Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 383 The Shadowless Needle

After Wuyin escaped from the prison, he knew that he came here to meet Lord Lin. This at least shows that the deserted house is not their temporary stronghold. At least they have rounded here more than once, so Wuyin chose to come here after escaping. .

Suddenly, out of the corner of Li Canghai's eye, he saw something in the corner.

That thing is no more than the size of a fist, a small incense burner.

Li Canghai's heart moved, he hurried over and picked up the incense burner.

There are still ashes left in the incense burner, and there is half a finger-length of residual incense in the ashes.

Li Canghai held the residual fragrance in his hand and watched it carefully.

He found that the burning time of the residual incense was not very long. Combining with the spirit card with no name written on it, Li Canghai suddenly had an idea: Lord Lin was paying homage to someone.

This person is very important to him, it may be a relative, or it may be a master, in short, it is very important to him.

According to conventional logic, if one wanted to pay homage to someone, one would have to write his name on the spirit card, so that people would know who the person was paying homage to.

However, the spirit card was empty.

Unless, the person he worshiped cannot be known to outsiders.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

One is that the name is taboo for oneself, and the other is that the name is taboo for others.

And Lord Lin's respect for the spirit card is obviously not for him to be afraid of, so there is only one possibility left, this name is taboo for others.

A name that is taboo by others must have a different past from ordinary people.

The more Li Canghai thought about it, the clearer his thinking became. It was different from the past of ordinary people. It was nothing more than causing harm to others or being hurt to himself.

And in the whole world, there is only one thing that can make people taboo about names, and that is the words of the emperor!

Only by the emperor's order that no mention is allowed can there be such a shock.

Li Canghai's heart suddenly moved, he suddenly opened his eyes and stared straight at the courtyard.

"Could it be that this courtyard is related to Lord Lin?" A thought instantly appeared in his mind.

Thinking of this, Li Canghai rushed out of the side room and went straight to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the mounds of the tombs stood tall, with some wormwood drifting in the wind, making the gloom even more desolate.

Li Canghai walked among the mounds and observed each mound one by one. He found that these mounds had one thing in common, none of them had tombstones or any hints that could remind the name of the deceased.

Not only that, but in front of the largest mound, he also found some traces of worship.

Li Canghai knelt down and wiped the ashes casually. Even though the traces were not obvious, he could still see that the traces of worship were only a month old at most.

He stood up, looked at the surrounding weeds, and casually grabbed the wormwood that was half a person's height beside him. Li Canghai found that the wormwood had obvious traces of pruning.

Xiao Wu, who was following Li Canghai, also noticed this, and said in surprise, "My lord, these grave mounds have been cleared before."

Li Canghai nodded. He swept across the densely packed grave mounds. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, "Xiao Wu, send more people immediately to guard this house strictly, and no one is allowed to approach!"

Seeing Li Canghai's serious face, Xiao Wu knew that he must have discovered something, so he nodded vigorously.

"My lord, what did you find?" Xiao Wu asked suspiciously.

Li Canghai said deeply: "It's too early to say, I will leave this place to you to guard, I need to go back immediately."

"Don't worry, my lord, leave this place to me." Xiao Wu said solemnly.

After leaving the deserted house, Li Canghai hurried back to the Di Mansion. He thought of some possibilities, and he must hurry up to confirm.

As soon as he arrived at Di's mansion, he found that Di Qing was looking for him.

"Cang Hai, you came just in time, I was going to find you!"

"What's the matter?" Li Canghai touched his nose and asked in surprise.

Di Qing took out a cloth bag, and after opening it, there were three needles in it. She pointed to the needles and said, "Cang Hai, this was entrusted to me by my elder brother. I recognize this kind of needles. They are called 'shadowless needles'. The most frightening hidden weapon in the rivers and lakes came from the Tang Sect of Western Shu."

"Oh? What else do you know?" Li Canghai was ecstatic, he forgot Di Qing, a live martial arts dictionary.

Di Qing frowned slightly, and said: "The 'Shadowless Needle' is the most precious treasure of the Tang Sect. It is said that it was stolen by Tang Ao, a traitor of the Tang Sect a few years ago, and he used it to commit murderous crimes in the Jianghu, which led to the alliance of the various sects in the Jianghu. Chased and killed, but later disappeared inexplicably, and no one even knew whether he was dead or alive."

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and he muttered: "In this way, a murderer who disappeared for several years suddenly appeared and killed the 'Nilin Xuanwu'. This is really getting more and more interesting."

Di Qing said worriedly: "Cang Hai, Tang Ao's martial arts are weird, and the 'Shadow Needle' is the king of hidden weapons, making it impossible to guard against. You must be careful!"

Li Canghai smiled and said, "I don't care about the mere 'Shadowless Needle'. By the way, Qing'er, do you know about the deserted house?"

"Desolate house?" Di Qing tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "I only remember that a tragedy happened when I was a child, but I don't know the specific reason. You can ask your eldest brother and second brother about this."

While talking, Di Ying and the housekeeper walked in while talking, Di Qing hurriedly greeted: "Second brother, you came just in time, Cang Hai has something to ask you!"

Di Ying was stunned for a moment, and explained a few words to the butler before walking over, and asked suspiciously: "Cang Hai, what do you want to ask? I don't know how to investigate cases!"

Li Canghai laughed immediately, Di Qing rolled his eyes at him, and said coquettishly, "Who can compare to Canghai when it comes to investigating cases? He just wanted to ask you about the deserted house."

Di Ying stretched out her hand and patted her on the head, and scolded with a smile: "You girl, you protect him like this before you get married. If you wait until you get married, won't you even forget your eldest brother and second brother?"

Di Qing giggled, her face turned red in an instant, and said a little shyly, "Second brother, you are making fun of me again, so ignore you! Hmph!"

"But speaking of that deserted house, it is indeed a tragedy!" Di Ying was filled with emotion, he shook his head, as if he had fallen into a distant memory.

"Second brother, what's going on?" Di Qing asked curiously, blinking her eyes.

Di Ying sighed, let the two of them sit down, drank some tea, and said, "You were taken away by the head of the fairy, so you didn't know what happened. It's such a miserable word to say."

Li Canghai frowned slightly, from the time he saw those grave mounds, he could guess the tragic situation at that time.

Then I heard Di Ying say: "The house was originally owned by a general in the court. The general was trusted by the Holy Majesty because he helped the Holy Majesty to put down Princess Taiping's rebellion. Later, because of his meritorious service in defending the border, he was even granted the title of Marquis. He is in the limelight. However, when he was enjoying his career, it was suddenly reported that he had colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country. At that time, Tubo invaded Guazhou, and the Holy One was furious, so he ordered his whole family to be executed."

(End of this chapter)