Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 488 Investigate the real culprit
Li Canghai touched his chin, and after a little thought, he asked the woman in blue, "What's your name? Where were you last night?"

"My slave, Lan Yue, taught sister Yanrou how to learn female reds last night, and didn't go back to her room to rest until the sky was getting brighter." Lan Yue said.

"I can prove that Sister Lan and I have been embroidering in the room, and Sister Lan's maid can also testify to this point." Yu Yanrou said.

Li Canghai looked at Yu Yanrou, among Zhang Wenyuan's concubines, she was the youngest, only sixteen years old, but her appearance was extremely delicate and charming, her big eyes full of aura exuded a soul-stirring light, No wonder Zhang Wenyuan specially built Baihua Building just for her.

Right now, there was only one woman left among the crowd. She looked at Li Canghai in some panic, and said, "Your servant orange, I played chess in the room last night, and fell asleep after playing chess... I didn't know about sister Hongmei until early in the morning. died."

"Who are you playing chess with in the middle of the night?" Li Canghai asked.

"No...no, I'm alone, I'm playing chess with myself." Orange said timidly.

"Can anyone prove what you say?"

Orange shook her head, she looked at Zhang Wenyuan as if asking for help, and said, "Master, I didn't kill anyone! My relationship with Sister Hongmei is the closest, how could I kill Sister Hongmei? Master, you have to trust me !"

Zhang Wenyuan patted the back of Ju Zi's hand, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. The fairy is just asking now, and didn't say that you killed Hongmei."

After saying this, Zhang Wenyuan asked Li Canghai: "Prince Xian, what is going on? Could it be that there are really ghosts?"

Li Canghai lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then said, "What's going on, we'll find out after we investigate. But don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter."

"Since that's the case, then I have to take care of you." Zhang Wenyuan bowed his hands to Li Canghai and saluted.

"Let's leave first, and I'll notify you after I find out." Li Canghai said.

After everyone heard the words, they nodded and left the pavilion.

However, Yu Chengen did not leave. He sat beside Li Canghai and said, "Brother Li, who do you think killed Hongmei?"

Li Canghai looked at him and asked back, "What do you think?"

Yu Chengen frowned, and muttered: "My little brother thinks that the members of this family cannot be the murderer. First, they are very familiar with Hongmei. There was a feud with others, if the murderer is a member of the Zhang family, why wait until today to kill Hongmei?"

Li Canghai nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. Who do you think is the most suspect?"

"Ueda Takashi!" Yu Chengen said bluntly.

"Why do you think it's him?" Li Canghai was a little surprised.

Yu Cheng'en said: "This man has always had his eyes above the top, and he is a full-fledged sex embryo. When he sees a beautiful woman, he looks like a sex fanatic. To be honest, when I first saw him yesterday, Hongmei was in the pavilion. While practicing calligraphy and painting, I found that he looked at Hongmei with unkind eyes. Besides, he said that he was sleeping, and no one could prove it. Maybe he sneaked into Hongmei's room under the cover of night, trying to He was contemptuous of her. Komei fought hard, but Ueda Takashi killed her in a fit of rage, and then pretended to commit suicide."

Li Canghai nodded slightly after listening, and said, "This is also a possibility."

"So, brother Li also thinks he is the murderer?" Seeing that Li Canghai seemed to agree with him, Yu Chengen seemed very excited.

"No, just guessing doesn't mean that he is the murderer. During this period, there are still many doubts. Hongmei's clothes are neat, there is no sign of mess, and there is no sign of struggle in the room. If Ueda Takashi wants to frivolous Hongmei, Hongmei will definitely struggle, and her clothes will be messy, but none of this happened, so how can this be explained?" Li Canghai said.

Yu Chengen thought for a while and said, "It could be that he cleaned up the scene after killing someone?"

"Ueda Takashi is indeed a pervert, but I don't think he is the murderer." Li Canghai pondered.

"Why is that?" Yu Chengen asked in surprise.

Just as Li Canghai was about to speak, Conan walked over from a distance.

After arriving at the gazebo, he poured a glass of water, took a few sips to moisten his throat, and said, "I have asked about those servants and servants. They were sleeping and resting last night. They can all prove this to each other. Even those patrolling The servants are also in groups of two, so it can be ruled out that the murderer is a servant."

Having said that, Conan put down his teacup and asked, "Brother Li, how is your investigation going?"

Li Canghai told Conan the process of his questioning, and said, "Everyone can testify to each other. Judging from the time when the crime happened, none of them had time to commit the crime, except Ueda Takashi and Juzi."

Conan thought for a while and said, "Do you think the murderer will be the two of them?"

Li Canghai frowned slightly, he shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure yet, just now I discovered that there was an indistinct hickey on Ueda Takashi's neck, and Ju Zi faltered a bit when he spoke, could the murderer be them? It's really hard to say."

"I don't think Juzi should be the murderer," Conan said.

"Why?" Li Canghai asked.

Conan said: "When I asked those servants, I asked them to tell what they saw last night. Two of the patrol servants said that before they patrolled to Juzi's room, they saw Juzi playing chess alone."

Li Canghai's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he hurriedly asked, "Did they really see the oranges in the room?"

"Oh, that's not true. They just saw the shadow. According to them, she has been playing chess from Zishi to Yinshi. She didn't sleep on the chessboard until Maoshi passed," Conan said.

Yu Chengen frowned and said: "In this way, Ju Zi cannot be the murderer. The most suspected person at the moment is still Ueda Takashi."

Conan nodded, and said: "At present, it seems that it is true. It takes a lot of strength to kill Hongmei and hang Hongmei in the air, and it is absolutely difficult for a woman to do it. Unless the woman is Possess martial arts."

Yu Chengen shook his head and said, "It's impossible. I've lived in this family for more than half a month. According to my observation, there are no female members of this family who have martial arts skills."

"If the female relatives are excluded, then the murderer can only be Ueda Takashi." Conan pondered.

Li Canghai rubbed the center of his brows, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Takashi Ueda can't be the murderer, he has alibi."

As soon as these words came out, Conan and Yu Chengen were stunned at the same time.

"Brother Li, why do you think he is not the murderer?" Conan asked in surprise.

"Because someone can prove that he never left the room last night." Li Canghai said.

(End of this chapter)