Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 149

"To be precise, this poison can melt flesh, but its power to erode bones is relatively weak. Judging from the residue in the powder, it should be the poison that was unintentionally refined when refining the elixir. Unfortunately, the refining People who are in pill medicine don’t know much about poisons, otherwise, if they add a few ingredients, they will be able to refine corpse powder that can erode bones and turn flesh into flesh.” Zhang Xuanming shook his head, as if he was very familiar with the refining of this poison. People are very disappointed.

Hearing this, Li Canghai immediately thought of Wang Buquan's pill room.

He figured out the key in an instant, and hurried to the woodshed to find the little beggar.

Seeing this, several people also followed.

In the woodshed, the little beggar was covering a sleeping woman with a quilt.

Li Canghai walked to the door, gestured to the little beggar, and the little beggar came out quickly.

"Little Huzi, where did you get this porcelain bottle?" Li Canghai picked up the porcelain bottle and asked seriously.

"In a room in Wang's house, I just picked it up..." The little beggar's voice became lower and lower.

"Is there a stove this tall in that room?" Li Canghai asked after comparing the height.

The little beggar was very surprised. He scratched his head and said, "How do you know that there is a strange-shaped stove in that room?"

Li Canghai thought to himself, it really is so.

Presumably, after the murder, Wang Buquan was worried about being discovered, so he used the poison he made during alchemy to destroy the corpse.

Unfortunately, his poison did not achieve the desired effect. For the corpse, it only corrupted the flesh of the corpse, but did not corrode the skeleton.

This is really in line with the old saying: Skynet is full of recovery, sparse but not leaky.

With conclusive evidence, Li Canghai was determined, and immediately ordered everyone to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, according to the previous deployment, it was divided into three routes and carried out simultaneously.

Li Canghai and Xiao Wu went to inquire about Zuo Hongji's clerk's wife, Chang Feng went to investigate the yamen servants who took away the servants that day, and Di Qing stayed to help Zhang Xuanming and take care of the refugees together.

According to the address left by Chang Feng, Li Canghai and the two found the guy's home in the north of the city.

As Chang Feng said, there is only one old woman in this family, and her life is very difficult.

After the two expressed their intentions, the old woman cried with tears in her eyes: "It's been two years, and my son has been dead for two years, and this incident has finally been remembered. My son didn't die from drinking flower wine, but was killed by someone. people killed."

Li Canghai said comfortingly: "Old man, don't get excited. Tell me what you know. If your son is really murdered, I will definitely find out the murderer and give him justice."

The old woman looked at him tremblingly, crying.

"My son was originally an employee of the Zuo family, a wealthy businessman in Zhengyang City. Two years ago, I was seriously ill and my family had no money to treat the illness. My son raised money everywhere. But two days before he went out to do business with the Zuo family master , he suddenly brought back some scraps of silver and two ingots of gold. I was afraid that he had done something bad, so I asked him. He said that the master of the Zuo family had heard that I was seriously ill, and borrowed it from him temporarily. I didn't think about it at the time. But two days later, my son returned home in a hurry, gave the old man a package, and then left the house in a hurry... When the old man saw him again, he was already dead. "

The old woman beat her chest and stamped her feet, crying: "At that time, the Yamen said that my son died from drinking flower wine, but my old woman didn't believe it. My son was panicked when he left. Someone must have killed him, but the Yamen didn't believe what the old woman said!"

Li Canghai touched his nose, and asked in a deep voice, "Old man, how can you be sure that your son was murdered?"

"There is no better way to know my son than my mother. When my son came back, he looked panic-stricken. How could he drink flower wine? If you don't believe me, the old woman has another piece of evidence, which is enough to prove that my son was murdered." The old woman said tremblingly. .

"What evidence?" Li Canghai frowned and asked.

The old woman asked them to wait a while, then walked into the narrow and dark thatched hut by herself, and writhed in it.

At this time, the sky has already brightened, but the thatched cottage is like night, which shows the hardships of life.

After a while, the old woman came out, holding something wrapped in rags in her hand.

The old woman walked up to the two of them, sat down, and separated the rags layer by layer, revealing half a bone from inside.

This is half of a leg bone with cracks on it, and the leg bone is black.

Li Canghai and Xiao Wu could tell at a glance that this was a symptom of poisoning.

Xiao Wu picked up the leg bone, looked at it carefully, and said, "The leg bone is black in color, and the poison has penetrated into the bone marrow. It seems to be highly poisonous."

Li Canghai looked at the half of the leg bone, and pondered: "Can you tell what kind of poison it is?"

Xiao Wu shook his head, and said: "It's been too long, and Xiao Wu's ability is limited, so I can't see what kind of poison it is. However, Brother Zhang should know."

The brother Zhang that Xiao Wu mentioned was Zhang Xuanming. After the two chatted last night, they found that they had a lot in common, and the two quickly became friends.

Although Zhang Xuanming is a wandering doctor, his conversation is extraordinary, and his understanding of medical theory has reached an unfathomable level.

Xiao Wu admired him very much.

Li Canghai put away the leg bone and said to the old woman, "Old man, where did you get this leg bone?"

"The autopsy on my son was done by one of my fellow countrymen, and it was secretly left to me after he burned my son's body," said the old woman.

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, and after a while, he said: "Old man, it is now certain that your son was murdered, but if we want to find out the murderer, we need to take this leg bone away for examination and use it as evidence. Would you like to?"

Hearing what he said, the old woman suddenly grabbed his hand and cried: "Do you believe what the old woman said? The old woman once took the bone to go to the Yamen to complain, but she was thrown out every time. No one believed the old woman. You really Will you find out the murderer for my son?"

Li Canghai nodded, and said solemnly: "Old man, I am the new magistrate of this county, Li Canghai. Since I learned about your son's death today, I will definitely find out the murderer and give you justice."

When the old woman heard the words, she knelt down hastily, kowtowed tremblingly and said: "The old woman doesn't know that the county magistrate is here, and the old woman is talking nonsense just now. Don't believe it, don't believe it."

"Old man, our lords are not those corrupt officials before. Don't be afraid. The death of your son is indeed strange. My lord came here to ask you after knowing about it, just to find out the truth." Xiao Wuwan He helped the old woman up and spoke comforting words.

The old woman was in tears, and she looked at the two tremblingly, but she didn't dare to speak.

Li Canghai understood that the old man was afraid that he was like those officials who did not do anything before, so he was so afraid, and he couldn't help but sulk at those corrupt officials.

(End of this chapter)