Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 495 Who is the Murderer?

Li Canghai looked at the half of the bamboo, and frowned immediately. The bamboo joint that killed A'Zhu came from the bamboo forest, which meant that the murderer had been here before, and probably hid in the bamboo forest when he killed A'Zhu. This was not discovered by Laifu.

Thinking of this, Li Canghai hurriedly looked at the curved bamboos around him.

The bamboos in this bamboo forest are all tall and straight, but these few bamboos are slightly bent.

Li Canghai looked at those bamboos carefully, on a bamboo, he found some rubbing marks, these rubbing marks were very fresh, it didn't look like it was left a long time ago, and these marks were all at the height of a person.

Not only that, but he also found similar scratches on the opposite bamboo.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, thinking to himself, could these scratches be related to the murder?He stared at those scratches for a long time, but couldn't think of a reason, so he simply shook his head to stop himself from thinking about this problem.

On the way to solve a case, it is easy to fall into a dead end. Li Canghai has studied psychology, so he naturally knows that he must learn to adjust his mind in such a situation, so he intends to close his eyes for a while and calm down before making plans.

His legs hadn't recovered yet, and it was inevitable that he would feel sore and weak after standing for a long time. He looked at a bamboo that was as thick as an arm and half as tall as a person, and leaned over it.

However, when he leaned against the bamboo, his body suddenly slanted, and he fell into the bamboo forest together with the thick bamboo.

It was only then that Li Canghai discovered that the half-human tall bamboo was not born there, but was buried here.

"Strange, why would someone bury half of the bamboo in the bamboo forest?" Li Canghai muttered to himself, he got up, and suddenly found a bamboo that was several feet long and bent into a semicircle on the ground, and A bowl of thick and thin was cut from it to form two halves of bamboo.

After thinking for a while, he squatted down and looked carefully at the curved bamboo. He suddenly found that there was a hemp rope tied to both ends of the bamboo.

Li Canghai put down the arc-shaped bamboo, and then looked at the split bamboo. The split bamboo was more than two feet long. He found a white string inside. The string was not very long, but it was extremely tough. Good, tied to both sides of the bamboo trough.

What surprised Li Canghai was that there was a hole the size of a thumb under the bamboo trough where the string was tied.

Li Canghai put all the things he found together, then lay down in the bamboo forest, and searched carefully among the bamboo leaves on the ground.

It took a full hour, and Li Canghai found another piece of hemp rope from the bamboo forest, and a half-cut piece of thin bamboo with two feet of hemp rope tied at the end, and the bamboo joints protruding like hooks.

It was not surprising to find these in the bamboo forest, but the appearance of these hemp ropes made him feel a little abrupt, but he couldn't tell where the abruptness was.

Frowning tightly, looking at the things he found, Li Canghai suddenly felt that one head and two big.

Sitting in the bamboo forest paved with bamboo leaves, Li Canghai fell into deep thought, but not long after, he suddenly felt a little wet on his buttocks.

Li Canghai looked down, only to find that there was a puddle of water under the bamboo leaf he was sitting on.

At first, Li Canghai thought it was the accumulated water when it rained two days ago, but soon he found that it was not the case.

Although the humidity in this bamboo grove is heavy, the weather in the past two days has been fine, and the accumulated water has already evaporated when it rained, but the only place where he is sitting has water.And this pool of water is above the newly fallen bamboo leaves, it doesn't look like stagnant water.

Just when Li Canghai was at a loss, Conan's shout suddenly came from outside the bamboo forest: "Brother Li, where are you?"

"I'm in the bamboo forest, wait a moment, I'll go out now." Li Canghai glanced at the bamboo forest, and then walked out with his body strong.

Seeing this, Conan quickly walked over to help him onto the wooden wheelchair, and said puzzledly, "Brother Li, what are you doing in this bamboo forest?"

After thinking for a while, Li Canghai told him what he heard from Laifu.

After listening, Conan rubbed his chin and pondered, "Are you suspecting that the murderer hid in the bamboo forest after the murder? Lai Fu didn't find out?"

"There is a possibility that the murderer is hiding in the bamboo forest, and after Laifu leaves in a panic, he will take the opportunity to leave. In this way, no one will be able to find out that he has been to Xiyuan." Speaking of this, Li Canghai frowned and said: " However, I find the things found in the bamboo forest a bit strange."

"It's just some hemp rope and bamboo. What's so strange about it? It must be thrown away by the servants at will." Conan thought for a while.

Li Canghai rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Forget it, maybe I really think too much! Brother Conan went to investigate Takashi Ueda, did you find anything?"

Conan said: "Brother Li, I'm coming to tell you about this."

"Oh?"

Conan said: "Last night, Yu Chengen and I went to investigate Ueda Takashi, but at first we didn't get anything, so the two of us lurked outside his room to see if he would show his feet. Around midnight, we I saw Juzi sneaking into his room, and after about a cup of tea, Juzi ran out again crying."

"Why?" Li Canghai asked in confusion.

Conan shook his head and said: "We are far away from the room, so we don't know what happened, but hearing the sound of arguing, the two seem to have a dispute."

Li Canghai lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked, "What happened next?"

"I thought this matter was strange, so I asked Yu Chengen to continue monitoring, while I went to talk to Juzi." Conan said.

"What did you ask?"

Conan said: "At first, Juzi hesitated and talked about him, and I said that we already knew about her and Ueda Takashi, and she panicked and told me about it. Ueda Takashi is Zhang Wenyuan's old friend , stays at Zhang’s house almost every month. Half a year ago, Ueda Takashi took advantage of her drunkenness and forcibly occupied her, and threatened her to kill her if she told Zhang Wenyuan about this. Juzi’s heart is weak, and he knows Zhang Wenyuan’s personality even more Vicious, Zhang Wenyuan would never forgive her if he knew that he had lost his dignity to Ueda Takashi. Therefore, he had to succumb to Ueda Takashi's lust, but he didn't expect that since then, Ueda Takashi would get worse. Every time he came to Zhang's house, They will force Juzi to serve him."

"On the night of Hongmei's death, the orange was indeed in Ueda Takashi's room. From this point of view, it can indeed prove that Ueda Takashi did not kill Hongmei. However, there is no guarantee that Ah Zhu's death has something to do with him," Conan said. .

Li Canghai touched the bridge of his nose, and said in a deep voice: "Ueda Takashi is really a daring person, what is his relationship with A'Zhu?"

Conan shook his head and said: "Ah Zhu has nothing to do with him, it's just that on the night Hongmei was killed, A'Zhu saw Tangerine go to Ueda Takashi's room. A'Zhu and Juzi have a very good relationship, they are like sisters, she Although he did not tell Zhang Wenyuan about this matter, he had a talk with Juzi the next day. Juzi found out that the matter between himself and Ueda Takashi was known to others, and he was terrified, so he told Ueda Takashi about it."

(End of this chapter)