"My lord, the county order has arrived. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Lu Jitong walked into the ancestral hall and said to Li Canghai.

Li Canghai nodded, and then walked out.

Let's say that the county commander hurriedly came to the ancestral hall, and when he saw Li Canghai and others standing in front of the ancestral hall, he panicked in his heart, and knelt down without saying a word: "Jiuyuan County ordered Zhou Chang to see the adult, the adult came to the county, and the lower officials missed the distance, and I hope to forgive the sin!" ”

"You don't have to be polite, please get up." Li Canghai said lightly.

Zhou Chang stood up and saluted him respectfully: "My lord, it is really a blessing for the county that you are coming to this county. ”

Li Canghai waved his hand and said, "You don't have to bother, this official is just passing by here this time, but he doesn't want to encounter a murder." After the murder is clarified, he will leave. However, this official is a little dissatisfied with your county's actions, as a county order, how can he be so contemptuous of the difficulties of the people? casually canceled the household register, and sent the person away. If this is a murder case, isn't your county conniving at the murderer by doing this? ”

Zhou Chang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly bent down and saluted: "What the adults taught me is that it is the negligence of the lower officials, and the lower officials are guilty." ”

Li Canghai saw that Zhou Chang was not confused, so he nodded and said: "The body of the deceased is now stored in Yizhuang, and your county should send someone to guard it as soon as possible, don't let people destroy the body." ”

Zhou Chang nodded yes again and again, and asked cautiously, "I don't know what the adults think about this case?" ”

Li Canghai pondered for a moment and said: "This case seems ordinary, but in fact it is bizarre and strange, what the truth is, we still need to investigate before we can reach a conclusion." The official decided to go to the scene of the crime to have a look, and this place will be handed over to your county. ”

After a pause, Li Canghai said: "Also, the identity of this official cannot be revealed to others. ”

"The lower officials should remember the teachings of the adults." Zhou Chang said respectfully.

Li Canghai nodded, asked Zhou Chang to carefully investigate the situation of the deceased, and then went to the mountain behind the ancestral hall with Lu Ji and Lu Ji.

The Flying Dragon Cliff is located in the back mountain, and there is only one road leading to the top of the cliff in the back mountain.

The two of them climbed up the rugged steps, and it took about half an hour to reach the top of the Flying Dragon Cliff.

At the top of the Wyvern Cliff is an open platform with a burnt bonfire and large and small lanterns hanging around it.

"Why are you here, my lord?" Lu Jitong looked around and asked puzzled.

In his opinion, there are no useful clues here, and instead of wasting time here, it is better to investigate the circumstances of the deceased.

Li Canghai glanced around and said, "This is the scene of the first crime, there will definitely be many traces left, as long as you look carefully, you will definitely gain something." ”

"But my lord, what are we looking for?" Lu Jitong asked blankly.

"Everything!" Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

Lu Jitong nodded, then walked to the right and searched carefully.

The two acted separately, Lu Jitong searched the right side, and Li Canghai searched the left side.

The platform was about ten feet wide, and in addition to a campfire in the middle, there were ten wooden stakes around it.

There were lanterns hanging on the stakes, and the huge lanterns were fixed to the stakes, and the cold wind could not even blow them.

Ten wooden stakes, all but one of which was burned, all of them were intact.

Li Canghai was very curious about what kind of material this lampshade was made of, and it could be windproof, so he walked to one of the wooden stakes and took off the lampshade with his hand.

After holding the lampshade in his hand and looking at it several times, Li Canghai found that the material used to paste the lampshade was not ordinary paper, but a very tough material.

Li Canghai stretched out his hand and flicked it on the lampshade a few times, and the lampshade suddenly made a slight muffled sound, as if it was bounced on the leather.

"What is this lantern made of? How can such a high mountain cliff withstand the cold wind? Li Canghai said to himself.

Lu Jitong, who was looking for clues next to him, heard this, walked over and said, "My lord, you don't know anything. The shade is made of animal skin, which is not only extremely tough, but also extremely windproof. ”

"Oh? Skins? Li Canghai asked in surprise.

Lu Jitong nodded and said: "To be precise, it is the tendon in the animal skin, the craftsman separates the animal skin from it, carefully peels off the tendon, and then soaks and dries it through a variety of processes before it is made." ”

Li Canghai sighed and said, "How do you know this?" ”

Lu Jitong scratched his head and said, "The humble family used to have this industry, and I saw the production process when I was a child. ”

"If this windproof effect is so good, how can those two lampshades be burned?" Li Canghai weighed the lampshade in his hand, stared at the two wooden stakes near the cliff with his eyes, and said.

Lu Jitong shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." Maybe it's because it's close to the tuyere, right? ”

Li Canghai glanced at the other lampshades, then at the two lampshades that were burned, and walked over after a little thought.

Coming to the burned lampshade, Li Canghai took a closer look.

The stake was not high, only one man high, and the lantern hung at shoulder level.

The lantern is held between two planks, the upper one can be moved up and down, and the shade can be removed by moving the plank up.

The wooden board below not only serves as a lampshade, but also serves as a place for the candles.

Most of the lampshade in front of me had been burned off, and only the side near the stake remained.

Li Canghai carefully inspected the remaining half of the lampshade, and inadvertently, found that there was a thin thread hanging on the wooden stake where the lampshade was close to it.

Picking up the thin thread with his fingers and looking at it carefully, he found that the thin thread was actually made of cotton thread, and it felt a little slippery in his hand.

Putting down the cotton thread, Li Canghai picked up the half of the candle and looked at it.

The candle was about the thickness of a child's arm, no more than half a finger high, and there were many wax torches flowing around it.

Li Canghai didn't care about the candle at first, but when he was about to put the candle down again, he suddenly found that there were lines on the candle.

"How can there be lines on this candle?" Li Canghai was a little puzzled.

Thinking of this, he immediately walked to several other stakes, took out the lampshades, and carefully compared the candles.

After comparison, Li Canghai found that except for the two candles whose lampshades were burned, the other candles had no lines.

"Do these two candles have a special meaning?" Li Canghai looked at the two candles that were almost exactly the same and had a similar degree of burning, and said to himself.

At this moment, Lu Jitong suddenly shouted.

"My lord, come and see, there's a wooden house here!"

Li Canghai took off the candles, lampshades, and the cotton threads found on the two wooden stakes, carefully put them into the cloth bag, and then walked towards Lu Jitong. (To be continued.) )