Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 704

Li Canghai keenly caught the key words Ningxiang said, his heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "So, you really created a new shadow puppet show? Can you tell me the story in it. "

Ning Xiang nodded, and then told Li Canghai about the shadow play performed the night before.

After listening, Li Canghai's expression became more serious.

No one is more familiar with this story than he is.

Yangzhou Zailai Town, the tragedy of the Lin family, it was this case that made him accept Lin Xiaomei as his adopted daughter.

The story that Ningxiang told is roughly close to what happened.

Especially in the last story, the villain Zhang Yuan hid in the Shengping Square in Chang'an City, which made Li Canghai aware of a strong atmosphere of conspiracy.

Only then did Li Canghai recall that on the night when this story was performed, Lin Xiaomei happened to be with Ningxiang, that is to say, Lin Xiaomei also saw this story.

Combined with Lin Xiaomei's subsequent changes, Li Canghai instantly understood.

This story is actually specially made up for Xiaomei Lin!
Because only Lin Xiaomei knows what happened in the story, and only Lin Xiaomei can hear its hidden meaning.

That high official did not kill the villain Zhang Yuanyuan, but secretly brought him to Chang'an City.

The implication is to tell Lin Xiaomei that Zhang Wenyuan is in Shengping Square in Chang'an City!
There has always been a deep blood feud between Lin Xiaomei and Zhang Wenyuan. After learning about Zhang Wenyuan's whereabouts, Lin Xiaomei will definitely go to find him.

Li Canghai's thinking became clearer, and the facts of the case gradually surfaced.

Lin Xiaomei learned of Zhang Wenyuan's residence, and then went to Shengpingfang. At the same time, the head catcher He Ya also came to Shengpingfang after chasing the snitch, and was shocked to encounter her murderer.

This pile of piles, one by one, can be said to be watertight!

The cause of this murder was the play performed by the shadow puppet troupe.

"Ningxiang, where did you learn about this story?" Li Canghai asked in a calm voice.

"It was given to us by someone else. That person gave us ten taels of silver and asked us to perform this play in Chang'an City on the eve of New Year's Eve." Ning Xiang said.

When Li Canghai heard the words, his heart sank suddenly, and he hurriedly asked: "Do you remember the appearance of the person who told you the story?"

"I don't remember clearly. At that time, the man was wearing a hood, and I only heard the voice of him talking to Daddy." Ning Xiang recalled.

"Could it be that that person has no other characteristics?" Li Canghai continued to ask without giving up.

Ning Xiang thought for a while, then suddenly said: "By the way, he was afraid that we would not remember the story, so he wrote the whole story down."

Li Canghai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the story now?"

"Inside the wooden box of shadow puppetry." Ning Xiang said.

"Ningxiang, you can rest here and leave it to me to catch the murderer."

Li Canghai told the housekeeper Haosheng to take care of Ningxiang, and then hurried to Chang'an Mansion.

In the Chang'an Mansion, Han Qu was talking with Fa Cao, Chang Shi and other officials.

Seeing Li Canghai coming, several people rushed up to salute.

Li Canghai nodded to several people, and said, "Master Han, where is the wooden box found in the previous murder case?"

"Now in the inner hall." Han Qu cupped his hands.

"Lead the way ahead!" Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

Han Qu hurriedly led Li Canghai into the inner hall.

In the inner hall, there is a wooden box with blood stains on it.

Li Canghai walked over, opened the wooden box, bent down and rummaged through the box.

Han Qu and the others looked at each other, wondering what Li Canghai was looking for.

There were various shadow puppets in the wooden box. Li Canghai rummaged for a while, and finally found a few folded straw paper from the bottom of the wooden box.

After unfolding a few pieces of paper and reading them carefully, Li Canghai frowned immediately.

"My lord, what is this?" Han Qu asked suspiciously.

Li Canghai put away the paper, and asked Han Qu: "Master Han, among the government's arrest documents, is there any murderer who uses the ghost-headed golden sword?"

Han Qu thought for a while, nodded and said: "There is such a person. It is said that this person is called Duan Gui, and he is a flower-picking thief. This person is extremely vicious. Every time after picking flowers, he will kill the victim. , but they failed to capture him. This man's martial arts are superb, and the weapon he uses is the Ghost Head Golden Saber."

"Master Han, send an order to arrest this thief with all your strength." Li Canghai said in a cold and authentic voice.

"Why did your lord arrest this person?" Han Qu asked puzzled.

"This is the murderer who killed the shadow puppet troupe." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"What? The murderer turned out to be him?" Han Qu asked in surprise.

"Yes, besides him, there is another murderer." Li Canghai said coldly.

"There's still one more person?" Han Qu was shocked, and he asked in shock, "But my lord, I don't know about one thing. The shadow puppet troupe is made up of ordinary people. How could you offend a murderous villain like Duan Gui?"

"This matter is also being investigated by the officer. Hurry up and send out the arrest warrants to arrest Duan Gui in the whole city!" Li Canghai said coldly.

"I'll do it right now." After Han Qu bowed his hands to Li Canghai and saluted, he immediately left Chang'an Mansion.

After Han Qu left, Li Canghai asked Chang Shi, "Where is the thief caught on Zhuque Street the night before yesterday?"

"A lot of thieves were caught the night before yesterday. I wonder which one my lord is asking?" Chang Shi asked in confusion.

After pondering, Li Canghai said: "Forget it, I will go to the prison to look for it myself!"

Prison in Chang'an Mansion.

As the new year approached, there were more thieves in Chang'an City. In just a few days, dozens of prison cells in Chang'an Mansion were already overcrowded.

Li Canghai came to the prison cell and carefully identified a thief who was caught on Zhuque Street on the night of December 29th.

Chang Shi Situ Feng followed Li Canghai step by step, not understanding why he wanted to find the thief he caught the day before yesterday.

Soon, Li Canghai found the snitch named Zhu Laowu from the cell of No. C, and ordered him to be taken to the execution room.

The torture room was filled with all kinds of instruments of torture, and the whole room gave people a sense of eerie and terrifying.

Zhu Lao Wu's eyes were almost narrowed, looking at everything around him cautiously.

Li Canghai stood in front of him, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Zhu Laowu, from now on, if the officer asks you, you must answer truthfully." Li Canghai said coldly.

Zhu Laowu sniffled disapprovingly, and said lazily: "The adults have something to say, but the little ones dare not not answer."

"Let me ask you, the night before yesterday, you stole someone's purse on Zhuque Avenue, did you do it yourself, or was it instigated by someone?" Li Canghai didn't intend to talk nonsense with him, and straight to the point.

Zhu Laowu raised his eyebrows involuntarily when he heard this, but soon returned to normal.

"My lord's words are interesting. If money isn't a little tight, why would the little one steal?"

"Zhu Laowu, I will only give you one chance, if you invite me for real, I may forgive you lightly." Li Canghai said coldly.

(End of this chapter)