The sachet was opened, and Ma Guangning carefully took out the contents inside. Fu Xunyu took a closer look by the light, but saw that the thing Ma Guangning was holding in his hand was as big as a thumb, and the surface was more dark and less bright, and the texture seemed to be similar to wood.

"This is agarwood?" Fu Xunyu asked.

Ma Guangning shook his head and said, "This is a piece of my eldest brother's bones. ”

Fu Xunyu was shocked, and couldn't help leaning over, and said tentatively: "Is it convenient?" ”

Ma Guangning hesitated for a moment, nodded and handed the remains to Fu Xunyu. Fu Xunyu stared at it and found that the color of the bones was a little weird, only a few areas were pale yellow or light black like ordinary bones, and most of the rest were covered with heavy black spots, but the black spots were not pure, and there was a little indigo color faintly.

"After my eldest brother died, he was cremated according to the custom in my village, and I helped to clean up the ashes, but some of the bones in it were not burned. I picked up a small piece and carried it with me in a sachet, hoping that my eldest brother's spirit in heaven would bless me. Ma Guangning said slowly.

"This bone...... It's a bit strange. Fu Xunyu said thoughtfully. Scholars know more about medical science, and minor illnesses can usually be self-diagnosed and cured. Fu Xunyu once read the "Collection of Grievances" written by Song Ci of the Southern Song Dynasty, and knew how much about human hair, skin and bones. The human bones are pale yellow at first, but they will gradually turn black after death, Ma Guangning added some crushed agarwood to the sachet may have delayed the trend of the bones turning black to a certain extent, so so Ma Guangyu's bones are still pale yellow and light black. However, the large area of dark black patches was different from ordinary blackening, not to mention the slight indigo color mixed in it.

"Do you remember how your eldest brother looked when he died?" Fu Xunyu asked solemnly.

Ma Guangning tried to recall for a while, and replied: "The complexion is purple and black, very similar to the king in the temple. The bubbles are swollen all over the body, and they are more than larger than before. ”

"Wait a minute." Fu Xunyu tightened his warm robe, got up and walked to the side of the book grid to look for it, and pulled out a book from it, with a relieved face, "The soldiers in the city are quite competent, and the books I have worked hard to collect have been transported here from the battalion." Then he turned back and opened the book on the table, searched page by page, and soon read it with his fingers, "Whoever dies of poison has many eyes open from the mouth of the corpse, and his face is purple or blue, his lips are purple and black, his hands and feet and nails are blue, and there is blood between his mouth, eyes, ears, and nose." In addition, the whole body is black and swollen, the face is blue-black, the lips are curly and blistered, the tongue is shrunk or cracked, the lips are also rotten or cracked, the tips of the nails are black, the throat and abdomen are distended black, blisters, the body or blue spots, the eyes protrude, the mouth, nose and eyes are purple and black, and the hair is puffy and unbearable......

Ma Guangning was surprised: "This is?" ”

Fu Xunyu closed the book and said, "This is arsenic's frost poisoning, which is no different from what you said about your eldest brother's death." It seems that the death of your eldest brother is indeed arsenic' frost poison. ”

Ma Guangning said dejectedly: "In this way, what the second brother said is true. ”

"Not necessarily." Fu Xunyu said suddenly, and at the same time, he was surprised by the resoluteness of his attitude, "Even if what he said is true, he may have missed some things......"

"What does Mr. Fu mean?" Ma Guangning was puzzled.

Fu Xunyu thought for a while and said, "In this way, you go back tonight first and wait for my news." Tomorrow is short, and the day after tomorrow, and I will give you an answer. He added, "This bone is right to lend me a favor." ”

Ma Guangning was ignorant, and just wanted to ask "what is the answer", but after thinking about it, he had a request for others, and it was useless to ask more. He is now pinning all his hopes on Fu Xunyu, and he is extremely sensitive and difficult to accept the slightest bit of bad results, so if he doesn't figure things out, he can still speculate on his own fantasies, which is a disguised comfort for him.

I don't know if it's without the protection of my eldest brother's bones. Ma Guangning, who returned to his residence, was in a mess, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, and repeatedly thought about the conversation with his second brother during the day. Then he recalled all kinds of past events a few years ago, both sad and angry, only to feel that the fratricidal incident happened to him, and the injustice of fate is nothing more than this. stayed up until dawn and had two dreams in the nightmare, one was the happy time when the three brothers were catching cicadas and playing in the water when they were young, and the other was when the two brothers turned into ghosts to argue and cry in front of themselves. When he woke up with a shout, his emotions were on the verge of collapse, and he even thought of dying. But suddenly remembered Fu Xunyu's sentence "I will give you an answer", and couldn't help but be a strong force that supported his idea of thinking and continued to persevere.

Ma Guangning didn't take a step out of the wing room all day, and the water and rice didn't enter, but just sat at the table and was distracted, sometimes smirking, sometimes crying. Seeing the sunset, he was sad from his heart, and his heart ached, thinking that he would have to stay up for a whole night, but in a trance, Fu Xunyu's call came from outside the door.

Waiting for this moment to be like three autumns, Ma Guangning jumped up like an electric shock and rushed to open the door. As soon as the door opened, a few rays of sunset shone into the dim room, and Ma Guangning, whose eyes were red and swollen, saw that in addition to Fu Xunyu, Dr. Niu Shoutong, who had a relationship in the prison in front of his head, was also beside him.

"Mr. Fu...... Cattle...... Doctor Niu ...... "The down-and-out Ma Guangning has long lost his former high-flying and domineering personality, and his words are respectful, and he invited the two into the room.

Fu Xunyu saw Ma Guangning's desolate and desolate look, and didn't say much, first handed the sachet back to Ma Guangning, and turned his head to Niu Shoudao: "Doctor Niu, you make a long story short, inform Commander Ma of the results of the inquest." ”

Niu Shoutong nodded in agreement, gave Ma Guangning a salute, looked at the sachet and said: "This bone belongs to the seventh rib of the left chest, the deceased was about forty years old, and the date of death was about five to seven years ago. The immediate cause of death was arsenic's overdose and rapid death. However, after careful investigation, some bone scale was removed, and it was still known that the deceased had suffered from remission for at least two years before his death. ”

The first two sentences were all in Ma Guangning's expectations, and there was no movement, but when he heard the end, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Slow poison? ”

Niu Shoutong said: "Yes. Among the colors on the bones of the deceased, it is not difficult to see that the light black is a sign of gasification, and the dark black is a sign of arsenic's frost and poison immersion. Only the small indigo spots mixed in the dark are unusual, fortunately the villain has been treated many times earlier, and some medicine arrows will be smeared with this poison, and the bones of the soldiers who were hit by the arrows will also show this indigo. Then he said, "This poison is not unusual, it is strychnine, also known as the turtle, which can be used as medicine, but if the dose is too large, it becomes poison." ”

Ma Guangning was very surprised and said, "You said that my eldest brother has been poisoned by strychnine for two years? ”

Niu Shoutong nodded and said: "If the strychnine is poisonous, it will kill you immediately." However, a slight reduction in the dose has a slowing effect. Poisoned people often have dizziness, headache, irritability, palpitations, and even poor breath. As the saying goes, 'medicine is poisonous', and occasionally when it is used medicinally, patients will also have such adverse reactions, so it is generally regarded as a fierce drug, which is easy not to use, and the dosage must be strictly controlled. ”

When Ma Guangning heard this, tears welled up in his eyes again, and he asked in a trembling voice: "What will happen if a person is poisoned by this poison for two years?" ”

Niu Shoutong sighed and said: "With a small dose applied for a long time, Rao Jing and a strong man can't bear this suffering, maybe he won't die, but his body and mind will inevitably be greatly damaged, so he ...... It's not strange that you're crazy. ”

Ma Guangning listened, raised his head and wailed, and then squatted on the ground to cover his head and cry.

Fu Xunyu sighed and stepped forward to say with relief: "Commander Ma, the matter has come to light, although your eldest brother died from arsenic's frost, but for a long time, he has suffered from relieving poison, and I think this is the real reason for his great change in temperament." Fu asked, "When your eldest brother died, didn't the army carefully examine the cause of death?" ”

Ma Guangning whimpered: "As soon as the eldest brother dies, everything in the army is controlled by Ma Shouying and the second brother, with them, who dares to question it?" Over the years, no one in the camp dared to mention this matter again, and even then! As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, got up, drew the saber at his waist and walked out.

Fu Xunyu was shocked, and together with Niu Shoutong, he rushed forward to hug him, and said hurriedly: "What is Commander Ma going to do?" ”

Ma Guangning gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Spread your hands!" I'm going to kill the second brother's beast with my own hands. They all say, 'A man is about to die, and his words are good', but in the end, he still hid it from me. At the beginning, I wondered why my eldest brother had suddenly changed after decades of benevolence. It turned out that he was secretly doing it, poisoning my eldest brother and creating a false image. Murder is not cruel! If I don't kill him, I'll be a member of the Ma family in vain! ”

Fu Xunyu didn't let go, and said in a loud voice: "Commander Ma is angry, this matter is not so simple, it needs to be discussed in the long run!" ”

Ma Guangning raised his head and sneered: "What else do you have to discuss, my Ma family has a scum, and it is a shame for the family." It's my job to clean up the portal! ”

Fu Xunyu shook his head and said, "This is wrong. If your second brother only wants to die, why only admit that he has been frosted with arsenic and not mention the stubble of slowing down the poison? Moreover, he is a general, and he is often outside, how can he always apply poison. You have also said that there is no one in the camp who can approach your eldest brother, and that your second brother is impossible, so there must be someone else who poisons you. ”

"This ......" Ma Guangning stopped and looked at Fu Xunyu in a daze.

Fu Xunyu let go of him and said, "You mentioned before, in addition to your second brother and Ma Shouying, there is also your sister-in-law Lu who has the opportunity to accompany your eldest brother when you return to the camp. The relationship between husband and wife is not as good as ordinary people, and they are inseparable from each other, and the murderer of the poison is speculated to be the most suspicious of the Lu family. ”

"Lu?" Ma Guangning was stunned and muttered blankly, "But she has always been ...... to me I've always taken good care of you, why ......"

Fu Xunyu said with a smile: "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts, your second brother can hide it in front of you for so long for the sake of secrecy, why can't the Lu family?" She is your eldest brother's widow, although she remarries, she still has a relationship with you after all. Whether it's to blind you, or to show others, as soon as you do superficial work, you can keep her prosperous and peaceful, why not? ”

Ma Guangning was not stupid, how could he not hear Fu Xunyu's side knock, so he said: "Mr. Fu, you mean that my eldest brother is slow to poison, but in fact, the second brother doesn't know about it, and it was all planned by the poisonous woman of the Lu family?" ”

Fu Xunyu smiled and said, "It's not just the Lu family, but the Lu family and Ma Shouying." Looking at Ma Guangning's surprised face, he said bluntly, "It is related to the truth about the cause of your eldest brother's death, and I can't avoid many of them, if you offend your eldest brother in your words, please Haihan." ”

Ma Guangning's mouth was dry, and he nodded and said, "You say, I don't blame you." ”

Fu Xunyu said: "A few days ago in the dense forest, General Li once said that not long after your eldest brother died, Ma Shouying married the Lu family? ”

"Yes. Ma Shouying is the top general in the camp, with a very high prestige and is very popular. The second brother told me at the time that it was not a bad thing for my sister-in-law to have him to take care of. And after that, he repeatedly rewarded and promoted the second brother and other eldest brother's generals, and some rumors that circulated at the beginning stopped moving. ”

Fu Xunyu stroked his palm and said: "The Lu family is in the army, even if it is difficult to follow those rules and regulations related to the observance of Joan of Arc and Virtue, but before the funeral of the husband is completed, she will throw herself into a new arms, where have all the virtuous and virtuous virtues in the mouth of the former commander Ma gone?" Doesn't the Commander of the Horses think it's strange? Without waiting for Ma Guangning to respond, he continued, "If you haven't hooked up for a long time, how could you have fought so quickly." If you want me to say, Ma Shouying has nothing to do with your eldest brother's drug remediation. The Lu family is inside, Ma Shouying is outside, it is difficult to act alone, but once they join forces, it is not difficult to harm your eldest brother. ”

Ma Guangning's heart "chuckled", shook violently, and said in anticipation: "Then they ...... What are they trying to do? ”

The corners of Fu Xunyu's mouth sloped and said: "Ma Shouying should be right, and the Lu family should be in charge." Didn't the commander see that as soon as your eldest brother died, Ma Shouying immediately took the throne, and the Lu family immediately threw himself into his arms...... Even if there is a difference, it is not bad. ”

Ma Guangning's chest rose and fell, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said, "But second brother, why don't you ignore family affection and help the abuse?" ”

Fu Xunyu shook his head and said, "Your second brother...... I may not know the inside story of the big brother's mania. However, there are twists and turns, but I am afraid that I still have to ask him himself. And said, "Although Ma Shouying cooperated with your second brother and eventually killed your eldest brother, this shady thing is too important after all, but as long as your second brother lives for a day, it will be a threat to Ma Shouying, and he must be afraid in his heart, only because your second brother has power in the camp and has been expected to make many achievements, so it is difficult to start." At this moment, your second brother's defeat is giving Ma Shouying the best chance to completely eradicate your brother's forces. Therefore, it is no coincidence that you went out of the camp to surround me a few days ago without authorization, and you were pursued by Ma Shouying's troops. Ma Shouying didn't do it that day, and he would definitely find another opportunity to get rid of you in the future. ”

Ma Guangning's eyes were full of hatred and said: "It turns out that Ma Shouying has been thinking about it for a long time. "Xun Ji said, "So it sounds, my second brother is ...... He also deceived the adulterer and the adulteress. Am I wrong to blame him? With that, tears poured down in his eyes.

Fu Xunyu's face was full of regret, and said, "If you really want to make a decision, you have to go to your second brother again." ”