Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 69 The flood washed the Dragon King Temple

Everyone at the door agreed with Li Canghai's deduction, and the head catcher suddenly felt that his face was dull, and he shouted a little dissatisfied: "At least, the murderer must have escaped through the back window."

Li Canghai smiled, then shook his head slightly and said, "My lord has guessed wrong again."

The head catcher was stunned for a moment, he frowned, and asked, "Where did I guess wrong?"

Li Canghai took the head catcher to the window, pointed to the dust on the window strings and said: "The window strings are covered with dust, if someone escapes from here, they will definitely leave footprints here, but there is no trace here. What does this mean?"

"What do you mean?" the head catcher asked in a daze.

"It means that the murderer didn't escape from here. He deliberately broke the window to create suspicion." Li Canghai paused, squinting his eyes and said, "This murderer is not simple!"

At this time, the yamen servant who went to investigate in the backyard ran up and said to the head catcher, "Changtou, I didn't find any footprints in the backyard."

Luofengji is located at the foot of Mang Mountain, and the climate in Mang Mountain is changeable, not to mention that it just rained heavily last night, and the backyard is extremely muddy. If anyone walks, they will definitely leave footprints.

But at this time, there were no footprints, which showed that Li Canghai's judgment was completely correct, the murderer did not leave the inn!

The catcher completely bowed down this time, and his tone became respectful.

"In your opinion, who is the murderer?"

Li Canghai looked at the corpse and said, "Judging from the degree of blood coagulation in the wound of the deceased, the death time did not exceed an hour, and it should have been between Tatsumi. Judging from the shape of the wound, the murder weapon should be a sharp weapon such as a dagger."

As he spoke, Li Canghai checked the corpse again. He touched the corpse with his hands, and when he touched the back of the corpse, he suddenly whispered strangely.

"Young master, did you find anything strange?" The head catcher had lost all arrogance at this time, and followed Li Canghai step by step, asking cautiously.

Li Canghai didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.When he touched the back of the corpse, he found that one of the deceased's vertebrae was dislocated.

The spine is an important joint that supports the human body, and the deceased's spine was dislocated. This kind of pain is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear. He suddenly had a thought, could this have something to do with the death of the deceased?
Li Canghai frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "It's not yet clear who the murderer is, but I will conduct another investigation before the county magistrate arrives."

"Lord County Magistrate?" The catcher known as Changtou was stunned for a moment, and said with a embarrassed face: "To be honest, our Lord County Magistrate went to Luoyang Mansion a few days ago and never came back."

Li Canghai looked at Changtou in surprise. Originally, he thought that when the county magistrate under his jurisdiction arrived, he would withdraw from the case and concentrate on investigating the mystery of the 'Treasure of the Martial Emperor'. Unexpectedly, there was no county magistrate here.

"What county is under the jurisdiction of this place?" Li Canghai asked suspiciously.

"This place belongs to the boundary of Zhengyang County." Chang Tou replied honestly.

Li Canghai suddenly felt that this word sounded very familiar, and after repeating it a few times, his heart suddenly shook, and he suddenly remembered that he was the magistrate of Zhengyang County?
"I didn't expect to come to my house, but I don't even know the family name. It seems that I can't escape this case if I want to." Li Canghai couldn't help laughing at himself.

He looked at Chang Tou, and suddenly asked, "Do you know the magistrate of Zhengyang County?"

Unexpectedly, the catcher shook his head: "I don't know, I was transferred to Luofengji before the new magistrate arrived, and I haven't met the new magistrate yet."

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "That's good, I am the magistrate of Zhengyang County."

As he spoke, he took out the official talisman from his pocket, and flashed it at Chang's head.

Changtou was stunned for a moment, knelt down hastily, and kowtowed his head non-stop: "The villain has no eyes. I didn't know that the adult was coming. I hope that the adult will forgive me. The villain's words contradicted me just now. You are a lot of adults. Please forgive the villain. Then one!"

Chang's head was dripping with cold sweat, thinking of his arrogant attitude before, his guts were really turning green, but he didn't expect that he would kick on the iron plate today.

Li Canghai frowned in disgust, this person could be seen as an idiot at first glance, he usually acts like a domineering person, and he will act recklessly when encountering things.If a case falls into his hands, it is uncertain how many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases will occur.

"Do you know where your mistakes are?" Li Canghai said coldly.

Kneeling on the ground with his head often, he didn't dare to lift his head, and said repeatedly: "Master, I know, I know I'm wrong... I beg you to forgive me!"

"Human life is at stake, how can it be child's play? As a police officer, you should know the pros and cons of this, but you acted so contemptuously! Today, the officer will not pursue you for the time being, and we will make a decision after this case is settled." Li Canghai threw it away. He lowered his sleeves and said with a rather dignified face.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." Chang kowtowed a few times before standing up covered in sweat, and stood aside tremblingly, not daring to speak for a long time.

The county magistrate holds the power of a county, and the county magistrate has the final say on who goes and who stays.Chang Tou is a head catcher, although his annual salary is not much, he can still earn some money by virtue of his status as a head catcher. If the county magistrate bans the head catcher and demotes him to a commoner, then he will go to drink the northwest wind in the future .

But Li Canghai didn't know what Chang Tou was thinking. He focused all his attention on the murder case, and began to investigate carefully in the room.

There are often many details hidden in the murder scene, and these details are the key to solving the case. He believes that there is no real perfect case in this world, and any case will leave more or less details.

Li Canghai decided to check the corpse again. Compared with the surrounding environment, the clues on the corpse were much more real.

Turning over the collar of the deceased, Li Canghai found a circle of purple pinch marks on the neck of the deceased. When he examined the corpse just now, he did not find any marks on the neck of the deceased.

Li Canghai touched the neck of the deceased with his hand, and quickly understood the reason.

The deceased was strangled by the neck with his hands before he was alive, and then he was killed. A large amount of blood flowed to the chest, and there was not enough blood in the arteries, so there were no obvious traces.

However, when he was touching the spine of the deceased, he lifted the deceased slightly, which caused the blood to flow back, and the skin between the neck and neck was congested again, which revealed the original pinch marks.

Comparing the size of the pinch marks on the neck of the deceased, Li Canghai gradually came to some judgment in his mind.

However, the dead man's hands caught his attention.

The deceased's left hand was open, but his right hand was clenched tightly into a fist. As the corpse began to stiffen, Li Canghai took a lot of effort to move the deceased's fist away.

After removing his fist, Li Canghai found that the deceased was holding a small string of silver tassels. He put the tassels away calmly, and asked Changtou to ask the tenants if they had found anything unusual.

(End of this chapter)