Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 858 The real murderer?

Zhongjie shouted loudly: "Princess Nalu is the murderer who murdered the king, catch her!"

The guards rushed forward upon hearing the sound and pinned Nalu to the ground.

Zhong Jie sternly shouted, "Tie me up!"

The guards tied Nalu rope.

Di Renjie asked: "Brother Zhongjie, how do you want to deal with Nalu?"

Zhongjie hated and said: "Put this bitch in prison first, and then hold a meeting of nobles to discuss the crime together!"

Di Renjie said: "The internal turmoil of the Yue Clan is peaceful, and this matter should not be publicized. In my opinion, it is better to lock Nalu in the harem bedroom and send guards to guard her, and then serve as a district governor after she is convicted."

Zhongjie pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, let's do as Di Gong wants."

Di Renjie nodded.

Zhong Jie said, "I'll make arrangements."

With that said, he turned around and walked to the side of the guard, giving instructions in a low voice.

At this time, Wang Mang frowned when he heard Na Lu's shout, carefully observing the situation in the stable.

The huge stable was in chaos, the manger was overturned, and the fodder was scattered all over the ground; a large lantern on the top of the stable swayed with the wind.

Wang Mang walked to Qiongta's body and looked at it. Qiongta's face was normal, and his pupils were slightly dilated; there were many horseshoe marks on his body, and blood was scattered all around.

At this time, Di Renjie came over: "Jing Yang, what did you find?"

Wang Mang said: "Qionta's death doesn't look like being reprimanded and condemned, and there is no sign of poisoning."

At this time, Li Yuanfang said softly: "It seems that she was knocked down by a war horse in the stable and then trampled."

Di Renjie nodded: "Yes, she was killed by Nalu with a dagger after she was trampled by horses and seriously injured."

Wang Mang said: "My lord, there is not a single horse in the stable. It is obvious that the horse trampled on Prince Qianta and then rushed out of the gate and scattered away."

Di Renjie said: "That's right. The strange thing is that the horses in the stable must be tied to the troughs. What made them break free and attack Qiongta?"

At this time, Li Yuanfang asked: "My lord, what do you mean, the horses deliberately attacked Prince Qiongta?"

Wang Mang looked at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie said while gesturing: "Isn't it? Look at the situation in the stable. The trough head was overturned and the horse post was broken, which means that the horse suddenly went crazy after being stimulated by the outside, so it broke the horse post and knocked over the feeder Get out of the fence..."

He walked up to Qiongta's body, pointed to the horseshoe prints on the ground, and said, "From the hoofprints on the ground and the position of Qiongta's body, it is not difficult to see that after the horses rushed out of the fence, they did not accidentally bump into Qiongta in a scattered state. Ta, but rushed directly to Qiongta.

Qiongta turned and ran towards the gate in panic, and the horses caught up with him, knocked him to the ground, trampled and injured him. "

Li Yuanfang took a breath and said, "My lord, horses are the most docile, how could they attack people for no reason?"

Di Renjie took a deep breath and said, "Well, the words 'for no reason' are good. I'm afraid the horse's raid on Qiongta is not for no reason, but for a reason and effect. There is something strange in it!"

Li Yuanfang raised his eyebrows and said, "What does your lord mean?"

Wang Mang stood up and looked around.

Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a little white thing under the wind lamp, and he hurried over to make a closer look, it turned out to be a small pile of white powder.

Wang Mang looked at the white powder in front of his eyes, his pupils shrank slightly.

At this time, Di Renjie came over, he knelt down, twisted a pinch, put it on his nose and smelled it, but there was no smell.

Li Yuanfang walked to his side and said, "My lord, what is this?"

Di Renjie didn't answer, but raised his eyes and looked around.

I saw the black powder found in the Gold and Silver Corridor and the Zhongtu Temple once again appeared on the surrounding ground.

Li Yuanfang followed Di Renjie's gaze to search, he gasped and said, "My lord, this is the third time we have seen these black powders."

Di Renjie nodded: "These black powders appear in every death scene, what does this mean?"

Li Yuanfang picked up a pinch of black powder and asked in confusion, "What are these things for?"

Di Renjie pondered for a moment, then took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wrapped the white powder on the ground into the handkerchief.

Then he wrapped some black powder with another handkerchief, put it in his sleeve, raised his head to look at the roof and said: "Yuan Fang, take off the big wind lamp on the roof."

Li Yuanfang agreed to go forward, took off the wind lamp hanging from the roof, and brought it in front of Di Renjie.

Di Renjie looked into the lampshade, and it was covered with burnt black powder.

He pointed to the wind lamp and said, "Yuan Fang, take a look inside."

Li Yuanfang looked intently, and immediately took a breath: "It's black powder again, exactly the same as the inside of the lanterns found at the two previous death scenes!"

Di Renjie let out a long breath and said, "These powders are not simple..."

Wang Mang suddenly said: "My lord, this is Hailing Xiangfen."

"Sea edge incense powder?"

"What is this?"

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang raised their heads.

Wang Mang said: "It is recorded in "Su Wen" and "Nan Jing" that there is a strange plant in Hezhou, Xiniu, called Hailing Xiangmu.

In midsummer, a white liquid will seep out of the fragrant wood, and the local people will take the liquid out and dry it and grind it into powder.

Burning the powder in a fire will produce black gas, and the person who hears it will have a hallucination, and then the brain will be paralyzed, and the behavior will be crazy. After a long time, the spirit will collapse and die from exhaustion.

This is a very stealthy poison that can kill people invisible.

I've only heard about it and never seen it before. Judging from the appearance of this powder, I'm afraid it's the powder made from sea edge fragrant wood. "

Li Yuanfang gasped, and exchanged a glance with Zeng Tai.

Di Renjie changed the subject and said: "If what Jing Yang said is correct, I finally understand that the murderer puts this white powder into the wind lamp before killing and burns it fully, which will make the victim behave crazy. In the meantime, deal a fatal blow.

This is the case with the king's mission, and it is the same with the commission.

But today, the murderer put poison into the wind lamp in the stable, causing the horses to go crazy, and then they took the initiative to attack Qiongta.

After Qionta completely lost her defense ability, Nalu appeared and easily killed her.

Li Yuanfang said: "Fortunately, the case has been solved and the murderer has been caught. I think it's not difficult to find out as long as Nalu's mouth is opened."

Di Renjie smiled noncommittally: "Li Yuanfang, do you think this case is over?"

Wang Mang said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid this case is not easy!"

Di Renjie said: "Well, I'll go see what Nalu said first, and then try the sea edge fragrant wood that Jingyang said, to see if it really has such an effect."

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai looked at each other and nodded.

……

On the other side, in the post house.

Just when Ruyan was wondering, Zhong Shi ran in.

Ruyan asked, "Where have you been?"

Zhong stared at Ruyan and said: "Why are you acting like a thief, does it matter if I go out for a stroll?"

Ruyan smiled: "It doesn't matter if you go shopping, I'm afraid you went somewhere you shouldn't be."

Zhong was taken aback, raised his head and said, "You, what do you mean?"

Ruyan said: "It's nothing, just talk casually. Why are you so panicked?"

Zhong hurriedly covered up: "I, I don't panic, it's just that what you said is a bit strange."

Ruyan stood up, walked to Zhong's side and said, "Wu Niang, to be honest, I think you are weird these days."

Zhong raised her head and said, "What's wrong with me?"

(End of this chapter)