readytorunbook Chapter 1196 Li Changong
Chapter 1196 Li Changong
"you……!"
The thug Li Changgong was startled, but before he could react, the constable dodged his short sword. He knew he had no one to rely on and immediately turned to run away. But just as he fled, Zheng Tuo rushed in and grabbed him with his large hand.
This was clearly a planned rescue.
Li Changgong was naturally unwilling to surrender. His body, which was no different from that of an ordinary person and had no spiritual energy fluctuations, suddenly turned into an illusion, leaving only a small wooden puppet. He himself had already appeared in front of the main hall.
"Damn it, Heavenly Prison of the Law, trap him!" Zheng Tuo exclaimed softly as his attack failed.
The next moment, a mysterious power flowed, and then instantly wrapped around Li Changgong, creating a cage out of thin air. In the blink of an eye, it solidified from nothingness, and once fully formed, no one could escape from it.
Unexpectedly, Li Changgong seemed to have anticipated this, and almost the instant the cage appeared, he suddenly spoke:
"Universal love and unity!"
In an instant, the cage that should have fallen on him appeared on the wooden puppet without warning, while Li Changgong himself had already leaped into the courtyard, his feet barely touching the ground as he was about to scale the wall.
only……
Just as he was about to climb over the wall, a chain of spiritual energy bound him instantly, and before he could react, he was dragged back into the house.
Gu Xiu's hand had already landed on his brow.
Li Changgong refused to submit and tried to struggle, but Gu Xiu's voice came faintly: "If you move again, not only will you not be able to clear your name, but you will also die on the spot."
Upon hearing this, Li Changgong gritted his teeth and finally gave up struggling.
Zheng Tuo and his two constables were clearly surprised by Gu Xiu's move. They both glanced at him, but they did not forget their mission. They immediately took action to stop Li Changgong and then took out a chain to bind him tightly.
Gu Xiu noticed that there seemed to be some kind of special restriction on the chains, which could cut off everything. The moment Li Changgong was locked by the chains, he became weak and listless, as if all his strength had been drained. He even fell to the ground and could not move.
"Run!"
"You're really something!"
"They killed and held hostage in my jurisdiction, and even tried to escape in front of me?"
"What, do you look down on me that much?"
The constable who had previously tried to persuade him to surrender immediately launched into a series of kicks. These kicks were extremely cunning, designed to inflict excruciating pain without actually killing him. After several kicks, cold sweat broke out on Li Changgong's forehead, but he remained resilient, gritting his teeth and saying:
"I didn't kill anyone, you're framing me. If I don't run away, you'll just keep throwing mud at me!"
"Still being stubborn!" The constable was enraged and kicked him hard again. "You're the only one in this house, the door is locked from the inside, the murder weapon is yours, the evidence is conclusive, and you still dare to argue? Do you really think I wouldn't dare to kill you?"
These kicks were merciless, and even the toughest Li Changgong was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.
Seeing this, the head constable then said to Zheng Tuo and Gu Xiu, "Head Constable Zheng, and this... new brother, thank you for your help. Otherwise, I, Fei Boyuan, would have really suffered a great loss this time."
"Haha, we're all brothers, no need to thank me. But today is Gu Xiu's first day on duty, Lao Fei, you have to remember to give him some credit." Zheng Tu laughed.
"Of course!" Fei Boyuan nodded repeatedly: "Once this case is closed, I'll treat Brother Gu to a drink."
“Alright, then I’ll leave the rest to Brother Fei.” Zheng Tuo said, beckoning to Gu Xiu, clearly not intending to steal any more credit here.
"and many more!"
Li Changgong, who had been subdued, roared, "You broke your promise! You clearly said you would clear my name..."
Before he could finish speaking, another kick came flying at him. Fei Boyuan said with a fierce expression, "You bastard, you've made me lose face so badly, and you still dare to talk back!"
Li Changgong's face was contorted from the kick, but he still shouted, "I'm innocent! You're all in cahoots with me! You're in cahoots! You're framing an innocent person!"
Constable Fei Boyuan was even angrier. He raised his fist to strike, seemingly holding back a great deal of anger. This punch even carried divine power. If it really landed, Li Changgong in front of him would either die or be severely injured.
Fortunately, Gu Xiu stepped in at the crucial moment and caught the other person's fist.
"Young Master Gu, what's going on...?" Fei Boyuan frowned.
Gu Xiu said, "He never intended to kill from beginning to end. He probably just wanted to clear his name. Why don't I use my spiritual energy to trace the source and investigate? Maybe we can find the real culprit?"
His tone and demeanor were very tactful, and he did not adopt an aggressive stance.
It sounded like he was just offering a suggestion.
He really didn't mean to meddle, he just mentioned it casually. He had already made up his mind that if Fei Boyuan was firm, then no matter whether Li Changgong was innocent or not, Gu Xiu would not interfere anymore.
After all, he didn't really come here to be a constable.
Fortunately, Fei Boyuan didn't seem to be the type to frame someone. He didn't hold a grudge against Gu Xiu for obstructing him, and simply shook his head and smiled:
“Brother Gu may not know, but we have already used the Lawful Net of the Divine Path to investigate. There is no doubt that this dagger was brought by this kid, and he was the only one in the house. He is the murderer, there is absolutely no mistake.”
"Are you sure there's no one else here?" Gu Xiu asked.
"That's natural!"
Fei Boyuan nodded and said, "When Young Master Liu came today, he happened to witness him committing murder. He then blocked the door, and I had to force my way in to arrest him. But the kid denied everything."
Young Master Liu?
Gu Xiu turned his head and glanced at the frail scholar in white who had been held hostage earlier. The man was now kneeling in front of the dead man's body, weeping bitterly.
His face was filled with sorrow.
“That’s Master Liu… the deceased’s own son. This morning when he came to pay his respects, he found the door locked from the inside and smelled blood inside. He then stayed outside the door and called for help to report the crime. When I arrived, I kicked the door open and saw this kid holding the murder weapon.”
Gu Xiu nodded in understanding, but still asked, "Could the murder weapon have been forcibly placed in his hand?"
"I know what you're thinking, Brother Gu. You think someone is framing you, right?"
Gu Xiu remained silent, but Fei Boyuan continued, "The long arm of the law can trace who touched an item. When we checked, the dagger was only attached to Li Changgong. If someone else had put it in his hand to frame him, the long arm of the law would definitely not have only seen him."
Gu Xiu nodded, but then unexpectedly said, "But the murderer is definitely not Li Changgong."
what?
Everyone in the room was stunned. Even Young Master Liu, who was weeping beside the corpse, looked at Gu Xiu with some surprise.
Never imagined.
This constable, on his first day in office, was so arbitrary.
Zheng Tuo, as if remembering something, asked, "Gu Xiu, did you use spiritual energy to trace the source?"
Gu Xiu nodded: "Yes."
"How is the result?"
"The tracing results do indeed correspond to Li Changgong."
“Doesn’t that prove that Li Changgong is the murderer?” Fei Boyuan frowned.
"The spiritual energy tracing method should have the same effect as what Officer Fei said about the long arm of the law. It can indeed trace people back to their origins through objects. However, there is a problem with this tracing method: if someone uses certain methods, the tracing can be easily erased."
"But this is just a guess. How can you be so sure that the murderer is not Li Changgong?"
“Because of the blood on his clothes,” Gu Xiu replied.
These words left everyone bewildered, and they instinctively looked towards Li Changgong, who had been restrained.
Blood?
Li Changgong's clothes were covered in blood, both front and back, especially his chest, where bloodstains covered half of his body, and his feet were also covered in blood.
What can we tell from this?
Gu Xiu, however, remained calm as he walked to the corpse and said, "As you all can see, this Lord Liu's body has not been moved, has it?"
Everyone nodded.
"The body was lying face down with a fatal stab wound to the back, and the blood around it was splattered. There was no blood under the body's fingernails. From this, we can conclude that the deceased must have lost consciousness before he died, was knocked to the ground, and then was fatally stabbed from behind."
Fei Boyuan was puzzled: "What does that prove?"
“There’s a lot to say about him,” Gu Xiu replied. “The murderer was unconscious but had no external injuries, so he must have been poisoned. It would have been very easy for the murderer to kill him at this point; he could have just taken a dagger and stabbed him directly.”
"and then?"
"Because it's the heart meridian, blood will immediately splatter out, and the bloodstains on the ground can give a rough idea of what happened. And the murderer would definitely have been stained with this blood as well."
This……
All eyes turned to Li Changgong.
A large patch of blood appeared on Li Changgong's chest, resembling a thick layer of ink.
Fei Boyuan was somewhat confused, but before he could speak, Zheng Tuo noticed something: "This bloodstain is wrong!"
Ok?
"What's wrong?" Fei Boyuan asked, puzzled.
Zheng Tuo said, "If he had stabbed Liu Gong in the heart, blood would have splattered everywhere, not like now, where there is only a large patch of blood on his chest and not a drop of blood elsewhere. This is not normal."
“Yes.” Gu Xiu nodded and said to Li Changgong, “Turn around.”
Li Changgong was puzzled, but Fei Boyuan kicked him:
"I told you to turn around quickly, what are you standing there for!"
But then he realized that Li Changgong had already been restrained and was unable to move at all. Fei Boyuan simply took matters into his own hands, pulled Li Changgong around, and showed his back to everyone.
I saw.
Behind Li Changgong, blood splattered out!
Gu Xiu glanced at it and said to Fei Boyuan, "Now, Officer Fei should be able to figure it out, right?"
"I see, I see." Fei Boyuan nodded repeatedly, looked Li Changgong up and down for a while, and then said incredulously:
"You guy..."
"He actually turned his back to Liu Gong and stabbed him to death with a dagger???"