Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 30
Ps: There was an error in the automatic upload used before, which caused two chapters to be updated by mistake, and I will complete it today~~~~~~
Along the way, Li Canghai felt more and more strange, this fake county magistrate gave him a feeling of deja vu, but after careful consideration, he didn't have any impression.

Li Canghai was silent all the way, and when he was about to return to Di's house, he stopped and said to Di Qing, "Miss Qing, I want you to check something for me."

"What's the matter?" Di Qing blinked her eyes, as if she couldn't wait.

Li Canghai leaned into her ear and whispered a few words. After Di Qing finished listening, she raised her eyebrows and said triumphantly, "This matter is on me!"

After finishing speaking, Di Qing bounced away from Li Canghai.

Li Canghai looked at Di Qing's figure, and smiled in his heart, this girl's character is still so hot-tempered.

After Di Qing left, Li Canghai turned around and went to the Yin Yamen of Luoyang Mansion.

Although this fake magistrate of Zhengyang County is harmful to his suspicion, it gives people an unfathomable feeling.

If he is not really as upright as he appears on the surface, then this person is very likely to be a man of great power and deep scheming.

Li Canghai suddenly had an intuition that there must be some connection between this person and him, and the connection was the reason for his murder.

At the government office, Liang Xiuxiu was preparing the closing statement of Li Er's murder case for storage.

Seeing him coming in, Liang Xiu hurriedly put down the file in his hand, stepped forward to greet him, "Cang Hai, you're here, sit down and talk."

Liang Xiu had some doubts about him before. Although Di Huai praised him greatly in the letter, he still didn't believe the young man in front of him.

It wasn't until he saw Li Canghai's cleverness in solving a strange case that he completely admired him.At this time, he felt that Di Huai's words were true, this young man could be said to be a god in judging cases!

The two exchanged a few words, Li Canghai looked at the file on the next case, and said, "My lord, are you preparing to close the case?"

Liang Xiu took a sip of tea, nodded and said, "All cases must be closed and put into the treasury. This is the standard for evaluating officials by the Ministry of Officials. Although I am the governor of Luoyang, I have jurisdiction over five counties, so I must set an example."

"So, all the cases that happened in these years have been recorded?" Li Canghai also asked after taking a sip of tea.

"It's natural. Every prefecture has a depository to store cases over the years." Liang Xiu put down his teacup and asked curiously, "How is your investigation about the Zhengyang magistrate?"

Li Canghai didn't know what he was thinking, and he was a little lost in thought. He didn't react until Liang Xiu called him a few more times.

"I came here this time to report this matter to my lord."

Li Canghai paused for a moment and said, "The magistrate of Zhengyang County is very similar to the person we saw that night, but he did not admit that he had been to Di's house."

Liang Xiu snorted, frowned and said, "In your opinion, is Zhengyang county magistrate really related to this case?"

Li Canghai shook his head, and he pondered: "What he said is convincing, but there is no evidence to prove it, but one thing is certain, all of this is by no means accidental."

Liang Xiu frowned, tapped the armchair with his fingers, and sighed: "Zhengyang County is under the jurisdiction of this official, and I have also read his resume. This person has been poor all his life, and he is upright. He is by no means a villain. Man, how could he be implicated in the murder?"

Li Canghai thought to himself, the person you mentioned has already been replaced by an impostor, so of course you will miss him.

But he can only talk about this matter in his heart, about his rebirth, no one will believe him even if he tells it, maybe he will be regarded as a lunatic.

"My lord, you can't just look at a person's appearance. This villain doesn't have the word 'evil' written on his face, does he?" Li Canghai said with a faint smile, half-jokingly.

"You're right. It's hard to paint a tiger's skin. If he is really involved in the murder, I will never let him go lightly!" Liang Xiu slammed his fist on the armchair and said sharply with his eyes wide open.

After being silent for a while, Li Canghai remembered the purpose of coming here.He asked Liang Xiu: "My lord, I heard that when the Emperor Wu was alive, he admired Di Gong greatly, and once rewarded Di Gong with a purple robe and a tortoise belt. These things were prepared by the Luoyang Mansion at that time. I wonder if it is true?"

Liang Xiu nodded and said: "That's right, these things were indeed prepared by the Luoyang Mansion. It took three years for the Luoyang Mansion Governor to search for skilled craftsmen to complete the preparations."

"Three years?" Li Canghai was dumbfounded, he asked in puzzlement, "It took three years for just these two things?"

Li Canghai found it even more inconceivable. Generally speaking, when the emperor rewarded his courtiers, even if it was an ordinary wine cup, the courtiers would offer it as a sacred object.

What's more, most of the things rewarded by the emperor are rare treasures.

But I've never heard of an emperor rewarding a minister with meticulous preparation for three years!This is incredible.

Shock is nothing but shock, but thinking about Wu Zetian's mourning for Di Renjie's death, Li Canghai was relieved. After all, Di Renjie contributed a lot to the world of Wu Zhou.

"This official also learned from the previous government records. It is said that when Di Gong became the governor of Weizhou, the Emperor Wu had already ordered Luoyang Mansion to prepare these." Liang Xiu took a sip of tea and said strangely: "You ask these Chen What are you doing in the past?"

Li Canghai's mind was spinning rapidly. What he made in three years must be of great value. Perhaps this is the purpose of the Gopher Gate.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and asked, "My lord, about the purple robe and turtle belt, can Luoyang Mansion keep any records?"

Liang Xiu thought for a while, and said, "The house still has sample drawings of these two items. You can take them with you for a while, and I'll get them for you."

Li Canghai was ecstatic. He originally thought that it would be good to find the relevant written records, but he didn't expect that the Luoyang Mansion still kept the blueprints of these two items.

After a while, Liang Xiu walked over with a dusty scroll and annals.

"This is the official annals and blueprints. These things have been stored for a long time. If you don't mention them, I will almost forget them."

Li Canghai hurriedly took the official records and the scroll, he put down the scroll, and picked up the official records first to read.

What was recorded in the government records was roughly the same as what Liang Xiu said, but a sentence in the government records caught his attention.

It is recorded as follows: The emperor gave Di Gong a purple robe and a tortoise belt, and rewarded him with twelve gold characters on it to signify his loyalty.

That is to say, when Wu Zetian rewarded Di Renjie with the purple robe and turtle belt, he also personally wrote twelve gold characters to commend Di Renjie's loyalty.

There is nothing wrong with this sentence, but Li Canghai is a very curious person. It did not explain what the twelve golden characters are, which made him want to know the content of the twelve characters even more.

"My lord, do you know what is written in the twelve gold characters?" Li Canghai put down the official records and asked Liang Xiu.

Liang Xiu was stunned, he shook his head and said: "It's been too long, and I have never heard anyone mention the content of the twelve gold characters."

Li Canghai sighed regretfully, rubbed his temples, and simply stopped thinking about it, then picked up the scroll.

(End of this chapter)