Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 184 Qin Dynasty Stele
"Man-made disaster?" Several people including Zhao Yuan were stunned at the same time. "My lord, what do you mean by saying this?"

"All of this was done on purpose." Li Canghai paused and said, "Do you still remember what Broken Finger said? The scar made him buy some gunpowder, and that gunpowder was used here."

"My lord, are you saying that the dam was not washed away by the flood, but someone deliberately sabotaged it?" Chang Feng suddenly understood, and he shouted in surprise.

To everyone, this news was no less than being hit by a bolt from the blue. They never dared to imagine that the breaking of the Yellow River's embankment was actually caused by man-made sabotage.

"Look at this stone. If I'm not mistaken, the traces on it should be the traces left by gunpowder after burning. The loud noise at that time was actually the sound of gunpowder explosion." Li Canghai pointed to the shallow marks on the stone Said.

Several people stared at each other in bewilderment, Zhao Yuan touched his nose, and said in disbelief: "Master Li, is there any evidence to prove what you said?"

"Then I will sort out everything again. Wang Buquan's housekeeper bought Scar and let Scar come to destroy the dam. Scar was worried that his actions would be known, so he asked Severe Finger to buy explosives. After everything was prepared, Scar came alone to blow up the embankment. At this time, the water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River was soaring, so the loose embankment that was blown up could not withstand the violent impact of the river water, which led to flooding." Li Canghai used simple language, Combined the whole thing and told it to several people.

After listening, several people looked at each other in blank dismay.

"How unreasonable is this? How dare you blow up the dam and cause floods? It is an unforgivable crime! Where is the person who blew up the dam now?" After Zhao Yuan understood it, he was furious.

"Lord Zhao, calm down, the messenger and the person who bombed the embankment are dead." Li Canghai said with his hands folded in front of his chest, recalling everything he had experienced before.

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and he said in astonishment, "What's going on?"

Chang Feng hurriedly told him what happened. After listening, Zhao Yuan's face was full of surprise, anger, and some doubts, and his expression was wonderful.

"Master Li, you said that the housekeeper is behind this scene, but what is his purpose?" Zhao Yuan was very puzzled.

Li Canghai rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed: "This is also something I'm investigating. If my guess is correct, this matter and the stele should all be conspiracy."

Zhao Yuan looked back at the Dragon King Temple in surprise. The news of the blood stele in the Dragon King Temple on the Yellow River had spread throughout Luoyang City. Before he came, he had already heard about it.

Today, the stele still stands in front of the Dragon King Temple. Li Canghai said that the Yellow River's embankment breach was related to the stele, which made him not only a little curious.

"My lord, the stone tablet says the exact time when the Yellow River broke the embankment. Could it be that as early as the Qin Dynasty, someone thought that Scar would blow up the embankment on that day?" Chang Feng was also puzzled, he scratched his head and asked road.

Li Canghai smiled indifferently: "How can a person who lived a thousand years ago know what will happen a thousand years later? In fact, we were all deceived by the stele."

"Tricked by the stele?" Chang Feng became even more puzzled.

"Zuo Hongji, you have a lot of calligraphy, paintings and antiques in your house, so you must know something about ancient things, right? In your opinion, how about the stele?" Li Canghai didn't answer Chang Feng, but asked Zuo Hongji.

Zuo Hongji thought about the stele, and said, "Judging from the material, the stele is indeed an ancient relic, and the characters engraved on the stele are indeed Xiaozhuan handed down from the Qin Dynasty. The grassroots think this stele is the real thing."

Li Canghai shook his head noncommittally, and said, "You're only half right. The reason why I say I was deceived by the stele is because the stele is indeed an ancient relic, but the characters carved on it may not be seen."

Everyone was stunned, they stared blankly at Li Canghai.

"The small seal script has been handed down from the Qin Dynasty, and it is not unknown to everyone. The reason why we think that the stone tablet belongs to the Qin Dynasty is because the stone tablet has mottled historic sites, and it is engraved with the small seal script that was popular in the Qin Dynasty. That's why we think so .As long as anyone who has read the book sees this stele, they will make such a judgment in their subconscious mind. This is a very clever trick that often makes people ignore the most obvious clues." Li Canghai's voice was full of commend.

Just one stone tablet almost covered up all the truth. If Li Canghai hadn't been more discerning than others and found out the truth about the Yellow River's embankment breach, he might not be able to figure out the truth about this stone tablet no matter what.

"Your Excellency, what you mean is that someone carved words on the ancient stele, making us mistakenly think that this is a prophecy left thousands of years ago. In fact, the so-called prophecy is just a trap set up by the person who carved the words. Because the time when the Yellow River dam was blown up , is in the hands of the person who carved the inscriptions, so the time on the stele and the time when the Yellow River broke the embankment are so coincident." Zuo Hongji muttered, suddenly enlightened.

Li Canghai nodded approvingly to him, Zuo Hongji was worthy of being a businessman, he had already guessed what he meant by turning his mind.

"So, the person who engraved the words is very likely to be the housekeeper? He asked people to blow up the embankment, and then killed people to silence him. What is the purpose of all his troubles?" Chang Feng became more and more confused.

"Whether the steward is the one who carved the lettering is still unclear. I guess, the stele is likely to be made by the steward. Its purpose is to reflect the flood, explain the prophecy on the stele, and convince the people that this is a disaster from heaven." Li Canghai's thinking became clearer and he said in a deep voice.

Several people gasped, and Chang Feng scolded viciously: "This guy is so mad, if he doesn't die, I will kill him myself! But why did he do this?"

Li Canghai became silent. Now he can be [-]% sure that this matter is inextricably related to the 'Nilin Xuanwu'.

Judging from the current situation, 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu' seems to have set up a big game.

Although there was only the steward, he pushed the entire Zhengyang City into a desperate situation.

If he hadn't come to take office and blocked the breach by accident, Zhengyang City would have become a vast ocean, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.

No one would have thought that the Yellow River burst its embankment, but it was actually deliberately sabotaged.

Obviously, the Yellow River broke its embankment to confirm the content on the stele and make people believe that it was God's punishment.

However, what Li Canghai couldn't figure out was why they chose to blow up the Yellow River dam at this time?
However, he didn't know that the content on the stele had been spread all over the world.

Li Canghai didn't know much about the current Tang Dynasty. He always thought that the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, but he didn't know that the heyday of the Tang Dynasty had come to an end.

Today's Tang Dynasty, although the world is prosperous and stable, locust plagues are everywhere, and evil breeds are breeding, and the prosperity of the past is no longer there.

Coupled with years of wars by the imperial court, heavy taxes and taxes, and excessive and miscellaneous taxes collected by officials from all over the country, the people have long complained.

(End of this chapter)