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

The bloody scene beneath the heavy door left everyone puzzled, with expressions of fear on their faces that were difficult to calm down.

"How could this happen? Shouldn't he have escaped? How could he be crushed to death here?"

Meng Dafeng, who was closest to the corpse, asked in shock.

"It... It's possible that he is possessed by a wronged ghost. Otherwise, how could a sane person lie on the ground motionless, allowing a huge door weighing thousands of pounds to crush him into a bloody mess?"

As soon as the soldiers on the side said this, everyone's breathing suddenly stagnated for a moment, and their hearts, which had finally calmed down, became hanging again. Looking at the bloody corpse on the ground, they felt their scalps tingling and a chill rising up their spines.

The attitude of calmly waiting for death is really too unbelievable.

The fear that arose in their hearts made everyone silent, and no one dared to utter a syllable.

For a moment, the only sounds that could be heard were the crackling sounds of torches burning in the air, and the remaining breeze that blew in, causing the paper banquet to rub against the ground with a slight sound.

The dark, endless passage behind the giant gate stared at everyone present like an abyss.

After a moment of silence, Meng Dafeng looked at the corpse again and found that a corner of the paper was exposed at the collar of the corpse. Seeing this, Meng Dafeng immediately squatted down and took out the thing from the collar.

It is a wrapper made up of several layers of paper overlapping each other.

The paper is the size of a palm, and judging from the shape it is folded into, it looks like there is something wrapped inside.

"General!"

After turning it over and looking at it from front to back, Meng Dafeng immediately stood up and handed the things he found on the corpse to Cheng Su with both hands.

“There’s a word behind this.”

After hearing what Meng Dafeng said, Cheng Su turned the paper over.

After looking for a while, his already frowned brows became even more ferocious, and his expression revealed a bit of fatigue. He then handed the paper to Jiang Lian'an who was standing beside him.

A hint of surprise flashed across Jiang Lian'an's eyes, and then he took the paper in his hand.

Just like in the inn, Cheng Su gave the threatening letter from Chang Feizhang directly to Jiang Lian'an and asked Jiang Lian'an to open it and read it.

Lin Lezhi originally thought that Cheng Su already knew the contents of the letter and there was no need to read it, so he asked Jiang Lian'an to open it.

But he didn't think that Cheng Su was illiterate.

“It’s the word phosphorus.”

As he spoke, Jiang Lian'an opened the overlapping papers. A trace amount of white powder was visible on the yellow paper. He then leaned forward and sniffed it.

"It is indeed phosphorus powder." Jiang Lian'an showed one side of the word to everyone, and then said: "The stroke of the 'Xi' character on the word 'Phosphorus' is consistent with the 'Xi' character on the threatening letter and the word 'Death' on the white cloth of the paper doll hole, and the left-falling part is a dot."

In order to be able to be seen more clearly by everyone, Jiang Lian'an took out the threatening letter from his arms again and put them together for everyone present to see.

The strokes are indeed consistent.

After confirming the handwriting in two places, Lin Lezhi's frown tightened even more.

"It seems that County Magistrate Chang is indeed the murderer in this case. Now County Magistrate Chang is dead." Meng Dafeng turned to Cheng Su and asked, "General, do we need to continue investigating this case?"

We came to Lake Island to track down the murderer. Now that the real murderer has been caught, there is no need to stay in this dangerous place any longer.

As soon as these words were spoken, the tomb became quiet again. Everyone was waiting for Cheng Su to make the final decision, and everyone's eyes were filled with desire to quickly leave this place of trouble.

Cheng Su did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked towards the tunnel behind the corpse. However, his eyes did not look relaxed. Instead, they looked more solemn, with a hint of hesitation visible in them.

"Take the body up first."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Su finally spoke.

He Yu, who was standing a little further away and in a daze, came to his senses only after Meng Dafeng stepped forward and patted him. He then stepped forward to help carry the corpse.

But looking at the corpse in front of him, He Yu was still filled with fear and daze.

As soon as his hand touched the corpse, there was a "click" sound, and the huge door suddenly opened and began to fall.

Seeing this, the soldiers who were carrying the corpse couldn't help but panic. They quickened their speed to pull the corpse out, but they were still a step too slow, and the corpse's legs were crushed by the huge gate.

At this point, even if the door was opened again, it would be of no use. All they could do was bring back the remaining bodies.

When we returned to the ground, it was already getting dark, and a small amount of fog was gradually rising in the forest.

Seeing a group of people coming out of the cave, those who stayed on the ground all looked at them with concern. When they saw another corpse being dragged out of the cave, and the corpse was dressed in official uniform, there was fear in their eyes that could not be concealed.

Qingchuan first confirmed that Xiao Yihuo and Liu Yunhe were fine, then he turned to look at Cheng Su, walked up to Cheng Su, bowed and said, "General Cheng, Captain Hong has woken up."

Hearing that Hong Mingxu had woken up, Cheng Su's gloomy expression brightened up a little. He quickly walked to Hong Mingxu's side and squatted down.

"General..."

The moment Hong Mingxu saw Cheng Su, he wanted to get up despite the pain in his body. Cheng Su supported Hong Mingxu in time and signaled him not to get up. While supporting Hong Mingxu's shoulders, he intentionally avoided the wound on Hong Mingxu's body.

"You are not feeling well now, so there is no need to say too much. Just rest first."

But Hong Mingxu did not rest at ease because of Cheng Su's words. Instead, he was full of self-blame in his eyes. He knelt down and said in a hoarse voice of regret: "General, compared with my brothers, my injuries are nothing. It's all my incompetence that I failed to protect my brothers. When I found them, they had already died in Shekou. I wanted to bring them all back to the camp, but...but I really didn't have the strength to do it later..."

"Last night... after I separated from my brothers, I was surrounded by snakes. I had no choice but to light my clothes on fire to escape. But when I ran, the flames flew and ignited my clothes. If I hadn't been so stupid as to get burned, I might have been able to get there earlier and save them. It's all my fault. I'm so useless. Why... why am I still alive!"

As he spoke, Hong Mingxu clenched his fists and punched his legs hard, completely ignoring the burns on his body.

Cheng Su stopped Hong Mingxu from hurting himself, his eyes mixed with extremely complicated emotions, and he stopped and comforted him: "No one wants this to happen. It's not your fault. I'm glad you're okay. Take good care of your injuries."

While the two were talking, Lin Lezhi's eyes were fixed on the two mutilated bodies placed side by side, his expression very solemn.

"Le Zhi, what happened down there? How come you went down there and brought up the body of Magistrate Chang? Isn't he the suspect in this case? How could he be dead down there?"

Guan Ziheng hid behind Lin Lezhi, looking panicked, and asked in a low voice.

After hearing Guan Ziheng's question, Lin Lezhi came back to his senses. Afraid that Guan Ziheng would panic, he concealed the solemn expression on his face and briefly told Guan Ziheng what happened underground and the progress of the case.

"I...I have seen County Magistrate Chang and Wu Sanshan meet privately."

Unexpectedly, before Guan Ziheng could react, Zhou Yuanliang, who was standing by, suddenly spoke after hearing what was said, and his voice also attracted the attention of everyone present.

"What did you say?!"

Cheng Su looked gloomy. He slowly stood up and asked in a low voice.

Facing Cheng Su's serious expression, Zhou Yuanliang couldn't help but feel a little flustered and scared. His body and voice trembled as he said, "I once saw the two of them talking in a small alley. Although County Magistrate Chang was wearing ordinary clothes, I'm sure it was County Magistrate Chang. When the two separated, County Magistrate Chang gave Wu Sanshan a few packages of things, and Wu Sanshan stuffed them into the fish basket. However, I was far away at the time, so I didn't... didn't see clearly what they were."

"When did this happen?"

"It was...it was two months ago, three days before Wu Sanshan said he was going out to look for the Three Soul Grass."