Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 30
Everyone saw that Ling Changfeng was staring at the suspect in the prison in a daze, and they didn't know what he was thinking about, so they couldn't disturb him without authorization.

Seeing this, Mencius coughed softly, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Ling, have you thought of anything?" His tone was not as blunt as before.It must have hit a wall for several days, and Mencius Yan also knew the intricacies of the case, so he began to ask Ling Changfeng.

Ling Changfeng shook his head and said, "I haven't inspected the suspect's body yet, so I don't dare to make any judgments. But although the suspect is dead, I found out something last night. That is... .”

"Lord Ling, don't do it!" County Magistrate Qin interrupted Ling Changfeng's words eagerly, and said hastily: "I don't know who the spy is at the moment, and I don't want to be aggravated by people's suspicions. Please ask your lord to find out who the spy is. Say it!"

The corners of Ling Changfeng's mouth turned up slightly, and he didn't continue to speak, but supported his forehead, and said, "Oh, look at my memory, I almost slipped my mouth. Now I'm the only one who knows this secret, and no one else knows it." It can be said that it is really boring.”

Everyone didn't know whether what he said was true or not, so they didn't dare to speak out.

Mencius said generously, "Young master Ling, if you need anything, just ask, and we will do our best to help! As for the spies, all the guards will be imprisoned and interrogated one by one."

The Xu Fu Yin on the side also nodded repeatedly in agreement, and declared to all his subordinates: Master Ling's affairs are his own affairs, and Master Ling's arrangements are his own arrangements.

Seeing that Meng Ziyan didn't mention his name, County Magistrate Qin breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was not embarrassing himself for Ling Changfeng's sake.

"The lower officials apply to be detained and interrogated with the jailers!" County Magistrate Qin didn't want Ling Changfeng to be difficult, so he offered to ask.

Mencius nodded, and said, "Okay! It's not too late, Captain Ye, take all those jailers to the hall of the government office for interrogation."

"Yes, Lord Meng!" Ye Duwei took the six jailers away with his guards, and the county magistrate Qin followed behind.

A group of people were about to go back to the lobby of the county government office when the policeman led the coroner in.After saluting the lords, the coroner stood aside and waited for orders.

Seeing this, Mencius said, "You can do an autopsy here, and report immediately if there is any situation!" After speaking, he walked to the lobby of the county government.Xu Fuyin took a look at the corpse, and hurriedly followed Mencius away.

At this moment, only Ling Changfeng, the coroner, and two policemen were left in the cell with a large number of people.

After receiving Ling Changfeng's affirmative opinion, the coroner immediately prepared the tools and began to walk in front of the suspect's body for examination.

Ling Changfeng also followed him to the suspect's side and carefully observed the condition of the corpse.

The cloth strips tied on the suspect's hands and feet last night showed no signs of loosening, and the marks on the rotten cloth strips stuffed in his mouth were not messed up. Obviously, the suspect had not been poisoned.

The suspect's death was extremely miserable, black blood flowed from the ears, eyes and nose, blood-colored eyes bulged out, and the blue face was already stiff.

The cloth strip used to seal the mouth was torn off, the wax seal of the fangs in the suspect's mouth was still there, and the tip of the tongue was also bright red.It's just that the end of the cloth strip still has semi-coagulated black poisonous blood and traces of saliva soaking.It's just that the weather is hot and the water has evaporated.

The coroner removed the strips and bagged them.There was only a bandaged wound on the wrist of the corpse, which was the location of the tendon that was picked off by Xiao Lan.Peeling off the bandaged cloth strips, the blood was bright red. It seemed that the murderer did not use poison on the wound.

Checking the rest of the body in turn, no wound was found, only a little water mark on the collar.Just when Ling Changfeng was at a loss, the coroner discovered an abnormality in the suspect's nostrils.

"Lord Ling, look! The blood gushing from the nasal cavity of this corpse is the darkest! In addition, there is no sign of poisoning on the tip of the tongue, which means that the murderer injected the poison from the nose!" The coroner hurriedly pointed to the poison tester on his hand. Silver Needle said softly to Ling Changfeng.

After the silver needle penetrated into the nasal cavity, it instantly turned black, and when it was pulled out, it was still full of half-coagulated poisonous blood.When the suspect's mouth was opened, the color of the tongue was reddish, and there was no sign of poisoning.

Ling Changfeng looked at the silver needle, nodded, and thought to himself: If this suspect was poisoned from the nasal cavity, the jailer should be able to spot it on the spot.Why did the jailer say that the suspect was not dead during the inspection?It seems that I am going to see how the interrogation of the jailers is going.

After the coroner finished examining the corpse, Ling Changfeng signaled the police to take the corpse to Yizhuang.He took Xiaoyu and walked slowly to the lobby of the government office.

. . .

While Ling Changfeng and others were still examining the corpse, Xiaolan was standing under an old locust tree looking at some rosin fragments in a daze.

Early in the morning, according to Ling Changfeng's request, Xiaolan came to the dense forest in the west of Luoyang City alone. She thought it would take a while to find the old locust tree, but she didn't expect to see a tree as soon as she left the city gate. Tall pagoda trees stand in the dense forest.

I don't know how many years that towering giant tree has stood here, and how many bizarre things it has witnessed.When Xiaolan floated and landed under the tree, she couldn't help but feel emotional.

Looking around, a shallow rut stretched along the grass towards the city gate of Luoyang, and there were some rosin fragments scattered beside the rut. It seemed that this place must be the place where the man from the ghost market delivered goods.

It's a pity that the rosin debris of the locust tree is only found in this area, but there is no trace of it in other places.Xiaolan sighed, followed Rosin, and the idea of ​​tracking down the carriage was instantly shattered.

Continuing to follow her young master's instructions, Xiao Lan took out a wooden ruler in a dignified manner, and carefully recorded the width, depth, and spacing of the ruts.After recording, some dirt from the ruts was dug and carefully loaded.

After finishing everything, Xiaolan finally let out a long breath, and murmured in her heart: The young master really arranged a tiring job for me, this survey is even harder than a fight.Let the young master do the investigation and evidence collection by himself next time, it really doesn't suit me!

Thinking about it, Xiaolan still lowered her head, and carefully circled around the big locust tree several times, trying to see if there were any clues she missed.

As expected, she didn't see any clues except rosin, weeds, and locust tree leaves.So Xiaolan once again confirmed that she was not suitable for investigating cases.

Shaking her delicate head, Xiaolan rushed towards the city gate again, after all, there was still an extremely important place to be investigated.

"At this moment, the young master should hold this person back!" Xiaolan thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)