Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 694 Escort
"I'll check the body again to see if I find anything." Li Canghai said in a deep thought.

Gao Luochuan nodded, and then stopped disturbing Li Canghai.

Li Canghai squatted on the snow, from head to toe, carefully inspected Zhang Wenyuan's body again.

Except for a fatal wound, Zhang Wenyuan had no other injuries. It can be seen that the murderer moved so fast that Zhang Wenyuan died before he had time to react.

Until he checked Zhang Wenyuan's right hand, he suddenly found a clue.

He found that there were some dander in Zhang Wenyuan's nails, he hurriedly took out the silk handkerchief from his pocket, and picked out the dander bit by bit.

"What is this?" Gao Luochuan leaned over.

Li Canghai observed carefully, and found that the flakes of skin were still covered with shreds of meat. He pondered, "These are flakes of flesh, and they must have been caught by Zhang Wenyuan from the murderer."

"So, did the deceased have direct contact with the murderer?" Gao Luochuan rubbed his chin and asked.

Li Canghai nodded, he pondered and said: "Lord Gao, please send someone to guard this place, I want to go back to Dali Temple and ask my little sister what happened."

Gao Luochuan nodded, and after asking the yamen servant to transfer officials from the Ministry of Officials to take care of him, he followed Li Canghai back to Dali Temple.

And when Li Canghai and Gao Luochuan were focusing on the case of Zhang Wenyuan, the camp of the Eastern Expedition Army twenty miles outside Chang'an City was also undercurrents.

On New Year's Eve, the emperor ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army rarely took the opportunity to rest.

The entire barracks was filled with the smell of wine and laughter.

People who have experienced life and death often cherish the time in front of them more than others.

In addition, the emperor was also generous this time, rewarding the Eastern Expeditionary Army with thousands of altars of fine wine and hundreds of livestock, which was enough for the Eastern Expedition soldiers to feast on.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and others sat side by side, enjoying the rare tranquility.

But when he was drunk, someone suddenly came to report: "General Qi, the Lord of the Ministry of War has come to see you."

Gao Xianzhi hurriedly stood up, and said, "Hurry up, please!"

Feng Changqing was puzzled and said: "At this time, why are the people from the Ministry of War here?"

"No matter what happens, we must be greeted." Gao Xianzhi said.

After a while, an official from the Ministry of War walked into the camp of the Chinese army.

"General Gao, General Feng, after a long absence, will you be safe?" the official said with a smile.

"I don't know what's the important thing for Mr. Chen to visit at night?" Gao Xianzhi clasped his fists and said.

The official didn't have any nonsense, and said straight to the point: "General Gao, is there a prisoner in your barracks?"

Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing looked at each other, frowned and said, "Why did your lord say that?"

The official smiled faintly, took out a booklet from his sleeve and said: "There is an order from the Ministry of War, ordering me to secretly escort the detainees to Yushitai for interrogation. This is an official document."

Gao Xianzhi took the official document and looked at it, and saw that there were indeed the seals of the Minister of War and Zhongcheng Yushi on it, so he said: "My lord, please!"

After speaking, Gao Xianzhi led the official out of the camp of the Chinese army and came to the back camp.

Nearly a hundred soldiers in armor and armed with weapons patrolled back and forth in the back camp.

Seeing this, the official was secretly surprised.

"General Gao, today is New Year's Eve, why is the security still so tight?"

Gao Xianzhi groaned, and replied: "This is all arranged by Lord Li before. He said that the detainees here are very important, and there is no room for any mistakes. Therefore, the last general sent heavy troops to guard. If there is no written order , and no one is allowed to approach the rear camp."

The official nodded slightly, and said: "It's also thanks to General Gao, a loyal minister and good general, that he can keep an eye on this important criminal."

Feng Changqing asked: "Master Chen, who is this criminal?"

"This person is the leader of the rebels." The official said.

"The leader of the rebels?" Gao Xianzhi was taken aback.

"That's right, this is what Mr. Li said personally. The sage ordered that the leader of the thief should be handed over to the imperial guards. He should have come to pick him up yesterday, but he was delayed for a day by other important matters. Come now." The official said.

"Since the murderer is so important, how do you transfer it?" Gao Xianzhi asked.

The official smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this General Gao. I have brought the imperial guards, Long Wu Jingwei, and there will be no accidents."

Hearing this, Gao Xianzhi immediately stopped talking and led the officials into one of the tightly guarded tents.

In the tent, there was a huge iron cage, and a thin man stood in the iron cage.

The man's limbs were bound by iron chains, and a heavy iron helmet was locked on his head, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

"My lord, this is the person Marshal Li asked the last general to guard." Gao Xianzhi said.

The official nodded, and then called the imperial guards to come.

After several imperial guards covered the iron cage with a black cloth, they worked together to lift the iron cage onto the carriage.

"Master Chen, do you really want the last general to send someone to escort you?" Gao Xianzhi asked.

"Lord Gao, there is no need to worry. This place is not far from Chang'an City. It is enough to be escorted by the imperial guards." The official said.

"In that case, I will send you off respectfully." Gao Xianzhi said respectfully.

After the official returned the salute, he left the barracks with more than fifty guards.

"General Gao, shall we just let them take the prisoner away?" Feng Changqing asked with a frown.

Gao Xianzhi narrowed his eyes, and said: "This official document has the seals of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Officials and Yushitai. We have no other choice."

After pondering for a while, Gao Xianzhi said to Feng Changqing: "General Feng, I need you to do something."

"General, please speak."

Gao Xianzhi looked at the guards of the Forbidden Army who were drifting away, and whispered something in Feng Changqing's ear.

After Feng Changqing finished listening, he nodded to Gao Xianzhi, and then left the barracks.

However, he said that the officials of the Ministry of War led dozens of imperial guards, escorted the prison cart, and rushed to Chang'an City overnight.

There is a dense forest ten miles outside Chang'an City.

"Lord Kun, can this save Lord Lin this time?" In the snow, a man in a white cloak asked in a low voice.

The person next to him was wearing a hood, and he couldn't see his face clearly with his head down.

"According to Yang Guozhong's plan, the guards escorting Lord Lin will arrive soon. Let everyone pay attention to vigilance. Without my order, no one should act rashly!" Lord Kun said in a cold tone.

"Lord Kun, I'm a little worried. We have confronted Li Canghai several times, but each time we ended in failure. Will there be an accident this time?" The person before said worriedly.

"It's really incredible that Li Canghai can understand our plans time and time again. However, he is not without weaknesses. Yang Guozhong has already made a plan. As long as Li Canghai enters the trap, we can successfully rescue Master Lin." Lord Kun said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)