Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 601 The Curse of the Golden Toad Sword
Seeing Li Canghai coming, everyone saluted him one after another.

The concubines and children of King Silla had tears on their faces, crying miserably.

"Uncle Wang! Father, he...he's gone." The eldest prince knelt in front of Li Canghai with a group of younger siblings, weeping choked up.

Li Canghai frowned, helped the eldest prince up, and said in a deep voice: "Xitai, block the news immediately. This matter must not be leaked, otherwise it will shake the morale of the army. If Dongying knows about this, he may take the opportunity to attack city!"

The eldest prince wiped away his tears, he also knew what Li Canghai said was serious, after saluting deeply to Li Canghai, he left the back garden immediately.

"All ministers obey the order. Before this matter is investigated, you are not allowed to reveal a word! You should return to your own posts now, do your own work, and beware of Dongpu's sneak attack!" Li Canghai sternly shouted.

After the death of King Silla, Li Canghai was the one who spoke the most in this city, and those courtiers bowed to salute, and retreated one after another.

After arranging everything, Di Qing pushed Li Canghai forward and walked over.

There was an open space in front of the Buddhist hall, and there was thick snow on the open space, and in the snow, there were three rows of footprints.

According to Di Qing, after she found the body of King Silla, she immediately had people block off the surroundings of the Buddhist hall, that is to say, no one else entered except for her and the servant sitting under the eaves of the Buddhist hall.

Two new sets of footprints on the ground also confirmed his idea. Those two sets of footprints were left by the servant and Di Qing, and the remaining set of footprints had been covered by falling snow. The unclear footprints were naturally left by the King of Silla. It's down.

When Li Canghai came to the Buddhist hall, he took a look at the servant who was already pale and trembling with fright, and then let Di Qing push him to the corridor in front of the door.

However, at this moment, his wooden wheelchair suddenly slid uncontrollably and hit the threshold with a thud.

Di Qing groaned, and hurriedly asked: "Cang Hai, are you okay? I forgot that there is a layer of ice on the floor in front of the door, which is why it is slippery."

Li Canghai looked down, and sure enough, he found a layer of ice on the ground. He shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and then pushed the door, but found that the door was difficult to push.

Following the crack of the door, Li Canghai was surprised to find that the door was blocked by a huge Buddha statue.

Li Canghai frowned slightly. He pierced the hard paper pasted on the door and window with his hand. Looking through the hole, he could vaguely see the King of Silla leaning on the table leg in front of the Buddhist hall, facing the direction of the gate, with his head bowed down. , while a pool of blood flowed from his chest.

"Qing'er, try to open the door!" Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

Di Qing nodded, she exerted strength with her palms, and then slammed on the door.

However, the door and window were not pushed open, and the Buddha statue behind the door and window just shook.

Di Qing was a little stunned, she frowned slightly and said: "Cang Hai, that Buddha statue is too heavy, it's hard to push it away with my strength alone."

At this moment, Li Yu and Qi Yunhe rushed over after hearing the news.

Seeing this, Li Canghai immediately asked Qi Yunhe to help.

Combined with Qi Yunhe and two burly guards, the Buddha statue was finally pushed away.

Li Canghai looked solemn, he asked everyone to guard outside the door, and entered the Buddhist hall with Di Qing.

Li Canghai asked Di Qing to push him directly to the corpse of King Silla, and then bent down to examine the corpse of King Silla.

All the rooms in the Silla Royal Palace are equipped with earth kangs that Li Canghai was familiar with in his previous life, so the temperature is much higher than outside.Even in such a cold weather, the body of Silla King still exudes warmth.

This made it impossible for him to determine the exact time of death of King Silla, but judging from the footprints outside the Buddhist hall, the time of death should not exceed two hours.

It was snowing all night, and the footprints could still be seen clearly. If it had been longer, the footprints would have been covered by snowflakes.

There was a strangely shaped dagger in front of King Silla's chest. Li Canghai carefully pulled out the dagger and observed it carefully.

This short sword is more than one foot long and has a strange shape. There is a golden toad in the mouth, and the blade is thin and extremely sharp.

The cause of death of King Silla was that he was pierced through the chest by this sharp sword.

"This is the Golden Toad Sword! Didn't my father say that the Golden Toad Sword is an ominous sword and no one is allowed to touch it?"

There was a sound of surprise at the door.

Li Canghai looked back, and found that the speaker was the third prince, Xizhen, while the second prince, Xiyuan, had a serious face, and his brows were fixed on the Golden Toad Sword.

"Do you know this weapon?" Li Canghai asked them to come in.

The two knelt in front of the King of Silla at the same time, the second prince didn't speak, and the third prince Xizhen choked up and said, "Uncle Wang doesn't know, this Golden Toad Sword is my treasure of Silla, but it's also an ominous sword. It has been kept in the treasury by my father, and my father never allowed us to touch it."

"The Ominous Sword? How do you say that?" Li Canghai asked in surprise.

The third prince was a little hesitant, he bit his lip, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Second brother, you should talk about it."

The second prince, Xiyuan, who had been silent all this time, said sadly: "Uncle, I don't know. This Golden Toad Sword was originally a sharp weapon of my Silla magic weapon, but I don't know when it turned into a fierce weapon. According to legend, 200 years ago , my ancestors of Silla conquered the world, killed over ten thousand people with this sword, thirsted for human blood, and imprisoned countless dead souls in the sword. Since then, this Golden Toad Sword has become a murder weapon. People will lose their minds and die under the Golden Toad Sword. This sword is actually a cursed sword."

The third prince took the words and said: "The Golden Toad Sword has fallen into the hands of the father. The father always thought that the sword was unknown, and didn't want it to be lost among the people, killing evil people, so he sealed it in the treasury. But , Why did the father take out the Golden Toad Sword?"

Li Canghai put down the Golden Toad Sword, looked at the two of them, frowned and said, "Do you think your father died under the curse of the Golden Toad Sword?"

The second prince had a serious face and did not speak.

The third prince curled his lips and cried: "Uncle Wang, my father is always in good health. If he wasn't cursed by this fierce sword, how could he commit suicide?"

"How do you determine that your father committed suicide?" Li Canghai asked rhetorically.

The third prince wiped his tears and choked with sobs and said, "Uncle Wang, the key to the treasury that seals the Golden Toad Sword has always been kept by the King Father. Besides the King Father, who can get the Golden Toad Sword? Besides, there is only one person outside. Doesn't the row of footprints mean that only the father and king have been to this Buddhist hall?"

Speaking of this, the third prince began to cry again, and he cried: "It must be the father who wanted to use the power of this sword to drive away the Japanese army, but unexpectedly he was cursed, that's why...he committed suicide Died! It was the Golden Toad Sword that killed my father!"

(End of this chapter)