Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 148 Poison
In the backyard, Xiao Wu and Chang Feng were talking about something, when they saw Li Canghai approaching, they hurriedly bowed to him.

Li Canghai waved his hand, signaling the two of them not to be too polite, and said directly: "You came here, but what did you find?"

Xiao Wu and Chang Feng looked at each other, and seeing Chang Feng made a gesture of invitation, he said, "Master, I have carefully examined the servant's body. The deceased was actually poisoned and his tongue was cut off after death."

"Death from poisoning?" Li Canghai was a little surprised, "Why didn't I find any signs of poisoning?"

Xiao Wu took out five blackened silver needles and said: "My lord doesn't know, but the dead man was infected with a kind of rat mangweed poison. After a day and a night of this kind of poison, there will be blood from the nine orifices. Your lord will test the time." , the deceased must have died not long ago, and the venom has not flowed all over the body yet."

Li Canghai suddenly realized that he didn't know much about herbal medicine, and even less about poison.

He secretly thought in his heart, it really is a wise move to keep Xiao Wu by his side.

After stomping a few steps back and forth, Li Canghai nodded, and then asked Chang Feng, "How is your investigation going?"

Chang Feng said: "I found out that Zuo Hongji was captured by bandits two years ago because the guy next to him gave Mongolian sweat medicine. At that time, all the guys who followed Zuo Hongji were killed, except for that guy. , but was later found dead in a brothel."

Li Canghai didn't speak, he folded his hands in front of his chest, motioning Chang Feng to continue talking.

"However, this guy is from Zhengyang County, and there is a one-year-old old lady at home. When I went to ask, his old lady insisted that her son was killed by someone." Chang Feng finished speaking in one breath, and said with some doubts: "My lord , but these have nothing to do with Wang Buquan!"

"Don't draw conclusions prematurely. Things that seem to be irrelevant are actually deeply involved." Li Canghai touched his chin and suddenly asked, "Why did that guy die in a brothel? What was the cause of his death?"

Chang Feng nodded as if he was taught, and said: "What the adults taught is that the young ones must bear in mind the adults' teachings and not let go of any clues. That guy died suddenly in a brothel. It is said that the cause of death was... exhausted."

Li Canghai staggered and nearly fell.

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times involuntarily, "Is this the conclusion you made after your inspection?"

Chang Feng thought about it for a moment, and said: "No, the person in charge of this case at that time was Wang Buquan, and he made this conclusion."

Speaking of this, Chang Feng suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Seeing that he seemed to have figured out the key point, Li Canghai nodded and said in a deep voice, "The water is very deep! First, the buddy administered the medicine, then Zuo Hongji was captured by bandits, and then the buddy died suddenly. It is hard for anyone to believe that these are all coincidences.”

"Your Excellency is saying that that guy is likely to be bought by Wang Buquan?" Chang Feng said with wide-eyed eyes.

"It's not impossible." Li Canghai pondered.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Chang Feng said with a headache.

There were already enough things, but now another case from two years ago was brought up, and these clues were all related to Wang Buquan. Faced with so many clues, Chang Feng didn't know where to start.

Li Canghai rubbed his brows, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's getting late today, and tomorrow morning, Xiao Wu and I will go to that guy's house for a walk. As for you, you have more important things to do." .”

"Even though the adults give orders, the little ones will go through fire and water, and they will die!" Chang Feng clasped his fists with both hands, with a serious expression on his face.

"Since the domestic servant died of poisoning, the person who poisoned him must have been able to get close to him. From the accident in Zuo's house until he was sent to the prison, the most suspicious things were the few officials who appeared that night. Go and investigate them , I suspect that the domestic servant died at their hands."

After a pause, Li Canghai took out the dagger scabbard from his cloth bag, and said to him, "Also, go find out where you can buy this kind of dagger."

Chang Feng took the scabbard of the dagger, put it in his hand, looked carefully, and then handed it over.

While the three of them were talking, a small sound suddenly came from behind the big tree in the backyard.

"Who?" Chang Feng was the first to notice, he hurried over and pulled out a short beggar from behind.

"Little Huzi?" Li Canghai was a little surprised, isn't this the little beggar he saw during the day?

"How is your mother's condition now?" Li Canghai asked Chang Feng to put him down, and then asked with concern.

The little beggar rubbed his sore shoulders that were being pulled by Chang Feng, plopped, and then knelt down facing him.

"Thank you, Eldest Master, for saving my life. Without the grace of Elder Master, my mother would have left... Thank you, Eldest Master, thank you, Eldest Master!" the little beggar kowtowed to him while sobbing.

"It's fine as long as you're fine. It's so late, why are you here if you don't go to rest?" Li Canghai asked him as he pulled him up, patted the dirt on his body.

The little beggar bit his lip and said falteringly: "My lord, you are right, no matter how poor you are, you can't steal it. This, this is what I picked up when I was taking ginseng."

As he spoke, the little beggar took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to Li Canghai.

"If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There's nothing good about it. It's getting late. You should go back and have a rest." Li Canghai weighed the porcelain bottle in his hand and squinted his eyes.

Seeing that he was not angry, the little beggar had a look of joy on his face, as if the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground. He nodded excitedly, then turned and left.

"My lord, what is this?" Chang Feng looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand in confusion and asked.

When Li Canghai opened the seal, a strong sour smell wafted out, irritating their noses almost to the point of failure.

"It seems that it's just a bottle of potion that has deteriorated with time. After a hard day, you should take a good rest and recharge your spirits. There are more important things to deal with tomorrow." Li Canghai said to the two of them approvingly.

Just at this time, Zhang Xuan ordered some herbs to be carried in a dustpan and went to the backyard, ready to dry the next day.

He keenly sensed the sour smell left in the air, sniffed his nose, and said, "My lord is wrong, this is not a spoiled medicine, but a kind of poison."

Hearing this, Li Canghai hurriedly handed over the medicine bottle and asked, "Are you sure it's poison?"

Zhang Xuan ordered to put down the dustpan, weighed the porcelain bottle in his hand, and said proudly: "I have been practicing medicine since I was a child, and I know the properties of various herbs very well. I can tell that this poison is a kind of bone erosion. Poison to flesh."

"Can this poison erode bones and turn flesh?" Li Canghai was astonished, and at the same time, a thought appeared in his mind.

(End of this chapter)