Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 753
"I didn't!" Di Hentian struggled and roared angrily.

"Hmph, you keep saying that third uncle died of a serious illness, but how do you explain the eight steel needles in third uncle's body?" Di Qing shouted coldly.

Di Hentian's face was pale, and suddenly he knelt on the ground powerlessly, his eyes were full of confusion.

Di Ying frowned, he looked at Di Hentian, then at the regret in the coffin, and said to Di Qing: "Qing'er, you go with the guards and take him back to the Jianning Palace to take care of him first! I want to keep him Come down and examine Third Uncle's remains carefully."

Di Qing nodded, and then escorted Li Yu and Jianning Tiewei and escorted Di Hentian back to Chang'an City.

After everyone left, only the two brothers Di Ying and a few servants remained.

Looking at Di Hentian's back, Di Huai punched his fist resentfully, and said with tears, "Third Uncle has been wandering for half his life, but he didn't expect to end up like this in the end. Second Brother, can you be sure that Third Uncle died of homicide?" ?”

Di Ying spread his right fist, revealing eight and a half finger-long steel needles, and said in a concentrated voice: "These steel needles are all located in the main joints of the third uncle's remains, and the cause of death can basically be determined."

"Could it be that Hentian really killed Third Uncle with his own hands?" Di Huai asked in a daze.

Di Ying shook her head, and said: "No one knows whether he hates the sky and killed third uncle. After all, third uncle has been dead for ten years." After a pause, Di Ying said seriously: "Brother, you Don't worry. No matter what, I want to find out the truth about my third uncle's death!"

After saying this, Di Ying walked to the coffin and began to examine it carefully.

Due to the passage of time, the corpse has been decomposed, and even most of the bones have been integrated with the coffin. It is difficult to find clues.

But even so, Di Ying still cleaned the coffin carefully, and carefully transferred the corpses inside to a new coffin for storage.

Half an hour later, all the bones were cleaned out.

However, apart from those corpses, Di Ying found nothing.

Not giving up, Di Ying continued to rummage through the coffin for fear of revealing any clues.

And when Di Ying was inspecting the coffin, the servant who was kidnapped by Di Hentian suddenly called out: "Masters, come and see, there are words on the lid of this coffin!"

Di Ying and Di Huai hurried over when they heard the words.

Every coffin has a lid, of course.

When they opened the coffin, the coffin lid was put aside, no one would care about a messy coffin lid.

Di Ying walked up to the coffin lid, squatted down, brushed the dust inside the coffin lid with her sleeve, and found a line of small characters.

"Second brother, what's written on it?" Di Huai leaned over and asked.

"This coffin has rotted away, and the only words I can recognize are 'Yongyang Coffin'." Di Ying said in a deep voice.

"'Yongyang Coffin'?" Di Huai muttered a few times before saying, "It must be the name of this coffin shop, right?"

Di Ying also nodded: "I think so too."

Di Huai rubbed his nose and said, "Since it's the name of the coffin shop, it probably doesn't matter. Second brother, how did you do the investigation? Have you found any other clues?"

Di Ying sighed and said, "Besides these eight steel needles, there are no other clues."

Di Huai took a few steps and said, "One person counts the disadvantages, and two people count the strengths. Why don't we go back and discuss with Cang Hai, maybe he can find out the truth."

Di Ying's eyes lit up, she patted her head and said, "Brother's words are so true, I actually forgot about his 'divine judgment'. Cang Hai has solved many long-standing unsolved cases, and he must be able to find out the death of the third uncle." the truth!"

After making a decision, the two took their servants and sent the new coffin containing the remains to the Yizhuang outside the city for temporary storage, and then returned to Chang'an City.

It was evening when we returned to Chang'an City.

As soon as Di Ying and the two entered the courtyard, they went to Li Canghai's room to look for him.

But Li Canghai was not in the room, and Di Ying found out that Li Canghai was in the study after several inquiries with the servants and maids in the mansion.

The two went to the study again.

In the study room, Li Canghai was writing something intently while holding the brush in his hand.

When they saw Li Canghai, they were about to talk to him, but he stopped him with his hand.

"Both brothers, please sit down, I already know what is on your mind." Li Canghai said as he put down his pen.

Di Huai and Di Ying looked at each other, and couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Cang Hai, do you know what we want to say?" Di Ying asked.

Li Canghai did not speak, but picked up a piece of paper and showed it to the two of them.

Seeing this, Di Ying and Di Huai were startled in their hearts, their eyes showed disbelief, and they looked at Li Canghai as if they were looking at a monster.

It turned out that there were only four words written on the paper: Yongyang Coffin.

"Cang Hai, we haven't spoken yet, how do you know that what we want to say is related to this? Could it be that you really know how to predict or not?" Di Ying asked in surprise.

Li Canghai smiled and said, "I don't know any spells. The reason I know this is because I found that the person with the words on the coffin lid is me."

"You?" Di Ying and Di Huai were stunned for a moment.

"I clearly remember being a famous servant, how did you become you?" Di Huai asked in confusion.

Li Canghai smiled calmly and said, "Because that servant is me, and I am that servant."

Di Ying suddenly realized, and explained to Di Huai: "Brother, that servant is actually made of a sea of ​​disguises. No wonder I wonder how a servant can observe so carefully, even the handwriting on the rotten coffin lid can be found.”

Di Huai understood in an instant, but he still asked a little puzzled: "Cang Hai, since you followed us, why did you pretend to be so disguised?"

Di Ying said: "Brother, did you forget that Cang Hai is now banned by the Holy Master and is not allowed to step out of the mansion? If he follows us out in a big way, if it is heard by the Holy Master, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Di Huai patted his forehead, and suddenly realized: "I almost forgot this, I am so stupid."

"Actually, my younger brother's disguise is just to verify a conjecture in his heart. I never thought that these things would happen." Li Canghai said.

"Cang Hai, what do you think about the death of third uncle?" Di Ying asked.

Li Canghai pondered and said: "Judging from the steel needles that the second brother found in the remains of the corpse, it can be confirmed that the third uncle should have committed suicide. Qing'er also said that this 'eight-needle sealing point' is an extremely cruel method in the world to extract confessions. Its pain is absolutely unbearable.”

After a pause, Li Canghai went on to say: "Besides that, it is the motive. This 'eight-needle sealing point' is a method of extorting a confession, why is it used on the third uncle? Who is the murderer? The murderer wants to get a confession from the third uncle What did you get in your mouth?"

When Di Huai and Di Ying heard this, their faces instantly became extremely solemn.

(End of this chapter)