Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 215 Discussing Countermeasures
The three women looked at each other, bit their lips, nodded vigorously, and said: "We know what your lord wants to ask, just ask your lord, we will tell you all."

Kang Xu nodded approvingly, he didn't seem to expect that the three of them were so strong.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Do you know who took you captive to the deserted house?"

"When I was sleeping at night, I was brought here by being stunned." Zhao Lan'er bit her lip and cried in a low voice.

"Are you three like this?" Kang Xu asked.

The other two also nodded.

Kang Xu pondered for a long time before he continued to ask: "Did you find Lu Jitong torturing a woman in the dungeon?"

The complexions of Zhao Lan'er and the others turned pale in an instant, their eyes flickered with horror, and they nodded heavily.

"The devil! That man is a devil! He's a man-eating evil ghost!" Zhao Lan'er seemed to remember something extremely frightening, and she cried out in horror.

Kang Xu didn't continue to ask, but asked them to relax.

After a while, Zhao Lan'er and the others calmed down, and said with pale lips: "We only know that the devil wanted to force the girl to marry him, but the girl refused to do so, and the devil tortured her in every possible way." .”

"That girl was tortured to death by him." The other two girls said in horror.

Kang Xu sighed, from the instruments of torture found in the dungeon, and Tao Zhaoxue's tragic death, one could guess what kind of inhuman torture Tao Zhaoxue had experienced before his death.

This kind of behavior is simply outrageous!
Kang Xu was silent for a long time, and said: "During this time, you are temporarily staying in Hetou Village, and I will send someone to protect you. Don't worry, I will give you justice."

After asking Baojia to arrange a place for the two women and asking him to take good care of them, Kang Xu took two yamen servants to escort Liu Tie back to Zhengyang City.

He ordered Liu Tie to be imprisoned and strictly guarded. Kang Xu returned to the county government with the chow chow in his arms.

As soon as Kang Xu returned to the county office, the Chow Chow jumped out of his arms, stuck out his tongue, wagged his tail and ran straight to the wing.

Kang Xu looked at the Chow Chow in surprise, scratched his head, and said to himself, "This little guy is quite intelligent, and he actually knows the room where Miss Qing lives."

Since the three of them work separately, everyone investigates different things, and Kang Xu is in charge of the main case, so Chang Feng and Xiao Wu always come back earlier than him.

"Brother Kang, you are back. I heard that you have caught a murderer?" Seeing him walking into the flower hall, Xiao Wu hurriedly greeted him and asked.

Kang Xu nodded, and told the two of them what he had investigated all day.

After listening, the two were shocked.

Chang Feng's face was full of anger, he slammed the table down, and said angrily: "Damn! Imprisoning women as playthings is nothing like a beast! Lao Kang, tell me which bastard did such a bad thing , I’m going to kill him!”

Xiao Wu also had a solemn face, and he was also extremely angry, but compared to Chang Feng's recklessness, Xiao Wu was much calmer.

"As Brother Kang said, then Liu Tie is not the murderer, but who is the murderer?" Xiao Wu asked thoughtfully.

Kang Xu looked at the two of them, and said in a deep voice, "All the clues I have found point to one person, and that is Lu Jitong."

"Lu Jitong?" Chang Feng was taken aback, and after a while he suddenly said, "Old Kang, you asked me to investigate Lu Jitong, and I have already done so. The night Tao Zhaoxue was murdered, Lu Jitong was not at home. Said, Lu Jitong went to 'Ziyunfang' that night with other young masters."

"Ziyunfang?" Kang Xu muttered a few words, and asked, "Where is this 'Ziyunfang'?"

"Oh, this 'Ziyunfang' is an elegant place, and the dignitaries in Zhengyang City like to go there to listen to music. I checked, and that night Lu Jitong was in 'Ziyunfang' all night and never left. "Chang Feng scratched his head in wonder, and said puzzledly: "Old Kang, since this Lu Jitong is in 'Ziyunfang', how did he kill him?"

Kang Xu was also surprised. He originally thought that the news brought by Chang Feng would be evidence to identify Lu Jitong, but he didn't expect this news to exonerate him.

"Have you checked clearly that he was really in 'Ziyunfang' all night?" Kang Xu asked suspiciously.

"I asked the owner of the 'Ziyunfang'. According to her, Lu Jitong was indeed in the 'Ziyunfang' all night." Chang Feng thought for a while, paused, and wondered: "Lao Kang, you Could it be a wrong guess, this Lu Jitong should not be the murderer?"

Chang Feng couldn't figure it out, even Xiao Wu was at a loss.

From Zhengyang County to Hetou Village, at least one or two hours, it will take half a day to go back and forth.

If Lu Jitong is really the murderer, how did he go to Hetou Village without telling the truth from the people in 'Ziyunfang'?
After all, this big living person, who disappears for no reason, will always be discovered, right?

"My judgment should be correct. Liu Tie cannot deliberately blame him. Besides, from the clues I have, the murderer is very likely to be Lu Jitong. But why does he have an alibi?" Kang Xu said to himself He muttered silently, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly said: "It seems that we need to go to 'Ziyunfang' to investigate tomorrow."

"This is really weird. Could it be that he, Lu Jitong, can do the double body technique?" Chang Feng scratched his head and said depressedly.

Originally, he thought that if Kang Xu found the murderer, the murder case would be over and they could focus on Li Canghai, but he didn't expect that things would become more and more complicated.

Although Kang Xu said that he was sure that the murderer was Lu Jitong, he also found Lu Jitong's alibi. Whether he could prove that Lu Jitong really had an alibi became the key to the case.

Kang Xu naturally knew the truth of this, and the investigation of the case was based on factual evidence, not subjective speculation.

Judging from the heinous modus operandi, Lu Jitong is likely to be an extremely twisted and scheming person. How could he easily expose what he did?
As long as he can find evidence that Lu Jitong is not present, he may catch him in one go.

"You only asked the owner of 'Ziyunfang', did you ask anyone else?" Kang Xu asked in a deep voice.

"Not really." Chang Feng was stunned for a moment, thinking about the meaning of Kang Xu's words, and said suspiciously: "Old Kang, are you suspecting that the owner of the workshop is lying?"

"It's still too early to draw conclusions, but it's not ruled out that the owner of the workshop may have committed perjury. So, we have to go through it again tomorrow." Kang Xu rubbed the center of his brows, as if he had a headache.

The three fell silent, and after a while, Xiao Wu suddenly said: "Brother Kang, I have found out about the murder weapon, and it is indeed as you said."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Kang Xu rubbed his chin, sat down, and asked curiously.

Xiao Wu took out a ruby ​​that was a circle smaller than a fingernail from his bosom, and said: "I searched all over the pawnshops in the city before I found this gem. Judging from the shape of this gem, it just fits The indentation on the murder weapon matched."

After listening, Kang Xu frowned instead.

"Have you ever asked the shopkeeper, when was this gemstone taken? Who was the treasurer?"

"According to the shopkeeper, this gemstone was stolen two days ago, and the person who pawned it was a beggar." Xiao Wu pondered.

"Beggar?" Kang Xu became even more puzzled.

Xiao Wu nodded: "That's right, it's a beggar. And I have found that beggar. I asked him, and he said that he picked up this dagger by accident. Since he found a gemstone on it, he pried the gem into it." I took it down and pawned some money. But..."

"But what?" Seeing that his brows were slightly wrinkled, Kang Xu asked.

Xiao Wu pondered for a while, and said: "However, the beggar also said that after pawning gems, he was stopped by a rich man in front of the pawn shop and took the dagger away."

"Young man from a rich family? Did he say anything about what that young man from a rich family looks like?" Kang Xu asked while pondering.

"He only said that the other party is a young man who is facing the wind, and he has no other distinctive features." Xiao Wu thought back.

Kang Xu paced back and forth a few steps, with his hands behind his back, lost in thought.

From the clues found by Xiao Wu, it is not difficult to see that the murder weapon has changed hands.

But what the beggar said was very hazy.

Although this Zhengyang City is not a city like those in Luoyang, there are also quite a few wealthy businessmen living in it. With just the words 'Yushu Linfeng', he can't determine the identity of the other party at all.

However, fortunately, he was sure that the suspect was Lu Jitong, so his eyes wouldn't turn dark.

"Xiao Wu, does the beggar know the person who snatched the dagger?" Kang Xu asked.

"I know." Xiao Wu scratched his head and said, "Brother Kang, according to what you said, could the person who snatched the dagger be Lu Jitong?"

Kang Xu pondered for a moment, and said, "It's very possible, but this matter still needs to be proved. Xiao Wu, go find the beggar tomorrow, and find a way to take him to identify Xia Lu Jitong."

Chang Feng's eyes lit up, and he interjected, "Old Kang, have you decided to arrest Lu Jitong?"

"No, there are still many doubts that have not been resolved, and the arrest at this time will scare the snake away."

"Then how can the little five brothers take the beggar to identify them?" Chang Feng scratched his head a little depressed.

"Didn't you say that Lu Jitong often goes to 'Ziyunfang' these days? Tomorrow, let Xiao Wu wait in front of 'Ziyunfang' with a beggar." Kang Xu pondered.

Xiao Wu nodded and said: "This method is feasible. I will go to the beggar tomorrow morning."

The three got together and discussed some things before turning back to the room.

Kang Xu frowned, and while thinking about the case, he walked to the wing.

Before he knew it, he came to Li Canghai's room.

Just as he was hesitating whether to knock on the door, there was a bang, and the door was pulled open from the inside.

(End of this chapter)