Chapter 689, no trace at all


    The status of deacons in the local area is not low.


    Before it is confirmed that they will not come back, these ordinary guards dare to guard and steal?


    Pocket the valuables in the room?


    Wu Heng felt that this statement was untenable.


    The other association members behind him also stared at each other.


    Waiting for a reasonable answer.


    The captain of the guard looked a little ugly. He didn''t expect that he would be targeted when he came back to give money.


    After hesitating for a while, he replied: "Sir, you have misunderstood, really misunderstood."


    "What''s the misunderstanding? Let me hear it." Wu Heng still looked at him.


    The captain immediately said: "We did not take these things, but someone took advantage of the chaos in the city. Because it involved the local deacon, we recovered some things, but..., the people below were not honest, and they were divided. Some."


    He looked up carefully and continued, "I learned that the adults from the headquarters were here to investigate. I was afraid of causing trouble, so I arranged for people to recall these belongings and delivered them to several adults."


    Wu Heng and others frowned.


    I didn''t expect him to be able to say such a thing.


    In other words, the items were not taken by them, but the recovered dirt, and part of it was deducted and divided.


    This time, people from the association headquarters came to investigate. They felt a little unsure, so they took the initiative to send it over.


    "We''ve taken everything. If we don''t send it back, we won''t know." Wu Heng said.


    "Sir, the city lord''s palace has ordered not to have any conflicts with the association. Everyone doesn''t have much money to divide, and they are afraid of causing trouble." The captain continued to speak, and he said all the things in the team.


    Dividing dirty things is not uncommon in any era.


    When the association team is dealing with problems, the items seized can be directly divided by the own team, and only important and special items will be handed over.


    "Is all the stuff that was separated here?" Wu Heng asked next.


    "I couldn''t find some of them, so I gave you the price difference. Please forgive me, adults."


    Hum~!


    The old mage Gianvito snorted coldly.


    The rest of the association members also looked ugly.


    The people in front of me are either of high rank or have a rich background, who would be short of this little money.


    And these unrecoverable items may very well be of help to the entire case.


    Wu Heng also looked at the other party up and down, and had no intention of asking anything more here.


    He said directly: "Please ask the captain to come back with us so that we can explain the matter clearly."


    "Ah? Sir, I don''t know the rest of the matter. I''m afraid there''s nothing I can do to help." The captain''s expression changed.


    "Don''t worry, it''s just a simple inquiry." Wu Heng glanced behind him.


    Several members of the association team stepped forward and walked towards the captain.


    The guards behind the captain also began to become a little restless and prepared to fight.


    "Don''t move, don''t move, I''ll go back with you." The captain said, and then said to the men behind him: "I will go to the association, and you will bring this matter back."


    Seeing that the other party was quite honest, Wu Heng nodded, "Just cooperate."


    There are not many methods Wu Heng can use to deal with living beings.


    The only [Sincerity Clay Doll] was obtained by killing the association''s inspector in private, so it definitely cannot be used.


    Just because you can''t do anything, doesn''t mean that others in the association can''t do anything.


    Among the accompanying personnel, the 15th-level priest has the ability to [detect lies].


    According to what Sheila Gui told herself before leaving, not everyone can detect this ability.


    But the team leader in front of him was obviously only level seven or eight.


    It''s not really a big problem to identify his words.


    It was determined that there were no clues here, so two association members were arranged to stay behind for the time being, while the rest walked towards the opposite association.


    As soon as they reached the gate, the dwarf ''Keitan'' who had arranged to go to the city hall also came back.


    "Give him to the elder and explain the matter by the way." Wu Heng said.


    The team members walked into the association with the guard captain.


    Wu Heng walked towards the returning ‘Kaitan’ and asked, “How was it?”


    "No property or information was found on the names of the three people." The dwarf said directly.


    Wu Heng frowned, the matter was more difficult than imagined.


    There are no clues in either direction.


    The old mage Gianvito asked: "What should we do next?"


    Wu Heng said: "Go and call the local deputy deacon."


    One member walked right in and came back followed by the local archdeacon.


    "Several adults."


    "You all said that many people died in the city. Where are the bodies buried?" Wu Heng asked.


    "It was burned. Black smoke was rising into the sky for several days, and the smell of burning people filled the city," said the local deputy deacon. "So many corpses, all burned?"


    The deputy deacon thought for a moment and said: "The bodies of some local residents with family members should be buried over there in the cemetery."


    "Take us there to take a look. By the way, prepare a carriage for Dean Gianvito." Wu Heng said.


    "Yes." The deputy deacon nodded and started to go down to prepare.


    Not long after, the carriage and horses were brought over.


    The old mage and the investigator rode in a carriage, and the rest of the people rode horses, following the local deputy deacon out of the city.


    …


    At the city gate.


    The guard guarding him simply asked and then let him go.


    Completely opposite to the attitude before docking in the morning.


    Wu Heng and others did not stop and went all the way to the cemetery outside the city.


    At a glance, there are densely packed graves.


    He took out a few masks from the space ring and distributed them to the others, and ordered to the skeleton, "Dig a grave, from front to back."


    The skeleton picked up the shovel and dug out all the corpses inside.


    The coffin lid was opened, and the strong stench of rotting corpses instantly filled the air.


    Many people subconsciously took two steps back and distanced themselves.


    Wu Heng released [Conversation with the Dead] on a corpse. The corpse sat up, its head turned, and its eyeballs fell to the ground.


    "How did you die?"


    The corpse replied hoarsely, "Two waves of people fought and killed me."


    "Do you know anything about the association''s deacons?"


    "have no idea."


    "During the civil war in the city, is there any news that you think is special?"


    The corpse was silent for a while and said: "The city lord''s palace announced that it has reinforcements and will help defend the city..."


    …


    Association, Deacon''s Study.


    Elder Tapani sat behind the desk and looked through some previous information.


    Dong dong dong~!


    There was a knock on the door, and two level 15 professionals in the team walked in.


    The priest said: "Elder, he was taken away by the people from the City Lord''s Mansion. I didn''t ask anything from his mouth."


    "Is everything he said true?" Tapani frowned.


    "With his level, he can''t lie in front of me. A few people shared some things privately. This time we came over and the city lord''s palace was not allowed to conflict with us, so we sent the things back." The priest answered.


    "Did the investigators take notes?"


    "Recorded."


    While talking, the door knocked again.


    Wu Heng, Gianvito and others all walked in.


    Tapani''s eyes lit up, "What did you find?"


    "I checked the deacon''s residence and dug the grave outside to interrogate the body. So far, nothing has been found." Wu Heng asked, "Where is the captain?"


    The priest said: "I told the truth. I divided the things privately."


    At this point, everyone fell silent.


    The coming of association personnel into the city cannot be concealed.


    Therefore, Wu Heng and others immediately started investigating.


    But after walking around, I couldn''t find any clues.


    "Something went wrong." The elder muttered, and then said: "Wu Heng, what are you going to do next?"


    "The first thing is to collect information about other Secret Whisperers. If necessary, we can also make the reward information public." Wu Heng said directly.


    An association cannot have only one Whisperer.


    Maybe other secret whisperers can send some useful news.


    There is no other way to make the bounty information public, and of course it will damage the image of the association.


    "Could it be that there was an accident and it was not the murderer?" said one person.


    Wu Heng did not answer immediately, but found a place to sit down.


    After thinking for a moment, he said, "I''m thinking about a question."


    "What''s the problem?"


    "There is no body, the place of death cannot be found, and the things in the house have been tampered with. If there is no Whisperer who went to Treasure Island to deliver the news, it would be fine if he said that the deacon left due to the war in the city."


    (End of chapter)