When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Lezhi.

"Oh?" Cheng Su turned to Lin Lezhi, frowned slightly, a hint of inquiry appeared in his eyes, and then he slowly said: "What is the basis?"

Lin Lezhi smiled and said, "I just discovered it by accident. I think this burned fishing boat is a bit strange."

"Strange?"

"Yes." Lin Lezhi bent down and picked up two irregular wooden boards from the wreckage of the fishing boat beside him. He held them in front of everyone and said, "The two wooden boards in my hand generally belong to the deck of the ship. Although they are both decks, they belong to different positions. One is at the front of the ship, and the other is at the broken part of the ship, which is the partition where the body is. Do you think there is any difference?"

While asking questions, Lin Lezhi glanced at everyone present.

The deck on Lin Lezhi's right hand had been burnt, while the one on his left hand was relatively intact, but bloodstains could still be seen on it.

"They're both decks, how big of a difference can there be? One piece is burnt and the other isn't?" Hong Mingxu felt that Lin Lezhi was talking nonsense, and his tone was slightly displeased.

"Captain Hong is right." Lin Lezhi agreed with Hong Mingxu's words, and then looked at the boatmen that Liu Yunhe had invited back.

In order to ensure that the monthly lantern festival can proceed in an orderly manner, the fishermen pulling the boats all wear the same style of clothes so that they can be more easily recognized among the common people. That is why Lin Lezhi asked Liu Yunhe to invite them back.

"I would like to ask you, brothers, during the monthly lantern festival in Pinghai Town, are the ropes tied to the stern of the boat?"

But the first fisherman who jumped onto the boat and tied the rope was not sure what he was thinking at this moment. He was lightly twisting his feet on the ground, as if looking for a feeling. His brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes were full of thoughts. He looked very confused.

He has the most experience in the monthly lantern festival.

The fisherman next to him nudged him with his elbow, and the fisherman came to his senses. Thinking someone was calling him, he immediately clasped his fists and shouted in panic, "My lords, my name is Deng Yang."

Several fishermen who were traveling with him immediately pulled Deng Yang, and then whispered to Deng Yang what Lin Lezhi had asked.

Deng Yang said "Oh" immediately, and then said: "It's like this, in order not to affect the sailing of the boat, so we tied the rope to the stern, and waited until the next day, and then pulled the boat back from the lake."

"Thank you."

"No...you're welcome."

"But what does it mean to tie it to the stern?" Liu Yunhe didn't know the significance of Lin Lezhi's confirmation, so he asked in confusion.

"The rope tied to the stern doesn't mean anything. I just want to confirm whether it is the same at every lantern festival. The lanterns on the boat are what really tell the story."

"Lanterns?"

"Yes, to be precise, it is the placement of the lanterns." Lin Lezhi recalled: "The rope is tied to the stern to ensure that the boat is not blocked when moving forward, and the people will subconsciously place the lanterns at the front of the boat so as not to affect other people's placement."

"A path will be subconsciously left in the middle for people to walk back and forth and worship. The same principle applies to the rear of the boat, so there will be fewer lanterns at the rear of the boat."

"Because of this arrangement, when the people on the ship rioted after discovering the bloodstains, the fire at the front of the ship caught fire faster than at the stern, so the damage to the bow deck was naturally more serious, and the murderer took advantage of this to kill people."

Cheng Su's eyes darkened, and he asked in confusion: "How can you kill people by placing lanterns? Are you kidding us?"

Lin Lezhi's eyes became complicated, with darkness in them. Then he lowered his eyes to look at Wu Sanshan on the ground, took a deep breath, and said with reluctance in his eyes: "I wish I was joking, but unfortunately, this is not a joke. The placement of the lanterns has indeed cleared a way for the murderer to kill, and it can also allow the murderer to kill thousands of miles away."

"What?" Cheng Su's eyes became darker and he asked seriously.

"Although I am not good at fishing, I know a thing or two about the structure of the boat."

Lin Lezhi tried his best to keep himself calm, raised the plank in his hand and continued, "In fact, the two planks in my hand are not from the deck, but from the partition wood in the bottom cabin under the deck, and these two planks were found in the same place."

Lin Lezhi turned the two relatively intact wooden boards in his hands around, so that the broken parts of the boards could be joined together. The board that was more severely burned was flat on both sides except for the broken part.

And...the side of the wooden board that was not burned as badly, which was once held by Lin Lezhi, was sharpened to an unusually sharp edge.

The sharp wooden board seemed to be able to cut through human flesh effortlessly with just a slight scratch.

"The purpose of the wooden bulkheads in the bottom cabin is to make the hull more stable and prevent water from entering. Some ships also use the bulkheads for storage, but no matter what they are used for, the wood will not be sharpened so sharply."

"These two pieces of wood were both found in the cabin where the body was, but they are the same but in different shapes. A bottom cabin plank like this is just enough to cut open a human body, and..."

Lin Lezhi clenched the wooden board in his hand, unable to tell whether he was angry or reluctant. His breath was a little unstable and trembling as he spoke, and he continued, "And the location of these sharp wooden boards is exactly where there are no lanterns. It is a bloody path that anyone can step on."

After hearing this, everyone, without exception, had expressions of shock on their faces.

Cheng Su even went to the wreckage to verify it with his own eyes. Just as Lin Lezhi said, the only sharp part of the remaining wooden boards in the bottom cabin was where the lanterns were not placed.

Lin Lezhi said with a heavy look in his eyes: "Just now, Detective Jiang Gui said that the flesh on the cut surface of the body is not smooth. It is because it was cut open alive before death. Detective Jiang Gui is right about this."

"But if the victim was cut up by the murderer first and then placed in the compartment, how could the blood spread to the deck when there was no water in the bottom compartment? The lake should have been covered with blood when the boat floated over, not after the prayers began."

Wu Sanshan's head was right at the rear of the boat. After being stepped on by everyone one by one, and with the sharp bottom cabin partition, his body was cut into thirteen pieces alive.

Then, as the ship broke apart, the water poured from the fire-fighting caused the bodies to float in the bulkhead.

Cheng Su clenched his fists tightly, a nameless anger burning in his heart.

Cheng Su originally wanted to vent his anger by smashing his fist against the wreckage, but he eventually forced his fist back. His eyes were filled with disbelief and even more anger, which distorted his face.

"Damn it, Wu Sanshan died right in front of us!" His words were filled with anger.