Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 66 The Mystery of the Hidden Treasure
"That being said, the tomb has already collapsed, so how are you going to investigate?" Liang Xiu asked with a dull expression on his face.

Li Canghai became silent. After going through all the things in his mind, he realized that it was not like he had no chance.

He also holds something unexpected by everyone, that is the rubbings of the treasure map!
When he discovered the secret hidden in the three imperial edicts, he copied the three treasure maps, not wanting to be poisoned by Hongyan when he solved the case of Huangfuwei's murder.

But before he passed out, he stuffed Tuo Ben into Xiao Wu's arms.

This is also the main reason why he is willing to make a deal with Xue Xuan, because he holds a more complete treasure map than others.

Li Canghai secretly guessed that although Di Renjie's tomb is the entrance to the treasure, it is definitely not that easy to find the treasure.Otherwise, there would be no treasure map.

But 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu' has only one treasure map in his hand, the other two are in the hands of Xue Xuan, he believes that 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu' can never find the treasure so quickly, so it created some time for him.

"I don't know, my lord. I have made a rubbing of the treasure map. As long as I can find out where the treasure is, there is still a chance." Li Canghai briefly told him the story, then cupped his hands and said: " It's not too late, the next official will go to investigate and leave."

After speaking, Li Canghai left the government office.

However, after he left, a man wearing a green robe and a ghost mask came out from the back hall.

If Li Canghai saw it, he would definitely recognize that the person in front of him was the one who rescued Hongyan.

Liang Xiu bowed his hands to him, and said respectfully: "My lord, everything is as you expected, this person really fell for the trap."

The masked man had his hands behind his back, and his eyes revealed a palpitating cold light. He nodded and said indifferently: "Everything will go according to the original plan."

After speaking, he disappeared like a ghost in an instant.

After leaving the government office, Li Canghai found Xiaowu and retrieved the treasure rubbings, and then returned to Di's house.

The Di family was in a panic because of the theft of Di Renjie's tomb. Di Ying sat on a chair in a daze, muttering to herself.

Di Qing's face was gloomy, and seeing her gnashing her teeth, she seemed almost going crazy.

Kang Xu arrived at Di's house at some point, and comforted the two of them. Seeing Li Canghai's return, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Master, you are finally back."

"Ah Xu, why are you here?" Li Canghai asked in surprise.

"Master, the matter you asked me to investigate has been found out. The day before Huangfu died, he went to Luofengji. Other than that, he never left Luoyang City." Kang Xu said.

Li Canghai snorted, but at this moment he didn't have much time to think about these things, the most important thing right now was to find out where the treasure was.

He took out the rubbings of the treasure from his arms, spread it on the table, and said, "Let's study this rubbing and see if we can find out the location of the treasure."

Di Qing and Kang Xu rushed over, the lines drawn on the cloth were chaotic, it was like a mess, people who looked at it were confused.

"This is... a treasure map?" Di Qing asked suspiciously, her brows furrowed.

Li Canghai nodded, and said in a deep voice, "That's right, this is what I rubbed from the three imperial edicts."

Kang Xu stared at the three patterns that looked like ghostly drawn symbols, and frowned. These three patterns seemed to be a whole, but in fact they were independent, and he couldn't figure out why after thinking about it.

"Judging from the direction of the lines, the painting seems to be a mountain range, but it also looks like a river." Li Canghai tried to analyze for a while, but found that there seems to be no direct connection between these lines.

Generally, the treasure map will mark the route on it, so that there are traces to follow.But this treasure map is in disarray, like ghostly drawn symbols.

"Master, could it be that you made a mistake?" Kang Xu asked with a frown as he stared at the three patterns.

"Ah Xu, what do you think?" Li Canghai stroked his chin, beckoning him to continue.

"The young master once said that these are rubbings from the imperial decree. Could it be that the young master made a mistake in the order?" Kang Xu guessed.

After Kang Xu said this, Li Canghai immediately remembered the situation when he copied it.

The materials used in the three imperial decrees are very elegant, all of which are brocade yellow silk made of high-quality silk, with jade shafts on both sides, which do not look much different.

But there are times in the imperial edicts, which are used to express the time of issuance. He remembered that the three imperial edicts were written: March, May, and August.

The reason why Li Canghai can remember the month so clearly is because the number of the month is slightly larger than other fonts, which also allows him to see three numbers at a glance.

When he saw it for the first time, he habitually arranged it in order, and the patterns he copied naturally came in order, but he didn't think about other arrangement methods.

In fact, he had come into contact with this subconscious guidance method in his previous life in criminal investigation.It's just that he didn't expect that such knowledge had already been used in ancient times.

"If people know that I am a top student in the criminal investigation department, I will fall into this kind of confusion, and I will laugh my ass off. Fortunately, this happened in ancient times, otherwise I will really lose my face."

Li Canghai thought in his heart.

Seeing his strange expression, Di Qing hurriedly shook him and asked him what happened and why he looked so ugly.

Li Canghai grinned in embarrassment, Kang Xu's words gave him a very important reminder, he immediately figured out the key point, found a pair of scissors, and cut out the three patterns.

"Cang Hai, what are you doing?" Di Qing asked suspiciously.

Li Canghai did not reply, but constantly adjusted the angles of the three patterns, and then put them together for splicing.

After a while, he exhaled and said, "As expected, this is a 'wrong picture'."

Di Qing and Kang Xu rushed over and found that the originally chaotic pattern seemed to have become complete, and it was no longer as chaotic as before, but they still couldn't see why.

"Wrong picture? Since it's wrong, isn't this treasure map useless?" Di Qing curled her lips a little discouraged. She also wanted to use the treasure map to catch the group who destroyed Di Renjie's tomb. The wrong picture suddenly felt that it was a waste of time.

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "The so-called 'wrong picture' is not a fake picture, but that the order of the picture has been disturbed. If you don't understand the key points, even if you get the treasure map, it will be difficult to find the location of the treasure."

Di Qing's eyes suddenly glowed with excitement, and she exclaimed happily: "So, you found the correct sequence?"

Li Canghai stroked the stitched picture with his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Look, does this look like a single word?"

(End of this chapter)