Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 128

"It's nonsense, if the murderer came here for the 'Snail Transformation Jade', why did he want to kill again?" Wang Buquan asked with cold eyes, pressing every step of the way.

"Okay, then I'll tell you my inference." Li Canghai weighed the strange stone in his hand, pointed to the corpse and said, "The deceased was bathing when he died, and judging from the traces of struggle on the deceased's arm, the murderer should have It must have been frivolous to her. The situation at that time should be like this. The murderer hid in the room early in the morning and stole the 'Snail Jade' while the deceased was bathing. The deceased in the hospital had evil thoughts in his heart, so he used wet wipes or the like to suffocate the deceased."

Speaking of this, Li Canghai paused for a moment, picked up the strand of wool, and said: "This is from the discovery of the deceased's nasal cavity, plus the red spots on the lower eyelids, it can be basically concluded that the deceased was first stunned by a towel before committing the crime. kill."

Seeing Wang Buquan's expression of disbelief, Li Canghai walked up to the barrel, pointed to the dead man's arms and said, "I think the murderer must have taken advantage of the dead man's coma and wanted to be frivolous, but he didn't expect the dead man to Waking up suddenly, he grabbed the dead man's arms and the dead man struggled so hard that he left a scratch on the inside of the arm."

"It's impossible for the maids outside the door not to hear such a big commotion." Wang Buquan dispelled a lot of doubts about Li Canghai, and he said a little puzzled.

Li Canghai smiled faintly: "You forgot, the servant girl once found out that Madam was unconscious, she left the side room, and went to the main hall to report. The murderer committed the crime during this period, and then escaped before we arrived."

Wang Buquan became silent, and after a while, he pondered: "According to what you said, the murderer may have already escaped from Zuo Zhai, and his whereabouts are unknown."

Li Canghai shook his head, squinted his eyes and said, "That's not necessarily the case. When we came, the madam had just died, and at the same time, the housekeeper sealed off the entire house. I think the murderer must have not escaped from the left house."

"Since the murderer hasn't escaped, go and search quickly. Even if the house is turned upside down, find it for me! I'm going to skin him and pay homage to Madam's wronged soul!" Zuo Hongji's eyes were bloodshot. , roared like a maniac.

Li Canghai frowned. Although he found out the murderer's method, he had no idea who the murderer was.

He decided to check around the body again to see if he could find the missing key.

There is a wooden table on the left next to the wooden barrel, on which are various messy headgears. Judging from the scene, the murder hairpin should be placed on the wooden table.

This wooden table is placed next to the wooden barrel, it is convenient for women to put their headgear when they take a bath, and it can be easily touched by stretching out half an arm.

Li Canghai stood beside the barrel, closed his eyes, and tried to simulate the details of the murder in his mind.

Then, a picture appeared in his mind.

The murderer, covered in pitch black, desperately pressed the dead man's arm, and the dead man struggled to resist.While struggling, the murderer reached out and grabbed the hairpin placed on the wooden table, and then brutally killed the deceased.

All of this seems reasonable, but the question is who is the murderer?

Li Canghai carefully observed the corpse, the corpse often gave more information than the scene, and the most important thing was to be credible, because the living can deceive others, but the dead can't.

This time, he examined it very carefully, from the hair to the nasal cavity of the corpse, and checked it again.

After a while, he found some skin flakes in the three fingernails of the deceased's right hand.

Li Canghai was ecstatic, he hurriedly took out the white cloth handkerchief, and carefully removed the dander with tweezers.

"Why are you doing these things instead of looking for the murderer?" Wang Buquan said in disgust when he saw some skin flakes from the dead man's nails.

"The county captain doesn't know something. With these, I can find the murderer." Li Canghai said confidently.

These skin scraps may seem useless, but they contain a lot of information. It is a pity that there are no biological laboratories in this era, otherwise the murderer can be easily found by relying on these skin scraps.

However, these were enough for Li Canghai.

"Can you really find the murderer?" Wang Buquan squinted at him, still full of disbelief.

Li Canghai smiled lightly, and said: "Naturally, please trouble the county captain to call everyone to the main hall, I want to find the murderer in public."

Wang Buquan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is already waiting in the main hall, I want to see how you find the murderer."

In the main hall, all the servants in the left house are present, about 30 to [-] people.

"There are so many people, who do you think is the murderer?" Wang Buquan asked with a stern expression, his hands behind his back.

Li Canghai walked back and forth a few steps in front of those people, then turned to the servant girl and said, "Who got the hot water Madam used for bathing?"

"The three of them." The servant girl replied honestly, pointing to the three servants standing together.

Li Canghai glanced at the three servants, cleared his voice, and said, "Everyone knows that Madam was murdered, and the murderer was among you. I hope the murderer can admit it himself, be lenient when he confesses, and be strict when he resists. Fight for clemency!"

The servants immediately looked at each other, and after a while, no one stood up.

Li Canghai snorted and continued, "I have already known the identity of the murderer. If you stand up, you can count yourself as turning yourself in. If you are caught by me, the crime will be serious."

Zuo Hongji sat on the chair with a gloomy face, and he shouted angrily: "Li Cang, quickly find the murderer, I will kill him!"

Li Canghai sighed, he shook his head and said, "This opportunity has already been given, since you refuse to come out, then I have no choice but to do it."

Walking in front of the three servants, two of them were fat and one was thin, and they felt uncomfortable being stared at by Li Canghai.

Li Canghai pointed at the person in the middle with his hand, and said coldly: "Madam, you were the one who killed it, right?"

The skinny servant panicked, desperately shook his head and said, "I'm wronged, I didn't kill anyone!"

"Whether you have been wronged or not, I will know later." Li Canghai smiled coldly, squatted down suddenly, grabbed the thin servant's left leg, and pulled out a finger-sized jade nut from his shoes and socks.

Zuo Hongji recognized this nut, and it was the most precious treasure he regarded as his life—the snail-turned jade!

"Well, you turtle slave, it turned out that you stole the 'Snail Jade'! Tell me, why did you kill Madam?" Zuo Hongji suddenly jumped up, rushed over, and kicked the skinny servant on the waist , kicked the skinny servant to the ground, and roared angrily.

Seeing that the 'Snail Huayu' was found, the skinny servant's face instantly turned pale. He didn't care about the pain, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Master, please forgive me, please forgive me... The little ghost is obsessed with it, and that's why he stole my treasure." , but I did not kill Madam!"

(End of this chapter)