Li Canghai was silent, and he carefully recalled everything from last night.

"This matter will definitely not be done by the bandits, the adults have jurisdiction over this place, and they should know something about the bandits. The bandits are ferocious, if they are really the thieves, they will definitely kill and loot in the village, why kill a woman alone? ”

Li Canghai paused, he glanced at the village elder, and said, "What's more, the village elder also told the adults that there are no bandits in this vicinity for a long time. So, I concluded that the people of the village must have done it! ”

Di Huai looked at him in surprise, and exclaimed in his heart, this was a separate conversation between him and the village chief, and he didn't want this person to be able to hear the conversation clearly in such a noisy environment.

Hearing Li Canghai say that the murderer was from this village, everyone was in an uproar.

"You talk nonsense! The villagers are simple, and the murderer will never be from the village. My lord, he is framed, you have to call the shots for the villagers! The old man of the village shook like a rattle, pestle the crutch vigorously, and said tremblingly.

Looking at the village elder who looked excited, as well as the angry villagers, Di Huai hurriedly comforted: "Village elder, don't worry, this official will definitely give you an explanation." ”

After a pause, Di Huai suddenly shouted, "Li Canghai, is there any evidence for what you said?" ”

Li Canghai was stunned, and he shook his head.

Di Huai's face was displeased, he pointed at Li Canghai and said: "There is no evidence, you are accusing so indiscriminately, this is a crime of framing!" ”

Li Canghai touched his nose, obviously Di Huai's trust in him was not as good as that of the village elder. Think about it, he is an outsider, and he fell into a homicide case, why should others believe him?

Li Canghai closed his eyes and recounted the events of last night, and after a while, he finally found a flaw and suddenly opened his eyes.

Li Canghai only felt that he was too tired at the time and didn't care too much, but now that he thinks about it, he realizes the key.

Fragrance!

Although mixed with sandalwood, Li Canghai can still clearly distinguish that this is a peculiar agarwood, this incense is called 'Jialan Shen', which is an extremely rare spice.

However, Garan Shen has a property, that is, when burned with sandalwood, it will produce a trace amount of incense.

This knowledge came entirely from his fused memories, and it turned out that although the benevolent brother was a useless scholar, he had read a lot of classics.

Li Canghai immediately had a plan in his heart, and the corners of his mouth rose to reveal a confident smile.

"My lord, if you want to find the murderer, there is no way. I have a plan, I don't know if adults can believe me. ”

Di Huai touched his chin, looked at the confident smile on Li Canghai's face, and asked, "What way?" ”

"Please give an order, let all families hand over the woodcutters, I have my own way to find the murderer." Li Canghai pretended to be mysterious.

Di Huai also wanted to know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he ordered: "All the firewood knives are handed over, if there is anyone who does not hand them over, there is no doubt that they will be murderers, and they will be investigated and investigated!" ”

The villagers were in an uproar, but the county lord gave the order, and they did not dare to disobey, so they went home to get knives.

Moments later, the villagers returned with their knives.

Xiaoyang Village is backed by a mountain, and every household has a firewood knife, and Li Canghai probably counted it, and there are about forty or fifty of them.

Li Canghai chose a wide area, stood in place with his hands on his chest, and asked the villagers to step forward one by one to hand him the firewood knife.

Di Huai was a little confused, Li Canghai carefully observed each firewood knife, and he didn't know what he wanted to do.

The villagers stepped forward one by one, until a man of 'Aba, Aba' came up, and a strange look flashed in his eyes, but he quickly pretended to be indifferent and continued to receive the knife.

Dozens of machetes were placed on the ground and lined up in a row.

At this time, it was the height of summer, flies and insects were flying, and the heat was unbearable.

Everyone waited for a stick of incense, but they didn't see any movement from him, and gradually began to become impatient.

Di Huai was also sweating profusely, and he wiped his sweat and asked unhappily: "Li Canghai, what do you want to do when you ask the villagers to bring firewood knives?" ”

At this moment, flies flew on one of the hatchet, and those flies made a buzzing sound and gathered on the hatchet.

"There it is!"

Li Canghai smiled slightly, pointed to the firewood knife and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Out of the crowd came a young man, gesturing with his hands and muffling his mouth.

"Dumb?" Di Huai frowned.

"My lord, he said that this hatchet was his." The village elder said to Di Huai on the side.

Li Canghai suddenly bowed his hand to Di Huai and said, "My lord, the murderer has been found, it's him!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and the mute man looked even more panicked, as if frightened by the sudden accusation.

"How do you know if the murderer is him?" Di Huai obviously didn't believe that this dumb man was the murderer.

"My lord, please see, there are no flies in the rest of the wood knives, but this one has flies flying, which is because the blood on the knife has not dispersed after the killing, so it causes the flies to gather." Li Canghai pointed to the firewood knives and said.

Di Huai stepped forward to look, and sure enough, as he said, there were dozens of firewood knives and only this one had flies flying around.

The mute waved his hand again and again, and he whimpered and pointed his fingers.

"My lord, dumb man, he said, the blood on this firewood knife was stained when he killed chickens yesterday, and it is not human blood!" The village elder said tremblingly.

"Li Canghai, just with a blood-stained wood knife, do you think he is a murderer?" Di Huai's trust in him is obviously not as good as that of the villagers of Xiaoyang Village.

Li Canghai looked at Di Huai and said calmly: "My lord, if you don't believe what I said, please give me some time, and I will definitely find evidence to prove that what I said is true." ”

Li Canghai's words made Di Huai fall into deep thought, whether what Li Canghai said was true or false, and now there is no decision. But looking at his serious expression, it seems that he is not lying.

Di Huai pondered for a moment and decided to see how he could find the murderer, so he said, "Okay, this official will give you a day." You can't find the real culprit before sunset tomorrow, and this official will not spare it. ”

The crowd dispersed, and the mute was not detained because someone had proved that the knife was covered with chicken blood.

However, Li Canghai didn't care at all, his goal was achieved.

For him, it didn't matter if there was blood on the knife or not, he just took the opportunity to find out what the person who wielded the knife smelled of.

'Jialan Shen' this kind of agarwood has strong adsorption, since the murderer can use it to make incense, then there must be residual aroma on its body.

In fact, it was exactly as he expected.

On his mute body, he clearly smelled the fragrance of 'Garanshen'.

"Childe, your trick of 'fly detection knife' is simply amazing! Although I didn't find the real murderer, it was an eye-opener for me! A young man in Tsing Yi exclaimed.

This little guy's name is Di Feng, he is Di Huai's scholar, and he is the assistant sent to him by Di Huai.

Li Canghai smiled, "How do you know that I didn't find the murderer?" ”

The two were heading to the mountain temple to survey the scene.

Hearing Li Canghai say this, Di Feng suddenly stopped, and he asked suspiciously: "Is the murderer that Gongzi said the dumb man?" It's a pity, it's a pity! ”

"What's the pity?" Seeing Di Feng shaking his head and sighing, Li Canghai suddenly felt a little strange.

"Childe, although I am not as smart as you, I have also investigated a lot of cases with my family. If you know the murderer, why do you point it out now? In this way, isn't the murderer prepared? Di Feng didn't see it, and said with a serious face.

Li Canghai smiled slightly: "Then do you know that there is a scheme called 'striking the grass and scaring the snake'?" ”

Di Feng's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood the meaning of Li Canghai's words.

"Di Feng, there is something you need help with, would you like to go?" Li Canghai made a boo gesture to him and asked with a smile.

Di Feng patted his chest and said seriously: "My lord, let me follow you, and I will listen to your arrangements in everything. ”

Li Canghai nodded, leaned into Di Feng's ear and explained.

After Di Feng listened, he nodded vigorously and trotted away.

Looking at the direction Di Feng left, Li Canghai rubbed his nose, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes.