Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 459 Returning to the Shrine
Pushing open the door, Li Canghai saw several guards escorting a man passing by.

The man was tied with seven or eight ropes, and there were several bloodstains on his body, and he kept yelling and cursing.

"Who is he?" Li Canghai walked over and asked several guards.

"He is Zhang Da! This guy sneaked back to the shrine this morning, trying to steal the three major artifacts, but we caught him right away." The guard said.

Hearing this, Li Canghai glanced at the man out of the corner of his eye.

The man is six feet tall, with a thin body and two mustaches. He looks like a profiteer.

"Tie him to a tree first, and tell Lord Conan to come." Li Canghai said to the guard after thinking for a while.

The guard knew that Conan was asking him to investigate the murder of the princess, so he didn't have any doubts about what he said. After receiving the order, he tied the man to a tree according to his instructions.

Li Canghai walked up to the man, put his hands on his chest, and just looked at him without saying a word.

The man also didn't speak, and stared at Li Canghai with his eyes open.

"Hey, who are you?" The man finally felt a little scared when he saw him, and couldn't help asking.

Li Canghai said leisurely: "What you need to know now should not be my name, but what happened to you."

"What do you mean?" The man stared at him disdainfully.

"Killing Princess Dongying, do you know what crime this is? This is going to be punished!" Li Canghai said calmly.

"Who killed Princess Dongying? What have you said to do with me?" the man snorted.

"Whether you killed the princess or not, the truth will soon be revealed. It is useless for you to argue." Li Canghai did not intend to argue with him, but said slowly.

"Framed! You are framing!" the man shouted loudly.

At this time, Conan came to the tree, and when he saw the man tied to the tree, he immediately became angry and rushed over. Without saying a word, he punched the man hard in the stomach.

The man didn't expect that Conan would strike suddenly, let alone that the strength of his fist was not weak. He was immediately vomited blood from the beating, and gasped for air.

"Zhang Da, you are so courageous! I'm kind enough to keep you here overnight, but you dare to murder my Dongying princess? How many heads do you have to cut off!" Conan said with a gloomy expression, furious.

The man was stared at by his punch. He was breathing out but not breathing in. It took a while before he recovered. He coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and said with difficulty: "I'm wronged! I'm wronged! I didn't Kill your princess!"

"How dare you quibble now? Today I will sacrifice your blood to the spirit of the princess!" Conan cursed angrily, then pulled out the guard's waist knife fiercely.

The man was scared out of his wits. He hurriedly said to Li Canghai: "Little white face, stop him! You and I are both from the Tang Dynasty. Are you going to watch the Dongying people kill our compatriots and remain indifferent? Are you still a citizen of my Tang Dynasty?"

Li Canghai couldn't help but burst out laughing, in order to survive, he said such righteous words, it seemed like he became a national hero.

Although the Dongying people were almost the same as the Tang Dynasty, their costumes were obviously different. After Li Canghai returned to the shrine at night, he returned to his original appearance and put on his own clothes, so the man was easy to distinguish.

Li Canghai shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly: "I can't stop this. I'm just an ordinary citizen, and I depend on them to survive. Besides, you killed the princess of Dongying, and they are the ones who tore you to pieces." Duan, it is also reasonable, even if you sue the emperor, the emperor will not blame them, but will kill you all over the house." At this point, Li Canghai deliberately paused, he dragged his tone and sighed deliberately Said: "There is nothing to do, nothing to do!"

"You... have no loyalty! You are not worthy to be a member of my Tang Dynasty!" The man's face was a little pale, and his body trembled and shouted.

"Stop talking nonsense! I'll tear you to pieces right now!" Conan said coldly, waving a knife with his hand.

"Brother Conan, dismembering a corpse is too cruel. In my opinion, cut it at the waist. Oh, yes, I'm afraid of seeing blood, so kill me after I leave!" Li Canghai patted Conan's shoulder, He winked at him and said.

Conan understood clearly, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely make him pay the price!"

Li Canghai smiled, then walked away without looking back, and ignored the terrified screams coming from behind him.

After leaving, Li Canghai went straight to the backyard, where the cook was lighting a fire to cook.

No matter what happened, the day was going to go on, and the death of the princess, apart from being a shock, did not affect their lives.

The thin guards are still lazy, the fat guards are still gluttonous, and the cook is still busy with everyone's three meals a day.

"Sir, why are you free to come here today?" The cook who was making a fire saw Li Canghai approaching, so he greeted him.

Li Canghai rubbed his stomach, and said awkwardly: "To tell you the truth, brother cook, I haven't eaten for a day and a night, and I'm very hungry, so I want to ask for some food."

The cook wiped his face when he heard the words, and said: "Sir, it's a little early, I haven't made breakfast yet. However, there are two wild vegetable pancakes left last night. If you are really hungry, you can fill your hunger first. "

Li Canghai suddenly became excited, he hurriedly said: "Great, where is wild vegetable pancake now?"

The cook was too busy lighting the fire and had no time to pay attention to him, so he said, "It's on the stone platform over there."

Li Canghai hurriedly walked to the stone platform where fresh wild vegetables were placed, pulled out two hard wild vegetable cakes, opened his mouth and began to gnaw.

He pushed the wild vegetables aside, sat on the stone platform and ate wild vegetable cakes, but accidentally dropped the wild vegetables on the ground.

Seeing this, Li Canghai hurriedly bent down to pick up vegetables, and suddenly found some boiled medicinal residues under the stone platform.

"Brother Cook, is anyone in the shrine sick? Why are there these medicine residues?" Li Canghai asked casually.

Because the firewood was a bit damp, the cook hadn't started a fire yet, so while blowing on the smoking firewood, he said, "That's medicine for the princess."

"Princess was sick before she was alive? Do you know what kind of sickness it is?" Li Canghai asked slightly surprised.

"I don't know about that. According to Lingji, the princess has been depressed recently and often wakes up from nightmares. This medicine is used to calm the princess down." The cook replied casually.

"When did this happen? Does Master Conan know?" Li Canghai asked after thinking for a moment.

The cook tilted his head and said, "On the day before the princess died, no one knew about it except me."

Li Canghai snorted. He randomly stuffed the remaining wild vegetable pancakes into his mouth. After chewing for a while, he swallowed them with difficulty, and said, "Brother Chef, can you explain it to me in detail?"

The cook couldn't light a fire no matter what, and he was a little unhappy. Seeing this, Li Canghai immediately walked over, poured some spirits from the gourd he carried with him, sprinkled it on the wet firewood, and then threw the torch into it. Immediately rose up.

(End of this chapter)