Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 783 The Disappearing Corpse

Inside the Dragon Temple, Li Canghai carefully inspected the corpse.

The body was six feet tall, dressed in ordinary clothes, and had nothing to identify it.

However, the white silk tied around the corpse's waist caught Li Canghai's attention.

Li Canghai took off the white silk, held it in his hand and looked through it, suddenly a person came to mind, Xia Zhi!

Lantern Chen died, and Xia Zhi, as an apprentice, naturally had to wear hemp and mourning.

Li Canghai remembered that when the sacrificial ceremony was held yesterday, Xia Zhi was wearing white silk around his waist.

"Could it be that this corpse is Xia Zhi?" Li Canghai's heart sank, and an ominous feeling suddenly arose.

Zhou Chang came here this time and brought eight yamen servants, except for the two who guarded Yizhuang, there were six people left.

Just now, Zhou Chang took four people to arrest Luo Fu, and now there are only two people left in the Dragon Temple.

Li Canghai immediately asked the two people to go to the town to find out who was missing, and specifically asked the yamen servants to find Xia Zhi's whereabouts.

After the yamen servant left, Li Canghai began to observe in the temple.

In this Dragon God Temple, apart from the statue of the Dragon God on the shrine, there are nine stone statues on both sides.

These nine stone statues are 'Nine Sons of the Dragon', standing on both sides of the main hall.

And it was the stone statue of Qu An that fell on the dead body.

Li Canghai carefully inspected the entire Dragon Temple, except for the dead and a pile of bonfires, there were no other traces.

Immediately afterwards, Li Canghai returned to the corpse again and observed the corpse.

The corpse was lying on the ground, and there was no sign of struggle around. It can be seen that the murderer was a sudden killer, so that the deceased was smashed to death by the stone statue before he had time to resist.

Secondly, the body was stiff but not rigid, indicating that the time of death was not long.

In addition, the size of the shoes worn by the deceased also matched the footprints left outside.

It can be seen that the murderer is very likely to be Luo Fu.

Judging from the scene, Luo Fu and the deceased must be familiar with each other. The two must have come here to discuss some secrets.

However, Luo Fu suddenly overturned the stone statue and killed the deceased without knowing why.

The deceased did not struggle before death, from which point it is almost certain that this was a premeditated murder.

It is very possible that Luo Fu hid behind the stone statue in advance, and then pushed down the stone statue when the dead came.

Bonfires, stone statues, it can be said that these constitute the reminder of the dead.

Li Canghai looked at the distance between the bonfire and the stone statue, and then made a guess.

Luo Fu came to the temple in advance, lit a bonfire, and then hid behind the stone statue.

The dead followed closely. When they entered the temple, they saw the bonfire, and naturally went back to the bonfire to keep warm.

And Luo Fu took advantage of the time when the deceased was warming up, overturned the stone statue, and crushed the deceased to death.

All this seems reasonable.

But the corpse of the deceased always made him feel a little weird, but it was difficult for him to explain why it was so strange.

At this moment, Zhou Chang hurried back.

As soon as he stepped into the Dragon Temple, he shouted anxiously: "My lord, no, it's not good! Something serious happened!"

Li Canghai walked to the door, seeing him in a hurry, he frowned and asked, "What happened, Master Zhou was so panicked? Could it be that Luo Fu fled in fear of crime?"

Zhou Chang ran up to Li Canghai and said out of breath, "Luo Fu has already been captured by the subordinate officials... The accident happened in Yizhuang, and the corpse in Yizhuang is gone!"

"What? The body is gone?" Li Canghai asked in disbelief.

Zhou Chang gasped for a few breaths, and said, "Yes, yes, my lord. Just now, the yamen guard in charge of Yizhuang came to report that the two corpses stored in Yizhuang suddenly disappeared!"

Li Canghai frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately order someone to come and move the corpse back to the town, and I will go to Yizhuang to check it!"

After speaking, Li Canghai quickly left the Dragon Temple.

Things are really getting more and more bizarre. The bodies of the two dead people have disappeared without a trace. This is a bit too weird.

Li Canghai thought in his heart, and gradually accelerated his pace.

Fufeng Town is not very big, and it took Li Canghai a stick of incense to arrive at Yizhuang.

In front of the gate of Yizhuang, the two yamen servants had ugly faces and trembling bodies, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.

"You two, what happened to this Yizhuang? Why did the body suddenly disappear?" Li Canghai asked.

Although the two yamen servants did not know Li Canghai's identity, they had seen Zhou Chang treat him with great respect, so they did not dare to neglect him.

"I...we don't know either." One of the yamen servants said tremblingly.

"Last night, the two of us were in charge of guarding Yizhuang. There was nothing unusual at night, but this morning, we found that the two corpses had disappeared." Another yamen servant replied with his neck shrunk.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and walked directly into Yizhuang without saying a word.

Yizhuang was originally a dilapidated house, and there were two wooden boards in the middle of the dilapidated house. The two corpses were originally placed on the boards, but at this time the boards were empty.

Li Canghai looked around and asked, "Did anyone come to Yizhuang last night?"

"Yes, around Xu time last night, the disciple of the deceased came here to pay homage to the deceased. However, he only stayed for a while, and left after offering incense to the deceased," the yamen servant replied.

"Besides this, has anyone else been here?" Li Canghai asked.

The two yamen servants shook their heads.

"Did you hear any movement that night?" Li Canghai asked after thinking for a moment.

"The two of us were resting in the next room, taking turns on duty, and didn't hear any movement." One of the yamen servants said.

"This is so strange, there is no movement, and no one else has come. Could it be that the two corpses are alive again?" Li Canghai frowned.

"Young master... will the two corpses turn into zombies? In our country, there are often stories like this. It is said that people are dead but not stiff, and if they are too resentful, they will become zombies...." Another The yamen servant shrank his neck, his voice trembling slightly.

"I... I have also heard this kind of legend... I heard that zombies can eat human blood... People who are bitten will turn into walking corpses!" The yamen servant before was pale and panted heavily.

Seeing the panicked expressions of the two, Li Canghai said to the two of them, "The talk about ghosts and gods is pure nonsense, please don't talk nonsense. By the way, the summer solstice came to pay homage to the dead last night. Has there been any unusual behavior?"

"There is no unusual behavior, but when he was offering incense, he talked to himself for a long time." The yamen servant said.

"Oh? Then did you hear what he said?" Li Canghai asked.

The yamen servant bowed his head and thought about it for a moment, then said: "...I seem to have heard him say that he wants to seek revenge or something..."

"Revenge? Who do you seek revenge on?" Li Canghai hurriedly asked, his heart moved.

"I didn't hear this very clearly." The yamen servant replied.

Li Canghai let out a groan, let the two of them go down to rest, and then observed in Yizhuang by himself.

(End of this chapter)