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

Hearing Zhou Yuanliang's words, Cheng Su's eyes suddenly widened again, his eyes were full of anger, and he said angrily: "You knew about this a long time ago, why did you say it now?"

"me……"

Seeing Cheng Su's angry eyes, as if he wanted to punish him and kill him, Zhou Yuanliang was so scared that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, stuttering:

"I...I just saw it by chance when I went to the market that day. County Magistrate Chang...has always been very kind to the people, so...that's why I didn't...take it seriously. It was only...until everyone said...that County Magistrate Chang suspected me...that's when I started to suspect it. I didn't...meant to hide it on purpose. I..."

"enough!"

Cheng Su shouted angrily.

Cheng Su's anger made everyone present dare not utter a word, for fear of angering Cheng Su again and bringing his anger upon themselves.

"General...General, calm down."

Hong Mingxu, who was resting against a tree nearby, spoke weakly, then stood up by holding onto the tree trunk and staggered to Cheng Su.

Seeing that Hong Mingxu was injured but still trying to get up to calm himself, the anger in Cheng Su's eyes subsided a little. Seeing that Hong Mingxu was walking unsteadily, he reached out and stroked him.

"Thank you, General."

After adjusting his stance, Hong Mingxu glanced at Chang Feizhang's body, then looked at Cheng Su and asked, "General, now that Chang Feizhang is dead and the case is closed, should we evacuate the island first and then make plans?"

Although Hong Mingxu was seeking Cheng Su's opinion, there was a hint of deep meaning in his eyes when he asked "what are the plans?"

Cheng Su received Hong Mingxu's gaze and immediately fell into thought. The position of his back teeth tightened slightly, and he seemed to have difficulty in making a decision.

"Who said the case is closed?"

The sudden voice attracted everyone present to look over, and they found Lin Lezhi squatting beside Chang Feizhang's body, his eyes wandering over the corpse.

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Su asked with a gloomy look in his eyes.

"The case can be closed if the real murderer is caught, but this person is not the real murderer."

Lin Lezhi's words caused everyone present to look shocked.

"The corpse is wearing official uniform, it is undoubtedly Chang Feizhang, how could he not be the real murderer?" Liu Yunhe, who was standing aside, could not suppress the doubts in his heart, and asked puzzledly: "Also, you are the one who suspected Chang Feizhang was the real murderer and produced evidence to prove that Chang Feizhang was the real murderer, why did you suddenly change your mind and say that he is not the real murderer? If Chang Feizhang is not the real murderer, who is the real murderer? And..."

"No more, you have so many questions, which one do you want me to answer first?"

Unable to bear Liu Yunhe's barrage of questions, Lin Lezhi interrupted him, looking a little helpless but not impatient.

After hearing what Lin Lezhi said, Liu Yunhe realized that he had asked too many questions and felt a little embarrassed.

"Then...then tell me, why is he not the real murderer?"

"I said this person is not the real murderer, but I didn't say my inference was wrong."

Lin Lezhi's words made Liu Yunhe even more confused about the situation, and the puzzlement in his eyes deepened.

Lin Lezhi stood up and looked at Liu Yunhe who was confused about the situation and said slowly: "Do you remember when we came out of Village Chief Wang's house together, I told you that sometimes, you can't judge a person just by what he says. You also need to see what he does."

Based on Lin Lezhi's words, Liu Yunhe tried hard to recall, and after remembering that Lin Lezhi had indeed said this, he nodded.

"Stop playing dumb and speak up!"

Hong Mingxu said with a little anger. Because he was a little anxious and felt unwell, he couldn't help coughing a few times.

"This person is not Chang Feizhang."

"Ahem! What did you say?!"

"A person's words may be half true and half false, and it is difficult to distinguish, but a person's actions are extremely difficult to cover up." Lin Lezhi looked at the corpse on the ground again and said affirmatively: "He is wearing official uniform, so he may not be Chang Feizhang."

"He's wearing an official uniform and is of equal stature. Who else could it be but Chang Feizhang?"

"This person is definitely not Chang Feizhang."

After that, Lin Lezhi squatted down beside the corpse again, and said calmly: "Chang Feizhang has an obvious feature, which is lameness. His foot was injured when he was pushed out of the tent by Lieutenant Hong during the dispute with General Cheng that night. I happened to see this scene by the lake that night. After that, there was chaos at the Lantern Festival, and after being stepped on by someone, the injury became more serious. And..."

When Hong Mingxu heard Lin Lezhi say that he pushed Chang Feizhang out of the tent, causing Chang Feizhang to be injured, his eyes suddenly darkened and he looked extremely displeased.

Lin Lezhi remained calm without panicking. He pointed to his forehead and continued, "Chang Feizhang's forehead was also broken when he apologized to Cheng Su, leaving scars. But unfortunately, the head and feet of this corpse were crushed by the heavy door and are difficult to identify."

"Since it is difficult to identify, you still dare to assert that this person is not Chang Feizhang. I think you are just looking for an excuse for your wrong inference. You can say it about me, but don't slander the general."

Hong Mingxu was full of anger and spoke in a bad tone.

"Captain Hong, please be at ease. I didn't mean that. I said that just for the sake of judgment. Chang Feizhang's body was accidentally stepped on by many people yesterday. Therefore, the injuries could not be concentrated on his feet. There must be many scars on his forehead, body and hands."

Lin Lezhi picked up the intact left arm of the corpse and said, "But there are no scars on this person's hand, and the palm is covered with coarse calluses. County Magistrate Chang is a scholar and doesn't often do rough work, so how could there be such thick calluses on the palm? Even if there are calluses, they should be on the fingers that often hold a pen."

After saying that, Lin Lezhi looked at Jiang Lian'an who was standing beside him and asked, "Detective Jiang Gui, can I borrow the paper containing the phosphorus powder to have a look?"

"please."

Jiang Lian'an took it out from his arms and handed it to Lin Lezhi. Lin Lezhi took it and said "thank you", then opened the paper that had wrapped the phosphorus powder in front of everyone.

There is still some white phosphorus powder left in it.

"This packet of phosphorus powder is the key to my suspicion that this person is not Chang Feizhang."

Facing the puzzled looks of the crowd, Lin Lezhi placed the opened phosphorus powder next to the dead man's fingers and compared them: "If this person is Chang Feizhang, there should be white powder between his fingernails, but there is yellow powder between this person's fingers."

Hearing this, several brave people came forward to take a look. After confirming the pink color left between the fingers, they were shocked and said, "It is indeed yellow."

"And there's something else that's very strange." Lin Lezhi folded the phosphorus powder bag again, held it up and said, "It's the word 'phosphorus' on it."

"What's so strange about a word?"

Meng Dafeng on the side asked in confusion.

Lin Lezhi looked at Meng Dafeng and said slowly, "The word 'Phosphorus' itself is not strange, but it is redundant. Just think about it, this is the key evidence to identify who is the murderer. He put the evidence on himself and wrote such a big word 'Phosphorus' on it. If someone accidentally found it, wouldn't it be difficult for him to escape? He knew that this was phosphorus powder, wouldn't it be better to write some other words or other marks?"

Lin Lezhi paused, his eyes bright and sharp as he said, "He did this because he wanted others to think that he had been killed by a wronged spirit, so that he could escape. He also used the heavy door to destroy his head and hands that would reveal his identity for this reason."

After saying that, Lin Lezhi undressed the deceased in front of everyone.

Apart from the corpse spots, there were no obvious bumps or bruises on the body, but there were several signs of snake bites on the body.

From the bite site, traces of blood oozing can be clearly seen.