Chapter 31: Open coffin autopsy
"This official is the Yancheng County Order, no matter what the cause of Yuan Lao's death is, this county order is qualified to figure out this matter. What's the matter? Let the post-mortem be performed. ”
Mrs. Yuan, who was still crying, making trouble, and hanging herself in front of the coffin just now, stopped crying all of a sudden, and there seemed to be fear in her eyes.
I can't imagine that this county order of Yancheng is quite bold in doing things, and the size of a county order in a city can be regarded as a parent official, even if the Yuan family is full of drama spirits, they can't take Yancheng county order in their eyes.
In the current situation, it is probably impossible to get Yuan Lao's body back to the yamen for autopsy, if it is found that Yuan Lao's body is an unnatural death, then Liu Yingyi and them will find a legitimate reason for investigating the cause of Yuan Lao's death.
Half an hour later, the sixty-year-old man came to Yuan's mansion.
The Yancheng County Order said, "Open the coffin for autopsy." ”
However, Yuan Yihai still refused to get off the coffin like a leper dog.
Several catchers stepped forward to pull him down, and this guy got into a scuffle with a few catchers.
Yuan Yihai had a bit of brute strength, and he didn't fall behind yet, he roared and scolded: "You move my father's body, if you find out that my father died of illness and not was killed by someone, what should you do?" ”
This is clearly a naked threat.
It was not the Yancheng County Order that answered Yuan Yihai, but Liu Yingyi: "If the master dies normally, I will definitely bury him in a grand manner, and apologize to the Yuan family." ”
Qin Yan couldn't see Yuan Yihai's rampantness, and followed a few catchers to stop him, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, the brute bull was restrained.
Ning Wuze was the first to push the coffin open, revealing the corpse of a gray-haired old man.
The moment they saw the corpse, Liu Yingyi and Ning Wuze's eyes both turned red, and Shui Qingxiang could see that their relationship with the master was quite deep.
Out of curiosity, Shui Qingxiang also looked at the corpse of this mysterious old man.
His face was as white as a piece of paper, his eyes were closed, and his lips were black, and he looked like he had been poisoned.
Shui Qingxiang couldn't help frowning, and guessed in her heart, could it be that Yuan Lao was really killed by someone?
Time flew by like flowing water, and a few hours later, the experienced old servant reported to the Yancheng County Order: "My lord, this person died of poisoning. ”
As soon as these words came out, the people around them began to become restless.
"Poisoned to death?" There was a bit of suspicion in Yancheng County's tone.
"My lord, my subordinates have experienced it three times, and I am sure of it."
"Do you know what kind of poison it is?"
"Well, we have to wait for my subordinates to test a few poisons before we can know the results."
When Liu Yingyi heard that the autopsy results confirmed that the master had been poisoned, her face suddenly relaxed, but then her face became gloomy.
Shui Qingxiang could understand his mood at this time, Yuan Youcheng was indeed an unnatural death, which confirmed his previous speculation, and at the same time felt angry and sad because the master was really killed.
After Ning Wuze got the news, he immediately yelled at the Yuan family murderously: "Who killed my master, who killed my master?" If you stand up now, grandpa will give you a whole corpse!! ”
If Ning Wu, who is usually irritable and rough, is normal, but just now after learning the cause of his master's death, this bloody man immediately revealed his craziest side, if it weren't for Qin Yan and several other catchers next to him to stop him, he was afraid that he would really do something to wash the Yuan family in blood.
"The death of the master, we will definitely find out the truth to comfort the master's spirit in the sky." Liu Yingyi's jade-like handsome face seemed to be dyed with a layer of frost, unlike Ning Wuze's emotional outwardness, he preferred to bury his emotions deep in his heart.
The Yancheng County Commander arched his hand to Liu Yingyi: "Lord Liu, rest assured, the lower officials will do their best to find out the real culprit who killed Yuan Lao." ”
When Shui Qingxiang heard this, she couldn't help but feel curious in her heart, it stands to reason that the Yancheng County Order, which has a large management scope, should not call himself a "lower official" to Liu Yingyi in front of everyone, what is the origin of this Lord Liu?
Liu Yingyi also bowed his hand to the county magistrate, which was regarded as a return salute, and then left with the "grumpy boy" Ning Wuze.
Shui Qingxiang and Yan Zhutou followed, and Ning Wu entered the inn room and never came out.
Liu Yingyi said to Yan Zhutou: "You are optimistic about him." ”
He glanced at Shui Qingxiang again, "Let's go out." ”
The one who called Yan Zhutou to look at it was naturally Ning Wuze, but Shui Qingxiang didn't understand that the cause of Yuan Youcheng's death had just been found out, and where Liu Yingyi was going to take him this time.
After leaving the inn and walking back, there was still a distance from the restaurant of Yuan's mansion, Liu Yingyi went straight inside, and Shui Qingxiang followed closely behind.
Shui Qingxiang found that the business of this restaurant does not seem to be very good, and there are not many guests who come in, but the decoration of the restaurant is good, especially the private room that Liu Yingyi brought him into, and the door is a beautifully carved screen, which also has exquisite porcelain, which looks very precious flowers and plants, and smells the fragrance between the noses, and a fragrant lamp with carved silk inlaid flowers hangs at the door, and it can be seen that the owner of this restaurant is a person with a little taste and likes to be vassal.
Bypassing the screen, I saw a table of wine and food on a mahogany square table, and Yuan Yishan, the eldest son of the Yuan family, sat there with a sad face.
As soon as he saw Liu Yingyi appear, Yuan Yishan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Liu Yingyi as if he had seen a savior.
"Brother Liu." Although Yuan Yishan is older than Liu Yingyi, he solemnly gave Liu Yingyi a courtesy, which is a courtesy for elders.
Liu Yingyi gestured to Yuan Yishan, and Liu Yingyi and Yuan Yishan both sat down.
Shui Qingxiang looked at Liu Yingyi, and Liu Yingyi also nodded at Shui Qingxiang: "You can sit too." ”
Yuan Yishan looked at Shui Qingxiang with a surprised look, obviously thinking that it was inappropriate for her to do this, about in Yuan Yishan's eyes, she was at most a maid-like existence.
"It is important to find out the cause of the master's death, and by my side, I don't talk about these mundane rituals." When Liu Yingyi said this, Yuan Yishan couldn't say anything.
"Brother Liu, you have to save me this time." As soon as Yuan Yishan saw Liu Yingyi sitting down, he went straight to the point and asked for help.
Liu Yingyi picked up the chopsticks, casually sandwiched the dishes on the table, and said expressionlessly: "The master's bones are not cold, and the real murderer does not know." If you are not a murderer, no one can wronged you; If you are really a murderer, no one can save you. ”
"Brother Liu, you misunderstood, I really don't know who killed my father. But if no one saves me now, my life will be put to rest. ”
Liu Yingyi glanced up at him, and a cold glint crossed her eyes.
Yuan Yishan continued: "Everyone thinks that I am the son of the Yuan family, and I will definitely take over the Yuan family's business in the future. But my father didn't ask about the world many years ago, and went to the suburbs alone to live alone, and handed over all the messes in the family to me, but my father gave me some shops, and gave the second child all fields. The land is stable and rent-free, so you don't have to worry about losing money, but business is not easy to do these days. I take over this big stall is often beyond the means, just say this restaurant, look bright, but the month after month loss, I want to mortgage and sell, but no one asks, and then don't plug this hole, I'm afraid that someone will come to the door tomorrow to ask for debt. ”
Yuan Yishan's face was pale, with horror in his eyes, and Shui Qingxiang didn't doubt his words at all.
This restaurant obviously has no business, and it is strange to be so extravagant and wasteful, and not to lose money, it is really a loser, Shui Qingxiang complained in her heart.