Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 14
Only Xiaolan exclaimed, and said with certainty: "It's him! This smell came from the butcher last night!"

Then he explained: "Last night, I just thought that the smell was left by the butcher during the day, and I didn't care. I didn't expect him to be the murderer!"

Ling Changfeng sniffed his nose carefully, but still didn't smell anything special, so he praised: "Xiaolan's nose is really sensitive, I still haven't smelled it. After we search here, we will go find the butcher Ask. I remember the butcher's name is Zhu Liu, right?"

Xiaolan was praised by her young master, thinking that she had finally played a role in this case, she felt a burst of joy.Nodding his head, he said, "That's right, he was the one who went to check on the corpse at that time. But if he came later, wouldn't he be allowed to run away?"

Ling Changfeng replied: "If he wanted to run, he would have already run away. It's not too late. And if he hadn't run away, he might have been arrested by Mencius Yan." After thinking about it, he added: "This is really true. The murderer behind the scenes is still hidden, Zhu Liu is just a tool for murder."

Xiaolan nodded, thoughtfully.Now that the young master has made a decision, he will not make a sound.

Ling Changfeng walked to the shelves of books and began to quickly flip through them one by one.As if looking for something.

Xiaolan asked curiously: "Master, what are you looking for? Do you want me to help you?"

Ling Changfeng explained: "After Mr. Wang was killed, there was still ink in his hand. I suspect he was reading a book, but I don't know which one it is. That's why he rummaged through this pile of books. If you don't think it's dirty If so, come and help me find it together.”

Xiaolan heard the words, put Xiaoyu gently on the desk, and immediately went to look for the pile of books.Picking up a book, he asked softly, "Master, how can I tell the difference?"

Ling Changfeng picked up another book and explained: "When a person suffers a severe head injury and loses consciousness, his hands will be clenched unconsciously. If the murderer wants to take the book away, he will definitely destroy the pages. Of course, if In another case, then..."

Seeing her young master paused, Xiaolan hurriedly asked, "What will happen?"

"That means that Mr. Wang has long been prepared for his own murder. When the murderer committed the crime, it was not a sneak attack." Seeing that Xiaolan was still confused, Ling Changfeng put down the book in his hand and smiled.

"First: During the autopsy today, I smelled the scent of ink on the hands of the deceased, so I concluded that the deceased was writing or reading when he was killed. The first crime scene must be the study."

"Secondly, since the deceased was killed in the study room, the body was in the Firework Alley, a foot away from the stick of incense. To carry an adult weighing a hundred catties, at least three people are needed to be silent. The murderer must be many people. crime."

"Third, during the autopsy, no traces of fighting or poisoning were found on the deceased, indicating that the murderer either did it when the deceased was unsuspecting, so that the pages of the book would be destroyed as I just said. Or the deceased Before he died, he knew that the murderer was coming, put down the book in his hand, and killed him after being subdued."

Ling Changfeng took a deep breath, and then said: "If it's the latter, I'm afraid Mr. Wang himself has some secrets about him. The case may become more complicated and confusing." After speaking, he continued to flip through the pages of the book.

After Xiaolan listened, she seemed to realize something.I also buried myself in the books and began to rummage through them.At this moment, Xiaoyu saw that the two of them were looking for books seriously, and bouncing up and down in the room boredly.Fortunately, there is nothing in the study that can be broken, otherwise it might be destroyed.Seeing Xiaoyu playing alone, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, Xiaolan immediately buried her head in searching.

After a long time, after the two looked up, it was already late.From the eyes of the two, one knew that the most unexpected thing had happened.Obviously, neither of them found the damaged book.

Ling Changfeng smiled and said: "It seems that the only clear clues are the butcher Zhu Liu and the Western Region duo."

Seeing this, Xiaolan said, "Then shall we continue to search for clues in the palace? It's getting late, why don't we go home first."

Ling Changfeng shook his head and said, "I'm checking other rooms, and then I'll go to the county government to interrogate Zhu Liu. I didn't sleep well last night, and I've been running around for another day today. You should be tired, why don't you go to the county government first?" go back."

Xiaolan immediately shook her head and refused, saying, "I'm not tired of following the young master."

Ling Changfeng smiled and stopped trying to dissuade him.So the two were about to get up and leave, but when they turned around, they found that Xiaoyu in the room was gone.

The two immediately yelled "Meow" and "Meow".Suddenly, hearing a faint response from the bottom of the bookshelf, Ling Changfeng immediately lay down on the ground, only to see Xiaoyu holding a ball of black things in her claws, and she was very happy after finishing the bookshelf.

Ling Changfeng immediately pulled it out, and now the snow-white Xiaoyu was black and white by the dust.With the help of the faint sunlight, it was only now that Xiaoyu clearly saw a Moyu finger wrench in his paw.

After wiping off the dust on it, a beautifully carved finger was revealed, with some faint characters inside, like some kind of ancient script from the Western Regions.Ling Changfeng didn't understand much either.However, judging from the material and workmanship, this thing must be of great value.The bottom of the bookshelf is so narrow that you can barely reach in with your hand. If Xiaoyu hadn't discovered it, I don't know how long this finger wrench would have been hidden.

Ling Changfeng thought to himself: This finger is found in the incorruptible Mr. Wang's mansion, and it is also connected with the Western Regions. It may be an extremely important clue to this case.

Seeing Ling Changfeng's thoughtful expression, Xiaolan knew that this was an extremely important clue, and immediately said, "Oh, Xiaoyu, you are really good. We both didn't find anything after searching for a long time, but you found the clue. .”

Ling Changfeng smiled and said: "Xiaoyu is thanks to you this time, and I will add a few more big fish for you when I go back."

Seeing that the finger wrench she had been playing with for a long time was taken away, Xiaoyu protested with a "meow meow", and then slowly stopped when she heard that a small fish had dried up.

Now that such an important clue has been found, the two people's trip to the palace is not in vain.Later, you only need to ask the servant of the palace a little bit to find out.After careful consideration, the two of them walked out of the study together, and searched the rest of the houses, but of course they found nothing.

Ling Changfeng walked to the mourning hall, saw that the boy was still guarding the spirit, took out the finger wrench he had just found, and asked softly, "Brother, have you seen that your lord has worn this thing before?"

The young man shook his head and replied: "Returning to my lord, my lord is as poor as a commoner. Since I came to the palace, I have never seen my lord wear such a precious thing. If I count my future, I'm afraid Ask Uncle Zhou, he is an old servant of the palace, and he has been with you the longest."

Ling Changfeng said: "Then Uncle Zhou has been taken to the county government right now?"

Seeing the servant nodding, Ling Changfeng went on to say, "I've been bothering you a lot today, and we have to go to the county government to say goodbye first." After speaking, he bowed his hands to the mourning hall, turned his head, and took Xiaolan and Xiaoyu to go together. Go to the county government.

(End of this chapter)