Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 51 Duel?

It was already night time, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road.

Li Canghai hurried to Jixianglou, he wanted to grasp the movement of the wine as soon as possible, and never let the wine be bought away again.

When walking to a quiet place, Li Canghai suddenly felt the wind coming from behind him.

He subconsciously dodged sideways, only to see a palm brush brushing against his shoulder.

Before he could react, the palm turned into a fist, hitting him on the shoulder.

This punch probably weighed tens of catties, Li Canghai vomited blood repeatedly after being beaten, staggered several times in a row, and almost fell to the ground.

Supporting his body hard, Li Canghai coughed up a mouthful of bloody sputum, and cursed: "What kind of bastard, you actually troubled me in the middle of the night? Come out if you have the guts, and I will fight you one-on-one!"

As soon as the words fell, several men in black suddenly appeared around him.

Li Canghai rubbed his nose, and suddenly scolded: "Young master said heads-up! Heads-up! Don't you understand people's words? There are so many people out, do you have any sense of morality?"

"The morality of the rivers and lakes? Of course we talked about it. Are you singled out against us, or are we singled out against you?" One of the men in black sneered.

Li Canghai couldn't help being dumbfounded, thinking, it turns out that shameless acts have been spread since ancient times!
"Don't talk, it seems that you agree with us to single you out?" Several men in black suddenly laughed jokingly.

"Wait a minute! A gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands. Why do you have to use force when you can solve it by talking?" Li Canghai said hastily.

"Are you scared?" The man in black put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "It's okay to let you go, as long as you leave the cloth bag on your body, I won't make things difficult for you, how about it?"

Li Canghai's eyes turned slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why did you want to get my cloth bag?"

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as you know, leave something to spare your life." The man in black said in a cold voice.

Li Canghai made a frightened look, forced a wry smile, hugged the cloth bag and said, "Several heroes, this thing is very important to me, can we discuss it."

"Okay, let's trade your life for it." The man in black didn't hesitate, flicked the shining blade in his hand, and sneered.

"Don't, don't, my life is worthless. Since the hero is interested in the cloth bag, then I will give it to the hero." Li Canghai grinned, put down the cloth bag, and stepped back step by step.

Li Canghai quickly withdrew from the crowd, then quickly walked to a corner and hid in the dark to watch.

The man in black picked up the cloth bag to check, nodded with the others, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly, and an inscrutable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As he had guessed, there were at least two forces working on the imperial decree.

After experiencing this incident, Li Canghai's heart was settled, and many mysteries had become clear. Afterwards, it would depend on who moved faster.

Li Canghai recognized the direction, and quickly headed towards Jixiang Tower.

The Jixiang Building was about to close, and several staff were busy arranging the wine jars and other things.

Li Canghai stepped in, and one of the waiters recognized him, stepped forward and said, "Young Master Li, are you here to drink at such a late hour?"

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said calmly: "Let your shopkeepers come out and see me."

"Unfortunately, our shopkeeper went out and hasn't come back yet."

"I'll just wait here until your shopkeeper comes back." Li Canghai sat down on the stool, poured out a glass of water, and drank it.

That Xiaoer was also very knowledgeable, seeing He Xiao respectful to him earlier, he knew that the person in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person, so he went to the back kitchen to serve some small dishes.

"Hey, Master Li, why are you here?"

Li Canghai hadn't finished his cup of tea when He Xiao's surprised voice came from the door.

He always mistakenly thought that Li Canghai was an official of Luoyang government, so he always called him "Master".

Looking back at He Xiao, Li Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Shopkeeper He is really a busy man." Li Canghai drank the tea and said with a slight smile.

He Xiao clasped his fists in both hands and said with a smile: "Where, where, I just went to do some small things. Mr. Li came here late at night, I don't know what you can do?"

Li Canghai put down his teacup, and said solemnly, "Master He, I suspect that the wine you sell contains deadly toxins. Now I am officially notifying you. I hope you can cooperate with the government's investigation."

He Xiao was stunned for a moment, and he exclaimed in astonishment: "My lord, are you saying that the wine I sell is poisonous? How is this possible!"

Seeing him jumping up, Li Canghai said, "Don't misunderstand shopkeeper He, I don't suspect that you poisoned the wine, but that there is something wrong with the wine itself."

He Xiao's face suddenly turned down, and he said rather displeased: "Master, is there any evidence for what you said? The shop also sells a lot of wine every day, has anyone been poisoned because of it?"

"Of course, as far as I know, there are three of them." Li Canghai stretched out three fingers, waved them in front of him, and said calmly.

"what?"

He Xiao obviously didn't expect that someone would die from poisoning, he looked at Li Canghai in astonishment, trying to see if he was joking.

"To be precise, none of these three people died of alcohol poisoning, but their deaths were all related to alcohol, and the water they drank came from Jixianglou." Li Canghai said seriously.

"Impossible, my lord must have made a mistake. All the wine in this shop is provided by time-honored wine cellars, how could it be poisonous?" He Xiao shook his head vigorously.

"Come with me." Li Canghai stood up and walked to the backyard first.

He Xiao followed Li Canghai to the backyard without saying a word.

Li Canghai patted a bottle of wine, and said in a deep voice, "If my guess is correct, there is something wrong with this bottle of wine."

He Xiao recognized this vat of wine, it was the same vat that Li Canghai checked before.

"My lord, didn't you say before that there is no problem with this wine? Besides, you have tasted it before, my lord. If it is poisonous, how could your lord not know?" He Xiao asked with a puzzled face.

Li Canghai didn't answer him, and this question made him feel puzzled.

If there was something wrong with the wine, why was he fine?

"Shopkeeper He, may I ask where did this tank of wine come from?" Li Canghai patted the wine tank and asked back.

"Luofeng Ji." He Xiao replied.

Li Canghai was very surprised by this answer, he never thought that this jar of wine was produced in Luofengji!
Frowning strangely, he continued to ask: "How many other people have bought the wine in this tank?"

"The quality of this wine is slightly cold, but the taste is not good, so it is not easy to sell. There should be no five people." He Xiao said with some uncertainty after thinking about it for a while.

Li Canghai pondered for a while, and suddenly said seriously: "Shopkeeper He, human life is at stake, I hope you can try your best to find the person who bought the wine."

He Xiao was also aware of the seriousness of the matter. He nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I will do my best. I still remember the people who bought the wine. As long as they are still in Luoyang, I will definitely find them."

(End of this chapter)