Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 146 The Night Investigator
"It's not easy to get evidence, as long as you catch him, don't you worry about no evidence?" Wang Buquan was very satisfied with his "we", he rubbed his chin and laughed.

"But I don't know what the county lieutenant's plan is?" Li Canghai asked.

"Of course I'm going to catch the murderer!" Wang Buquan glanced at him, and said seriously: "As the county captain of Zhengyang City, the county magistrate is not here, so I naturally have to take on the responsibility of defending the city and protecting the people. Now someone uses such a cruel How can I just sit idly by, as an official of the imperial court, by killing innocent people and blaming me?"

Li Canghai looked outside the door, and it was getting late at this time, so he pretended to be surprised and said, "Does your lord want to catch the murderer now?"

"Hey, you don't understand this. The so-called 'soldiers are precious and fast'. Now that you know that he killed someone, you must act quickly, so as not to leak the news and let the murderer have an opportunity." Wang Buquan directly defined the businessman. Became a murderer, he said while asking his servants to summon the Yamen servants to arrest the businessman.

Li Canghai found an excuse casually and left the Wang family.

Wang Buquan believed Li Canghai's words. He felt that he was really lucky this time. Although he found the bones in his house, he was blessed by misfortune. He could take this opportunity to get rid of those who opposed him in Zhengyang City. This is a godsend opportunity. Let him rule Zhengyang City!
Wang Buquan was elated, but he didn't know that he was falling into the net that Li Canghai had carefully woven for him. He just wronged this businessman surnamed Lu, and he had to suffer some boards.

After leaving Wang's house, Li Canghai walked straight towards Futian Courtyard.

The Futian Courtyard in Zhengyang City is located in the southwest corner, and the location is very remote. This is where the little beggar lives.

During the day, Di Qing had sent him a message to tell them where they were.

There were many refugees squatting in and out of Futian courtyard. Although these refugees were dressed in rags, they all had extra steamed buns in their hands. It seemed that Wang Buquan and others were indeed carrying out disaster relief according to his previous plan.

Carefully walking through the crowd, Li Canghai went straight to the yard.

There were two cauldrons inside, and there was a burst of medicinal fragrance.

Di Qing took the little beggar and others, and was administering medicine to the refugees.

"Qing'er, where did this medicine come from?" Li Canghai was a little surprised.

Before Di Qing could speak, a man suddenly jumped out from beside the cauldron. This man was all dirty, like a coolie who had just dug coal from a coal mine. When he spoke, he showed two rows of white teeth.

"What Zhang Xuanming promised you, I will naturally do it. I bought these medicines. Although these soups look ugly, they are very effective. Those who are sick will be healed after drinking them, and those who are not sick will be cured." Keeping fit is a good thing. Do you want to have two bowls?"

As he said that, Zhang Xuanming, the traveling doctor, picked up the porcelain bowl, filled a bowl of rich soup medicine from the cauldron, and handed it to him.

Li Canghai looked at him slightly surprised, "You haven't left yet?"

Zhang Xuanming wiped the ashes on his face indiscriminately, and said: "I haven't finished what I promised you, so naturally I can't leave."

Li Canghai clasped his fists at him, bowed and said, "Your Excellency not only keeps your promise, but also has such excellent medical skills. I thank you on behalf of these refugees."

Zhang Xuanming looked at him, and said: "'Bingyao snow lotus' is such a rare thing, you can use it to treat strangers without blinking your eyes, as a doctor, I should do my best to help these refugees .”

"Then it's up to you, Your Excellency."

After distributing the decoction, Di Qing came to him and said, "Cang Hai, I heard that a murder case was found in Wang Buquan's house. What's going on?"

Li Canghai nodded and told her the whole story.

After listening to this, Di Qing was very surprised. She said in disbelief: "I never thought that the little tiger would steal something and lead to a murder case. Did you find the murderer?"

"I have identified the murderer, but there is still no conclusive evidence in front of me. I came here this time just to let you investigate the crime scene with me." Li Canghai said in a low voice.

Di Qing's almond-shaped eyes lit up, and she nodded hastily.

Asking Zhang Xuan to take care of Fen'er, Li Canghai took Di Qing and left Futian Yard.

Wang Buquan took people to trouble the businessman surnamed Lu. This is the best time for him to find the secret room. With Di Qing by his side, he can look for clues with peace of mind.

In Wang's house, most of the servants and servants who have been busy all day have rested, and only a few guards are patrolling.

"Canghai, there are so many houses, where are we going to find them?" Di Qing hid in the dark, her eyebrows slightly frowned.

"I already know the location of the secret room. Wang Buquan is superstitious about alchemy. There is an alchemy room, and the secret room is in the alchemy room." Li Canghai pointed to a house not far away, and said in a low voice.

Di Qing looked in the direction of his finger and found two guards standing in front of the house.

However, Di Qing couldn't be bothered, she quietly appeared next to the two nurses, clapped her hands, and the two nurses passed out before they had time to react.

Li Canghai was taken aback. He hadn't made any arrangements yet, but he didn't expect Di Qing to have resolved the battle.

Shaking his head helplessly, he hurried out of the corner.

He opened the door and walked in. In the middle of the room was a half-person-high alchemy stove. On two rows of wooden shelves, various porcelain bottles and materials for refining alchemy were placed.

Li Canghai scanned it, and most of the things he could recognize were gold stones like mercury and cinnabar.

"Cang Hai, where is the secret room?" Di Qing asked after searching for a while but not finding the secret room.

Li Canghai went straight to the alchemy stove, and observed carefully around the alchemy stove.

From the mouth of the dumb cook, I learned that the mechanism is located in a tripod of the alchemy stove, and after searching for a while by candlelight, he found something abnormal.

One of the tripod legs of the three-legged alchemy stove is much brighter than the other two, which is the trace of frequent turning by hand.

Li Canghai stretched out his hand and twisted the middle part of the tripod's foot, and as the tripod's foot turned, the side wall suddenly turned over, revealing an entrance.

The two looked at each other, then walked in.

Li Canghai was in front, Di Qing was behind, and the two walked down the secret path.

After several twists and turns, the two came to a secret room.

This secret room is closed on three sides, with an iron fence on the front. Rather than saying it is a secret room, it is more accurate to say it is a prison.

Inside the fence, there are beds, dressing tables and other daily necessities.

The iron gate at the entrance was locked with an iron chain. Judging from the degree of rust on the iron chain, it seemed that no one had touched it since it was locked.

Li Canghai drew out his dagger, fiddled with the lock back and forth a few times, and easily picked out the lock cylinder.

Pushing open the iron door, the two walked in.

Li Canghai first observed the lower secret room. There was a bed next to the wall of the secret room. Opposite the bed was a dressing table with messy rouge and gouache placed on the dressing table.

(End of this chapter)