Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 703

"Ningxiang, calm down, I'm not a bad person! I'm my younger sister's adoptive father, take a closer look!" Li Canghai frowned slightly, and comforted him in a deep voice.

Hearing the little girl, Ning Xiang seemed to think of something. She looked at Li Canghai, tears welled up in her eyes, and suddenly threw herself into Li Canghai's arms and burst into tears.

"My father... woo, my father and the others...they... died so miserable! Woo woo..."

Li Canghai's face was solemn, and he patted Ningxiang's back lightly, letting Ningxiang cry loudly in his arms.

Li Canghai had already guessed that old man Chen and others might have been killed when he saw bloodstains all over his body.

Ke Ningxiang's current state is difficult to explain the situation at all.

At this moment, an official from the Chang'an Mansion hurried over under the leadership of the housekeeper.

"Lord Li! No, it's not good!" The official looked anxious, as if he had encountered an extremely urgent matter.

"Who are you?" Li Canghai asked.

"Your Majesty, Shi Situfeng, Chief of the Chang'an Mansion, is here to look for His Excellency under the order of His Majesty Yin." The official replied.

While comforting the weeping Ningxiang, Li Canghai said in a deep voice, "Master Chang Shi, why are you panicking?"

"My lord, the patrolling soldiers found several corpses near Suzaku Avenue..." Situ Feng said.

When Li Canghai heard this, he directly interrupted his words.

Softly comforted Ning Xiang, asked the maid to wait on her, and then led Situ Feng out of the room.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Canghai said with his hands behind his back.

Situ Feng hurriedly said: "My lord, the patrolling soldiers found a few corpses on Zhuque Street, and then notified the Lord Fu Yin, and the next official followed the Lord Fu Yin to the scene to check. It was really a tragedy! Three corpses, two One had its head cut off, and there was an old man whose hands were cut off... Mr. Fu Yin was worried that this matter would be the work of a rebel, so he asked his subordinates to come and look for him."

Li Canghai frowned, thought for a while with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "The deceased were three men, including two young men and one old man?"

When Situ Feng heard the words, he immediately stretched out his thumb in surprise, and said, "My lord is truly a god! My lord, how did you know that the deceased were three men, two young and one old?"

"Let me ask you, what else was found at the scene?" Li Canghai asked solemnly.

"Returning to my lord, the three deceased were all killed by sharp weapons. According to my inspection, the murder weapon should be an extremely sharp machete, and the wounds of the several deceased were smooth. Except for an old man who had two wounds, the other two Everyone was killed by a single knife, which shows that the murderer must have great strength, otherwise it would be impossible to cut off the head so easily. In addition, a wooden box containing a shadow puppet was also found at the scene." Situ Feng replied.

Li Canghai paced back and forth in thought, secretly surprised.

How could a theater troupe who made a living performing shadow puppetry be killed in such a brutal way?

"Oh, that's right. According to the patrolling soldiers, they rushed over when they heard a girl's cry. But when they arrived, they didn't see the girl." Situ Feng recalled.

"Okay, the officer knows, you go and tell Mr. Han, let him go all out to hunt down the murderer!" Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"My lord, don't you want to go and take a look at the scene?" Situ Feng asked.

"No need, I already know about this matter." Li Canghai said deeply.

"In that case, I will take my leave." After bowing, Situ Feng left Li's residence.

When Li Canghai walked into the room again, Ningxiang had calmed down a lot, but she was still crying softly.

Li Canghai hesitated for a moment, then approached and said: "Miss Ningxiang, you have encountered a catastrophe, I shouldn't have asked you now, but I still want to ask about the arrest of the murderer."

Ning Xiang wiped her tears, sobbed and nodded.

"Miss Ningxiang, do you have enemies?" Li Canghai asked.

Ning Xiang shook her head: "I... we make a living from shadow puppetry, and we don't have any enemies..."

"Then do you know who wants to put you to death?" Li Canghai continued to ask.

"I... I don't know. Woohoo~, this morning I went out with my father, senior brother, and junior brother, but I was suddenly chased and killed on the way...To protect me, my father must have died tragically under the knife of the murderer! Dad ..." Ning Xiang began to cry.

"Miss Ningxiang, you cannot be resurrected after death, you must be strong. Only by catching the murderer as soon as possible can you comfort your father's spirit in heaven." Li Canghai couldn't bear to tell her the tragic situation of old man Chen, so he comforted her.

Hearing Li Canghai's words, Ningxiang's crying gradually turned into sobs, she nodded heavily, and said with tears: "I must catch the murderer and avenge my father and my senior brother!"

Seeing what she said, Li Canghai knew that she had calmed down, so he continued to ask: "Miss, can you describe the situation to me at that time, as detailed as possible."

Ning Xiang bit her lip, her body trembled slightly, after a while, she made up her mind and recalled that bloody time again.

After listening carefully to Ningxiang's words, Li Canghai fell into deep thought with his hands behind his back.

"My lord, can you really help me catch the murderer?" Looking at Li Canghai who was pacing and thinking, Ning Xiang asked, wiping away tears.

Li Canghai stopped, and said seriously: "I, Li Canghai, have always spoken loudly, and I will definitely help you catch the murderer! However, I still have some doubts, and I need to ask the girl for advice."

"My lord, please tell me, as long as I can catch the murderer and avenge my father and senior brother, I will not be afraid even if I die!" Ning Xiang gritted her silver teeth and said bitterly.

Li Canghai nodded. Ningxiang was indeed a person who wandered the rivers and lakes since she was a child, and her heart was much stronger than ordinary people. Otherwise, she would never have been able to rekindle her fighting spirit in such a short period of time.

"According to what the girl said, there are two murderers, and both of them are people with unique skills. You make a living with shadow puppets, how can you provoke such killers?" Li Canghai asked.

Ning Xiang shook her head and said blankly: "But we have never offended anyone?"

Li Canghai paced back and forth and pondered: "This is the strange thing. Judging from the style of these two people, they should be full-time killers. Generally, this kind of full-time killers have a clear purpose. Either for assassination, or for silence... …”

"Silence...Silence..." Li Canghai muttered a few words in a low voice, then suddenly he stopped and said, "That's right, it's Smite! Miss Ningxiang, just now you said that the murderer had said before the murder that you provoked me." Shouldn't you provoke someone?"

Ning Xiang nodded and said: "That's what the murderer said, but we have never provoked anyone?"

"You make a living from shadow puppetry. Could it be a new shadow puppet show that reflects someone so that someone will hold a grudge?" Li Canghai thought for a while and said.

"The shadow puppets we perform are all old repertoires that have been passed down for hundreds of years. How can they reflect other people? We only performed one new shadow play!" Ning Xiang sobbed.

(End of this chapter)