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

Lin Lezhi walked into the earth temple carrying a bag containing the body parts. As soon as he entered, Luo Zhifeng noticed that Lin Lezhi had a frown on his face, as if he couldn't figure out something.

"Brother Jiang, have you thought of anything?"

The earthen temple was neither big nor small and was very quiet. Luo Zhifeng's voice was just loud enough for everyone to hear, attracting everyone's attention.

For a long time, he had nothing to do with the name Jiang Lian'an. In addition, his mind was full of thoughts, and when he was suddenly called by this name, Lin Lezhi found it difficult to react for a while and realized that he was being addressed.

Guan Ziheng, who was following behind him, secretly poked Lin Lezhi with his elbow. Combined with Luo Zhifeng's inquiring look, Lin Lezhi realized that he was asking him.

"Sorry, I was distracted by my thoughts."

As he spoke, Lin Lezhi squatted down and opened the bundle containing the body parts in front of everyone.

A small number of people dared not look, and turned their heads away when the bloody body parts were about to appear before their eyes.

"In the Doll Cave, Guo Yong's body had its limbs chopped off after his death and then embedded in the earth wall. But this bundle only has three limbs, and one arm is missing."

After he finished speaking, even those who dared not look at the bag started to look at him sideways.

Hong Mingxu, who was seriously injured, walked forward regardless of the injuries on his body, his eyes were solemn, his face was full of determination and impossibility, and he said excitedly: "How could an arm be missing!"

No matter how unbelievable it was, no matter how many times I counted, there were only three limbs in the bundle.

There was dirt all over the stumps, hands, nails and clothes.

What was wrapped around the body parts was not a bundle, but a black inner garment, which was the same color as the nightgown on Chang Feizhang. However, Chang Feizhang was not wearing an inner garment.

It is obvious who brought the body here.

Deng Yang looked at Chang Feizhang lying on the ground without breathing, his face full of confusion and grief, but he couldn't help but ask with lingering fear: "Master Chang had faked his death before, is this corpse really Master Chang?"

"General, I have seen the injury on Chang Feizhang's foot. Please allow me to go forward and take a look."

Cheng Su remained silent, but nodded solemnly.

With Cheng Su's consent, Qingchuan moved to the ankles of the corpse, took off the dead man's shoes and socks, and slowly lifted up his trouser legs.

The deceased did have bruises on his ankle due to a sprain.

"The injury on the deceased's ankle was sustained before his death. It matches the location and condition of the injury I saw when I was treating the magistrate of Chang County. The injury is even more severe than before."

Looking at the wound on the body's ankle, Qingchuan couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

After a pause, Qingchuan slowly said: "I have been practicing medicine for many years and have seen many injured patients. Although injuries can be faked, it is difficult to make them exactly the same."

Qingchuan slowly talked about his many years of experience as a doctor.

"When Master Qingchuan was bandaging Lord Chang, I was right beside him. The injury is exactly the same as Lord Chang's. I think it must be Lord Chang."

After hearing Qingchuan's inference, Zhou Yuanliang immediately limped forward to take a closer look. The injuries and locations were indeed the same, but there was no confidence in his words.

After all, Chang Feizhang had escaped by faking his death before, so he didn't dare to jump to conclusion.

"Yes."

Luo Zhifeng, who was standing nearby, took over the conversation in an affirmative tone, walked to the front of the corpse, squatted down, took out the paper that was stained with blood and was clipped at the collar, and put it aside for the time being. Then, he unbuttoned the corpse's shirt in full view of everyone, revealing the corpse's chest.

Even though the body was covered in blood, it could not hide the bruises and scars of various sizes and shapes on the back, chest, belly, shoulders, arms and hands, as well as large areas of corpse spots.

There were many tiny holes on the arm caused by snake bites. The holes were not smooth and there were signs of bleeding continuing to flow out.

The lower right abdominal wall of the corpse was green.

"The body's face is swollen and purple, there are hemorrhages under the conjunctiva, the right lower abdominal wall is green, the rigor mortis has eased, and there are large areas of livor mortis on the body. Based on these inferences, this body was hanged to death, and it has been dead for at least twelve hours."

As he spoke, Luo Zhifeng reached out and pulled up Qingchuan's trouser legs a little more, exposing the entire calf of the corpse.

When his calf was completely exposed to everyone, it was discovered that there were small scars on his leg from snake bites.

"I just examined the corpse. There is no sign of disguise on the face. The bruises on the body should be caused by being stepped on in the chaos that day. There are also calluses on the hands from years of holding a pen. Based on these clues, it is indeed County Magistrate Chang himself."

"Since he had gone to great lengths to fake his own death, why would he commit suicide?"

Liu Yunhe was very puzzled.

While Luo Zhifeng was making inferences based on the clues on the body of the deceased, Lin Lezhi was not idle either. He squatted aside and placed the three limbs on the ground in order and examined them carefully.

"Isn't there something I haven't seen yet? Maybe I can find the answer after seeing it."

Lin Lezhi looked at the three stumps intently and did not raise his head when he spoke.

Lin Lezhi's sudden words made everyone unable to react for a while, as if they were playing a guessing game. However, Luo Zhifeng, who was squatting next to the corpse, was the first to understand and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang is right."

After saying that, Luo Zhifeng opened the blood-stained paper that he had placed aside. There was another piece of white paper wrapped inside the white paper. Because it was wrapped inside, it was not stained with blood on a large scale.

Luo Zhifeng opened the white paper, and inside was a letter written in blood.

Even though it was written in blood and stained with blood, one could still see his calligraphy skills and the strokes were elegant and beautiful. Even the terrified Guan Ziheng couldn't help but cast an admiring glance at him with a hint of regret in his eyes.

Lin Lezhi looked carefully at the three limbs in front of him and found tiny holes on Guo Yong's legs and arms caused by snake bites. Between the hair of the wrist guard made of animal fur and at the places where the snakes had bitten, dots of yellow powder could be seen.

Then, Lin Lezhi looked at the place where Chang Feizhang was bitten by the snake. In the creases of the black night suit, spots of yellow powder could be seen.

But this yellow powder looks like dust and can be easily overlooked if you don’t look carefully.

If I am not mistaken, this yellow powder should be the same as the yellow powder in the fingernails of the corpse that Chang Feizhang used to fake his death and escape.

And the corpse had also been bitten by a snake.

With doubt in his mind, Lin Lezhi leaned forward slightly, got close to Guo Yong's remaining limbs and sniffed them lightly.

What assaulted my nose was a foul odor.

It was not a pleasant smell. Lin Lezhi frowned slightly, looking a little embarrassed and awkward.

Xiao Yihuo noticed Lin Lezhi's subtle movements and expressions. Although he didn't understand, he found the awkwardness of Lin Lezhi's facial features a little funny, and the corners of his mouth raised with an imperceptible arc.

"What's on the paper?"

Cheng Su asked in a deep voice.

Although some of the words on the paper blended with the blood, fortunately the stain was not severe, and the strokes of the words and the context allowed us to guess which words were covered up.

Luo Zhifeng stood up, his eyes moved as he said, "General, this is a confession."

Hearing this, Lin Lezhi also raised his head and his eyes fell on the paper in Luo Zhifeng's hand.

Written on paper.

Luo Zhifeng felt something in his heart, and read it out slowly, word by word.

I am a criminal, dull by nature and little educated, but I am only able to serve as an official thanks to the grace of the Emperor.

I took up the post of magistrate of Qujiang County, and now, ten and five years have passed.

Eleven years ago, the disappearance of Huaifeng Village was full of doubts, causing the people to worry and panic. Although I am determined to investigate thoroughly, I am incompetent and have not been able to solve the case.

I, a guilty minister, feel so guilty that I think about it day by day and cannot sleep at night.

It is something that I, a guilty minister, cannot let go of, and it is also a responsibility that I, a guilty minister, cannot shirk.

fortunate.

Half a year ago, Wu Sanshan found the guilty minister and revealed the truth about the Huaifeng Village case eleven years ago. It was the tomb robbers who came to plunder the rumored treasure and killed people for the treasure.

But in such a vast sea of ​​people, eleven years have passed, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This is an old case, and the guilty minister does not want the injustice to be buried underground. He vows to catch the murderer and reveal the truth of the case to comfort the innocent victims of Huaifeng Village.

how...

Three months ago, I was seriously ill. I went to see a doctor and found out that I was suffering from stone lung disease and would not live long.

Due to lack of evidence and clues, the criminals could not be investigated and prosecuted according to law.

The guilty minister really didn't expect the case to be so complicated and the thieves to be at large, so he made a desperate attempt and devised a plan with Wu Sanshan to recreate the strange incident on the lake and island and lure the thieves with gold and silver.

I deceived the detective Luo Gui into helping me accomplish my mission, and taking advantage of his trust, I waited for an opportunity to escape after landing on the island, brought in ghosts and monsters, acted secretly, and eliminated the thieves one by one.

Of course...

Although all the criminals were executed, many innocent people suffered and died.

I feel guilty.

I am ashamed of the emperor's trust, ashamed of my inability to protect the people of Qujiang County from worry-free living, ashamed of heaven and earth, ashamed of the teachings of my mentor, and deeply ashamed of the kindness of my parents in raising me.

I, a guilty minister, know that I have committed a grave sin and I cannot face the emperor, let alone the people and my parents.

Yes.

The guilty minister died to atone for his crime.

I, a sinner, am incompetent. I hope that the general will read this letter and continue to thoroughly investigate the Huaifeng Village case, reveal the truth of the case, reassure the people, and relieve the emperor's worries.

This is the last writing of the guilty minister Chang Feizhang.