Brocade clothing

Chapter 24 The Strange Death
Chu Qing nodded and said: "The first deceased is the little girl I mentioned, named Yang Liuer. Since I remember it with the doctor, can you tell me where you were after Yang Liuer bought the medicine that day? Are you sitting here? Or are you going out? In order to get rid of the suspicion with the doctor, it’s better to tell the details of everything.”

Dr. He had obviously heard about the serial murder case. He thought about it with a serious expression, and said, "We have all the records here. Changsheng, bring the account book here."

The drug boy named Changsheng quickly brought the account book, took it with the doctor, searched it carefully, finally opened it and left it in one place, pointed it to Chu Qing and Qin Butou, and said: "This is the account book 20 days ago. According to the records of the day, at the third quarter of Yin time, three packs of abortion medicine were sold for three coins, and the settlement was settled. At Maoshi, there was an emergency patient in Lin County. At that time, the gentleman from Linxian had been accompanying him all the time to Linxian. If the officials don’t believe it, you can go to Linxian to check. The family’s surname is Liu, and they live at the end of the alley. You can find out when you ask.” He explained clearly, The above record is indeed clear, and there is nothing unusual.

Chu Qing frowned, the matter seemed to be at a dead end again, since Yang Liu'er took the abortion pill, why did she die in the alley completely opposite to Yang's?
"Oh, that's right." Dr. He suddenly remembered something, flipped through the account book, and said: "This month, I saw a total of four women who needed abortions. Let the officials see if they are right?"

Chu Qing took over the ledger, looking at the date recorded on it, her heart skipped a beat.

He glanced at Qin Butou.

Qin Tutou also quickly took a look: "...Eleventh days ago, three days ago, yesterday." He was stunned, but they were all women who had seen a doctor in Xianghe Pharmacy.

Seeing their expressions, Dr. He changed slightly, and said, "Except for the time 20 days ago, I continued to see the doctor for the rest of the times, and I didn't leave the pharmacy until the pharmacy closed. The drug boy in the pharmacy is can testify."

Chu Qing glanced at him, and suddenly said: "Doctor He, can you write down the prescriptions these four people took?"

Doctor He didn't know why, but he still nodded and said: "Okay." He sat down and started to write, and quickly finished writing, and handed it to Chu Qing.

Chu Qing took it over with a smile and said, "It's okay, if there are still questions, we will check again." She turned her head and glanced at Qin Tutou, "Let's go."

"But...but just leave like this? Isn't it him?" Qin Tutou caught up two steps, and couldn't help asking in a low voice. What he didn't understand was, what did Mr. Chu ask the doctor to write the prescription for?
"It's not him." Chu Qing raised the prescription in his hand, and said, "I asked him to write a few words, just to see what hand he used to use."

"Huh?" Qin Butou was puzzled, what does this mean?
"That murderer is left-handed." Chu Qing folded up the prescription expressionlessly, but the expression in her eyes was not relaxed.

This case seems to be getting more and more complicated. It wasn't Dr. He, but the victims all died after leaving the Xianghe Drugstore, so it must be related to the Xianghe Drugstore, but who might be the murderer?Are you just hiding in the dark?Watching them too?

"Master Chu, how do you know?" Qin Butou was stunned.

"The abdominal wounds of the four deceased were all to the right, and the murderer killed him from behind. If he was right-handed, when the blade pierced the past, the range would be inclined to the right, but the wounds of the four deceased were to the left, indicating that the opponent was They are left-handed." Chu Qing said as he walked, and they had already reached the door of Xianghe Pharmacy.Chu Qing couldn't help but turned her head again, and saw a woman coming out with her belly outstretched, and the doctor hurried up to greet her, looked at her gently and smiled: "Why did you come out? Don't worry about your own body."

The woman's brows and eyes are warm, with a smile in her eyes, looking at the doctor with affection: "I'm lying down and my bones are exhausted. Get up and walk."

Dr. He helped her to sit down, and the two got along harmoniously. Chu Qing guessed that this one was probably that Mrs. He. They have treated each other like guests for more than ten years, and it seems that their relationship is indeed very deep.

"But I'm hungry, I'll ask Changsheng to buy some of your favorite food later." Dr. He pressed his palm against the woman's stomach, his expression was gentle and inconceivable, and there was no abnormality at all.

Chu Qing thought, either he is a habitual hider, or he is really innocent.

The woman lowered her head and touched her belly. Her whole body exuded maternal tenderness, and said, "The mouth has been very pale these two days. I want to eat the longan black chicken soup and eel made by you, my husband, is it okay?"

Doctor He chuckled and said, "What's wrong with this? I'll let Changsheng buy it later..."

Chu Qing turned around and continued to walk forward, saying: "Go back."

It's just that when she walked outside the door, something flashed in her mind, but when she thought about it again, it disappeared again.

When going out, the painting seller must have heard it, and couldn't help but said: "Doctor He is a good man, you must have made a mistake, there will be no problem, not to mention, it is said that all the dead are pregnant , and the doctor likes children the most, but it's a pity that the husband and wife have conceived for more than ten years, and now they are pregnant, and it is really a reward for a good person."

Chu Qing smiled: "It's just a routine inquiry." After finishing speaking, he walked away, the painting seller was still boasting behind him, but Chu Qing didn't listen.

Is there something wrong with the direction of her investigation?

The clues were cut off again at Xianghe Drugstore, and they went to the home of the third victim. It was not difficult to find out who the child belonged to, and finally pointed to Xianghe Drugstore. Chu Qing finally let the two yamen servants stay in Xianghe Drugstore Besides, if you see a suspicious person, go back to the Yamen to report it.

Since it doesn't work here, we can only look at it from other directions.

Chu Qing thought of the sauce-red powder found in the nails of the three victims.

Chu Qing went back to the autopsy room, put the four corpses together again, took the four autopsy sheets, and carefully checked the appearance of the corpses again, which really made her discover a small detail that had been overlooked before .

Of the four deceased, the first three had a slight red powder between their noses and mouths, because it was mixed with the blood in their noses and mouths.In addition, the corpse has been aged for some time and has become corrupted, so it is difficult to find if you don't look carefully.At that time, because the fourth corpse did not have the sauce-red powder in its mouth and nose, she didn't pay much attention to it, but now she is staring at the powder.

It seems that these powders may be the key to solving the case.

She put the powder into her nose and smelled it, only to smell a very faint fragrance, but she couldn't smell what it was.She was able to confirm that these things were not poisonous, because none of the four deceased showed signs of poisoning.

She walked around the four mortuary beds, quickly recreating the possible crime scene in her mind.

The deceased was walking on the road, it was already dark, or it was still early, but because the location was very remote, there were only the deceased and the murderer.The dead man walked in front, but the murderer was behind him.Suddenly, the murderer covered the dead man's breath with something from behind... If this was modern times, she was sure without hesitation that the other party used ether to stun him.

But here is ancient times, there is no such thing, but since the other party killed the deceased with a single knife, there is no need to faint the place.

Assuming that the deceased was not stunned, but the murderer covered his mouth with his hands, then these sauce-red powders belonged to the other party; but assuming that the other party used something else, then this thing was caused by the murderer's struggle. What is left will remain in the mouth, nose and nail crevices.

Thinking of this, Chu Qing stopped: the red powder, if she remembered correctly, the mandala flower is red.

Datura flowers do have an anesthetic effect, but she has examined so many corpses with her master, but she has never seen Datura flowers, so how could anyone know the effect of this kind of thing?
It would be great if it could be confirmed that the four deceased had all been stunned before they died.

It's a pity that the body cannot be dissected, and it cannot be verified.

Chu Qing looked at the sauce-red powder and closed her eyes. Now she can only hope that these things are datura flowers.

Chu Qing drew the mandala flower on the rice paper, and handed it to Qin Butou, who was also in a hurry. Seeing that there was only one hour left in the hour, if the murderer could not be found, it might be...

"Master Chu, what is this?" Qin Tutou asked.

"Let someone find out where this kind of herb grows first. If they find it, maybe the case can be solved." Chu Qing rubbed her brows, this case was much more difficult than she imagined.

"How about Mr. He..."

"Go and investigate first, and I'll think of a way." After Chu Qing said so, Qin Butou could only suppress his anxiety, and walked out with the rice paper with manzhushahua painted on it.Standing in front of the four corpses, Chu Qing rubbed the center of her brows with a headache. If she can't find someone who planted mandala flowers within this hour, then she can only persuade Mr. He to postpone it for a day.

But how can we convince Mr. He to agree?

Chu Qing's eyes turned, and she inadvertently landed on a fresh corpse covered in a white cloth in the distance - He Cheng.

The reason why this case is now out of hand.

Because these deceased had had close contact with He Cheng, He Cheng was regarded as the suspect. However, He Cheng died as soon as he entered the cell. Was it too coincidental?
What's more, the four deceased had contact with He Cheng before his death.

Chu Qing squinted her eyes, walked towards He Cheng's body, and stretched out her hand to remove the white cloth on it.

Chu Qing checked He Cheng's body again, and to her surprise, she also found soy-red powder in the crevices of He Cheng's nails. If it is said that the four deceased had contact with the murderer, then He Cheng What?

He also had contact with the dead?
Chu Qing suspected that He Cheng was afraid that it was not a simple sudden death, but it was not simple.

An hour later, Qin Tutou hurried in with a look of despair, "Young Master Chu, is there any result?"

Chu shook his head lightly and said, "No. However, I can persuade Mr. He to allow one more day."

(End of this chapter)