"Speaking of that murder case I solved earlier, where a husband killed his wife, I heard that last night when you returned from investigating the national treasury theft at the palace, you happened to stumble upon another case of a husband attempting to kill his wife."
Pan Ziye suddenly looked very curious and spoke. He had just remembered this matter!
"However, the husband only injured his wife, and didn't actually kill her. Instead, they were both killed by someone else. I heard from those present that it seemed like a silencing."
He took a sip of tea from his teacup and continued.
"But the killer later poisoned himself! Seeing you chase after him, he feared being caught and poisoned himself...
Before he poisoned himself, his leg was injured by a mysterious person using a hairpin. His ankle had a hole pierced through it, which was why he couldn't escape and decided to commit suicide...
The details of this case are very confusing, with a distinct feel of 'the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.'"
Seeing Leng Yusheng nod gently, Pan Ziye asked, "When you were chasing the killer of that couple, did you see the person who shot the killer with the hairpin?"
According to the constables who followed Leng Yusheng at the time, Leng Yusheng hadn't told them if he saw the person who injured the killer. They wanted to ask but dared not. Leng Yusheng found them useless and was very dissatisfied with them.
Leng Yusheng hadn't even told them whether it was a hairpin or what the coroner discovered during the autopsy that injured the killer.
Leng Yusheng shook his head. He wasn't lying to Pan Ziye; he simply couldn't see the invisible person.
"This case sounds very interesting, I'm very interested. Tell me about it in detail," Pan Ziye said with great enthusiasm.
"The process of the case is what you've heard. There's nothing else to elaborate on," Leng Yusheng appeared very indifferent compared to Pan Ziye, though he always presented himself as cold.
Pan Ziye frowned slightly. "Aren't you going to tell me about the hairpin that injured the killer? I think that hairpin is a very important clue.
Did you see that hairpin? I heard from the people who were with you that when they saw the killer's body, the hairpin was already gone."
Leng Yusheng shook his head again, mentioning nothing about the invisible person. He didn't want Pan Ziye to know about the invisible person, to avoid complications.
In fact, he didn't want anyone to know about the invisible person, to avoid further trouble. He planned to investigate the invisible person himself.
"There's only one possibility for that hairpin to disappear: the person who shot it took it.
Your Qinggong is so superb, almost ghost-like, yet you didn't see the person who shot the hairpin. Just how fast was that person!" Pan Ziye frowned.
Leng Yusheng didn't respond. He got up to pour himself more tea, as the tea in his cup had been finished.
"I heard that the coroner couldn't determine the material of the hairpin from the killer's wound, nor could they discern its style.
However, the coroner judged from the wound that the person who shot the hairpin possessed extremely high martial arts skills, an exceptionally rare master. What do you think?" Pan Ziye looked at his friend who had returned with the tea.
"You're not discussing the national treasury theft case, so why are you discussing this case? The Dali Temple urgently needs to solve the national treasury theft case. What you should be researching now is the national treasury theft case," Leng Yusheng reminded in a calm tone as he sat back down and drank his tea, not wanting to discuss the hairpin.
Pan Ziye waved his hand. "I know my own capabilities. With my level, it's absolutely impossible for me to solve the national treasury theft case, especially when all you master investigators are clueless and unable to crack it. So, how could I?
I'd better not waste my energy thinking about the national treasury theft case. Let you all handle that.
I'll focus on researching this serial murder case... Can this case be called a serial murder case?"
He would be insane to challenge such a highly difficult case as the national treasury theft. He'd rather take on a case with less difficulty, like this murder case. What attracted him to this case, besides the 'mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind' aspect and its confusing nature, was that the root of this murder case was a failed wife-killing attempt.
The last case he solved was a wife-killing case. Although Leng Yusheng had sarcastically mocked that case as something a three-year-old could solve, too simple, and that anyone could be sure it was the husband who killed the wife upon seeing the crime scene, it wasn't that simple. When he solved that case, he had put in a lot of effort, finding the murder weapon, deducing the murder process from the weapon, and then searching for the motive from the murder process. As a result, he found it to be exactly as he had deduced. From that case, he had learned a lot and gained some experience with such wife-killing cases. Therefore, he felt he should be able to solve this confusing murder case that Leng Yusheng encountered.
"Although both the husband and wife were killed in this case, resulting in two deaths, it cannot be called a serial murder case," Leng Yusheng replied.
"Don't think this case isn't difficult. It's far simpler than the national treasury theft case. This case is extremely complex, and with your current skill level, you absolutely cannot solve it," he said, ruthlessly pouring cold water on Pan Ziye. He could see exactly what Pan Ziye was thinking. If it weren't for the invisible person, Pan Ziye might have investigated it a bit and perhaps even solved it. But with the invisible person, Pan Ziye would definitely not be able to solve it.
"Leng Yusheng, stop looking down on me!" Pan Ziye's handsome brows shot up, extremely displeased. He always attacked him and wasn't afraid of him getting angry.
"I'm not looking down on you; I'm stating facts."
"Nonsense!" Pan Ziye slammed the table and roared, cursing.
"You are looking down on me! I'm telling you, I will definitely make you see me in a new light... Let me tell you, I already have a plan to solve this murder case. Hand this case over to me, and I'll solve it in no time."
Leng Yusheng frowned at his outburst. "You come from a prestigious family, why are your words so dirty! You even uttered such indecent words!"
"I'm human, unlike you, who seems like an immortal descending from the heavens. Of course, I'll curse!" Pan Ziye said nonchalantly, taunting him.
"It would be great if your brain was as capable as your mouth," Leng Yusheng retorted immediately, not willing to lose.
"What do you mean by that! Those words are too harsh..."
"Young Master Bo, why are you arguing with Young Master Gong?" Suddenly, a voice came from outside.
Pan Ziye and Leng Yusheng both looked towards the door and saw a man in his fifties, wearing the official robes of the Dali Temple Minister, looking exhausted and haggard, walking towards the main entrance.
Leng Yusheng and Pan Ziye put down their teacups and stood up together, bowing to the approaching man. "Master Jia!"
The person who arrived was none other than Jia Peng, the highest official of the Dali Temple.