Liu Zhiyuan was happy in his heart, but there was still a faint smile on his face, but the coldness in his eyes was no longer there, and he said: "That's great. Erniang Bingxue is smart and resourceful. She can often discover things that ordinary people can't see through." The problem is, with you by my side, this case will not be difficult to solve." Liu Zhiyuan was so happy that he put a high hat on Chen Bing's head.

Chen Bing naturally accepted this high hat, and found it very useful. He covered his lips and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll give up on your flattery. I won't rest until this case is solved!"

Liu Zhiyuan also smiled and said: "Okay, we won't give up until we break our oath!"

Liu Wuji felt goosebumps in his heart as he listened. He thought that the young master who usually did not indulge in women was extremely attentive to this little lady. Could it be that he had some thoughts?

Liu Zhiyuan suddenly said to Liu Wuji: "Wuji, with your connections in the rivers and lakes, can you find the Japanese in Dachu who would use such poisoning methods?"

Liu Wuji was stunned for a moment, feeling quite embarrassed. He thought that he didn't know the Japanese at all, and he didn't even know what they looked like. How could he investigate? But there was no way he could refuse Liu Zhiyuan's order, so he simply replied: " Yes, young master. Leave this matter to me."

At this time, Li Wuzuo, who was inspecting the body, said to everyone: "Captain Cao County, Liu Chengshilang, I have completed the preliminary inspection of this body. This person is five feet five inches long and has a well-proportioned body. Except for bruises around his waist, There are no external wounds, and the bruise on the waist the size of a copper coin should be an old injury from adulthood."

Chen Bing nodded secretly when he heard this, thinking that the wound was caused by the copper coin that popped out when Cowherd rescued me that day. Now he can be more sure that Shen Fanglin was the trafficker that day.

"The lower body of his body is somewhat swollen, and there are large black and purple spots on his skin and legs. The spots can fade when pressed with your hands. It is estimated that he died four hours ago. In addition, this person's skin color is light green. The color, especially the face, seemed to be covered with a layer of dense green air. To be cautious, I tried pricking a silver needle on the body, but there was no change in the silver needle. I concluded that he died of poisoning, but the poison was definitely not arsenic. .”

Liu Zhiyuan glanced at Liu Wuji, who nodded slightly, as if telling Liu Zhiyuan that he had already guessed that the poison Shen Fanglin was poisoned with was not arsenic.

"The thing that surprised me the most was this person's face. Most people's faces will have a grimace after they die. But this man is very different. Not only does he not have a grimace on his face, he is actually smiling. His face showed a look of joy. I was a little panicked when I first saw it, but fortunately I have seen a lot of dead corpses. I have seen even more bloody and disgusting corpses. Are you still worried about this? So I So I took good care of his body, and I found some skin scraps and black threads between his fingernails. Maybe they were left behind during the fight with the murderer."

Chen Bing was quite puzzled and asked Liu Zhiyuan in a low voice, "Zhixing, this is strange. Since he died from poisoning, why did the murderer still fight with him? Wasn't the poison in vain? I can't figure this out."

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Yes, the poison has been administered, and fighting again is simply unnecessary and only increases the risk. As you said, this really doesn't make sense."

Chen Bing stared at the corpse for a while, then suddenly a thought occurred in his mind, and he seemed to have figured out the key, and hurriedly said to Liu Zhiyuan: "Zhixing, let me ask you, if you were to fight with Shen Fanglin, would you go out of your way to do it?" Let his hair loose?"

Liu Zhiyuan shook his head, but still didn't understand the reason for Chen Bing's question, and said: "If it were me, I would kill him with one blow instead of messing with his hair."

Chen Bing clapped his hands lightly and said, "That's it. Since it's not without reason, there must be a reason! Zhixing, let Li Wuzuo take a good look at the top of his head."

At this time, Li Wuzuo had already inspected the body. He stood up, shook out the white cloth he brought with him, covered Shen Fanglin's body, and said: "The preliminary inspection of the body has been completed. As for the detailed autopsy, I will wait for it."

After bringing the body back for careful inspection, it was handed over to Cao County Lieutenant and Liu Chengshilang."

However, Liu Zhiyuan interrupted: "Li Wuzuo, wait a minute. I suspect that the perpetrator has done something to the top of his head. I would like to ask Li Wuzuo to conduct another inspection."

Li Wuzuo glanced at Liu Zhiyuan with great dissatisfaction, but saw Cao County Lieutenant on the side nodded slightly to him. He sighed inwardly, and had no choice but to pull away the white cloth and hold the back of the body's head with one hand.

, carefully touching the top of his head with one hand. After about half a cup of tea, Li Wuzuo, who was originally calm and calm, even a little annoyed by Liu Zhiyuan, suddenly shouted softly, then took out a stick on the top of his head and stuck it at Baihui point.

It was a piece of sharp iron that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with slightly raised tips. Li Wuzuo sniffed it, and a fishy smell assaulted his nostrils. Li Wuzuo frowned, but he admired Liu Zhiyuan in his heart. He stood up.

He looked at the body and said: "Thank you Liu Chengshilang for the reminder. I found a fragment at the Baihui point on the top of the body. This fragment smells fishy. Maybe the poison is on this fragment."

Liu Zhiyuan took the fragment from Li Wuzuo's hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "It looks like a broken corner of the caltrop, Wuji, what do you think?"

After Liu Wuji saw it, he handed the fragment back to Li Wuzuo and said, "Young master, it is indeed the tip of the caltrop." He was very happy, and he had one more clue to find the Japanese.

Chen Bing also looked at the fragment and said, "This makes sense. According to the time of death inferred by Li Zuo, Shen Fanglin must have been asleep when the murderer entered the house. The murderer wanted to kill him in his sleep. Perhaps

Shen Fanglin was sleeping lightly and was awakened by the murderer. Then the two had a fight. Shen Fanglin was naturally no match for the murderer. When the murderer inserted the poisonous iron caltrop into his Baihui point, Shen Fanglin instinctively

He went to grab the murderer's hand, leaving skin flakes and clothing threads between his fingernails."

After hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan also said: "Er Niang's speculation is the same as what I thought. Wuji, when you track down the Japanese, you must also take into account your ability to use caltrops."

"Yes, young master."

Liu Zhiyuan didn't have much to investigate, so he left with Chen Bing. Chen Bing looked back at the cramped and narrow room he had just walked out of, and then at Shen Fanglin's body being put on the cart, and sighed in his heart:

"We are getting closer and closer to the truth, but I am also becoming more and more uneasy in my heart. Hey, I hope things will go more smoothly in the future, and I hope that the abducted girls will be safe and sound."

Although it was only the first ten days of the Lunar New Year, the sky was still very gloomy. After the rain stopped, there were more and more pedestrians on the official road. Perhaps they were rushing to enter the city before the city gate closed. The passers-by were all in a hurry, so the official road was trampled.

It was extremely muddy, and the horse-drawn carriage that could normally run at full speed could only meander forward.

In the carriage, Chen Bing was sitting in front of the table, thinking about all the clues he had obtained today, while Liu Zhiyuan was sitting opposite him, looking through the detailed points that Chen Bing had compiled and written on the paper. There was a candle burning on the table.

, the two of them did not speak, but each had a tea cup in front of them.

Chen Bing shook his head and thought: "After thinking about this for a long time, I still can't figure out the reason. This whole incident is full of weirdness, and there are many things that are not right, but I just can't figure it out." After thinking about it,

, Chen Bing tapped his forehead with his hand, feeling very annoyed.

After reading it, Liu Zhiyuan advised: "Don't be angry, Er Niang. These two cases are indeed very difficult. Don't think that you can rest easy just by agreeing to investigate the Japanese. The Japanese are not that easy to investigate."

.”

Chen Bing simply stopped thinking about it, picked up the tea cup, and took a sip of the tea soup. At this time, there was quite a noise outside the carriage, and only one person could be heard complaining: "Every time it rains, this official road is muddy, and this official road is muddy."

If you don’t come to repair it, you won’t be able to walk properly.”

Another person said: "I heard that money was allocated from above, but it's just this money. Hey, it doesn't matter if you don't talk about it, it doesn't matter if you don't talk about it."

The man before said: "Don't say this nonsense, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth."

The man said: "I know all this, I'm just complaining a few words, eh... ah——"

When this person was talking, he originally wanted to wade through a small pond in front of him, but unexpectedly, the pond had accumulated too much water and filled up the original big hole.

The person fell directly into it. The two people fell into the mud and were in a state of embarrassment, which aroused the laughter of the people walking around. Chen Bing also opened the car curtain and looked around for a while, feeling in his heart

Can't help but smile.

Suddenly, the incident before her eyes seemed to flash a thunder in her heart. She quickly lowered the car curtain, leaned forward, and said to Liu Zhiyuan: "Zhixing, it started to rain when you came to Huahu Village today. When you arrived at Jin's house,

, because there were so many people in the courtyard, I didn’t have time to think about it, but when I arrived at Shen Fanglin’s house, I always had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

Something is wrong. Now I understand it, I understand it completely."

Liu Zhiyuan was very interested when he heard that there seemed to be some progress in the case. He put down the tea cup, leaned forward and asked: "Second mother, please tell me, I'm worried that I can't connect the clues at hand."

Chen Bing muttered: "It's not that we can connect all the clues. It's just that I think your previous guesses may be wrong. You also noticed that Shen Fanglin's house seemed to be extremely clean, and it rained today.

Yes, all the marks left in his backyard should have been washed away by the rain, but why is there a footprint left? It just happens to be a footprint with blood."

Liu Zhiyuan seemed to sense something was wrong, and nodded quickly: "Yes! Not bad, keep talking!"

Chen Bing said: "Since all other marks have been washed away, then this footprint may have been left by the murderer deliberately to confuse you and me. If you think about it carefully, there are only two possibilities. The first is that you and I entered

The murderer did not leave Shen Fanglin's home, and the second thing is that the murderer went to Shen Fanglin's home with you and me."

Liu Zhiyuan suddenly raised his head and said in disbelief: "You mean the murderer is not the Japanese, but Cao Xianwei and the others? This is impossible. Cao Xianwei is not only mediocre in martial arts, he does not know poisons, and neither do the archers under his command."

It doesn’t make sense that a person is skilled in martial arts.”

Chen Bing said: "I'm not saying that Captain Cao is the murderer. What I mean is that the bloody footprints were too sudden. I think the murderer didn't take into account the heavy rain today. The most important point is that

That is, today, except for you and me, everyone else is suspected. Well, it seems that this case is still surrounded by a lot of fog. I am afraid that you and I have only scratched the surface. I am afraid that the water here is very deep.

.So, if you know what you do, whether openly or covertly, you must be on guard." New

Liu Zhiyuan's heart was slightly warm and moved. He nodded and said, "Thank you, Er Niang, for your concern. I understand this. This case is really a headache. I will still arrange for Wuji to check on the Japanese, and you

I haven't changed either. What should have been before is what it is now. What you just said, Erniang, must be taken into consideration during the investigation. But you and I know very well that apart from Wuji, no one else should be allowed to do so.

People know it."

Chen Bing knew that this matter was no small matter, so she naturally agreed to it. She nodded and agreed.

At this time, the number of pedestrians on the official road gradually decreased, and the road to Huahu Village was not very muddy. Liu San loosened some of the reins, and the horse suddenly loosened its restraints. He felt happy and let go of his hooves to run.


Chapter completed!