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

a second before.

Cheng Su still looked furious, with a chilling coldness in his eyes. After hearing Lin Lezhi's powerless response, Cheng Su's sharp gaze could not help but become frozen and shocked.

Shocked.

Cheng Su closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, the anger in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by a look of regret.

Hearing that Chang Feizhang had never killed anyone, not only Cheng Su, but everyone present was shocked.

Think about it carefully.

Lin Lezhi had indeed never insisted that Chang Feizhang was the murderer. All he had done was to make assumptions based on his reasoning about the case, and he had not directly convicted Chang Feizhang.

"It is easy to die bravely, but difficult to die calmly." Lin Lezhi slowly read out these ten words, then looked at everyone and said, "County Magistrate Chang did admit his crimes one by one in his suicide note, and he did discuss a plan with Uncle Wu to lure the thieves to the island, but he did not kill anyone. Like Uncle Wu, he was willing to die, and it was not anyone else's fault."

Listen and.

Zhou Yuanliang and Deng Yang were both stunned for a moment, their eyes suddenly turned red and tears moistened the corners of their eyes.

Lin Lezhi's words "It's not anyone else's fault" may sound like just a simple sentence to others, but to the two of them, it carries a thousand pounds of weight.

It is like a ray of light shining into the darkness, or like a life-saving straw thrown before drowning.

All the things that had been weighing on my heart for a long time and that I had been unable to forgive, unable to reconcile with myself, have quietly dissolved, and I have found great comfort in my heart.

I finally found the thread that would untie the knot in my heart.

Not only Zhou and Deng, but also the dozen or so remaining soldiers were deeply moved after hearing what Lin Lezhi said.

Cheng Su frowned and pondered for a moment, thinking that not long ago, Lin Lezhi did say that if he acted according to his arrangements, the murderer would most likely be let go.

In other words, the murderer was among the people present.

Cheng Su glanced at the people present with different expressions, including Lin Lezhi, a total of eight people.

Eight people?

wrong.

Cheng Su's eyes darkened instantly. He looked at Xiao Xu and asked coldly, "Where did the child go?"

Including Liu Yunhe, there should be nine people in total.

Only then did he realize that Liu Yunhe was missing.

Seeing this, Qingchuan hurried forward and explained in a panic: "General, Yun He went to the forest to relieve himself. I estimate he will be back in a few hours."

"General, do you want me to go look for him?"

Hong Mingxu came forward and asked.

Just when the atmosphere was extremely solemn, there was a sudden noise in the woods.

Liu Yunhe ran back quickly, and he ran so fast that he almost couldn't stop.

"I'm back, I'm back. I had a severe stomachache just now."

Liu Yunhe smelled his hand, then shook it in the air with a look of disgust on his face, and said with a chuckle: "It's a bit troublesome that there is no paper in this forest."

When Liu Yunhe was swinging, many people showed disgust, as if they had smelled a stench, and took a few steps back.

Lin Lezhi also covered his nose and hid backwards, but at the moment of covering his nose and face, the two of them had a brief eye contact, as if they were explaining something.

Cheng Su said with a serious expression: "You are disrespecting the law. Next time this happens, remember to report it. If this happens again, you will be treated as the murderer. Go back."

"Yes, thank you General."

After Liu Yunhe clasped his fists and nodded, he stood behind Xiao Yihuo with a look of panic and as if he had been pardoned, and secretly let out a breath.

After putting this matter aside for the time being, Cheng Su's cold gaze focused on Lin Lezhi again, and he said with a stern look, "You said Chang Feizhang didn't kill anyone, then who was the murderer?"

Listen and.

Liu Yunhe, who had just returned to the team, naturally had no idea of the situation and didn't know how it had progressed to this point. With confusion and curiosity in his eyes, he half poked his head out from the side of Xiao Yihuo's body, waiting for Lin Lezhi's response.

Lin Lezhi did not panic, and spoke slowly: "The murderer has always been on this island, and may be lurking around us now."

Upon hearing this, everyone, who had not yet come out of the sentimental atmosphere, felt their hearts rise to their throats and looked around with terrified expressions.

Liu Yunhe quietly hid behind Xiao Yihuo again, daring only to glance around, but he quickly looked away after just one glance.

Then, Liu Yunhe looked at Lin Lezhi with a resentful face, wondering if Lin Lezhi had betrayed him.

after all.

He really went into the woods just now!

"Don't be afraid, the murderer won't hurt us."

After hearing these words, Liu Yunhe seemed to have taken a reassurance pill and looked less panicked.

Liu Yunhe quietly looked at Xiao Yihuo and Qingchuan. Seeing how calm they looked without changing their expressions, he felt a sense of admiration. Then he straightened his back and took up the momentum.

But the tension between his eyebrows still exposed his uneasiness.

Zhu Yang remembered that the water ghost said that he wanted to bury everyone with him, and said in fear: "Could it be... Could it be that water ghost? How can Detective Jiang be sure that the murderer will not hurt us?"

"Of course not, because the murderer is not a human."

"...Not a human? But...didn't Detective Jiang say that only humans would play tricks? Why is he..."

Hong Mingxu sneered and interrupted sarcastically, "I think he couldn't solve the case himself, so he planned to put the blame on the ghost. I think this famous Jiang Gui Detective is just like this, with a false reputation."

"I am not putting the blame on the ghost, but this murderer is indeed not a human being, and he only kills those who should be killed."

"If it's not a human, then what is it?" Cheng Su urged impatiently.

Lin Lezhi no longer kept the secret and said calmly, "Snake."

"..."

Cheng Su was silent for a long time, his face was livid, and he obviously felt that Lin Lezhi was teasing him. He said in an unhappy tone: "So many people have been on the island for more than three days, and there have been heavy casualties. Now you tell me, it's a snake?"

"General, please don't be angry. I didn't explain it clearly. What I meant was that the murderer was indeed a snake, and they would not hurt people wantonly."

Lin Lezhi took a deep breath and said slowly: "The waiter at Jianghe Inn once said that the white flower snake would not hurt people unless it felt threatened. If not, Huaifeng Village would not have lived here safely for generations, and Uncle Wu and Chang Feizhang would not have secretly traveled back and forth to the lake island many times and remained safe and sound."

As he spoke, Lin Lezhi's eyes looked distant, as if he saw the scene of that year.

"Eleven years ago, Guo Yong and his three companions stole valuables from the tomb, which led to the snakes coming out in droves and appearing in the villages near Pinghai Lake. After the snakes left the island, they lurked outside the island and never returned to the island again."

He paused, and continued, "That's why Xu Tian and Lu Xingpeng died before we arrived at the lake island. Guo Yong also moved the things in the basement. Even if no one took his life, it was only a matter of time before he was bitten to death by a snake. What County Magistrate Chang did was just to recreate the tragic scene in the storybook and swap the bodies to create a fake death. He just set up a plan, but didn't kill anyone."

Lin Lezhi replayed what happened that night in front of everyone.

"On the night of the incident, after Guo Yong died in the tomb, Chang Feizhang followed the original plan and opened the mechanism of the tomb to the other side of the lake. He then followed the rock wall to the other side of the mountain and found the bodies of Xu Tian and Lu Xingpeng. He then returned to the tomb, chopped off Guo Yong's limbs, and faked bloody footprints. He then exchanged clothes with Xu Tian, covered Guo Yong's limbs with his underwear, and then sealed Guo Yong's body in the soil. After confirming that everything was correct, he left the cave with Lu Xingpeng's body and Guo Yong's limbs."

Lin Lezhi sighed as he said, "Unfortunately, the treasure chest in the puppet cave had been opened. He was wearing Xu Tian's nightgown and was holding Guo Yong's limbs. I think he was bitten by a snake not long after he left the cave. He knew he had no hope of survival and couldn't hold on until we found him, so he wrote a suicide note in blood, telling us the truth, and then hanged himself in front of the earth temple."

After saying this, Lin Lezhi's deep eyes, which were filled with helplessness and regret, instantly flashed with a sharp look. He couldn't help but speak out, and said with a hint of anger in his tone: "So, the deaths of the three of them were entirely their own fault, and they deserved it."

Lin Lezhi's reasoning shocked everyone present speechless. It was not because Lin Lezhi's reasoning was too brilliant, but because of the truth behind it and the people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for this case.

They sighed, were angry, sad, and unable to understand.

It is also "other people's fault", so why does God always take away these lively and kind people, and instead let those evil people get away with it and live for more than ten years longer?

They blame the heavens for being blind and hate the unfairness of fate, but it is a foregone conclusion and cannot be reversed.

Therefore, my heart became even more depressed and sad.

Such facts are undoubtedly cruel and sad, but it also requires someone to remain calm and stabilize the situation amid grief and collapse.

Cheng Su took a deep breath, his eyes no longer as cold as before, he looked at Lin Lezhi calmly and asked, "You said the murderer in this case was a snake, then why did you say that Ben would let the murderer go?"

"It was indeed a snake that killed him, but General, don't forget that Guo Yong died before he was bitten by the snake. Someone else killed him."

Cheng Su looked serious and gritted his teeth and asked, "Who is it?"

Lin Lezhi looked at Cheng Su, his eyes calm and he said, "Before that, please allow me to solve the third doubt for you first."

He lowered his eyes and said with a deep look in his eyes: "How did Guan Ziheng set himself on fire in public, but why did he become Lu Xingpeng after falling off the cliff?"