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

The marks on the bones are not easy to see unless you look closely.

Therefore, the people standing not far away were somewhat confused.

Hong Mingxu glanced at the half forearm in Lin Lezhi's hand, then turned to look at Lin Lezhi and deliberately threatened: "Jiang Lian'an, you'd better really investigate this case and not talk nonsense, otherwise..."

He snorted coldly, with a sinister smile on his face, and continued, "The fact that you destroyed two corpses in a row is enough to sentence you to death."

Lin Lezhi raised his lips slightly and thanked him: "Thank you for your concern, Captain Hong. I will definitely live up to the high expectations of the general and Captain Hong."

As soon as the words came out.

Hong Mingxu suddenly felt embarrassed and a look of anger appeared on his face, but he had no way to vent it. His face turned blue and red, which was very interesting.

His original intention was to make things difficult for Lin Lezhi and criticize him harshly, in order to scare him.

As a result, his calm thanks made him feel like he had punched cotton. Not only did he not vent his anger, but he also seemed to be bullying, petty and reckless.

In this way, he seemed like a clown, while Lin Lezhi showed his calmness and self-control in the face of danger.

Cheng Su saw that Hong Mingxu was angry, so he turned around and said to him, "Mingxu, you are injured, so it is inconvenient to talk too much. Rest well first."

"...Yes, General."

While the two were talking, Lin Lezhi walked up to Cheng Su, raised his forearm in front of Cheng Su's eyes and said, "General, please look at these marks on the bones."

When it was presented to Cheng Su, the people around him cast timid yet curious glances at it.

In fact, Lin Lezhi was not completely sure at the beginning. It was only when he was dissecting the corpse to check the time of death that he saw the skin and flesh three fingers wide below the wrist of the corpse strangely torn apart, so he tried to take a gamble.

The bodies found before were either incomplete or crushed into meat paste by the tomb doors, making it impossible for him to make a judgment.

Just now he was thinking about how to make things go away if the scratch disappeared after scratching it.

Fortunately.

The facts are just as I guessed.

As expected, Cheng Su was a man who was used to big scenes. He didn't even blink when he saw such a bloody scene. He had to grit his teeth and rely on his willpower to pretend to be calm.

Cheng Su took a look and frowned, "It's just a few scratches, what's so strange about it?"

"General, don't underestimate these scratches. They can reveal many important clues."

Lin Lezhi raised his forearm to the people who were looking at him and said, "Not long ago, when I was investigating the time of death of the charred corpse, I saw that the right forearm was obviously different from the left forearm. The flesh was torn apart. I believe you all saw it with your own eyes when I was cutting just now."

Lin Lezhi paused for a moment, looked at the marks on the bones and said, "Only when you have suffered a deep wound, and the scars are older, will the flesh burst open under the burning fire. And... these marks hidden under the flesh are the evidence that County Magistrate Chang had to cover up, but deliberately left clues for us to discover."

“That’s right…” Lin Lezhi turned to look at Cheng Su, his eyes calm as he said, “The second question the general wants to solve is evidence to prove the identity of the deceased.”

Cheng Su's eyes darkened and he motioned for Lin Lezhi to continue.

"The reason why County Magistrate Chang hid the clue of the corpse's right arm was to replace the clue with his plan so that we could follow his plan. When the time is right, he will use his suicide note to tell us the identity of the deceased, which is the 'tomb robber' he mentioned in the letter."

Lin Lezhi temporarily placed his forearm on the ground and picked up a branch from the ground. On the grass that had been burned to the point where only the roots were left and the soil was exposed, he first restored the remaining scratches on his arm on the ground.

After writing, he turned around and picked up the suicide note on the ground. He compared it with the suicide note and continued writing on the scratches on the ground.

As he wrote, he said, "By comparing the marks on the bones of the corpse with the words written on the letter, it is not difficult to find that the word that is closest to the one on the letter is this one."

The moment Lin Lezhi finished carving the few marks on the corpse, everyone who could read showed shock.

Lin Lezhi also read out the word on the ground at the moment he put down his pen, "It's the word 'robber'."

Although Cheng Su is illiterate, it does not mean that he has no memory. He just saw Lin Lezhi pointed out the two words in the letter and then deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of those two words, so he remembered them.

Lin Lezhi put down the branch in his hand, patted the dust off his hands, stood up and said: "Eleven years have passed since the case. During those eleven years, County Magistrate Chang must have been unable to sleep day and night, tracking down countless clues, hoping to find a little clue, but his efforts did not get the due reward."

Lin Lezhi's eyes dimmed slightly, with a hint of helplessness and sadness in them, and he continued, "Until half a year ago, Wu Sanshan found him. After discussing, the two decided to stage a false scene of the villagers of Huaifeng Village returning, and spread rumors that Huaifeng Village had hidden treasures to lure out the thieves who did evil back then. After luring them to this island, they arranged their bodies into puppets to kill people, to help the people of Huaifeng Village avenge and redress their grievances."

"When he was arranging the scene and changing the clothes with the corpses, he suddenly found that their bodies all had one thing in common: a word 'robber' was engraved on their right forearms. I believe that at that moment, County Magistrate Chang must have been overwhelmed with emotions, even tears. He lamented that everything he had done over the years, his efforts were not in vain."

At this point, Lin Lezhi's voice trembled slightly with indignation and regret.

He paused, exhaled lightly, and then continued, "Those who have been tattooed must have been caught by the government and recorded. I think that during those eleven years, not only this county, but also other counties' files, big and small, must have been secretly reviewed by County Magistrate Chang, and he carefully noted down all the suspicious people."

As Lin Lezhi spoke, he walked to the suicide note, bent down and took it in his hand. Then he held the suicide note and looked at everyone, his eyes determined and said: "Since Guo Yong and his group are pretending to be hunters, in order to ensure that the plan is flawless, their identities must be fake. So, when he saw the tattoos on their arms, he immediately guessed the true identities of the three people."

"What a pity..." Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened, and he said with a hint of sadness in his voice: "He knew that he would not live long after being poisoned by the snake, and that he would not survive until we found him, so he wrote their true identities in this letter."

After hearing Lin Lezhi's remarks, most people were convinced because they were reasonable and logical, without any mistakes.

But Cheng Su and Hong Mingxu were obviously not so convinced. Luo Zhifeng also had a thoughtful look on his face. Qingchuan and Xiao Yihuo just listened with no expression on their faces.

Cheng Su stared at Lin Lezhi for a while, his eyes darkening.

Lin Lezhi spoke first: "General, do you have any questions?"

Cheng Su's gaze shot towards Lin Lezhi like a sharp arrow, suspicion in his cold eyes: "There are many people who are greedy for gold and silver treasures and want to take them for themselves. What if the group of thieves back then didn't hear the news and rushed here, and Chang Feizhang killed the wrong person?"

Lin Lezhi smiled and said, "The general is indeed thoughtful, but... the general does not need to worry about this, there is no such thing."

As he spoke, a sharp look flashed across Lin Lezhi's eyes, and he said with great certainty, "The people who are coming must be them!"