Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 206
"Think about it carefully." Kang Xu stared at him intently.

"I remember, I seem to have indeed told others about this, but I'm not sure." Zhang Hebi tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly.

"How do you say that?" Kang Xu asked in surprise, rubbing his nose.

"At the time, I was drunk, so I don't know if I said anything about it. I just vaguely remember that I told others that I would take Zhaoxue back to my hometown." Zhang Hebi said honestly, beating his head.

Kang Xu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is that person?"

"Lu Jitong."

Kang Xu felt that this name sounded familiar. He pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered that Mrs. Tao had mentioned this name when he went to Tao's house during the day.

"Lu Jitong? Who is he?" Kang Xu asked in a deep voice.

"Brother Lu is the son of the Lu family. He is generous and generous, and he likes to fight against injustice. When I first arrived in Zhengyang City, I was bullied by local ruffians. It was Brother Lu who rescued me. After that, we became best friends and often drank together. After I received the news that Zhaoxue wanted to elope with me that day, I went to say goodbye to Brother Lu, but I drank too much, and I forgot whether I had said about elopement." Zhang Hebi patted his head in frustration, road.

Kang Xu rubbed his nose, and said, "But I heard that Lu Jitong is a drinker, lustful, bad gambler, and he is an out-and-out bastard. It is far from what you said!"

Zhang Hebi was stunned for a moment, he scratched his head and said, "These are rumors deliberately spread by someone who is jealous of Brother Lu, but Brother Lu is actually a very caring person."

"Who did you listen to?" Kang Xu was a little curious.

"Brother Lu said it himself." Zhang Hebi replied honestly.

Kang Xu couldn't help laughing: "Do you believe what he said?"

"During this time, if Brother Lu hadn't been taking care of me, I would have starved to death on the street. Of course I believed him." Zhang Hebi said solemnly.

Kang Xu looked at Zhang Hebi strangely, and didn't know whether to call him innocent or stupid.

Anyway, now he finally has a direction to investigate.

Since Lu Jitong appeared in Madam Tao and Zhang Hebi's mouth, maybe he will investigate.

"Where did you go after you left the bamboo forest?" Kang Xu then asked.

"I waited until dawn near the bamboo forest, but I never saw Zhaoxue coming. I was disheartened. I only felt that Zhaoxue had repented and refused to meet me. I waited there for another day, but Zhaoxue still did not come forward. Come, so I wanted to go back to the city and ask Zhaoxue for clarification. But as soon as I entered the city gate, I saw Zhou Aliu holding a string of jade pendants, and I recognized it as a token of love between me and Zhaoxue at a glance , and started a dispute with him." Zhang Hebi said.

Kang Xu listened carefully, but suddenly he frowned and interrupted him: "You mean that jade pendant is a token of love you gave to Tao Zhaoxue?"

Zhang Hebi nodded, and said with a sad face: "Zhaoxue always wears this jade pendant. At that time, I saw the fisherman holding the jade pendant, and my heart became more and more miserable. I thought that Zhao Xue would break up with me, so I threw the jade pendant away. I was thinking of giving up, but I thought This jade pendant is a family heirloom of my Zhang family, so I started arguing with him and finally went to court."

Kang Xu closed his eyes, recalling what happened during the day.

First, Zhang Hebi and Zhou Aliu had a dispute over the jade pendant, and then Tao’s mother reported that Tao Zhaoxue’s body was found. Originally, he didn’t expect any connection between the two, but after Zhang Hebi said this, he instantly understood the relationship. .

The jade pendant was carried by Tao Zhaoxue, which is true, but it fell into the hands of Zhou Ah Liu, which is a bit strange.

According to Zhou Aliu, he fished out the jade pendant from the river while fishing.That is to say, the place where the jade pendant is located is likely to be the place where Tao Zhaoxue's body was dumped.

If this speculation is correct, then the scene where Tao Zhaoxue was killed is likely to be near Hetou Village.

Thinking of this, Kang Xu gradually began to investigate the direction in his mind. After saying a few words to Zhang Hebi, he left the wing in a hurry.

After Kang Xu left, he didn't go back to his room to sleep, but went to the East Wing where Li Canghai was.

In the wing room, Li Canghai was lying on the bed with a pale face, while Di Qing was taking care of him with frowning eyebrows, wiping his sweat from time to time.

Seeing Di Qing haggard due to worry, Kang Xu's eyes flashed with impatience, and he said softly: "Miss Di, you have been taking care of her for a day, you should go and rest, I will take care of you, sir."

Di Qing curled her lips, with tears in her eyes, pursed her red lips, and said stubbornly, "I'm going to wait for Cang Hai to wake up. Cang Hai has suffered more serious injuries than this, but he hasn't improved like he is now. what the hell is it?"

Kang Xu became silent, and after a while, he comforted him: "My lord has been working too hard recently, and with such a serious injury, his body cannot recover too quickly. Miss Di, don't worry too much. Doctor Zhang Now, my lord will be safe and sound."

Di Qing had a sore nose, and crystal tears immediately hung on her long eyelashes. She wiped Li Canghai's forehead carefully, her eyes full of tenderness and reluctance.

Kang Xu sighed, shook his head and quietly backed out.

He had just exited the room when Zhang Xuanming came to change Li Canghai's dressing.

Kang Xu gave him a wink, Zhang Xuanming knew it, then pushed the door and entered, silently helping Li Canghai change his medicine.

Kang Xu stood outside the door, waiting for him to finish changing before walking to a side room with him.

"Doctor Zhang, how is your lord doing now? When will you wake up?" Kang Xu asked solemnly.

Zhang Xuanming sighed for a long time, and said: "My lord... the toxins in his body, my lord, have now soaked into his flesh and blood. I'm afraid he won't live for three days."

"What?" Kang Xu was taken aback, he lowered his voice and asked angrily, "Didn't you say that with you here, your lord will be fine?"

Zhang Xuanming smiled wryly and shook his head and said: "Master, you don't know. The poison that adults suffer from is far beyond the comparison of ordinary poisons. So far, I have only found more than ten kinds of poisons. For other poisons The ingredients have not yet been identified."

"Then try your best to tell the difference!" Kang Xu shouted angrily, grabbed Zhang Xuanming by the collar, and said angrily: "At the beginning you were the one who ensured that your lord is safe, but now, you say that your lord won't live for three days? Zhang Xuan Xuan Ming, if you can't save your lord, I will never spare you!"

Zhang Xuanming sighed, and said: "At this point, I can only do my best to obey the destiny. I will do my best to save my life, but whether my lord can last until I find the antidote depends on my own good fortune." .”

The two exchanged a few more words, and then left the side room.

In the night, the black shadow outside the window of the side room swayed, gradually forming a figure.

After the two people finished speaking, the figure quietly blended into the night.

I saw a figure, jumping and turning on the roof, after climbing over the city wall several feet high, it went straight to the dense forest outside the city.

However, just after that figure jumped down, another white figure suddenly appeared on the city wall.

The white figure paused for a moment, then jumped down, followed closely behind the black figure, and ran towards the dense forest.

In the depths of the pitch-black jungle, several bonfires were burning, and beside the bonfires, several tents were set up.

In the middle of a large bonfire, Miyauchi Ryosuke sat cross-legged, staring at the fire and meditating, while Di Hentian lazily roasted a pheasant.

The fragrant barbecue aroma wafts around, making people want to drool.

"Chief of the palace, it's been a day and a night now, Li Canghai doesn't seem to be dead!" Di Hentian said calmly, turning the wooden stick in his hand.

"Emissary Di Zuo, don't worry, without our antidote, he will die a miserable death!" Miyauchi Ryosuke said in blunt words.

"Oh, really? If that's the case, why does he still come out to handle the case during the day?" Di Hentian squinted at him, tore off a chicken leg from the roasted brown pheasant, and put it in his mouth to feast on it.

Miyauchi Ryosuke frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This is also what I don't understand. Without our antidote, how could he be safe and sound? There must be reasons we don't know."

Di Hentian smiled lightly and said, "You want to know the reason?"

"Don't you know?"

Miyauchi Ryosuke looked puzzled, he had full confidence in Dongying Poison, but Li Canghai was clearly poisoned, but he still appeared in front of everyone, which made him very puzzled.

Di Hentian gnawed the chicken leg clean in two bites, and said disapprovingly, "It's very simple, because the person who appeared in front of everyone was not Li Canghai, but someone pretending to be."

"Nani? You mean, the person who seems to be safe is not the one we want to kill?" Miyauchi Ryosuke asked in surprise.

Di Hentian smiled lightly and said, "That's right. Although his height and body shape are extremely similar to Li Canghai's, his behavior and appearance are easy to distinguish. That's why he always wears a veil. I think it must be In order to confuse the public, they made us think that Li Canghai is safe and sound, so that we can mess ourselves up."

Miyauchi Ryosuke nodded suddenly. He felt that Di Hentian's words made sense. He tilted his head and thought for a while, then he stared at Di Hentian and said, "Since you know that the person in the daytime is pretending to be someone, why do you still ask?" to me?"

"Isn't this idle and boring, and I want to communicate with you and enhance the relationship between the two parties." Di Hentian said with a smile.

Miyauchi Ryosuke snorted, he didn't hear the playful meaning hidden in Di Hentian's words at all.

"It must be great for Di Zuoshi to think like this. We are all serving the Lord, so we should get along in harmony. I have offended you a lot before, and I hope Zuoshi will forgive you." Miyauchi Ryosuke turned to Di Hentian He bowed his head slightly and said.

The corners of Di Hentian's mouth turned up, showing a trace of sneer. He tore off a piece of the roasted chicken wing in his hand and threw it to Ryosuke Miyauchi, and said flatly: "You are right. We are all serving the Lord, and we should share the same hatred. What happened before The matter has been written off, from now on, you and I will cooperate sincerely to complete the great cause for the Lord."

(End of this chapter)