Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 763
"Now that things are going on, you still want to spout blood? It seems that if you don't give you a little bit of pain, you really don't know the strictness of the law? Come and beat him fifty times!" Yang Guozhong sternly shouted.

As soon as Yang Guozhong finished speaking, two yamen servants stepped forward and pressed Du Mei to the ground, picked up the stick and started beating him.

Above the courtroom, there was a burst of screams.

Du Mei was originally a frail scholar, how could he withstand fifty boards?After hitting twenty boards, he passed out from the pain.

Li Canghai was worried that Du Mei would be killed if things continued like this, so he said, "His Royal Highness, please order the execution to be suspended. I have something to ask Mr. Han."

Li Heng waved his hand and asked the yamen servant to drag Du Mei down, staring at him and said, "Do you also think that Du Mei was ordered by Mr. Han?"

Li Canghai said solemnly: "What is the truth, after I ask Mr. Han, it will be revealed to the world."

"Okay, if that's the case, then you can just ask." Li Heng stroked his beard and said.

Li Canghai glanced at Han Qu, Han Qu knelt on the ground tremblingly, touching his head to the ground, and did not dare to raise his head to speak.

"Master Han, let me ask you, why did Anxingfang catch fire?"

Han Qu shrunk his neck, raised his head slightly and said, "At that time, I listened to the two healers sent by my lord to buy herbs. As for why it caught fire, I don't know."

"In Master Han's opinion, why did those houses suddenly catch fire?" Li Canghai asked.

"I don't know..." Han channeled.

"Master Han really doesn't know? Well, then let me talk about it." Li Canghai said lightly: "After the fire was extinguished, I checked the scene. That is, during the inspection, I found some strange things. Dozens of people were crowded into a small room, but when the fire caught fire, none of them could escape, which is totally unreasonable."

"What's so unreasonable?" Li Heng asked puzzled.

"Returning to Your Highness, I have inspected three houses, each of which has doors and windows. Think about it, Your Highness, if there is a sudden fire, how could these people not know how to run for their lives, but sit inside waiting to die?" Li Canghai said.

Li Heng nodded, and pondered: "That's true, since there are doors and windows, why didn't they choose to escape?"

"That's because the doors and windows of several houses were tampered with." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"Oh? What's going on?" Li Heng asked in surprise.

"During the investigation, I found several door knockers among the ruins of the three houses, and there were iron chains attached to the door knockers. The iron chains passed through the door knockers and were tightly wound, very strong." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"You mean, the door was locked with iron chains from the outside? That's why those people couldn't escape?" Li Heng understood instantly, and said while stroking his beard.

Li Canghai nodded heavily: "In addition, among the ruins, I also found a half-drawn window. There are four inch-thick wooden boards at the four corners of the window. Although the wooden boards were scorched by the fire, I can conclude that A whole inch-thick wooden board was bound outside the window. In other words, the whole room was not only locked, but even the windows were sealed."

"Master Li's words are far-fetched. Even if the doors and windows are sealed, those people will have the desire to survive when their lives are at stake? Don't they know how to escape by hitting the door?" Yang Guozhong snorted.

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said calmly: "Master Yang is indeed smart, and he can see the key point at a glance. However, it is not difficult. Just a little fragrance can make them lose their mobility. Close the doors and windows, Just in case."

Yang Guozhong frowned slightly: "Even if, as you said, those people were poisoned by the fragrance and sealed in their houses, what does this have to do with Mr. Han?"

Li Canghai looked at Han Qu, and said: "Master Han once said that after he sent Huiguang to Anxingfang, he went to buy herbs. But as far as I know, when Anxingfang caught fire, all the medicine shops in Chang'an City I haven't seen Master Han yet. I want to ask Master Han, where were you when the fire started?"

Han Qu trembled and said: "Xiaguan...Xiaguan felt uncomfortable in his abdomen at that time, so he went to the latrine. This can be proved by the servants who followed Xiaguan to buy herbs."

"If my guess is correct, the hut Mr. Han went to should be located in Shengye Fang?" Li Canghai asked lightly.

Han Qu looked up at Li Canghai in surprise, and said, "Exactly."

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, and said, "The fire in Anxingfang happened at the third quarter of the Chou Hour, and you went to the latrine at the second quarter of the Chou Hour, am I right?"

Han Qu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's exactly as what your lord said. You don't think that my lord would use the fifteen-hour difference to go back to Anxingfang and set fire to it, right?"

Li Canghai stared at him, and said earnestly, "Why not?"

Han Qu was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly laughed: "Master Li, it takes at least half an hour to walk from Shengyefang to Anxingfang, and I only have a quarter of an hour. Does Master Li think that the next official is Can it fly?"

"Ordinary people naturally can't do it. But if it's a light kung fu master with high martial arts, it's a different matter." Li Canghai said plainly.

"Your Excellency is really good at joking, how can an officer know martial arts without the power to restrain a chicken?" Han channeled.

Li Canghai smiled indifferently, and said: "Master Han is really good at covering up, but if you think that I can't do anything about you if you deny it, then you are very wrong."

As he said that, Li Canghai made a sudden move and grabbed Han Qu's shoulder. With a strong right hand, he tore off the clothes on Han Qu's shoulder, revealing a clear palm injury on his shoulder.

"It seems that the person who broke into the Jianning Palace to assassinate last night was really you!" Li Canghai looked at the injury on Han Qu's shoulder, and casually threw the cloth strip in his hand, said calmly.

"Lord Li, Xiaguan's shoulder is just a bruise, why did you wrongly charge Xiaguan to break into the palace at night?" Han Qu asked angrily.

Li Canghai pointed at his shoulder with his chin, and said with a sneer: "Master Han, before you lie next time, you'd better check your real situation first. Are you sure you were injured?"

Hearing this, Han Qu hurriedly looked down at his shoulder, and his face instantly became ugly.

I saw a clear palm print on his left shoulder, and this palm print didn't exist before he got dressed in the morning.

"Long Ying Jin?!" Li Heng said in surprise.

"His Royal Highness looks like a torch. This is indeed the imperial family's secret 'Long Ying Jin'." After saluting Li Heng, Li Canghai stared at Han Channel: "'Long Ying Jin' is a kind of dark energy. There will be no palm prints for a bruise, and the palm prints will not appear until the dark force is activated."

After a pause, Li Canghai said calmly, "If this still doesn't convince you, it's okay, I have other witnesses."

With that said, Li Canghai clapped his hands.

From the crowd of onlookers, two people wearing bamboo hats immediately walked out.

(End of this chapter)