The Japanese in the mourning hall must have lived in Chang'an for many years. In addition to being highly Chinese, they are more familiar with some things from the Tang Dynasty.

They didn't know Li Cangyu, but they recognized the Jinwu Youzi uniform on Li Cangyu.

So when Li Cangyu came, the whole atmosphere in the mourning hall changed a little. The monk stopped chanting, and the people who were watching the spirits in the hall looked up at him, some were full of expectations, some were anxious and some were sad and angry.

The man kneeling beside the corpse and cried, probably Zhao Fuxing, who was the companion of "Chen Sheng" mentioned by Ouyang Ling. He was almost forty years old, but he was very white without beards. He looked weak and weak, and his eyes were swollen and his expression was very sad.

When Zhao Fuxing saw Li Cangyu, he knelt down and kowtowed to him, "I am willing to ask the Tang Dynasty to make an appeal to my master!"

The repeated kowtows smashed the floor with a thump.

"Get up, I need to check the body. Apart from you, please avoid everyone else." Li Cangyu ordered without saying much.

The whole room was silently retreating. Two people stood on the feet of the corpse.

Li Cangyu was calm on the surface and felt a little nervous. Although he had already killed someone, it was an impulsive behavior without thinking under extreme tension. In fact, he still had a sense of natural fear of the "corpse". Besides, he was not a professional criminal investigator, and his understanding of "injury test" was limited to some detective novels and films and TV series...

But I can’t care about so much, and the corpse must be seen. Isn’t there a saying, “The corpse will not lie”!

So Li Cangyu suppressed his anxiety and stepped forward, uncovering the white cloth covering the deceased's face.

Eyeballs burst out, and blood was bleeding from seven holes!

I'll go shit!...Li Cangyu was almost shocked. How could this happen?

Zhao Fuxing hurriedly came forward to cover the white cloth and said, "Xu Zuo from the county government said that my master was stabbed in the throat by a poisonous sword. Because the toxins were blood-sealed, the internal blood flow was blocked, and after death, he squeezed out of the seven holes."

Li Cangyu forced himself to calm down, "Reveal again, I want to see his wound."

Zhao Fuxing hesitated for a moment and then uncovered the white cloth.

Li Cangyu forced himself to resist the discomfort and looked at the wound in his throat. As expected, his whole throat was dark, and the wound was even more black and purple. The bones inside could be vaguely seen. In addition, some blood stasis at the wound had already vaguely smelled.

"What poison?"

"Xu Zuo didn't say it."

"Are there any other wounds?"

"No, this blow is fatal."

Li Cangyu nodded, thinking that this was a very clear assassination. It was not enough to stab the throat with one sword, and he had to temper the poison to ensure that. Judging from his experience in practicing swords, the opponent's sword skills were at least not inferior to him. Because it would be absolutely difficult to stab the throat with one sword with an extremely accurate sword, let alone to attack at night?

In addition, the other party’s psychological quality is not very strong. After all, this is killing people, not slaughtering chickens! - It’s still the kind of place in the West Market under the feet of the emperor, with many people and eyes!

After thinking for a while, Li Cangyu called Hao Tingyu's entourage and asked him to ride a horse to call Xu Zuo, the autopsy, to question him, and also to the witness who found the body. Another entourage, Li Cangyu, asked him to ask Chen Sheng's love in Pingkangfang, and it would be best if he could bring her here to ask.

After the arrangement was made, Li Cangyu returned to Dianke Office. Hao Tingyu also happened to come over and walked quickly, "Search Park Fengzhi immediately!"

"What's going on?"

"He is missing!" Hao Tingyu said, "Some people say that he asked Chen Sheng to go to Xicheng to have a drink on the night of the incident. After Chen Sheng died, he never came back and the school did not go to!"

Ouyang Ling's expression changed drastically on the spot, "No way, you can kill someone just because of a quarrel?"

"I didn't say he killed it, but he was indeed a serious suspect!" Hao Tingyu said in a deep voice, "Cangyu, you can stay here first. I will go back to the tour office and issue a Jinwu Tongcang order immediately, and capture Park Fengzhi!"

"good!"

Hao Tingyu was so excited that he rode on his horse and left. The four followers stayed and temporarily obeyed Li Cangyu.

It would take some time for Xu Zuo and others from the county government to come here. Li Cangyu called Ouyang Ling to lead the way and went to Chen Sheng's room to take a look.

Although it was the "state guesthouse" of the Tang Dynasty, people like Chen Sheng have lived here for 10 or 20 years, and his room has become his home. Therefore, the Dianke Office has no keys and Ouyang Ling cannot open the door.

Li Cangyu looked outside the door for a while, "Does that Zhao Fuxing have the key?"

"It shouldn't be either." Ouyang Ling said, "They each live in a room, and the rooms of the master and servant are next to each other."

After saying that, Ouyang Ling pointed to another room, which was Zhao Fuxing's room, which was relatively smaller.

"Why should I call Zhao Fuxing?"

"No need for now." Li Cangyu, "I'll take a look first."

He walked to the door of Chen Sheng's room again, and his eyes fell on the big copper lock.

Very clean, very clean.

There was a little dust falling from the edges and corners above only ten centimeters away.

"Does Chen Sheng love to be clean?" Li Cangyu asked.

"Huh, how do you know?" Ouyang Ling said, "These Japanese people love cleaning. Every morning, before others get up, they dig well water in the yard and start washing and washing. Chen Sheng is especially so. He lies on the floor every day and wipes it clean inside and out. The floor is as bright as a mirror. He advises him not to work so hard to let his servants do it. He also says this is practice. Are you wrong about this person?"

"That's right." Li Cangyu pointed to the door edge, "He has been dead for two days and two nights, and a thin layer of dust fell on the door edge."

——But this lock is very clean!

That means that in the past two days after Chen Sheng's death, someone must have touched this lock. It may even be that he had opened the door with Chen Sheng's key!

"Go back to the mourning hall!"

Li Cangyu took Ouyang Ling and four followers back to the mourning hall and asked directly: "What kind of relics does Chen Sheng leave behind? For example, money bags, keys, etc."

"Yes, it's all here." Zhao Fuxing lifted a plate with a black cloth on it.

Li Cangyu opened the black cloth and saw that there was indeed a bunch of keys, only three in total. So he asked, "What are these keys?"

Zhao Fuxing must have known each other, so he pointed out one by one, "This is his room key, this is the private storage locker of the Taixue Academy, and this is the bookcase key of his room."

"How many keys are there in total?"

"That's the one."

Li Cangyu's heart lit up, "Can you be sure, that's the only one?"

Zhao Fuxing thought, "I can be sure. The lock was bought by the owner, and he only had a key at that time."

"Okay." Li Cangyu smiled slightly, "Ouyang Ling, from now on, without the orders of Jinwu Guard, everyone is not allowed to enter this mourning hall at will, nor are they allowed to leave this mourning hall at will. You are here in person."

Ouyang Ling was stunned, "What does it mean?"

"Don't ask, execute." Li Cangyu ordered two followers and asked them to stay with Ouyang Ling, and took the other two to return to Chen Sheng's room.

With the key, the door was opened.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Cangyu smelled a very light but strange smell, like some kind of herb.

"Do you smell anything?" Li Cangyu asked.

The two followers sniffed hard, "No!"

When Li Cangyu woke up, he forgot that I was once a hunter!... There is an old saying that hunters have a more sensitive sense of smell than wild animals.

Although this is a bit exaggerated, it also shows a fact that in addition to watching the eyes and listening to all directions, hunters who seek life in the forest need to maximize their sense of smell. Many wild beasts have their special smell, and the urine and feces they leave are also important clues to track or avoid them.

In the era without high-tech assistance, people could only continuously strengthen their sensory abilities to adapt to nature. The continuous development of technology provided people with many conveniences, but at the same time, some of their own abilities gradually deteriorated. The "Suji Art" used by ancient scouts and some experts in the martial arts world are the ancestors of modern reconnaissance skills. The strong sensory abilities of such masters are almost an incredible "superpower" in the eyes of modern people.

Although Li Cangyu's physical sensory ability has not reached the level of "superpower", it is indeed much stronger than ordinary people. Otherwise, he might have been buried in the belly of a wild beast in the jungle.

Following the strange herbal smell, Li Cangyu slowly walked to the locked bookcase.

The bookcase is very large, more than one person tall. Expand your arms and measure it, and it just ends twice.

When I saw the big copper lock again, it was also very clean and dust-free, and it was obviously opened by someone.

Li Cangyu opened the lock and opened the door of the bookcase.

It was indeed filled with books, paper and other objects, and even some ancient bamboo slips.

"Take all these books out!"

The two followers immediately moved, and Li Cangyu smelled it one by one, but it was not the smell of herbs. In the end, all the books were moved out of the bookcase and the smell floated out of the bookcase.

"Move the bookcase away!"

The two followers tried to move, but they didn't move at all. They tried their best but still remained unmoved!

The three of them were all stunned, "What's going on?"

Li Cangyu lay on the ground and observed that the entire bookcase and the ground had been firmly stuck!

"Why do you need to stick the bookcase tightly to the floor?" Li Cangyu asked frowned, "Scholars love books, and they are all neatly coded into the bookcase. This is understandable. But he often has to read books. Isn't it troublesome to put such a big lock? This is the Dianke Office of the Honglu Temple. Could it be that there are still thieves coming to steal his books?"

"Yes!" Both followers were surprised, "This is a bit abnormal!"

Li Cangyu frowned and said, "Go to the room next to the bookcase!"

"No key!"

"Broken window, pick the lock, whatever you want!"

The three of them walked out of the room and came to the door of the next room and found that this was the room of the servant Zhao Fuxing.

Prying the window in!

"A herbal smell!"

"We smell it now!"

When I looked closely, there was a big cabinet in the same position opposite to the bookcase next door!

Li Cangyu was immediately happy. So many detective novels and movies and TV were really in vain. I was about to become a detective!
Chapter completed!