Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 4 Murder Chamber

"What are you yelling, you're possessed by a monster, you're crazy, ahem~." Li Canghai coughed hard a few times, rolled his eyes and said.

Seeing that he recovered, Di Feng walked over in surprise, scratched his head and said, "Brother Li, why are you laughing all of a sudden? It's so scary in the middle of the night."

"It's okay, I'm thinking about the identity of the murderer." Li Canghai folded up the papers, put them close to his body, and asked, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, it's getting late. Brother Li hasn't eaten yet. I'll bring you something to eat." Di Feng then remembered his purpose for coming, and hurriedly took out a coarse cloth from his arms, which contained two steamed buns. .

Hearing what Di Feng said, Li Canghai realized that he hadn't eaten all day, and when he heard that there was food, his internal organs could not help but growl.

"Thank you so much." Li Canghai took the steamed bun and smiled at Di Feng.

Di Feng turned around and glanced outside, carefully took out another half of the bamboo tube from his bosom, handed it to Li Canghai, and said in a low voice, "Brother Li, it's so uncomfortable to eat steamed buns, I stole from my fellow...ah no, I took some Pickles, eat them with steamed buns."

Li Canghai was stunned for a moment, but then he understood, he couldn't help but feel warm, and said with a smile, "How can you take the pickles from my hometown? It's okay if you let the adults know about it?"

Di Feng pursed his lips and snorted, "Who told them to sacrifice babies? I'll teach them some pickles!" Keep it secret, if the master finds out, he must kick me back to Luoyang."

Li Canghai thumped his chest and smiled, "Of course."

Di Feng then smiled reassuringly. Li Canghai half sat on the ground with a pool of coagulated blood in front of his eyes.

"Brother Li, how do you think the murderer got out?" Di Feng walked to the door, squatted on the ground looking at the broken latch, and asked curiously.

"I don't know, but since the murderer can come in, there must be clues left behind, but we haven't found it yet." Li Canghai replied.

"Do you think there will be a secret way in this temple?" Di Feng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said excitedly.

Li Canghai shook his head: "My lord and I have thought about this a long time ago, and we also sent people to search in the temple, but we didn't find any secret passages. Besides, according to the village elders, the foundation of the mountain temple is It is paved with stones about a foot thick, so it should not be possible to dig through the secret passage."

"Could you have found the wrong place? I often heard from Mr. Shu that some secret rooms are hidden in inconspicuous places. Maybe there are organs on these walls!" Di Feng didn't give up, and hurried to the four walls. groped up.

Li Canghai didn't care about him, just ate steamed buns with pickles.

"Huh?" Di Feng stared at the wall on the left side of the entrance, then ran over to look at the wall on the right side, scratching his head.

"Brother Li, why is there a black line on the left wall, but not on the right?" Di Feng asked curiously, pointing at the wall.

"What black thread?" Li Canghai asked mutteringly, swallowing the last bite of steamed bun.

"Hey, this is it."

Li Canghai stood up, walked to Di Feng's side, and looked in the direction of his finger. Indeed, there was an indistinct black line on the wall to the left of the entrance.

Li Canghai didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he took a closer look, he suddenly found that there were many light black marks around the black line.

The reason why the black line is so clear is that it is continuously overlapped by many light-colored light marks.

Li Canghai looked at the other three walls, and there were no such similar traces on the other walls.

Looking along the black line, Li Canghai suddenly felt a ray of light flash through his mind, and he hurriedly walked towards the black line.

To Li Canghai's surprise, one end of the black line started from the left window, and the other end ended at the gate. The length was about six feet and the height was about half a person.

Li Canghai looked around the window for a while, only to find that there was an inconspicuous hole the size of a little finger in the lower right corner of the window, and the black line started from the hole.

Staring straight at the hole, Li Canghai suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly walked towards the gate.

Li Canghai carefully searched behind the gate, and sure enough, he found the same black line behind the gate.

After closing the gate, Li Canghai found that the black line behind the door was exactly the same as the black line on the wall, and what surprised him the most was that the end point of the black line on the door turned out to be the bolt hole.

Li Canghai thought for a moment, then hurriedly picked up the broken bolt on the ground, there was actually the same black line on the protruding end of the bolt.

"So that's it, that's it!" Li Canghai laughed out loud as if he had figured out the key point.

Di Feng looked at Li Canghai who was busy like a fly all the time, and asked inexplicably, "Brother Li, why is this so?"

"I know how the murderer disappeared." Li Canghai exhaled in a deep voice.

Di Feng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he said excitedly: "Really? Tell me what's going on?"

Li Canghai shook his head, frowned and said: "However, there are still some doubts that have not been solved. When I find all the clues, I will naturally tell you the answer. You put these away first, so that you can take care of them. This is evidence. In addition, Please investigate some more things for me."

Di Feng took the two bolts from Li Canghai, put his ears to them, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send this to the master now."

After speaking, Di Feng left the mountain temple with two bolts.

Li Canghai stayed alone in the temple. He walked to the altar, wanting to see if there were other clues left, but accidentally kicked a fruit scattered on the ground.

The fruit was kicked by him, and rolled all the way to the depths of the altar.

Li Canghai suddenly thought that he seemed to have ignored the altar, and hurriedly lay down on the ground and looked under the altar.

With the help of the weak candlelight, Li Canghai found that there was nothing under the altar except some scattered fruits, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"Forget it, it's a waste to keep these fruits. Why don't you get them out to reward yourself." Li Canghai rubbed his stomach, he had been hungry for a whole day, and three steamed buns were not worth it at all, but he no longer had the nerve to tell Di Fengming, so he had to Get a few fruits to satisfy your hunger.

He struggled to get a few fruits out, but found that the fruits were more or less stained with blood, which made him lose his appetite instantly.

He casually grabbed an apple and weighed it. Just as Li Canghai was about to wipe it, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a five-inch wooden figurine in the fruit bowl.

He held it in his hand curiously, looked over it several times, and his face suddenly became serious.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Canghai woke up Di Feng early in the morning and asked him to follow him around.

"Brother Li, if you can't find the murderer before the sun goes down, how are you going to explain to the villagers? They are all lunatics, and they will really burn you to worship the gods for their own lives." Di Feng followed behind Li Canghai, constantly He was yawning, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

Li Canghai didn't speak, but walked forward in silence with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Li, aren't you worried at all?" Seeing that Li Canghai didn't respond, Di Feng walked up to him and asked while stepping back.

"There must be a way for a car to go to the front of the mountain, and the water will naturally go straight to the bridge. There is nothing to worry about." Li Canghai took a deep breath of the cool morning air and asked, "How did I ask you to investigate last night?" gone?"

"Oh, I asked several villagers and the deceased's mother overnight. According to them, the night watchmen were not Da Niu and Xiao Carpenter, but two other people. However, the two were unwell, so they were temporarily replaced by Da Niu The cow and the little carpenter." Di Feng blinked his eyes, seemed to think of something, and asked mysteriously: "Brother Li, are you suspicious of those two people who didn't watch the night? Actually, I also doubt them. Why? It was such a coincidence that when it was their turn to watch the night, both of them were unwell at the same time, do you think they are accomplices in committing the crime?"

Li Canghai lowered his head in thought, completely ignoring Di Feng's chattering self-guessing, but Di Feng's words made him confirm some guesses in his mind.

The two walked around the village, and suddenly saw a group of people running from the village head, it seemed that a high-ranking official had come.

The two walked over, and after asking, they realized that there seemed to be a school lieutenant.

When the school Weifu arrived, he immediately summoned the whole village to gather in front of the mountain temple.

Li Canghai had no choice but to go along with the villagers, and when he came to the mountain temple, he saw the captain sitting on a chair, his face covered with dark clouds and extremely gloomy.

Di Huai sat aside, drinking tea with frowning.

"Hey, how could it be him?" Di Feng was taken aback and said in a low voice.

"You know him?" Li Canghai asked.

Di Feng tilted his head and thought for a while, suddenly his face became a little ugly: "His name is Huang Mang, he is a school lieutenant, and he is in charge of a barracks."

"So what?" Li Canghai was a little puzzled.

Di Feng paused, and said, "The one the deceased wants to marry is his younger brother."

Li Canghai suddenly realized that his prospective sister-in-law was killed, no wonder he brought troops here, he came here to Xingshi to inquire about the crime.

Huang Mang sat on the chair, he took a sip of tea, and suddenly a tyranny flashed in his eyes.

"Who is Li Canghai?" Huang Mang shouted suddenly.

Li Canghai was stunned for a moment, he walked out of the crowd, cupped his hands and said, "I'm next."

Huang Mang's eyes froze, he pointed at him, and shouted: "Come on, tie him up for me!"

Two soldiers immediately came up and grabbed Li Canghai's arm.

The sudden turn of events made Li Canghai somewhat astonished, and he immediately called out, "My lord, why are you doing this?"

Huang Mang snorted, and said coldly: "Just because you killed my Huang family, take them away!" After saying that, Huang Mang got up and left.

Li Canghai knew in his heart that there must have been a secret report from the villagers, which made him think that Li Canghai was the real murderer.

"Wait a minute." Di Huai quickly stopped Huang Mang, and said, "Lieutenant Huang, I said that he is not the real murderer."

Obviously, Di Huai told him what happened, but now it seems that Huang Mang didn't believe him.

"He's not the murderer, so who is the murderer?" Huang Mang sneered.

"He is not the murderer, but someone who investigates the murderer. Give him some time, before sunset, he will find the murderer." Di Huai said in a deep voice without giving in.

Although Huang Mang holds the military power, Di Huai is the magistrate of a county after all. In terms of official rank, Di Huai is one rank higher than him.

He didn't want to offend Di Huai, but he was unwilling to let Li Canghai go, so he thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll give my lord this face. If he can't find the murderer before sunset, then he can't blame me!"

As he spoke, he signaled the soldiers to release Li Canghai.

Di Huai walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Cang Hai, time is running out. If you haven't found out the real culprit before sunset, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."

Li Canghai smiled calmly, and said: "Thank you for your words of help, sir, before sunset, I will definitely find the murderer."

After the crowd dispersed, Li Canghai and Di Feng wandered around the village again.

Di Feng looked at Li Canghai wonderingly along the way, he couldn't figure out why Li Canghai was so indifferent.

If the murderer is not found before sunset, even if the villagers don't burn him to death, Huang Mang will not let him go, but now it seems that he is not worried.

(End of this chapter)