Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 128 Unexpected Luck (4)

On Shuangta Street in the east of Huanghua County, there is a salt shop run by the Huang family, where the three shopkeepers eat and stay.

One night, two old Taoist priests knocked on the door for a night.The Tang Dynasty worshiped Taoism, the shopkeeper of the salt shop didn't think too much, cleaned a guest room, and respectfully let them stay.

From the next day to night, many people came to buy salt, but unfortunately they couldn't knock on the door of the salt shop, and no one answered their shouts.The neighbor looked over the wall, and unexpectedly, five people, including the Taoist priest and the shopkeeper of the salt shop, died, but nothing was lost.There are dozens of gold hidden in the Taoist's luggage, which is also there.

The strangest thing is that the room where the five people sleep at night is also tightly closed. If the door can be closed and the wall can be entered, then the inner room will not have to break the wall.How did the five people in the inner room die?Could it be that there are ghosts and gods?

The stewards in the street were terrified, and the people were all in danger and panicked.The steward reported up, and then there was the scene after Zhan Zeng and Xu Qing had dinner.

Xu Qing and Zhan Zeng came to examine, and they said that he was the first person to see the dead body in the inner room.Xu Qing saw that it was Haixing's salt seller.Xu Qing asked: "Aren't you in Haixing? What are you doing in Huanghua?"

"Oh, it's you, the one who bought more than ten catties of sea salt!" The guy pointed at Xu Qing in amazement and said, "After you bought sea salt, the next day, the county magistrate actually wanted sea salt, and it cost several hundred catties , Haixing doesn't have that much stock, the shopkeeper asked me to come to Huanghua's place to adjust..."

Zhan Zeng looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing nodded, indicating that it was true.The two shops are also owned by the Huang family, and it is indeed normal to exchange goods with each other.

The guy went on to say: "When I got here, I couldn't knock on the door, and I couldn't call out anyone. When I went in, I found that these people were all dead..."

"You saw them when you climbed over the wall? Then why do you say that the doors and windows of the inner room are closed?"

"No, no, I said I missed it, the door and window were closed, I broke open..."

Xu Qing took a look, but didn't find anything strange about the guy. He should go and see the corpse.

The clerk climbed over the wall again quickly and opened the door.Xu Qing Zhan Zeng looked at it, and there were five corpses overlapping.

However, after the inspection, there was no injury.Zhan Zeng said with a sad face:

"If nothing is lost, it's not stealing. If you're old, it's not rape. If you meet and stay overnight, it's not enmity. If you don't have an inch of injury, it's not killing. Why did five people die together when the door was closed? , Nothing but ghosts and gods can do it. I can kill people, but I can't kill ghosts. There is nothing for people to do, but we should end our ears with doubts."

After finishing speaking, I looked at Xu Qing, meaning, it wasn't a robbery of wealth or sex, nor was it revenge. The death was very strange. It was a fierce ghost who killed someone.

Xu Qing, as a materialist rooted in Zheng Miaohong, naturally does not believe in ghosts and gods, so he continued to ask Wu Zuo to examine the corpse.After further inspection, it was found that all five corpses were incontinent. Why?

"Master County, this...these people were frightened to death..."

As soon as Wu Zuo's words came out, the surrounding air seemed to be a little colder suddenly, and the thoughts of ghosts and gods became more and more intense in everyone's hearts.

"But this ghost, how can he even kill a Taoist priest?"

"Li Gui, it is definitely a Li Gui, a Li Gui who has been cultivated for hundreds of years to become an elite!"

The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, and the more afraid I became, the more I thought about it. Even Zhan Zeng, who never revealed his emotions, couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Scared to death?What is so scary?Xu Qing remembered that when he "performed" the two major tortures for the aristocratic family, he scared a person to death.At first I thought it was Duan Hongchen who did it, but later Duan Hongchen never mentioned it. Could there really be someone else?

"Why can't it be poisoning?" Xu Qing asked, because some neurotoxins can also cause incontinence.

"Look at these five people, their lips and faces are rosy, how can poisoning cause it?"

Xu Qing saw that since these people had just gotten up, their lips looked quite ruddy, like cherries, and they really didn't seem to be poisoned.

wait... what?cherry!Cherry red... In the death of carbon monoxide poisoning, the lips of the deceased will not appear purple and black, but on the contrary, they are just as red as cherries.

Carbon monoxide, did Tang Dynasty have it?

Carbon monoxide is commonly known as gas. If coal is burned in an oxygen-deficient environment, some gas can be crudely produced.After making the gas, put it in a well-sealed box, and let people inhale it, which can cause death.

Xu Qing personally inspected other places, pierced the skin with a needle, and the blood that flowed out was also cherry red. Xu Qing became more and more sure of the conjecture of carbon monoxide poisoning.

But who makes gas?How did they get into the house and let the five people inhale carbon monoxide without realizing it or resisting it?Xu Qing couldn't figure it out...

"Ahem..." Seeing that Xu Qing was deep in thought, Zhan Zeng would not be able to come out for a while, and it was not easy to reveal his identity as the governor, so he could only cough a few times.

"Oh, magistrate Zhan, I wonder if there are any coal production places in the nearby counties?"

But Zhan Zeng was puzzled: "What? What is coal..."

Xu Qing patted his head and said, "Maybe it's coal..."

"As far as I know, there is no carbonaceous origin in Cangzhou." Zhan Zeng said with certainty, and then asked, "Does it have anything to do with coal?"

"Oh! By the way..." Xu Qing didn't speak, Wu Zuo shouted instead: "These two people were poisoned by charcoal, and those who were poisoned by this poison had red lips instead!"

Wu Zuo rubbed his hands, glanced at Xu Qing like he was looking at gold, and said, "Young man, you are very good, learn autopsy with me, and I will tell you all of the nine deaths, 27 poisons and 38 injuries!"

"No, no, no, I'm afraid of death..." Xu Qing shook his head quickly, making him a pity for a while.

Xu Qing was very surprised. There is no place to produce coal in Cangzhou. Could it be carbon monoxide made of charcoal?This range is huge...

"Hey, it's safe to go to the ground, right?" Xu Qing said so, but he thought of the dark river in his heart.

Since Duan Hongchen led a group of people out to carry out "special missions", Anhe has been collecting and monitoring some remaining forces in Cangzhou, hoping to have some clues.

Taoist... Huang's house... Salt store...

"Is there any connection?"

Xu Qing remembered that all Taoist priests had "identity cards", and hurriedly asked someone to look for them, but after searching inside and out, they did not find the plated cards of the two Taoist priests.These two Taoist priests are wild... The wild Taoist priests are like a mess, they can't follow the clues, and one of the clues is broken...

It's not Xu Qing's forte to solve cases. He can pretend to be aggressive when he breaks a donkey, but Xu Qingbiao can't escape from the secret room.

Five people died unjustly, Xu Qing had no choice but to go to the ground as usual.As for the panic caused by the public, Xu Qing just blamed the two wild Taoist priests, saying that they were duped by the so-called "cultivation of immortals" by Taoist priests, and died of inhaling coal by mistake.

Closing the case hastily was just a way for Xu Qing to cover up and appease the people.At the height of Xu Qing's status, thousands of bandits disappeared under his command. In his opinion, this tragic death of five people was only a little more important than the death of flies.

Everyone is on a spider web, and there is always one that can kill you.

The death of a small fly might not be enough to attract Xu Qing's attention, but the spider web on which the fly was on caught Xu Qing's attention.

Salt, this kind of hard currency exists, and the slightest trouble should be given the highest attention.

Taking safety as the top priority, there is only one point of contact between An He and Xu Qing in Cang County.Xu Qing returned to Cang County from Huanghua and immediately notified Anhe to investigate.

On the other hand, Xu Qing felt like visiting Miss Huang's family.Xu Qing had an intuition that something serious must have happened when the Huang family occupied Yanshan on a large scale.

In Huang's Manor, Huang Shimei practiced arrows with a bow, with an angry expression on her face.But the arrow was so naughty that it couldn't even touch the target.The more she missed the target, the angrier Huang Shimei became, and she simply threw the beautiful bow decorated with gold and jade on the ground.

"Miss, someone wants to see you..." a little maid said.

"I don't see you! I don't see anyone, these ungrateful guys!" Huang Shimei was so angry, she was really cute.

"Hahaha, Ms. Huang is very imposing. I don't know who provoked you?" Xu Qing barged in on her own, with a hearty smile.

"You are..."

"You step back!"

The little maid just wanted to reprimand Xu Qing, but she was reprimanded by Huang Shimei instead, and she didn't speak in a daze.He was stunned, kicked his feet, and turned his head angrily.

There was no one around, Huang Shimei kicked the bow under her feet, looked at the tattered clothes, smiled and immediately tightened her face and said: "Why are you here to see me laughing?"

Xu Qing didn't answer, but called out in a low voice: "Shimei..."

Unexpectedly, Huang Shimei was so excited, she forgot the difference between men and women for a moment, she threw herself into Xu Qing's arms, and meowed like a cat: "Brother Xu..."

Xu Qing was sweating profusely, but he had just accepted him for a little month, and now another one threw himself into his arms, what happened?but……

Earn some money?Ok!Just make a profit: "Shimei, hold on tight, don't let go
what……"

"Brother Xu, what should I do? Those ungrateful people in the Huang family are going to sell me..." Huang Shimei didn't realize the badness in Xu Qing's words, and started crying while talking.

"Uh, how could it be, isn't the Huang family still relying on you for support?" Xu Qing comforted Huang Shimei's back.

"Now that Cangzhou has no one to compete with the Huang family, I've been excluded by them. I can't even see my younger brother, woo woo woo..."

Xu Qing thought so too, how could a group of men tolerate a woman pointing fingers.

"Shimei, you're not young, it's good to marry a good man..."

After hearing this, Huang Shimei raised her brows upside down, glared at Xu Qing, but did not let go of Xu Qing's "savage waist", and continued to hug her: "If it's a good family, hmph, it's fine, but... ...Ah, but they want to marry me to my cousin, a playful young master, who is extremely shameless!"

"This... Shimei, marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog, and give birth to a monkey, oh no, child..." Xu Qing didn't speak half, Huang Shimei stood on tiptoe and pointed towards Xu Qing's neck. When it reached the shoulder, it took a bite.

Huang Shimei yelled, "I'll bite you to death!"

This bite almost hurt Xu Qing to death. Xu Qing couldn't struggle, and he didn't want to hurt him. After going back and forth, the two of them twisted together.

It doesn't matter if they are twisted together, but they happened to be seen by Huang Shimei's cousin who came in a hurry. From his point of view, it was as if Xu Qing was holding Huang Shimei and "kissing" Huang Shimei.

"Wow, wow, how dare you insult my woman!?"

(End of this chapter)