Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 32 Storytelling

As soon as the words fell, Xu Fuyin stared at Ling Changfeng with straight eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart and explore the secret that the Special Envoy Ling had obtained last night.Seeing that Xu Fuyin was so cautious, Meng Ziyan also put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Ling Changfeng.

Ling Changfeng took a panoramic view of the expressions of the two, nodded, and said slowly: "The suspect's death is unknown, let alone how he did it without anyone noticing it. Please think about it, Why would the murderer take such a big risk to poison him?"

Hearing this, Mencius frowned tightly, as if he was already thinking deeply about the reason.But Xu Fu Yin, who was on the lower left, had a calm expression, and he didn't know if he was thinking about this matter for a while.

"My lords, just listen to me tell a story." No matter what their thoughts were, Ling Changfeng didn't leave time for the two to think about it slowly, and then told his story.

"Yesterday, in order to find clues about rosin, I went to the ghost market to search. There, I found the person who sold rosin privately, that is, the brother-in-law of the county magistrate of Qin that the two adults tracked down."

"I heard the news. After I came out of the ghost market, the murderer's accomplice wanted to kill me. Unfortunately, it happened that a hero passed by at that time, rescued me, and even captured one of them for me. a suspect."

"After I sent the suspect to the prison, he was poisoned overnight. It means that in the ghost market, I got information that they didn't want me to get. What kind of information would make these murderous gangsters jump over the wall in a hurry? Woolen cloth?"

Speaking of this, Ling Changfeng slowed down a little, and after taking a sip of the fragrant tea, he looked at the sky with his eyes, and his slow expression made Mencius, who was listening engrossed, slander him endlessly.

"Mr. Ling, what is the clue you found in the ghost market last night? You just said that you found the rosin seller. Could it be that this person is the key clue?"

Ling Changfeng nodded and said, "This person is one of the clues. In addition, I also learned where they delivered the rosin."

"Well. This person is indeed extremely important, but even in the current situation, it is not enough for the murderer to intercept and kill you halfway, right? As far as I know, the transactions in the ghost market are all disguised, and it is difficult to distinguish the real one. Even if they had dealt face to face, that person wouldn't be able to recognize the person they were talking to that day, right?" Mencius asked, expressing his own judgment.

"That's right, that's true. But what if there is another condition?" Ling Changfeng said coldly.

"What conditions?" Mencius asked hastily.Xu Fu Yin next to him also glanced at him with great interest.

"The condition is that the carriage transporting the rosin is standing somewhere in the city at the moment. As long as you go to the place of delivery, you can find traces of the carriage, and you can also follow the clues to find the place where the mummy is! Do you think so, Mr. Xu? "After Ling Changfeng finished speaking, he looked at the Xu Fu Yin and asked in a deep voice.

"Uh... Excuse me for being a blunt official. I don't know about this either, but since Lord Ling said it, then it should be like this." Fu Yin Xu hesitated for a while and didn't answer, but just laughed and passed.

"What an old fox!" Ling Changfeng muttered to himself.But his little fox is just testing these two adults at the moment.After all, apart from County Magistrate Qin, only these two knew that they had gone to the ghost market!

Ling Changfeng knew that the person who traded would definitely destroy the traces of the carriage, and with the man's generous attitude, the carriage might be destroyed and disappeared.But as long as the other party has some concerns, it's fine, and I'm not afraid that he won't show his feet.

Seeing that Ling Changfeng was drinking tea with the old god again, Mencius asked, "In that case, we can just search the whole city for traces of the carriage. But I still have one thing that I don't understand, what is the suspect in the prison?" How did you die?"

"He was poisoned to death through his nose." Ling Changfeng said slowly, spitting out the tea leaves in his mouth.

"Put medicine through the nose?" Meng Ziyan's tone was full of doubts, "Then how can it not be discovered by the jailer and the county magistrate of Qin, and the suspect will die immediately? Could it be that Mr. Ling suspects that these people in the prison have colluded with each other?" ?”

"No, I'm just talking about what I found. I didn't say they were in the same group." Ling Changfeng shook his head, and continued: "What we need to know now is how the suspect was poisoned in full view, and how He won’t die immediately. I looked at the suspect’s death condition, and I’m afraid it wasn’t the chronic poison of the poison, but the acute poison of the poison, as long as this poison is taken, it will die immediately.”

Mencius nodded, and said helplessly, "We can only wait for the inspection report of the suspect's body and the jailer's confession before discussing. As long as we find the traitor among them, we will soon be able to find out the real culprit who killed Mr. Wang." .”

"Since the two adults have nothing to ask, I have a question to ask the two adults." Ling Changfeng sat on the grand master's chair and said with a chuckle.

The two looked at each other, they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Ling Changfeng's gourd, so they hesitated a little.Then Fu Yin Xu said: "What does Lord Ling want to ask? The next official will know everything."

"What I want to ask is, how much do the two adults know about Lord Wang's life experience?" Ling Changfeng said these words leisurely, looking at the two who had been officials in the same court as Sitianjian for a long time sitting in front of him. .

Xu Fuyin said bluntly: "If you want to talk about your life experience, you can check the Jiali library (that is, the archives) of the Ministry of Officials. With Master Ling's methods, I am afraid that such a small matter will not trouble you?"

"It's too difficult! It's been half a year since I came to Luoyang with my mother, and I'm beyond my reach at the moment about Chang'an! I still want to hear what you two have to say." Ling Changfeng said pretending to complain.

"In that case, let me tell you. This matter is no secret among the court officials. If you want to talk about Mr. Wang's life experience, you have to start from half a year ago." Mencius coughed lightly and said something The incident that shook the court half a year ago.

"It was during an early court meeting half a year ago that I really learned about Lord Wang's life experience. After the morning court ceremony that day, His Majesty asked as usual, "My lords, do you have anything else to report?" "At first, everyone was silent, waiting for His Majesty to announce his retirement. But that day, Lord Wang stood up."

"Master Wang said that he watched the sky at night and found Yinghuo Shouxin's ominous appearance, which represented a great omen. He said that this disaster came from the curse of the Western Regions. He asked His Majesty to send troops to investigate."

"Originally, His Majesty didn't care about it when he heard about it. He just said that the curse is nonsense. Besides, the people have just experienced what happened to Empress Wu, and they need to recuperate."

"Unexpectedly, Lord Wang didn't back down, he didn't let it go, and even revealed an amazing secret about his life experience!" Mencius said with a long sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)