Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 34 "The Murder of the Tibetan Ambassador in the Secret Room"

"Good opponent!"

When Li Yan walked towards the inner guard, he was still reminiscing about the fight just now.

There is no point in beating a child. He himself feels that the progress in strength is slow. There is a key factor, that is, there is no suitable opponent.

Now there is a master like Kumara hiding in the Tubo envoys, which makes him very excited.

It's best to find a chance and play a few more games...

"Yuan Fang, you never disappoint!"

As soon as he came to the ranks of inner guards, Qiu Ying chuckled lightly, walked over and hugged his shoulders heavily.

This move did not surprise others, because the other inspectors also looked over with eager eyes.

Even Xiao Ling piled up a smiling face and posted it up: "Li Wuwei is really martial arts!"

Li Yan smiled at the crowd, he did not take credit for his pride, he was too prominent, he took the initiative to come behind Qiu Ying, hiding his credit and fame.

This move fell in the eyes of Kumara who was not far away, and when he realized that he was really a subordinate, his eyes couldn't help but become more confused.

Although the level of official position cannot be completely determined by the level of martial arts, but such a strong man, with a good family background, can only be a ninth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty...

The Central Plains is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, it is hard to fathom!
On the other side, Pei Sijian stepped forward immediately, looked around coldly, and finally landed on Bren Zanren, who was wearing a strong sword: "Vice envoy of Tubo, do you want to cause trouble in my Tang Dynasty?"

"I……"

Bren Zanren suddenly discovered that the higher the official position in Datang, the tougher the attitude.

The governor came late, not because he was afraid, but because he brought the elite guards who were fully armed, and he was really determined to meet with soldiers.

It is the etiquette of a big country that the two countries do not kill envoys when they are at war, but if Datang is really angered, no matter what kind of shit missions you have, you will take down everything that should be taken down.

Bren Zanren's face was cloudy and uncertain, his arrogance was finally suppressed, and he waved his hand: "Back off!"

The Tubo guards withdrew one after another, and Kumara also returned to the envoys.

Pei Sijian snorted coldly, then dismounted and led the crowd to the post house.

Li Yan, Qiu Ying, Cui County Magistrate and others followed suit.

Everyone walked through the front yard of the office and into the residential area in the backyard.

Facing it is a rockery, bypassing the rockery, there is a large pond, which is the high-end pond for the post house.

The duckweed floated green inside, and the koi fish swam, but it did not bring good luck to the people in the house.

Everyone turned left, entered the courtyard, and finally came to an exquisite two-story building.

This is the hall.

To be precise, starting from the area of ​​the rockery, the entire large area is where the upper hall is located.

However, this small building is the place where senior officials live, and it is of the highest grade.

But as soon as everyone walked to the upper hall, an unpleasant smell floated down from the second floor.

Once a person dies, no matter in what way, it is a great challenge to the sense of sight and taste.

Tubo is making Nian Zenggu, and it is no exception.

He was born in the noble family of the Nian family. He usually has a strict eye and a very serious appearance, but now he is lying on the mahogany carved table on the second floor, with his head tilted and his arms stretched forward. His posture is weird and terrifying.

Pei Sijian walked around to the front, and saw his pale face with round eyes, staring at death, with a short knife stuck in his throat, soaked in blood long ago.

Pei Sitong said: "Wu Zuo! Come here for an autopsy!"

Lin Yuzuo, who was in the ranks of the yamen, stepped forward immediately.

The crowd scattered in disgust, Lin Yuzuo didn't care, first pinched the corpse, and said: "It's stiff and uncomfortable, it's been a long time since I died."

Then he clamped the handle of the knife with two fingers, slowly lifted it out, and pulled out the short blade with a puff, after careful observation, he said: "Besides the blood, there is also a layer of water-colored stains on the blade of the murder weapon, which is suspected to be lethal poison. "

As he spoke, he took out another silver ruler and forcefully pried open the jaws of the corpse, carefully observing the lips and teeth of the tongue: "Floating moss on the tongue shows signs of poisoning, and the knife wound in the throat causes heavy bleeding, which is the fatal place."

Apparently, Tubo was causing Nian Zenggu's death by piercing the carotid artery with a murder weapon, causing him to bleed profusely to death.

But in order to kill, the murderer had already applied poison to the murder weapon. Even if he avoided the vital point, as long as he was cut, the end would still be death.

"This was a premeditated assassination, not a hasty one!"

Among the inner guards, Qiu Ying, Li Yan and Xiao Ling looked at each other with strange expressions.

When they received the news, they immediately thought of Liniang's murder notice.

Liniang predicted that a noble person in Liangzhou would be killed recently, and they thought it was from Datang.

I didn't expect that it was the Tubo ambassador who died now. Is this a coincidence or a trick?
"Who was the last person to see Nian Zhengshi?"

Lin Yu's autopsy process was very detailed, and he was still checking over and over again, not letting go of any details, while Pei Sijian began to ask what happened before and after the case.

"It's you from Tang Dynasty, a guard named Qiu Shenji. He said that some villains were planning a murder and volunteered to protect the ambassador, but he refused to reveal the source of the news."

Bren Zanren sneered: "I think he is an accomplice. Using this excuse to get close to the envoy can clear up his suspicions. It's a shame I didn't see it yesterday!"

Qiu Ying thought something was wrong.

This nephew was actually the last person to see the ambassador?
As Bren Zanren said, so what if you warned in advance, how do you know that you are not pretending to clear up the suspicion?
Pei Sijian was unmoved, and asked instead: "How can you assert that Qiu Shenji was the last to see the ambassador?"

Bren praised: "At midnight (from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning), we are all asleep, only Qiu Shenji is guarding the upper hall, saying that he has to work overtime, who else is he?"

The corners of Li Yan's mouth raised unobtrusively, and he forcibly held back.

You idiot, introversion depends on the occasion!

Pei Sijian immediately looked at Lin Yu and said, "Can the specific time of death be shortened to after midnight?"

Lin Yuzuo got up and reported: "If you go back to the governor, the time of death cannot be accurately judged, it can only be last night."

Li Yan nodded secretly.

This job is still very reliable.

Modern people know that rigor rigor can be used to roughly judge the time of death, because after a period of time after death, the muscles gradually become stiff and stiff, and contract slightly, so that all joints are fixed, and the body naturally becomes stiff.

这种尸僵，在死后10分钟至7小时中开始出现，经过24到48小时开始缓解，3到7天完全缓解。

But in fact, the appearance and disappearance of rigor rigor are affected by various factors such as the ambient temperature, the degree of muscular development of the deceased, and the cause of death. .

In ancient times when medicine was underdeveloped, everything was based on experience, and the time of death was estimated based on the stiffness of the corpse, which became more vague.

Lin Yu's judgment that Nian Zenggu died last night was correct, but one night is a very vague concept, and there is nothing to be done about the specific time.

He explained it with the theoretical knowledge of this era, and the Tubo side was dubious after hearing it.

"That being the case, whether Qiu Shenji was the last to see Nian Zhengshi is still doubtful!"

Pei Sijian also nodded, and turned to Bren Zanyan: "Deputy Envoy Gar doesn't seem to be sad about the death of Envoy Nianzheng, but rather happy?"

Bren Zanren's face changed: "What is the governor saying? I, a Tubo man, is used to this. I keep the pain in my heart. Is it necessary to act like a daughter and cry face to face, to be considered sad?"

Pei Sijian said: "That's not the case, it's just that the officials at the post station said recently that the two envoys had a rather unpleasant quarrel over the polo match, and the deputy envoy of Gar has motives!"

"you!"

Brun Zanren's chest rose and fell, and his complexion changed several times. Looking at the cold and serious faces on Datang's side, he didn't dare to speak.

He was afraid that this group of Tang people would really take him down, and that the main and deputy envoys of Tubo would die due to internal strife and get away with it.

This thought did flash through Pei Sijian's mind.

However, Pei Sijian knew very well that she could declare this to the outside world, but she couldn't explain it to the saint internally.

The Tubo envoy died in the posthouse in Liangzhou, which is a contempt for the authority of the Tang Dynasty!
The murderer must be caught!

"Bring Mr. Qiu Lang here!"

Pei Sijian waved his hand, and soon, Qiu Shenji, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, was lifted up by two Tubo guards.

"Third Uncle, save me!"

His face was full of fear, and when he saw Qiu Ying, he was about to rush over excitedly, but was immediately suppressed by the Tubo guards.

Qiu Ying glared at him viciously: "Dudu Pei is here, why are you wronged, just tell him clearly!"

Qiu Shenji's mentality obviously collapsed, he looked at the crowd in panic, and then said sadly after a long while: "Pei Dudu save me, the Tubo people are trying to silence me in order to cover up the truth!"

Pei Sijian said: "What's going on, tell me slowly!"

Qiu Shenji breathed a sigh of relief: "Three days ago, I received a secret report in a silk script that someone was trying to harm Tubo. I didn't dare to neglect it. I went to the post to check, and I really found some clues to follow."

"I went to the posthouse to report, read the righteousness to make the old man prudent, and after listening, let me defend to defend against incoming enemies. My defense is meticulous, and foreign enemies cannot take advantage of it."

"Until last night, Nianzhengshi was in the study, and I was guarding outside. Suddenly I heard screams from inside. I went in and saw that Nianzhengshi was lying on the desk, bleeding profusely, and an accident has already happened!"

Pei Sijian looked solemnly and asked, "Where were you at that time?"

Qiu Shenji got up and came to the gate of Kuayuan, where he could see the pond: "I'm standing right here."

Everyone came out with him, Pei Sijian calculated the distance: "You rushed in immediately when you heard the screams, how long did you spend in this process?"

Qiu Shenji said, "It took me about thirty breaths to reach the second floor. At that time, my neck was bleeding profusely when I read Zhengzheng, and it was hopeless."

Pei Sijian asked, "What about the murderer?"

Qiu Shenji said shyly, "I didn't see the murderer. Other guards arrived one after another. They all guarded around this building, but none of them saw the murderer."

Everyone carefully observed the surrounding environment.

Li Yan glanced around and found that the environment here is beautiful, but there are no tall trees. Except for this two-story building, everything else is flat.

Then it would be difficult for a master of lightness kung fu to sneak in. After all, there is a foothold to perform lightness kung fu, not to mention that no matter how useless Qiu Shenji is, he is not blind.

"In this way, Qiu Shenji guarded here early on, and there were more than a dozen inner guards around him. As a result, the Nianzheng Envoy on the second floor of the upper hall was still killed."

"This is a..."

"Murder in a secret room?"

　Thanks to the book friend "Feng Yu Wu Fei" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)