County Magistrate Ma was very active, and soon, the news that the red-clothed thief had stolen the county lieutenant's seal spread throughout Qingxi County. People were talking about it, some were amazed at the red-clothed thief's audacity, and some laughed at Lu Zheng for stealing chickens and losing rice.

Compared with the buzz outside, the county government was strangely quiet.

Lu Zheng sat in the study, writing a character relationship diagram. In the center of the diagram was Lu Enguang's name. Lu Enguang's identity had basically been determined. No matter whether he was on the side of the court or someone else, he could be considered on the side of justice. The person who killed Lu Enguang can be considered to be from the Sea Dragon King's faction. Lu Zheng originally thought that Mrs. Lu would be a member of the Sea Dragon King's faction, but after receiving the letter from the Red Thief, he was not sure, so he drew a question mark next to Mrs. Lu's name, and also drew a question mark on the name of the murderer who killed Lu Enguang.

Apart from these two opposing people, the Red Thief is neutral, and even based on his performance so far, he should be on his side. If the Red Thief's information is correct, Lu Enguang killed Li Si, then there was someone else who chopped off Li Si's head, and it is unknown whether this force is an enemy or a friend. He chopped off Li Si's head to hide Li Si's identity. Why?

Lu Zheng thought from a different angle. If Li Si died, who would the government think was the murderer? The Red Thief? No, no, no, why would they think it was the Red Thief? Lu Zheng suddenly came to his senses. Why did they all think the murderer was the Red Thief at the beginning? Who was misleading them?

Lu Zheng recalled his initial impression of the Li Si case. Li Si had no grudges against anyone, but he died suddenly, naked, and his head was chopped off. But since this person wanted to cover up Li Si's identity, why didn't he also chop off the arm with the birthmark and mole?

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized that he had entered a misunderstanding. This is not modern society, and there is no DNA test. Their so-called confirmation that this person is Li Si only comes from An Zicheng's statement.

Thinking about it carefully, why do they think that Li Si was killed by the red-clothed thief? The source is also An Zicheng's testimony.

Lu Zheng suddenly felt a chill. An Zicheng's move almost kept them all in the dark. Why did he do this? Whose body is it? And where is Li Si's body now!

Lu Zheng rushed out of the door and said to the puzzled people in a hurried tone: "Go find An Zicheng!"

An Zicheng ran away.

Although he had thought of this possibility, Lu Zheng still pounded the wall in frustration. He could not tolerate himself making such a low-level mistake. The professor once said that they should not regard criminal psychology as an omnipotent subject. The so-called criminal psychology is also inferred through various evidence. The professor also said that they should pay more attention to evidence than testimony because "the human heart is the most unpredictable."

Lu Zheng's favorite movie was Kurosawa Akira's "Rashomon", which was a very interesting movie about human nature. It was because of this movie that Lu Zheng decided to study criminal psychology.

Now that things have come to this, it is useless to be frustrated.

Lu Zheng forced himself to calm down and think about An Zicheng's intentions. He was now certain that An Zicheng was a member of the so-called third party. He was unwilling to stand on the side of the Sea Dragon King, and he also disdained the court. He was similar to the Red Bandit, but different.

The reason why he wanted to take advantage of Li Si's death was because he wanted to hand over the sea map to the court, and he wanted to use it to provoke a war between the court and the Sea Dragon King. As for the dead body...

Lu Zheng turned his head and asked Shi Hu: "Tell me the details of the previous body again."

Shi Hu was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking about Li Si. He was a little confused, but still answered honestly: "The deceased was tall and fat, about five and a half feet (about 1.9 meters). He should have died within one to two hours after the meal. And from the meat in the meal, his family should be well-off, at least not poor. And from the old knots on his fingers, there are many old knots on the base and joints of his left hand, but his right hand is much better. His nails are gray-yellow..."

"No." Lu Zheng suddenly said, "What about his time of death?"

"He should have been killed three days before we found the body."

"Wait a minute, are you sure it was three days ago, not four days ago?"

Shihu was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Based on the degree of decay of the corpse, it should be three days, but if the corpse was placed in ice after death, it would be hard to say. Moreover, the corpse has been soaked in water for a long time, so it is also difficult to distinguish."

"Ice?" Lu Zheng frowned, "Where is there the most ice?"

"Why do you ask this, sir?" You Xiaowu just walked over. "I don't know where there is the most ice, but every wealthy family has a special cellar to store ice."

Lu Zheng thought of something and grabbed Bao Zheng: "Let's go to the Lu family!"

When the two arrived at the Lu family, the house was empty. Madam Lu and her personal maid had disappeared, and even the old housekeeper of the Lu Mansion was missing. Only a group of confused and frightened servants were left.

Lu Zheng's heart sank, and he immediately grabbed a man and asked, "Where is the cellar used to store ice in the mansion?"

The servant was startled, but when he saw Lu Zheng's official uniform, he quickly swallowed the curse that was about to come out of his mouth and said attentively, "It's here, sir, please follow me."

Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng held up the oil lamp and followed the servant down a few steps. The servant pushed the door open with force, and a cold breath immediately leaked out.

Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng hurriedly went up to help open the door. Before the servant wanted to say something, the two had already walked in.

The ice room was chilly, in stark contrast to the bright spring weather outside. In the entire ice room, there was only a small light source in the hands of Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng. Fortunately, what they were looking for was not difficult to find. They soon found a small piece of skin and a few pieces of cloth in a corner of the ice room.

Lu Zheng handed the oil lamp in his hand to Bao Zheng, shoveled these things off the ice with the crossbow he carried with him, wrapped them in oil paper, and then said to Bao Zheng: "Go out." When

the two came outside, they felt that their frozen limbs were slowly regaining consciousness.

Lu Zheng handed the paper bag to Bao Zheng: "Let Shihu find a way to confirm whether this is the same person, and whether these fabrics can provide some clues."

Bao Zheng took the paper bag, but asked: "What about you, sir?"

"I have something else to do." Lu Zheng left in a hurry.

Lu Zheng went to Lu Enguang's study. He really didn't understand a lot of things. At that time, he and Bao Zheng did not search Lu Enguang's study carefully. The case within the case that the red-clothed thief reminded him of might not be the so-called inside story of this case, but Li Si's case, but he thought things complicated, plus the sachet he got later...

Lu Zheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he finally knew what was wrong.

That sachet!

His guess about Mr. Lu's identity all came from the sea chart in the sachet, but if the sachet was fake! The sea chart was also fake!

Assuming that Li Si was really killed by Lu Enguang, why did Lu Enguang want to kill him? It was because Li Si made Lu Enguang feel threatened. What exactly made Lu Enguang feel threatened? It was his identity!

Lu Zheng held his forehead and gasped heavily.

Wrong! All wrong!

Lu Enguang was not a spy of the court. He was the man of the Dragon King. He was the pirates' informant on land! He married Mrs. Lu because the Dragon King did not trust him and sent a spy to monitor him. That's why he would exclude his brother from approaching Mrs. Lu, because this was his only weakness and was a threat to him!

That nautical chart was fake. Lu Enguang was not killed by the Sea Dragon King's men. He should have been killed by An Zicheng and his gang. Because they got what they wanted, Lu Enguang lost his value. The reason why they used such a flawed plan to frame Lu Enshan was because they had calculated his land conquest. They introduced themselves step by step into the plot they designed, just to divert the disaster to the sea and let the court go to war with the pirates!

Lu Zheng gritted his teeth. It was just too much of a coincidence. Why did he run into An Zicheng on the street? Why did An Zicheng give him the sachet? Why was the sea chart clearly printed with the symbol of the Sea Dragon King, allowing Liu Zhi to easily recognize it? This was all arranged. The mastermind behind the scenes investigated him and everyone around him thoroughly and designed such a meticulous plan.

The only loophole in this plan was Li Si's death. Perhaps they had never thought that County Magistrate Ma would use Li Si's case to embarrass him. Perhaps in their plan, this case should have been closed as an unresolved case, but who knew that County Magistrate Ma's actions would keep the case until now.

Lu Zheng shook his head, not allowing himself to think anymore, and began to search carefully in Lu Enguang's study.

After searching like this, he finally found a problem with a floor tile under the desk. He lifted up the floor with a crossbow, and indeed found a secret compartment underneath. In the secret compartment, dozens of gold bricks were neatly stacked, and next to the gold bricks were several letters.

Lu Zheng hurriedly put everything aside, roughly opened the letter, and scanned the contents of the letter at a glance.

The content of the letter confirmed Lu Zheng's guess, and it also revealed the real reason why Lu Enguang was killed.

The Sea Dragon King has been wreaking havoc on the sea for more than a decade, and he has countless wealth in his hands, but he is extremely suspicious. He hides most of his treasures on an island, and no one knows where the island is except himself.

Lu Enguang actually found out the true location of the island and drew a treasure map, but he accidentally aroused the Sea Dragon King's suspicion. The Sea Dragon King sent people to monitor him. He had no choice but to use the treasure map as bait and cooperate with others. He never expected that the other party would destroy his bridge after crossing the river, and directly take his life.