Meng Zitao nodded and said, "This thing is still possible." ”

Hou Yunbin said: "The police also think that this is possible, but the fact is that the copper coin is very ordinary, and there are no traces of deep digging on the ground, even if it is filled back, there must be some traces, so I think this thing is a little strange." ”

While speaking, Hou Yunbin took out his mobile phone and showed Meng Zitao the photo of the copper coin he took, and Meng Zitao saw that it was indeed an ordinary Song coin: "This is a relatively ordinary Chongning Tongbao, which is very common, and it is not worth a few dollars." ”

Hou Yunbin nodded and said: "So this is also where I wonder, if you want to say that a lot of copper coins have been unearthed, why are there no traces of excavation, but if there is no digging up, what is the matter with such a copper coin in his hand, what is he trying to tell us? And you don't know, last night, another person died on the construction site, and he also held an identical copper coin in his hand. ”

Mencius was very surprised when he heard this, could it still be a serial murder case?

I heard Hou Yunbin continue: "It's good to be this way, the news of murderous demons, hauntings, and revenge of the dead is flying all over the sky, which makes people panic on the construction site, I estimate that if this case is not solved, no one wants to work over there." ”

"Do the two dead have anything in common?" Meng Zitao asked.

Hou Yunbin said: "There is indeed something in common, they are both from a village in Xijing County, and there are only two of them from the same village on the construction site." In the morning, I also learned that these two people usually don't have much contact with other people on the construction site, let alone communicate, which is quite strange anyway. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then we should focus on investigating the people who have been in contact with them. ”

Hou Yunbin nodded and said, "The police are investigating now, but there is still no phone call, and it is estimated that there are no clues." Hey, I originally wanted to build a high-end community in that place, but now that something like this happens, I'm afraid that sales will be affected. ”

Meng Zitao comforted: "This is just an accident, don't worry, besides, the buyer doesn't know about it." ”

Hou Yunbin smiled: "I hope so, don't talk about it, eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

After lunch, everyone rested for a while, and then the driver drove the two to Ji Deshun's house.

Ji Deshun lives in a brick house, but it has been some years, and the exterior walls are not painted, and the surrounding area is very shabby, no accident, the home should not be very rich.

After getting out of the car, Meng Zitao walked to the door and shouted, "Is Ji Deshun at home?"

After a while, a dark-skinned young man with a missing arm came over and opened the door, he looked at Meng Zitao and the others, and looked a little strange: "What are you looking for my father?"

Meng Zitao didn't say much, he directly took out half a tiger talisman and asked, "I don't know if you've seen this?"

The young man glanced at it and said, "My father does have half of this thing, do you want to buy it?"

"Yes, if you agree, you can show me something. Meng Zitao said.

A hint of joy flashed in the young man's eyes: "Then how much do you want to spend on it?"

Meng Zitao said: "I'm sorry, sir, I haven't seen anything yet, and I can't estimate it." ”

"Oh, then come in. ”

The young man led everyone into the house, and saw an old man come out of the back room: "Xiangzi, who are they looking for?"

"You're Ji Deshun, right?" Meng Zitao asked.

"Yes, I'm Ji Deshun, are you looking for me?" Ji Deshun was a little confused.

Meng Zitao briefly explained the origin of the matter and asked, "I don't know if you plan to sell the tiger talisman, old man?"

Hearing that this was the case, Ji Deshun sighed with emotion, and hurriedly said that there was no problem, and then went to his room to take out the things.

Meng Zitao took the tiger talisman, it was indeed the half he wanted, and it was well preserved: "The thing is fine, as long as the price is right, I will buy it." ”

"How much do you want to spend on it?" asked Ji Deshun's son with a look of hope.

Meng Zitao thought for a while, and planned to give the same amount of money as Xu Aqing, but just as he was about to speak, Hou Yunbin on the side suddenly pulled him and called him aside.

"Teacher Meng, how much money are you going to give?" asked Hou Yunbin.

"Four hundred thousand. Meng Zitao looked at Hou Yunbin.

Hou Yunbin said in a low voice: "Teacher Meng, I don't think you need to give them so much at all, seeing that this family obviously doesn't know the goods, it's almost the same as giving twenty or thirty thousand." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head, if it was before, he would definitely be in business, as long as both parties were satisfied, but now he didn't plan to do that, first, Ji Shunde was Xu Aqing's comrade-in-arms, and he didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha.

Moreover, this family does seem to be in some difficulty, 400,000 is insignificant to him, but it is a lot of wealth for this family. Let's build up virtue for unborn children.

So, Meng Zitao walked back and told the father and son the price, and when they heard that such a small piece of jade was worth so much money, the father and son were stunned, couldn't believe their ears, and asked several times in a row to confirm.

Hou Yunbin looked at Meng Zitao in surprise, not knowing the purpose of Meng Zitao's doing.

There were almost no obstacles, and the father and son immediately agreed to come down and were willing to sell the tiger talisman to Meng Zitao.

The matter was resolved smoothly, and next, the group went to the nearest bank to transfer money. Before leaving, Meng Zitao left Ji Deshun's address and phone number of Xu Aqing, and then said goodbye to his father and son who were extremely excited.

After getting into the car, Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Things are going well, this tiger talisman is finally complete." ”

Hou Yunbin smiled: "Congratulations, I don't know how much this tiger talisman is worth?"

Meng Zitao said: "About one or two million, don't you think it's strange, why should I give them 400,000?"

Hou Yunbin said bluntly: "There is a little. ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "For their family, 400,000 yuan can do a lot of things, and for me, it is nothing at all." Just accumulate virtue for my children, not to mention, I don't have nothing to earn now. ”

"It seems that Mr. Meng is also a man of temperament. Hou Yunbin said with a smile.

Meng Zitao laughed: "Actually, we are also mortals, we all take care of ourselves first, if we don't have money in hand, how can we be willing to spend so much money to buy it?"

"That's right......"

The matter of the tiger talisman is settled, and the next thing is to find the carver, but when I return to the city, it is already night, and I can only wait until tomorrow.

After breakfast the next day, Meng Zitao received a call from Hou Yunbin, saying that the construction worker had died again, and this time it was the little foreman who died, and it was the same, holding a Chongning Tongbao in his hand.

Because of this matter, Hou Yunning had to be present, so he had to ask his secretary to go to the carving master on his behalf.

This incident made Meng Zitao feel very strange, at this time, the other party actually dared to kill people, it was too inappropriate to take the police, this is a homicide case, in this domestic environment, no matter what, we have to pay attention to it, let alone this kind of serial homicide.

Moreover, out of professional sensitivity, Meng Zitao felt that this matter was likely to be related to cultural relics, so he wanted to go over to see what was going on, so he told Hou Yunning that he wanted to go to the place where the incident occurred.

Although Hou Yunning felt strange, there was no reason not to agree, so he asked the driver to pick up Meng Zitao.

When he arrived at the construction site, Meng Zitao saw some construction workers whispering, and everyone had a more or less sad look on their faces, which is of course human nature.

Meng Zitao found Hou Yunning and immediately asked what happened.

It turned out that this little foreman lived alone, this morning the worker found that he had not gotten up yet, at first he thought that he had not slept well before the previous things, but then he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly called someone to shout, no one answered, pushed the door and went in to see, people were cold.

Hou Yunning smiled bitterly: "I don't know what bad luck I had, I actually encountered this kind of thing!"

Meng Zitao could only comfort him a few words, and then asked, "Hasn't the deceased been transported away?"

"No, the police are taking pictures. Hou Yunning replied.

Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "I'll go in and have a look, maybe I can find something." ”

Hou Yunning was also a dead horse and a live horse doctor, so he didn't think much about it and took Meng Zitao in, but when he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the police.

"Own people. Meng Zitao smiled and showed his ID.

The police were also stunned when they saw Meng Zitao's documents, and immediately called the person in charge of the house.

Meng Zitao said to the person in charge: "Captain Ma, maybe my professional ability will help solve the case, and I won't move around." ”

Captain Ma read Meng Zitao's documents, and after a moment of silence, he agreed.

Meng Zitao followed Captain Ma into the house, and saw that there were police officers taking pictures, collecting evidence, etc., while the deceased was lying on the bed with a calm face.

However, the careful Mencius found that there was a slight pain in the calm face of the deceased, and this death made him feel a sense of déjà vu.

With permission, Meng Zitao was able to take a closer look at the corpse, and after a while, he knew the cause of the person's death: "Captain Ma, if I am not wrong, he should have died of poisoning." ”

"Poisoning?" Captain Ma was surprised, obviously not believing Meng Zitao's judgment.

Meng Zitao said with certainty: "Yes, the deceased should have died of poison that sealed his throat with blood. ”

"Ahh

In fact, in botany, seeing blood is not only the name of a tree, but also the name of a genus, that is, the genus of Moraceae, there are four species and three varieties of plants in this genus, and there is only one in China, which is distributed in a few places in several southern provinces, that is, we say that the blood is a throat tree.

The whole plant, including its seeds, is poisonous, and the most widely used poison comes from the milky white sap that comes out of its leaves and bark when it is cut. Modern toxicological analysis has shown that this juice contains a large number of crossbow adilosides, blood sealing throat glycosides and other substances, when these substances enter the blood, they will cause muscle relaxation, blood coagulation, slow heart beating, and finally lead to cardiac arrest and death.

If you accidentally get into your eyes, you are in danger of losing your eyesight. Because of this, ancient hunting tribes often smeared the sap of this plant on arrowheads, and the animals that were shot had little chance of survival.

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Meng Zitao said: "Whether this is the case or not, as long as you go back to the laboratory, you will know." ”

Seeing that Meng Zitao said so firmly, Captain Ma was also a little skeptical, and asked: "I remember that this poison will only take effect if it is stained with blood, and it will attack quickly, how did the other party do it?"

Meng Zitao glanced up at the window, pointed to a broken window that was pasted with plastic, and said: "You should know how to blow the needle, I think the murderer should have shot the poisonous needle at the deceased from that position, and there should be a wire behind the buttocks of the needle, so that it is convenient for the murderer to take the needle." ”

According to the angle calculation, Captain Ma and the others really found a small bleeding spot on the deceased's head, and they couldn't help but admire.

At this time, one of the police officers asked a question: "But if you are stabbed like this, people should also be aware of it, why did he die so peacefully?"

Meng Zitao explained: "This has to be said that the poison used by the murderer is domineering, this is a kind of poison mixed with blood and throat sealing poison, the attack is calculated by the second, and the murderer stabs the head again, and the attack is faster." ”

"And this poison?" Captain Ma looked shocked.

Meng Zitao said solemnly: "Yes, this is a formula researched by the ancients, but the medicinal materials used in the formula, just seeing the blood sealing throat tree is not very common, and other medicinal materials are even rarer, I don't know where he got it." ”

Although it is easy to reproduce, the number of this tree is decreasing dramatically with changes in the environment and land reclamation. At present, there are about 200 blood-sealed throats distributed in the western part of Lingnan, all of which are more than 100 years old, and they are distributed as a single tree, and there are rare small groups. Therefore, the blood seal throat tree is listed as a third-class protected plant in China.

Meng Zitao continued: "And the formula is even more difficult to get, as far as I know, this formula is not only an original copy of my department, and it requires extremely high permission to read, only a famous doctor has a few grams of finished products, which is used for the treatment of special heart diseases. ”

"Can this thing heal?" was another thing that made everyone feel incredible.

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "Just like arsenic can save people, when this poison was first invented, it was for the purpose of curing diseases, of course, it needs to be concocted when treating diseases, and it cannot be used at will." In addition, because it is so difficult to formulate, it is not an exaggeration to say that a gram is worth a thousand gold. Let's put it this way, it took hundreds of thousands to kill the dead, and you think about it, how much revenge this must be. Of course, it is also possible to kill people. ”

Hearing this, everyone was a little smacked, if it weren't for the blood feud, who would be willing to kill people with such an expensive thing. If it is to kill people, there must be considerable interests behind it.

"Then what's going on with the Chongning Tongbao in his hand?"

(Tianjin)