Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 21
"Haha, it's really fun." Seeing Li Canghai gnaw on the mud, Di Qing's joy suddenly trembled and she couldn't stop giggling.

Li Canghai rubbed his nose and rolled his eyes vigorously, just about to get up and teach Di Qing not to be so naughty, when he suddenly found some white powder behind the door.

Li Canghai hurried over, twisted some powder and smelled it in front of his nose.

Di Qing also noticed something unusual, and she asked in surprise, "What is this?"

"flour."

Li Canghai replied, and at the same time, he became more and more puzzled, how could there be flour behind this door?

In his previous arrangement, no one was ambushed in the family hall. Where did this flour come from?

The flour on the ground is not thick, only sporadic, but in Li Canghai's eyes, these scattered flour seems to have another mystery.

The edges of these flours are thicker, showing a vague footprint, which made Li Canghai's eyes suddenly brighten.

The sudden appearance of footprints made the bewildered Li Canghai seem to have found a breakthrough point, and he immediately started a blanket search in the clan hall.

"Li Canghai, why are you acting like a mouse? What are you looking for?" Di Qing looked at him who looked like a mouse, and asked curiously.

Li Canghai didn't answer her, but kept looking for it on his own. After a while, he stopped in front of the window where the 'ghost' ran out from before, and exhaled in a deep voice: "I found it."

Di Qing approached, but saw nothing. She wrinkled her delicate nose and said, "What did you find? Why didn't I find anything?"

Li Canghai pointed to the wooden windows and said, "I have covered all the windows with wet flour before. Look here, is there a footprint? So many things happened before, I almost forgot about this."

Di Qing's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in amazement: "Really, whose footprints are these?"

"Who else, of course, is the 'ghost' you chased before." Li Canghai replied without thinking while gesturing at the shoe prints.

"What? You mean that what I chased before was not a 'ghost', but a human?" Di Qing touched her mouth in disbelief.

Li Canghai snapped his fingers and replied, "Of course, that's just someone pretending to be godlike..."

Before he could finish speaking, Di Qing had already slammed her fists, with a bang, accompanied by a cry of pain, Li Canghai's eye sockets suddenly swelled up.

"Li Canghai! How dare you lie to Miss Ben? You made Miss Ben really think it was a 'ghost', and she was so stupid that she carried the talisman you drew on her body. I didn't expect that you were lying to me, and I was so mad. !" Di Qing pinched her waist, raised her eyebrows, and scolded extremely angrily.

Li Canghai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He covered his eyes and said helplessly, "Grandma, are you okay? If you're okay, can you stay away from me and don't hinder my investigation! Besides, what's wrong with you in this world?" Ghost, I seem to have told you this more than once!"

Di Qing blinked her eyes a few times, tilted her head and said to herself: "Yes, you seem to have said such a thing. Ah, I almost forgot the business. Mr. Liang said that he found out the whereabouts of those fake officials. I'm here to tell you!"

Li Canghai rolled his eyes towards the sky, looked at Di Qing very sadly, and felt a pang of sorrow in his heart, how could she forget such an important matter?
In the living room, Liang Xiuxiu was reading the autopsy report submitted by the old master.

Di Ying's expression was gloomy. So many strange things happened overnight, making him seem to have aged a lot.

At this time, he was arranging some silks, when he saw Li Canghai coming in, he hurriedly said: "Master, all the rubbings of the lost imperial decree are here."

He rubbed his hands together, and said with some embarrassment: "Master, can you do the Dharma again. It's not that I don't believe what you said, it's just that the people in the mansion are panicked, and everyone is cursed. If this continues, what should I do?" what!"

Li Canghai knew that the feudal society was greatly influenced by ghosts and gods, even if he talked dryly, it might not be as effective as a yellow talisman.

"At noon today, I will do it again." After Li Canghai responded, he turned to Liang Xiu and asked, "My lord, have you really tracked down the whereabouts of those fake yamen servants?"

Liang Xiu put down the file and said in a deep voice, "Their whereabouts have indeed been found, but they are not fake officials, but real officials."

This made it difficult for Li Canghai to understand, but it was Di Qing who reacted faster. She stroked her hair and said in confusion, "Master Liang is saying that those people are actually from Luoyang Mansion?"

Liang Xiu frowned even tighter. He shook his head and said, "They are not from my Luoyang Prefecture, but from Zhengyang County. The leader is the magistrate of Zhengyang County."

Zhengyang county magistrate!

These four words immediately exploded in Li Canghai's mind. No one is more familiar with these four words than him, because he is the real magistrate of Zhengyang County.

It was these four words that brought him to this era. Wasn't the original owner of this body killed on the way to Zhengyang to take up his post?

Not only did he rob money and kill, but even the official documents were lost, which made it impossible for him to reveal his identity.

Now, to hear the words Zhengyang County Magistrate in Luoyang City, one can imagine the shock to him.

"My lord, I don't know who is the magistrate of Zhengyang County?" Li Canghai asked calmly.

Liang Xiu looked at him, stroked his chin and said, "Coincidentally, he has the same name and surname as you."

"The county magistrate is also called Li Canghai?" Di Qing was surprised, and she joked with a smile: "How come so many people call it such a silly name, it really has no taste at all!"

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, his eyes were bright and introverted, but he guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

"Magistrate of Zhengyang County, I originally thought that this man was robbed and killed, but now that I think about it, this matter is definitely not ordinary." Li Canghai began to think in his mind.

Obviously, now someone is impersonating him as the magistrate of Zhengyang County, and that person must have an official appointment document in his hand, which means that this person is very likely to be the one who murdered him.

"My lord, since they are from Zhengyang County, why did they come to Luoyang? Why did they pretend to be people from Luoyang Mansion and come to Di's house to investigate the case?" Li Canghai asked, suppressing his doubts.

Liang Xiu stroked his beard, frowned, and said, "They came to Luoyang Mansion to pay taxes. When they passed by Di Mansion, they learned that there was a homicide in Di Mansion, so they came here to check on their behalf."

Li Canghai sneered, and said, "Your Excellency, you won't believe what they said? Since they are from Zhengyang County, what right do they have to participate in the Luoyang incident, not to mention that they took away some physical evidence."

"This official knew about it, so I ordered someone to guard them. However, they didn't admit that they had taken the things. They only said that they felt that they were a bit out of touch, and then they found an excuse to leave." Liang Xiu pondered.

"Where are they now?" Li Canghai asked.

"They are now in the post house, and they will be guarded by the servants of the government. You can rest assured." Liang Xiu took a few sips of tea, and then said: "The most important thing right now is the case of the mysterious death of the servant. I heard from Miss Di that you are very thoughtful. You once helped Brother Di Huai solve a strange case. What do you think about this case?"

Li Canghai thought for a while, and explained the autopsy process in detail.

Finally, after he finished speaking, he paused and said, "My judgment is the same as Zuo Zuo's. The deceased was frozen to death by Zerg insects. The most troublesome thing right now is that we don't know anything about this Zerg bug."

Holding the teacup, Liang Xiu fell into deep thought.After a while, he said, "I have read the autopsy report made by you, but are there really insects that can produce ice in this world?"

(End of this chapter)