Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 390
Li Canghai remembered that after Li Tan rescued him from Liu Tong, Li Tan did not treat him very well. Li Canghai thought it was strange at the time, but he didn't know it was because of this reason.

The two talked a little more, shared the whole roasted lamb with the crowd and ate it. It was not until it was getting late that Li Yu got up to leave.

After Li Yu left, Li Canghai returned to Di's Mansion with his two brothers, who were full of food and drink.

As soon as he walked into the main hall, he saw Cui Huan sitting in it drinking tea and talking with Di Huai.

"Cang Hai, you are back, Master Cui has been waiting for you for a long time!" Di Huai hurriedly stood up and said.

Li Canghai nodded to him, came to Cui Huan, and asked: "Master Cui is here, but the Holy One has made a decision?"

Cui Huan nodded, and said: "The Holy Majesty heard that this case was related to the traitor, so he agreed with you to re-investigate the previous case. You have the right to do things at your own convenience. The three divisions and six departments will cooperate with you. You can go ahead and investigate!"

Li Canghai breathed out, bowed his hands to Cui Huan, and said, "Thank you, sir, but I don't know when His Majesty will return to Chang'an?"

"The Holy Majesty has decided to postpone it for seven days and return to Chang'an after the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, the Holy Majesty also said that you are only given seven days. If nothing is found within seven days, the case will not be brought up again." Cui Huan finished speaking. , facing him solemnly: "Cang Hai, you also know that this matter is related to the Holy Majesty, and it is these seven days that we and Yang Xiang did our best to fight for."

"Yang Guozhong actually participated in this matter?" Li Canghai was a little surprised.

Cui Huan nodded and said, "Your Majesty originally planned to give you three days, but it was Yang Guozhong who advised His Majesty, and His Majesty gave you seven days. Your Majesty Li, seven days seems to be a long time, but it is used to investigate a case that happened 14 years ago. For the old case, time is running out, Master Li, you have to hurry up!"

Li Canghai didn't say anything, but what Cui Huan said was right, to spend seven days investigating a 14-year-old case is simply a fantasy.

Li Canghai wasn't sure if he could do it, but this case was of great importance, and he had to do it.

"Cang Hai, do you really want to investigate the old case from 14 years ago?" Although Di Huai learned about this from Di Qing, he didn't believe it.After all, more than ten years have passed since this matter, so how can we find out?
Li Canghai nodded heavily, and said firmly: "I have settled this case. As long as there is a possibility of finding out the truth, I will do my best. I believe the truth will be revealed to the world!"

"Okay! Master Li is really brave! This old man is willing to help Master Li." Cui Huan clapped his hands and said approvingly.

Li Canghai nodded gratefully to him, and after thinking for a while, he said, "There is indeed something here in Canghai that needs your help."

"Lord Li, it's okay to say, the old man will definitely do his best!"

"I want all the records related to this case 14 years ago! Including relevant testimony and rumors. In short, I want to find everything I can!" After Li Canghai finished speaking, he saluted Cui Huan and said deeply: "This matter is more difficult. But Cang Hai can only rely on the adults, thank you!"

Cui Huan stroked his beard, and said: "Master Li is serious, I will leave this matter to the old man. I will go to collect relevant records with Lord Gao. It is not too late, the old man will go now, farewell!"

After finishing speaking, Cui Huan hurriedly left Di Mansion.

"Cang Hai, what are you going to do now?" After Cui Huan left, Di Huai asked with a frown.

With his hands behind his back, Li Canghai walked back and forth for a few steps, and said in a deep thought, "It's been a long time since this case, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to investigate clearly."

He thought for a moment, and said, "Brother, I have something I would like to ask you to investigate for me."

"What's the matter?" Di Huai asked.

"Qin Fu was the general of Huaihua back then, so he would naturally have confidantes by his side. I want you to check for me. Where are those confidantes now?" Li Canghai said.

"You want to investigate them?" Di Huai asked in surprise.

Li Canghai nodded, and said thoughtfully: "The incident back then was not trivial. If his confidantes hadn't been linked together, they should have known some of the truth. Now, we can only investigate from them."

"This matter is easy to handle. There are records of all the generals in the Ministry of War. I just need to go to the Minister of the Ministry of War to talk to him. However, the Ministry of War is far away in Chang'an, and it will take two days at the earliest to send the relevant information to Luoyang. Di Huai looked at him worriedly, hesitated for a moment and said: "Cang Hai, seven days is too short, do you really have confidence?"

Li Canghai walked to the door, looked up at the deep night sky, and said four words calmly: "Do your best!"

The next morning, the sky suddenly began to drizzle.

After Li Canghai got up and washed, he picked up an oil-paper umbrella and went out.

Seven days later, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. As the saying goes, one autumn rain and one cool.

The morning breeze and drizzle, mixed with a hint of coolness, blowing on people's bodies, making people shiver uncontrollably.

Li Canghai closed his eyes and took a breath of the cool morning air, feeling a sense of peace in his heart.

He likes to get up for a walk in the morning, which is helpful for thinking, especially this kind of drizzle morning, which can calm people's impetuous heart.

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, walking on the bluestone-paved streets, with antique buildings on both sides, is like walking in a painting.

Like this, Li Canghai walked on the street involuntarily, while thinking about the old case from 14 years ago in his mind.

Without any clues or records, Li Canghai didn't even know what happened at that time, which made him at a loss as to where to start to investigate.

Judging from the clues he found before, there are many doubts in this case. He even suspected that Qin Fu was wronged, but later learned from Cui Huan that Qin Fu himself confessed to the crime, which made him Some can't figure it out.

If Qin Fu really did not collude with the enemy and treason, then he confessed his crimes, and there may be other secrets behind him.

But these he can only guess, not sure.

Before knowing what happened that year, everything is unknown.

Li Cang walked slowly in the rain while meditating by the seaside. There were still not many pedestrians on the street, but the shops were already open to welcome customers.

Before he knew it, Li Canghai walked to a small shop that sold wontons. Looking at the steaming wontons, Li Canghai suddenly felt a little hungry.

"Shopkeeper, here is a bowl of wonton." Li Canghai put away the oil-paper umbrella, walked in, and shook the water droplets on the umbrella.

"Okay, please sit down, guest officer, here comes the wontons!" The shopkeeper swiftly wiped some of the rain-wet tables and stools under the shed, and then turned to serve the wontons.

Li Canghai didn't care, put down the oil-paper umbrella, and sat down on the somewhat damp stool.

Soon, a bowl of steaming wontons with a little bit of oil floating in them was served.

Li Canghai sat down facing the street, while eating steaming wontons, while looking at Luoyang City in the drizzle, he felt a sense of peace in his heart.

To be honest, Li Canghai is a person who enjoys life very much, at least in his previous life.

But since he came to the Tang Dynasty, he has been in all kinds of troubles, even though some of the troubles are self-inflicted.

It took seven days to investigate an old case more than ten years ago. Anyone would be very busy.

But Li Canghai enjoyed the rare tranquility here.

He knew that behind the tranquility, there was always a storm brewing.

Since storms are always coming, why not enjoy the peace before the storm strikes?

Li Canghai is a person who will not push himself. As a master of psychology, he knows that too much pressure is not necessarily a good thing.

Sometimes when you calm down, you can gain something else.

Li Canghai squinted his eyes, the spoon kept stirring in the bowl, and there were still few pedestrians on the street, even deserted.

The shopkeeper didn't rest, he looked at the pattering rain, estimated the time, then walked to the stove and ordered another bowl of wontons, and then put the wontons on the short table on the left side of Li Canghai. on the table.

Li Canghai thought that the shopkeeper wanted to eat for himself, but after waiting for a while, he found that the shopkeeper seemed to be waiting for someone.

"Shopkeeper, why didn't you eat a bowl of wonton?" Li Canghai asked strangely.

The shopkeeper said: "The guest officer misunderstood, this wonton is not for me, but for a regular customer."

Li Canghai let out a groan, and said with a smile, "I think this regular customer often comes to eat wontons at this time, right?"

"The guest officer is right. My regular customer will come to the store every three days to eat a bowl of wontons, and then go to the opposite bathhouse to take a bath. It has been like this for more than ten years, and the wind and rain have never changed. Come on!" said the shopkeeper.

Li Canghai looked in the direction the shopkeeper said, and sure enough, he found a bathroom diagonally opposite.

Li Canghai suddenly became interested.

Bathhouses are also bathing pools, commonly known as "public bathhouses". However, bathing pools in the Tang Dynasty were not fully popularized, and only those with status could enter, but ordinary people had no chance to enjoy them.

Li Canghai did not expect that bathing pools existed as early as the Tang Dynasty, and he suddenly had an urge to see them.

At this moment, a man in a green robe walked to the store with an oil-paper umbrella.

"Guest officer, your wontons are ready, please come in quickly." Seeing the man approaching, the shopkeeper hurried up to meet him, took the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and said.

When Li Canghai saw the man, he realized that he still knew him.

"Qiu Sihu, what a coincidence?" Li Canghai smiled slightly.

When the man heard someone calling him, he suddenly froze for a moment, after he saw Li Canghai clearly, he hurriedly bowed and said: "I have seen Master Li."

This person is none other than the Sihu of Luoyang Prefecture.

Li Canghai smiled, and said casually: "Qiu Sihu doesn't need to be too polite, today I am just like Qiu Sihu, just an ordinary guest, please sit down."

Qiu Sihu hesitated for a while before sitting down opposite Li Canghai.

"Why are you so interested in coming here today, my lord?" Qiu Sihu asked after sitting down, shifting his body a bit restrained.

"Oh, I was also walking, and I came here because I was suddenly hungry. I didn't expect to meet Qiu Sihu, a regular customer!" Li Canghai laughed.

"My lord made fun of it. I'm just used to the taste of this family." Qiu Sihu said cautiously.

"Qiu Sihu, I'm curious, why did you go to the bathhouse early in the morning?" Li Canghai asked.

Qiu Sihu grinned in embarrassment and said: "Responding to my lord's words, Xiaguan is usually busy with business, and his wife and children are already asleep when they get home. Xiaguan doesn't want to disturb them, so he just wakes up early in the morning and goes to the bathroom to wash. After a long time, On the contrary, it has become a habit, making adults laugh."

"Qiu Sihu, don't be too cautious. The reason I'm asking you this is because I want to follow Qiu Sihu to the bathhouse to see and see. To tell the truth, Qiu Sihu, I haven't been to the bathhouse yet!" Li Canghai smiled. road.

Qiu Sihu was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react, and he said in doubt: "My lord, you said you want to go to the bathroom with me?"

Li Canghai nodded.

Qiu Sihu was a little baffled for a moment. According to his understanding, anyone with power or wealth in their family would bathe at home.

Li Canghai, as the minister of Dali Temple, should go to the bathhouse to gain knowledge, which made him a little puzzled.

However, Li Canghai's official rank was much higher than his, so it was not easy for him to refuse.

After thinking for a while, Qiu Sihu nodded and said, "Since your lord wants to go, then I'll go with your lord."

The two casually ate some wontons, and Li Canghai followed Qiu Sihu towards the bathhouse.

This is the first time Li Canghai came to the bathhouse. The bathhouse is called "Jiaolongchi".

There was a waiter standing in front of the bath shop. When he saw Qiu Sihu, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Yo, Mr. Qiu, are you here? This is...?"

It was only then that Li Canghai realized that this guy was standing in front of the door to stop people.

Just now, he saw that guy drive away a commoner.

"This is a Shangguan from the capital, are you going to stop him?" Qiu Sihu's face darkened, and he snorted.

The guy hurriedly said with an apologetic smile on his face: "Lord Qiu calm down, the younger ones dare not! Two adults, please come inside!"

Saying that, the guy leaned forward and led the two of them in.

Entering the bathhouse, Li Canghai found that this bathhouse was even more magnificent than the bathhouses he had seen in his previous life.

The ground is all paved with marble, polished extremely smooth.

There is a stone carp in the bath, and warm water is continuously sprayed from the mouth of the carp, forming a scene of the carp spraying water.

The clerk led the two of them to a compartment and then walked away.

"My lord, this is the storage place. You can store your belongings here, and no one will come and steal them." Qiu Sihu explained to Li Canghai.

Li Canghai nodded. After taking off his clothes, he put on a bathrobe and walked out.

When Li Canghai walked out, Qiu Sihu was taking off his clothes one by one.

Li Canghai saw that he took out a purse from his waist, and saw that he opened it to look at it first, then carefully stuffed the purse into the clothes he had taken off, and then carefully rolled up the clothes.

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, and after thinking about it, he walked straight to the pool.

Under the reflection of the water waves, the bathing pool paved with green fluorite looks like a whole piece of green jade, emitting a little heat.

At this time, there were not many people in the bath, so Li Canghai tried the water and found that the water temperature was just right, so he jumped in.

(End of this chapter)