Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 407
Li Canghai closed his eyes, thought carefully, and then asked: "The last question, what was written in the imperial decree back then? It took at least a few days for the imperial decree to be sent from Chang'an to Luoyang, but the Qin family was in The day after the imperial decree was issued, the whole family was copied and beheaded, is it true that the whole family was copied and beheaded in the imperial decree?"

Wang Hao was stunned for a moment, he thought about it, shook his head and said: "It is Luo Xishi who is responsible for dealing with Qin Fu, and no one knows what the imperial decree actually says." I have told everything, all of this was done by Li Linfu and Luo Xishi, but it has nothing to do with me!"

Li Canghai didn't speak, but walked towards Tao Ruozhu.

Tao Ruozhu was standing outside the cell, writing quickly on the back of a government servant with paper spread on his back.

"Have you written everything down?" Li Canghai asked.

"Return to my lord, I have written it all down." Tao Ruozhu put away the Langhao pen, and handed over a few pieces of paper with wet ink on it.

Li Canghai looked it over carefully, nodded in satisfaction, walked to Wang Ji's side, and put the paper in front of him.

Wang Ji was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that Li Canghai wanted him to sign and pledge.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Wang Chi bit his finger and pressed a bright red handprint on the paper.

After that, Li Canghai took a pen and wrote his name on it.

In addition, Cui Huan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Li Yu all signed their names.

In this way, everything Wang Ji said became a testimony in court, but he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.

"Keep an eye on him, don't let anyone get close." After Li Canghai gave his orders, he left the cell.

"I really didn't expect that the truth back then would be like this!" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sighed with emotion.

"I'm afraid everyone knew what happened back then, but because of Li Linfu's power, they dared not speak." Cui Huan shook his head and sighed.

"This is Li Linfu's goal. Except for Qin Fu, no one in the court would dare to oppose him." Li Canghai said calmly.

Everyone walked out of the prison in silence all the way.

"Lord Li, when do you plan to start the trial of this case?" Cui Huan asked.

Li Canghai looked up at the pitch-black night, and said, "Now is not the time, just wait."

"Isn't there already evidence, why do you say that the time has not come?" Li Yu was a little puzzled.

Li Canghai frowned and said, "Because there are still some mysteries that haven't been answered yet."

"What mystery?" Li Yu asked hastily.

Li Canghai didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.

Seeing that his brows were tightly furrowed, everyone didn't know what he was thinking, so they could only follow behind him, walking slowly.

A group of people followed him inexplicably, and no one knew what to say, and the atmosphere became a little weird for a while.

Li Yu touched his nose and whispered, "Sir, what are you thinking?"

After calling several times in a row, Li Canghai finally came to his senses. He looked blankly at the people around him, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was a little distracted just now. Let's leave for now. I want to walk alone."

"Sir, do you want me to accompany you?" Li Yu asked.

"No need, it's already late at night, the prince should go back to rest earlier!" Li Canghai said.

Everyone looked at each other, nodded and said goodbye.

"Sir, you should be more careful when you are alone!" Li Yu thought for a while and said, "Why don't I let Yunhe accompany you, if something happens, someone will protect you."

"Thank you for your kindness, but the safety of your lord is the most important thing, and I will be fine." Li Canghai said, cupping his hands.

Seeing that he was so persistent, Li Yu nodded and took Qi Yunhe away.

After everyone left, Li Canghai walked on the street alone with a lantern.

At this time, it was already midnight.

The bustling and bustling city of Luoyang has already fallen into a deep sleep.

There are colorful lanterns hanging on the street, swaying under the breeze, like stars twinkling in the night sky.

Li Canghai walked on the street paved with bluestone slabs, thinking while walking.

When he passed the corner of the street, there was a faint cry in front of him, and the voice seemed to be a woman.

Li Canghai was a little puzzled, how could there be a woman crying in the middle of the night?

After thinking about it, Li Canghai followed the voice and walked over.

After passing through the alley, Li Canghai came to a house, but saw a woman sitting in front of the door, crying.

"Girl, why are you sitting here in the middle of the night?" Li Canghai stepped forward and asked.

The woman was crying herself, but she didn't expect someone to speak suddenly, and she was startled.

"You... who are you?" The woman's face suddenly turned pale, and she asked in horror.

"Girl, don't be afraid. I just passed by here and heard crying, so I came here to have a look." Li Canghai said gently.

The woman's shoulders trembled slightly, and she still looked a little scared.

"Girl, why are you crying here in the dead of night?" Li Canghai asked.

"You...don't come here!" The woman cried out cautiously with tears on her face.

Li Canghai smiled and said, "Okay, I won't go. However, it's getting late, and it's very dangerous for you to be here alone."

The woman shivered a few times. Seeing Li Canghai's elegant appearance, she didn't look like a bad person. After hesitating for a while, she cried, "I... I lost my house key. My brother went to find someone to unlock it and he hasn't come back yet. I'm a little scared..."

Li Canghai nodded, seeing the woman's frightened face, Li Canghai thought for a while, handed the lantern to the woman, and sat three feet away from the woman.

"Girl, don't be afraid, I'm here to accompany you." Li Canghai smiled gently at her.

The woman held the lantern in her hand, and with the firelight, the woman's fear eased a lot.

But she still looked at Li Canghai cautiously, for fear that Li Canghai would plot against her.

Li Canghai knew that the woman was afraid, so he turned around and did not look at her.

After a while, two people came from the alley, one of them was a little younger, and the other was an old man.

The old man followed the young man with a small toolbox, and the two of them came here with a lantern.

"Sister? Are you okay? Who is he?" Seeing the woman sitting in front of the door and a strange man sitting next to him, the young man rushed over and stared at Li Canghai cautiously.

"Brother, you're finally back, I'm afraid..." The woman's eyes were red, she cried for a while, pointed at Li Canghai and said, "Thanks to this young master, he saw that I was afraid, so he stayed here with me all the time."

"Really?" The man looked at Li Canghai suspiciously, as if he didn't believe it.

The woman nodded heavily and said, "Brother, this young master is a good man."

Hearing what the woman said, the young man exhaled and saluted Li Canghai: "Young Master, thank you for being here with my little sister."

Li Canghai nodded, and said with a slight smile, "It's nothing to do with a little effort. Since we have found a master lock picker, let's quickly open the lock and go back to the house. The dew is heavy this night, and my sister's health is in serious condition."

The young man hurriedly asked the locksmith to unlock the lock, and the old locksmith took out the unlocking tool from the toolbox, and opened the door lock with two or three clicks.

"Yuan Zhi, the lock cylinder in your house is broken, I'm afraid it won't work, so I have to change the lock again." The old locksmith handed the opened lock to the young man and said.

"Uncle Gong, how much does it cost to change the key?" The young man asked in embarrassment.

"Well, we are all neighbors, and I know that it is not easy for you brothers and sisters, so I will give you six copper coins!" The old locksmith sighed and said.

"Six...six copper coins?" The young man suddenly twitched. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then said blushingly, "Uncle Gong, let's forget it, this lock is still usable, so we won't change it."

Looking at the young man and the woman with their heads down, Li Canghai said, "Give them a good lock, and the rest of the money will be your hard work."

As he spoke, Li Canghai took out a piece of silver and gave it to the locksmith.

The old locksmith responded, and then took out a new brass lock from the toolbox and handed it to the stunned young man.

"This is the key. Be sure to keep it safe." The old locksmith held a key. After thinking for a while, he took out a small wooden box that was as long as a finger, and there was something like flour in the wooden box.

The old locksmith pressed the key on the thing hard, and a key model appeared immediately.

Handing the two things to the young man, the old locksmith said: "This is the key mold, you keep it well, if you lose the key, bring this to me, and I can make a new key for you."

The young man took the key and the key mold in a daze, unable to believe it for a while.

"My lord, how did this happen? You don't know us!" the woman said in a daze.

Li Canghai looked at the key model in the young man's hand, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, as if he had figured out something.

"You have helped me a lot, and you deserve it. Oh, by the way, I still have a few taels of silver. I don't need it anyway, so I can give it to you to supplement my family!" Li Canghai's eyes lit up, and he handed over the The money bag was stuffed to the man, and he left with a big laugh.

The next day, Li Canghai greeted Xiao Wu early in the morning, gathered his men, took shovels and hoes, and went straight to Qin's house.

When he came to the Qin's house, Xiao Wu asked with some puzzlement: "My lord, what are we going to do?"

Li Canghai pointed at the mounds in the yard, and said in a deep voice, "Dig the graves!"

"Dig... dig a grave?" Xiao Wu almost bit off his tongue, he said in a daze, "My lord, you want to dig a grave? Why is that?"

Li Canghai stroked his smooth chin, and said meaningfully: "To verify a guess. Don't waste time, dig!"

"Do all the graves have to be dug?" Xiao Wu asked in surprise.

Li Canghai nodded, "Yes, all the graves!"

Xiao Wu immediately greeted everyone and started digging enthusiastically.

Piles of grave mounds were dug up, and dried bones that had already turned yellow were dragged out of them.

Every time a grave was dug up, Li Canghai ordered people to carefully pick out all the dead bones, and then restored the dead bones and placed them with Xiao Wu's help.

It was nearly noon, and the excavated bones had already filled the open space. Dozens of yellowed dead bones gathered together, making one's scalp tingle uncontrollably.

Li Canghai and Xiao Wu didn't take it seriously, they examined every bone carefully.

Judging from the examination, each of these bones had no fewer than three fatal wounds, and some even had as many as seven fatal wounds!
It can be seen from this that these people have experienced such a brutal massacre that the knife marks are carved on the bones.

"My lord, this is too ruthless! Even if you are going to kill everyone, you don't have to use such a ruthless hand, right?" Xiao Wu looked at the corpse in front of him, and gasped.

Li Canghai also had a solemn expression. These people were not killed at one time, but died tragically after being tortured.It is outrageous to use such cruel methods against unarmed ordinary people.

At this moment, a yamen servant ran over and said, "My lord, we have dug an empty grave!"

Li Canghai's eyes lit up, and he hurried over.

This is already the last tomb. Li Canghai walked to the dug-up grave and asked, "Have you checked carefully? Are you sure this is an empty tomb?"

The yamen servant who dug the grave said respectfully: "My lord, my subordinates searched the grave several times and found no dead bones. I'm sure this is an empty grave."

Li Canghai nodded. He looked at the house that had been dug up like a honeycomb, and asked, "Xiao Wu, how many bones have been dug up?"

"Master, there are 64 corpses in total. And all of them are adults." Xiao Wu replied.

"Interesting." Li Canghai touched his chin and whispered to himself.

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

"It's nothing, you keep these bones under control, don't make any mistakes, I'll go for a walk." Li Canghai said casually.

Xiao Wu scratched his head, looked at Li Canghai's back in the distance, with a puzzled expression on his face, he couldn't figure it out, at this hour, Li Canghai actually still wanted to go for a walk.

But Li Canghai stretched out his hands behind his back and was walking alone on the street. After identifying the direction, he walked towards the West Market.

Before he knew it, Li Canghai came to the mutton restaurant, and the fragrant meat smell was still wafting around.

Li Canghai thought for a while, then walked in directly.

"Hey, guest officer, are you here? Still the same?" The shopkeeper had a deep impression of Li Canghai, and when he saw him coming in, he hurriedly greeted him.

Li Canghai glanced inside the store, and unexpectedly found a familiar figure.

He smiled, nodded to the shopkeeper, and then walked towards the figure.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Young Master here." The figure looked up and saw the person sitting in front of him, he was obviously stunned, and then said politely.

"Yes, no coincidence is a book!" Li Canghai smiled casually, and said, "I heard that Master Xiong is a regular visitor here?"

This person is none other than Xiong Ahsi.

Xiong Asi nodded, and said: "It's been more than ten years, and I'm used to the taste here. If I change to another place, I won't be used to it."

At this time, the shop owner had already filled a bowl of steaming broth, and came up with a basket of steamed buns.

"Guest officer, your broth and buns!" After putting down the broth and buns, the shopkeeper smiled at the two of them, and hurried away.

Li Canghai grabbed the steamed stuffed bun, took a bite, and took another sip of the broth, filling his mouth immediately.

(End of this chapter)