Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 19 Curse to Kill

"My lord, I wonder what you can find out?" Li Canghai stepped forward to stop him, and asked with cupped hands.

The official looked him up and down, raised his brows and said: "I have found something, should I report it to you?"

"My lord, you are serious. Caomin is only concerned about the case, not to mention Caomin still has some clues..." Li Canghai said hastily.

Before he could finish speaking, the official raised his chin and interrupted him: "This case is strange and inexplicable. You are all suspected of murder. No one is allowed to leave this place until the official comes back!"

The official greeted the housekeeper of Di Mansion and asked him to take care of everyone and not allow anyone to leave.After that, he left in a hurry with the yamen servant.

"The official rank is not high, and the official prestige is not small. It is unreasonable to even treat this lady as a murderer." Di Qing, who had a slightly good-looking complexion, wrinkled her small arms and said in a low voice displeased.

Li Canghai focused all his attention on the corpse, he didn't care about the official's arrogance, what he really cared about was the cause of death of the deceased.

There is no wound, and the body is stiff, as if the soul was directly hooked by the evil spirit.There is also the posture of the corpse, why is it so similar to the statue in Senluo Hall? Is it really a ghost seeking revenge?

When Li Canghai was thinking hard, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps behind him. He looked back and found that the people who came were actually another team of yamen servants, and the leader of the team was wearing official robes, but he was no longer the same person as before.

This person has a long beard and is slightly dark in appearance, but that person just now has a white face and no beard.

"My lord, may I ask who you are?" The butler was a little puzzled, this was clearly a different group of people than before.

The man frowned slightly, and said: "My official is Liang Xiu, Yin of Luoyang Prefecture, has someone in your family been killed?"

The housekeeper nodded hastily, and replied: "So you are Mr. Liang that the master often talks about. Who is it that just came?"

"Huh? There were officials here just now?" Liang Xiu asked in surprise.

"Returning to my lord, there was indeed a group of yamen servants and officials just now. After they inspected the scene, they said that they went back to look for Wu Zuo to come for an autopsy. Don't you know, my lord?" the housekeeper asked inexplicably.

Liang Xiu raised his brows, and said in a deep voice: "After receiving the report, I came here in a hurry without notifying other officials. Besides, Wu Zuo has come with me, why should I send officials here first?"

Li Canghai, who was in deep thought, suddenly had a buzzing in his head, and he cried out: "No, I've been fooled!"

With that said, he rushed out of the door and chased after him.

Seeing this, Di Qing followed closely behind.

Li Cang scolded himself for being careless while chasing him by the sea, from the discovery of the body to the arrival of the yamen servants, it took only a few cups of tea.

And the government office is at least two incense sticks away from Di's house, and it's late at night, how could they come so quickly?

After discovering the body, they immediately came to Di's house. This kind of thing was too coincidental, as if they had known that Di's house would report the crime.

What's more, in the middle of the night, how could he be dressed so neatly after being called up to deal with the case.Li Canghai scolded himself, he couldn't even see such an obvious flaw, he was as stupid as his grandma.

Li Canghai chased him for two blocks, but he didn't even see half a person. He didn't stop until Di Qing caught up and asked him what was going on.

"You mean, those people before were fake?" After hearing what Li Canghai said, Di Qing couldn't close her mouth in surprise.

Li Canghai's face was serious, he rubbed the center of his brows, and said in a deep voice: "This group of people took such a big risk, they must have found what they wanted in the clan hall, let's go back and find out what is missing, and then make plans .”

When the two returned to Di's house, Di Ying had already woken up from a coma and was talking to Liang Xiu with an ugly expression.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Di Ying hurriedly asked what happened.

Li Canghai told the story and the guesses in his heart, and Di Ying immediately got up and went to the clan hall to check. Fortunately, the items placed in the clan hall were all recorded, and by comparison, we could know whether something was missing.

"Don't worry, you two, I have ordered my subordinates to investigate in the city, and you dare to pretend to be an official of the imperial court, you are so audacious!" Liang Xiu's face was gloomy, and he seemed very angry.

Li Canghai shook his head in disbelief. Since they dared to pretend to be court officials, they must have been prepared. I'm afraid it would be difficult to find their whereabouts now.

However, it is inconvenient for him to say more, but he asked: "Since your lord has arrived at the clan hall, what have you found?"

Liang Xiu rubbed his chin, and after a while he shook his head and said, "I really can't see any flaws. Judging from the situation at the scene and the posture of the corpse, it really looks like a curse."

Li Canghai didn't speak, he rubbed his nose and fell into deep thought.

Curse to kill?Naturally, he would not believe such a ridiculous thing, but how to explain the servant's corpse?
There are no wounds, and the body is stiff, which has nothing to do with conventional killing methods.What's more, the posture of the corpse was very similar to the stone statue he had seen in Sen Luo Temple.

Just as she was thinking, Di Ying hurried in.

"It's clear, there are three imperial decrees missing, and a jade turtle belt." Di Ying was sweating profusely, panting.

"Second brother, what are you holding?" Di Qing asked curiously when she saw something in his hand.

"This is the ancestor's court wat. It was originally put together with the jade turtle belt. Last time it was taken by your niece to play, it was thrown in my room. Fortunately, it was not placed in the ** hall, otherwise this thing would also be stolen by thieves." Steal it!" Di Ying rubbed the slightly blackened chao wat, feeling emotional.

"Is this thing put together with the lost thing?" Li Canghai asked suddenly.

Di Ying nodded and said: "These are all things used by our ancestors in the past, and we should try our best to protect them as future generations."

"Is there a rubbing copy of the three imperial edicts?" Li Canghai took the Chaohu from Di Ying, looked at it, and handed it to Di Qing.

"It's natural, all imperial edicts have rubbings. Master, did our Di family really suffer this curse because we offended our ancestors!" Di Ying trembled with fear when thinking of the eight blood characters.

Liang Xiu spoke at this time, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Di, there are no ghosts in this world, don't be frightened by a few bloody words, according to my opinion, this is the murderer's suspicion."

Li Canghai also nodded and echoed, "That's right, if there are curses and murders in this world, what's the use of swords? What's more, Mr. Di is a man of benevolence and righteousness, so how can he scare his descendants?"

"If it didn't disturb the peace of the ancestors, how could people die?" Di Ying was a very awe-inspiring person, so how could he believe his words so easily.

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, and said in an unusually firm tone: "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter to the bottom."

The soldiers were divided into three groups, Liang Xiu was in charge of looking for those who pretended to be government officials, Di Ying was in charge of comforting the old and young at home, and Li Canghai was in charge of inspecting the corpses in conjunction with his assistants.

No one could have imagined that so many things would happen in this seemingly ordinary night, I'm afraid it can only be summed up by the word 'strange'.

Li Canghai never dreamed that the original simple "ghost hunting" would become so complicated and weird.

(End of this chapter)