"Wait a minute, then what you said about ephedra...... "Why did Xiao Jue say that there was no such medicine in the residue I found, but there was this medicine in the decoction taken before his death?"

"Ephedra has a sweating effect, it has a great adverse effect on angina, even ordinary doctors should know that ephedra will be harmful to people with heart problems. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhat's more, the deceased was a doctor suffering from angina pectoris, and with his years of experience, it was absolutely impossible for him to add this flavor to his medicine. Xiao Jue expressed the doubts in his heart.

The deceased himself would not have added this smell to his medicine, so ...... Then he didn't add it himself. However, this ...... I turned around, slowing my breath, and I think I had found the key that connected all the clues. But I need "him" now......

"The soup bowl that the deceased drank for medicine before his death was gone, and at first I couldn't figure out why the murderer put away the soup bowl, but now it seems that I am afraid that it is because the murderer put such a medicine in the soup bowl, so the soup bowl will be taken away after the deceased dies." Well, I'm afraid that the soup bowl used for medicine has already been disposed of by the murderer.

"He" came. Perhaps the murderer didn't expect that the pot in which the soup was boiling was still hanging from the stove, so in a hurry, he only disposed of the soup bowl. So on the premise that the murderer didn't know the medicine pot, the ephedra should have been placed in the soup bowl that had been placed on the table. ”

"In this case, if the ephedra is placed in the soup bowl, it should be that the deceased himself has put the soup bowl indoors. So when can the murderer get his hands on it...... It was during the time that the doctor turned around from the stove and went back to drink the medicine......"

Yes, it's all right!

"It should have been like this on that day, the deceased, who was a doctor, boiled a decoction for himself in the room where he was consulted, and then poured the decoction into a bowl and extinguished the fire under the medicine jar, and he was not feeling well at that time, so he did not dispose of the remaining decoction in the medicine jar in time, so he left it as it was, intending to wait until the next day when it was a little better. Then he returned to the room opposite the examination room with the potion, and he placed the bowl full of the podium on the table, and he himself sat down on the cushion in front of the table. He took a sip of the decoction, but the decoction in the bowl was still a little hot, and at this time, he noticed that the room was very cold, and only then did he notice that the fire in the stove had not been lit. He got up and tried to light the fire in the stove, but his unwellness made his hands and feet clumsy, and he shook the table, causing the bowl of soup that had been on the table to spill out, and the spilled soup dripped down the table to the edge of the mat he had just sat on. And he himself did not notice it, and was still standing in front of the stove and was about to light the fire in the stove. ”

I paused for a moment, then added, "Before he could light the fire, the murderer came. The killer told him that someone was seriously ill and needed him to go quickly. He didn't have time to light the fire again...... It was at this time that the murderer put ephedra in his decoction. The doctor turned around and did not notice the murderer's behavior, he hurriedly drank the medicine, and hurriedly followed the murderer out of the door with the tools he usually used...... After leaving the courtyard, the murderer led the deceased to the patient, but this time the deceased only stayed with the patient for a while and left. Perhaps it was because the patient was past the danger period at that time, or the ephedra that the deceased drank at that time had taken effect and made him more unwell. So he was leaving, and the murderer sent him back, but he did it halfway, and the murderer stabbed the dead with a dagger......"

"No, it still doesn't make sense here. Why did he stab the dead? Knowing that the deceased drank a decoction mixed with ephedra, he still attacked the deceased? ...... "Why is that?"

"Miss Huo Xi......" Gao Tao saw me talking to myself for a long time, which was a little strange.

"She's thinking about things, don't bother her." Xiao Jue interrupted him loudly, without letting him interrupt my train of thought.

After thinking about it for a while, it dawned on me, "I got it!" The murderer attacked the deceased in order to speed up the onset of the deceased's illness, and under the double stimulation of ephedra, and then accelerate the onset of the deceased's angina. ”

Xiao Jue nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad." ”

"Looks like you've thought of that." Then he still made me rack my brain and think about it for a long time.

"Because there is another problem after this incident, if I were to remind you, then you will not be able to associate this next problem." Xiao Jue spread his hands and put them on his lap.

There is another difficult question, "You mean, obviously the deceased has already fallen ill and died, why did the murderer stab him five times to make a mystery?!" ”

Xiao Jue nodded lightly.

But in fact, in addition to this, there is a third question. Behind the rockery at the scene of the crime, there were only the footprints of the deceased alone. "This really makes me scratch my head," If the four knives that the deceased was stabbed were all taken before he died, then there are only his footprints behind the rockery, which can be explained that after he was attacked and received so many knives, he evaded the murderer and hid behind the rockery, and as a result, he died suddenly because of the attack of angina. However, the order was wrong, the deceased was first stabbed five times, he resisted and caused resistance injuries on his body, and then at this time he had angina pectoris attacks because of the ephedra he drank, and then died suddenly, and was stabbed four times after death. Whether he died suddenly behind the rockery or not, then the person who stabbed him with a knife should at least leave footprints. ”

Assuming that the deceased did not die behind the rockery, then after his sudden death, the murderer stabbed him four more times, and then dragged him behind the rockery, then in this way, the murderer's footprints would be left. Suppose that if the deceased died suddenly behind the rockery, if the murderer wants to make up for the four more knives, he should also leave footprints behind the rockery. But there is only one kind of footprint on the scene!

"But the injuries caused by resistance on the deceased's body and the wounds caused by being stabbed after death are two different murder weapons." Xiao Jue seemed to remind him intentionally.

"Two murderers!" I see what he means.

It was a murderer who attacked the deceased in front, and after the deceased died, he stabbed him four times, and it was another murderer!

"Looks like you at least know who one of the murderers is." Xiao Jue gently hooked the corners of her lips.

"Yes." I can't think of anyone else who can call the deceased out at night, and when the deceased himself is very unwell, on the grounds of a sick person. "It's just that I still haven't figured out her motive for killing."

"Now that you've found the prisoner, it's good to ask." Xiao Jue can see it.

……

"There was a fire! There was a fire!! ”……

As soon as I walked out of the room where the corpses were parked, I smelled a scorched smell in the air. Following the direction of the gray smoke drifting from the sky, I saw the courtyard on fire, and then there was a mess in the courtyard.

"That direction is ......" is Mrs. Ziliang's yard?! How, how could this be! "Lord Gaotao, you look at him. I'll go over there and see what's going on! ”

I handed Xiao Jue over to Gaotao.

Before Gao Tao could ask, I hurried towards the place where the fire was burning.

At the gate of the courtyard, the subordinates were busy, and Mrs. Ziliang and Qili were stopped at the gate of the courtyard. Mrs. Ziliang was at a loss and could only urge her subordinates to desperately put out the fire, and when she saw me, she hurriedly pulled me to her side.

"Ma'am, what's going on?!" The burning yard was indeed Mrs. Ziliang's yard, but most of the fire was contained in a few houses on the east side of the courtyard, and the west side of the courtyard was not burned.

This fire came strangely, and it burned when it was said to be burning.

"It's on fire, and all of a sudden...... it's burning," Mrs. Ziliang said incoherently.

I watched as the men carried the water in rows and out in rows...... The few houses on the east side of the courtyard seemed to be the most seriously burned in the small courtyard behind the house, "Madam, who lives in that small courtyard?" ”

"Small courtyard?" Only then did she notice the small courtyard behind her that was about to burn out. "That'...... That's the ...... where the next person lives."

Human?! "Where's Hongling? Where's Miss Hongling? ”

Mrs. Ziliang looked left and right, "I don't know, since just now, I haven't seen Hongling." She looked at Zili again, as if she needed a support, "Zili, have you seen Hongling?" ”

Qi Li looked at her, then at me, but just shook his head, "I didn't see it." ”

Oh no, Hongling shouldn't still be in a room in that courtyard, right? What about this fire...... Could it be that the real murderer set the fire and wanted to kill people and kill people?

There are still a lot of things that have not been clarified, and the fire in the small courtyard is too strange at this time.

Thinking of this, I stopped a subordinate who was carrying a stab, took the bucket from his hand, poured it on myself from the head, completely drenched myself, covered my mouth and nose with my wet sleeves, and rushed into the fire without saying a word!

"Huo Xi...... My lord! ”

"Lord Huo Xi!" ……

Ignoring the sound behind me, I desperately tried to avoid the raging flames, and finally reached the door of the small courtyard. As I had just had a hunch, the fire was burning from here, and the small courtyard was already very embarrassed and shattered, and several houses had collapsed in the original small courtyard, and the collapsed wooden beams divided the courtyard in two, and the fire was so big that it was impossible to enter.

In this way, a good yard burned down.

Thankfully, the people worked hard to put out the fire and didn't let it spread to other places. Most of Mrs. Ziliang's courtyard was burned down, and the small courtyard where the subordinates lived was burned down. The messy scene of the whole yard can be described as a mess.

"Madam, I've found Hongling...... "The next person came to report."

After extinguishing the fire, they found Hongling's body in one of the most badly burned rooms in the small courtyard.

Unrecognizable, when she was carried to the gate of the courtyard by her subordinates, Mrs. Ziliang was frightened and fainted and fell into the arms of Ji Li. I stepped forward to uncover the white cloth covering Hongling's body and sighed.

The subordinates in the courtyard carried Hongling's body away.

How...... How did it come to this? I was still suspecting just now that Hongling was the one who invited the doctor out of the room, and it was only a moment of effort, why did even she have an accident?

Hongling's death shouldn't be related to another murderer of the doctor.

"Wait a minute." I stopped the person carrying the corpse, "You guys, how do you know this is Miss Hongling?" ”

Several people looked at each other, and finally one of them stood up and replied, "Lord Hui, this is ...... The body was found in Hongling's room. And," he motioned for me to see the wrist of the corpse that had been burned to the ground, "this is Hongling's thing, which Madame gave her, so if this is not Hongling's words, who else can it be." (To be continued.) )