Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 45 The Inexplicable Poison
"Master, what happened to Cang Hai?" Di Qing pressed Huiguang's shoulder and asked anxiously.
"Miss Di, Donor Li is all right now." Before Hui Guang finished speaking, Di Qing had already bypassed him and walked quickly into the Zen room.
In the meditation room, Li Canghai was lying on the bed with a bloodless face, his face was as pale as paper, and he seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.
"Canghai, Li Canghai! I'm Di Qing, get up quickly."

Seeing Li Canghai's appearance, Di Qing suddenly had a sore nose and began to cry.
"Li Canghai, you haven't married me yet, I won't let you die! Did you hear that!"

Di Qing lay on Li Canghai's chest, crying with tears all over her face.
Liang Xiu also walked in, seeing Di Qing's moving face crying, he couldn't help sighing.
"Cough cough", Li Canghai coughed twice suddenly. He stretched out his weak sitting hand, and lightly stroked Di Qing's long hair.
"Huh, are you awake?" Di Qing suddenly heard a cough, and hurriedly looked closely, only to see that Li Canghai's mouth was slightly open, as if he wanted to say something.
"What do you want to say, speak louder, I can't hear you." Di Qing put her ear close to her, her eyes wide open and she carefully supported her ears.
Li Canghai winked and said a few words from between his teeth: "You... are sitting on my hand!"

Only then did Di Qing realize that she was sitting on Li Canghai's right hand, and she suddenly realized, no wonder his face was so ugly, it turned out to be in pain!
"Cang Hai, what's going on?" Seeing that he was still joking when he woke up, Liang Xiu knew that he was fine, so he asked.
Li Canghai shook his head, and said, "I don't know what happened, but my vision went dark, and then I lost consciousness."

"Benefactor Li, you were poisoned by a strange poison that made you unconscious." Hui Guang said from the side.
"Poisoned?" Li Canghai was a little confused.
"This is a kind of 'Phantom Flower' poison. This poison can cause confusion and hallucinations. In severe cases, it may be life-threatening." Hui Guang chanted the Buddha's name and said, "If Miss Di hadn't sent you to If you come to the White Horse Temple, the donor may lose his life."

Di Qing had already wiped away Lihua's rainy tears. She laughed through her tears and said triumphantly, "Li Canghai, did you hear that, you owe Miss Ben my life!"

Li Canghai's heart warmed up, he subconsciously held Di Qing's hand, and smiled at her, "My life is yours."

Di Qing's face flushed suddenly, she blushed with embarrassment, she tried her best to break away from Li Canghai, and said shyly, "Who wants your life! Hmph!"

Li Canghai grinned, and suddenly asked, "How long have I been in a coma?"

"Two days." Hui Guang said with some confusion: "Benefactor Li, you really don't remember who killed you?"

Li Canghai was taken aback, he didn't expect to be in a coma for two days.

He recalled what happened before he passed out, and shook his head unconsciously: "I only remember that when the government judged the case, I would have a headache from time to time, other than that, there was no other abnormality."

Huiguang pondered for a moment, and said, "At that time, you should have been poisoned by the 'Phantom Flower', but it was only because of the extraordinary concentration of Donor Li that it didn't happen."

Li Canghai couldn't figure it out, how could someone poison him?
Thinking about the people I offended recently, Yang Su seems to be the only one, and Yang Su has already been sent to prison, so how could he poison him?

"Did anything happen while I was unconscious?"

Li Canghai's mind immediately came up with the murder of the yamen servant. Although the murder happened almost at the same time, all his energy was devoted to Jixianglou, and he had no clue about the murder of the yamen servant.

The expressions of several people suddenly became strange, and finally Di Qing said: "When you were unconscious, someone took away the imperial decree."

Li Canghai's heart skipped a beat suddenly, the three imperial decrees were actually taken away, all because of his carelessness.

Seeing his face sinking like water, Di Qing told him what happened.

When Xiao Wu saw him unconscious that day, he wanted to take him to the hospital for treatment, but who would have thought that he would encounter two men in black on the way, and Xiao Wu would be knocked out directly.

When Di Qing arrived, two men in black were fighting for the imperial decree.

Di Qing rushed forward and snatched one of the rolls, and the two men in black took the opportunity to escape. Because she was worried about Li Canghai's safety, Di Qing didn't pursue him.

Retrieving Li Canghai's cloth bag from the bedside, Di Qing took out a volume of imperial decree from it, pursed her lips and said, "Hey, this is the volume I snatched back."

Li Canghai didn't seem to care, he patted Di Qing's arm, smiled at her, and asked, "How is Xiao Wu's injury?"

"Xiao Wu was just knocked out, it's not a serious problem." Seeing his indifferent expression, Di Qing suddenly felt a little strange, so she asked, "You don't seem to be worried!"

Li Canghai smiled lightly and said, "It takes three copies of this imperial decree to see its secrets. Now that we have one copy, what is there to worry about?"

"Cang Hai, how could someone snatch the imperial decree?" Liang Xiu asked suspiciously while stroking his beard.

Li Canghai shook his head. He originally thought it would be someone from the Gopher Sect who came to snatch the imperial edict, but according to Di Qing's description, the two men in black seemed to be from different forces, otherwise they would not have fought to snatch the imperial edict.

But besides the Gopher Gate, he really couldn't figure out who else knew the secret of the imperial decree.

In just a few days, Li Canghai solved two strange cases in a row, but after these cases were unraveled, he found that things were far more complicated than he expected.

Each case seems to be independent, but they all have something in common, and these common points make it difficult to make a connection.

It's like peeling an onion, one layer is peeled off, and there is another layer, and the fog between the layers is thick.

However, this does not mean that there are no results. These strange cases have given him a lot of clues.

After resting in bed for a day, Li Canghai hurriedly left the White Horse Temple and returned to the post house.

He still has no clue about the murder of the yamen servant.In addition, the matter of counterfeiting the county magistrate was also a problem that he had to face.

After returning to the post house, Li Canghai decided to solve the problem of fake county magistrate first.

After all, in this world he is the genuine 'Li Canghai', the real magistrate of Zhengyang County.

Since the murder of the yamen servant, the counterfeit county magistrate has been imprisoned in the guest room of the post house. These days, he has been honest and has done nothing but eat and sleep.

With the veil still covering his face, Li Canghai pushed open the door and walked in with steady steps.

The counterfeit county magistrate was holding a book and reading it absorbedly, when he suddenly saw Li Canghai coming in, he said indifferently: "Master is here, I wonder what you can do?"

During this period of time, he pretended to be the master of the Luoyang mansion and walked around, and because he had the manor's warrant on him, no one suspected him.

With his hands behind his back, he stared at the counterfeit county magistrate for a cup of tea before he said, "Your Excellency is in such a good mood, you can still be so indifferent when you're trapped, I admire you."

The counterfeit county magistrate put down the book and said with a sneer, "Speaking of which, I should thank my master. If it wasn't for my master's good idea, I wouldn't be able to be so leisurely."

Li Canghai smiled casually for a few times, and said lightly, "My lord, you are welcome. I am also here to investigate the murder case."

(End of this chapter)