Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 393 Suicide?He killed?

Li Canghai walked to the gambling table and observed carefully.

On the gaming table were two pieces of paper with 'Big' and 'Small' written on it and dice, and some messy pieces of silver beside it. There was a puddle of blood on the table, which flowed from the chest of the croupier crawling on the gaming table.

The croupier was half lying on the gaming table, his right hand curled up and stretched out, placed on the table, his left hand drooped weakly, a dagger was stuck in his chest, and the dagger went straight into his chest.

"The king asked them. They were gambling when the croupier died, but they only heard a scream and saw the croupier lying on the gaming table covered in blood. The strange thing is that no one approached him at all." The croupier, but the croupier died under the dagger." Li Yu leaned towards him and said.

Li Canghai ignored him, but walked over and checked the corpse.

The body was still warm, and it was indeed not long after death. There was only one scar on the body. It can be determined that the real factor of death was the dagger.

"Lord Li, from my king's point of view, the deceased is likely to have committed suicide, what do you think?" Li Yu said seriously.

Li Cang looked at the corpse by the sea, and asked casually, "Why does the lord think that this person committed suicide?"

Li Yu rubbed his fists and said excitedly: "It's obvious! This person died in the gambling table. He was the only person in the gambling table when the crime happened, and no one approached him. My king guessed that this person must have lost too much money." , and committed suicide with a dagger."

Seeing that Li Canghai did not speak, Li Yu went on to say: "The reason why I am so sure is because I have checked them and there is no blood on their hands. If they kill someone, they will definitely have blood on their hands. Your Excellency Li Say it?"

Li Canghai raised his head and said, "My lord is right, this is indeed somewhat suspicious."

Li Yu blinked excitedly, and said: "So, you also agree with what the king said, this person committed suicide?"

"Whether this person committed suicide or not needs to be investigated again to be sure." Li Canghai said.

"Is there still a need to investigate this matter? It's already obvious, this person committed suicide!" Li Yu said with certainty.

Li Canghai didn't answer him, and looked around the corpse on his own.

The gaming table is in the shape of a crescent moon, and the inside is in a concave shape, and the croupier is in the inner circle.

However, apart from the bloodstains on the gaming table, Li Canghai also found a pool of bloodstains on the ground in the inner circle.

The blood spattered a thin line, and it went directly towards the gambling table.

Li Canghai squatted down, carefully looked at the pool of blood, followed the spilled blood to find the gambling table, and nodded secretly.

From the direction of the blood, it is not difficult to see that the croupier was seriously injured in the inner circle of the gaming table, but he tried his best to get up from the ground, and then fell down on the gaming table.

After confirming the real injury of the croupier, a series of questions appeared in Li Canghai's mind.

The bloodstain on the ground is located in the inner circle of the gaming table, two steps away from the gaming table. In this place, it is impossible for others to stab him with a dagger, but there is a dagger stuck in his chest. Where did it come from?

Li Yu said that he might have committed suicide, but Li Canghai did not give an answer. Before there is any conclusive evidence, any answer will have an impact on the case, and may even affect the direction of the investigation of the case.

The people who are closest to the croupier are on the other side of the gaming table. If a gambler kills someone with a dagger, someone will definitely be found at such a long distance.

But in fact, no one did it.

Li Yu confirmed this point. When the crime happened, these gamblers were playing dice, and no one approached the croupier at all.

And there is a distance of three feet between the croupier and the gambler, and the gambler can't even reach the murderer.

"Could it be that this person really committed suicide?" Li Canghai narrowed his eyes.

"Master Fuyin, the case can be closed now. This person committed suicide, how about it? This king is quite gifted in investigating cases, right?" Li Yu said triumphantly to Luoyang Fuyin after laughing for a while.

The Governor of Luoyang grinned, bent over quickly and said: "My lord is extremely wise in the world, this small case is a piece of cake for my lord, I admire you."

Li Canghai rolled his eyes, stood up from the inner circle, and said calmly, "Wait a minute!"

Several people were stunned for a moment, and the Governor of Luoyang asked in surprise: "I don't know what orders Mr. Li has?"

"This case cannot be closed, and there are still many doubts that have not been clarified." Li Canghai said.

Li Yu stroked the long hair that hung on his shoulders with his hands, and asked puzzledly: "Cang Hai, isn't this case obvious? This croupier clearly committed suicide!"

"Yes, my lord." The governor of Luoyang also had a puzzled expression on his face: "When the croupier died, no one was by his side. If he hadn't committed suicide, how could this dagger have been inserted into his chest?"

Li Canghai said indifferently: "If the deceased committed suicide, why didn't he wear a scabbard?"

"This...maybe it's because he forgot to bring it, doesn't it seem to explain anything?" Li Yu took out the folding fan, played with it a few times, and said.

Li Canghai shook his head slightly, and said: "This is a gambling house, how can people bring weapons in? Besides, how can such a shining dagger be hidden from the guards in the gambling house?"

Li Yu thought for a while, and then asked the few people squatting aside: "Which of you is the owner of this gambling workshop?"

A middle-aged man with a wide body and a fat body stood up and said tremblingly: "Go back to the lord, Caomin is the owner of this gambling workshop."

"My lord asks you, does your gambling house allow customers to bring weapons in?" Li Yu asked, shaking his folding fan.

The owner of the shop hurriedly replied: "Go back to the lord, Caomin is a small gambling shop. Occasionally, people from the rivers and lakes will come with weapons, and the villain is not easy to stop them. But people from the rivers and lakes are rare after all, and I don't see anyone with them on weekdays." Weapons come to the casino."

"Does the croupier have hidden weapons?" Li Yu asked, shaking his folding fan.

The shop owner shook his head and said: "Returning to the prince, as far as the grass people know, the croupier does not have any weapons on him."

"How do you know he doesn't have a weapon on him?" Li Yu asked with a frown.

"Returning to the lord, the croupier has to go through a body search when he enters the gambling house, to ensure that the croupier has no hidden money, and he also needs to be searched after leaving, so the grassroots are very sure that he has no weapons on him." The owner said.

Li Canghai nodded. The casino did this to prevent the croupier from filling his pockets. The croupier probably didn't even have a copper coin on him, and it was even more impossible to store weapons.

Li Yu touched his nose in surprise, and muttered: "From this point of view, this is indeed more suspicious! Since he didn't carry a dagger, where did this suicide dagger come from? Could it be that he really didn't commit suicide?"

Li Canghai thought for a moment, then asked calmly: "I ask you, how is this croupier?"

"Returning to my lord, this croupier's name is Han Da, he is simple and honest, he is an honest and responsible person, and he has been a croupier in Caomin for two years."

Li Canghai nodded, and asked again: "Has this person had any disputes with others before? Does he have any enemies?"

Fangzhu shook his head and said: "It is common to have disputes with others, but it is unknown whether there are enemies."

Li Canghai frowned and said, "Is there anyone else in the deceased's family?"

"Go back to your lord, there are still wives and children in the family of the deceased. Caomin has sent someone to inform them, and they will arrive soon." The owner said respectfully.

While speaking, there was a burst of crying outside, and a woman rushed in crying holding a baby who was still in its infancy.

"Husband, why did you leave our orphans and widows behind and leave! Huh..." Seeing the dead croupier's body, the woman's eyes darkened and she almost fainted.

Li Canghai sighed, ordered someone to bring a chair, and asked the woman to sit down.

Seeing this, the shop owner hurried up to comfort the woman. The woman was in tears, and the baby in her arms was also crying non-stop. For a while, the whole gambling shop was filled with a painful and sad atmosphere.

"Miss Han, don't cry anymore. The adults are here and are investigating Han Da's death. They will definitely give you justice. Don't cry anymore. The adults have something to ask you." The master comforted.

The woman suddenly knelt down in front of the governor of Luoyang, and cried: "My lord, I beg you to be the master of the women! My husband's family has always been honest and loyal, how could we suddenly encounter this calamity, what should we orphans and widows do?" Live! Woooo..."

The governor of Luoyang quickly helped him up and said, "Don't worry, with King Su and Master Li from Dali Temple here, we will definitely give you justice."

Su Wang Li Yu's face was serious. He couldn't bear to face orphans and widowed mothers. He said solemnly: "Don't worry, with this king here, I will definitely give you justice. From now on, all the questions I ask you may be related to Han Da's death. , you have to think carefully before answering.”

"The woman will definitely answer the prince's questions truthfully." The woman choked up.

Li Yu nodded, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "I ask you, is there anything unusual about Han Da recently, such as wanting to commit suicide?"

"Returning to the prince, my husband has been as usual recently, and has never thought of committing suicide!" The woman replied.

Li Yu frowned, put away his folding fan, and asked, "Then do you know if he had any disputes with others, or had any enmity with others?"

Li Canghai clasped his hands in his sleeves, squinted his eyes, and thought to himself, this prince also has some thoughts, but this question is exactly what he wants to know, now that Li Yu asks, it will save him a lot of trouble.

"My husband is honest and honest, and has never had any disputes with others, so how could he come to hate the family?" Han cried.

"This is strange. Han Da didn't commit suicide, and he has no enemies, so who wants to kill him?" Li Yu frowned, almost knitting together.

No one spoke in the gambling house, and everyone fell into silence. Looking at the corpse lying on the gaming table, everyone felt a cold air rushing from the soles of their feet to their spines.

"My lord... My lords, Han Dahui was killed by an evil spirit...?" The owner of the shop said with a pale face and a trembling tone.

"Huh? Killed by an evil spirit? How do you say that?" Li Yu blinked and asked with interest.

"My lord, look at the location where Han Da died. There is no one around, and he didn't commit suicide, but he had a dagger stuck in his chest. If it wasn't for the evil spirits, how could such a strange thing happen? "Fangzhu swallowed, trembling authentically.

"You're talking nonsense! My husband has never harmed anyone, so how could he be haunted by evil spirits? You are talking nonsense!" Han shi cried out immediately after hearing this.

"I'm just talking about the facts. If Han Da didn't commit suicide, he must have been killed by an evil spirit. Otherwise, how could he die so strangely?" Fangzhu said.

"No...impossible!" Han shook her head and cried, and the baby in her arms was crying non-stop. She shook her head desperately and said, "My husband will never leave us orphans and widowed mothers, he will never Suicide, someone must have killed my husband!"

The governor of Luoyang had a troubled expression on his face. He really had no idea about this case, so he could only ask Li Yu: "My lord, how do you think this case should be resolved?"

Li Yu scratched his head, rolled his eyes, and said: "You ask me how to solve it? Are you the governor or am I the governor? If this king knows what to do, what do you want?"

The governor of Luoyang immediately knelt down on the ground and said: "This official is incompetent, my lord forgive me!"

The governor of Luoyang felt helpless. Whoever said before that he was good at reasoning and solving cases, and said that a mere murder case was easy to catch, but now he wants to let go of it. The thoughts of this royal descendant are really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Rubbing his nose vigorously, Li Yu frowned and muttered.

While Li Yu was asking questions, Li Canghai found some clues in the inner circle of the gambling table.

The light in the inner circle was dim, so Li Canghai held a candlestick and squatted in the depression to observe carefully.

The puddle of blood on the ground made him feel a little strange, the blood pooled together and did not disperse.

Li Canghai pondered for a while, then gently scraped off the blood, and found a small sunken pit about half a finger under the blood.

The depression is about three inches wide and half a finger deep, and there is a small mound of soil around the depression.

Li Canghai frowned. He looked at the sunken pit filled with blood and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, he remembered the dagger stuck in the chest of the deceased. He immediately stood up, walked to the deceased, and stared at the dagger.

"So that's how it is." Li Canghai squinted his eyes, and had some speculations in his mind.

"Oh, I actually forgot that there is a god and man here. Canghai, Canghai? Huh, where is the person?" Li Yu, who was muttering to himself, suddenly patted his head, and hurriedly turned to look behind .

"My lord, I'm here." Li Canghai returned to the inner circle of the gambling table again, and started a carpet search in the inner circle.

"Cang Hai, what are you doing? Oh, by the way, what do you think about this case?" Li Yu waved his folding fan, walked to the gaming table, and asked expectantly.

"Does the lord think that the deceased was killed by an evil spirit?" Li Canghai asked without raising his head.

Li Yu grinned embarrassingly, glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Actually, this king also agrees with what the owner said, if he didn't commit suicide, then he died at the hands of evil spirits. Otherwise, how can we explain everything in front of us?"

Li Canghai shook his head and thought to himself, this King Su looks like a good-looking man, how could he be so simple and even believe such absurd reason.

(End of this chapter)