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

Lin Lezhi's expression remained calm, and with a hint of determination in his eyes, he said, "Okay, then I will solve the general's three doubts one by one."

"First, how did Xu Tian and Lu Xingpeng get on the island? It's simple. They sneaked up."

After he finished speaking, everyone present was shocked, and they all thought that Lin Lezhi was daydreaming.

Hong Mingxu: "You just said that this lake island is surrounded by water, but now you say they walked up. Don't you feel embarrassed to be so self-contradictory and make such a lie?"

"Captain Hong forgot to remember one thing. I did say that this island is located in the center of the lake, but I also said that the island is not completely isolated from the outside world."

"You mean the tomb? The exit of the tomb is surrounded by steep mountains. How can it lead to the outside?"

“Sometimes what you see is not necessarily true. What seems to be impassable may not be impassable. Just like the ship parked in the southwest, it is hidden by the mountains and dense forests, so it is impossible to detect it. But if you look from a different angle, you can see it clearly.”

As he spoke, Lin Lezhi slowly walked towards the corpse, saying as he walked: "It is autumn now, and it coincides with the Lantern Festival. The east wind has brought a lot of heat generated by the lanterns to the lake island, so there has been a heavy fog in the past few days. The fog does make it difficult to see the truth, but fortunately, this fog has allowed me to unravel the mystery."

"Everyone, please look up."

Lin Lezhi stopped in front of the charred corpse. Under Lin Lezhi's guidance, everyone looked towards the cliff.

I stared at it for a long time, but still didn't understand what it meant.

Lin Lezhi withdrew his gaze from the cliff, looked at everyone and said, "The fog starts when night falls and reaches its peak in the early morning. Then, as the sun comes out and the temperature gradually rises, the fog will slowly dissipate."

"This morning, after the murder, Xiao and I..."

When Xiao Yihuo was mentioned, Lin Lezhi felt inexplicably complicated and hesitant. He looked in the direction of Xiao Yihuo, but only took a quick glance, then looked away in panic.

He cleared his throat and pretended nothing happened, but his tone was still a little stumbling as he said, "Xiao Xu and I will stay at the cliff until the fog dissipates."

However, it only took Lin Lezhi a short while to adjust his thoughts, focusing all his attention on solving the case and no longer thinking about anything else.

"As the fog gradually dissipated, the mountains on the other side of the lake appeared before our eyes. Since the mountains were low and densely packed, the fog gathered between the mountains was difficult to dissipate quickly. I'm sure everyone has seen that the mountain fog was like a river, a magnificent scene like being in a fairyland. If you were not on a high ground and happened to be standing on the back of a mountain, you would probably not have the chance to see this wonder."

Lin Lezhi's words and expression revealed his sincere admiration for the landscape, as if he were there again.

however.

The next second, the approval in his eyes turned into a sharp look as he said, "Although the foggy scenery is beautiful, it also hides mysteries."

Luo Zhifeng asked with curiosity in his eyes: "What's the secret?"

"Thanks to being at a high altitude, after the fog gradually dissipated, and the height and flow of the fog, I discovered that there are more ways to get to the lake island than just by boat."

Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened as he spoke, "From the exit side, the mountains around the tomb's exit are steep and almost vertical, making them difficult to climb and with no way to get through. But if you stand on a high place, you can see that there is a relatively gentle slope on the edge of the two mountains on the north and south sides. If you climb close to the wall, you can reach the steep side. If there is no fog blocking it, it will be easier to find. Back then, Guo Yong and the other two must have discovered this and used it to escape and transfer the stolen treasures."

Lin Lezhi paused for a moment and continued, "Eleven years after the incident, the news that Huaifeng Village had hidden treasures spread again, and the three men returned here again out of greed. To avoid suspicion, they decided to pretend to be hunters, let Guo Yong go to the island alone, and the other two would follow the same escape route that year, passing through the dense forests near Hainan and Haibei villages, and climb the mountains to the island."

As he spoke, Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened, and he said with some reluctance in his tone: "I think... Wu Sanshan and County Magistrate Chang also used this method to get to the island in order not to attract attention. Because they frequently went back and forth between the tombs and inhaled too much dust from the coffins in the tombs, they developed stone lung disease."

"Grandpa, it's Grandpa!"

When Qiao Ying, who had been playing with lanterns obediently on the side, heard Lin Lezhi say Wu Sanshan's name, she suddenly shouted "Grandpa" happily. But after searching the crowd, she didn't see the figure she wanted to see, so she lowered her head in disappointment.

Looking at Qiao Ying, who was silently playing with the lantern in her hand with her head down, Lin Lezhi's eyes wavered slightly, a hint of bitterness arose in his heart, and a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Lin Lezhi turned to look at Cheng Su and said, "If we figure out how they got to the island, the general's second question can also be solved."

"go on."

"It's not difficult to prove the identities of these two people. General, do you remember the corpse under the tomb door? He died before Guo Yong. His body is covered with corpse spots and he has been dead for more than twelve hours."

"so what?"

"He has been dead for more than twelve hours, which means that he was already dead before we landed on the island."

Lin Lezhi looked at the charred corpse at his feet, his eyes narrowed as he said, "The skin of the charred corpse in front of me has been burned to charcoal, but judging from the decay and liquefaction of its internal organs, this corpse has been dead for at least three days."

Upon hearing this, the people around were shocked again, marveling that the corpse had been dead for so long.

Lin Lezhi withdrew his gaze from the charred corpse and turned to look at everyone, his eyes firmly saying: "So, this corpse cannot be Guan Ziheng."

After hearing what Lin Lezhi said, He Yu's doubts were immediately resolved, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.

It turned out that he wanted to confirm the identity of the corpse, so he used his knife to cut open the chest of the charred corpse.

Hong Mingxu was also convinced by Lin Lezhi's inference, but he still found fault and said, "He has been dead for three days, so it can't be Guan Ziheng who died in front of everyone. But according to what you said, it could also be someone else who unfortunately died on this island. What makes you say that this person is Lu Xingpeng?"

"Based on this."

Lin Lezhi held up the blood-stained suicide note in his hand.

"That's all?"

"This is certainly not enough." Lin Lezhi met Hong Mingxu's unconvinced gaze and said slowly, "Captain Hong, do you still remember Guo Yong and the second corpse? What do they have in common?"

Lin Lezhi's question made Hong Mingxu's face turn red and blue, and he said impatiently: "I'm not investigating the case, why should I remember this!"

Luo Zhifeng: “Right arm.”

Lin Lezhi's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and then he said affirmatively: "Brother Luo is right. Whether it is Guo Yong or the second corpse, their bodies have obviously been deliberately destroyed, just like Guo Yong's missing right arm. The corpse under the tomb door, in addition to the head that must be destroyed, its right arm was also destroyed. The purpose is to cover up the key clues."

"Think about it carefully. If Magistrate Chang wanted to conceal the identity of the corpse, he could just destroy the head. Why did he bother to destroy the arms as well? Or, if he really wanted to conceal it thoroughly, why not destroy the entire body, destroying it so that no clues could be found, and leaving only the official uniform? Wouldn't that be better?"

Lin Lezhi paused for a moment, then continued, "The reason why County Magistrate Chang did this is actually very simple. He hopes that we can still follow his plan after his death. Therefore, we cannot discover the identity of the corpse too early, but we must draw suspicion to him."

Say it.

Lin Lezhi raised the suicide note in his hand again, his eyes firm as he said, "And the truth behind all this, County Magistrate Chang actually left us the answer in the letter."

As Lin Lezhi spoke, he opened Chang Feizhang's suicide note again in front of everyone and spread it out in front of everyone.

The slender fingers fell on a certain place on the letter.

Pointing to.

The word "tomb robber".