Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 23

"The so-called murder by cursing is just a cover, the purpose is to confuse the public." Li Canghai said indifferently with his hands behind his back: "Since I say you are the murderer, there is naturally evidence to prove it."

"Aren't you the first person who found the corpse?" Li Canghai walked up to Li Er and asked indifferently.

Li Er nodded, and said in astonishment: "It is indeed the only corpse I found."

"I ask you, everyone was chasing that 'ghost' at that time, why didn't you go with them?"

"Back to Tianzun, according to the arrangement of the mage, the young one hid under the window on the left side of the family hall. After hearing the movement, he rushed back from the front of the hall, but found the corpse inadvertently." Li Er shrank his neck, recalling last night It seemed extremely frightening.

"Oh? You found it by accident while passing by? Didn't you find it by hiding behind the gate of the clan hall?" Li Canghai took a step forward and said in a cold voice.

Li Er's face became a little ugly, he looked at Li Canghai in horror, and said, "Tianzun, what do you mean by that?"

Li Canghai sneered, and said indifferently: "When the case happened, everyone was 'catching ghosts', that is to say, apart from 'me' and that 'ghost', there could be no third person in the clan hall. Neither?"

Li Er didn't know what he was going to say, but just nodded. He was indeed the only one in the clan hall at that time.

"But there were footprints of three people at the scene. Apart from 'me' and the 'ghost', there was another footprint behind the gate of the clan hall." Li Canghai picked up three blank papers from the altar, and traced three faces on them. different footprints.

Everyone was baffled, Liang Xiu was also confused, he interrupted: "It is impossible for two people to have three footprints, unless there is a third person present."

Li Canghai shook his head, but overlapped the two pieces of paper and said, "Two people have three footprints because two footprints come from the same person."

Everyone turned their attention to the overlapping papers. The footprints copied on them could indeed coincide perfectly, and they were indeed the same footprint.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, looking at him puzzled.

Li Canghai put down the two footprints and said, "These two footprints belong to the same person, that is Li Er."

"Tianzun, didn't you just say that there are only you and that 'ghost' in the room? According to what you said, this footprint should belong to that 'ghost'. How could it be Li Er?" Di Yingyue came The more confused he was, he asked inexplicably.

Li Canghai glanced at Li Er who was dripping with cold sweat, and said calmly, "Because that 'ghost' is none other than Li Er!"

"What?" Di Ying cried out in disbelief.

"Li Er pretended to be Di Gong, and I broke it first, and then escaped from the pursuit. When Di Qing chased him out, he had quietly returned to the clan hall." Li Canghai stared at Li Erdao with his hands behind his back.

"This...how is this possible. How could Li Er have such abilities, not to mention Qing'er's martial arts is so strong, how could he avoid Qing'er's pursuit?" Di Ying said with a face full of astonishment.

"He doesn't need to have that kind of ability at all. As long as he knows the detailed deployment of 'I', he can easily avoid Di Qing. The reason why Di Qing can't chase him is because he never left Di's residence." Li Cang Hai said in a deep voice.

"Tianzun, these are all your guesses, but is there any evidence to prove that I'm pretending to be Di Gong?" Li Er suddenly mustered up his courage, and asked through gritted teeth.

Li Canghai sneered, pointed to the shoes behind Li Er, and said coldly: "It rained all day in Luoyang yesterday, and I brought a lot of flour when catching ghosts, so everyone's shoes will be more or less covered with mud or flour, and why are your shoes so clean?"

Li Er glanced at his shoes, and was suddenly speechless.

Then I heard Li Canghai continue to say: "Because you found flour on your feet, you were afraid of being compared with the shoe prints, so you changed into new shoes, right?"

Sweat broke out on Li Er's forehead, and his expression was very nervous.

"When you do this, it is precisely 'there is no silver 300 taels', which shows that you have ghosts in your heart."

"No, it's not. I can't tell from the footprints alone that I'm impersonating Duke Di. There were still many people who entered the clan hall last night. I don't accept it." Li Er shouted.

Li Canghai stared at him coldly, and shouted: "There is the rope net that trapped you last night at the window, and there is flour spilled on the ground, and there are no other people's footprints. It is your footprint, one on the window wood, One is behind the family hall, how do you explain it?"

Li Er's face was pale, and he wanted to refute, but Li Canghai clapped his hands.

Several yamen servants came over with some clothes in their arms.

When Li Er saw those clothes, he was instantly paralyzed to the ground.

"These clothes were worn by you when you pretended to be Di Gong, and these shoes were all found from your residence. Do you still want to deny it?"

Li Canghai took out a shoe from his clothes, which was still dipped in mud and flour.He put the shoes on the imitated footprints, not too big or too small, just right.

"Okay, Li Er, I'm always good to you. I don't want you to pretend to be your ancestor and make the whole Di mansion restless. You, you are so unreasonable!" After seeing those clothes, Di Ying cursed tremblingly. .

Li Er looked at the clothes in dismay, but he still held luck in his heart.

"Even if I pretend to be Di Gong, it doesn't prove that I'm a murderer!" Li Er shouted with the courage he didn't know where he came from.

"Until now, you still don't want to repent? This seat will convince you."

Li Canghai led the crowd to the firewood room where the corpse was buried, and ordered people to wet the paper with wine vinegar and cover it on the corpse's head, then covered it with clothes, poured wine vinegar on the head, and covered it with a straw mat , let everyone wait for a while.

While waiting, Di Qing brought a monk to Di's mansion.

When Li Canghai saw it, the monk was actually Huiguang.

"After I've been away for so long, you've turned into a fairy! You're very brave!" In the firewood room, Di Qing thumped Li Canghai hard, and teased.

Li Canghai was staggered by her punch, he rolled his eyes, and hissed: "Grandma, can you keep your voice down, don't give me the majestic image I've drawn so hard. Let me tell you the truth. You think it's easy for me, the muscles on my face are going to be stiff."

"Okay, okay, listen to you, old fairy, when will you ascend?" Di Qing looked at his stiff facial expression and joked desperately holding back a laugh.

Li Canghai ignored her, but saluted Huiguang, "Master, so you are that eminent monk, you are really rude."

With a smile on Huiguang's face, he clasped his hands together and saluted: "Amitabha, the benefactor has misunderstood, how can the little monk He De be worthy of the title of eminent monk. The eminent monk Miss Di mentioned is the guru of the little monk, because the guru is not feeling well. , so let the little monk come here on his behalf."

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's ask Master to identify it. This zerg is inside the corpse, so Master must be careful."

(End of this chapter)