fast and ferocious

Chapter 300 The Murder of Hu Qian ([-]) Third Watch

Feng Ming is fine, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his waist, poured out a few small black pills, and gave them to each of them, Qin Wubing suddenly felt refreshed, and his nausea was relieved a lot, he first asked Guo Zheng and Lin Zhidong:
"Is there ice in the room where the coffin is stored?"

Guo Zheng and Lin Zhidong nodded, Guo Zheng said: "It has never been broken."

Qin Wubing looked at Fengming again and asked:
"Do you have an idea? This smell is not what ordinary corpses have, and it rots too fast, which is not what normal corpses should have."

Feng Ming sat on the steps, thought for a while and said:

"In the mountains of Southwest Province, there are many poisons, and most of the residents there are good at poisoning. It is recorded in ancient books: Barbarians' bows are several feet long, and arrows are more than a foot long. They use burnt copper as dysprosium, apply poison to the dysprosium front, and the person killed immediately. The reason why the son-in-law was able to retrieve one of the poisoned knives before was because some methods of making poison have not been passed down, and there is no way to make so much poison and smear it on the sword."

"So powerful?" Lin Huai asked.

"That's not too powerful. It is recorded in ancient books that the mountain people in the mountains in the southwest were good at making several kinds of poisons. One is the blue medicine, which is made from blue snake heads, and the other is the burnt copper medicine, which I just mentioned. The third is gold medicine, which is a poison made of raw gold, and the fourth is fungal medicine."

Speaking of this, Feng Ming stopped.

Qin Wubing immediately sat up straight and asked, "Bacterial medicine? How do you make it?"

Feng Ming pursed his lips and continued:
"The mountain man poisoned people to death with vine grass. The dead body was placed in a tree, the juice dripped on the ground, and the fungus was harvested. It is a famous fungus medicine. It is extremely poisonous. After death, the smell is incomparable, and the body rots quickly!"

Guo Zheng and Lin Zhidong straightened up at the same time, their eyes widened.

Qin Wubing smiled bitterly and said, "Except for the eldest princess, not many people know about this method of making poison, right?"

Feng Ming replied earnestly: "The eldest princess sent people to visit the depths of the southwest mountains several times. It took several years, and she was able to borrow ancient books that survived alone. If someone had done this before, they would naturally know about it. I’m afraid not many people can do it.”

Guo Zheng stepped forward and asked: "They used arsenic poison as a cover-up, and the real cause of death that was hidden was also directed at the eldest princess. Who insisted on killing the eldest princess?"

"Master Guo, don't worry!" Qin Wubing stood up and asked Fengming: "Can the poison of fungal medicine be controlled? I mean..."

"Naturally! The fungus medicine is colorless, but has a slight smell. It is ground into powder and mixed with some food. It can be done if you want to kill people immediately, but it is also possible to kill people slowly if you want to poison them."

"Therefore, it is very likely that Hu Qian was poisoned on the way. When he arrived in Lishan County, he could hardly walk alone. The injury on his leg was not a simple touch. It was after a violent impact. It will leave wounds! You can interrogate the people in the inn, but anyone who saw Hu Qian walking into the inn with his own eyes can prove it!"

"That being the case, why not directly interrogate Master Hu's followers?" Lin Zhidong asked.

Lin Huai was in a hurry: "Is there any need to ask? Why do you still doubt my third brother? Can those followers tell the truth? If any of them has not been bribed, I will write Lin backwards!"

"Because he was bribed, he should be interrogated strictly!" Lin Zhidong was also a little anxious, and stood up tremblingly.

"You know they won't tell the truth, why interrogate them?" Lin Huai was not afraid of Lin Zhidong.

"I want them to tell the truth, there are plenty of torture available..."

"Master Lin!" Qin Wubing scratched his forehead, sighed again and said:
"I said before that they dared to kill three attendants yesterday when I first arrived, just waiting for your questioning. Can Master Lin be sure not to be influenced by them and continue to investigate with a clear mind? Master Lin, don't worry, listen to me first, what the elder brother said just now is correct, judging from the clues we have so far, these attendants are probably taken by others, otherwise, in the previous interrogation, someone must have said Hu Qian’s body has changed, there are cracks in his bones, Hu Qian couldn’t walk in the last few days, but why did he only ask about bumps when he got off the car?”

Lin Zhidong frowned and sat back on the chair.

"Let's not infer what kind of means they used to get the blame, but their actions one after another are all directed at the eldest princess. Don't you think that even if you ask questions, the result will be the same? Master Lin said torture to extract a confession... Even if torture is used, don't we have to find out the general situation first, and have a conclusion before we can ask questions during the torture?"

Guo Zheng glanced at Lin Zhidong, and said to Qin Wubing:

"Captain Qin's intention is to first find out how Mr. Hu was murdered, and then interrogate those followers. I agree with this point, but right now... without interrogation, how can we find the real culprit?"

Qin Wubing naturally knew that Guo Zheng had good intentions, and it could be regarded as giving Lin Zhidong a step down. Qin Wubing hurriedly explained:

"Let's take a look. The entourage said that Hu Qian was anxious to get angry on the way back to Beijing, and his mouth and tongue were sore. When he arrived at the inn, after eating some porridge, he wanted to drink herbal tea. The entourage went to buy it. After taking a break, the entourage withdrew, and then seeing that it was getting late, the entourage wanted to serve Hu Qian to wash and change for bed, only to find Hu Qian lying on the ground with an empty bowl of herbal tea. Am I right?"

Guo Zheng nodded, and Lin Zhidong also nodded.

"There are many loopholes in this process. I mentioned some before the autopsy, and there are a few more after the autopsy, such as the injury on Hu Qian's leg just mentioned. Only this point, the attendants lied, and the bones were broken. If that happened, the pain would be unbearable. How could the servant be sent away? There was no trace of healing on the injured leg. If there was, it would be impossible for the assistant to miss it. Therefore, it can be concluded that the attendant participated in Hu Qian's death! "

Qin Wubing looked around at the people around him, and after seeing the expressions of approval, he continued:

"From the injured leg, we can confirm that Hu Qian's life was not good before his death. He has not been dismissed by the emperor and investigated. Even if he is dismissed and investigated, he will not be bullied like this by his servants, right? How can Hu Qian bear the pain of these followers? Humiliation? Because he is powerless to resist! Where does the follower have the courage to dare to bully the Lord? Because Hu Qian will definitely die!"

"In other words, Hu Qian has been poisoned long ago, but he hasn't died yet. Since the people behind the scenes have the poison in their hands and their followers are ready to attack at any time, why didn't they kill Hu Qian immediately? I feel that they are waiting, What are you waiting for? Since all the designs point to the eldest princess, then my inference was wrong. Lishan County must not be the place where they want to do it. Perhaps it is because Hu Qian is old and weak. During the running, I was so angry that I was in Xining, so the poison spread a little faster..."

"In their desperation, they took advantage of Hu Qian's breath and poured arsenic!" Guo Zheng stood up excitedly.

(End of this chapter)