Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 212 Nightmare Chamber of Secrets
Kang Xu hurried over, kicked the door open, and walked in.

This room seems to be used for storing groceries, and there are many sundries in here and there.

The Chow Chow wandered around the room for a while, then suddenly barked towards the left corner.

Kang Xu walked over, and he found a large yellow wooden cabinet standing at the bottom of the left wall.

After careful observation, Kang Xu suddenly showed a sneer, and he found a trace of a wooden cabinet being dragged on the ground.

Kang Xu immediately understood that there might be a secret passage hidden behind the cabinet.

However, the wooden cabinet was extremely heavy, so Kang Xu had no choice but to call all the yamen servants to come to help.

Everyone was called, and Kang Xu clearly saw that Yu Banxian's face became frightened.

This also made him more certain of what he thought in his mind. There was a possibility that there was a secret passage hidden behind the wooden cabinet, and there must be many secrets hidden in the secret passage.

Generally speaking, wherever the secret passage is located, there must be agency information to control it.

Kang Xu searched around, but couldn't find the control point of the mechanism, but fortunately, there were more of them, seven or eight of them worked together, and the wooden cabinet was easily overturned to the ground.

After the wooden cabinet fell to the ground, a half-person-high passage appeared in the corner.

Yu Banxian suddenly collapsed, his face was pale, although he tried his best to appear calm, but the panic in his eyes betrayed him deeply.

Kang Xu glanced at him coldly. He was worried that there would be a trap in the secret path, so he asked someone to put Yu Banxian in front and let him explore the way ahead.

Kang Xu could see that Yu Banxian must be very familiar with this secret way, otherwise he would not be so frightened, afraid that the secret way would be discovered.

A yamen servant escorted Yu Banxian and walked in first, followed by everyone.

The secret passage slopes down, with torches burning on both sides, the inside is quite clean, it seems that someone often cleans it.

There are three prison cells lined up on both sides of the secret passage, and each cell has beds and bedding.

When everyone walked over, they discovered that three young girls were imprisoned in three of the cells.

The three girls were disheveled, their eyes were glazed over, and their faces were extremely terrified.

Seeing someone coming in, they all curled up in the corner, their bodies trembling with fear.

Everyone was amazed, they didn't expect that there was a young girl imprisoned in this secret room!
"Quickly open the cell door and rescue them!" Kang Xu frowned and shouted angrily.

Several yamen servants hurried over and cut off the copper lock with their knives.

"Lan'er? Isn't this girl Lan from the Zhao family?" Bao Jia looked at the terrified girl in one of the rooms, and suddenly cried out.

"You recognize her?" Kang Xu was a little surprised.

Bao Jia hurriedly nodded, he quickly walked into the cell, looked at the girl carefully, and shouted: "Village Chief, look quickly, it is really Miss Lan from the Zhao family!"

The village chief was very surprised. He hurried in, shook the girl's shoulders, and said anxiously: "Girl Lan, what's wrong with you? Wake up, I'm your village chief, Uncle Liu!"

The girl's eyes were dull, she stared blankly at the village head, after a long while, she realized, threw herself into the arms of the village head, and burst into tears: "Uncle Liu... Uncle Liu, I am Lan'er, You guys finally came to save Lan'er, woo woo woo..."

"Girl Lan, what's going on, why are you here?" the village head asked distressedly.

Just as the girl was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of Yu Banxian who was tied up, and she suddenly yelled like crazy: "Don't, don't kill me, I am willing to say anything, don't kill me! Woooooo... Lan'er doesn't want to die, don't kill me!" Kill me! Woohoo..."

The girl was still in shock, holding her head in horror, and curled up in the corner again, as if seeing something extremely terrifying.

Seeing this, Kang Xu frowned immediately.

"Girl, don't be afraid, the bad guys have been caught, you are safe now." Kang Xu walked over, comforting in a soft voice.

The girl still held her head, crying non-stop, her body trembling uncontrollably.

"Village Chief, please send her out of the dungeon, so that you can comfort her. I will investigate further before asking." Kang Xu's voice was low, and his words were full of anger.

The village head nodded, and comforted the girl softly, and the girl stretched out her hand tremblingly, pulled the corner of his clothes and followed him out in horror.

In addition to the girl in front of me, there are two other women, they all seem to have experienced extremely frightening things, and they are full of fear for everyone.

Leaving six yamen servants to protect the three women, Kang Xu led the two yamen servants and followed the chow chow to go forward.

At the end of the corridor was a prison cell with a pure wooden structure.

The surroundings of the prison cell were covered with cloth curtains, and through the curtains one could vaguely see a beautiful soft couch inside.

The Chow Chow ran to the cell, barking non-stop at the cell.

Kang Xu ordered someone to open the cell, then twisted Yu Banxian and walked in.

Entering the prison cell, Kang Xu looked around and frowned.

In addition to a soft couch, there is a row of wooden shelves next to it, on which there are various porcelain vases. Judging from the words 'Yin Yang and He San' written on those porcelain vases, they seem to be some aphrodisiacs.

Kang Xu walked to the wooden frame and looked down from the top. He suddenly found that besides various aphrodisiacs, there were many small tools and the like on the wooden frame.

Candles the size of a child's arm, whips made of python skin, and other tools that can injure people but not kill them immediately.

Kang Xu's eyes were slightly cold, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and continued to observe.

In addition to the wooden frame, there is also a wooden box in the dark compartment under the soft couch.

Opening the wooden box, Kang Xu found that there were more than ten bellybands inside.

All kinds of aprons!
The colors and materials of these bellybands are different, but without exception, they are all used by women.

Even some of the bellybands were stained with blood.

Kang Xu's expression became solemn in an instant. He looked around silently, and when he looked up suddenly, he suddenly found two white silks hanging on both sides of the soft couch.

The two white silks fluttered gently, and the yellowish white silks were stained with blood, like red plums in the snow.

Immediately afterwards, he found two more white silks on the wooden pillars on both sides.

After Kang Xu pondered for a while, he ordered someone to pull up the four white silks. After pulling, he found that the four white silks happened to be gathered in the upper room of the soft couch.

He closed his eyes, and a picture appeared in front of him instantly.

A delicate girl was bound by white silk and hung on a soft couch. A man held a whip and whipped the girl desperately.Seeing the scars on the girl's snow-white skin, the man became even more excited, his eyes were bloodshot like a beast.

Kang Xu slowly opened his eyes, a trace of angry killing intent flashed in his bright eyes.

Although the cell had been cleaned, there was still blood seeping into the gaps between the floors. Kang Xu tried his best to control the anger in his heart, and squatted on the ground to search carefully.

After a while, he found a flannelette in the corner of the cell.

The velvet cloth is woven from pure cotton, crumpled into a ball, and discarded randomly in the corner.

Kang Xu took out the magnified gem, and then took out a palm-sized wooden box, and took a piece of wool inside the wooden box in his hand, and compared it with the flannelette.

He found the wool from Tao Zhaoxue's mouth. As long as he compared the wool with the flannelette, he could be sure that this was where Tao Zhaoxue was killed.

This flannelette is very ordinary, there is nothing special about it.

But in Kang Xu's view, it is the most direct and powerful evidence.

The material and weaving method of the fleece are exactly the same as those of the flannelette, and more importantly, the length of the fleece is exactly the same as the break in the flannelette.

Putting the flannel and wool into the evidence box, Kang Xu stood up slowly.

Now, he can be sure that this is where Tao Zhaoxue was killed, and all that remains is to find the murderer.

"Yu Banxian, you are so courageous. You set up a private cell and tortured and killed women. Now that the evidence of the crime is solid, what else can you say?" Kang Xu raised his eyebrows and suddenly shouted sharply.

"Pindao can't understand what your lord is saying, and I don't know that there is a secret road here. This matter has nothing to do with the poor!" Yu Banxian plucked up his courage and argued loudly.

"It has nothing to do with you?" Kang Xu laughed angrily, "Since I can find this place, there is naturally plenty of evidence. This box contains the flannelette I found from Tao Zhaoxue's mouth and the flannelette I found here. The wool It was one body with the flannel, and Tao Zhaoxue died tragically here, and you still want to deny it?"

"My lord, I'm wronged! Pindao doesn't know who Tao Zhaoxue is, and he didn't kill anyone, so wronged!" Yu Banxian struggled vigorously and shouted.

"When did I tell you that Tao Zhaoxue was killed?" Kang Xu said coldly.

Yu Banxian suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue, and hurriedly said: "I heard what the villagers said, and Pindao really doesn't know about it."

"Hmph, since you heard what the villagers said, why do you say that you don't know Tao Zhaoxue? You didn't follow the words, and you clearly have ghosts in your heart. You said you didn't know there was a secret room here. Okay, I will take you and those three Confront a woman! Take her away!" Kang Xu waved his sleeves angrily, and then strode out of the cell.

After leaving the secret room, Kang Xu ordered someone to twist Yu Banxian into the courtyard.

At this time, under the comfort of Baojia and the village head, the three girls' mood has improved.

It can be seen that when they saw Yu Banxian, their faces were still terrified, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

"Girls, don't be afraid. I am the county magistrate of Zhengyang. I want to ask you a few questions. If you don't want to answer, you just need to nod or shake your head." Kang Xu knew that everything was like a nightmare to them before. Before it was completely stabilized, it was inappropriate to ask what happened, so he said gently.

"Girl Lan, Uncle Liu has sent someone to inform your parents that they will come here soon. Tell the adults what happened to you, and the adults will make decisions for you." The village chief whispered to a girl said comfortingly.

The girl's dull eyes finally regained some expression, she bit her lip and looked at Kang Xu in horror.

"Girls, do you know this person?" Kang Xu pulled Yu Banxian who had been bundled into rice dumplings, kicked him on the buttocks, knocked him to the ground, and asked.

(End of this chapter)