Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 725
Li Longji was slightly taken aback, it seemed that what he said was indeed true, which made people a little puzzled.

After pondering for a moment, Li Longji continued: "But if your daughter is not the murderer, why is she holding the murder weapon in her hand? And why did the deceased appear in the courtyard from the bed in the house?"

Li Canghai solemnly saluted Li Longji, and said deeply: "Your Majesty, there is a deep blood feud between the minister's adopted daughter and the deceased... just now the story in the shadow puppet show is about the experience of the minister's adopted daughter."

"It turns out that the truth is like this! No wonder she thought of committing murder!" Li Longji was slightly stunned, and said with emotion: "It's rare to have such courage at such a young age! But since she didn't kill, why Holding a murder weapon?"

Li Canghai sighed, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, I have asked her. According to her, when she entered the house, she saw the deceased lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his abdomen. She wanted to know whether the deceased was real or not. He was dead, so he pulled out the dagger and held it in his hand, and at this moment, the police rushed into the house."

"I see." Li Longji nodded, and then asked: "Since the deceased was not killed by your adopted daughter, how could the dead body appear in the courtyard?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, this brings me to the fourth point I mentioned earlier, the traces of the scene. Judging from the traces of the scene, the deceased was dragged from the bed to the courtyard. If you want to make this happen, you must not advance too much Put the deceased outside, because it is colder outside the house, if it is too long, the corpse will become stiff, the blood will freeze, and the flaws will be exposed. The only way is to hide the corpse in the bedding, and drag it out before the little girl arrives. It's just that the time is too short, and the murderer has to clean up the traces in the future. Maybe even the murderer didn't expect that these traces would become crucial clues in this case." While speaking, Li Canghai casually said He glanced at Song Kun.

I don't know if he sensed the faint killing intent in Li Canghai's eyes, but Song Kun couldn't help shivering.

"What you said is really unbelievable and unbelievable. What I don't understand is that she is just a child, why would someone frame her?" Li Longji asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen will tell you the whole thing again. The reason why the murderer took so much trouble to frame the little girl was not because of enmity with the little girl, but to restrain the minister." Li Canghai said.

"Oh, how do you say that?" Li Longji asked.

"In fact, the whole thing was carefully planned and tailored for the minister. The murderer knew that there was a blood feud between the young girl and Zhang Wenyuan, so he made a series of plans. First, the murderer took the relationship between them The story was revealed to the shadow puppet troupe, and the shadow puppet troupe performed around Chang'an City to publicize the matter. Secondly, the murderer guessed that Qing'er would like to have a lively personality, and guessed that she would take her little sister out. As long as Qing'er takes her little sister If the younger sister goes out, the murderer will have a way to let the younger sister hear the story. In fact, this is true. That day Chen and Qinger took the younger sister out, and when they encountered a robber stealing in the crowd, Chen and Qinger went forward to chase her. , while the younger sister was dispersed by the crowd and watched the shadow puppetry in which Zhang Wenyuan persecuted the Lin family."

"Why did the murderer insist that she watch this shadow puppet show?" Li Longji asked puzzled.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this shadow puppet show reveals an extremely important message. And this message, only the younger sister will know." Li Canghai replied.

"Oh? What's the message?"

"Zhang Wenyuan is staying in Chang'an." Li Canghai said solemnly.

After a pause, he went on to say: "But this story cannot be known by the minister, so they found a thief to lure the minister away. Only the younger sister knows where Zhang Wenyuan is, and their next plan can be resolved." Continue. On the night of the New Year's Eve, both Chen and Qing'er were not at home. The murderer first found a thief, pretended to be Zhang Wenyuan, and led the little girl out, and then took him all the way to the scene of the crime. Then he attracted the arrest Hurry up, when the little girl is brought to the murder scene, the murderer will drag out the dead body of Zhang Wenyuan. I think it was my younger sister who killed someone. Because Lin Xiaomei is the adopted daughter of the minister, Master Yin Han of the Chang'an Mansion did not dare to interrogate him rashly, so he went to the palace overnight to reveal the matter. When the minister heard that this matter was related to the younger sister, his heart was naturally There's going to be a flurry, and you're ignoring other things."

Li Longji stroked his beard, frowned and said, "Is there any evidence for what you said?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have captured the two thieves that the murderer was looking for. Your Majesty can interrogate them in person." Li Canghai said.

"I believe what you said, and there is no need for a trial. But I still don't quite understand why the murderer wanted to kill Ningxiang's family?" Li Longji asked, pointing at Ningxiang who was sobbing.

"Murder and silence!" Li Canghai said deeply.

"The role of the shadow play troupe is to tell Yu Xiaomei about Zhang Wenyuan's hiding place. And His Majesty ordered the minister to investigate the case thoroughly. The murderer was worried that the minister would follow the clues to find out his true identity, so he decided to kill him!" Paused Afterwards, Li Canghai continued: "Actually, the murderer wanted to silence not only the shadow puppet troupe, but also the two thieves who were used by him. Fortunately, the murderer didn't seem to have thought of killing the two thieves at first. In the end, it fell into the hands of the minister, and it can be considered that the sky net is not leaking."

"Oh? So you caught the real culprit?" Li Longji asked in surprise.

Li Canghai shook his head: "Your Majesty, I didn't catch the real culprit. What I caught was the murderer who killed everyone in the shadow puppet troupe, that is, the accomplices in this case. They are two notorious villains. He was ordered to be wanted by the Ministry of Punishment, but later it was ignored."

"I'm really getting more and more confused, who is this murderer?" Li Longji asked puzzled.

Li Canghai took out the portrait, unfolded it and said, "Your Majesty, this is a portrait of the suspect drawn by me based on two thieves. This person is named Qiu Kuang, and he is a well-known thief in the world. He has committed many murders and is also wanted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice." One of the above. Like the two villains, this person's sea arrest document was only issued for one year, and then he was removed by the Ministry of Punishment."

Li Longji's face immediately turned down when he heard the words, he glanced at the crowd, and said, "Where is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Among the crowd, an old minister over fifty years old walked out.

"The minister is here." The old minister knelt down and saluted.

"I ask you, why do these wicked people withdraw their arrest papers?" Li Longji shouted.

The old minister hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The old minister's eyes are dim, but Rong Chen can take a closer look at the portrait?"

Hearing this, Li Canghai handed over the portrait to the old official.

After squinting his cloudy old eyes, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment looked at it for a while, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the old minister remembered. One year after the document of this person's sea arrest was issued, someone came to the Ministry of Punishment with a head to receive the reward, saying that this person had already been executed. The minister waited until he saw that this person was dead before he withdrew the sea arrest document."

(End of this chapter)