Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 152

"Brother Zuo, don't worry, I've been secretly collecting evidence of his crimes, and now everything is ready, the only thing we need is the arrival of the east wind." Li Canghai said calmly, exuding confidence all over his body.

Zuo Hongji looked at the unfathomable feeling on his face, scratched his head, and asked, "Brother Li, what is Dongfeng?"

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said: "When the east wind comes, you will know. Brother Zuo, I still have something to do, so I will leave first. In addition, there will be a team of bodyguards escorting [-] loads of grain. Brother Zuo will receive it for you."

"Brother Li, don't worry, this matter is on me." Zuo Hongji patted his chest and said.

After separating from Zuo Hongji, Li Canghai went to Wang's house.

Before he reached Wang's house, suddenly a person ran out from inside in a hurry. The person was in such a hurry that he almost bumped into him.

When Li Canghai saw that person, he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Housekeeper, you are in such a hurry, what happened?"

"Oh, Mr. Li, you've come, something serious has happened! And, someone died again!" The housekeeper grabbed his hand and hurriedly said, "My lord is about to ask me to find you!"

Hearing that there was another murder case, Li Canghai's expression became tense, and he hurriedly followed him in, asking as he walked, "Who died this time?"

The butler wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, it's the cook."

"Cook?" Li Canghai's heart sank, and he hurriedly quickened his pace.

In front of the kitchen door of the Wang family, a lot of servants and maidservants gathered, they whispered together and talked in a low voice, while Wang Buquan had his hands behind his back, unable to hide his anger.

Seeing Li Canghai coming, Wang Buquan hastily went up to meet him, "Brother Li, you are here, my family is dead again!"

Li Canghai nodded to him, and said solemnly: "I have heard the matter from the housekeeper, where is the body now?"

"The corpse is now in the kitchen, he committed suicide in fear of crime." Wang Buquan said.

Li Canghai was a little surprised, and asked, "How did County Captain Wang determine that he committed suicide?"

"This is the confession letter found in front of the cook's corpse. It says that he killed a girl by mistake and buried the body in the garden in the backyard. I didn't expect you to find the body. He was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he took poison and committed suicide in order to get rid of it." With that said, Wang Buquan took out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to him.

Li Canghai took it from his hand and looked at it carefully, the content on it was exactly the same as what Wang Buquan said.

He pondered for a while, and said, "Let me go and see the corpse first."

Li Canghai asked everyone to stand outside the kitchen, and walked in by himself.

The vegetables and fruits in the kitchen were in disarray, the dishes were broken all over the floor, and a dead body was lying on the rice bag near the corner, with blood flowing out of the corpse's mouth.

After inspecting the corpse casually, Li Canghai walked out of the kitchen.

Seeing him coming out, Wang Buquan hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

"The temperature of the body is still high, and the time of death should be within half an hour. There is no scar on the surface of the body. Judging from the appearance of the body, it is true that he died of taking poison. It is certain that he committed suicide." Li Canghai sighed and said: " I didn't expect that the murderer would be him, since he committed suicide by taking poison, the case can be over. Oh, by the way, the deceased committed suicide by taking poison to fear the plague, so let's get the corpse to Yizhuang as soon as possible."

Wang Buquan couldn't stop sighing, he waved his hand, and asked several servants to go in and carry the body to Yizhuang, and said bitterly: "I saw him pitiful back then, so I gave him a chance to make a living. I didn't expect him to do that. Such a thing that is not as good as a beast, I am really blind, I even raised a murderous maniac at home, if this is spread, where will I put the face of my majestic county lieutenant?"

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly, and said meaningfully: "People's hearts are unpredictable, so why should County Captain Wang blame himself? Besides, the murderer committed suicide in fear of crime, so it's an explanation to the victim. Next, County Captain Wang should think about disaster relief. gone."

Only then did Wang Buquan pat his head, and suddenly said: "These two days have been disturbed by the murder case, and I have no time to take care of the disaster relief. Brother Li, don't take offense."

Li Canghai smiled indifferently, and said: "Wangxian Lieutenant's words are serious. Brother Zuo is in charge of disaster relief. Why worry? However, there are more and more refugees in Zhengyang City. It's time to raise the price."

After finding out the murder case, Wang Buquan felt relieved, he laughed and said, "Brother Li is right, I will order people to spread the news of the price increase right now."

Li Canghai nodded slightly. He looked up at the sky, pondered the time, and said, "The two hundred tans of grain I mentioned earlier should have arrived, and I need to meet it in person. I will leave the price increase to the county captain." .”

"Brother Li, just get busy, leave this matter to me, Wang, and you can count the money with confidence! Haha!" Wang Buquan patted his chest and smiled triumphantly.

Li Canghai left Wang's house with a sneer on his lips, and walked straight to Futian Courtyard.

There were several carriages parked at the door, with the flag of "Zhenyuan Escort Bureau" on the carriages, and some grain bags were placed on them.

Li Canghai walked into the yard and found that everyone was there except Zhang Xuanming, except for Di Qing and the others who had been helping out at the Futian Yard, and some new people dressed as darts had arrived. A man of high spirits.

Seeing Li Canghai coming in, Chang Feng was the first to greet him, saluted him and said, "My lord, are you back?"

Li Canghai nodded slightly, he looked at the people in the bodyguard bureau, and saw a man dressed as a bodyguard came over, clasped his fists in his hands and saluted him: "I am waiting for the order of the head of the family to deliver food, please check it. "

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Does the head of your family have any other orders?"

"The head of the family said, let us obey the adults' arrangements in everything." The bodyguard said in a loud voice.

"Then I will trouble you." Li Canghai smiled and said, "You have worked hard all the way, so take a rest first, and then I will arrange things for you."

The bodyguard clapped his hands, and immediately led a group of people to a shaded place to sit down and rest.

Chang Feng's jaw almost dropped in surprise, he stared blankly at those people, he couldn't figure out how they would be so respectful to Li Canghai.

Xiao Wu's heart is like a mirror, while Di Qing saw through their identities the first time she saw the bodyguard, so they were not surprised.

"My lord, are they...?" Chang Feng asked suspiciously.

"My own." Li Canghai waved his hand and asked, "Chang Feng, what happened to the matter I asked you to investigate?"

Chang Feng said respectfully: "My lord, the matter has been found out. The one who poisoned the servant was indeed the yamen servant who imprisoned him that night. I found 30 taels of gold from his home. He has confessed to what he did."

Li Canghai touched his chin in surprise, he didn't expect Chang Feng's work efficiency to be so high, he said approvingly: "Your news came too timely, where is the yamen servant now?"

(End of this chapter)