Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 56 All Dead
Chen Pingzhang saw Jiang Wanning coming and stepped forward: "Ms. Jiang, someone is dead inside. It's unlucky. You'd better stay away."

Jiang Wanning pretended to be scared and surprised: "Really dead? How could it be? Weren't they all... very arrogant last night?"

"Who knows!" Maybe God has opened his eyes.

"Which one is dead?"

"They're all dead." Chen Pingzhang smiled unconsciously, and felt that it was unbecoming of a gentleman to take pleasure in others' misfortune, so he had to cough to cover up his gaffe due to being too happy.

Yuniang still couldn't believe it. How arrogant and hateful these people were last night. She even cursed them to die quickly before going to bed, but they actually died.

Wasn't he cursed to death by her?
"How did you die?"

"We haven't reached a conclusion yet. In my opinion, it was probably caused by them burning a charcoal fire in a sealed room. The doors and windows were all bolted."

Jiang Wanning secretly thought: This is indeed how he died.

She wanted to seal their windows last night, but when she went there, she found that the windows were closed, and there were footprints on the snow and a few traces of ladders.

The mark is new and has not been completely covered by the heavy snow.

So someone climbed up the ladder before her and closed the window.

After the people inside were poisoned by the gas released by the carbon fire, he went in and created a sealed space.Let everyone think that the Dayuan people died because they did not listen to the advice, or they drank too much and forgot to ventilate the inner room.

Who will this man be?

Jiang Wanning couldn't help but look at Yi Cheng, who was standing at the door of Dayuan's room with a sad face, and then looked at his shoes.

Jiang Wan Ning said: "Ms. Lin is a doctor, maybe she can find out the cause of death."

Chen Pingzhang suddenly said: "Yes, why did I forget Doctor Lin. Please wait for me for a moment."

Chen Pingzhang went to find Ji Yunchen.

He came back after a while: "Doctor Lin, the young prince asked you to help check the cause of death. Is it convenient for you?"

Lin Ruoruo nodded and entered the dead man's guest room with Chen Pingzhang.

Jiang Wan Ning went downstairs to find Uncle Yang and the others. In the lobby downstairs, the officials were gathering together to discuss the matter.

"It's a good death. Even God can't bear to see it and wants to punish these beasts."

"Luo Du and his gang have done all kinds of evil. I heard that they are also engaged in human trafficking. They have kidnapped many Daqi women and sold them to Dayuan for the enjoyment of Dayuan nobles."

"These Dayuan dogs have done all kinds of evil. I admire this murderer. He did what we wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and made the people of Daqi angry."

"Yes, I also admire this person's courage. Who is he? Do you think... could it be someone from the caravan that stayed last night? They live next door and have easy mobility."

"It's better not to jump to conclusions easily. When it comes to suspicion, everyone in Daqi in this building must be suspected! Including you and me... let's see how the little prince decides!"

Jiang Wanning's eyes casually glanced at the shoes on their feet, and then she walked out of the lobby as if nothing had happened.

Yang Xu and the guys were feeding the horses and packing their bags.

"Uncle Yang."

"Little lady, I asked Xiao Pan to get food. Please wait a moment. There are people dead at the post station. It's a mess. There's no one to cook anymore."

"Uncle Yang, did you hear anything last night?"

Yang Xu shook his head: "No."

"Really not?"

Yang Xu smiled and said: "Little lady, please don't worry about this matter." Jiang Wanning looked at Yang Xu suspiciously.

Yang Xu's smile gradually stiffened, and it seemed that the young lady suspected that it was him.

In the conscience of heaven and earth, he also wanted to kill those Dayuan people, but it was really not his doing. He thought that it was better for the young lady to stay away from these unlucky things as a daughter, so he asked her to leave them alone.

Yang Xu looked around and whispered: "It's not me, I didn't do anything. Originally, the Dayuan man next door was snoring loudly. Around the fourth watch, the snoring stopped. It was probably that time he died. Right! I thought it was strange at the time, but I didn’t care. I don’t care whether they live or die. It’s better to be dead.”

so...

Jiang Wanning said: "Uncle Yang, don't pack things up yet, we won't be able to leave for a while."

"Huh? We didn't kill the person, why don't you let him go?"

"People from Dayuan are dead, and there are more than a dozen of them. People from the county and government offices will come here soon. No one can leave until the case is investigated."

Yang Xu was very dissatisfied: "These damn gang are dead, and they still want to delay our trip."

Jiang Wanning went to look at the area by the window to the west. The snow was full of messy footprints, which should have been left in the morning. Even if there was any evidence, they were all destroyed.

When Jiang Wan Ning sat in the room and drank the hot rice porridge brought by Xiao Pan, Chen Pingzhang and Lin Ruoruo came back.

"How's it going?" Jiang Wanning motioned for them to sit down and asked Yu Niang to get them food.

Lin Ruoruo said: "It has been more than two hours since he died. The lips of the deceased were cherry red. Some of them had vomited before death and there was vomit on their lips. I am not sure whether this is a symptom of carbon fire poisoning. I have no idea." Saw it."

Lin Ruoruo has never seen it, but Jiang Wanning has. When she was in Gubei, she saw a carbon fire poisoning incident. A family of four who ran a grain and oil shop died from carbon fire poisoning.

At that time, she and her second brother happened to pass by and took a look. The symptoms of the deceased were the same as Lin Ruoruo said.

She also wrote a letter specifically to tell Ji Yunchen, Gu Zhouting and Xiao Wang that they must pay attention to ventilation when lighting a charcoal fire in the house in winter.

As for the time of death, it is now Maozheng. By calculation, it is exactly the fourth watch day mentioned by Uncle Yang.

"What did His Majesty say?"

Chen Pingzhang said: "Preliminary judgment is that he died of carbon fire poisoning. He is questioning one by one. The post officials and servants have already finished questioning him. Now he is questioning the officials, and finally Shopkeeper Yang and the others."

"Then the questions are over, no one is suspicious, and we can leave?" Grandma Wang asked. She didn't want to stay at this inn where so many people died for a moment longer.

Chen Pingzhang sighed: "I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Jiuli has already gone to the Dingzhou government office to report the news. The Dingzhou government office will also report to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Maybe people from the three departments will come."

"Ah? When the three divisions come over, will they be interrogated one by one again? Will they be tortured? Will they be forced to find a scapegoat?" Grandma Wang was extremely worried.

Chen Pingzhang said with a smile: "Mother Wang, you didn't do it. What are you afraid of? Don't worry, even if people from the government come, no one will doubt the people in this room."

How can one kill someone in a house full of weak women?
Yuniang brought hot rice porridge, two plates of side dishes, and a few steamed buns.

Jiang Wan Ning said: "It's a bit crude, Mr. Chen, please don't dislike it."

"I don't mind it, I don't mind it. It's good to have something to eat." Chen Pingzhang said with a smile.

Jiang Wan Ning turned around and told Yu Niang: "Send some food to His Highness the County Prince."

Chen Pingzhang was ashamed: "Ms. Jiang is still considerate."

He had already eaten, and he didn't even think of getting some food for brother Yun Chen. Alas...he is not qualified for his job.

Then he said: "Yu Niang, prepare some delicious food and I will deliver it to you. Jiuli has gone to report the news. His Highness the County Prince has no one to help, so I have to help."

(End of this chapter)