Chapter 78

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　　Bright Hotel.
　　Room 8001.
　　This is a presidential suite.
　　Ye Qiu took a glance and found that the room was neat and tidy, very clean.
　　”Brother Zhao, are you sure His Highness the Ninth Prince was assassinated here last night？” Ye Qiu was a little skeptical. This didn’t look like an assassination scene at all.
　　”I’m sure.” Zhao Yun said, “I checked. His Highness the Ninth Prince lived here last night and he didn’t leave the room the whole night.”
　　Ye Qiu asked again, “Then why is the room so clean and tidy？ Was it cleaned by the hotel cleaners？”
　　”I asked. The hotel didn’t send anyone to clean it.”
　　Ye Qiu’s brows furrowed, looking at the Dragon King and said, “Do you think this looks like an assassination scene？”
　　”No.”
　　”I don’t think so either.” Ye Qiu said, “If His Highness the Ninth Prince was really assassinated in this room last night and several bodyguards died, then there must be traces of a fight in the room. But now there is nothing here, as if no one has ever lived here.”
　　”Could it be that His Highness the Ninth Prince did live here last night, but the assassination scene was not here？” As soon as the Dragon King’s voice fell, he was refuted by Zhao Yun.
　　Zhao Yun said, “I have carefully checked the surveillance. After the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old entered this room last night, he didn’t leave the room until this morning. And those dead bodyguards of his were also carried out of this room this morning. I’m sure that this is the assassination scene.”
　　”Then why can’t we find any trace？” said the Dragon King with a frown.
　　”Could it be that the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old sent someone to clean this place up？”
　　Upon hearing this sentence, both Ye Qiu and the Dragon King were stunned.
　　Zhao Yun then said, “If it was really done by the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old, then why did he do this？ What’s the benefit for him to clean up the scene so cleanly？”
　　”You’re such a fool. Don’t you understand such a simple truth？” said the Dragon King angrily. “The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old is testing Ye Qiu.”
　　”Testing？” Zhao Yun was even more confused.
　　The Dragon King explained, “The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old asking Ye Qiu to find the murderer was originally a test. Now erasing all the traces is to increase the difficulty of the test. If Ye Qiu passes the test and finds the murderer, then we’ll all be safe and sound. If Ye Qiu doesn’t find the murderer, then the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old will take my life and one of Ye Qiu’s arms as promised.”
　　”This dog thing is really insidious.”
　　After scolding, Zhao Yun quickly covered his mouth with his hand, looked around, and found that there was no one else, then he let out a sigh of relief.
　　The Dragon King scolded Zhao Yun with a sullen face and said, “As the saying goes, illness comes in through the mouth and trouble comes out through the mouth. Pay attention to what you say in the future. Never say such things as just now. Otherwise, if the people of the Dragon Gate hear it, your death will come.”
　　“Well, I will pay attention in the future.” Zhao Yun also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue and sincerely accepted the criticism of the Dragon King.
　　“Little Ye, what should we do now？” The Dragon King asked.
　　“Find the murderer.” Ye Qiu said.
　　“How　to　find？”
　　“As long as the murderer has been to this room, there will definitely be traces left. No matter how clean the Nine Thousand Years has erased, it is impossible to erase all the traces.” Ye Qiu said： “Let’s first look for it in the room to see if we can find the traces of the murderer.”
　　“Okay！”
　　Immediately, the three people began to search in the room.
　　This presidential suite is very large. In addition to the living room, there are also four rooms and two bathrooms.
　　The three of them searched very carefully. It took nearly an hour to turn the room upside down, but they didn’t find any clues.
　　“I’m sure now that it must be the Nine Thousand Years who sent someone to erase the traces, because ordinary people simply can’t erase the traces so thoroughly.” The Dragon King sighed： “No wonder the Dragon Gate is expanding so fast. There are quite a few capable people under the Nine Thousand Years！”
　　“Brother Zhao, where is the hotel monitoring room？ Take me to have a look.” Ye Qiu said.
　　Since no clues were found in the room, he could only pin his hopes on the surveillance video.
　　Zhao Yun said, “I have already watched the surveillance video and didn’t find anything valuable.”
　　“But I still want to take a look.”
　　Seeing Ye Qiu’s insistence, the Dragon King also said, “Zhao Yun, hurry up and lead the way. I also want to take a look.”
　　“Well, okay.”
　　Zhao Yun led Ye Qiu and the Dragon King to the hotel’s surveillance room.
　　The three sat in the surveillance room and watched all the surveillance videos of the hotel from last night to this morning.
　　Just as Zhao Yun had said before, after the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old and his bodyguards entered the room, they didn’t come out the whole night. Even the door wasn’t opened once throughout the night.
　　Only this morning, the door was opened, and several corpses were carried out from inside. Then the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old left.
　　After watching the video, Ye Qiu said, “The surveillance video has been tampered with.”
　　“Little Ye, what did you find？” The Dragon King hurriedly asked.
　　Zhao Yun also looked at Ye Qiu curiously.
　　Ye Qiu said, “In the surveillance video, after the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old and his several bodyguards entered the room, they didn’t come out the whole night, and even the door wasn’t opened. So, may I ask, how did the murderer enter the room？”
　　“Could it be that he entered through the window？” The Dragon King said.
　　“I’ve checked all the windows in the room, and there are no signs of damage. Although the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old wiped away the traces in the room, I don’t believe he even replaced the windows. So there is only one possibility, the murderer entered through the front door. But from beginning to end, we didn’t see the murderer in the video.” Ye Qiu continued, “And the most crucial point is that I didn’t find Han Long.”
　　“Han Long？ Who is he？” Zhao Yun asked.
　　“Han Long is the adopted son of the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old. He was sent to Jiangzhou Hospital early this morning. At that time, he had dozens of gunshot wounds and knife wounds on his body and was on the verge of death.” Ye Qiu said, “Han Long was also seriously injured while protecting the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old, which means that when the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old was assassinated, Han Long was by his side.”
　　“And in this video, Han Long is not seen.”
　　“Based on these two points, I conclude that this video has been tampered with. If I’m not wrong, this was also done by the people sent by the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old.”
　　“Damned…” Zhao Yun wanted to start swearing again. Just as he said one word, he saw the Dragon King glaring at him and quickly closed his mouth.
　　Little did he know that at this time, Ye Qiu was also scolding the Ninth Thousand-Year-Old in his heart.
　　This damned bastard wiped away the traces so cleanly. How can we find the murderer？
　　Zhao Yun said, “I’ll immediately find someone to repair the video.”
　　“Okay, I’ll leave this matter to Brother Zhao to arrange. I’ll go and take another look in the room.” After saying that, Ye Qiu returned to the room with the Dragon King.
　　Continue　to　search.
　　Half an hour later, still nothing was found.
　　Zhao Yun also came back and said that the video couldn’t be repaired.
　　“It seems that we can only use the Maoshan talisman.”
　　When the Dragon King and Zhao Yun were not paying attention, Ye Qiu crossed his hands, quickly formed seals in front of his chest, and then whispered the spell. Soon, a wisp of black air appeared out of thin air and floated in front of Ye Qiu’s eyes.
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