"What does Brother Li mean, you also agree with this 'Li Dai Taozhuang' plan?" Conan asked, somewhat surprised.

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "Brother Conan, this is your Dongying's business, I am just a civilian, and I dare not speak falsely." How to choose, it depends on how Brother Conan decides. ”

Conan rubbed his eyebrows, he paced and pondered, and after a long while, he spoke: "I need to think about this matter, you should leave first!" ”

After the cook and the others saluted Conan, they left one after another.

Wanyu also returned to the room, and in the front hall, there were only Li Canghai and Conan left.

"Brother Li, you asked them before, you must have found something, right?" Conan stared at Li Canghai and asked.

Li Canghai was not surprised that Conan could see his thoughts, and smiled and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Brother Conan, yes, I found some mysteries." One thing is certain: the princess was murdered to death and then dumped in the swamp. ”

Conan nodded and said, "Yes, I also thought of this, but I don't know who the murderer is?" ”

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, and described to Conan what he had asked a few people about.

After Conan heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed.

"According to what Brother Li said, the princess ate the bowl of snake soup and died, could the murderer be the cook?" Conan asked.

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "I don't think the murderer is him, if he is the murderer, there is no reason to leave half a bowl of snake soup after killing the princess." ”

Conan touched the bridge of his nose and muttered: "I have solved a few cases in Dongying, and some murderers did not take the murder weapon away after committing the murder, but deliberately left it to confuse the public. Is it possible. The cook did this on purpose, only then would no one suspect him? ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "I don't rule out this possibility." In addition, the fat guards and the thin guards also have their own peculiarities. ”

Conan frowned. said: "The fat guards are greedy, the thin guards are lazy, what's wrong with them?" ”

"From what they said, it follows that when the princess left the temple, the fat guard was running to steal the cook's food, and the thin guard said that he was sleeping. At the same time, the cook is not in the backyard, but nowhere to be found. This whole shrine is in the middle of the people. It seems that a special path has been opened for the princess's departure, which allowed the princess to leave the shrine silently. Li Canghai groaned.

Conan also felt a little strange, he pondered carefully what Li Canghai said, nodded and said: "That's true, this shrine has two exits, the main gate is guarded by guards, and the side gate is guarded by fat guards. The fat guard was a bit greedy. But he was a dutiful man, why did he choose to steal food at that time? ”

"And there's that. Was the skinny guard really sleeping when the princess disappeared? Li Canghai paced a few steps and muttered: "Whether it is the fat and thin second guard or the cook, they seem to have their own ulterior secrets. Let's make a hypothesis, suppose that the princess died of poisoning in the temple. It is very likely that the murderer used this time to transfer the princess's body out. And during this time, the cook, the fat and thin two guards, were not in their respective posts. They all have the potential to commit crimes. ”

Conan nodded, feeling that there was some truth to this assumption.

Li Canghai continued: "Let's make the second hypothesis, assuming that the princess was poisoned outside the shrine, the murderer would also use this time to transfer the body to the swamp. According to the fat and thin two guards, they left their respective positions for only half an hour. And to get from the swamp to the shrine, it takes two or three hours, to say the least, and in terms of time, the fat and thin two guards don't seem to be able to do it. ”

Conan's brows furrowed, and he said, "In this way, the only one who can have enough time to move the princess's body to the swamp is the cook." Among all the people, he was the only one who was unrestricted in his movements, and he was the only one who had been to the swamp to catch snakes. ”

Li Canghai touched his chin and groaned: "At present, the chef is indeed the most suspicious. However, Brother Conan, don't forget, there is one more person, Zhang Da! He had also been to the swamp, and even the fact that there were snakes to eat in the swamp was first heard by Zhang Da. ”

Conan was silent, he understood what Li Canghai meant, the reason why the cook was suspected of committing a crime was because he had plenty of time.

But that doesn't mean that other people at the shrine can't get the body out.

In fact, as long as someone is outside to answer, the time for a stick of incense is enough.

"It seems that this Zhang Da is the key point of the whole thing, and we have to catch him as soon as possible!" Conan muttered to himself.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Brother Conan, all the mysteries have not yet been solved, so it is not appropriate to startle the snake." In my opinion, Brother Conan should quietly appease everyone, so that everyone thinks that all your thoughts are on how to deal with the matter of peace with Datang, and I will investigate in secret. In this way, the truth can be found. ”

Conan thought about it and felt that there seemed to be no other way, so he nodded and said, "It's all about now, everything is Brother Lao Li." ”

Li Canghai smiled disapprovingly, and the two discussed some things together, and then went back to rest.

Everyone rested for a while, and waited until the sun was three strokes, and when Li Canghai woke up, he found that Conan was pretending to bury Princess Dongying's body, and Wanyu was helping the princess sort out her clothes.

"Brother Conan, how did you think about yesterday?" Li Canghai walked over, coughed a few times, and asked.

Conan wiped his sweat and muttered: "This matter is very important, and I have to ask the six princes, I have already sent someone to Yangzhou for help, presumably someone should come to meet us in the next two days." Wait another day. If the six princes still did not come, they would let Lingji dress up as a princess according to what the cook said. ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "This is the only way to do it now." When are you going to leave here? ”

Conan sighed and said, "After suffering some losses, those pirates began to be cautious, they stood guard on the beach, robbed all the ships, and now can only hope that the Tang reinforcements can arrive in time." ”

Li Canghai thought for a while, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Since you have sent a distress message, Datang will definitely send someone to meet you." ”

"Brother Li, as you said, this cook is a little weird. Early in the morning, I saw him sneak out of the shrine and didn't return until the sun was rising. Conan looked around, lowered his voice and said to Li Canghai.

Li Canghai nodded silently, and said indifferently: "Don't expose him for the time being, so as not to startle the snake." ”

Conan touched his nose and nodded to Li Canghai in response, and then the two of them got busy. (To be continued.) )