Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 363
The secret room in the attic of Nanhua Temple contained all the secrets of Lu Mengtong himself. When Li Canghai sneaked in, he did not find anything else.

Xuanzhen's tomb contains all the evidence against the head of the Lu family. If there is a map, then the map should be among the pile of evidence.

After all, Lu Mengtong said that the map belonged to the head of the Lu family.

Thinking of this, Li Canghai looked at the pile of evidence again.

After classifying the evidence by type, Li Canghai checked it again.

Cloth strips that were stained purple with blood, rusty daggers, testimony of witnesses, and account books of entry and exit.

However, these things have nothing to do with maps.

Li Canghai picked up the ledger and looked through it carefully. Every transaction of buying and selling girls was recorded in the ledger.

Carefully flipping through the ledger until the last page, Li Canghai suddenly felt that the back of the ledger seemed a little thicker.

Li Canghai's heart moved, he quickly turned over the ledger, and then carefully observed the cover of the ledger.

He pondered for a while, picked up the rusty dagger, and scratched on the back cover of the ledger.

After the cover was cut open, Li Canghai took out a folded piece of paper from inside.

I don't know what kind of material the paper is made of, it's as thin as a cicada's wing.

Although it is folded, it is not very thick, so it is not obtrusive when placed in the cover, and it is difficult for non-careful people to find the problem.

"My lord, what is this?" Xiao Wu leaned over and asked curiously.

Li Canghai unfolded the map, looked at it carefully, squinted his eyes and said, "This is the map of Sang Island. With this map, you can find the location of Sang Island."

Xue Xuan also leaned over. She looked at the map in Li Canghai's hand, and suddenly said, "No wonder you didn't worry at all when you learned that the leader of the Ronin had escaped. So you were already prepared."

"It seems that Lu Mengtong is not lying." Li Canghai put away the map, looked up at the setting sun, thought for a moment, and said, "Xiao Wu, go and bring Lu Jitong here."

Xiao Wu responded, and then walked out.

After a while, Xiao Wu brought Lu Jitong to the flower hall.

Lu Jitong looked haggard and pale, as if he had suffered a serious illness, and Fujiwara Kyoko was beside him carefully taking care of him.

"See you, my lord." Lu Jitong bowed to Li Canghai tiredly.

Li Canghai thought for a while and said, "There is no need to be too polite. It is indeed unfortunate that the Lu family has encountered this. However, I hope you cheer up and don't let this sink you down."

Lu Jitong smiled wryly and shook his head: "The family is unlucky, and I made adults laugh."

"All the misfortunes in this world have their causes and effects. No matter what Master Lu and Lu Mengtong have done, they have disappeared with their deaths." Li Canghai glanced at him, his tone suddenly became severe, and he said solemnly : "Don't forget, you still have another identity, Beaulieu Secret Guard!"

Hearing the word 'Paulong Secret Guard', Lu Jitong, who described it as haggard, had a rare gleam of light in his eyes.

"It's getting late, and I'm going back to Luoyang to investigate the brocade box. I can't help you for the time being. However, I will show you the way, and you should be able to find it by starting the investigation from the ronin of Sang Island." Relevant clues." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

Li Canghai's words ignited Lu Jitong's fighting spirit a little.

However, it was Kyoko Fujiwara who really cheered him up.

She held Lu Jitong's arm and said softly: "Ji Tong, no matter what happens, I will always be with you. You haven't lost everything, you still have me."

Lu Jitong remembered his identity as the Panlong secret guard, and decided to let go of his sorrow and solve the immediate problem.

"Your Excellency, you want to leave Zhengyang?" Lu Jitong forced himself up and asked.

"I am now ordered by the Holy Spirit to investigate the 'Nilin Xuanwu', so we must rush back to Luoyang as soon as possible." Li Canghai nodded.

"If my lord leaves, where should the ronin of Sang Island start?" Lu Jitong asked hurriedly.

"The foothold of the rogues from Sang Island in Zhengyang City has been exposed, and they will definitely leave Zhengyang and return to Sang Island." Li Canghai paused, took out the previous map from his sleeve, and said, "This is Sang Island." For the road map, you first sneak into Sang Island to find out the truth, and then make a decision."

Lu Jitong took the map from him, nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to find the brocade box."

After thinking for a while, Li Canghai said, "I will ask Chang Feng to assist you, and Kang Xu will also go with you. Feel free to discuss things with him. But don't act rashly."

Afterwards, Li Canghai explained a few more things before he took Di Qing and the others and left the Zhengyang County Government Office while the sun was setting.

Two carriages drove out of the county government office one after the other and headed for the west gate.

"Cang Hai, do you think we will come here again in the future?" In the carriage, Di Qing raised the curtain on the window, looked at the houses on both sides of the street, and asked.

Holding the sleeping Huahua in his arms, Li Canghai also looked out the window.

Now that the sun has not yet set, it should be very lively at this time in the past, but today it is extremely quiet, and there are not many small merchants.

For some reason, Li Canghai felt a little bit reluctant in his heart.

Since he came to Zhengyang, it has only been more than a month, but what happened in this more than a month is far beyond his imagination.

Kill corrupt officials and eliminate corrupt officials.Block the breach and drain the flood.

Until Tao Zhaoxue was killed and many incidents were triggered, Li Canghai almost died a few times, but he escaped by luck.

Li Canghai sometimes felt that he was lucky enough to be able to continue to live, so his attitude towards life was more pious.

Zhengyang County is a low-level county, and its fiscal revenue is not high. Although the people are not very rich, they are simple and honest, and they know how to repay their kindness. This is the most gratifying thing for him.

What's more, here, he also took in a well-behaved and lovely daughter.

For him, Zhengyang City is a fierce place, but also a blessed place.

He didn't answer Di Qing's words.

Because he is not sure whether he will come back, just like he came to the Tang Dynasty inexplicably, and was involved in conspiracy inexplicably.

He didn't know where he would go next, so he could only follow his heart.

Two unremarkable carriages carried Li Canghai and others to the gate of the city quickly.

However, the carriage stopped suddenly.

"Xiao Wu, what happened, why didn't you move on?" Li Canghai asked in the carriage.

"...My lord, you should come out and see for yourself." Outside the carriage, Xiao Wu said in a somewhat complicated manner.

Li Canghai felt a little strange, so he handed Huahua to Di Qing, then opened the curtain of the car and walked out.

When he came out and saw it, Li Canghai was stunned.

The two sides of the city gate were full of common people, ranging from wealthy gentry to traffickers, from the octogenarians to young children, almost half of the people in Zhengyang City came.

(End of this chapter)