Chapter 119 He Laughs in the Sea of ​​Fire (Part )
Su Liuyue immediately looked at Feng Dali and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"The yard that Bai Langjun rented is in a secluded place near the mountain at the end of the village. It's quite a distance away from other villagers' yards. Now it's dinner time and most people are eating at home. If it had caught fire, others wouldn't have discovered it so quickly."

Feng Dali also looked reluctant and said, "It's just that there was a child in the village who was too playful and didn't come home at dinner time. His family was worried and looked for him everywhere in the village. His mother accidentally walked to the vicinity of Bai Langjun's yard and found that it was on fire...

According to the child's mother, she was terrified when she found the fire and immediately ran to inform other people in the village. Fortunately, when the others arrived, the fire in the house was not very strong. They heard faint cries for help from the house. One of the men doused himself with water from the water tank on the spot and went in to rescue Bai Langjun.

The man said that when he entered, Bai Langjun was lying next to the desk, half of his body was burning. If he had come a step later, I guess... I guess even gods couldn't save him..."

Except for the selection of targets and the fact that Bai He was not asleep when he was found, everything else was exactly the same as the previous cases!
Su Liuyue took a deep breath, walked to Bai He who was groaning in pain, pursed her lips, and whispered: "Mr. Bai, I know you are in pain now. The doctor is on the way. Please bear with it."

The relatively intact side of Bai He's face was hideous, tears kept welling up in his eyes, and it was unclear whether it was out of pain or hatred, and he kept saying something.

But perhaps because his throat was also burned, the words he spoke were hoarse and unclear, like a erhu that was completely out of tune. People around him had no idea what he was saying, and they had no time to distinguish carefully.

Su Liuyue's heart skipped a beat, and she whispered to the people around her, "Everyone, be quiet."

Then he squatted down, put his head close to Bai He, and tried to understand what he was saying.

"The evil ghost... that was an evil ghost... he came... and stood beside me... he was covered with a blanket... his face was covered... he was laughing at me... he was laughing at me! It was him... he was the one who set me on fire... it was that evil ghost! I asked him for help... but he... he kicked me into the fire... into the sea of ​​fire... and he was still laughing... he was laughing all the time!!!"

When he said the last sentence, he was obviously very angry. His chest kept heaving and he shouted desperately with his leaky voice.

Because the people around him had quieted down, Feng Dali was able to hear what he was saying a little more clearly. He couldn't help but said in shock, "The one he was talking about... could it be the murderer who set the fire? The murderer... even entered the house after the fire started?!"

What kind of monster is this! Isn't he afraid that he will also be burned to death in the fire?
Su Liuyue took a deep breath and said in a calm voice, "Because he wanted to see them burn to death with his own eyes."

Feng Dali suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Liuyue, his face stunned.

they?

What he meant was that when several other candidates were burned to death, the murderer also entered their room and watched them... being burned to death?

Su Liuyue stood up all of a sudden and murmured, "We were wrong, we were all wrong. The murderer did not target the candidates with good grades, but the entire group of candidates!

Moreover, he was jealous of their feelings. He was jealous that they could participate in the imperial examinations and that they could have a bright and glorious future...

Because he is a person without a future. He obviously had a bright future like these candidates, but it was gone, all of a sudden. He couldn’t bear the blow, so he started committing crimes frequently..."

Bai He's result in the provincial examination was almost at the bottom of the list. He had nothing to do with the group of candidates with good results!

Su Liuyue's voice was not loud, but Feng Dali, who was standing next to her, heard it and asked in confusion, "Are you talking about those who failed the provincial examination?"

But with so many candidates failing the provincial examinations every year, why don’t they go so crazy?
"No, the murderer had very strong feelings for these candidates, so strong that he had to see them burned to death with his own eyes to be satisfied. What's the big deal about failing the provincial examination? The Daqing Dynasty has just been established, and it is a time of unlimited opportunities. If they fail this time, there will definitely be another one soon."

Su Liuyue tried to calm down and put herself in the murderer's position, saying, "That is more terrible than failing the provincial examination. Maybe he has lost the qualification to take the imperial examination forever. Maybe... he originally passed the examination, but for some reason, his qualification was cancelled... Only when something that was originally within reach suddenly disappears, a person will suddenly feel such a big gap, and then become jealous and hateful towards the entire group of candidates...

When he starts committing crimes, it's like a person starting to take drugs. Once he starts, he can't stop at all, and even becomes more and more addicted...

This can be seen from the fact that the time interval between each case is getting shorter and shorter, and he is committing crimes more and more at will..."

Feng Dali felt a chill in his heart when he heard this.

Everyone knows that the imperial examination is the only way for most scholars to succeed, and the imperial court will not easily deprive a person of the qualification to take the imperial examination or the status of Jinshi.

Unless that person or that person's family has committed a serious crime, such as forming a clique for personal gain, betraying the country, or even... treason...

There are quite a few families that have been sentenced for these crimes recently and even had their descendants implicated...

Feng Dali took a while to find his voice again, "But... if that's the case, how did the murderer choose his victims? The previous victims were all top-ranked students. Could it be a coincidence?"

Su Liuyue didn't say anything.

Indeed, with so many candidates in Beijing, why did the murderer choose these few?
If it is a coincidence, the people who died in the first three times were all candidates with good grades. This is too much of a coincidence.

She was just about to say that she would go back to Jingzhao Prefecture to review the previous cases and see if there was any connection between the victims before making a judgment, when a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came, followed by a grief-stricken voice, "My... my house! If I had known I would not have rented it out!"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man who ran over in a hurry.

A woman next to him curled her lips and said, "Old Wu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but we all reminded you before that several candidates in the city were burned to death recently, and told you not to rent your house to these candidates easily, but you refused to listen.

Others have rented out their houses a long time ago. It would be a shame to stop renting it halfway through, but you are asking for your own house to be burned down!

There are plenty of inns and hostels in the city. Are you still worried that he will have nowhere to stay without your house?"

Old Wu had a look of regret on his face. "I...how could I have known that this would be so unlucky, and it had to happen to me! I didn't want to rent it at first, but didn't I see that Mr. Bai looked so sincere? He also said that if he passed the imperial examination in the future, he would repay me well. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei sent him a message not long ago. If he passed the imperial examination, his future would be limitless...I was persuaded by him! Thinking that my grandchildren might have to take the imperial examination in the future, maybe it would be a blessing in the future if I made one more good relationship..."

Su Liuyue listened to what he said, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. She turned to Feng Dali and asked, "The case of candidates being burned to death started about a month ago, but the first fire incident that occurred during this period had nothing to do with the candidates!

I asked the head of the road before, and he said that the person who was burned to death in the first fire case also had a special identity. Do you know the details of the first fire case?"

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