Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 705 Little Thief
"Young people really don't understand what the grown-ups say." Zhu Lao Wu stretched out his little finger to dig his ears, shaking his head and saying.

"Bold! Do you know who you are talking to? The person standing in front of you is the current Dali Temple Minister!" Chang Shi Situ Feng saw him being so unreasonable, he was furious and shouted sharply.

"Da... Dali Siqing?" Zhu Laowu was very surprised.

Although he is a local ruffian, he also knows the name of Dali Temple. He couldn't figure it out, he just stole a purse, how could he be involved in Dali Temple?

Zhu Laowu is from Chang'an, so he naturally knows where Dali Temple is. Generally speaking, Dali Temple is responsible for extremely important cases, and those who are favored by Dali Temple are basically sentenced to death.

Li Canghai clearly saw the change in Zhu Lao Wu's expression, and he had already guessed nine out of ten of Zhu Lao Wu's thoughts.

It seems that these kinds of local ruffians have one characteristic, that is, they bully the weak and fear the strong. They domineering in front of the people, but they will immediately become weak and incompetent when they encounter officials.

What's more, Li Canghai is the Zhengqing who is in charge of Dali Temple.

Not to mention anything else, just the three words 'Dali Temple' are enough to make Zhu Laowu shudder.

"Zhu Laowu, you must not know your current situation, right? Let me tell you about it." Li Canghai said calmly.

"Young one...the little one doesn't understand what adults mean." Zhu Laowu shrank his neck and said in a low voice.

"Do you think that the crime you committed was just theft? This morning, several buskers were killed. This officer found out that you had contact with the murderer and took his money. This shows that you have nothing to do with the murderer. There is an inevitable connection between the murderers, do you still think that what you committed was theft?" Li Canghai snapped.

"My lord... the little one didn't kill anyone!" Zhu Lao Wu's face changed slightly.

"Hmph, since you know that I am the Minister of Dali Temple, you should know that no one can fool me. Look at what this is?" Li Canghai snorted coldly, and casually threw a bag over.

When Zhu Laowu saw the burden, his face suddenly became ugly.

"This is the silver taels found in your home. As far as I know, you are a gambler and don't want to keep a penny with you, but I found so many silver taels in your home. Come and give it to me. Explain, where did this silver come from?" Li Canghai said coldly.

"This... this is what I have accumulated over the years!" Zhu Laowu hurriedly shouted.

"A person who is addicted to gambling, if he can accumulate money, it will be hell. You'd better tell the truth, the officer may give you a lighter sentence, otherwise, you will be an accomplice of the murderer! Even if you don't kill your head, They will also be dispatched to the frontier for exile! You have to think carefully before talking about it."

Li Canghai had a icy face, and his voice was still cold.

Zhu Laowu really panicked now. Although he didn't participate in the murder, who cares about his life and death?He is just a local ruffian. If the government wants to kill him, it is easier than crushing a bedbug.

After all, no one cares about the life and death of a ruffian.

Zhu Lao Wu understood this very well, and also knew that Li Canghai was not trying to scare him, not to mention convicting him as an accomplice, even if he was prosecuted as a murderer, he would have no way to justify it.

"My lord, please forgive me, but my little one is willing to explain everything!" His own life was at stake, and Zhu Laowu no longer concealed anything, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Speak!" Li Canghai said indifferently.

"Yes, yes. Five days ago, someone found the little one, gave him 20 taels of silver, and asked him to follow him for a few days." Zhu Laowu said.

"What did he ask you to do?" Li Canghai asked with a frown.

"It's the fault here. He didn't ask me to do anything, but on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, he asked me to steal the money bags of passers-by. Because the man gave a lot of silver, and there was no loss for me. I agreed." Zhu Laowu said honestly.

"Is that all?" Li Canghai asked.

"That's all, I dare not hide the slightest bit."

Li Canghai lowered his head and began to ponder. After a while, he raised his head and asked, "One more thing. What does that person look like?"

"The little one didn't see clearly. He was wearing a loose coat and a hood, and he didn't seem to want the little one to see his face." Zhu Laowu recalled.

Li Canghai frowned and thought deeply. From Zhu Laowu's description, it is not difficult to see that the mysterious person is very similar to what Ningxiang said, and it is very likely that they are the same person.

And the reason why he came here to look for Zhu Laowu was because he recalled everything he encountered on Zhuque Street.

If he hadn't chased Zhu Lao Wu back then, the little girl would not have been scattered by the crowd, would not have met Ning Xiang, and would not have learned of Zhang Wenyuan's whereabouts from Ning Xiang.

These seemingly insignificant things, now connected in series, made him break out in a cold sweat.

Everything is as he guessed, this is a trap set for him!

"The last question, besides you, are there other people around that person?" Li Canghai asked in a deep voice.

"Besides me, there is Liu Dagou." Zhu Laowu said without thinking.

"Liu Big Dog? Who is he?" Li Canghai asked with a frown.

"Returning to my lord, Liu Dagou is the same as the little one. He lives by stealing, and he rarely misses. At that time, I also felt strange. Since I found Liu Dagou, why did I still look for me? But, after all, they are all brothers on the road. , I don’t care too much about this small matter.” Zhu Laowu said.

"Where is Big Dog Liu now?" Li Canghai asked.

"I don't know about this... the little one. But I know that he often goes to Yihe Casino."

Li Canghai raised his sword eyebrows, turned around and said to Chang Shi: "Master Situ, go and find Liu Dagou immediately!"

"I'll do it right now." Chief Shi Situfeng took the order and left immediately.

An hour later, Situ Feng escorted a thin man to Chang'an Mansion Prison.

"My lord, bring Liu Dagou!"

Li Canghai nodded, and looked Liu Dagou up and down.

This willow dog has slanted eyes and a slanted mouth, with a huge nose hanging on its face, it is true to its name.

"Liu Dagou, I only want to ask you one question, and you must tell the truth. If you dare to lie, you will be dispatched to the frontier as an army!" Li Canghai sternly said.

Liu Dagou knelt in the torture room, and scanned the surroundings from the corner of his eye. Besides Li Canghai, there were several vicious government servants in the torture room, as well as Zhu Laowu.

Many of the instruments of torture placed around them were dark red due to too much blood.

It's not that he has never been in the prison of Chang'an Mansion, but it is precisely because of this that he feels fear in his heart.

He couldn't forget the screams that came out of this torture room, and the prisoners who entered this torture room were either dead or maimed.

"Big dog, if your lord asks you something, you must tell the truth!" Zhu Laowu lowered his head and reminded him.

Liu Dagou knew that Zhu Laowu was a fearless person, but he didn't expect that even he would fall into the hands of this young official, which made him a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)