Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 618

"What blindfold?" Li Yu interrupted and asked, rubbing his chin.

Li Canghai took out a piece of black paper from his sleeve and said, "I found this in the ruins of the side hall. At first I thought it was just burnt ashes, but it was actually a black piece of paper."

"What does this mean?" Li Yu blinked and asked in a daze.

"Actually, the tripod we saw was not the real tripod, but a fake tripod made of this black paper." Li Canghai said.

The second prince frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This is impossible... If the tripod is made of paper, there will be obvious flaws due to the difference in weight, and it is impossible for us not to see it."

"That's right, the tripod made of pure paper will show obvious flaws when it is lifted up. So the murderer used a very clever technique. He carved a tripod with ice cubes, and then pasted black paper around the tripod. In this way, an ice cauldron that is somewhat heavy but can be moved by one person is created." Li Canghai said.

"I understand. After the ice tripod is thrown into the fire, it will melt quickly when it encounters heat. In addition, water needs to be watered when fighting the fire. In this way, even if it melts and turns into water, no one would think that it would be a disaster." The water after the ice cauldron melted. But after the fire was extinguished, we found the huge black cauldron in the ruins, right?" Li Yu said doubtfully after thinking for a moment.

"It's very simple. The murderer only needs to get the cauldron in first. After all, the flames are so bright that no one will notice what's inside. What's more, after the ice cauldron melted, it has already turned into a pool of water. We will naturally think that there is nothing in the ruins The cauldron is the one that the murderer threw in." Li Canghai pinched the piece of paper and said indifferently: "Besides, the murderer coated the surface of the paper with flammable tung oil. The melting speed of the cauldron can also use the flame to burn the paper completely."

"Sure enough! However, these may also be done by the eldest prince. How do you know that he is not the murderer?" Li Yu asked.

"Because the murderer is someone else." Li Canghai said.

"Since the murderer is not the eldest prince, who is the murderer?" Li Yu asked puzzled.

Li Canghai sighed, and said rather disappointed: "Actually, the murderer is already obvious, who can make a pulley?"

"Third Prince!?" Li Yu said instantly.

The ministers were startled.

Even the eldest prince and the second prince were shocked.

The immature face of the third prince, Xizhen, was full of horror. Tears kept rolling in his eyes, and he waved his hands in panic and said: "It's not me! It's not me! I didn't kill my father!"

Li Yu looked at the third prince up and down, and saw that his face was full of tears, crying like a tearful man, he also shook his head and said, "Impossible! He has only reached the age of curly hair, and he is still a child, how could he do such unimaginable things?" What happened? Mister must have made a mistake, right?"

"Really? I also hope that I made a mistake, but... that's the truth." Li Canghai sighed in disappointment.

"Just because he knows how to make pulleys? Does Mr. think he is the murderer? Perhaps, the pulley was stolen by the murderer, it is unknown." Li Yu said.

The eldest prince looked at the terrified third prince, and said to Li Canghai: "Uncle Wang, the third brother has always been filial, and he will never commit any crime against the father! Besides, the father has already issued an edict to let him inherit the throne. How could you kill your father?"

Li Canghai didn't speak, he picked up the edict from the table beside him, exhaled and said, "This is the edict, unfortunately, it's a fake edict."

"What? A false edict? This... How is this possible?" The second prince Xiyuan exclaimed.

"At noon today, Qing'er brought me food. Because I got a lot of ink on my hands, Qing'er got me a basin of clean water to wash my hands, but accidentally spilled the imperial edict into the basin." Li Canghai said.

Di Qing pursed her lips and said, "I didn't do it on purpose...why did you say it?"

Li Canghai smiled slightly, and said: "Qing'er, I didn't blame you, on the contrary, it was because of your unintentional act that I discovered the mystery. You are a great contributor!"

"Ah? What's the mystery?" Di Qing hurriedly asked after hearing the words.

"Come here, bring a basin of clean water!" Li Canghai said.

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

Li Canghai unfolded the entire edict and put it into the water basin.

"Look, everyone!" After a while, Li Canghai pointed to the water basin and said to everyone.

Everyone surrounded them one after another, only to find that the imperial edicts in the basin began to scatter, and after a while, the whole basin was filled with pieces of paper the size of fingernails with handwriting on it.

"What, what's going on here? It's really strange. How could such a good imperial edict be scattered all of a sudden?" Li Yu asked in surprise.

"That's because the imperial edict itself is made up of many scattered handwriting!" Li Canghai sighed deeply, staring at Xizhen with a panicked expression, and said, "You secretly keep your father's handwriting, Take the required handwriting, cut it out, and then mount it and dry it, so that it becomes a whole edict, am I right?"

Seeing that Xizhen's pupils contracted, she bit her lip, and remained silent, Li Canghai continued, "Do you still remember that I once asked you where you were when your father died, and how did you answer it? You said that you found an isolated copy of an ancient book and sent it to Xi Yuan. At that time, I thought it was a little strange that it was just an ancient book. As for you, would you send it to Xi Yuan before dawn? Actually, you just I want Xi Yuan to testify to you that you have proof of your alibi from Yinshi to Maoshi."

"Uncle Wang, what you said is all your guesswork. This imperial edict... may have been left by someone else. What evidence do you have to prove that I killed my father?" Xizhen asked tremblingly, biting her lips. .

Li Canghai took a deep look at him and said, "Actually, I just found out your murder method, and there is no direct evidence that you killed your father. You are very smart, and everything you do is It is really surprising that you have such thoughts at such a young age. You killed your father because your father passed the throne to your two elder brothers but not to you, so you held a grudge. "

Xizhen bit her lip and whispered, "I didn't!"

"Third brother! Tell the truth, father... Did you kill him?" The eldest prince shouted with anger in his eyes.

"I...I didn't...." The third prince's face was ugly, he was flustered for a while, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the eldest prince.

(End of this chapter)