Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 462
After saying this, Li Canghai took out half of the clothes corner from his sleeve, and after unfolding it, everyone saw a footprint drawn with black charcoal on it, and said, "This is the shoe print found near the princess's body. You can tell by comparing the shoes you are wearing.”

When Conan heard this, he immediately ordered someone to take off Hong Tianxu's shoes, and then carefully compared the footprints on the corner of his clothes, and found that the two were exactly the same.

Conan's face turned gloomy and cold in an instant. He pointed at Hong Tianxu and sternly said, "What else do you have to say?"

Hong Tianxu's pupils contracted, and he tried his best to argue: "Even so, it only means that I have been to the swamp, why do you say that I am an accomplice?"

Li Canghai snorted coldly, and said, "Based on this footprint, it was found around the princess' body. It can prove that you brought the princess' body from the shrine and threw it into the swamp!"

"In the shrine, there are only the main entrance and the side entrance for entry and exit, and they are guarded by guards. If I take the princess's body out of the shrine, how can I not be discovered?" Hong Tianxu's face turned livid, and he shouted.

Li Canghai said indifferently: "That's why I said before that Ling Ji's heart to kill the princess has long been there. Because she planned everything in Dongpu. I always find it strange that Dongpu is not without people with strong martial arts. Why did the princess choose two guards, fat and thin, to protect the princess. One of them is greedy and the other is lazy. If they are in danger, they will be of no use at all, but the princess just let them accompany them. But when I know the identity of the murderer Afterwards, you will know why."

"What's the reason?" Conan frowned, and it was obvious that he wanted to know too.

"Because these two people are very important in Lingji's plan. If it were someone else's guard, Lingji's attempt to murder the princess would be as difficult as going to heaven. But these two people are different. Eat, one is lazy and easy to use. Besides, there is also a cook. It is because of the three of them that Ling Ji's plan can be implemented. If the princess does not have snake tooth scars on her body, no one would have thought that the princess In fact, she was killed by the person closest to her." Li Canghai said.

"You are wronged! This servant is wronged!" Ling Ji said with a pale face.

"Wronged?" Li Canghai snorted coldly, and said, "You deliberately told the skinny guard about the Snake Marsh because you knew the skinny guard would definitely spread the news, and sure enough, the news reached the gluttonous fat guard. But the fat guard revealed the news to the cook because he was greedy. The cook didn't want to catch the snake, but you saw the right moment and said that the princess wanted to eat something good, so the cook had no choice but to go to catch the snake."

When everyone heard this, they were startled and looked at Lingji one after another.

Li Canghai looked at Ling Ji, and then said: "After the princess died, in order to cooperate with Hong Tianxu to transfer the princess's body, you implemented another plan, and it was this plan that made Hong Tianxu transfer her body quietly. You know that the cook is greedy for money, so you use this to let him steal the tribute. At the same time, you hint at the greedy fat guard, let him take the opportunity to steal the food hidden by the cook, and secretly steal the food from the skinny guard. Laxatives were given among them, causing them to leave their respective posts one after another. At the same time, Hong Tianxuan slipped into the shrine and transferred the princess's body to the Snake Swamp through the side door. Mind, from this point of view, you do have something extraordinary."

Conan frowned tightly after listening.

From what Li Canghai said, it can be seen that this Ling Ji, who looks delicate on the surface, has a deep scheming mind that is far beyond human reach.

This series of designs can be described as interlocking.

It can also be seen from this point that Ling Ji has an extremely precise grasp of everyone's thoughts.

The cook, the fat guard, and the thin guard all became pawns in her hands and were at her mercy.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say? Those tributes were stolen by the cook?" Conan asked suddenly.

Li Canghai nodded.

Conan's face drooped in an instant, and he looked at the cook suddenly. The cook's face turned pale with fright, and he exclaimed, "I'm wronged! My lord, I'm wronged! I didn't steal the tribute!"

"You think what you did can fool everyone? You said you didn't steal the tribute, so let me ask you, on the night the princess disappeared, the fat guard went to steal the dried fish you had hidden privately. Where were you at that time?" where?" Li Canghai asked calmly.

"I...I feel sick in my stomach, so it's convenient to run away." The cook was a little nervous, and he said eagerly: "If I stole the tribute, why did I go to stop the fat guard when he wanted to destroy the tribute?"

Li Canghai sneered, and said, "Because you had already stolen part of the tribute at that time, you were worried that the fat guard would find out when it was destroyed. So you purposely stopped the fat guard loudly to lure Conan forward. Sure enough, Conan successfully stopped the fat guards, and your theft of the tribute was not discovered. After this incident, you became even more daring, taking advantage of the darkness, you actually swapped all the tributes and replaced them with stones!"

"I don't have any! So much tribute, if I steal it, where can I put it? If you don't believe me, just go and search, if you can find it, I will die without complaint!" The cook blushed and shouted thickly.

Li Canghai glanced at him with his hands behind his back, and said, "Of course the tributes cannot be found in this shrine, because you have hidden those tributes in other places, under the cliff in the backyard!"

The cook, who was desperately retorting, was stunned when he heard this, and a layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

Li Canghai said leisurely: "The cliff in the backyard seems to be very deep, but it is only twenty feet. It is only because of the mist below that it makes people think it is unfathomable. You first bring those tributes to the bottom, and then use the rope to pull yourself Put it down, and then hid all the tributes in an inconspicuous cave, am I right?"

The cook's body suddenly trembled involuntarily. His eyes widened and his pupils shrank slightly. His expression looked like he had seen a ghost during the day. He said in horror, "You... how do you know this..."

"There is a saying in our Central Plains, 'If you want others not to know, you can't do it yourself'. Since you have done evil things, people will naturally find out." Li Canghai said lightly.

Conan's face was gloomy, and he could almost squeeze out the ink. He said angrily, "How dare you steal the tribute? Hurry up and tell the truth! If there is even half a lie, I will kill you!"

The cook knew that he couldn't deny it, so he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and said tremblingly: "My lord, spare me, and my lord is merciful! It was the villain who was infatuated for a while, and made such a wrong thing, please be merciful! The villain is not good at all!" It was Ling Ji who dared to make these tributes! She was the one who bewitched the villain, saying that the villain was so serving others, why didn't he plan for himself, and now there are countless gold and silver on this island, why should he go to the Tang Dynasty to make a fortune? The villain is obsessed with ghosts, so he has the courage to steal the tribute. Please forgive me, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)