high official

Chapter 395 The Darkness Under the Lights

After reading it, Wu Wei handed the letter paper to Zhao's father and asked Zhao's wife, "What else does your husband have left?"

"It's all in that box." Wife Zhao pointed to a wooden box on the carriage.

"Have you looked at the contents carefully?"

"Seeing things and thinking about others, I can't bear to look at them carefully." Mrs. Zhao shook her head and said.

After obtaining Zhao's wife's consent, Wu Wei opened the wooden box and counted all the relics of the magistrate of Zhao County, because all the things with words were left by the government, so the things in the box were very simple, just a few pieces of clothing , some daily necessities.Wu Wei first looked at all the items, but didn't see any problems, and then asked Zhao's wife, "Among these clothes, are there any clothes your husband wore when he went to the provincial capital?"

"Yes." Mrs. Zhao picked out for him and said, "I sewed these for him, and these official robes were issued by the imperial court."

Wu Wei checked the clothes one by one, but still found no problems, looked at the pile of clothes in front of Mrs. Zhao and said, "Didn't your husband take your shoes to the provincial capital?"

"Of course I brought two pairs of casual shoes that I often wear and two pairs of official boots, but the person who gave me the relics said that I forgot to clean up the shoes on the bottom of the bed because the packing was too sloppy." Mrs. Zhao said weakly: "No Fortunately, for a few pairs of shoes, let people go to the provincial capital again."

"Yeah." Wu Wei nodded, thinking that all the written things were searched, how could it be scribbled?Most likely, there is some secret in the boots, and it may even be the fault of the boots.But now there is no way to verify these things, he gave up looking for clues in the relics, and said to the Zhao family: "Can you examine the body of Zhixian Zhao?"

The Zhao family looked at each other, and they all hesitated, but Zhao's father gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay! My son must hope that evil will be rewarded with evil!" Then he took his son and daughter-in-law to the side.Although he desperately wanted to see his son for the last time, but it was a headless corpse, it would be better not to see him.

Standing beside the coffin, Wu Wei and Xian Yun bowed to the magistrate Zhao and said, "Lord Zhao, you are a good official. We can't let the bad guys who killed you go unpunished, so we want to disturb your physical body." Then he used a dagger to knock out the spikes on the coffin cover one by one. Finally, Master Xianyun pushed the coffin cover slowly with force, and a headless male corpse in official uniform appeared in front of the two of them.

The deceased had been dead for more than a month, and the corpse was naturally rotten, and the smell was very disgusting, so Master Xianyun pushed the coffin lid away, and ran away like a rabbit.

Wu Wei didn't realize it, he didn't even cover his nose, he leaned over to examine carefully, and after a cup of tea, he stood up to catch his breath, and said to Xianyun, "The dead body is rotten, but the bones are still intact."

"You... dissected him?" Xian Yun's face was pale, and when he saw Wu Wei nodding, he bent down and vomited.

Wu Wei shook his head, walked over and said, "I didn't see you vomit like this at Jiulongkou."

"Can it be the same?" Xianyun wiped his mouth, prevented him from approaching, and said, "Just stand there and talk!"

"I won't tell you yet." Wu Wei redressed the deceased, took out the water bag, washed his hands, put on the crown, and said to the returning Zhao family: "Hurry up and go back to your hometown. I will definitely inform you."

"My lord, can you catch the murderer?" Father Zhao looked at Wu Weidao eagerly.

"Of course, the Skynet is not missing." Wu Wei nodded and said: "Be patient, give my lord a little time, and I will definitely pay the magistrate Zhao justice."

"Then please, my lord." Father Zhao took his son and daughter-in-law to kowtow to Wu Wei, got up and helped the coffin away.

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In Taiyuan, the imperial envoy was in the courtyard.Wu Wei told Wang Xian about the results of the autopsy: "The bones of the deceased were all black and black, which was caused by arsenic poisoning. Only the breastbone was still dark yellow, which shows that the deceased was beheaded before the poison hit his heart. Watch The wound on the neck bone of the deceased was cut with an ax or something, which would have caused blood to spray out at that time, if you search the bed where the deceased died, you should be able to find the blood."

"Look for a chance to take a look." Wang Xian nodded and asked, "Since poisoning kills people, why do you want to behead them?"

"In order to cover up the abnormal bleeding from his seven orifices after being poisoned," Wu Wei said, "but the murderer doesn't know, and will still leave evidence on the bones in the future."

"Well, it doesn't matter whether it was poisoned or hacked to death." Wang Xian nodded, and said in a deep voice: "At least it can be proved that exorcising ghosts and killing people is nonsense."

"Yes." Wu Wei nodded.

Wang Xian unfolded the letter that Wu Wei had brought back, read it repeatedly, and murmured: "The errand is over, and it is expected that he will return home in a few days... from Taiyuan to Fenyang for a hundred and eighty miles, which means that he has already received his return." With my family's permission, the letter should have been written by him before he set off." After a pause, he said, "But it may also be farewell to you forever, because I don't want to join forces with you, or be killed by Shangfeng... At this time, he already knows something, and has already I have torn face with Shangfeng, and I am worried that I will be killed, so I should be very careful at such a time, why would I still be poisoned?"

"If you poison him, of course you can't let him find out."

"Arsenic does not dissolve in alcohol. An official like him whose family is not in Taiyuan should eat the cafeteria three times a day. As long as he is careful enough, there is no way to poison his food." Wu Wei shook his head.

"Maybe the other party forced him?" Er Hei guessed.

"Impossible, if you force it, it's better to chop it with an ax directly." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "Drinking, if you can make him drunk, you can manipulate it as you like." Then he ordered: "Go to the posthouse to check. What are the activities of the county magistrate?"

"Okay." Wu Wei responded, "I still want to see the room where Zhixian Zhao sleeps."

"Well, let's go." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Be careful."

Wu Wei took advantage of the night to get out over the wall, and together with Xian Yun who was blowing the wind in the dark, went to the post house one mile away from the office.At dawn, he turned back. Wang Xian slept very lightly, and when he heard that he was coming, he quickly got up to listen to the news.

"We questioned Yicheng, and he confessed that on the day Zhao Zhixian was killed, he attended a farewell banquet held by the master of Fantai. Later, he was driven back and was killed in the middle of the night." Wu Weidao: "We asked Yicheng again. , Who else showed up that day, he said that except for the long follower who sent Zhaozhi County back and left again, he did not see anyone again... because the room in Zhaozhi County was the outermost one, facing the night duty room, If anyone comes in or out, you should be able to notice."

"Zhao Zhi County still has a long-term follower?" Wang Xian remembered that Wu Wei said before that Zhao Zhi County has two sleeves, and he is alone when he enters the provincial capital.

"Yicheng said that although the magistrate of Zhao County entered the provincial capital alone, the province assigned him a long attendant to take care of him. The long follower was a local, thin and small, and blind in one eye. He looked scary. That day he It came at a quarter of Xu time, and left in less than three quarters. I reckoned that if Zhao Zhixian was poisoned as soon as he entered the house, it would take more than a quarter of an hour to make people deeply unconscious. If he committed crimes at this time, the deceased would not make a sound Yes. And at this time, the toxicity has not yet hit the heart, just in line with the results of the autopsy." He said again: "I carefully checked the room in Zhaozhi County. Although the bedding was removed and the floor was cleaned, the walls showed signs of new paint. , scraped off the thick white ash on the surface, and saw the sprayed blood, which can provide evidence!"

"It should be close, can you find this person?" Although Wang Xian knew that there was little hope, he still asked.

"After Xianyun and I left, we went directly to the Chang Sui's residence as Yi Cheng said, but it came to nothing."

"He escaped?"

"It seems that the valuables at home are gone, but it doesn't look like it was stolen." Wu Wei said: "But it might be silenced halfway."

"It's possible..." Wang Xian thought about it, and then said, "Do you still remember that when you came here, the states and counties strictly searched the travelers in transit?"

"Remember." Wu Wei nodded.

"I remember the arrest warrants posted on the gates of various cities," Wang Xian said slowly, "It seems that there is a one-eyed dragon with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks."

Wu Wei's memory is also very good. When Wang Xian said this, his eyes lit up and he said, "It seems that there is such a person."

"It would be great if it was him." Wang Xian clapped his hands and said, "This means that he hasn't been silenced yet, and he probably hasn't left Shanxi yet."

"It would be great if we could find him ahead of time!" Er Hei was overjoyed, and smiled wryly: "How is it possible?"

"How can it be impossible?" Wang Xian laughed and said, "It has been more than a month since Zhao Zhixian was killed, and the government has gone to great lengths to find him. There is actually a reason!"

"What's the reason?" Both Erhei and Wu Wei looked closely at Wang Xian, and followed his pointer to the lampstand on the table.

"Look, where is the darkest place on this table?" Wang Xian said leisurely.

"It's the darkest under the lamp." Erhei said in surprise, "Your Excellency said he didn't go too far?"

"Impossible," Wu Wei said in disbelief, "How many people in Taiyuan know him, and the government's reward is so high, how dare he stay in Taiyuan?"

Wang Xian didn't speak immediately, but just smiled inscrutablely. After a long time, he looked at the light and said with a smile: "This light is bright enough to illuminate half of the room, but it can't illuminate yourself. At the foot, this is called 'dark under the lamp'. The government is also like this. As soon as they hear that the guy has escaped, they subconsciously chase outside. .Because they are like you two, they always feel that the guy dare not stay in Taiyuan. But the government has already cast a net in Shanxi, how dare he run around? Why hasn’t he been caught yet? It means he is hiding.”

"You need to eat and drink to hide, and you have to inquire about the news? You have to rely on someone you can trust. He is a native of Taiyuan. His relatives and friends are all here, and he is most familiar with this place, so he hides in a place near Taiyuan. The possibility is not too small." Wang Xian said confidently: "Check his family and see if we can get some clues."

"The government must have checked it," Wu Wei said, "Even if it's dark under the lights, it's impossible to let his family members not investigate."

"The government can't find out, but we may not. If you think about his situation, you know that we have an advantage over the government." Wang Xian laughed.

Erhei is not stupid, so he said clearly after thinking about it: "That's right, the government is arresting him now, obviously to kill him and silence him. He probably hates and is terrified. If he wants to save his life and get revenge, he has to find the imperial envoy." Surrender yourself."

"That's right." Wang Xian nodded and said with a smile: "We have a great momentum along the way, everyone in Taiyuan should know our existence, maybe he also wants to see me but can't!"

(End of this chapter)