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

"After killing the witnesses, they worried that the truth would be exposed, so they buried the bodies of the people of Huaifeng Village underground, destroyed the vine bridges connecting Huaifeng Village, buried the truth deep underground, and fabricated the illusion that the people of Huaifeng Village disappeared overnight. In this way, they could rest assured and take the stolen property with peace of mind, and get away with it."

Lin Lezhi paused, suppressed his unhappiness, and continued, "Eleven years have passed in a flash, and they heard rumors that there was a treasure in Huaifeng Village. They were still determined to do something, and they thought that what they did back then was flawless, so they came here again. However, they never thought that someone knew about their evil deeds and spread the news just to lure them here and catch them all in one fell swoop."

After listening, Luo Zhifeng suddenly seemed to think of something, and then he frowned, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes, he said: "Brother Jiang has already deduced these based on the clues found after arriving on the island. Now he brings it up again, could it be..."

Luo Zhifeng's eyes became more and more puzzled. He glanced at the charred corpse and said, "The third person that Brother Jiang mentioned is... but... how is this possible?"

"That's right. The three people I mentioned are Guo Yong, Xu Tian, and Lu Xingpeng. And the third person..." Lin Lezhi looked at the charred corpse and asserted, "That is the true identity of the charred corpse under the cliff, Lu Xingpeng."

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned their eyes to the charred corpse with an expression of disbelief.

Deng Yang didn't know much about Guo Yong and the other two. Based on what Lin Lezhi said, he guessed, "If that's the case, then the person whose face was crushed beyond recognition by the heavy door was...Xu Tian?"

Cheng Su's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Among the three of them, only Guo Yong came with them to the island. There were no other ships approaching the island. If it is true as you said, the people would have discovered it. Do you want to say that the two of them came here out of thin air, or do you want to say that they swam here from the lake?"

Cheng Su's low voice revealed displeasure, and also contained a tone of questioning and suspicion.

"General, I think he is talking nonsense. It takes half an hour to row a boat from Pinghai Town without stopping. How can it be possible to swim across the lake? Even the most elite soldiers can't do it."

Lin Lezhi lowered his eyes slightly, with a trace of melancholy in his eyes, and a faint and helpless smile appeared at the corner of his lips. He said softly: "It is impossible for them to appear out of thin air and swim over from the lake. If they want to land on the island, they don't have to work so hard."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Su's eyes suddenly became solemn, and everyone present also looked puzzled and bewildered.

Lin Lezhi raised his eyes and met Cheng Su's solemn gaze, and said calmly, "General Cheng, do you still remember the snake disaster that Village Chief Wang talked about eleven years ago?"

Cheng Su was silent for a moment, his eyes still serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Go on."

"On the night we first landed on the island, we found the burial site of the people of Huaifeng Village near the Human Doll Cave. Not long after that, we were attacked by white flower snakes. The snake disaster only occurred once eleven years ago and has not appeared since then. From this point of view, the white flower snakes should be entrenched on this island."

Lin Lezhi pretended to be puzzled and said, "But... this is strange, isn't it?"

"What's so strange?"

"This island is located in the center of the lake. There is no other way to the outside world except for the tomb. If so, how did the group of white flower snakes appear in the villages of Haibei and Hainan eleven years ago?"