Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 771
Not only that, Li Canghai also found a figure on the kite!
Jumping down from a height of tens of feet is not something that ordinary people can do. This person is indeed a bold and careful person.

Li Canghai became curious about this 'Dragon God' immediately.

With the cheers and worship of the crowd, the "Shenlong" lantern gradually flew towards the sky above the town.

But at this moment, the 'Shenlong' suddenly burst into flames, rolling from the sky like a fire dragon.

Just when everyone thought this was a new performance of the 'Dragon God', a bad feeling suddenly rose in Li Canghai's heart.

And the next moment, I saw that the kite was also on fire.

Just in the blink of an eye, the kite fell straight down from midair like a meteor falling from the sky!

The sudden change made everyone startled.

Li Canghai yelled: "It's not good, hurry up and save someone!"

Then, he immediately ran towards the place where the kite fell.

It was only then that the crowd came to their senses, and hurriedly followed behind Li Canghai, chaotically.

The place where the kite fell is behind the ancestral hall.

However, there is an abyss of about ten feet between the ancestral hall and the cliff.

When Li Canghai ran to the edge of the cliff, he could only see the thick fog, but nothing else.

Lu Jitong also rushed over. He looked at the abyss and said in surprise, "My lord, this abyss seems to be bottomless. I'm afraid something bad happened to that person..."

Li Canghai stared at the abyss, and suddenly heard the sound of water flowing in the abyss.

"If you can hear the sound of water flowing, there must be a river in this abyss." Li Canghai frowned.

At this time, those common people also followed.

Hearing what Li Canghai said, the old man panted and said: "Young master is right, there is indeed a river under this abyss! However, if you fall from such a high place, I'm afraid..."

Li Canghai frowned, interrupted the old man's words, stood up, and said in a deep voice, "Where is the mayor? Send people down to look for it quickly. If the 'Dragon God' falls into the water, there may be a chance of survival."

"The old man is the mayor of this town." The old man said.

Li Canghai was slightly taken aback, as if he hadn't expected that this old man was the mayor of Fufeng Town.

"Old man, please send someone down to look for it quickly, maybe he can still save his life!" Li Canghai said seriously.

The old man nodded, and immediately asked the young and strong man to go down the cliff to look for it.

Li Canghai's status was special, Lu Jitong was afraid that he would be in danger, so he led the people into the cliff to search for him.

In the ancestral hall, Li Canghai and a group of old men were sitting on chairs, all nervous and worried.

For the whole night, no one reported the situation.

It wasn't until the sky was getting brighter that the people rushed back and told everyone that they had found the body of the fallen man.

Around Chen Shi, the people who went to look for it returned to the town with the body.

They searched all night and felt very tired. They put the body in front of the ancestral hall and went back to rest.

Li Canghai walked out of the ancestral hall, and saw a man kneeling in front of the corpse crying from a distance.

And that man was the one who played the 'Dragon King' last night.

"Young master." Lu Jitong stood in front of the corpse, and when he saw Li Canghai approaching, he cupped his fists and saluted.

Li Canghai nodded to him: "You have worked hard all night, go back to the inn to rest."

"Young master, don't worry, you can still resist the lowly position." Comrade Lu Ji said.

"How did you search for it for so long?" Li Canghai asked.

"Young Master, I don't know that the terrain in this abyss is complicated, and there are many thorns growing on both sides, so it is very difficult to walk. I searched for ten miles from the place where I fell off the cliff, and finally found the body." Lu Jitong said.

"You found the corpse ten miles away?" Li Canghai asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Lu Jitong replied.

Li Canghai frowned immediately.

Seeing that his brows were tightly furrowed, Lu Jitong was a little curious, so he asked, "My lord, what's wrong?"

Li Canghai did not answer his question, but asked in a deep voice, "How wide is the river under this cliff?"

"The river below the cliff is only five or six feet wide, and the water is no more than waist deep. There are strange rocks in the river, but the water flows fast." Lu Jitong said.

Li Canghai groaned, then folded his hands on his chest and began to meditate.

"My lord, what are you thinking?" Lu Jitong asked in a low voice.

"Ah, it's nothing, I'm just thinking wildly. Let's go and see the corpse." Li Canghai recovered from his contemplation, shook his head, and said.

In front of the corpse, besides the man kneeling in pain, there were several old men.

Li Canghai walked over, looked at the body, and said to Liu Yang, the mayor, "Old man, can Xiao Ke check the body of the deceased?"

Liu Yang sighed, and said: "Young master wants to check, just look at it. I didn't expect Lantern Chen to be the 'Dragon God', but now he stumbled and died tragically."

Li Canghai walked to the corpse, squatted down, and examined the corpse carefully.

The deceased was a middle-aged man, wearing a long gray cotton gown. Due to the cold weather and falling into the water, a thick layer of ice slag formed on his body.

Although the body was frozen stiff, there were multiple fractures on the body. From this point of view, it seemed that the injury was caused by falling from the air.

In addition, there are many thorns hanging from the gown of the deceased.

Those thorns hooked on the clothes, some were embedded in the flesh and blood, and were frozen together.

"My lord, this person fell off a cliff and died. Everyone saw it with their own eyes. Why do you still want to check the body?" Lu Jitong also squatted on the ground, looked at the body, and asked in confusion.

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said calmly, "Don't believe your eyes, sometimes what you see with your own eyes may not be true."

"My lord, what do you mean by that?" Lu Ji asked confusedly.

Li Canghai hissed him, stood up, clapped his hands, and said to Liu Yang, "Old man, I don't know which county governs this town?"

"This town is under the jurisdiction of Jiuyuan County, why do you ask this question?" Liu Yang stroked his gray beard and asked in puzzlement.

Li Canghai stared at the corpse, and said calmly: "It's better for the old man to inform the Jiuyuan county magistrate about this matter."

"I sent someone to Jiuyuan County to report the matter last night, but this morning someone reported that this was an accidental fall and death. The government revoked Lantern Chen's household registration and let the old man handle it by himself," Liu Yang said.

"If it's an ordinary fall and death incident, naturally there is no need to bother the government to come. However, in my opinion, this is not just an ordinary fall and death incident." Li Canghai said.

"My lord, what you said really confuses the old man. The death of the lantern was witnessed by everyone. Could it be that he was murdered?" Liu Yang said in surprise.

"Dropping to conclusions without a thorough investigation will only affect the truth. My intuition tells me that this matter is definitely not as simple as falling to death by accident." Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)