Da Suining

Chapter 104 Poisoning
In the backyard of the government office, under a clump of grape arbors, Mr. Zhou personally gave Xiang Suining a brocade stool, and asked his maid to bring various fruit snacks. In case Xiang Suining was thirsty, he even made the latest Longjing tea and poured it himself. A pot was handed to Xiang Suining, seeing dewy sweat on Xiang Suining's temples, he quickly asked two maidservants to fan her with feather fans.

Xiang Suining was terrified to receive such treatment from Mr. Fuya.

"I was able to catch the real culprit, thanks to Miss Xianger." Master Zhou said to Xiang Suining with great appreciation, "It's a pity that Baxi has a stubborn mouth and refuses to say anything. What should we do? Let's use torture, yes, he is stubborn. , I always refuse to say it. If you kill him, it's not good, and you can't turn to the emperor."

"Has your lord ever sent someone to investigate Eunuch Chang's body?" Lu Yu accompanied Xiang Suining and asked one more question.

"Didn't Zheng Yuzuo have seen Eunuch Chang's corpse? They are all dead, and now they have been nailed into the coffin. Wouldn't it be nice to dig it out again? It smells weird."

"What if there are other clues about Eunuch Chang?"

"It's true. After all, Zheng Yuzuo was confused for a while before, and colluded with Baxi..." Mr. Zhou stroked his forehead, and beckoned a yamen servant to come forward, and asked him to invite another assistant.

Wu Zuo soon came with the box on his back.

Mr. Zhou invited Xiang Suining and others to watch together.

Xiang Suining winked at Lu Yu.

Of course, Lu Yu knew in his heart that Xiang Suining was asking him to keep an eye on him. The previous job was unreliable, so he didn't know what to do with this job, so it's better to keep an eye on it.

The nails on the coffin were pried away, and Eunuch Chang lay there quietly.

Perhaps because of the burning of incense, there was no peculiar smell in the coffin, but a calming aroma.

Wu Zuo opened the toolbox, pinched two pieces of ginger to stuff his nose, took another piece in his mouth, put on cotton gloves, held a knife, and started working.

Lu Yu secretly poked and followed.

After half an hour, Wu Zuo took off the cotton gloves, removed the ginger from his nose and mouth, put all the tools back into the box, washed his hands and prepared to answer.

Lu Yu has already vomited upside down.

Although he is a doctor, he is familiar with medicine and is familiar with various medicinal materials, but it is the first time for him to have such close contact with the body of a dead person. .

At any rate, there was a piece of ginger protecting his body, so he rolled up his sleeves and went into battle without preparing anything.

Although the coffin had no peculiar smell, my heart was still churning.

Wu Zuo opened Eunuch Chang's vest and tried to show Master Zhou: "Master, look at the wound here——"

Lord Zhou dared not take a step forward. He didn't dare to approach the coffin. Instead, he squinted and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. I don't have to go and look. Tell me how Eunuch Chang died."

"Drown to death, suffocate to death."

"Close the case." Mr. Zhou clapped the case.

"My lord, there are still doubts." The assistant was conscientious and careful.

"What doubt?"

"Although Eunuch Chang died of drowning, he had other wounds on his chest. It was a knife wound, about two fingers deep, right in the heart of Eunuch Chang. Just this one knife wound would have killed him. But he was dead before he was stabbed, so I don't understand why anyone would do it."

Lu Yuchao nodded to Suining, it seems that the knife wound is real.

The coffin was resealed, and a dozen nails were driven back into place one by one.

The cause of Eunuch Chang's death has been settled, but Baxi has not spoken or confessed.

Xiang Suining decided to go to the cell again.

She believed that Baxi had killed her father-in-law, but she couldn't figure out why she had to stab him.

Two yamen servants stood outside the cell to wipe their sweat. Xiang Suining asked Mingzhu to take out a tael of silver and hand it over, but the yamen servant didn't accept it: "So it's Miss Xianger, how can I collect your money. But you have to wait a while to go in. Now inside If there are people visiting, you have to come one by one.”

Xiang Suining tactfully stood by the stone wall outside the cell and waited.

The stone wall of the cell is very thick, about half a meter, probably to prevent the prisoners from escaping, but the stone wall is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is still shady under the stone wall on such a hot day.

Mingzhu gently waved the handkerchief for Xiang Suining.

After going to and from the yamen a few times, these yamen servants are all familiar.

The yamen servants talked about something in private, but they didn't shy away from her.

"It's been many years since I've seen such a blunt person. Eunuch Baxi refuses to say anything. I don't know if Mr. Zhou will torture him."

"Didn't someone go in to visit him just now? He gave him a golden melon seed. Oh, it doesn't matter if he confesses or not. Let's treat him as our job, and he still has the golden melon seeds. I wish he could live longer." In life, we also have some oil and water."

The two yamen servants chatted and laughed in a low voice. After a while, a man wearing a bamboo hat came out of the cell. The bamboo cap was pressed down so low that he couldn't see his facial features or expression clearly. The man walked straight out of the cell. He walked away, his footsteps were very fast, like a dragonfly on the water, in the blink of an eye, he passed through a doorway and disappeared.

A flash of fire flashed across Xiang Suining's mind.

I still remember when Zheng Yuzuo saw the man wearing the bamboo hat and hid in the yard in fright. It didn't take long for Zheng Yuzuo to have an accident.

Those people wearing bamboo hats are the same as today's people wearing bamboo hats, they all press the brim of their hats, making it hard to see their expressions, but their statures are about the same.

Xiang Suining had an ominous premonition in his heart: "Who was that man wearing the bamboo hat visiting just now?"

"He visited Baxi Eunuch and said it was... that he was an old man of Baxi Eunuch who brought him food."

"What did he give? Did you search him?"

"I've searched, and there is nothing illegal on my body, and the meals are all ordinary, gourd chicken, sauced duck, spiced beef, milk pumpkin, garlic stir-fried cabbage with white rice, we have all seen it, and the man is very generous, Seeing that I was greedy, I twisted a duck leg for me to eat. Not to mention, the taste is really good, the sauce is rich and delicious, the duck meat is delicate, and the bones are crispy. It is really memorable. That is I've eaten the best duck leg." The yamen servant was talking, when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, the moment he vomited blood, his legs softened, and he wanted to touch the ground with the scabbard, but he couldn't stand still , Staggered and lay down, the golden melon seeds in the palm of the hand fell to the ground, shining brightly.

The other yamen servant was obviously frightened by the sudden scene. He knelt down and shook the yamen servant's arm: "What's wrong with you? What's the matter? Did you get hurt somewhere? Why did you vomit blood?"

"Ba Xi has something to do." Xiang Suining called Shang Lu Yu and rushed into the cell.

The cell chattered like a hundred sparrows in a meeting.

The prisoners who were picking their hair and catching lice looked in through the cell door.

Mice and cockroaches also seem to know the danger, and they don't know where to hide for a while.

Yueniang's voice was extremely shrill: "Shi Bao, Shi Bao, what's wrong with you Shi Bao? Don't scare me, Shi Bao—come here—come here—"

Several yamen servants were busy saving the yamen servant who vomited blood, who had time to see what happened in the cell.

Xiang Suining walked past more than a dozen cells, and when she was about four or five meters away from Ba Xi's cell, Lu Yu stopped her.

A strange smell spread in the cell, like the aroma of pepper tree leaves in July and August, a little spicy.I also feel that there is a bit of sweetness mixed in it, like an apple bitten by insects, drenched by rain, and rotten on the ground. Panic, want to throw up.

"Cover your nose." Lu Yu confessed.

Mingzhu quickly took out her handkerchief.

Lu Yu took the handkerchief, wrapped his arms around it, and wrapped the handkerchief into a circle to cover Xiang Suining's face.

"I'll go and have a look." Lu Yu walked towards Baxi.

"You - be careful." Xiang Suining reminded.

"Are you worried about me?" The corner of Lu Yu's mouth grinned, dimples appeared, he quickly tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve and wrapped it over his face, revealing only a pair of dark eyes, and walked into the depths of the cell step by step.

Baxi sat halfway against the wall, a pile of food was placed on the ground beside her, the gourd chicken was turned over from the plate, the five-spice beef was spilled all over the floor, the milk pumpkin was kicked over, and the thick and yellow pumpkin juice flowed wantonly , Half of a bowl of white rice is eaten, and the remaining half is still in the bowl.The three-layer food box was opened, and it was placed not far from Baxi. In addition, there was a jug of wine, which should be a good Nurhong. The jug was overturned, and the strange smell wafted out of the wine. .

"Come here, call the doctor, call the doctor—" Yueniang panicked, but Baxi stayed there coldly. He was not dead, but looked tired, with his hands stretched limply, his legs stretched out, The panting became heavier and heavier, and the look in his eyes began to fade, as if the thick clouds in the sky were blown by the wind. It's getting lighter.

"Don't shout." Lu Yuchong shook his head to Yueniang: "I am the doctor."

"Doctor, please save him, please save him, I will give you anything you want, even my life, please save him." Yueniang knelt down, and the wooden door creaked. She tried to get close to Baxi, but Baxi was leaning against the wall, far away from her. Baxi just looked at her from the corner of her eyes, and didn't intend to approach her.

Yueniang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Xiang Suining had no choice but to comfort her: "There is a doctor here, let's listen to what the doctor has to say."

"Miss Xiang, Shi Bao is my child, he can't have accidents."

Xiang Suining didn't expect Yueniang to say such a thing.

I used to think that Baxi was an orphan, so Eunuch Chang treated him very well and never heard him mention his parents.

When Yueniang said this, Xiang Suining didn't know how to answer.

"Miss Xiang, please save Shi Bao, I know he is not bad, he cannot die, what should I do if he dies?"

Baxi seemed to be in a state of chaos, he tried to open his eyes and gather his mind, and then opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lu Yu took out silver chopsticks from his sleeve and stirred them in the food, the chopsticks quickly turned black, Baxi's ears, nose, and corners of his mouth were already stained with blood, and there was this strange smell floating in the cell, it was someone poisoning up.

Someone actually poisoned the prison cell.

Obviously, they came for Baxi.

Lu Yu made some inspections, and soon got the result, someone had put arsenic in the food, and there was noxious money in the pot of wine.

Eating the former can cause people to slowly bleed to death from the seven orifices, while the latter can make people twitch muscles, have difficulty breathing, and finally suffocate to death.

Arsenic, as the name suggests, is well known, and nuxy toxin, it is said that Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was given Qianji wine. After drinking it, he was in pain, and his whole body twitched like a marionette. Son, also known as Pan wood turtle.

And at the same time, arsenic and nuxe were given, apparently, to make Baxi die.

Lu Yu sighed: "There is nothing to cure these two poisons right now, and he has less than half an hour left."

"You don't need to save me." Baxi lowered her eyes, blinding the almost slackened look in her eyes: "I don't want to live anymore, even if I die, I have nothing to miss."

"Since you are going to die, mother will accompany you." Yueniang resolutely pulled out the silver hairpin from her hair. The hairpin was one of the few pieces of jewelry she had, and it was when she and Master Nie returned you and me a few days ago. Master Nie gave it to express her feelings, but now she is using it to destroy herself.

Yueniang grabbed the silver hairpin and stabbed at her neck, Xiang Suining tried to pull it, but couldn't reach it.

The blood gushes out, like blooming fireworks, sprayed so high, and then extinguished so quickly, instantly red, covering half of the prison cell.

Yueniang's body gradually weakened, her lips were all white, the silver hairpin in her hand fell to the ground, she lay powerlessly in the cell, her breathing sound became shallower and shallower, she tried to Crawled in the direction of Baxi, but I didn't have any strength in my body, and I didn't even have the strength to look at Baxi.

Moon Mother is dead.

Die so fast, so decisively.

Without even leaving a superfluous word, she gave up her life.

Tears overflowed from Baxi's eyes, his eyes filled with mist, and the tears flowed down like beads.

"Since I was born...why didn't you give birth to me...why did you cleanse me and send me to be a eunuch...I hate you." Baxi let tears blur his eyes and clenched them tightly He raised his hand to express his emotions: "Since you sent me to be a eunuch, why did you contact me again? The day you sent me to the palace, I thought you were dead. I don't want to have parents, and I don't want to see you." , why do you keep pestering me? What does it matter to you if I live well? I hate you...I hate you. "

"Your mother is dead." Lu Yu couldn't bear to see it, "Death is the most important thing, so why don't you see it?"

"I'm going to die too."

"No matter what your mother did back then, she still loves you now. She can die for you." Xiang Suining looked at Yueniang's pool of blood and couldn't help but be moved.

"Damn her. She doesn't obey women's morals. How many men has she been with these years? In order to please men, she thought I was a burden and sent me to be a eunuch. She is so cruel." Talking about the past, Baxi was still aggrieved , The tears that flowed in those years, the past that made him sad came before his eyes, and every step of his growth was full of salty tears.

(End of this chapter)