Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 784 Capture the suspect
This Yizhuang was originally a dilapidated house, and half of the east wall collapsed and was blocked by branches and straw, which prevented the house from being buried by the wind and snow.

Naturally, Li Canghai did not believe that the corpse could walk. There was only one explanation for the sudden disappearance of the corpse, that is, someone took the corpse away secretly.

If the two yamen servants hadn't lied, and hadn't heard any movement during the night, then the corpse was likely to be Yizhuang that was pulled out from this broken wall.

But who would be interested in two corpses?

Unless, these two corpses have extraordinary meanings to that person.

And at this moment, Zhou Chang led people to carry the body of Dragon Temple to Yizhuang.

Liu Yang and the others looked panicked and followed closely behind.

"My lord, the corpse has been brought back." Zhou Chang said.

Li Canghai ordered the corpse to be placed in front of Yizhuang, and said to everyone: "Everyone, this corpse was found in the Dragon Temple. I would like to ask you to identify it and see if you can recognize the identity of the deceased."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one dared to step forward.

Liu Yang hesitated, leaning on crutches, tremblingly walked to the corpse.

Just as he was about to lift the coarse cloth covering the corpse's head, Li Canghai stopped him.

Li Canghai was worried that Liu Yang would not be able to bear such a tragic situation, so he reminded: "Old man, this person died after being hit on the head by a stone statue.

Liu Yang was stunned for a moment, he sighed, and stopped lifting the coarse cloth.

However, Liu Yang also noticed the white silk on the corpse.

Seeing the white silk, Liu Yang suddenly exclaimed.

"This... this white silk is tied to Xia Zhi! Could it be... he is Xia Zhi?" Liu Yang exclaimed in disbelief.

At this time, a yamen servant hurried over and said to Zhou Chang: "My lord, I have checked all the residents in the town, except for Xia Zhi, no one is missing!"

"So, he is really Xia Zhi? How could this be? Who is so vicious and killed him in such a cruel way?" Liu Yang screamed again and again.

Not only Liu Yang, but everyone who came was shocked.

Li Canghai frowned, now it was almost certain that the identity of the deceased was Lantern Chen's apprentice, Xia Zhi.

He raised his head, glanced at Luo Fu coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Captain Luo, what enmity does Xia Zhi have with you, and you actually shot him to death?"

Luo Fu was tied into a ball, and he said angrily: "Fart! I didn't kill anyone, you are framing!"

Li Canghai glanced at him, and said coldly: "Since you didn't kill anyone, let me ask you, where were you at this morning?"

"At that time, I slept at home and didn't go anywhere!" Luo Fu said angrily.

"Oh? But someone clearly saw you leaving home to go to the Dragon Temple in Maoshi!" Li Canghai said calmly.

"You nonsense! It's freezing cold, why should I go to the Dragon Temple?" Luo Fu yelled sharply as the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily.

Li Canghai snorted, and said, "Of course you went to the Dragon Temple to kill Xia Zhi." After a pause, Li Canghai continued: "If my guess is correct, Xia Zhi invited you to go to the Dragon Temple this morning. The temple will take a while, but you arrive before him. First, you take advantage of people's fear of cold, deliberately light a bonfire under the altar with stone statues, and lead the summer solstice to warm up. Stoned to death. These, am I right?"

When Luo Fu heard this, he suddenly became frightened and angry.

"Nonsense! You are spitting blood! I have never been to the Dragon Temple, and I have never killed anyone!" Luo Fu roared angrily.

"You said you never killed anyone? I want to ask, why is there your shoe print in front of the Dragon Temple?" Li Canghai shouted coldly.

Luo Fu's face was a little ugly, he had no way to refute, he had to admit that he had indeed been to the Dragon Temple, but he did not admit that he had killed someone.

"Okay, I admit that I have been to the Dragon Temple. That is because I received a letter from Xia Zhi, asking me to go to the Dragon Temple to talk to him. But when I went, he was already dead. I have nothing to do with it!" Luo Fu shouted.

Zhou Chang snorted, and said sharply: "Luo Fu, this officer sees you as an upright person, so I let you be the team leader of Fufeng Town. I didn't expect you to do such a thing that people and gods are indignant! Now that things are going on, you still want to deny it. ?”

"My lord, I was wronged! I didn't kill him. When I went, he was already dead! Besides, I have no grievances with him, why should I kill him?" Luo Fu shouted anxiously.

Li Canghai stared at him, and said coldly: "You killed him, of course to silence him."

"What silence?" Luo Fu exclaimed.

"Last night, Xia Zhi came to Yizhuang to pay homage to Lantern Chen. He once said that he wanted revenge. The next day, he invited you to the Dragon Temple. I have reason to suspect that the 'revenge' in his mouth is to seek revenge. You. That is to say, you killed Lantern Chen, and then made it look like he fell to death by accident! This morning, he wanted to confront him, but you were worried that his crime would be exposed, so you killed him to silence him, didn't you?" Li Canghai sternly drank.

"I'm wronged! I'm wronged! When Lantern Chen fell off the cliff, I stood with you, how could I kill him?" Luo Fu shouted.

Li Canghai said coldly: "The lantern Chen died before he fell off the cliff, what we saw was just a false appearance. Do you think this method can really hide it from me?"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Mr. Li, what's going on here? We saw the lantern falling down the cliff with our own eyes, how could it be fake?" Liu Yang asked in disbelief.

"What you saw with your own eyes may not be true. What's more, the kite was flying in mid-air at that time, and it was in the blind spot. Who of you saw with your own eyes that the lantern on the kite was Chen?" Li Canghai asked rhetorically.

Everyone looked at each other for a while and shook their heads.

At that time, they only vaguely saw a figure on the kite, but they didn't see it clearly. Everyone preconceived it, so they thought that the person on the kite was Lantern Chen, but no one saw the figure's face.

"Mr. Li, the more you talk about this old man, the more confused I become. If it wasn't Lantern Chen on the kite, who would it be? Even if someone pretends to be Lantern Chen, if the kite falls, wouldn't the fake person fall off the cliff and die? But no other corpses were found at the bottom of the cliff?" Liu Yang asked suspiciously.

Li Canghai put his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "I never said that someone on the kite pretended to be a lantern. In fact, the murderer used a very clever method to deceive us all. The kite flew off the cliff, and we were in Below, the line of sight is hard to see clearly, so the murderer tied a dummy made of paper to the kite."

"What? A dummy is tied to the kite? This...how is this possible?" Liu Yang screamed when he heard the words.

"It's unbelievable, but it's true. I found some kite skeletons and papers at the bottom of the cliff. Those things can prove what I said is true." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)