Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 792
Hearing this, everyone gasped.

Liu Yang was even more stunned. It took him a while to react, and he said in disbelief: "The murderers who killed the Yuan family... turned out to be the three of them? This...how is this possible?"

Li Canghai looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "That's why I said before that the dead are all murderers. The three of them killed the Yuan family for the so-called treasure. Now, they are killed by Yuan in the same way. In the hands of the descendants of the family, it is really 'one drink and one peck, everything is determined by God'."

"Wait, didn't you say that all members of the Yuan family were killed? Where did the descendants come from?" Di Qing suddenly asked.

"Yes sir, where are the descendants of the Yuan family?" Li Yu was also a little puzzled.

"Not all the descendants of the Yuan family were killed, there is still one person alive." Li Canghai said.

Liu Yang wept and said: "Brother Zimei has only one son, and his son has a son and a daughter. The two dolls were only six years old at that time. But now only four skeletons have been found, and the whereabouts of a boy is unknown. The old man always thought that the child was afraid. Yes, he died unexpectedly, but I didn’t expect that he was still alive! God opened his eyes, God opened his eyes! Mr. Li, where are the descendants of Brother Zimei now?”

With his hands behind his back, Li Canghai paced up to the new clerk at the inn, and said calmly, "The rest is up to you!"

Seeing Li Canghai talking to that guy, everyone was surprised.

Liu Yang looked at him in disbelief, and said, "Young Master Li, you mean that he is the descendant of brother Zimei?"

The guy shrank his neck and said in panic, "Guest officer... what do you mean by that?"

Li Canghai stared at him, and said earnestly: "Why do you need to hide it now? In fact, since you told the story of the Yuan family last night, I have guessed your identity. Xia Zhi."

"He...he is Xia Zhi? Impossible, Xia Zhi is clearly dead!" Jiuyuan County Magistrate Zhou Chang said in surprise.

Li Canghai said calmly, "Xia Zhi didn't die, the one who died was actually Qian Lin."

"Cang Hai, why are you talking more and more outrageous, didn't Qian Lin's throat was cut to death?" Di Qing asked confusedly.

"Qian Lin was indeed killed by having his throat cut, but at the same time, the person who was crushed to death was also Qian Lin," Li Canghai said.

"Cang Hai, don't be a fool anymore, tell me what's going on!" Di Qing said.

"Of course it is impossible for a person to die twice, but it is possible for a dead person. In fact, Xia Zhi did not die, and the corpse in the Dragon Temple is not Xia Zhi. The reason why we think the corpse is Xia Zhi is all because of his waist. The white silk, and the investigation of the missing people in the town. But in fact, we were all deceived, Xia Zhi was not dead at all, he just found a substitute." Li Canghai said.

"Replacing the dead ghost?" Li Yu asked in surprise.

Li Canghai nodded, and said: "The night before the Longshen Temple incident, the bodies of Lantern Chen and Qian Lin suddenly disappeared, and a homicide occurred at the Dragonshen Temple in the early morning of the next day. In fact, the person whose face was smashed by the stone statue was not It is Xia Zhi, but the corpse of Qian Lin who was taken away by Xia Zhi."

After finishing speaking, Li Canghai stared at the guy, and asked in a deep voice, "I don't know if I said something wrong?"

The guy lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something, then suddenly raised his head and laughed: "How do you know that the corpse is not Xia Zhi, but Qian Lin's?"

Li Canghai smiled indifferently, and said: "The reason why you smashed your face was to make everyone think that you were the one who was smashed to death. You chose Qian Lin as a substitute because Qian Lin was similar in stature to you. Although Qian Lin was already He has been in his thirties, but he has been well maintained, and he will not show any flaws. However, because of this, you have revealed a flaw instead."

"What flaw?" the guy asked, staring at him.

"You first stole the bodies of Lantern Chen and Qian Lin, and then changed Qian Lin into coarse cloth clothes. In order to avoid showing any flaws, you took away all the valuable ornaments on Qian Lin's body. This includes the one worn by Qian Lin's right thumb. The emerald ring finger. You think you are doing it seamlessly, but you have overlooked one point. Wearing the ring finger for a long time will leave a mark! When I checked the body at the Dragon Temple, I saw a circle of white marks on his right thumb , I found it strange. It wasn't until later, when I remembered Qian Lin's finger snapping, that I figured out the key point." Li Canghai said.

"So, that's when you started to suspect me?" asked the guy.

Li Canghai shook his head and said seriously: "I suspect you since you found Lantern Chen's body. You first killed Lantern Chen and hid the body in a thornbush ten miles away, and then waited until the 'Dragon God' ceremony, and then used All kinds of props created the illusion that the kite fell off the cliff, so that everyone witnessed it with their own eyes, and believed that Lantern Chen fell to his death. All this could have been said to be seamless, but you made a few common-sense mistakes.”

"Oh? I would like to hear more about it." The guy didn't seem nervous, but his tone was unusually calm.

"First, the body fell, even if it drifted along the water, it is impossible to flow ten miles away. What's more, the river at the bottom of the cliff is winding, and it will be stopped by stones after drifting too far. Second, when I found the body Among the thorn bushes, I found two long cotton threads. One of the two cotton threads was tied to the bottom of the tree on the bank, and the other was in the thorn bush. At first, I did not understand the function of these two cotton threads. Until later, I I went to re-examine Lantern Chen's body, and found tiny strangle marks on Lantern Chen's neck and ankles, and the strangle marks were very consistent with cotton thread. From this, I deduced that Lantern Chen's body was Being tied up in the thorn bushes, waiting to be discovered." Li Canghai said.

The guy smiled and said: "If it's as you said, when everyone found Lantern Chen's body, he should have a cotton rope on him."

Li Canghai stared at him, and said in a deep voice: "This is the second point of my doubts about you. If the body is found by others, they will naturally have doubts. But the first person to find the body is you. You first He found the corpse one step at a time, and cut off the cotton rope secretly. What's more, the cotton rope passes through the thorn bushes, and after cutting it off, you throw it into the thorn bushes, and no one will find it at all."

"Based on these alone, are you sure that I killed Lantern Chen?" the guy asked calmly.

Li Canghai sighed, and said: "Of course there are other reasons. Remember, you once told me that before the 'Dragon God' ceremony, Lantern Chen would live on the top of the cliff one day in advance to prepare? Say, Lantern Chen You sent all the three meals for me, but in fact, the wooden house on the top of the cliff has not been lived in for a long time. In addition, there are candles in your room. Those candles have graduations, which are exactly the same as the candles found on the top of the cliff. And those cotton threads are also used to make lanterns and kites. All kinds of clues are intertwined, and I naturally suspect you."

(End of this chapter)