Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 613 Strange Edict
"What? The Japanese army is really planning to attack the city at Zishi?" Feng Changqing said in surprise.

Qi Yunhe nodded vigorously, and said solemnly: "That's what they said. According to them, the food and grass of the Dongying army has been exhausted by the heavy snow, and they are almost exhausted, so they plan to fight to the death. , want to capture the city!"

"What should we do? Marshal, please come up with an idea!" Gao Xianzhi said to Li Canghai, pounding his fist heavily.

Li Canghai frowned. After thinking about it, he said, "The defense of the north gate is relatively weak. Immediately add 1 people to defend it!"

"1 people? But if this happens, the strength of the other three sects will become weak." Gao Xianzhi frowned.

"It doesn't matter, the defenses of the other three gates have been completed, and they can withstand it for a while, but the north gate is different. The defense of the north gate is weak. If the Japanese army invades from the north gate, the consequences will be disastrous. Right now, General Huangfu's The army is still far away, we can only have a chance if we stick to this city." Li Canghai said.

"Since that's the case, then let people build fortifications!" Gao Xianzhi said solemnly.

Li Canghai nodded, and after handing over the defense of the city to Gao Xianzhi, they returned to the palace.

Back in the palace, Li Canghai locked himself in the room, carefully recalling the whole process of the murder of King Silla.

The king of Silla did not die in the battle with Dongying, nor did he die in the attack of his injuries, but died when he was about to choose to inherit the throne. In Li Canghai's view, this was by no means accidental.

What puzzled Li Canghai the most was why he would choose the third prince Xizhen to inherit the throne. Judging from the conversation between the two people the night before the death of the king of Silla, the succession of the king of Silla should be between the eldest prince Hee Tae and the second prince. It was only between Xiyuan and Xiyuan, but how did it become the third prince Xizhen?
Li Canghai suddenly remembered a brocade box given to him by the King of Silla, and he opened it at the right time.

Li Canghai hurriedly found the brocade box, thinking, isn't this the right time?

Thinking of this, Li Canghai opened the brocade box directly, and took out the things stored inside.

But when he saw what was inside, he was taken aback, and then became even more confused.

He rubbed the center of his brows, then put the things back into the brocade box, and then picked up the imperial edict and read it carefully.

Although Li Canghai had known the King of Silla not long ago, he had also seen his handwriting, so he could confirm that the handwriting on the edict was indeed written by the King of Silla.

But since he saw the contents of the brocade box, he was somewhat puzzled by this edict.

Still the same question, since the king of Silla valued the eldest prince and the second prince, why did he leave the throne to the third prince?

Li Canghai thought for more than an hour in the room, and around noon, Di Qing came in with a tray of vegetables.

"Canghai, it's noon, it's time for lunch." Di Qing put down the plate and said to Li Canghai.

Li Canghai was staring at the edict carefully. He held the edict in his left hand, and stretched out his right hand to the food box, but his eyes never left the edict.

Suddenly, his outstretched right hand was slapped suddenly.

"Cang Hai, your hands are full of ink, why don't you eat it without washing it? Wait, I'll bring you a basin of water." After saying that, Di Qing walked out.

It was only then that Li Canghai realized that when he wrote down the clues he found, his hands were inadvertently stained with a lot of ink.

After a while, Di Qing came in with a basin of clear water.

"Canghai, wash your hands and eat!" Seeing that Li Canghai was still studying the edict, Di Qing was a little annoyed.

"Well, yes." Although Li Canghai said yes, his eyes were still fixed on the imperial edict, completely indifferent.

Di Qing's small mouth suddenly pouted. She was holding a water basin and put it on the table angrily. She grabbed Li Canghai's hand and put it in the water basin.

Li Canghai was holding the imperial edict in both hands at this moment, Di Qing grabbed his right hand suddenly, and dragged the imperial edict into the water basin!
At this moment, the two froze at the same time.

"This is the edict of the succession, it cannot be destroyed!" Li Canghai cried out, quickly reached out to fish out the edict from the water, and carefully blew the water droplets on it.

Di Qing also knew that she had gotten into trouble. She looked at Li Canghai's stammering in a daze and said, "Canghai...I, I didn't do it on purpose. I...I just want you to wash your hands..."

"Qing'er, I'm not blaming you, light the candle quickly, and dry the handwriting while it's still there!" Li Cang said anxiously, blowing water drops by the sea.

Hearing this, Di Qing hurried to the candlestick and lit the candles.

Holding the imperial edict in both hands, Li Canghai approached the candlestick cautiously, and slowly baked it with the help of the candle's heat.

While baking, Li Canghai suddenly found that the corners of the words on the edict turned up.

Li Canghai hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his finger and picked the corner of one of the characters.

What he didn't expect was that he picked up that word directly!
It was a thumb-sized, cut square piece of paper, and the word was in the square piece of paper.

In addition to this one word, there are several other words written on the same thumb-sized piece of paper.

"Ah! What's going on here? Why did the edict melt even the words after seeing the water?" Di Qing looked at the edict in surprise and said in disbelief.

Li Canghai looked at the words on his fingers, rolled his eyes a few times, and said deeply: "It's not that the handwriting has been melted, but that the imperial edict has been disassembled."

"The imperial edict has been disassembled? What does this mean?" Di Qing scratched her hair bun, puzzled.

Li Canghai didn't answer her, but frowned, lowered his head and said to himself: "If that's the case, then the murderer...could it really be him? But, if the murderer is him, why would Xitai go crazy?" What? It’s not something ordinary people can lift a huge cauldron of five hundred catties! What’s going on here?”

"Cang Hai, I think you need to rest. If not, I'm really worried that you will go crazy too!" Di Qing said seriously.

"Crazy? How could I go crazy?" Li Canghai said to himself.

"Of course it was driven crazy by yourself? Cang Hai, you should relax, don't think about anything today, let's go out and enjoy the snow!" Di Qing said.

"Appreciate the snow? Okay." Li Canghai lowered his head and subconsciously said.

Di Qing was overjoyed and immediately pushed him out.

Li Canghai put his hands in his sleeves and lowered his head to think about the case all the way, but he didn't even raise his head.

The two walked along the corridor and arrived at Jingyang Palace before they knew it.

The body of King Silla is still placed in the main hall of Jingyang Palace.

(End of this chapter)