Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 54 Bizarre
Liang Xiu yawned and waved his hands, "You can do whatever you want."

Li Canghai nodded, his sharp eyes swept over everyone, and said, "Everyone knows that three strange murders have occurred in Luoyang City recently. The time, place and identity of the deceased are different for these three murders."

"First of all, the No. 1 deceased was a servant of Di's family. The truth of this case has been found out before, and the deceased was nailed to death by Li Er. Secondly, the servant of Zhengyang County died suddenly for no reason. Finally, Even the case of Huangfu Wei being murdered has been found out, and the murderer was Yang Su who held a grudge."

Everyone was confused, Huangfu Kun stared and shouted: "Since the murderer has already pleaded guilty, why do you have to retract the confession? What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd!"

Li Canghai smiled calmly, dispelled the hostility in Huangfu Kun's words, and said calmly: "General, the reason why I retract the confession is because I don't want your son to die for no reason. If the general is not willing to listen, I will never force it."

Huangfu Kun stared at him coldly, and after a full cup of tea, he snorted coldly: "Boy, you'd better give this general an explanation, or you will delay this general for so long. The general can punish you for delaying the military situation!"

Li Canghai bowed slightly to him, sorted out his thoughts, and continued, "Leaving aside the death of the yamen servant, the other two murders actually have other secrets, and the murderers are not the real murderers."

"Cang Hai, these words are not just talking nonsense. Li Er and Yang Su both pleaded guilty, not to mention their murder method, which was also pointed out by you, but now you say that the murderer is someone else, could it be that you are playing tricks on yourself?" Liang Xiu woke up from his drowsiness, and the expression on his face instantly became serious.

"The method of murder is indeed so, but what I want to say is not this." Li Canghai paused, then stretched out a finger and said, "Starting with the first case, I believe that Li Er is the murderer entirely because he used Iron nails were driven into the head of the deceased. However, this is not the real cause of death of the deceased.”

"What? Isn't it fatal to be nailed into the head?"

"Yeah, how is this possible? The head was nailed into the iron nail and he didn't die. Could it be that the deceased was a monster?"

Those onlookers in the hall began to discuss, these words were simply too unimaginable to them.

The head is the head of all yang, the lifeblood of the body, if nails are driven into it, how can there be no reason for immortality?

Not only the people in the hall, but even Liang Xiu and others sitting in the hall showed shock.

"Nonsense, do you think we are all three-year-olds?" Huangfu Kun snorted unkindly, pointed at the people in the hall, and sneered: "Listen, don't you need me to ask you anymore?"

Li Canghai had a meaningless expression on his face, he smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Actually, the reason is very simple, because the deceased is already dead before the iron nail is driven into it."

As soon as these words came out, there was another burst of shock.

Even Liang Xiu couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up, poked out half of his neck, and said in astonishment: "You mean, before Li Er killed someone, that person was already dead?"

Li Canghai nodded heavily, and sent Li Er to the hall.

"Li Er, tell the truth about the circumstances of your murder! If there is even half a lie, I will make you look good!" Liang Xiu slapped the gavel and shouted sharply.

Li Er was so frightened that he trembled all over, he didn't dare to hide anything, so he told everything that happened that night.

From Li Er's narration, everyone didn't hear any flaws, so they all turned their attention to Li Canghai.

"The deceased was a member of the Dishumen. The Dishumen is a sect in Jianghu. Its disciples steal without permission and are extremely vigilant. However, on the night of Li Er's murder, he once kicked a stool. Such a big movement , the dead didn’t notice it, don’t you think it’s strange?”

"Perhaps, the deceased was drunk and slept too deeply." Huangfu Kun stroked his stubble noncommittally.

Li Canghai smiled faintly, staring at Huangfu Kun and asked seriously: "If the general is marching, will he fall asleep in the middle of the night?"

Huangfu Kun frowned, "Of course not, hum, how can he be compared with this general as a thief?"

"That's right, the Gopher Sect's vigilance has always been extremely high, and he will never fall into a deep sleep easily. What's more, he was ordered to sneak into Di's house, so how could he expose himself to danger?" Li Canghai asked rhetorically.

Huangfu Kun was at a loss for words for a moment, this was indeed not the vigilance a thief should have.

"Then tell me, how did the deceased die?"

The gopher doorman has been cremated, and now only a pile of clothes remains.Li Canghai flipped through his clothes, took out the amulet from inside, and said in a deep voice, "The real cause of death of the deceased is that he died of being addicted to the body by Gu insects!"

Liang Xiu was stunned suddenly, and it took him a long while before he realized, and asked in disbelief, "This, how is this possible?"

Li Canghai held the amulet, and said calmly: "Actually, the deceased's death method is exactly the same as Huangfu Wei's, they were all killed by this Gu insect."

The master who recorded the case hurriedly presented the amulet to Liang Xiu. Liang Xiu found a withered red Gu worm inside, and was shocked.

"Cang Hai, what's going on? Why is there such a Gu worm?" When Liang Xiu thought that several people died because of this Gu worm, he felt hairy.

"My lord, it was because the 'melting fire Gu worm' was hidden in the amulet that no one noticed it." Li Canghai paused for a moment, and sighed: "It was also my oversight, I ignored the relics of the deceased at that time."

"You don't have to blame yourself, tell me what's going on? Where did the 'Xuan Ice Gu' in the dead body come from?"

The case became more and more bizarre, which made Liang Xiu even more curious about the real cause of death of the deceased.

"Actually, whether it's the members of the Gopher Sect, Huangfuwei, or the government servant Niu Fugui, their deaths are all caused by the 'yin and yang double gu'. Everyone knows that the 'yin and yang double gu' is a natural enemy, and they can fight each other. Induction, using this method to kill people can be said to be unconscious."

Everyone nodded inwardly. They had never even heard of such weird killing methods, let alone seen them.

"But it's strange, why do the three deceased have Gu worms in their bodies?" Someone asked.

Li Canghai picked up a wine jug from the table presented as evidence, and said deeply, "Because all three of them drank this wine."

Li Canghai presented the wine jar to Liang Xiu and the others for a look. Liang Xiu and Huangfu Kun held the wine jar and smelled it, then frowned.

"This wine... why does it have a sour and cold smell?" Huangfu rubbed his nose, he couldn't understand, how could someone drink such an unpleasant wine?
"I have checked the whereabouts of the three deceased before they were alive. The only thing they have in common is that they have drunk this kind of wine." Li Canghai twitched his nose lightly, and then continued: "This wine didn't taste like this originally, it was just because of the wine. This sour taste occurs when the middle-fermenting bacteria evaporate.”

(End of this chapter)