Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 186 The Case of the Cao Family's Extermination ([-]) Third Watch
Cao Kang Piao came out and said without waiting for Wu Chen to ask, "I don't know about these things, and my father and brother won't mention them to me."

Wu Chen waved his hand, then shook his head.

Song Gu couldn't hear what Cao Kang said, so he continued to analyze:

"That is, the Cao family bought medicinal materials and put them directly at home, with the help of the servants at home. Cao Bingde took his eldest son to make it himself. This is also to deceive people, and it also shows that only their father and son know about the poison production..."

"When Cao Bingshan was interrogated, how could he say that he also has this skill?" Wu Chen stood up after speaking, "Ask Cao Bingshan first."

……

Cao Bingshan really has a grudge against his elder brother's family. Outsiders only know that Cao Bingde has been a civil servant in the county government all his life. There is only one crude medicine shop in his family. That's all.

But Cao Bingshan realized these by himself through daily observations. He felt that as long as his brother let go of his hand a little bit, his family would be able to live better. He asked his brother several times, and Cao Bingde always explained it all. In Cao Bingshan’s opinion It was just prevarication, so he bribed a servant of the elder brother's family, but he would know about any incidents in the elder brother's family, and he wanted to find evidence so that the elder brother could not evade, so that he could get some benefits.

Unexpectedly, he brought himself a fatal disaster.

Two months before his elder brother's family was killed, Cao Bingshan received a report from his servants, saying that Cao Bingde's family had several medicinal herbs shipped in truckloads for several nights, and one of them was recognized by the servants as aconitum.

Cao Bingshan then knew that his elder brother was making poison again. The reason for this was because Cao Bingshan thought he knew how his elder brother’s family’s money came from. Cao Bingde once said to Cao Bingshan earnestly after being drunk: "Ill-gotten wealth will surely suffer disaster. If you earn some money, your descendants will be rich and honorable, so you can’t do it anymore.”

Cao Bingshan asked what can't be done again?
Cao Bingde said two words: "Poison." Then he lay down on the table and fell unconscious. Afterwards, Cao Bingshan asked him again, but Cao Bingde only said drunken gibberish.

In the past, the medicinal materials were transported to the shop, but this time they were secretly transported to the home. Cao Bingshan thought that he could seize this opportunity to blackmail some money, but he never saw the real thing after several visits.

Then suddenly woke up one day, his brother's family was dead, and he was also arrested.

During Chen Wuzhao's interrogation, Cao Bingshan told the story, but how could Chen Wuzhao let such a confession fall on paper?

Cao Bingshan also failed to escape the misfortune of being tortured and tortured. He thought he would not survive for a few days, but suddenly one night, a masked person came and asked him if he had the skills of Cao Bingde?He moved his body, the wound on his body was pulled, he made a long sound of 'hmm' in pain, and then there was gold and silver in front of his eyes, piled all over the ground...

After several nights, this person would appear, and Cao Bingde's impression of those few days became more and more vague, until one night, he felt himself floating and could still see his own body.

……

Wu Chen and Song Gu returned to the wing room where Wu Chen lived. Wu Chen called out Cao Kang and said solemnly: "Now it can be concluded that your father and brother, your family members and servants in the family, except you, are all involved in the five-color jade case. He was exterminated for producing poison that poisoned five hundred soldiers."

Cao Kang was floating in a corner of the room, his long hair covering his face, his arms hanging down, dangling in mid-air, he didn't say a word after listening to Wu Chen's words.

Wu Chen knew that he couldn't accept it for a while. This rich second generation was innocent when he was alive, but he was stubborn after death. Now that he knew that his family had done such evil things, it was probably hard to accept.

Wu Chen comforted, "I will definitely find and kill the culprit who poisoned your family..."

Before Wu Chen finished speaking, there was a beam of light outside the door. Wu Chen hurried to the door, only to see a handsome young man standing in the beam of light, smiling wryly and waving at Wu Chen, before disappearing.

Wu Chen closed his eyes and endured the headache, opened his eyes after a while, and Song Gu stood beside him and asked, "But what's the discomfort?"

Wu Chen shook his head lightly and said, "Cao Kang is gone, maybe he thinks he shouldn't have stayed, some things are better not known."

As soon as Wu Chen finished speaking, he saw Yu Shi'an striding into the courtyard.

"The mountain should be clean, and the five hundred soldiers have been buried again. The mountain is still sealed. Wait until the government's decree arrives. On the other side of the cave, it is sealed with the surrounding dead vegetation. I don't know if the venom will If it infiltrates to other places, I'm Shang Zhezi who suggested that Laojie Mountain be sealed for three years."

As Yu Shi'an spoke, he walked to Wu Chen and Song Gu, and the three entered the room together.

Wu Chen said: "The Cao family has been secretly concocting poison for several months, but Cao Kang doesn't know about it. It seems that the Cao family has more than these houses on the ground. Song Tixing has to investigate again."

Song Gu glanced at Yu Shi'an, and the two of them understood, knowing that Wu Chen was going to chase those eight people, they couldn't help showing embarrassment.

Wu Chen smiled and said:

"Right now you are just waiting for the government's order. Those books should be burned as soon as possible. There is nothing difficult to do for the time being. I also want to wait for the order to arrive before leaving, but, you know, I can't wait! The hideous ghosts they carry with them It was sealed in a wooden pier, but the blood corpse bird is going to suck human blood. Now that I have found the path to Longgu Mountain, I will try it first. Don’t be afraid, they are all going in that direction, it’s faster than starting from here.”

Song Gu asked: "Have you ever thought about how those eight people would still go to Longgu Mountain if they knew that their lair in Laojie Mountain was destroyed?"

Wu Chen said: "I thought about it. This question depends on whether they underestimate the enemy like Su Chang. From their point of view, Su Chang didn't know that they went to Longgu Mountain. We will only fight against the capital along the way."

"What if the officials receive the news and order to seal Longgu Mountain?" Yu Shi'an asked.

"This matter must be handed over to Chen...Si Zun to arrange, and Si Zun will think carefully about the arrangements. Besides, we need time to wait for the news, aren't they the same? Since it is Fengshan, both people and news will come out. No, I hope the government can arrange it like this. If the mountain is not closed, I will find them before they reach Longgu Mountain, and then remove them! We don’t know what is there in Longgu Mountain, and who is there, let them take the hideous The ghost and the blood corpse bird entered Longgu Mountain, and we were passive instead, so the second brother ordered the police to find out their possible route, so I can't wait any longer."

Yu Shian sighed and said:

"If you want to say that the policemen of your investigation department are really powerful, they are all over the place, and they can deliver news quickly. You go in the direction of Longgu Mountain first, and the policemen inquire about the news. Once they find the whereabouts of suspicious people, they will report to you immediately. You It's quicker to rush over, it's better than us staring at Kanyu map and guessing, but we don't feel at ease when you're gone."

(End of this chapter)