Chapter 115: Don't give up
Jian Dingyong explained to Li Mi while taking Li Mi to the county prison, which has been changed beyond recognition, although it has been repaired, but there is still a smell of fireworks and barbecue, as if those jailers who were burned at the stake are still guarding this small prison.
In the temple of the prison god next to it, the statue of the god has been covered with a black cloth, and I don't know if it is a local custom, or for fear that repairing the prison will offend the god of prison.
Li Mi did not rush to search Kaoru Asakusa's cell, but started from the class room, and followed the traces of the fire to check the fire point from the white ash circle on the ground.
These are the traces left by the people of the Torture Hall, and through these ignitions, they have pushed out the location where the rioters threw the cannons, so as to judge the breakthroughs that the rioters have infiltrated, and from these breakthroughs, they have drawn their specific routes.
Although the county government is not very large, and the prison is even smaller, judging from the route of the rioters, they have been planning for a long time, and it is an organized and planned mature raid, and even the escape route has been planned.
This also means that either they squat in advance, or they have an internal response in the county office, otherwise they simply can't do this!
Because there had been an investigation by the Torture Hall in advance, the conclusion of the preliminary investigation, Jian Dingyong also repeatedly scrutinized it many times, and Li Mi also understood the whole ins and outs through this magistrate.
Now the only question is, why did Kaoru Asakusa disappear into the cell and then suddenly appear on the backs of the jailers?
Kaoru Asakusa's attack on the back is the key for the thugs to break through the defense line of the squad, and it is not meaningless to figure this out, and maybe you can get clues from it and provide valuable things for the pursuit of Kaoru Asakusa.
Find out the details of Kaoru Asakusa's actions, you can know what kind of help she has received, and who can provide her with such help, so that you can find out Neiying, and through Neiying, you may be able to ask Kaoru Asakusa's next plan, and even where she is hiding!
Because now the nest of the widows has been found, and Kaoru Asakusa has been looking for a big ship to go to sea in Yaxing, but after she was imprisoned in the county prison, she was tortured many times, and her physical condition was very bad, even if she escaped from prison, it was impossible to go far.
If there is an internal response, it is very likely that she will even hide in Wu County to recuperate, after all, she is an assassin, and she knows that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and she must understand the truth of darkness under the lamp, and the killer itself is a risky profession, and she is betting with Lord Yama every moment, and the bet is her own life, so Kaoru Asakusa will definitely take such a risk!
Once the idea of handling the case was determined, the action was very targeted, and Li Mi soon came to the cell where Kaoru Asakusa was held.
Because Kaoru Asakusa was an extremely dangerous assassin, she stayed on the single number, and the contents of the room were almost burned due to the fire.
Li Mi had also visited the county jail earlier, and there was actually nothing extra in the cell, except for a straw shop, which was a drowning barrel, and nothing else.
Although the walls were blackened, the straw shop in the corner of the cell still left a puddle of gray ashes, and there were some flocculent ashes on it, which must have been left after the broken blanket was burned, and nothing else.
According to Jian Dingyong's description, the jailers wanted to come in and transfer Kaoru Asakusa, but found that the iron door of the cell was locked, and Kaoru Asakusa was sleeping in the cell, so they opened the cell door, only to find that it was only a straw camouflage under the blanket, and Kaoru Asakusa was not seen at all!
In other words, before they entered the cell, Kaoru Asakusa was no longer in the cell.
But when they gathered in the squad room to resist the onslaught of the mob, Kaoru Asakusa suddenly appeared behind them, and unless Kaoru Asakusa could turn into a ghost, it would not be possible to do so.
The surviving cell bosses and jailers also had lingering palpitations when they talked about this incident, they thought that Kaoru Asakusa was the maiden of the Shenlu Palace, maybe she really had the blessing of a true god, or she knew the demon method of stealth and concealment, otherwise she couldn't explain this at all.
Of course, Li Mi will not believe it, let alone accept this statement.
In Li Mi's opinion, either Kaoru Asakusa had already been released and hidden in other cells, or elsewhere in the prison, or Kaoru Asakusa had never been out of this cell at all!
The possibility of Kaoru Asakusa being released in advance is not high, because there is only one passage in the prison, and on both sides of the corridor is the prison room, if Kaoru Asakusa is hidden in other prisons, she is such a beauty, like a little sheep thrown into the wolves, how can there be no movement?
Besides, Kaoru Asakusa is not a little sheep, but a colorful poisonous snake, and those who dare to violate her will surely be hurt by her, either way, it is impossible to be silent.
Unless... Unless Kaoru Asakusa is willing to be violated by those people in turn in order to escape without saying a word and without any resistance, it will not be possible to do this at all.
Li Mi has been in contact with Kaoru Asakusa more than once, and knows how ruthless this female personality is, as a Xuannu of Shenlu Palace, how can she let the dirty, smelly, ugly and lowly rotten people in the prison be tarnished in turn?
Ruled out this possibility, only the second possibility remains, Kaoru Asakusa never got out of the cell at all!
She hid in the cell, but the jailers couldn't see her, and when the jailers found that it was just straw under the blanket, they thought she had escaped, so they chased her out in a panic, and everyone had already run away, so they naturally wouldn't lock the cell door again, and at this time Kaoru Asakusa really escaped, went around the back, and gave the jailers in the squad a deadly raid!
However, this possibility is also very low, because this single number is not big, and there is something in it, from the outside, it is almost clear at a glance, where can she hide?
Li Mi glanced around the cell, and couldn't help but shake his head, although this cell was small, there was a ventilated skylight on it!
It's just that the skylight is only three or two fists the size, and the cat and mouse may be able to pass through, but the prisoner will never be able to get out of the skylight.
Besides, even if Kaoru Asakusa really knew how to shrink bones and other secret techniques and was able to get out of the skylight, there was a large pond behind the county prison, and there was a wall around the pond, and she was covered in injuries, and it was really unimaginable that she wanted to jump into the pool, swim across the pool, and then climb out of the county government wall full of thorns and iron thorns.
And if she crawled out, there would be no way to come back and give the jailers a blow in the back.
Li Mi gave these analyses to Jian Dingyong, this county magistrate is also a big head, although he has handled many cases, but they are not murders, and there is no such bizarre, what kind of disputes do the people in the county have, and it is okay to play fifty boards each, where have you ever encountered such a thing.
Li Mi naturally didn't count on this magistrate, so he asked the official to bring a ladder and climb it to check the skylight, although it was impossible for Kaoru Asakusa to climb out of the skylight, but there was nowhere to hide in the cell, and there were no other more clues, so he could only search in a carpet manner, and not let go of any suspicious places, even if it was impossible, he would never let go.
Facts have proved that Li Mi's insistence is very correct!
Sure enough, he found some marks on the skylight!
This is a pile of ashes, there is some charcoal in it, and there are also some crystals, which have long been hardened at this time, and after being buckled off, it has been set, and the hardness is quite high, and after wiping off the black ash on the surface, it can be vaguely seen that there are some silver-like metal objects wrapped in it.
"What is this?" Jian Dingyong didn't expect that Li Mi had really found it, although it wasn't clear what it was, but at least there was progress!
Li Mi picked off some of the silver object, twisted it in his hand, put it in his mouth and bit it, pondered for a moment, and then his eyes lit up, as if he had been enlightened!
"Hahaha! Lord Zhixian, I know what's going on! ”
Jian Dingyong didn't expect Li Mi to come to a conclusion so quickly, so he urged Li Mi at this time: "Tell me quickly!" ”
Li Mi bought a pass and said to Jian Dingyong: "My lord, it seems that this is always arrested, and I can accept it." ”
Jian Dingyong is not a stupid person, the reason why Li Mi did not accept the title of chief arrest is that he is worried that he will be difficult to convince the public, and where does the biggest resistance come from? Or from whom?
Naturally, he has been in the county government for many years!
After Wu Yong, the secretary of the torture room, fell off the horse, Xing Zhutou has been thinking about taking the position, if it weren't for Li Mi revealing that there was a greasy relationship between him and Xuan Qingzi of Ma Wangye Temple, Xing Zhutou would have been afraid that he would also be the secretary of the torture room!
"That's not right!" Jian Dingyong's eyes lit up when he thought of this section, because although he didn't punish Xing Zhutou at the beginning, he couldn't get rid of Xuan Qingzi, and Kaoru Asakusa didn't catch it precisely because Li Mi exposed the pickling of Ma Wangye Temple!
Xuan Qingzi is the inner response of Asakusa Kaoru in Suzhou City, and it is one of the fine works of the Japanese Emperor, and Xing Zhutou has an adulterous affair with Xuan Qingzi, so after scrutiny, it is most likely to become the candidate for Asakusa Kaoru's internal response, and it is about to come out!
No wonder Li Mi said that he could compete for the identity of the chief catcher, because he already knew that Xing Zhutou was the internal response!
Once Xing Zhutou is found out, he will definitely be unable to protect his wealth, and Li Mi's biggest obstacle will be removed!
Moreover, Li Mi has just returned to the county office, and he has solved the most critical link in the case, and found out the traitor Xing Zhutou, who else will oppose Li Mi as the chief arrester!
Although Li Mi did not explain what he had discovered, and why he was able to deduce that Xing Zhutou was an internal response through this small handful of ashes, Jian Dingyong was already impatient and hurriedly ordered the officials around him.
"Go and detain the person surnamed Xing to this official!"
The officials were also a little dazed, and the leader asked a little weakly, "Too... Master... Which surname is Xing? ”
Jian Dingyong only connected these things through the hint of Li Mi's words, and deduced that Xing Zhutou was an internal response, which also gave him a sense of participation, and a great sense of superiority, although he was not like Li Mi, he was able to find the key traces, but he was as smart as Li Mi, and he only needed a little reminder to be able to peel off the cocoon and find out the truth!
But the questioning of these officials also made him feel that his subordinates were too stupid, so he kicked angrily at this time, and then scolded: "Who else is surnamed Xing, arrest your head catcher for me!" ”
The officials didn't expect to arrest their leader, but Jian Dingyong was angry, where did they dare to talk more, called a few brothers, and hurried out.
Jian Dingyong whispered to Li Mi at this time: "It's time to talk to this official about it, what is this?" What about Kaoru Asakusa? ”