Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 588 The crime scene
Accompanied by the county magistrate, Di Renjie and Zeng Tai came to the second hall of Shanyang Hotel.

The hall has been tidied up.

Di Renjie looked around and said, "It was really clean. Who was there when the death scene was inspected?"

Lu Jiying hurriedly replied: "Master Cui Liang, the governor, Lord Wu Wendeng, the chief minister, and humble officials."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Where is the exact position of Master Li Han's hanging beam?"

Lu Jiying walked up to the public case, raised his head, pointed to the main beam above, and said, "It's right here."

Di Renjie raised his head for a closer look, then looked at the public case, looked directly at Lu Jiying and said, "Are you sure?"

Lu Jiying's heart trembled: "Yes! I was the first to find Mr. Li's body, which was hanging under this main beam."

Di Renjie looked up at Fangliang, took a deep breath and said, "Have you seen Li Han himself?"

Lu Jiying said, "Of course I have."

Di Renjie said, "How tall is he?"

Lu Jiying thought for a while and said, "About six feet..."

As he spoke, he pointed at Zeng Tai: "It's similar to this lord."

Di Renjie said: "Oh. So, Master Li hung the beam, did you use rope or white silk?"

Lu Jiying said, "It's a yellow silk."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "You ask someone to find a yellow silk, I can use it."

Lu Jiying was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

Saying that, he hurriedly turned around and told the attendant Zhang Gu a few words, and Zhang Gu ran out quickly.

Di Renjie said: "Gui County, you are the first person who found Li Han hanged himself, aren't you?"

Lu Jiying said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Tell me about the situation at that time in detail."

Lu Jiying recalled: "Yes, that day was March [-]th, and there was a heavy rain at night. When I came here to look for Mr. Li that night, I found that Mr. Li had hanged himself...

At that time, the hall was in a mess, and there was a brazier in the middle of the ground, which was full of burnt paper scraps.

"At that time, I was so frightened that I passed out. Later, the guard who was still on duty found me and woke me up."

Di Renjie said: "You mean, Li Han burned some documents and papers before his death?"

"Exactly."

Then, Lu Jiying walked to the middle of the hall, "The brazier is placed here, and it is full of paper ashes."

Di Renjie asked: "Is the paper ashes still burning, or has it gone out?"

Lu Jiying thought for a while and said, "It's gone out."

"What are you doing at Shanyang Hotel late at night?"

"Returning to my lord, at that time, Beizhi received a report, and there was another shipwreck in Hangou, and Beizhi came to inform Master Li of this matter."

"However, as soon as you entered the second hall, you found that Li Han had hanged himself to death!"

"Exactly."

"Before this, has anyone else been here?"

"The guard in charge of the night said that no one else came before the humble official came."

Di Renjie took a deep breath and said, "That is to say, Mr. Li Han hanged himself before he knew that the boat in Hangou was capsized?"

Lu Jiying suddenly raised his head and said, "Yes, yes. Your Excellency is brilliant."

Di Renjie looked at him, smiled and said, "Do you have anything else to say to this pavilion?"

Lu Jiying hesitated and said, "ah, no, it's nothing."

Di Renjie nodded, and looked at Zeng Tai.

Zeng Tai said softly: "Teacher, your suspicion on the boat has been confirmed. This is really the case. This is really strange. Since Li Han didn't know that the boat capsized again in Hangou, why did he commit suicide? And why did you leave such a suicide note?"

Di Renjie said: "There is a lot to this matter. Oh, by the way, in your county, where is Lord Li Han's body and the suicide note he left behind?"

Lu Jiying said: "My lord, the suicide note and all the evidence found in the Shanyang Hotel were brought back to Yangzhou by Governor Cui Liang."

Di Renjie asked slowly: "Where is Master Li Han's body?"

Lu Jiying paused and said: "Master Li, Master Li's body has been stored in the morgue of the county government for more than ten months. Due to the recent warmer weather, large areas of decay have appeared on the face and body of the corpse. ...

Therefore, a few days ago, the humble official ordered the body to be cremated. "

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Incinerated?"

Lu Jiying bit the bullet and said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie said, "Has this matter been reported to the governor?"

Lu Jiying swallowed her saliva and said, "No, no. It's a humble job that makes its own decisions."

Di Renjie asked dissatisfiedly: "Even if the body is rotten, it is enough to order it to be buried, why should it be cremated?"

Lu Jiying's complexion changed slightly: "Ah, this...that's how it is. The humble official ordered the burning of the corpse because he was afraid that the corpse would rot and cause the plague to spread."

Di Renjie looked at his face, and said word by word: "Li Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, lived in the fourth rank, and was ordered by the imperial envoy. You, a little county magistrate, burned him privately without the permission of the superior." Corpse, isn’t there a reason for this?”

With a "plop", Lu Jiying knelt down on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Damn the lowly job! This is really a low-level job that didn't think carefully. I hope you will forgive me."

Di Renjie glanced at him and said, "You are either extremely daring, or you are suffering for others."

Lu Jiying was startled, and couldn't help raising his head. He was meeting Di Renjie's eyes, and he quickly lowered his head to avoid Di Renjie's gaze.

Di Renjie said: "Okay, get up. Since you are the first offender, you won't be punished. Don't act so recklessly in the future."

Lu Jiying kowtowed: "Yes, yes. Thank you for your kindness."

Say, stand up.

Footsteps sounded outside the door, and he walked in holding a yellow silk on his palm and said, "My lord, I got the yellow silk."

Di Renjie nodded, took the Huang Ling and handed it to Zeng Tai, saying, "Magistrate Lu just said that Li Han's stature is similar to yours, so you stand on the case and throw the Huang Ling in your hand onto the beam."

Zeng Tai took Huang Ling and stepped on the seat to the koan.

Di Renjie said again: "Wait!"

Zeng Tai turned around.

Di Renjie said to Lu Jiying: "Give him the chair too."

Lu Jiying hurriedly lifted the seat and put it on the koan.

Di Renjie said to Zeng Tai: "Zeng Tai, get on the seat and throw it away."

Zeng Tai nodded, stood on the chair and threw Huang Ling towards the beam with his right hand, but the beam was too high, Huang Ling fell halfway through the flight, this happened several times in a row.

Zeng Tai looked at Di Renjie and shook his head, "The beams are too high, you can't throw them up."

Di Renjie waved at him and said, "Come down."

Zeng Tai jumped off the case and asked, "Master, what is the meaning of this?"

Di Renjie said: "If you can't throw it up, can Li Han be able to throw it up?"

Lu Jiying looked at Di Renjie in surprise, with admiration in his eyes.

At this time, Zeng Tai also understood: "You mean, Li Han didn't hang himself to death!"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Look at the height of the beams in the second hall. Ordinary people can't throw the yellow silk over the beam even if they add a chair, not to mention stepping on the table. Li Hanlian tied the yellow silk into a ring Even without the ability, how did he commit suicide?"

Zeng Tai was surprised: "Could it be... murder?"

Di Renjie looked at Lu Jiying and said, "Hasn't your county discovered such an obvious flaw?"

Lu Jiying coughed lightly and said, "At that time, the humble officer was so frightened, no, I didn't dare to look carefully..."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Could it be that Governor Cui Liang didn't see it?"

Lu Jiying said softly: "Well, I don't dare to speak nonsense for this humble position."

　The next chapter preview: What is the cause of Li Han's death, and what will happen to Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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