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

Every look and movement of the woman was full of tenderness, making it impossible to take your eyes off her, but the words she spoke were very calm, with a hint of chilliness.

The only thing he had to do was to tell the Third In Command directly that his life was in their hands.

Lin Lezhi smiled and couldn't help but joked: "Wow... Sister, I thought you were here to help me."

"Am I not helping you?"

As she spoke, the woman returned her gaze to the Third Master, and said in a light tone: "He is just a refugee who refuses to obey discipline. If we can help the Third Master solve this problem, wouldn't that be the best? Don't you think so, Third Master?"

So many people came forward and identified that the owner of Xing Manor was County Magistrate Yan.

If he took this kid's life like this, he would lose his prestige and it would be difficult for him to convince the people.

"Let's do this. You'd better pray that you can find out the truth. If you can't find the murderer before sunset tomorrow, I will make you buried with my master and my second brother!"

"Okay, it's a deal."

The Third In Command snorted angrily and looked away.

Before going to see the deceased, Lin Lezhi first walked to the front of the woman, clasped his fists respectfully and said: "I wonder if sister... can you take the elderly, weak, women and children among the people back to the village first."

The woman smiled and nodded slightly, then walked to the front of the refugees, helped the one kneeling in the front to stand up, and signaled the others not to continue kneeling on the ground. Then she led the elderly, women, children and those who wanted to leave, and walked towards the village.

After watching the people leaving walk away, Lin Lezhi turned around and saw the look on the boss' face as he stared at his head.

He didn't seem to be heartbroken because of the murder of the owner and the second in command, but rather seemed to be frightened for some other reason.

For example... have you done something bad?

Lin Lezhi lowered his head and thought for a while. When he looked up, he found that Xiao Yihuo was standing beside him with a slight anger in his eyes.

Lin Lezhi's eyes flashed with a trace of panic, and he quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to die, I just couldn't bear the anger for a moment."

After explaining, Lin Lezhi felt like he had lost his mind. What was there to explain to him?

Xiao Yihuo's eyes darkened, as if he was considering the truthfulness of Lin Lezhi's words.

Just then, Yang Hancai and Qingchuan also came over. When they turned their eyes slightly and looked at Lin Lezhi again, there was a hint of worry in their eyes. Their voices seemed to be complaining, and they said softly, "Don't do this again in the future. I will be worried."

After saying these words, Xiao Yihuo turned around and walked away in the direction of the deceased.

Lin Lezhi was left alone, petrified on the spot.

"It's not you..."

Lin Lezhi wanted to step forward and argue with Xiao Yihuo, asking him to stop changing his expression unexpectedly as if he was performing Sichuan opera face-changing.

As a result, just as he was about to move, his shoulder was held down and he turned his head to meet Qingchuan's gaze.

"I know Ah Huo. Ah Huo must be very worried about you, so he said these words to you. Excuse me, Brother Le Zhi, you were indeed reckless just now. You should cherish your life."

After saying this, he shook his head with a serious look and patted Lin Lezhi on the shoulder.

"........."

Lin Lezhi felt uncomfortable no matter how he thought about it. He followed the direction of the two and shouted at their backs: "No, do you two have the right to say that about me?"

It was obvious that when these two people got impulsive, no one could stop them, and now they had teamed up to teach me a lesson.

Lin Lezhi grabbed Yang Hancai who was passing by and said, "Brother Yang, do you think they have the right to criticize me?"

I originally wanted to find Yang Hancai to ask for an explanation, but I saw that Yang Hancai looked worried and listless, just standing there sighing.

"Two county magistrates have died in Changluan County in succession. Sir, what do you think we should do? If we can't solve this case, we will all die here." The more Yang Hancai spoke, the more panic appeared on his face.

Changluan County is now under the jurisdiction of Yang Hancai. Although it is only a temporary position, the two county magistrates did die in Changluan County. Li Weisheng is still okay, but Yan Jingyi is a highly respected and good official loved by the people.

If the case cannot be solved, Yang Hancai will have a heavy burden on his shoulders and he will also have to worry about whether he will die here.

Having gotten involved in this mess, he must be regretting it now.

"In that case, why don't we just solve the case? At worst, this is my fault. You will be fine, Brother Yang, don't worry."

Hearing Lin Lezhi's comfort, some hope ignited in Yang Hancai's eyes.

"Could it be that... Sir, you already know who the murderer is?"

"do not know."

Lin Lezhi responded very honestly and cheerfully, and then walked towards the direction of the corpse.

Yang Hancai hurriedly followed, "Mr. Lin, you can't make such a joke..."

Xiao Yihuo and Qingchuan stood in front of the two corpses respectively. Lin Lezhi went to Qingchuan's side first without any hesitation.

Lin Lezhi walked to Yan Jingyi's body and squatted down.

Yan Jingyi was kneeling on the ground. He was not wearing shoes, and his socks were covered with mud, as if he had just walked out of the house without shoes.

The cut on the neck was very smooth, and the blood flowed down the neck into the clothes.

The head that rolled to the ground had purple lips.

"Brother Lezhi, look and see if he is holding something in his hand."

At Qingchuan's reminder, Lin Lezhi turned behind Yan Jingyi. Yan Jingyi's hands were not hanging on both sides of his body, but were tied behind his back with ropes. He was holding something in the palm of his right hand.

After exchanging a glance with Qingchuan, Lin Lezhi pried open Yan Jingyi's palms. Because the dead man's palms were rather stiff, it took some effort to pry them open.

Lin Lezhi took out the thing in his hand. From the appearance, it looked like a seal, but Lin Lezhi did not look at the words engraved on it. Instead, he handed it to Qingchuan beside him and observed Yan Jingyi's two hands first.

Although these hands have begun to show signs of aging and there are some brown spots on the back of the hands, it can still be seen that they are a pair of hands of a scholar who has never experienced hard work and there are no calluses on the palms.

The calloused areas are where the fingers often come into contact with the pen knot.

"What's wrong with this hand?"

"No problem. Is that the word 'punishment' engraved on it?"

The seal was carved from jade. Qingchuan showed the side of the seal with words engraved on it to Lin Lezhi. The word engraved on it was exactly "Xing".

After looking at it, Lin Lezhi stood up and walked to the body of the second in command, ignoring the gaze that Xiao Yihuo was sending to him.

There is a cloth rope hanging around the neck of the second in command, and the other end of the rope is connected to the tree branch above, so that the second in command's body can remain in an upright position.

The second in command's face was purple and his lips were blue.

Upon seeing this, Lin Lezhi immediately checked the second in command's mouth. His tongue was purple and black, and scars were visible on it.

After looking at the mouth, Lin Lezhi pried open the second in command's eyelids again. Because his eyes were already wide open and bulging, he only needed to push the eyelids a little further out, causing bleeding spots on his eyes.

There was a vertical scar on the second in command's chest, probably caused by a sharp weapon. The blood had already solidified on his clothes.

At this time, Qingchuan looked at the head on the ground, frowned and said, "Brother Lezhi, although I have seen few corpses in my many years as a traveling doctor, I think that County Magistrate Yan did not die from decapitation. Am I right?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Lin Lezhi's eyes, and then he nodded and said, "Well said."

Yang Hancai didn't dare to step forward. He wanted to see but didn't dare to. However, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "How do you know that?"

"If a person was alive the previous second and his head was chopped off, his muscles would still be active, so the muscle texture would not be so smooth. If it is so smooth, the most likely reason is that it was caused after death."

As Lin Lezhi spoke, he took off the black gauze veil on his head, then tried his best to avoid the blood on the head, bent down in front of everyone, and took the bloody head in his hands.

The moment he picked it up, Yang Hancai staggered back a few steps and almost lost his balance. The people around him were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and those who dared not to look turned their heads away.

The third boss looked at the head with a panic expression and asked impatiently: "If he didn't die from the beheading, then what did he die from?"

"I'll tell you from closer." Lin Lezhi stood up straight, holding up the head and was about to walk towards the two bosses.

"Don't... don't come over..."

The boss shouted and backed away, almost falling to the ground. Fortunately, the third boss supported the boss in time.

"Isn't this the most respected owner of the manor by the two bosses? Why would the eldest boss reject him so much now?" As he said this, Lin Lezhi raised his head forward again and shook it in front of the eldest boss's eyes intentionally.

Although the boss was afraid, he stared at the head, or to be more precise, he stared at the word "slave" carved on the forehead of the owner of the manor.

"Okay, just stand there and talk. Don't come over here."

"Okay." Lin Lezhi shrugged helplessly, and even took a few steps back considerately. Then, in front of everyone, he opened the purple mouth of County Magistrate Yan, and his tongue hung out as if he was anxious to see people, scaring the people around him so much that they couldn't help but scream in panic.

"The owner's lips were blue and purple, his tongue was purple and black, and clear scars could be seen."

Lin Lezhi listed the causes of death one by one, and then stretched his fingers to Yan Jingyi's eyes and pulled open his eyelids. Lin Lezhi continued: "Look here again, you can see bloodshot in the area of ​​the eyeball that is not covered by blood."

Lin Lezhi paused and continued, "Based on the above causes of death, plus the smooth incision on the neck, we can judge that the deceased did not die from decapitation, but suffocation, so the head was chopped off after death."

"What about my second brother? How did he die?"

"He probably died of suffocation, but there is one thing that is very strange."

"What's weird?"

Lin Lezhi put the bloody head back on the ground, walked up to the second in command, and said with doubt in his eyes: "It's strange, the second in command obviously died of suffocation like the owner of the manor, why... stabbed him in the heart again."

"Xiao Huo, help untie him."

"Okay." Although Lin Lezhi was taking the knife out of the second in command's hand when he said this and did not look up at Xiao Yihuo, Xiao Yihuo still showed a look of joy and responded with a smile.

In such a contrast, the expression on Yang Hancai's face was wonderful, with surprise and panic. However, Xiao Yihuo looked as if he had completely let it go, and even had a look of genuine happiness at being able to be used, which made Yang Hancai even more panicked.

Yang Hancai, who had been avoiding him before, now hurried forward and said, "Mr. Lin, I will help you."

"No, he's tall, so if we don't use him, we can use someone else. Brother Yang, you can just rest aside. This is a simple matter for him. I didn't make it difficult for him."

"Le Zhi is right, I'll do it."

"This……"

Yang Hancai didn’t know whether it was Lin Lezhi who was mentally ill or Xiao Yihuo who was mentally ill.

Xiao Yihuo laid the second in command's body flat on the ground as Lin Lezhi had said. Without the cloth rope around his neck, the scar on his neck was clearly visible.

Compared to the cloth rope hanging around the neck, there is a shallow mark on the neck that is darker in color, darker and narrower than the bruises on the outside.

Lin Lezhi undressed the second in command, and the wound on his chest was revealed to everyone.

Lin Lezhi opened the wound on his chest. The wound was very deep and the cut surface was not smooth. The wound was not caused by a straight stab, but was slanted.

"The second in command is quite tall. If you want to stab him accurately in the heart, you must raise your hand high and stab from above."

In order to make everyone present understand, Lin Lezhi demonstrated on his chest while speaking.

"The edges of the wound are not smooth, which means that the second in command was pierced through the chest by a sharp blade before he died. Either the blade was inserted into the chest before he was strangled to death, or the blade was inserted into the chest and it was found that the second in command was not dead, so the blade was strangled to death with a thin rope."

Lin Lezhi looked at the head on the ground and said, "Then the murderer used the second in command's long knife to cut off the head of the deceased owner of the manor and arranged this place into its current state, waiting for us to discover it."

Lin Lezhi's words were so unbelievable that even the Third Master was confused. He said impatiently, "I think you are just talking nonsense."

Lin Lezhi smiled, then stood up and responded very politely: "I don't know what I said that Third Master didn't understand. I can explain it to you again."

"Everything you said is wrong. All the brothers in the manor were in the yard last night and can testify that the owner of the manor never left the manor. How can you explain how the owner of the manor came here in public? And with my second brother's ability, who could kill him? If you have the ability, find the murderer!"

Lin Lezhi nodded and agreed: "What the Third Master said is indeed reasonable. I really can't find the murderer yet."

As if he had outwitted Lin Lezhi, the Third Master said smugly, "I knew you just made it up. You don't have the ability to solve the case. You're just wasting your time and talking nonsense!"

Lin Lezhi lowered his eyes to listen to the Third Master's remarks, then calmly raised his eyes to look directly at the two Masters, and then said slowly, word by word: "Are you so sure that the person who went to the hall last night and slapped the First Master must be the owner of the manor?"