Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 56 Mantis Catching Cicadas
Li Canghai looked as usual, he stared at Huangfu Kun, and suddenly uttered a cold shout: "This is a court, not a barracks! The state owns the state law, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty are respected here. Please respect yourself, general!"

Everyone was stunned and looked at Li Canghai with weird eyes.

In this Luoyang city, except for the prince, who dared to be so rude to him, everyone immediately felt that Li Canghai was going to be in trouble.

But Li Canghai was not afraid at all. He looked at Huangfu Kun's eyes that were almost burning, and said coldly: "General, I handle the case according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and the general is just listening in. If you act like this, I'm afraid you have overstepped it!"

What you said can be minor or serious, and you are overstepping your authority. To put it lightly, you are suspected of overstepping your duty.To put it more seriously, it can be equated with rebellion.

Although Huangfu Kun was reckless, he was not stupid.

Li Canghai believed that these words were definitely enough to deter him.After all, it is impossible for a fool to become the commander of an army.

Huangfu Kun's expression suddenly fell, he gave Li Canghai a hard look, and then sat back in his seat angrily.

"Miss Hongyan, it can be said that you killed Huangfuwei to uphold justice, but what enmity do the doormen and yamen servants have against you, so that you want to kill them too?" This episode did not disturb Li Canghai's thoughts, After tidying up a bit, he asked in a deep voice.

"I have no enmity with them. The reason why they died is all because of accident." Hongyan said with a smile on his lips.

Li Canghai couldn't understand how she could be so indifferent, as if she was talking about something that was too commonplace.

"My plan has always been perfect, and I'm curious, where is the flaw?" Hongyan asked quietly, looking forward.

"The perfection you mentioned is nothing more than using the strange cause of death of the corpse to make people think it is a ghost. Unfortunately, I have never believed in ghosts and gods." Li Canghai glanced at her lightly, and after a short pause, he added One sentence: "There will never be a perfect crime in the world."

"This is my flaw?" Hongyan was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer, and she seemed to want to know where her mistake was.

From the beginning to the end, Li Canghai didn't seem to doubt her.She wondered how Li Canghai suddenly knew his purpose.

"It's your fault. You shouldn't have let me drink the poisoned tea." Li Canghai looked solemnly, recalling what happened last night in his mind.

In the middle of the night, Huiguang hurried over and told him something very important, which made him more sure of his judgment.

The news sent by Huiguang is about the drug he took when he was in a coma. Originally, Huiguang thought it was the poison of "Phantom Flower".

It wasn't until yesterday, when Hui Guang looked up the ancient books, that he realized that it was not the poison of 'Phantom Sun Flower', but the powdered poisonous tea of ​​'Melting Fire Gu Worm'.

Combining the causes of death of the three deceased, Li Canghai thought at that time that there must be a reason why he would suddenly fall into a coma and even almost die.

He first drank the poisonous wine containing the 'Xuan Ice Gu worm', and then drank the poisonous tea with the 'Melting Fire Gu worm' powder in the Cuihong Building. Although it was not fatal immediately, it could confuse his thoughts.

Later, after he survived by chance, Li Canghai heard from Di Qing that the two men in black who robbed the imperial decree were both women, so he suspected Hongyan.

In order to verify this judgment, he went to the 'Cuihong Building' on purpose yesterday, and while changing clothes, he deliberately put the cloth bag with the imperial decree on the table.

Sure enough, Hongyan finally turned over the cloth bag.

So, when he heard that she was leaving Luoyang, Li Canghai sent someone to follow her, and as soon as she was about to leave, he would have someone take her to the Yamen.

Li Canghai never revealed a word of all this to anyone, even Di Qing was kept in the dark.

Hongyan felt that she had done a perfect job, but how could she have thought that Li Canghai had already doubted her.

"You snatched the Emperor Wu's imperial decree, and you tried every means to get the picture scroll, what exactly are you trying to do?" Li Canghai stared at her solemnly, and asked in a deep voice.

"The little girl is just a snitch. These two things are so valuable, so the little girl naturally wants to get them." Hongyan smiled sweetly, and giggled nonchalantly.

Above the main hall, Yang Su stared blankly at Hongyan, and asked bitterly: "Hongyan... are these true?"

Hongyan avoided Yang Su's gaze, a complex look flashed in her eyes, she nodded silently.

"I'm afraid even you yourself won't believe what you said?" Li Canghai sneered.

Hongyan didn't look at Yang Su, but looked at Li Canghai with resentful eyes, and said quietly: "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. If I knew it, I should have poisoned you to death."

Li Canghai shook his head, did not refute, but let out a sigh: "It's a pity that Yang Su has so much love for you."

Hongyan was stunned suddenly, and the smile on her face froze in an instant. She bit her lip, looked at Yang Su and said, "I'm just a prostitute, and I'm not worthy of Mr. Yang's deep love. Hongyan can only repay the kindness of Mr. Yang in the next life." .”

Yang Su laughed miserably. He stared at Hongyan and said, "I don't want you to repay me. I just want to know if you have been using me?"

Hongyan fell silent, and after a while, she said, "If there is an afterlife, I will tell you."

"Now that the truth is out, someone here will take down the murderer and me!" Liang Xiu raised his eyebrows and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Canghai and Yang Lao yelled at the same time, and they looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

"Old Yang, what other orders do you have?" Liang Xiu turned around and asked respectfully.

Old Yang's eyes narrowed slightly. Although he was old, the light in his eyes was not dimmed at all.

He looked up at Hongyan, and said: "Girl, return the scroll to the old man, the old man asked you to leave, how about it?"

Li Canghai was shocked when he heard this.

Liang Xiu was also stunned, thinking that Mr. Yang was really a fool, he would let the murderer leave just for a painting.

Li Canghai rolled his eyeballs, and his heart immediately understood.

He believed that the painting definitely contained a secret.

Otherwise, Mr. Yang would not have made such a promise to Hongyan in front of everyone.

"Hongyan tried every means to obtain the picture scroll. Could it be that this picture scroll is a treasure map just like the Emperor Wu's decree?"

Thinking of the secrets in the three imperial edicts, Li Canghai suddenly had this idea in his mind.

If you want to know the truth, unless you see the picture scroll with your own eyes, you have to ask Mr. Yang.

Looking up at Old Yang, Li Canghai shook his head secretly. According to the old man's stubborn temperament, even if he said he would break the sky, I'm afraid he would not tell him.

"The picture scroll has been destroyed by me." Hongyan's beautiful eyes looked forward, she looked at her hand, and said with a coquettish smile: "I want to leave, and these government officials are trying to stop me?"

"Hmph, of course they can't stop you. But," Huangfu Kun glanced at her indifferently, threw the cup in his hand to the ground, and shouted sharply, "Do it!"

The people standing beside Hongyan suddenly raised their hems, drew out the shining steel knife, and almost at the same time, put the steel knife on Hongyan's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)