Wen Ziqi was taken aback when he heard this, his eyes widened and he said with a smile: "The geese have left a voice, and the people have left a name, how can the world evaporate?" ”

"That's what I asked myself," Huang Zhutou shrugged his shoulders and said, "But he just disappeared, what can I do, being scolded by the county master." ”

"That, ask something that shouldn't be asked," Wen Ziqi said in a low voice with a smile on his face, "Who are you following?" ”

Huang Zhutou looked Wen Ziqi up and down, looking a little surprised, but he still said: "When others ask, I won't say, but Brother Wen is not an outsider, I can tell you that it is a task sent from above." ”

"Above?" Wen Ziqi's face changed, and after a little thought, he muttered: "It means the prefect!"

"Shh Hearing this, Huang Zhutou hurriedly put up his hand and said softly: "It's good that you know in your heart, we used to follow it often, after all, it was not the first time, so I didn't pay attention to it at all, who would have thought that it would be missed." ”

When Wen Ziqi heard this, he immediately asked suspiciously: "Always follow, it seems that this person is quite valued by the above!" ”

After Huang Zhutou looked around, he thought for a long time, and then Fang came to Wen Ziqi's side and whispered: "Every year when we come to patrol, we send people to follow him, first, to protect his safety, and secondly, to see where he went, what he did, etc. ”

"Patrol?" Wen Ziqi frowned, but said without showing a clue on his face: "Brother Huang, what are you talking about, but Cao Inspector? ”

The prefect of Qingzhou is the biggest official in Qingzhou, why did he send someone to follow an inspection, not to mention that this inspection is only to inspect the medicinal materials paid every year, not to assess his political performance, why is he so concerned. For Wen Ziqi, although he only had a one-sided relationship with this Cao Inspector, his impression was not too bad, so when he heard that this person suddenly disappeared out of thin air, he couldn't help but look stunned.

Outside, the evening breeze was fierce, and the candles were flickering non-stop, almost extinguished. Huang Zhutou had no choice but to hold the candle flame in his hand and cover it slightly with his other hand. With the flickering candle flame, Huang Zhutou glanced at the strange appearance on Wen Ziqi's face, and asked with a smile, "Brother Wen knows this person?" ”

Wen Ziqi frowned slightly, and thought to himself: "There is no need to hide the fact that I have seen Cao Inspector. Then he smiled and said: "I can't talk about acquaintance, but we have met once, and that day in the hall, Hall Master Zhu took us to meet this Lord Cao." ”

"Oh. I see," Huang Zhutou nodded suddenly and said with a smile: "I was so busy for a while that I forgot that Brother Wen was a master of the hall!" Speaking of high disciples, I am reminded of one thing. ”

"Oh?" Wen Ziqi's eyes were light, and he said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Didn't Hall Master Zhu see a doctor and save people? Why are you ......?" said Huang Zhutou with a smile.

Before the words were finished, the meaning was already obvious, the master of Zhu Hall, who had a high reputation in Qingzhou, was a disciple who liked to study poisons.

Wen Ziqi was stunned when he heard this, and didn't pay attention to him, but just smiled slightly: "Huang Zhutou, do you remember what I did with a knife when we found that stump arm in the Yuelai Restaurant?" ”

There are no longer a few art investors in the rivers and lakes, is there such a thing as this person who studies medicine? Since he doesn't want to say it, why should I do this kind of annoyance, as long as I can help me solve the case, I don't care who you are. Huang Zhutou was muttering to himself in his heart, and when he heard Wen Ziqi ask, he hurriedly replied: "Remember, how can you forget?" ”

Wen Ziqi said with a smile: "I borrowed a knife from your waist to cut your skin that day, do you remember what the blood looks like!" ”

"Remember," Huang Zhutou didn't think about it, so he replied: "It's pitch black and inky, and it's unusually viscous." ”

Wen Ziqi nodded and said, "Not only that, but it also stinks!" Look at the corpse again. As he spoke, he pointed to the knife on the corpse.

Looking down the fingertips, I saw that the wound had not been scabbed in blood for too long, but had been opened in two. On closer inspection, there was no blood oozing out at all.

"Hey, it's strange, why is there any blood at all?" Huang Zhutou raised his head and looked at Wen Ziqi suspiciously.

Wen Ziqi sighed softly: "A tall and short person like him, the blood in his body is about ten catties, I say all the weight, when a person dies, the heart stops beating, the blood no longer flows, and after a period of time, corpse spots will be formed." Do you see he has corpse spots? “

Speaking of corpse spots, Huang Zhutou is no stranger, he was not born to catch heads, but climbed up step by step from the servants. So naturally, I have seen what corpse spots are. Seeing him look around the corpse, he said, "I didn't see the dark purple corpse spots, only these pale red marks." ”

Wen Ziqi's gaze froze for a moment, and he said with a smile: "Actually, these places are also corpse spots, but they are not the ones you are commonly used to." It is precisely because of these pale red marks that he was thrown into the water after death. ”

"It turns out that there are many kinds of corpse spots," Huang Zhutou nodded, looking like this.

Wen Ziqi sighed and said, "It's not just the corpse spots, but also, if you look at his mouth and nose, there are no traces of foam." And then there's his wounds. As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the deceased's mouth, nose, and wounds.

"Wounds?" Huang Zhutou asked in surprise, "Is there anything else wrong with the wound?" ”

Wen Ziqi smiled, and then asked, "I don't know if Huang Zhutou has paid attention, how long will it take for a small knife wound to stop bleeding?" ”

"How can you not get hurt when you do what we do," Huang Zhutou thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "Generally, if you deal with it a little, it will probably stop flowing after a cup of tea, right?" ”

"Almost, what if in the middle of a fight?"

For Huang Zhutou, Wen Ziqi suddenly asked these questions to confuse him, but he still thought about it a little and replied, "Then I'm afraid it will take a little longer,"

Wen Ziqi turned his head, his eyes were bright, and he said unexpectedly: "Then he has fifteen wounds on his body, and this amount of bleeding, at most, a quarter of an hour, he will inevitably lose too much blood and die." ”

"Oh" Huang Zhutou nodded again and again after hearing Wen Ziqi's words, and suddenly said: "I understand, in fact, before throwing him into the river, his blood was basically drained, and when he was washed by water, there was naturally no blood oozing out, is this what it means!" ”

Seeing that he finally understood what he said, Wen Ziqi couldn't help but look relieved, and said lightly: "Yes, that's it."

Huang Zhutou frowned slightly, carefully looked at the dead body in front of him, and after a long time, he looked panicked and said, "Then is he also poisoned?" ”

Wen Ziqi was slightly surprised and said: "Anyone who is poisoned must have bruises on his nails, do you see if he has bruises?" ”

Huang Zhutou held the candlestick, and when he looked closer, he saw no bruises except for the skin of his hands that were blistered like chicken skin.

"If there are no bruises, can I conclude that he is not poisoned?"

Wen Ziqi nodded slowly and said, "Fortunately, he was not poisoned, otherwise you would not be able to clean up such a big mess." ”

It wasn't until he heard this sentence that Huang Zhutou was completely relieved, he remembered that Wen Ziqi once said that if the poisoned person was close to the water source, it would be a catastrophe in Qingzhou. I don't know how long this person has been soaked in the water, if he is poisonous, it is estimated that the sky in Qingzhou will fall.

Fortunately, there is no danger, and this can be regarded as the best news that Huang Zhutou has heard in the past few days. Seeing that his expression was no longer so worried, Wen Ziqi smiled silently.

"Since there is no poisoning, then this is a simple homicide, and I can't help Huang Zhutou here, so I won't stay here to make trouble for you." Wen Ziqi looked up at the night outside the window, and then said: "It's so late in a blink of an eye, the city gate is probably closed at this time!" ”

Huang Zhutou looked at him straightly, as if he didn't understand why Wen Ziqi talked about the city gate, and suddenly thought that he was just here to help, so he stomped his feet and said with a smile: "Forget and forget, if it's just a homicide, naturally there is no need to trouble Brother Wen, I'll send you back to the city." ”

Wen Ziqi couldn't help but smile and said, "Huang Zhutou, you still forgot one thing, that senior brother of mine is still painting the boat to help Lord Qin, why don't you send me to the painting boat?" ”

"Everything is up to Brother Wen, but you have to wait a little bit, I'll arrange it!"

After everything was arranged, the two of them got into the carriage they had just come, but the yellow catcher at this time was completely different from when he came. And Wen Ziqi still had his eyes slightly closed as when he came, but there was a little more anxiety between his eyebrows.

Wen Ziqi, who was delicate, although his eyes were closed at this time, he was not really asleep, but was thinking about something. With a tattoo on his chest, Huang Zhutou determined that the tall and thin man was a member of a Qiang organization. It would be nice to know what this person's name was, but what to say for now?

He was secretly worried, when he suddenly heard Huang Zhutou ask in a low voice: "Brother Wen? ”

Wen Ziqi was secretly happy in his heart, but there was no wave on his face and said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Huang Zhutou looked slightly embarrassed, rubbed his hands and said, "I still want to trouble Brother Wen about something." ”

"Just say what you want," Wen Ziqi slowly opened his eyes, shook his head and smiled: "This kind of spitting and spitting is not like your style of catching heads." ”

Huang Zhutou snorted and said: "Since Brother Wen has said it, then I won't say it politely, it's my nose matter." ”

"It turned out to be for this, I thought you remembered some case again." Wen Ziqi said with a smile: "What do you think of this, I am indeed a little tired tonight, how about I go to you with medicine tomorrow night?" ”

Huang Zhutou was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It should be me looking for you, how can I let you come to me, otherwise, I have been bothering Brother Wen for the past two days, how about Nanshanfang tomorrow night?" Brother, I'll do the East! ”

"It's useless, you are so graciously invited, it's not good for me to leave empty-handed."

"If this is the case, when the time comes, bring your two brothers with you, and we young people will have a good time."

Looking at the vicissitudes of life on his face, Wen Ziqi asked softly, "Young man? ”

Huang Zhutou patted his chest and said with a smile: "Yes, young man." ”