Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 714
"Master Han is serious. As the Minister of Dali Temple, how can I ignore the murder case? How is the situation at the scene?" Li Canghai asked.

"My lord, judging from the situation at the scene, it seems to be a massacre. All five members of the deceased's family were killed." Han Qu said anxiously.

"Miemen tragedy?" Li Canghai was taken aback. He picked up the teacup, drank the already cold tea in one gulp, and said, "Let's go to the scene of the crime without delay!"

"Cang Hai, I want to go too!" Di Qing said hastily.

"Qing'er, you can't go, I have something for you to do." Li Canghai whispered in Di Qing's ear as he spoke.

After listening, Di Qing nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, leave this matter to me."

After arranging everything, Li Canghai followed Han Qu and left the mansion.

In the south of Chang'an City, Yongyangfang.

A low and dilapidated house, surrounded by government servants, no one is allowed to approach.

Some people who didn't know the truth were far away and speculated about what happened.

"Chang'an Mansion handles the case, idlers are waiting, leave quickly!" With a loud shout, several yamen servants separated the crowd and cleared a path for Li Canghai and Han Qu to walk in.

In the house, there was a strong smell of blood.

Entering the courtyard, Li Canghai saw two corpses lying in the courtyard.

The two corpses were one old and one young.

The old man was about sixty years old, facing the ground with his back to the sky, his hands bent and stretched into claws, and the surroundings were covered with blood.

The young one was only hairy, and there was a wound on the neck, a large amount of blood flowed out from the wound, dyeing the surrounding area brown, and the state of death was very miserable.

Due to the cold weather, the blood of the deceased had been frozen, making it look even weirder.

Although Han Qu had already seen the corpse, but seeing him now, he still felt sour water gushing in his stomach.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, then squatted down, and carefully inspected the corpse.

He ordered someone to help and turned the old man over, but what he saw before him made everyone gasp.

The old man's face and chest were covered with blood, as if he had crawled out of a pool of blood.

What shocked everyone the most was that the old man still had something in his mouth.

"My lord, what is this?" Han Qu asked curiously, holding back the sour water in his stomach.

Li Canghai carefully used the tweezers he carried to pinch the thing out, frowning and said: "Human skin!"

"Human skin?" Han Qu froze for a moment.

"That's right. If my guess is correct, this should be the missing part of the child's neck." Li Canghai said.

Han Qu looked at the skin, then turned his head to look at the child, and couldn't bear the sour water in his stomach anymore, so he hurried to the side and vomited wildly.

Li Canghai shook his head secretly, as the Governor of Chang'an, he couldn't bear even this, no wonder he was at a loss when encountering a case.

"Looking at the situation, the child died at the hands of the old man. But it's strange, why did the old man kill his grandson?" Li Canghai was a little puzzled.

The head catcher He Ya stood aside and said, "My lord, there are three corpses in the main room and the side room..."

Li Canghai frowned, stood up, and walked towards the side room along the blood stains on the ground.

Seeing this, Han Qu quickly wiped the corner of his mouth and followed closely.

But after walking a few steps, Li Canghai suddenly turned around and said, "Lord Han, you should wait outside. If you go inside, you may vomit again, and destroy the scene for no reason. How can I investigate the case?"

When Han Qu heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed.

"My lord, it's just a little uncomfortable to go to the official, but now it's all right." Han Qu smiled apologetically, and made up his mind to enter the scene of the crime no matter what.

Otherwise, if Li Canghai reported this matter to the court, saying that he is a majestic governor who can't even bear to look at the corpse, then he, the governor, may have come to an end.

Li Canghai also ignored him lazily, and walked into the side room.

Entering the side room, what he saw made Li Canghai even more astonished.

In the entire side room, tables and chairs collapsed, and there were clotted blood everywhere.

There was a man lying on the left side of the entrance. The man's body was covered with scars, and his body was firmly pressed against the door. The fatal wound was like a child in the courtyard. The artery in the neck was bitten.

In addition to the man, there was a woman lying on the wooden bed near the wall in the room.

The same injury, the same blood, the same horror.

Li Canghai's face was serious, while Han Qu tried his best to control his body, but his face turned blue.

"Lord Han, if you really can't help it, just vomit. However, after you vomit, whether the position of Governor of Chang'an can be kept or not depends on the will of the Holy One." Li Canghai glanced at him and said calmly.

Han Qu, who couldn't bear it already, immediately straightened up when he heard this, and swallowed the acid water in his abdomen abruptly.

Li Canghai shook his head, asked He Ya to move the body out with the servants, then left the side room and went to the main room.

Like the side room, a line of bloodstains is connected to the main room. Judging from the signs, this bloodstain seems to come from the main room.

Li Canghai followed the bloodstains to the main room, where an old woman was lying on the edge of the bed.

The blood flowing from the old woman's neck stained the entire bed.

Li Canghai frowned suddenly.

"My lord, where do you think we should start this case?" Han Qu asked cautiously.

"Move all the corpses to the yard first, let me do the autopsy first." Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

"My lord said, come here, move all the corpses together. Also, where is Wu Zuo now?" Han Qu shouted loudly.

He Ya ordered several people to enter the house and move the corpse out, and said to Han, "Go back to your lord, Wu Zuo just arrived, and now we are waiting for your lord's orders in the courtyard."

"What's the matter, why don't you let him do an autopsy!" Han Qu snapped.

"Let's do it now!" After He Ya cupped his hands, he immediately turned around and ordered.

Li Canghai walked out of the house and came to the yard.

"Master Han, what's your opinion on this case?" Li Canghai asked.

Han Qu froze for a moment, he didn't seem to expect that Li Canghai would ask for his opinion.

In the ecstasy of his heart, he hurriedly said: "According to my humble opinion, someone must have broken into the house and burglarized. After being discovered by this family, they will kill and silence!"

Li Canghai stared at him suddenly, Han Qu was stared at him unnaturally, shrinking his neck and asked cautiously: "My lord, is there anything wrong with what the officer said?"

Li Canghai sighed in disappointment, and said, "Lord Han, as the Governor of Chang'an, you are responsible for the well-being of the people in the important areas of the capital, why are you so careless?"

Han Qu hurriedly saluted him: "Your official is stupid, please enlighten me."

"This family is so poor, who would come to steal it? Besides, you didn't realize that these people died in similar ways, did they all die at the hands of the old man?" Li Canghai frowned.

(End of this chapter)