Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 780
In that room, Liu Yang and others pinned their hopes on the fake Taoist priest pretending to be Lu Dongbin. In this room, Li Canghai had ordered Zhou Chang to disperse the crowd and inspect the corpse.

Qian Lin was lying on the ground with a pool of blood flowing beside him. The cause of death was a ruptured neck artery.

Li Canghai carefully inspected Qian Lin's body, and said with a frown, "It was fatal with one knife. It seems that the assailant must be a good weapon user. Not long after Qian Lin died, the murderer must be still in the crowd. Quickly check everyone and check them." Do you have a murder weapon on your body!"

Zhou Chang nodded again and again, and immediately asked the militia guards in the town to investigate.

Di Qing and Li Yu also searched for someone who could be found in the crowd.

Li Canghai squatted next to Qian Lin's body, and carefully compared the wound on Qian Lin's neck. The wound was flat and deep into the throat. It can be seen that the weapon used by the assailant was extremely sharp.

The wound was small, and the murder weapon was probably a sharp dagger.

The murderer killed with one blow, and the force he used was so great that he almost cut off half of Qian Lin's neck, so that after being hit by the knife, Qian Lin died without any reaction at all.

Li Canghai closed his eyes, recalling the situation just now.

When everyone was kneeling and worshiping, those people wearing masks of ghosts and gods walked back and forth among the crowd, which means that the murderer is very likely to be those people wearing masks.

From the point of view of the deceased lying on the ground, the murderer suddenly drew the knife when he stood up and knelt down, which means that the murderer and Qian Lin had met face to face.

In other words, whoever has met Qian Lin face to face is the murderer.

However, when Liu Yang recited the sacrificial rites and the common people knelt down to worship, there were still people wearing masks of ghosts and gods walking among the crowd accompanied by the sound of drums and music, which made it difficult to determine the identity of the murderer.

Right now, the only hope is that the murderer has not had time to take away the murder weapon.

"My lord, everyone has been checked, and no one has a murder weapon." The county magistrate Zhou Chang said to Li Canghai with cold sweat on his forehead.

Zhou Chang felt depressed in his heart, the murder case didn't come sooner or later, but it happened that Li Canghai came at this time.

Within two days, a series of homicides occurred, which was enough to make the officials doubt his management ability.

If Li Canghai played a book to the Ministry of Officials, his position as county magistrate would be difficult to secure.

Li Canghai didn't speak, but walked up to those masked people and looked at them one by one.

What surprised Li Canghai was that there were Xia Zhi and Luo Fu among these people.

"I didn't expect Team Luo to be included in this list. This is really unexpected." Li Canghai walked up to Luo Fu and said.

Luo Fu's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "I am the leader of the militiamen in the town, and I will naturally lead the Nuo dance to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits. What's so strange about it?"

Li Canghai suddenly realized, and said, "So that's the case. However, I have a question. When Qian Lin died, where was Team Luo?"

Luo Fu's face darkened, he stared at Li Canghai and said, "What do you mean? Do you suspect that I killed him?"

Li Canghai smiled indifferently, and said, "Unless the murderer is found, everyone is suspected. Since Captain Luo didn't kill anyone, why not say so?"

Luo Fu said angrily: "Fart! Although I have some gaps with Qian Lin, I don't want to kill him! When I pass by him, he is still very good."

"Captain Luo is not going to be angry, Mr. Li is just suspicious, he didn't say you are the murderer. Don't be rude to Mr. Li!" Zhou Chang was startled when he saw this, and hurried forward to say.

Li Canghai smiled disapprovingly, then walked up to Xia Zhi, looked him up, and said, "Why are you here?"

Xia Zhi's face was a little pale, he glanced at Qian Lin who was lying in a pool of blood, his shoulders trembled involuntarily.

"I... I have danced this Nuo dance for two years, and Master said it was an honor..." Xia Zhi said with a trembling voice.

Li Canghai sighed slightly, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder, it was really not easy to endure such suffering at such a young age.

First, the death of his master, who had been kind to him in nurturing him, and seeing someone die in front of his own eyes, it was not a small blow to him.

At this time, Di Qing and Li Yu also walked over.

"Cang Hai, I have observed for a long time, and it seems that there are no martial arts masters, and there is no suspicious person." Di Qing said.

"Yeah, that's strange. Since the murderer killed someone, he must be among them. But the strange thing is, we didn't find the murder weapon. What's going on?" Li Yu asked blankly.

Li Canghai was silent in thought, and lowered his head to think.

The murder was committed in public, but no one saw the murderer.

After Qian Lin's death, Li Canghai immediately asked Zhou Chang to seal off the scene and not allow anyone to leave, so the murderer would never have the opportunity to leave here.

But since the murderer is still here, the murder weapon must still be on the murderer.

Strangely, they searched everyone and found no murder weapon.

Li Canghai frowned, and had no choice but to have Qian Lin's body transported back to Yizhuang, and then Zhou Chang was asked to investigate Qian Lin's relationship.

In the ancestral hall, the old Taoist pretending to be Lu Dongbin was sitting upright, while Liu Yang and several other old people looked terrified.

Li Canghai walked into the ancestral hall and saw Liu Yang and the others discussing something, so he walked over.

Seeing Li Canghai approaching, Liu Yang quickly stood up and asked eagerly, "Mr. Li, how did Qian Lin die? Was it really the work of a ghost?"

Li Canghai shook his head, solemnly said: "The cause of Qian Lin's death was that someone cut his throat to death. The murderer was among the crowd and had nothing to do with ghosts."

Hearing the words, the fake old Taoist slowly opened his eyes, and said calmly: "According to the poor Taoist, it may not be so? If Qian Lin was killed by someone, did you find the murder weapon?"

"Oh, according to what the Immortal Elder saw, why did Qian Lin die?" Li Canghai asked.

The fake old man stretched out his right hand to think for a moment, then sighed: "Mercury is transiting the sun, Yin and Yang are reversed, and disasters happen frequently!"

"What is the meaning of the fairy head?" Li Canghai frowned slightly.

"Mercury is a lucky star, and transiting the sun is a sinner. Yin and Yang are reversed, and ghosts and ghosts are in chaos!" the fake old man said solemnly.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yang became even more flustered.

He hurriedly knelt down to the false old Taoist, kowtowed and said: "Immortal Elder, please be merciful and save us!"

"Several please, the poor Taoist came here this time to resolve the disaster here, and the poor Taoist will do his best in this matter." After a pause, the fake old Taoist continued: "Tomorrow, the poor Taoist will hold a As long as Pindao eliminates the souls of the dead, there will be no danger here."

"If that's the case, then there will be an immortal!" Liu Yang and others kowtowed in salute.

"The impoverished Taoist should gather energy and concentrate here, and no outsiders should disturb him. Please go back." After the fake old Taoist finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he had entered a state of trance.

Liu Yang and the others bowed their bodies and retreated quietly.

Li Canghai glanced at the old Taoist, and followed the crowd to leave the ancestral hall.

(End of this chapter)