Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 493 Are There Really Ghosts?

Li Canghai touched the bridge of his nose, nodded in thought, and said, "That's true. Although the ways of the deceased's death are different in the two murder cases, it is true that as Brother Conan said, the murderer's style of committing the crime is very similar, and it is very likely that the same murderer committed the crime." for."

Yu Chengen listened to the analysis of the two, put his hands on his chest, and interjected: "My little brother thinks that the murderer is not the same person."

"Oh? Brother Yu, what's your opinion?" Li Canghai asked.

The way to solve a case is by no means just relying on one's own conjectures. Only by listening to different opinions can one make a reasonable inference and not be swayed by one's own thoughts.

Therefore, Li Canghai has always been willing to listen to different opinions.

Yu Chengen cupped his hands slightly, and said humbly: "I don't dare to take it for a high opinion. I just think that the murderer who killed A'Zhu is very likely to imitate the murderer who killed Hongmei."

"How do you say that?" Conan asked a little surprised.

Yu Chengen thought for a while, he organized his words, and said: "Hongmei died in a secret room. If brother Li hadn't noticed clearly, everyone would only think that Hongmei committed suicide, not homicide. The murderer arranged everything, and did not Leaving any traces, even Bai Ling, who strangled Hongmei to death, was disguised as a suicide tool. Although Ah Zhu died in the room, he died at the door. Although they are all rooms, this room is not Closed, this is the first difference. The second difference is that the murder weapon used to kill A’Zhu was a bamboo joint. This bamboo joint has extremely obvious traces of man-made. A Zhu. But the strange thing is that the murderer did not take away the murder weapon, but left it behind."

Li Canghai and Conan looked at each other, and they nodded slightly.

Seeing the two nodding their heads, Yu Chengen seemed to be quite sure of what he said, so he felt relieved, and his thoughts became clearer, and he continued: "According to what you two said before, the murderer killed people cleanly, and only with For a moment, he had time to take away the murder weapon, didn't he? If the two murderers were the same person, how could he have made such an obvious mistake?"

Conan frowned slightly, he nodded and said in thought: "What you said makes some sense. The murderer who killed Hongmei must have been extremely meticulous in arranging such a perfect murder case in a secret room. And the case of Ah Zhu, from Although the style is similar to the case of Hongmei, there are indeed a lot of negligence in the method, which is really unreasonable. Brother Li, what do you think?"

After thinking about it, Li Canghai asked, "Brother Yu, who do you think will kill Ah Zhu?"

Yu Chengen scratched his head and said, "This...young brother is stupid, and he still can't guess who the murderer is. But..."

Seeing that Yu Chengen hesitated, Li Canghai smiled and said, "Brother Yu, don't worry about it. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

Yu Chengen looked at the two of them, and said: "Okay, then the younger brother is being presumptuous. Although I don't know who the murderer is, but when it comes to the most suspect person, among the crowd, I still suspect Ueda Takashi."

"Oh? Brother Yu, why do you doubt him? He has been with Zhang Wenyuan all the time!" Conan said.

Yu Chengen said solemnly: "He hasn't been with Zhang Yuanwai all the time, have you two forgotten what Zhang Yuanwai said? Although Ueda Takashi has been with him all the time, he went to the latrine because of abdominal pain. But who can tell?" Prove that he really went to the latrine?"

Conan and Li Canghai glanced at each other, their brows furrowed at the same time.

Indeed, as Yu Chengen said, Takashi Ueda was the most suspected. He said he went to the toilet, but no one could prove it.

Zhenbao Pavilion is located in Dongyuan, not far from Xiyuan. It is entirely possible that he took advantage of the toilet to go to Xiyuan to kill Ah Zhu, and then return to Zhenbao Pavilion.

After all, it only takes a blink of an eye to kill A'Zhu, and it takes only half a stick of incense to go back and forth from Dongyuan to Xiyuan. In terms of time, he is indeed the most suspect.

"However, I am a little puzzled. Why did Ueda Takashi kill A'Zhu? The two of them don't seem to have any enmity. Ueda Takashi didn't have a reason to kill him?" Yu Chengen frowned.

"If you want to know the motive of Ueda Takashi's murder, you can only know after the investigation." Conan said solemnly.

Yu Chengen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "In that case, let's investigate him quickly!"

Conan nodded. Seeing Li Canghai frowning in thought, he said, "Brother Li, do you have other ideas?"

Li Canghai woke up from his contemplation. He looked at the two of them, shook his head and said, "You are right, Takashi Ueda had time to kill someone, and he is indeed the most suspected, so let's start the investigation from him! I will trouble you both." I'm going to continue to investigate the scene here."

After the two left, Li Canghai checked the inside and outside of the room carefully again.

The doors and windows were wide open, and the room was neatly furnished without any suspicious features.

Li Canghai thought for a while, closed the door, and then opened the door, trying to simulate the situation when Ah Zhu was murdered.

Li Canghai came to the place where Ah Zhu was murdered, and stretched out his hand to open the door.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little strange, but for a while he couldn't see where the strangeness was.

Li Canghai closed the door, opened it, closed it, opened it, and continued like this seven or eight times.

He looked at the door, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he instantly understood what was strange.

He hurriedly picked up the blood-stained bamboo joint, then picked it up, stretched it out of the door for comparison, and said to himself: "So that's it. Could it be that he wasn't the murderer? But, it's impossible? What the hell does this happen?"

Li Canghai looked at the half-arm-long bamboo knot in his hand, frowned, and muttered non-stop as if he had been enchanted.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon the night passed.

In the early morning of the next day, when it was still early, two servants sneaked up to A'Zhu's room.

"Laifu, do you think there really are ghosts in this world? The third lady was kind to our servants, but I never thought she would be killed by an evil ghost." A servant sighed.

"Isn't it? The third lady was fine last night, but suddenly she died. Then what fairy elder said that there was a murderer, I can see that there are ghosts!" Another servant said.

"Don't scare me... How can there be ghosts in this world?" The servant from before said with a trembling voice.

"I didn't lie to you! I'm secretly telling you that last night, I witnessed the killing of the third lady with my own eyes!" the servant named Laifu said in a dignified tone.

"What? Did you see the murderer who killed the third lady?"

Laifu curled his lips, looked around cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Where is there any murderer? The one who killed the third lady...is not human at all!"

At this moment, with a creak, the door suddenly opened.

"Oh my god! There's a ghost!" The two servants sat on the ground in fright and shouted loudly.

The door opened, and Li Canghai walked out from inside.

Last night when he was thinking about the case, he dozed off unknowingly. In his daze, he suddenly heard someone talking, and what he said was actually related to the case, which instantly woke him up.

(End of this chapter)