he suddenly die overnight?

"It was discovered by the instructor Chen of Wuxiang Martial Arts Hall." Liu Changsheng didn't have any airs, and directly told Zhou Heng what happened.

After listening to it, Zhou Heng roughly understood some of the circumstances of the matter.

It turned out that Zhao Yuan had practiced in the martial arts hall yesterday. When he finished, it was already evening. He simply ate something in the canteen of the martial arts hall and went to his own bedroom to rest.

Because he always had the habit of going to the morning class square to check the apprentices' homework in the morning, rain or shine, but today, Chen, who was in charge of the morning class, found that he did not come.

So after the morning class, he went to Zhao Yuan's bedroom to look for him, but he did not expect to find that he had died in his bedroom.

The whole room was very messy, and the furniture was broken. It was obvious that he had been through a fierce battle.

Zhao Yuan's death was quite miserable. The bones of his knees were completely crushed by the powerful force, his chest collapsed, his ribs were almost completely broken, most of his internal organs were damaged, his tendons and veins were broken, and his martial arts were all abolished.

Finally, it seemed that he left his last breath and full of hatred, and wrote the line "murderer Zhou Heng".

"Since there was a fierce battle at that time, didn't anyone hear the sound?" Zhou Heng asked in confusion: "Wuxiang Martial Arts Hall is so big, there should be night watchmen."

"The constables of the government office questioned the night watchmen, but didn't hear any sound." Liu Changsheng shook his head and said: "This matter is very strange, and it is even stranger when it involves you. I guess the constables of the government office in the city will come to summon you later, so be prepared."

"Then did Mr. Liu come here just to tell me this?" Zhou Heng was surprised. He thought Liu Changsheng came here just to take him to Wuxiang Martial Arts Hall or to the government office in the city.

"I am not a constable, can I still arrest you?" Liu Changsheng turned and walked out, waving his hand at the same time, saying: "I am just bored and want you to get to the ninth rank quickly so that you can fight with me.

"It's really disappointing to encounter this matter now, but I can't let you be fooled by others without knowing it. You should be more careful."

When he finished speaking, the person had left.

"Thank you. "Zhou Heng whispered to the door.

--Liu Changsheng did not realize that he was already at the ninth rank, because at the lower third rank stage, he could not directly judge the cultivation realm of others through perception, and could only be determined during the fight.

"Xiao Zhou, was that Liu Changsheng from the Five Elements Sect just now?" Lin Cang came over. He had actually been paying attention to this side and said, "I believe you are innocent, but Zhao Yuan's identity is not ordinary after all, and this matter should not be simple.

"If the constables from the prefectural government come to take you away later, you should not have any rebellious psychology, just follow them, I will go to the old owner, I should be able to smooth out some relationships."

"Okay." Zhou Heng nodded, feeling a little warm in his heart.

Lin Cang is a teacher who really cares about and loves his apprentices. Such people are rare in any era and world, and they are more likely to avoid apprentices who may have made mistakes.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Liu Changsheng left, a middle-aged man wearing a green suit, a red belt around his waist, and a short knife hanging walked in.

Behind him, there were three young men, all of them were tall and strong, also wearing green clothes, but with white belts tied around their waists.

This was the attire of the Huangtong Prefecture's constables.

The red belt was for the chief constable, and the white belt was just an ordinary constable.

The chief constable walked into the martial arts hall and immediately attracted everyone's attention, but he did not make a fuss. Instead, he politely asked where Zhou Heng was and walked over directly.

"I am Meng Xing, the chief constable of the prefectural city's government office." The chief constable's attitude was surprisingly gentle, and he bowed to Zhou Heng and said, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Liu was here just now, I guess you already know about the owner Zhao."

Are the attitudes of the constables so kind these days?

Zhou Heng was slightly stunned, then nodded and said: "Well, I already know some of the situation."

"Then please come with us to Wuxiang Martial Arts School." Meng Xing smiled and said: "Don't worry, Master, we are here, even if someone in Wuxiang Martial Arts School believes this, it won't hurt you."

"..." Zhou Heng was a little confused, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

What's going on? The attitude of this head constable is too good.

Is it because I'm too handsome?

High charm value plus goodwill?

Well, this seems quite reasonable.

Lin Cang, who was standing aside, was also a little confused.

In fact, he had already made preparations just now, and wanted to use silver to make these constables gentler to Zhou Heng, so as to avoid Zhou Heng's youth and anger and cause any trouble.

Unexpectedly, this head catcher had such a good attitude, as if he really regarded Zhou Heng as a descendant of some aristocratic family.

Could it be that Liu Changsheng said hello in advance?

But this is unlikely. Even if he wants an opponent to fight, there is no need to support Zhou Heng like this.

Being able to explain the situation in advance is already an act of kindness.

what happened?

The apprentices in the hall were also shocked.

Most of the apprentices in Longxing Martial Arts School come from ordinary families, and they all stay away from people like police officers and bosses, so they naturally have an inexplicable sense of fear.

But now why are these rumored vicious guys so respectful to Zhou Heng?

Could it be that Zhou Heng actually has some huge background?

"Master Zhou, what do you think?" Seeing that Zhou Heng was silent and didn't answer, Meng Xing asked again, his tone still gentle, and he didn't look impatient at all.

"Uh... Okay." Zhou Heng finally came to his senses and said, "Can you please Meng Baotou to lead the way?"

…

As soon as Zhou Heng, Meng Xing and others left, the apprentices in Longxing Martial Arts Hall immediately went into a panic.

Discussions arose.

"Oh my god! Zhou Heng can't really be a disciple of some great sect! Is he just hiding his identity?"

"It's really possible. His martial arts talent is too high. If he wasn't a disciple of a large sect, how could he have such talent?"

"Zhou Heng is so awesome, he might actually be a child of a big family!"

"However, we don't seem to have a big family named Zhou in Da Qi. There seems to be a Zhou family in Da Jin in the south who is quite powerful."

Lin Cang saw these people making random guesses, and the more they guessed, the more outrageous they became. He quickly stood up and scolded:

"What are you talking about!? Practice quickly!"

The apprentices immediately ended their heated discussion and dispersed.

Lin Cang looked away from these apprentices and looked towards the north area of ​​the city. He was a little worried about Zhou Heng.

…

Longxing Martial Arts Hall is in the East District of Chengdu, quite far from the North District of Chengdu.

Although Zhou Heng and his group went there by carriage, it still took at least half an hour to arrive.

Therefore, while on the road, Zhou Heng inquired in detail about the location of the crime from the arrester Meng Xing.

I learned some details that Liu Changsheng had not mentioned in detail before.

For example, the windows were clearly open, but there were no signs of being climbed over or damaged.

The bedroom walls are also intact.

Even though Zhao Yuan's bedroom was quite large, with a length and width of more than three feet, and a height of one foot, even the furniture was beaten to pieces, but the walls were not damaged at all. This was not normal at all.

Very strange.

Zhou Heng frowned and simulated the situation in that bedroom in his mind.

This description is as if something has wrapped the space inside the bedroom. No matter how much damage is caused inside, it will have no impact on the outside.

Therefore, there will be no damage to the walls and windows.

If there is such an ability, then it is normal that people outside cannot hear the sound of fighting, because this space is wrapped, and the sound is naturally blocked and cannot be transmitted at all.

But what kind of state is required to achieve this level of ability?

Anyway, the lower third level should not be able to reach this level.

Even a master at the top of the seventh level cannot directly wrap up a space tightly.

I'm afraid you have to be at least a middle-level third-grade expert to do it.

Or...

Ghost?

Zhou Heng couldn't help but think of his previous experience.

If it were such an evil, unknown, mysterious, yet immortal ghost, it wouldn't be very strange to have the strange ability to seal off space.

It does seem possible.

Thinking of this, he thought of what happened to Yu He before.

Zhou Heng originally planned to explore the details carefully after he learned the palm thunder and the ability to kill ghosts, but he didn't expect something to come to him so soon.

He didn't even have time to learn how to use thunder in his palm.

"If this matter is really related to a ghost, is it the same ghost that Yu He encountered? In this way, we can make inferences from Yu He's side."

Zhou Heng fell into deep thought.

"Yu He suddenly had an accident the night before yesterday. Before that, he only had contact with me, Liu Changsheng, Manager Wang, Zhao Yuan and others. How could he... No, there is another one, that shopkeeper Qian!"

He suddenly thought of shopkeeper Qian who appeared and disappeared inexplicably that night.

Although Yu Heming didn't really come into contact with Shopkeeper Qian that night, Shopkeeper Qian's weird demeanor and expression seemed very problematic.

Initially, both Zhou Heng and Yu He thought that it was purely due to competition and business failure, and their expressions of envy and hatred, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Maybe he's already in cahoots with a ghost?

"Master Zhou, we're here." Meng Xingtou reminded.

"Thank you." Zhou Heng nodded slightly, then got up and got out of the car, but as soon as he got off the car, he saw his number one target of suspicion.

Money step more!

Shopkeeper Qian!

Compared with the previous two days, shopkeeper Qian was obviously much paler at this time, with a sad expression, sighing from time to time, and seemed very sad.

Zhou Heng's arrival immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

So handsome!

This is people's first reaction.

Then the second reaction——

There is no way such a good-looking person could be a murderer!

Of course, the reason for thinking this way is because most people simply don't believe that Zhou Heng killed Zhao Yuan.

How can a warrior who has not entered the rank kill a seventh-rank master?

Almost impossible!

But at this moment, Shopkeeper Qian came over and stood in front of Zhou Heng. The sad expression on his face suddenly turned into anger. He stared at Zhou Heng and gritted his teeth and said:

"Zhou Heng! You killed Zhao Yuan, and you dare to come here. Are you committing suicide to apologize for your crime!?"