Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 33 The same way to die

He originally planned to say a few words of defense for the fake county magistrate, after all, the deceased was the Zhengyang county magistrate who came with him, but then he thought about it, since he entrusted Li Canghai with the investigation, he had to trust him .

What's more, Li Canghai thought carefully, he believed that he would not let a bad person go, and at the same time he would not wrong a good person.

After pondering in his mind for a moment, Liang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Lord Li, what Cang Hai said is reasonable. Among the six people, you are the most suspected. Please stay in the guest room for a few more days. The officials will return Mr. Li justice."

"I will follow your lord's wishes, I hope your lord can find the real culprit as soon as possible, and give you justice!" The counterfeit county magistrate took a deep look at Li Canghai, frowned slightly, and followed by two yamen servants, went to Go to the back hall.

"Cang Hai, I don't think the magistrate of Zhengyang County did this. Why did you target him so?" Liang Xiu stroked his beard and frowned.

Li Canghai made a hissing gesture, and said in a deep voice: "My lord doesn't know something, this person is involved in another matter, and I will tell you after I investigate this matter clearly."

Liang Xiu was a little stunned and said: "How can he be involved in so many things as a magistrate of Zhengyang County?"

Li Canghai chuckled a few times, the most invisible thing in this world is the human heart, if he knew the truth, Liang Xiu might be surprised to what extent.

After the fake county magistrate was imprisoned, Li Canghai devoted himself to the case at hand.

"Chengtou, after you left the inn, did you come into contact with anyone?"

Chengtou is a fast catcher, he is in a much better mood than the other four, and he has come out of the fright at this moment.

"My lord, we didn't leave the post house. Only Niu Fugui really left." Chengtou still had lingering fears when he thought of Niu Fugui's horrible death.

"Huh? What's going on?" Liang Xiu asked from the sidelines.

"My lord, I wanted to go out and buy some because the wine in the post house was tasteless. However, we were restricted from entering and leaving, so we thought of a way, the four of us covered, and then let Niu Fugui turn over from the corner Get out." Cheng Tou replied tremblingly.

Liang Xiu blew his beard and stared angrily at the side. He pointed at a few people and cursed: "The majestic government servants actually did things like climbing over the wall for drinking, do you still have a bit of dignity of tolerance?"

Chengtou didn't dare to let out the air of being scolded by him, and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, then asked, "Did Niu Fugui tell you about any strange things or people he encountered? Where did you buy this wine?"

Chengtou and several yamen servants looked at each other for a few times, then shook their heads and said, "He didn't say anything strange happened, but he did say that this wine was bought from 'Jixianglou'."

"Jixianglou?" Li Canghai repeated a few words.

"Jixianglou is a restaurant, located in the southeast corner of the post house, and it takes only a quarter of an hour to walk there." Liang Xiu has a much deeper understanding of Luoyang than he does, and he knows that Li Canghai will definitely go to 'Jixiang' next Lou' so he said in advance.

With his eyes closed, Li Canghai simulated in his mind Niu Fugui's route over the wall to buy wine. There are three roads to Jixianglou, including one main road and two small roads.

Since Niu Fugui escaped secretly, he obviously would not choose the main road with many people.There are two remaining roads, but there are some detours, so which route did Niu Fugui choose?
Li Canghai thought for a moment, and finally patted his head. As the former capital of Luoyang City, the complexity of its alleys and traffic was simply beyond his imagination.These three roads were just what he saw with his own eyes, and he didn't dare to be sure about the routes he didn't see.

At this moment, Xiao Wu, who was doing the autopsy, suddenly let out a surprise.

Li Canghai hurried over. Although Xiao Wu had learned the skills of the old gangster, the decades of experience and insight of the old gangster were not something he could learn.

Seeing the astonished expression on Xiao Wu's face, he knew that Xiao Wu must have discovered something.

"Xiao Wu, what's the matter?" Li Canghai stepped forward and asked.

Xiao Wu calmed down his flustered emotions and said, "My lord, this corpse... except for the bruise on the forehead, there are no wounds on the whole body. Moreover, the whole body of the deceased is stiff and cold, which is very similar to the condition of the previous corpse."

Li Canghai knew that the corpse he was talking about was actually the corpse of the Gopher Sect member lurking in Di's mansion. After examining the corpse carefully, he found that what Xiao Wu said was true.

"Bring the knife." Li Canghai pressed the corpse's abdomen, took the sharp knife from Xiaowu's hand, and after finding the right position, used the knife to cut a hole in the corpse's abdomen.

Liang Xiu and the others saw that he took out a piece of internal organs from the abdomen of the corpse with a normal expression, and a feeling of nausea rushed from the abdomen to the throat, almost causing them to spit it out.

"Ah, there is thin ice in the mansion, and there are insects in it!" Xiao Wu said in surprise.

Li Canghai nodded, frowned slightly and said, "That's right, this is exactly the 'Xuan Ice Gu Worm'."

Casually putting the viscera containing the 'Xuan Ice Gu worm' into the abdominal cavity of the deceased, Li Canghai fell into deep thought.

"'Xuan Ice Gu Worm', this kind of bug again, what kind of bug is this? Why did this kind of bug appear in both corpses?"

Li Canghai couldn't figure it out, the Gopher Sect had this worm in his body, and the corpse in front of him also had Gu worms, could it all be a coincidence?
Even though the real cause of death of the Gopher Sect disciples was not the 'Xuan Ice Gu worm', it was a strange thing that those worms appeared out of thin air.

"Have you found out the real cause of the deceased?" Li Canghai asked solemnly, touching his nose.

"The corpse showed no signs of poisoning, and there were no external wounds. If it wasn't for the bugs, all I can tell is...he died of alcohol poisoning." Xiao Wu pondered for a moment, then said hesitantly.

Li Canghai was slightly surprised and asked, "Died from alcohol poisoning? Are you sure?"

Xiao Wu checked the corpse again, this time he nodded vigorously, and said solemnly: "I can confirm that the deceased was indeed poisoned to death by alcohol."

Li Canghai also inspected the corpse, and it was indeed as Xiao Wu said, the corpse smelled of alcohol, it seemed that he had drunk a lot.

"My lord, could it be that Niu Fugui drank too much and had hallucinations when he was drunk, that's why he became so crazy?" Standing outside the grass shed, Chengtou and others whispered when they heard the conversation between the two .

"How does Niu Fugui drink?" Li Canghai raised his head and asked Cheng.

"My lord, Niu Fugui has a good capacity for alcohol. He can drink three jars of strong liquor like Du Kang without getting drunk." Cheng Tou replied cautiously.

When Li Canghai walked out of the hut, he grabbed a straw, bit it in his mouth, and asked, "How much wine did he drink before the accident?"

Chengtou tilted his head and recalled: "There was probably more than one jar. At that time, I also felt strange. With his alcoholic nature, how could he not drink good wine? After just one jar, he was already in a state of drunkenness. .”

"According to what he said, Niu Fugui has such a good drinker capacity, how could he pass out after drinking a pot? Unless, he was already drunk before he came back." Li Canghai walked back and forth a few steps, and gradually had some speculations in his mind.

Chengtou and the others looked at him in astonishment, and sighed almost inconceivably: "My lord, how did you know? It is true as what your lord said, when Niu Fugui came back he was seven percent drunk."

Li Canghai gradually gained direction in his mind. Niu Fugui obviously returned to the post house after drinking outside.

He felt that it was necessary for him to go to the 'Jixiang Tower' for a walk.

(End of this chapter)