Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 32

Li Canghai looked at the young man. Although the young man was thin, he was full of vigor.

Because he had examined the body of the servant together before, he also knew something about the young man, so he nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter can be entrusted to him, and I will assist you."

Seeing that Li Canghai agreed, Liang Xiu stopped talking, ordered the yamen servants to build a straw shed, and went to gather everyone in the posthouse for interrogation.

Xiao Wu carefully inspected the corpse, starting from the head of the deceased, not letting go of any inch.

Even Li Canghai admired Xiao Wu's courage. Facing such a strange corpse, he was still so indifferent, which showed his determination.

Li Canghai crossed his arms and stared at the corpse, lost in thought.

Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of the fake county magistrate also appearing at the scene.Thinking about it, everyone would be a suspect in a homicide case in the posthouse, and he was no exception.

Li Canghai couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Judging from the official uniform worn by the deceased, this person was actually a Zhengyang county government servant.

After pondering for a while, he took out the gauze and covered his face, and hooked his fingers at the yamen servant whom he had entrusted when he came here.

The yamen servant knew it, hurried over and whispered in his ear.

After Li Canghai listened, he glanced at the magistrate of Zhengyang County, and then walked over.

Including the fake county magistrate, there were seven people in Zhengyang County. Now that one person died, the rest of them were terrified.

"Canghai, you came at a good time. When the deceased died, these people were with the deceased and witnessed the incident." Seeing Li Canghai approaching, Liang Xiu said to him.

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't expected that Li Canghai had the same name as him, but the surprise on his face flashed away, and he soon regained his composure.

Li Canghai squinted his eyes, and he saw all the actions of the other party.

However, he had no intention of exposing the county magistrate.Instead, he looked at a few yamen servants, stroked his chin and said, "Several, can you explain the situation at the time of the case?"

Several yamen servants were trembling all over, as if they were quite frightened. After a moment of silence, an older yamen servant shrank his neck and said, "My lord, we were originally here to accompany Mr. Li to deliver the tax money. I didn't expect After arriving at the post house, I was ordered not to leave. The brothers have nothing to do these days, and drink for fun in their spare time to pass the time."

After a pause, he went on to say: "Brothers are all good at drinking. Today Niu Fugui yelled to go to the latrine after drinking a pot of wine. The brothers laughed at him for being too poor at drinking. Unexpectedly, he just took two steps. , suddenly fell to the ground."

Speaking of this, the yamen servant's face became terrified, as if he had seen a ghost.He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, panting heavily and said: "I wanted to go up to help him, but he pushed me away, and the whole person seemed to be crazy and bumped into the pillar! We pulled He couldn't hold it back, and when his head was bleeding, he suddenly knelt on the ground, twisting his body desperately."

Liang Xiu was taken aback, and he said in disbelief, "How could this be?"

The yamen servant took a few breaths, and said with a pale face: "We don't know what happened. When we went to pull him, we found that he was already dead."

"When did this happen?" Li Canghai listened carefully to what the yamen servants said, judging from the yamen servants' expressions, they were not lying.

However, just an hour ago, he had been to the post house.

At that time, everyone was drinking and joking. In just one hour, there was a murder case.

"My lord, this happened about half an hour ago." The yamen servant replied tremblingly.

"Did any suspicious person enter the posthouse during this period?" Li Canghai pondered for a while, then turned and asked the postman.

Yicheng cupped his hands and said, "No strangers have entered the posthouse these two days, and even the daily food is bought from the market by the government servants."

Li Canghai closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked several yamen servants: "Did you have any contact with outsiders in the past two days?"

The yamen servant was stunned for a moment, and he shook his head suspiciously: "Brothers have been drinking every day for the past two days, and have never met outsiders!"

At this moment, the fake county magistrate who had been silent all this time spoke up.

"Cheng Tou, have you left the post house today?"

The yamen servant was stunned for a moment, and his tone became hesitant: "My lord, how... how do you know about this?"

The counterfeit county magistrate flicked his sleeves and snorted, "Cheng Tou, how many times have I told you that this bad habit of drinking must be changed! Do you think you can hide it from everyone's eyes?"

Chengtou was frightened and said yes again and again, bent over for a long time and dared not lift it up.

Liang Xiu was a little stunned, and he said in a puzzled way: "How do you know they left the post house?"

The counterfeit county magistrate bowed his hands to him, pointed to the wine jars beside him and said, "The wine in the post house is different from the wine sold in the market. From the smell of wine in these wine jars, I can tell that they used to I sneaked out of the post house."

Liang Xiu picked up the two wine jars and smelled them. The smell of the two wines was very weak, and it was difficult to smell the difference.

Li Canghai stared at the counterfeit county magistrate, he also smelled the difference between the two kinds of alcohol, smiled slightly, and said, "Master Li observes meticulously, which is admirable."

The counterfeit county magistrate also stared at him, and he cupped his hands and said, "Master, I'm overwhelmed. The deceased is from Zhengyang County, so I will do my best to assist you in solving the case."

The corners of Li Canghai's mouth twitched slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Master Li, where were you when the crime happened? What were you doing?"

The sudden question made everyone a little surprised.

"When the case happened, the lower official was counting the tax money in the back hall. It wasn't until the postman knocked on the door that the lower official knew that there was a murder." The counterfeit county magistrate replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"Who can testify?" Li Canghai asked sharply without leaving him any time to think.

"No one testified."

"No one testifies, so it means that the adult is also suspected of murder?" Li Canghai raised his brows and sneered.

The fake county magistrate frowned, stared at Li Canghai, and said deeply: "Master, what is the meaning of this, do you think that the subordinate killed the county magistrate?"

Li Canghai said indifferently: "When the case happened, the five of them were with the deceased and they could testify to each other. As for Mr. Li, no one can prove the truth of what you said. It is reasonable for you to be suspected of murder."

After a pause, he narrowed his eyes and said, "What's more, Mr. Li was involved in another murder case. Coincidentally, the methods of death in the two murder cases were very strange, and Mr. Li had no alibi at the same time. How will adults explain it?"

Li Canghai pressed every step of the way, and everything he said was extremely unfavorable to the fake county magistrate.

The counterfeit county magistrate was at a loss for words and could not refute.

Liang Xiu just wanted to say something, but when he saw the look in Li Canghai's eyes, he swallowed the words back.

(End of this chapter)