Chapter Twenty-Three: Pretending to be a Spirit
"The so-called curse killing is just a pretense for the purpose of confusing the public." Li Canghai put his hands behind his back and said indifferently: "Since this seat said that you are a murderer, there is naturally evidence to show it." ”
"You were the first person to find a body, yes or no?" Li Canghai walked up to Li Er and asked indifferently.
Li Er nodded, and said with some astonishment: "It is indeed a corpse that I found." ”
"I ask you, everyone went after the 'ghost' at that time, why didn't you go with you?"
"Hui Tianzun, at that time, according to the arrangement of the mage, the little one hid under the window on the left side of the clan hall, and after hearing the movement, he rushed to the front of the hall in a roundabout way, but inadvertently found the body." Li Er shrunk his neck, recalling the events of last night, and seemed extremely scared.
"Oh? Did you stumble upon you when you passed by the door? Didn't you find it behind the door of the clan? Li Canghai took a step forward and said in a cold voice.
Li Er's face became a little ugly, he looked at Li Canghai in horror, and said, "Tianzun, what do you mean by this?" ”
Li Canghai sneered and said lightly: "At the time of the crime, everyone was 'catching ghosts', that is to say, except for 'me' and that 'ghost', there could be no third person in the clan hall, yes or no?" ”
Li Er didn't know what he was going to say, he just nodded, he was indeed the only one in the clan hall at that time.
"But there are three people's footprints at the scene, in addition to 'me' and the 'ghost', there is also a footprint behind the door of the clan hall." Li Canghai picked up three blank pieces of paper from the Dharma platform, and there were three different footprints on them.
Everyone listened inexplicably, and Liang Xiu was also confused, he interjected: "It is impossible for two people to have three footprints, unless there is a third person present." ”
Li Canghai shook his head, but overlapped the two pieces of paper together, and said, "Two people have three footprints because two footprints are from the same person. ”
Everyone turned their eyes to the overlapping papers, and the footprints copied on them could indeed coincide perfectly, and they were indeed the same footprints.
Everyone looked at him in confusion.
Li Canghai put down the two footprints and said, "These two footprints belong to the same person, that is, Li Er." ”
"Tianzun, didn't you just say that there are only you and that 'ghost' in the house, according to what you said, this footprint should belong to that 'ghost', right, how could it be Li Er?" Di Ying became more and more confused, so she asked puzzled.
Li Canghai glanced at Li Er, who was dripping with cold sweat, and said indifferently: "Because, that 'ghost' is none other than Li Er!" ”
"What?" Di Ying screamed in disbelief.
"Li Er pretended to be Di Gong, first he was broken by me, and then he escaped from the pursuit, and when Di Qing chased him out, he had quietly returned to the clan hall." Li Canghai held his hands behind his back and stared at Li Erdao.
"This ...... How is this possible. How could Li Er have such ability, not to mention Qing'er's strong martial arts, how could he avoid Qing'er's pursuit? Di Ying said with a shocked face.
"He doesn't need to have that kind of skill at all, as long as he knows the detailed deployment of 'me', he can naturally easily avoid Di Qing. Di Qing couldn't catch up with him because he hadn't left Di Mansion at all. Li Canghai said in a deep voice.
"Tianzun, these are all your guesses, is there any evidence that I am pretending to be Di Gong?" Li Er suddenly plucked up his courage and asked through gritted teeth.
Li Canghai sneered, he pointed to the shoes behind Li Er, and said coldly: "It rained for a day in Luoyang yesterday, and I brought a lot of flour when I hunted ghosts, and everyone's shoes will be more or less muddy or flour, but why are your shoes so clean?" ”
Li Er glanced at his shoes, and suddenly became a little speechless.
I heard Li Canghai continue: "Because you found flour stuck to your feet, you were afraid of being compared to shoe prints, so you changed to new shoes, right?" ”
Sweat broke out on Li Er's forehead, and he looked very nervous.
"When you do this, it is precisely 'there are no three hundred taels of silver here', which means that you have a ghost in your heart."
"No, it's not. I can't conclude from the footprints alone that I am pretending to be Di Gong, and there are many people who entered the clan hall last night, and I am not convinced. Li Er shouted.
Li Canghai stared at him coldly and shouted: "There is a rope net that trapped you last night at the window, and there is flour spilled on the ground, and there are no other people's footprints. It's your footprints, one on the window, one behind the clan hall, how do you explain it? ”
Li Er's face was pale, and he was about to refute, but he saw Li Canghai clapping his hands.
Several officials came over with some clothes in their arms.
As soon as Li Er saw those clothes, he was instantly paralyzed to the ground.
"These clothes are what you wore when you pretended to be Di Gong, and these shoes were all found from your residence, do you still want to deny it?"
Li Canghai took out a shoe from his clothes, which was still dipped in sludge and flour. He placed the shoe on the footprints of the copy, which were neither big nor small, and they fit perfectly.
"Okay, Li Er, I'm usually good to you, I don't want you to dare to pretend to be an ancestor and make the whole Di Mansion restless, you, how can you be so reasonable!" Di Ying scolded angrily after seeing those clothes.
Li Er looked at the clothes in despair, but he still had luck in his heart.
"Even if I pretend to be Di Gong, this doesn't prove that I am a murderer!" Li Er didn't know where he got the courage and shouted loudly.
"You still don't want to repent? This seat will convince you. ”
Li Canghai led everyone to the firewood room of the morgue, ordered people to wet the paper with wine vinegar and cover the corpse's head, then cover it with clothes, pour wine vinegar on the head, and then cover it with a straw mat, and let everyone wait for a while.
While waiting, Di Qing came to Di's Mansion with a monk.
When Li Canghai saw it, this monk turned out to be Huiguang.
"I've been away for so long, and you've dressed up as a fairy! You've got a lot of guts! In the firewood room, Di Qing slapped Li Canghai hard and teased.
Li Canghai was staggered by her pink punch, he rolled his eyes, and said in a shhhhhhhh You think I'm easy, the muscles in my face are going to stiffen. ”
"Okay, okay, listen to you, old fairy, when will you ascend?" Di Qing looked at his stiff facial expression, and tried her best to hold back a laugh and quipped.
Li Canghai no longer paid attention to her, but saluted Huiguang and said, "Master, it turns out that you are the high monk, it's really rude." ”
Huiguang smiled, and he folded his hands and saluted: "Amitabha, the donor has misunderstood, how can the little monk He De afford the title of a high monk." The senior monk that Miss Di said was the little monk's master, and it was only because the master was unwell that the little monk came on his behalf. ”
Li Canghai nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then ask the master to identify it." This insect is inside the corpse, so the master must be careful. ”