Da Song Private Investigator

As the night deepened, the cold wind howled and blew bursts of cold air.

Everyone sat upright in the living room, and occasionally there was a gust of cold wind blowing.

Looking at the night outside, Bao Zheng suddenly said with emotion: "It's almost the end of the new year, if we don't solve the case, I'm afraid this year will be a bad one!"

Hearing Bao Zheng's words, everyone couldn't help feeling a lot of grievances.

But at this moment, the yamen servant who had been secretly protecting Xiang Shang ran in from the outside, seeing that the yamen servant ran back, Bao Zheng's expression sank, and he asked, "Why are you back?"

The yamen servant was a little startled, and quickly explained: "Xiang Shang's family members rushed back from the capital, and I felt that with Xiang Shang's family members accompanying him, he should be safe, so I came back and reported this matter to Mr. Bao."

After hearing what the yamen servant said, everyone immediately understood that it was almost the Chinese New Year, and those who were doing business outside naturally wanted to go home to spend the New Year with their families.

But after understanding, Bao Zheng still said: "Even if Xiang Shang's family members come back, you can't leave your post without authorization and hide in Xiang Shang's mansion. Maybe the murderer will kill Xiang Shang sometime."

The cold wind was biting outside, although the yamen servant was reluctant, he had no choice but to rush into the cold wind again and rush towards Xiang merchant.

But it was not long after the yamen servant left, Bao Zheng looked at Hua Lang and said, "It's getting late, everyone, hurry up and have a rest, tomorrow we have to attend the wedding banquet of the Liu Gang."

Everyone listened to Bao Zheng's words, naturally they wished for it, and after getting up and saying good night to each other, they each went back to their houses, but at this moment, the yamen servant who ran to secretly protect Xiang Shang came back in a hurry, everyone Seeing him go and come back, I knew something must have happened. Thinking of this, my heart sank.

The yamen servant hurried over and knelt down to Bao Zheng with a plop, his face full of fear and nervousness. Seeing this, Bao Zheng was a little surprised, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Although the yamen servant was afraid, he dared not say nothing.

"Bao... Master Bao, that Shang Shang was killed at home."

"What?" Although everyone had expected this to be the case, they were still surprised when it was said by the yamen servant.

"What's going on?" Bao Zheng suppressed his anger, looked at the yamen servant and asked sharply.

The yamen servant was trembling, and said: "Your Excellency just sent Beizhi to protect Xiang Shang secretly, but as soon as Beizhi walked near Xiang Shang, he heard bursts of crying. When Beizhi heard the sound of crying, he suddenly had an ominous premonition. After going in to check, I found out that Xiang Shang was poisoned to death, and his son and daughter-in-law were crying while hugging his corpse."

After the yamen servant finished speaking, he knelt down on the cold ground full of remorse and couldn't get up.

Bao Zheng was very angry, wishing he could punish this yamen servant who left without authorization, and at this time, Hua Lang hurriedly rescued the yamen servant: "You should get up first, and take us to the Xiang merchant to see what happened."

After Hualang said these words, although the yamen servant was happy, he didn't dare to get up, he only looked at Bao Zheng with his eyes, Bao Zheng stared at him with big eyes, and said coldly: "What are you doing in a daze? Let's go!"

Hearing this, the yamen servant breathed a sigh of relief, got up and led Bao Zheng and Hua Lang into the cold wind and snow.

Although the night was deep, the snow had not yet melted, so the road could be seen clearly under the light of the snow. Everyone followed the yamen servant to Xiangshang's mansion, and saw that the mansion was brightly lit, and there were endless cries.

When Hwarang, Bao Zheng and others entered the mourning hall, several people who were kneeling suddenly rushed to Hwarang and Bao Zheng and knelt down, crying and asking Bao Zheng to find out the murderer and avenge their father.

Bao Zheng comforted them, and then said: "We will definitely find the murderer, now please cooperate with us in the investigation, so that we can find the murderer as soon as possible."

Xiang Shang's son and daughter-in-law nodded repeatedly, but they couldn't stop crying.

Bao Zheng glanced at Hua Lang, nodded slightly, and then asked Xiang Shang's descendants: "When did Xiang Shang die?"

"Lord Bao, the situation is like this. Today we went home to visit my father, and my father was very happy, so he made a table of meals. Everyone ate and drank, very happy, but halfway through the drink, my father said to make it easier. Let's continue to drink, but after drinking several cups, we still didn't see our father coming back, so we went out to look for it, and when we came to the courtyard, we found our father lying on the ground, dead."

After Xiang Shang's son finished speaking, he couldn't help crying again.

After listening to his words, Hwarang, Bao Zheng and the others couldn't help but feel their hearts sink. The snow in Xiang Shang's courtyard has already been swept away, so it is impossible to leave traces of the murderer in the courtyard. Without traces, naturally There is no way to check it.

But soon, Hwarang realized that this could not be the case. Although it was late at that time, Xiang Shang was poisoned and died. If a murderer broke in, it would make sense for him to kill Xiang Shang, but the poisoning It must be impossible, and Xiang Shang is not a fool, if a murderer breaks in, will he not shout?

The murderer must have prepared poison for Xiang Shang a long time ago, it depends on when Xiang Shang took it into his stomach.

After thinking this way, Hwarang began to examine the corpse.

Xiang Shang's face was a little distorted, and he must have been in great pain at the time, but his lips were purple and his face was black. He was undoubtedly poisoned. After careful inspection of the whole body, no trauma was found.

The yamen servant was right, Xiang Shang was indeed poisoned to death.

After checking, Hwarang looked at Xiang Shang's descendants and asked, "Did you hear any noise?"

"No, not at all. The wind was howling. We sat in the living room and closed the door. We didn't hear anything."

Hwarang nodded slightly, if these people didn't hear anything, then the poison must have killed people immediately after the onset.

But how did the poison come about?

Hwarang looked at Xiang Shang's family and asked, "Did Xiang Shang eat the food that you didn't eat tonight?"

Xiang Shang's family looked at each other, and quickly said in unison: "Fish, the carp my father caught."

Hearing this, Hwarang quickly asked, "Is the carp still there?"

"Yes, after my father was killed, I asked my servants to bring the fish to the kitchen."

Not long after, a servant brought the half-eaten fish. Hua Lang tested it with a silver needle and found that the silver needle had turned black. They also ate the fish, wouldn't they also be poisoned to death?

Just when Xiang Shang's descendants were secretly rejoicing about this, Bao Zheng suddenly heard a stern question: "The fish was on the table, why did your father eat it, but you didn't move it?"