Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 674
Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said, "Master Zhou, take the two brothers Ben Boerba and go get Ma Si!"

"I obey!" Zhou Feiyan cupped his hands and left Dali Temple with his two brothers.

Half an hour later, Babo Erben returned to Dali Temple in a hurry.

"My lord, no...it's not good! That guy named Ma Si is dead!" Babo'er Ben yelled at Li Canghai without wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Li Canghai frowned when he heard this.

"what happened?"

"We and the lord surnamed Zhou went to look for Ma Si and went to his house, but we didn't see him. His wife said he went to the Shenxian Building to meet a friend, and we ran to the Shenxian Building again, but when we arrived at the Shenxian Building upstairs, but found that Ma Si's body was cold, and he had been dead for a long time." Babo'er Ben said out of breath.

Li Canghai's complexion became serious in an instant, and he said in a deep voice, "Call for your assistant, and hurry to the Immortal Tower!"

Shenxianlou is located in the bustling area of ​​West Market. It is a relatively famous restaurant. The 'Eight Treasures Assorted Sauce Duck' here can be said to be famous far and wide.

When Li Canghai came to the Immortal Building, there were already many spectators around the Immortal Building.

The yamen servants of Chang'an Mansion had already come and stood outside the Immortal Tower, strictly forbidding idlers to enter.

When Li Canghai walked into the Immortal Building, he saw a fat official who was talking with Zhou Feiyan, while the shopkeeper of the Immortal Building had a desolate expression on his face.

Seeing Li Canghai coming, Zhou Feiyan hurriedly saluted him.

The fat official was a little surprised when he saw this.

"Master Han, why don't you meet Dali Temple Minister Li soon?" Zhou Feiyan hurriedly reminded him when he saw him standing where he was.

Hearing this, the official hurriedly saluted Li Canghai: "Han Qu, Governor of Chang'an Mansion, I have seen Master Li!"

Li Canghai nodded and said, "You two adults don't need to be too polite. Lord Zhou, where is the body now?"

Zhou Feiyan said: "The body is in the corner of the second floor, sir please!"

With that said, Zhou Feiyan led Li Canghai to the second floor.

There are three floors in the Immortal Building, and there are more than ten tables on each floor, which shows that the business is extremely prosperous.

In the northwest corner of the second floor, there was a table. A man was lying on the table, seemingly sleeping soundly.

Li Canghai walked to the corner, knelt down and observed Ma Si's body.

Ma Si was lying on the table, with his head resting on his right hand and his left hand drooping by his side, very similar to a drunk person.

The difference is that black blood flows out from the four or seven orifices of the horse, which looks extremely creepy.

"Black blood flows from the seven orifices, it seems to be poisoned."

With just one glance, Li Canghai saw through the cause of Ma Si's death.

"Master Zhou, who was the first person to discover the deceased?" Li Canghai asked.

"My lord, I'm the shopkeeper here." Zhou Feiyan said.

"Where is the shopkeeper?" Li Canghai stood up and asked.

The shopkeeper was an old man in his fifties, who hurried over after hearing this.

"The little old man has seen the grown-ups."

"Shopkeeper, can you tell me in detail how you found the deceased?" Li Canghai asked with a frown.

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes. The thing is like this. This person came to the shop around Shen Shi, and the waiter asked him what he wanted to eat. He said he was looking for someone, so he went to the shop alone. on the second floor. About half an hour later, a customer came to check out, and told the little old man that the customer in the corner on the second floor was drunk, and told us not to bother him. There were more and more guests, and there were not enough seats, so the little old man wanted to wake him up, but he didn't expect... When the little old man approached, he found out that he was bleeding from all seven orifices, and he had been dead for a long time! The little old man was so frightened that he almost fell He fell to the ground, and just as he was about to report to the police, he met Master Zhou."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, his face was pale and his body was trembling, as if he hadn't recovered from the fright.

"Do you still remember the appearance of the man who sat with the deceased?" Li Canghai asked.

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "That man is wearing a hood and a wide black cloak, the little old man didn't see his appearance."

"You're thinking about it carefully, can you think of some other characteristics of that person?" Li Canghai frowned.

The shopkeeper lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and suddenly said: "The little old man remembered that there seemed to be a string of copper coins hanging around the man's waist. At that time, the little old man thought it was very strange, how could someone hang copper coins on his body. Other than that , the little old man didn’t think of anything else.”

"My lord, Wu Zuo has checked the body." At this time, Zhou Feiyan respectfully said to Li Canghai.

"My lord, my subordinates have found out the cause of death of the deceased. The deceased died of poisoning. The poison was very poisonous. Seeing the blood sealing the throat, it should be the poison of arrow poisonous wood. However, the subordinates checked the food and found that there was no poison in the food. , How did he get poisoned? The subordinates don't know." Wu Zuo said to Li Canghai in a daze.

Li Canghai kept silent, came to the corpse, and checked again.

After a while, he picked up a wine glass from the ground not far away, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, Li Canghai said: "There is no poison in the food, and there is no poison in the wine, the poison is actually the wine glass. "

With that said, Li Canghai handed the wine glass to Wu Zuo.

Wu Zuo took the glass, then observed it carefully, and then took out a silver needle and put it on the rim of the wine glass.

Sure enough, the silver needle began to turn black rapidly.

Seeing this, everyone took a breath at the same time.

Judging from the degree of blackening of the silver needles, the cup is indeed coated with a blood-sucking poison!
Everyone couldn't figure out what kind of deep hatred could use such a poison.

The shopkeeper plopped and knelt in front of Li Canghai, crying loudly: "My lord, this has nothing to do with the small shop! All the kitchen utensils in the small shop have been cleaned! They will never be smeared with poison, please be careful. what!"

"Please, shopkeeper, I have no doubts that you have poisoned me. How can you do such a thing that cuts off your own way for a living? The person who doubts you is the man in the cloak .” Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"My lord, since that man is wearing a hood, it is obvious to conceal his identity, where should we start?" Zhou Feiyan asked.

Li Canghai paced back and forth a few steps, and said, "Who else is in Ma Si's family?"

"My lord, there is still a wife." Zhou Feiyan said.

"Did you inform her to come?"

"The lower official has already ordered someone to go to inform her, so it should be here soon." Zhou Feiyan said.

Not long after, a plainly dressed woman walked up to the second floor in a daze.

"My husband! Why did you abandon me and leave by yourself! Huh~."

When the woman saw Ma Si, she nearly fainted, lay down on the table and burst into tears.

Li Canghai sighed, and asked Zhou Feiyan to comfort the woman, while he went to the first floor, found a chair and sat down.

(End of this chapter)