Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 354 The Second Murderer

"Your Excellency has already said this, and Dongmei also admitted that she was forced by Lu Jitong to do this. Could it be that all of this doesn't mean that Lu Jitong is the murderer?" Tao Youran thought that Li Canghai was exonerating Lu Jitong, and suddenly became a little anxious Heart attack, almost fainted.

Zhang Hebi on the side hurriedly patted Tao Youran's back lightly, and said, "Uncle, just listen to your lord. I believe your lord will give him justice!"

Li Canghai nodded approvingly to Zhang Hebi, and continued: "The reason why I think Lu Jitong is the murderer is because he fell into the trap set by the real murderer."

"My lord, the students don't understand, all the evidence points to Lu Jitong, why isn't he the murderer?" Zhang Hebi questioned.

"That's right. All the evidence points to Lu Jitong. This seems certain. But as Lu Jitong said, when Tao Zhaoxue was killed, Lu Jitong was drinking in the Qifeng Pavilion in the city. How could he have committed the crime?" Li Canghai asked rhetorically.

"It's also possible that he killed Zhaoxue first, and then sneaked into the city. It's unknown." Zhang Hebi thought for a while, and said with a frown.

Li Canghai shook his head, denied his guess, and said, "The place where Tao Zhaoxue was killed was Hetou Village, and Hetou Village takes half a day to go back and forth from Zhengyang County. Return to Zhengyang."

Li Canghai's words made everyone even more confused.

"But my lord, the fake Taoist priest caught in Hetou Village can also prove that Lu Jitong is the murderer who tortured Zhaoxue!" Zhang Hebi seemed to be a little anxious.

Li Canghai picked up a piece of paper with a footprint drawn on it, and said, "Don't worry, let me just listen to what I have to say. These are the footprints of the murderer that I found in the bamboo forest. Judging from the strength of the footprints, It can be seen that the murderer has a slight disability in his right foot."

"My lord, based on these few footprints, how can you be sure that the murderer has a disabled right foot?" Zhang Hebi frowned as he looked at the footprints on the paper.

Not only Zhang Hebi, but everyone including Di Qing looked at the footprints curiously, but they couldn't see why after watching for a long time.

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "Because there is something wrong with the footprints left by this person. The left and right feet are different in depth, but the left is darker and the right is shallower."

"It's also possible that the murderer carried Zhaoxue on his left shoulder, and that's why there are different shades?" Zhang Hebi thought for a while and said.

Li Canghai shook his head, and said: "I have carefully examined the footprints at the scene. From when Tao Zhaoxue met the murderer and was forced to retreat, to the time the murderer took Tao Zhaoxue away, all the footprints left were in this situation. Therefore, this official concludes that the murderer must have some disabilities in his right foot."

Di Qing blinked her eyes, and suddenly said ah: "I understand. It's only because the murderer's right foot is disabled, and when he walks, his center of gravity leans to the left, so the left side is deep and the right side is shallow."

Li Canghai nodded to him approvingly.

"But he's not disabled?" Di Qing stared at the masked man, frowning slightly.

When the masked man was escorted just now, everyone saw with their own eyes that he did not show any signs of disability, which made Di Qing suspicious.

"He's just slightly disabled, but it's not obvious. If I'm not mistaken, the heel of his right foot should be where the disability is." Li Canghai said calmly.

The man was wearing a mask and couldn't see any expression, but his shoulders shook involuntarily.

When Chang Feng heard this, he immediately greeted the two yamen servants, held the masked man firmly, and then took off his shoes.

Everyone opened their eyes wide, and found that the masked man's right heel was actually somewhat disabled. To be precise, there was a piece of flesh missing from the heel of his rear foot.

Chang Feng shook the masked man's shoes, and a small piece of wood came out of the shoes.

Li Canghai looked at the piece of wood that was half a finger long and an inch wide, and said calmly: "This piece of wood just makes up for the deformity of your heel, no wonder it makes people look ugly."

"It's amazing! Cang Hai, how do you know that his right heel is disabled?" Di Qing screamed excitedly and couldn't help asking.

"It's actually very simple. The footprints in the bamboo forest, in addition to being deep on the left and shallow on the right, also showed a situation where the front is heavy and the rear is light. Knowing that his feet have disabilities, it is easy to guess where the disabilities are." Li Canghai said .

Di Qing scratched her hair, but didn't understand.

Seeing Di Qing's bewildered face, Li Canghai smiled and explained: "You can imagine, if your heel is injured, how would you walk?"

Di Qing tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Of course I'm walking on tiptoes..."

Speaking of this, Di Qing suddenly understood, and she suddenly realized: "I see, so you got it based on this reverse reasoning! The front of the footprint is heavy and the back is light, which means that the front part of the sole of the foot is intact, and the rear part of the foot is intact. Part of it is due to a disability, so it is impossible to fully use force, and the force is lighter. That's why you deduced that the part of his disability is the heel!"

Hearing Di Qing's explanation, everyone felt amazed, and the eyes they looked at Li Canghai became strange, as if they were looking at a monster.

It is simply inconceivable that a person's hidden disease can be guessed based on just one footprint.

Zhang Hebi and Tao Youran looked at each other in dismay, Li Canghai's evidence seemed to be justifying Lu Jitong at all.

"My lord, even if this person has been to the bamboo forest, and he kidnapped Zhaoxue, he may have been ordered by Lu Jitong! Otherwise, why would Dongmei and the false Taoist Liu Tie frame him? Could it be that they are all lying? Zhang Hebi thought for a while and said with a frown.

"Dongmei and Liu Tie didn't lie, even those beggars who stopped you, they didn't lie." Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said.

At this moment, everyone was stunned, and they all looked at him in a daze, not understanding what he meant.

"My lord, at first you believed that Lu Jitong was the murderer because of Dongmei and Liu Tie's testimonies. Then, you said that the murderer was someone else because it was not Lu Jitong who took Zhaoxue away. If the murderer was not Lu Jitong, wouldn't it mean that Dongmei and Liu Tie were the murderers? Tie is lying to frame him? But now you say that Dongmei and Liu Tie did not lie, does this mean that their testimonies against Lu Jitong are not wrong? Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”

Fortunately, Zhang Hebi's mind is still clear, and he didn't make himself dizzy, but the rest of the people were confused by his words.

Li Canghai said indifferently: "Dongmei, Liu Tie and others are indeed not lying, because what they saw was indeed Lu Jitong, but it was not Lu Jitong."

This made everyone even more puzzled.

Di Qing tilted her head thinking that her brain hurts, and she didn't think of a reason. Then she imitated Li Canghai and rubbed her brows, and said impatiently: "Canghai, don't be fooled. What do you mean by him and not him?" ?”

(End of this chapter)