"You mean, all you know is from the skinny guards?" Li Canghai was a little surprised, just a bowl of snake soup, there was such a tortuous process.

The fat guard nodded and said, "That's true, I don't know how he knew that there was a snake in the swamp, he was like a lazy pig every day, he didn't bother to move, how could he know this?" ”

Li Canghai closed his eyes and pondered carefully, depending on the laziness of the thin guard, it was impossible for him to run so far. The skinny guards will know this, but I'm afraid there is something else going on.

"According to Lingji, the princess left the shrine last night, and you, as the princess's guard, are responsible for protecting the princess's safety, didn't you find out that the princess left?" Li Canghai asked after a moment's thought.

The fat guard shook his head and said, "No." You should go to Nobi-kun about this, he is in charge of guarding the front of the shrine, and if the princess leaves, he will definitely know. ”

Li Canghai looked at the fat guard, the dried fish had already been gnawed clean by him, but he still didn't throw away the bones, but broke the bones, put them in his mouth and smacked them, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Li Canghai felt that he couldn't ask a reason from his mouth, so he left the place guarded by the fat guards and walked towards the shrine.

Before the temple, the thin guard was still napping with his back against the wall, but the death of the princess finally made him sober up a little. But that's all, he still dozed off little by little, as if the sky had nothing to do with him.

"Nobi, I'm here to ask you something on the orders of Lord Conan, and I hope you will answer truthfully." Li Canghai said.

The thin guard gave him a lazy look, then slapped his mouth. Yawned.

"The first question, according to the fat guard. You told him that there were snakes in the swamp east of the shrine. Yes and no? Li Canghai knew that this person was a slacker, so he didn't talk nonsense with him, and asked straight to the point.

The thin guard nodded, as if too lazy to speak.

Li Canghai didn't care, he then asked, "Let me ask you, how did you know that there was a snake there?" As far as I know, you've never left the shrine, have you? ”

The thin guard finally opened his mouth and said weakly, "This is what Lingji told me." ”

"Rei Ji?" Li Canghai touched his chin and asked, "Why did Lingji tell you this?" ”

The thin guard tilted his head in thought. said: "That day, the cook sent some food to the princess, maybe the food was not the same as the princess's taste, the princess was furious, threw all the rice bowls, and scolded Lingji. Reihime felt aggrieved, so she came out to talk to me, and inadvertently, she mentioned that there were snakes in the swamp east of the shrine. And the cook is also the imperial chef, saying that if he can make some delicious snake soup. It will surely please the princess. Later, the fat man came to steal my food, and when I found out, I scolded him. And he said to him, There are many snakes east of the shrine, and you can make snake soup. If you want to eat something good, you can get it yourself. ”

With that, the thin guard let out a long yawn. It seems that saying so many words in one breath has exhausted him to the core.

Li Canghai's words to the thin guard. There is no doubt that this thing is so lazy that he will never be able to run to the swamp.

However, new doubts followed.

Li Canghai thought for a while and asked, "Second question, where were you when the princess left the shrine yesterday?" ”

"I'm just staying here and not going anywhere." The thin guard said with a yawn.

Li Canghai's face sank, and he said with a straight face: "Since you are staying here, why did the princess leave, and you didn't report to Lord Conan in time?" ”

The thin guard was a little hesitant and said, "I was ...... Accidentally fell asleep. ”

Li Canghai snorted and said coldly: "But what I heard from the fat guard was that you deliberately pretended to be asleep, as the princess's personal guard, how could you not know that the princess left?" The princess is dead, and you have an unshirkable responsibility! ”

The thin guard blinked, and it took a while for him to react, and he hurriedly said, "Wronged! That fat man wronged me! I really don't know when the princess left, I was really asleep. ”

The thin guard thought about it, and suddenly scolded angrily: "This dead fat man must have deliberately framed me!" ”

"Why did he want to hurt you?" Li Canghai said in a deep voice.

The thin guard said angrily: "Last night, I got up to relieve myself, and found that the fat man had left his post without permission and did not know where to go. Later, I found out that he was stealing our food! He also stole all the dried fish that the cook had hidden! ”

Li Canghai touched his chin and frowned, "You said that the fat guard didn't guard the exit of the backyard yesterday?" ”

The thin guard nodded vigorously and said, "That fat man looks honest and honest on the surface, but he is actually a very scheming person, he must be afraid that this matter will be exposed, and he is worried that Lord Conan will punish him, so he deliberately wants to wronged me!" ”

"Let me ask you, when did you break down and when did you find out that the fat man had left his post without permission?" Li Canghai asked.

"After nightfall, it's only half an hour after dinner." The thin guard said.

"You didn't remember the time?" Li Canghai asked.

The thin guard nodded approvingly, and said, "No, I woke up a little when the cook brought me dinner, but then I fell asleep again. By the time I woke up, the meal hadn't completely cooled, so I was sure. ”

Li Canghai knew it in his heart, and he asked some more things before leaving the shrine.

"It's fun, it's really fun." Li Canghai said to himself.

From the process of his inquiry, it can be seen that these people have their own little abacus.

The cook blames the fat guard, the fat guard blames the thin guard, and the thin guard blames Lingji.

In the cook's opinion, everyone here except him is unusually lazy, and he is the only one who is dutiful and hardworking.

The thin guards are lazy, the fat guards are gluttonous, and the princess is arrogant.

But in the eyes of the fat guard, the cook was an out-and-out villain, who was insidious and cunning, pouring water into the meat, selling it to others, and thinking about making a fortune all day long.

The thin guards believe that the fat guards who look honest also have a deep city.

These people blame each other and expose each other's shortcomings, but it makes the whole thing complicated and interesting.

Li Canghai put his hands behind his back and paced in contemplation.

Princess Dongying died of snake venom, and her body was found in the swamp, but there were no traces of a poisonous snake bite on her body.

Now it can be determined that the cause of Princess Dongying's death was eating the snake soup made by the cook.

But problems arise.

None of them had ever left the shrine, so how did they know that there was a swamp east of the shrine? Snakes in the swamp?

The cook said he learned from the fat guard, the fat guard said he learned from the skinny guard, and now the skinny guard said he learned from Lingji.

So, who did Lingji know about?

Li Canghai keenly discovered that this was a murder. (To be continued.) )