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Xia Mingyuan's explanation made me heave a sigh of relief. As long as they weren't dead and didn't have a soul to return to the Underworld, there was still a chance for redemption.

But what I don't know is that Xia Mingyuan didn't dare to tell me, making his soul return to his body isn't an easy task, unless he has great luck that can satisfy all the harsh conditions. His soul is extremely weak after leaving his body, and every wrong step would cause his soul to scatter.

"Then what do we do next?"

When Suhua saw that I was finally able to act like a human, she calmed down and handed me the bowl by the bed.

"Eat well now. After you're done, we'll go to the ancestral hall to have a look. The police have already cleaned up the place, let's go and see if there are any clues."

I nodded, picked up my bowl, and started to eat. I must take good care of myself now, otherwise, how can I face these plots and deaths?

When he arrived at the ancestral hall again, it was already the height of the moon. The moonlight shone down upon the ancestral hall, making it seem peaceful and harmless. However, the bloody scent that drifted in from the ancestral hall was so faint that it shocked people.

Captain Long probably knew we were coming and was already waiting for us at the door.

"Miss Lin is here. Are you well?"

I smiled to show that I was all right, and thanked him for his concern.

"What's the situation now?"

When Captain Long saw me take the initiative to bring up the case, admiration appeared in his eyes, and he beckoned us to enter.

"The body has already been transported away. According to Mr. Xia's instructions, it hasn't been cremated, nor have they arranged for a medical examiner to examine it. It's just that the city's funeral parlor is still there, and it's pretty much cleaned up."

I walked in and saw that the body was no longer there. There was no more blood, and it looked exactly the same as the shrine I remembered. Only, there were traces of black and red blood in the cracks of the tiles, reminding people of what had happened here.

"Any leads on the body?"

Hearing this, Captain Long shook his head helplessly, "There are no useful clues on the corpses. The ropes around the villagers were all filled with their own fingerprints, and no outsiders' fingerprints were found."

Xia Mingyuan had guessed that this would be the result. This person did things in a watertight manner, so it was natural that the police wouldn't find out such an obvious mistake.

"What about the wound?"

"The wound is even stranger. The medical examiner can only determine that it is an extremely sharp object that was cut through the throat rapidly to draw blood. However, he is unable to determine what kind of weapon it is."

I turned my head to look at Xia Mingyuan, unable to understand what Captain Long meant.

"It's like this. For most murders, the police can judge a corpse to be an axe based on the body's scarred area, because at such a high level of killing, no matter how sharp the sword or blade is, it would leave behind marks in the corpse, such as iron filings. But right now, this kind of killing method is clearly an evil technique, there's no need to use any external objects, so it's impossible to find. "

I nodded and carefully examined the ancestral hall. I vaguely felt that there was something wrong, but I was unable to say what it was.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Ming saw that I was a little worried, afraid that I wouldn't accept it as I had been before.

"It's nothing. I just feel that there's something different about the ancestral hall, but I can't tell where it's different."

Xia Mingyuan and Captain Long also looked around the ancestral hall, but didn't see any difference.

"You are not native villagers of Fucun, so you naturally feel that the surrounding environment is normal. I grew up here, and although this was a huge blow to me, I can still feel the difference. "

Xia Mingyuan nodded his head. He knew that he had no impression of this ancestral hall, so he was indeed unable to perceive anything.

I closed my eyes and recalled. I felt that the decorations in the ancestral hall were the same as before, but the ancestral hall now was indeed different from what I remembered.

I slowly walked to the main seat of the ancestral hall. When I saw the bloodstain on the main seat, I quickly closed my eyes. This was the place where my grandmother was killed.

In the past, when the village paid respects to the ancestral hall or celebrated the new year, I always stood in this position.

The village was simple and unadorned, and they still believed in the right side. Therefore, the one on the right was the clan leader. Grandmother kept all the worship in the village to the left, and I was right next to her.

As soon as I stood here, I could see the difference.

"All the pillars in the four directions have been changed. Can you check them?"

Upon hearing my words, Xia Mingyuan immediately walked to the bottom of a pillar to inspect it. The pillar was stained with blood and had not been washed away. The imprint was very new; it was the color of human blood.

"It has indeed been changed. This ancestral hall is eighty years old, and the wood used for the top beams and pillars must have been used for a long time. The paint should have penetrated deep into the wood and protected the wood, so the blood shouldn't have seeped this deep."

Xia Mingyuan looked carefully at the pillars in the four directions, and after confirming that they had all been changed, he stood up and nodded to me.

"All of them have been changed. How do you know? "

"This is the old ancestral hall of the village. Every New Year, or even the ancestors of the Priests, I stand here every year. I watched the lovely children playing behind the pillars. Previously, he had to hide behind a pillar belonging to a three or four-year-old child. Now, it seemed, he needed the arms of two children to hold him. If that was the case, and the children could not even see each other when they were playing, how could they have chased after them? "

Hearing my words, Captain Long's eyes lit up, and he began instructing the police officers by the door to find out when and how the pillars were changed.

Great, this is a big breakthrough. The renovation of the ancestral hall's pillars must have been a huge project and could not be completed in a short period of time. Now, you only need to ask the villagers in the surrounding villages to get a general idea of the situation.

I nodded, pleased to be able to contribute in this matter.

"Little Yin, the change of pillar has a lot to do with the massacre of the entire village."

I thought about it for a moment. I had read a book about how the pillar of support was fixed in the four directions, but I still couldn't understand the specific reason. Thus, I could only look at Xia Mingyuan.

"An old ancestral hall like this, when our ancestors chose the location, it was definitely the best place for feng shui to be. After so many years of suffering from the incense of your villagers, it was bound to be a great place for feng shui. Each of these four pillars is the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, and faintly has a defensive formation. If you want to kill the entire village, you should know that they can't do anything about this ancestral hall, so you must wait until the pillars are changed. "

I only understood what Xia Mingyuan meant now, but my heart was filled with doubt.

The ancestral hall in the village had always been well-protected. Although the roof tiles would occasionally be renovated, the pillars would definitely not be moved. Grandma knew these things well and would not allow them to move.

Could it be that there was still someone who could replace the village's pillars without anyone noticing?

"Don't think too much into it. This matter has finally reached a breakthrough. I'll raise the Eight Trigrams Assimilation Formation later to investigate and see if there are any other problems."