However, Shen Mei knew that things were not so simple.

But if it is said that the smell is poisonous, then the entire people in the ship should have been poisoned earlier, rather than after Shen Mei boarded the ship, it seems that someone is controlling the emission of the poisonous gas.

Just at such a dock, someone would use such a poisonous gas, Shen Mei was shocked from the bottom of her heart, and a very subtle feeling came to her heart.

The county lord sat in a gazebo in the distance, and his bright official robe was indeed a dazzling existence in the eyes of everyone.

Shen Mei saw that the county lord greeted her entourage, gave a few orders, and pointed to the location of Zhao Er and Shen Mei, and after a while, the man trotted to the two of them.

"Zhao is in charge, the county master asked you to go over and ask." The man looked like a hanger, his eyes swept over Shen Mei from time to time, and he only felt that this boy had a delicate face, he simply looked like a woman, and he must have been a master who made women happy, thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile that made people feel uncomfortable when he saw it, and his wife was obscene.

Zhao Er nodded, "Let's go." ”

Shen Mei followed, and the two came to the county lord, and when she walked in, Shen Mei took a few closer glances at the official, and really didn't think that this person looked like an official.

The man felt a little surprise in Shen Mei's eyes, "What do you see, my name is Zhao Er, who are you?" Leaning against the fence of the gazebo, he looked very lazy.

Shen Mei was thinking about how to reply, but she didn't expect Zhao Er to take the lead, "This is Shen Gongzi, the person who escaped death from the boat a few days ago, and now lives in the grass people's house." ”

These words made the county master feel strange, there were still people who escaped death in such a big fire, so he looked at Shen Mei with some interest, "Yo, this son, his life is really big." ”

Shen Mei felt a chill in her heart, and understood why Old Lady Zhao decided to resign back then.

"Tell me, what you saw on the boat that day, and now you are the only witness." The county magistrate pointed at Shen Mei.

Shen Mei repeated it again according to what she had said to Zhao Er before, "After getting on the boat that night, I didn't think it was very disturbing for a while, and then I got off the boat, originally thinking that I was looking for some food everywhere, but what I didn't expect was that the shop that was doing business in the dead of night was gone, and I didn't plan to return the same way if I didn't find the shop, but I didn't expect it at all, just about to go back, I saw a raging fire at the stern. ”

The county magistrate looked at Shen Mei with a subtle expression, and shouted at the few guards standing outside, "Come on, catch him for me." ”

Shen Mei guessed eighty or ninety, looking at the movements of the person who came, she tied her hands very rudely, and the expression on Zhao Er's face on the side changed. said, "Official, you are unreasonable like this, Shen Gongzi didn't do anything in the first place, why did you arrest Shen Gongzi?" ”

"Heh, he's the arsonist, you don't want to think about it, why there are so many people on the ship, but he escaped death alone, and he is still unscathed." The county lord glanced at Shen Mei contemptuously, and his tone was very disdainful.

Zhao Er felt incredible, and he had doubts about Shen Mei at the beginning, but after observing in the past few days, he found that Shen Mei couldn't do such a thing at all, and there was no grudge with him, how could such a thing happen.

Shen Mei saw that Zhao Er was anxious, and slowly opened her mouth without hurrying, "County master, you have to think clearly, you said that I set the fire, then why did I come from a place that is ten miles and eight towns to murder an unknown person, and if something happens, why should I wait here stupidly for you to arrest me, besides, if I set the fire, why don't I get my horse down so that I can escape, or is the county master just trying to find someone to do something hastily?" ”

Shen Mei's remarks suddenly made the county master stunned, and then his eyes rolled a few times, thinking that even he would not do such a stupid thing, it seems that this person is not so easy to fool, so he waved his hand at the guards, "Okay, for the sake of your reasonableness, this official will spare you for the time being, if you find out that this matter is done by you, then this official will not spare it." ”

Those people let go of the hands that bound Shen Mei, and smiled at the county master, looking like a dog.

Shen Mei looked at it and laughed secretly in her heart.

After a while, the man who examined the corpse came to answer what had just been examined.

"Hui Yu, my lord, Xia Guan has already finished examining those corpses just now, although the corpses have been burned and soaked in seawater, and it is no longer possible to distinguish the appearance of people after a few days, but Xia Guan found some strange things on the corpses." He looked at the record book in his hand, and what he had just recorded, he stretched out his finger and carefully checked it line by line.

Several people followed the movements, and when they saw that their fingers suddenly stopped somewhere on the booklet, their expressions changed, and their frowning brows deepened a little.

"yes, this is the place." He hurriedly presented what he found to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate took the booklet and looked at the place pointed by the corpse, which recorded the situation of the corpse after a few days of rain soaking, although the corpse had been burned beyond recognition by the fire, but the priest found something strange from the mouth of the deceased, and after many years of experience, it was clear at a glance that this was a sign of death from severe poison.

"Arsenic?" The county magistrate roared angrily, looking at the words recorded in the booklet, he didn't expect this case to become more and more bizarre, if he couldn't solve it in his own hands, he was afraid that he would provoke people in the capital and investigate it again. There will only be more troubles, and after careful consideration, I decided to investigate this matter first before making plans.

Shen Mei saw that the county master didn't say a word of deep thought, and her heart was clear.

Subconsciously glanced at Zhao Er, sure enough, this matter is not so simple, but now if you want to find out about this matter, you still need to borrow the hand of this county master who seems to be a confused official.

Zhao Er understood what Shen Mei meant, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he stepped forward, "County master, isn't this someone trying to frame my Zhao family, and I hope that the adults will make decisions for the grass people." ”

Shen Mei was surprised, she didn't expect this Zhao Er to make this move, which was completely inconsistent with his tall image, Shen Mei was surprised, and saw Qi Zuo looking at her for a long time, but Shen Mei didn't know why.