Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 405 The big fish takes the bait
"Sir, what should we do?" Li Yu's face was also a little ugly. He knew before that the purpose of Li Canghai's visit was to catch this person.

But the current situation has put everyone in a dilemma.

This is like fishing with ginseng. Although the fish is hooked, the ginseng is eaten by the fish.

What is even more tragic is that the fish is likely to bite off the fishing line and escape back to the sea again.

In this way, he really lost his wife and lost his army.

However, what surprised him was that Li Canghai didn't seem worried at all.

"Oh? You want to burn the evidence?" Li Canghai made a terrified expression, but then his expression became calm again: "It seems that the fire burns slower, how about I give you a torch?"

After speaking, Li Canghai really threw him a torch.

Everyone was dumbfounded now, including Cui Huan and Li Yu looked at him with strange expressions.

No one knew the importance of these evidences better than him, but he actually let the other party burn them.

The man in black was also stunned for a moment. He stared at Li Canghai coldly, as if he wanted to see what Li Canghai was thinking.

However, Li Canghai seemed to be okay, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the night, he whistled leisurely.

"Are you really not afraid that I will burn these things?" Seeing Li Canghai's indifferent expression, the man in black immediately felt suspicious.

Li Canghai stopped whistling, and said calmly, "I'm not afraid of you burning it, but I'm afraid you won't burn it. Why don't you open it and have a look?"

The man in black frowned, and after hesitating for a moment, he opened the oil-paper package.

This oil paper is wrapped in layers, and I don't know how many layers are wrapped.

The man in black opened it until the end, only to find that there was only a letter inside.

Li Canghai smiled and said: "Take it apart, maybe there will be surprises inside."

The man in black stared at him. He touched the envelope carefully, and after confirming that there was no hidden weapon inside, he tore open the envelope and took out a folded paper from inside.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Canghai, and then opened it to read.

Seeing this made him dumbfounded.

There is no writing on this paper, only a picture.

It's a fist with the middle finger outstretched!
"Hahaha! How about it, isn't it a surprise?" Li Canghai pointed a middle finger at the man in black, and then burst out laughing.

He laughed so hard that tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Everyone was puzzled for a while, and Cui Huan and Li Yu even looked at each other in blank dismay.

They really don't understand, what's so funny about this, because of this piece of paper?Or because of the fist with the middle finger drawn on the paper?
"Master Cui, when he went out, his head was not caught by the door, right?" Li Yu asked in a low voice.

Cui Huan immediately rolled his eyes, touched his nose, stepped forward and asked, "Master Li, what's going on?"

Li Canghai's stomach ached from laughing, he was very satisfied with his prank.

After so many days of pressure, after this crazy laugh, it was almost wiped away, and Li Canghai suddenly felt much lighter.

Li Canghai is not a person who likes to tease others, but he doesn't mind using this method to deal with treacherous people.

Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Li Canghai looked at the man in black, and his expression immediately became calm again.

"Friend, are you still burning now?" Li Canghai asked with a smile, his hands wrapped in his sleeves.

The face of the man in black was covered with a veil, and he couldn't see the expression, but he could guess it with his toes. His expression at this time should be uglier than eating blowflies. From his eyes, it can be seen that He wished he could tear Li Canghai's body into tens of thousands of pieces!
"Impossible! Didn't you go to catch Luo Xishi, why did you appear here?" The man in black tried his best to control the anger in his heart, and tore the paper into pieces, his voice icy roared.

Li Canghai squinted his eyes and said calmly: "If I don't arrest Luo Xishi, why would you come here?"

"Lord Li, the old man doesn't understand, how did you know he would come here to take away the evidence?" Cui Huan asked in bewilderment.

"Actually, I'm not sure whether someone will come to steal the evidence. This is just my guess." Li Canghai said.

"Guess?" Cui Huan was stunned.

Li Canghai said with a smile: "You and I both know that what happened back then was done by Li Linfu. Li Linfu's power was in the government, and he naturally had many followers. He must have had many helpers when he dealt with Qin Fu back then. Although Li Linfu is dead, But his power is still there, and his party members still exist. Moreover, it is in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. If I pull out the radish and bring out the mud, if I find out Li Linfu, I will inevitably find out those accomplices, so in Feng When Zhao and Zhao said they had evidence in their hands, I improvised this plan."

Cui Huan stroked his beard and nodded suddenly.

But he quickly frowned again, and pondered: "It doesn't make sense. When you were questioning Feng and Zhao, only our six ministers were present, and there were no other personnel, and even the guards were removed. Could it be that , is he one of the Shangshu?"

Cui Huan's face instantly became serious.

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "Whether it is the remaining five ministers or not, I don't know. If he is not the five ministers, then the news about him must have been learned from other ministers."

The man in black narrowed his pupils, stared at Li Canghai, and said, "This is impossible! Before I entered the kitchen, I checked the surroundings, and there was no sign of any artificial entry. How did you put this oil paper bag in?" ?”

Li Canghai said approvingly: "That's right, you really observed carefully. Unfortunately, you met the wrong opponent."

"Oh?" The man in black stared at him gravely.

Li Canghai stretched his waist for a long time, and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten what I do? As the official minister of Dali Temple, I am in charge of the world's prisons. Although I am not as good as Di Gong, I have broken hundreds of thousands of people. However, several murder cases have been solved, and I am very familiar with all the traces on the scene. How could I be so stupid as to leave traces for you?"

Li Canghai chuckled, thinking in his mind that he brought someone here in the evening, wrapped the oil paper, put it in the stove, and then ordered someone to get some dust and sprinkle all the traces again.

"Actually, you could have seen the flaws in it, but you were so eager to leave that you ignored it instead." Li Canghai said.

"What flaw?" The man in black frowned, but he didn't find any flaws.

Li Canghai shook his head and sighed: "You can't even see such an obvious flaw, so it's no wonder you fell into a trap."

"You...!" The man in black suddenly became angry.

"Hey~, don't get angry, just listen to me." Li Canghai said indifferently: "After more than ten years of evidence, how can this oiled paper bag be undamaged?"

The man in black looked down at the oiled paper under his feet, and suddenly understood.

The oiled paper bag only had a layer of ashes on the surface, and even felt a little smooth in the hand, which was not the characteristic it should have been stored in the stove for more than ten years.

There is firewood ash in the stove, which is relatively dry, and the oil paper should be extremely dry, or even cracked.

And this oil paper was obviously made recently.

Only then did the man in black realize that he had been completely played by Li Canghai.

"Tsk tsk, sir, you are really amazing!" Li Yu was amazed, he raised his eyebrows, pointed at the man in black and cursed: "Just because you are an idiot, you want to fight wits with Mr.? You are beyond your control! You dare to assassinate This king? Do you think that this king is easy to bully because he is soft and weak?"

Everyone nodded silently, Li Canghai gave him a strange look, patted his shoulder, and said seriously: "My lord, congratulations on finally recognizing your own strength."

"..." Li Yu was speechless for a while.

"Ahem, Mr. Li, it's better to deal with this matter first." Cui Huan coughed twice on purpose to relieve Li Yu's embarrassment, and said.

Hearing this, Qi Yunhe immediately pointed the halberd in his hand at the man in black, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding guards rushed up and caught the man in black on the spot.

"Now, let's see your real face!" Li Canghai walked to the man in black, and pulled off his mask.

This person is about forty years old, and his resolute face is full of maturity.

"It's you? Wang Yu?" Cui Huan said in astonishment.

Li Yu was also stunned, and it took him a long time to react, and he cursed bitterly: "Okay, that's really good! The imperial censor Zhongcheng actually assassinated the king, good, really good!"

Li Canghai didn't seem to expect that this person's identity was Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Wang Chi.

To be honest, before investigating this case, he was not familiar with the officials of the court, and it can even be said that he knew very little. If he was familiar with them, he was only a few people such as Huangfu Kun and Cui Huan.

But since he took over the investigation of the case, he has known all the officials of the court, and by the way, he has sorted out the parties in the court.

There are three forces in the current court. One is headed by Yang Guozhong, who controls the government and deceives the younger generation.

The two are loyal ministers and generals headed by Cui Huan and Li Mi, who tried their best to maintain the Tang Dynasty.

The three are the disciples headed by Li Linfu. Although Li Linfu has long since died, the forces he deployed during his lifetime are still in operation.

And Wang Yu is Li Linfu's most proud student, and he and Li Linfu's son jointly promote the operation of his power.

Li Canghai didn't expect that the trap he set up on a whim this time would actually catch a big fish!
"Wang Ji, at this point, shouldn't you say something?" Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said calmly.

Wang Ji looked at Li Canghai fiercely, looking at that expression, wishing he could break his neck on the spot, he snorted coldly, as if planning to keep silent.

"Lord Li is asking you a question, answer the question!" Seeing Wang Hao's indifferent face, Qi Yunhe snorted coldly, and immediately put the halberd in his hand on Wang Hao's shoulder, and lightly tapped the sharp curved blade on Wang Hao's neck Suddenly, a bloody mouth appeared.

"I am the official of the imperial court, I don't believe you dare to kill me!" Wang Hao finally said.

"If this is your reliance, then you are wrong." Li Canghai suddenly laughed strangely, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said disapprovingly: "We killed the assassin who assassinated the prince, not some imperial court official. "

Speaking of this, Li Canghai paused for a moment, looked at the guards around him, and said calmly: "I ask you, who did you catch?"

"Assassin!" The guards said in unison without any hesitation.

Li Yu blinked, took a step forward, and took the opportunity to say: "If you kill the assassin who assassinated this king, this king will order the Holy Majesty to reward you!"

Hearing what the two said, Cui Huan frowned slightly. In his opinion, Li Canghai's method was a bit inappropriate, but after thinking about it, he felt that Li Canghai would not really kill Wang Chi, so he endured it. down.

Wang Ji's face changed instantly, he stared at Li Canghai, gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words: "Despicable!"

He knew that Li Canghai did not threaten him, and they could kill him on the spot without taking any responsibility. After all, he was indeed the one who assassinated Li Yu, and everyone saw this with their own eyes.

"Where, where. I'm just using the way of the other and giving it to the other." Li Canghai shrugged, his expression as usual.

Wang Ji's complexion turned into a pig's liver color, confounding black and white, which was their forte, but they didn't expect it to fall on themselves now.

"Master Wang, what else do you have to say now?" Li Canghai said indifferently.

"It's in your hands, I have nothing to say, but you also don't expect to get any words from me!" After finishing speaking, Wang Hao closed his mouth very simply.

Li Yu suddenly became furious, and he pointed at Wang Ji and cursed: "Wang Ji, you are so brave! Do you think that if you keep silent, this king will have nothing to do with you? This king can kill you right now! Crane, do it!"

When Qi Yunhe heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he immediately swung the halberd in his hand.

"Wait a minute!" Cui Huan hurriedly yelled, stopped Qi Yunhe, and saluted Li Yu, "My lord, this person is of great importance, he cannot be killed!"

Li Yu's handsome face turned blue with anger, he said angrily, "Why can't I kill you?"

Cui Huan glanced at Wang Chi, who was obviously sweating on his forehead, and said in a low voice, "My lord, this person has something to do with Qin Fu's innocence. Before everything is found out, this person still plays a very important role."

Li Yu hesitated, scratched his head, turned to Li Canghai and asked, "Sir, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Li Canghai looked as usual, as if he didn't care about this matter, he put his hands in his sleeves, and said indifferently: "Everything is up to the prince. Anyway, I have already got the evidence, and Luo Xixi has also fallen into my hands. He It doesn't really work for me."

Cui Huan didn't seem to have expected Li Canghai to say that, after a moment of stupefaction, he said, "Master Li, after all, Wang Ji is Yushi Zhongcheng, if he is killed, how will the Holy Majesty explain it?"

Li Canghai smiled and said, "Master Cui, have you forgotten what you said before? He is just an assassin, not to mention there is the prince here, the Holy One will trust the prince, won't you?"

Cui Huan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else, but what Li Canghai said made him not know what to say.

Li Yu shook the folding fan, patted his head lightly, waved his hand casually, and said casually: "Since it's useless to keep it, then kill it!"

Qi Yunhe's eyes turned cold, and the halberd was taken away about a foot away, and then with a loud shout, he swung the halberd violently and swept towards Wang Ji's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)