Chapter 28: Trickery (4)

On Shuangta Street in the east of Huanghua County, there is a salt shop opened by the Huang family, where the three shopkeepers eat and stay.

One night, two old Taoist priests knocked on the door to spend the night. The Tang Dynasty admired Taoism, and the shopkeeper of the salt shop didn't think much about it, cleaned a guest room, and respectfully left them to stay.

The next day, many people came to buy salt, but unfortunately the door of the salt shop could not be knocked on, and no one responded to the shouting. The neighbors looked over the wall, and the five people, along with the Taoist priest and the shopkeeper of the salt shop, were all out of breath, and nothing was lost. The Taoist priest hides dozens of gold in his bag, and he also has it.

The strangest thing is that the room of the five people slept at night was also closed, and if the door was closed and they could enter over the wall, then the inner room would not have to be overturned. How did the five people in the inner room die? Could it be that there are ghosts and gods?

The stewards in the streets were terrified, and the people were all in danger and panic. The steward reported up, and this was the scene after Zhan Zeng and Xu Qing had dinner.

Xu Qing and Zhan Zeng came to inspect it, and the gang said that he was the first person to see the dead body in the inner room. Xu Qing saw that it was Haixing's guy who sold salt. Xu Qing asked: "Aren't you in Haixing, what are you doing in Huanghua?" ”

"Oh, it's you, the one who bought more than ten catties of sea salt!" The guy pointed at Xu Qing in surprise and said: "After you bought sea salt, the next day, the county magistrate actually wanted sea salt, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a few hundred catties, Haixing didn't have so much inventory, and the shopkeeper asked me to come to Huanghua to transfer ......."

Zhan Zeng looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing nodded, indicating that it was indeed true. The two stores are also the shops of the Huang family, and it is indeed normal to transfer goods to each other.

The man then said, "When I got here, I couldn't knock on the door, I couldn't call anyone, and when I went in, I found that all these people were dead......

"You climbed over the wall and saw them? Then how can it be said that the doors and windows of the inner room are closed? ”

"No, no, no, I said it was leaky, it was closed doors and windows, and I crashed into it......"

Xu Qing took a look, and didn't find any different colors for the guy, so he should go and see the corpse.

Malier climbed over the wall and opened the door. Xu Qingzhan looked at it, and the five corpses overlapped.

However, after the examination, the Tao was unharmed. Zhan Zeng said with a sad face:

"If nothing is lost, it is not theft. If you are old, you are not a traitor. If you meet and stay overnight, you are not an enemy. If you are not injured, you are not killed. If the door is not opened, why should the five die together? Outside of reasonableness, non-ghosts and gods can't do it. I can scare people, but I can't slay ghosts. There is nothing to be done, but the case should be closed with a doubt. ”

After speaking, I looked at Xu Qing, which means, it's not a robbery, it's not revenge, it's a strange death, it's a fierce ghost killing, I can't do anything about it, I can only end it as a mystery in a hurry, what do you think?

Xu Qing, as a materialist with strong roots, naturally did not believe in ghosts and gods, so he continued to let him examine the corpse. After further examination, it was found that all five bodies were incontinent, why is this?

"County master, this ...... These people were scared to death......"

As soon as the words came out, the surrounding air suddenly became a little colder, and the idea of ghosts and gods became stronger and stronger in everyone's hearts.

"But this ghost, how can even a Taoist priest be killed?"

"Powerful ghost, definitely a terrible ghost, a powerful ghost who has cultivated for hundreds of years!"

The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, the more I was afraid, the more I thought about it, and even Zhan Zeng, who never revealed his emotions, couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Scared? What is so scary? Xu Qing remembered that when he "performed" the two major tortures to the family, he scared a person to death. At first, I thought it was done by Broken Hongchen, but then Broken Hongchen never mentioned it, is there really anyone else?

"Why can't it be poisoning?" Xu Qing asked, because some neurotoxins can also cause incontinence.

"Look at these five people, their lips and faces are ruddy, where can poisoning be caused?"

Xu Qing took a look, because these people had just gotten up, their lips looked quite ruddy, like cherries, and they really didn't look like poisoning.

Slow down...... What the? Cherry! Cherry Red ...... When the deceased dies of carbon monoxide poisoning, the lips of the deceased do not appear purple and black, but on the contrary, they are as red as cherries.

Carbon monoxide, did the Tang Dynasty have it?

Carbon monoxide is commonly known as coal gas, and if coal is burned in an oxygen-deficient environment, some gas can be crudely produced. After the gas is made, it is put in a well-sealed box and inhaled, which can cause death.

Xu Qing personally examined other places, pricked the skin with a needle, and the blood that flowed out was also cherry red, and Xu Qing Xu Qing confirmed the conjecture of carbon monoxide poisoning.

But who makes gas? How did they get into the house and let these five people inhale carbon monoxide without knowing it and without resistance? Xu Qing was puzzled......

"Ahem......" Zhan Zeng saw that Xu Qing was deep in thought, and he couldn't get out for a while, and it was not good to reveal his identity as a stabbing history, so he could only cough a few times.

"Oh, Zhan County Order, I wonder if there are any places to produce coal in the nearby counties?"

But Zhan Zeng was puzzled: "What? What is coal......"

Xu Qingyi patted his head and said, "Or ...... carbon?"

"As far as I know, there is no carboniferous origin in Cangzhou." Zhan Zeng said with great certainty, and asked, "Does it have anything to do with charcoal?" ”

"Oh! By the way......" Xu Qing didn't speak, but shouted: "These two people have been poisoned by the coal, and the lips of those who have been poisoned by this poison are rosy!" ”

He rubbed his hands together and glanced at Xu Qingdao a few times like looking at gold: "Young man, you are very good, learn autopsy with me, I will tell you all about the nine deaths, twenty-seven poisons and thirty-eight injuries!" ”

"No, no, no, I'm afraid of the dead......" Xu Qing hurriedly shook his head, and it was a pity to be hurt for a while.

Xu Qing is very strange, there is no place in Cangzhou to produce coal, could it be carbon monoxide made from charcoal? That's a lot of range......

"Well, it's safe to be in the ground, right?" Xu Qing said this on his lips, but he thought of the dark river in his heart.

Since Broken Hongchen led a team of people out on a "special mission", Dark River has been collecting and monitoring some of the remaining remnants of Cangzhou, hoping to have some clues.

Taoist...... Huang Jia...... Salt Shop ......

"What's the connection?"

Xu Qing remembered that Taoist priests all had "ID cards", so he hurriedly asked someone to look for them, but he turned them inside and out, but he didn't find the platings of the two Taoist priests. These two Taoist priests are wild...... The wild Taoist priest is like a mess, there is no way to follow the vine and touch the melon, and there is a clue broken......

Solving cases is not Xu Qing's forte, and he can pretend to be forced to break a donkey, but he can't kill people in the secret room.

Five people died unjustly, and Xu Qing had no choice but to go to the ground as usual. As for the panic caused by the people, Xu Qing only put the blame on the two wild Taoist priests, saying that they fell for the so-called "cultivation of immortals" by Taoist priests, and died of inhaling charcoal.

The case was hastily closed, but it was just a trick for Xu Qing to cover up people's eyes and ears and appease the people. With the height of Xu Qing's identity, thousands of bandits disappeared under his order, and he saw that the tragic death of five people was only more important than the death of flies.

Everyone is in a cobweb, and there is always one that can kill you.

The death of a small fly may not be enough to get Xu Qing's attention, but the cobweb where this fly is located has attracted Xu Qing's attention.

Salt, the existence of this hard currency, the slightest wind and grass should be given the highest attention.

With safety as the top priority, there is only one contact point between Dark River and Xu Qing in Cangxian County. Xu Qing returned to Cangxian from Huanghua and immediately notified Dark River to investigate.

On the other side, Xu Qing felt that he should visit the eldest lady of the Huang family. Xu Qing had an intuition that something big must have happened when the Huang family occupied Yanshan on a large scale.

In the Huang family manor, Huang Shimei practiced with a bow and arrows, with an angry face. But the arrow was so naughty that it couldn't even touch the target. The more she missed the target, the more angry Huang Shimei became, and simply threw the show bow decorated with gold and jade on the ground.

"Miss, someone wants to see you......" said a young maidservant.

"Nope! Nobody sees, these ungrateful fellows! "Huang Shimei is puffed up, and she is cute.

"Hahaha, Miss Huang is "imposing", I don't know who provoked you? Xu Qing broke in by himself and smiled heartily.

"You ...... man"

"Stand down!"

The little maid just wanted to scold Xu Qing, but she didn't expect to be scolded by Huang Shimei, and she didn't speak in a daze. The wood was wooden, his feet kicked, and he turned his head in a huff.

There was no one around, Huang Shimei kicked the bow under her feet, looked at the tattered clothes, sneered and immediately tightened her face and said, "What are you doing here, you also came to see my jokes?" ”

Xu Qing didn't answer, and called in a low voice: "Shimei......"

Unexpectedly, Huang Shimei was so excited that she forgot the difference between men and women for a while, so she threw herself in Xu Qing's arms and meowed like a cat: "Brother Xu......"

Xu Qing was sweating profusely, he had just received a small month, and now there was another one to give him a hug, how could he get it? But......

Earn some cheap? Well! Just make a profit: "Shimei, hold on tight, don't let go."

Ah......h

"Brother Xu, what should I do, those ungrateful people of the Huang family are going to sell me, woo woo woo......" Huang Shimei didn't realize the badness in Xu Qing's words, and cried as she spoke.

"Eh, how come, doesn't the Huang family still rely on you for support?" Xu Qing stroked Huang Shimei's back and comforted.

"Now that Cangzhou has no rivals with the Huang family, I will be overtaken by them, and I can't even see my younger brother, woo woo woo ......"

Xu Qing thought about it, where can a group of men tolerate a woman to point fingers.

"Shimei, you're not young, it's good to marry a good man......"

When Huang Shimei heard this, her willow eyebrows rose upside down, and she glared at Xu Qing, but her hand did not let go of Xu Qing's "brute waist", and continued to hug it: "If it is a good family, hum, a good family, it will be fine, but ...... Alas, but they are going to marry me to my cousin, a young master of flowers, a man who is brazen to the extreme! ”

"This ...... Shimei, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, give birth to a monkey, oh no, the child ......" Xu Qing didn't say half of his words, Huang Shimei stood on tiptoe, went to the bottom of Xu Qing's neck to his shoulder, and bit down.

Huang Shimei snorted: "I'll bite you to death!" ”

This bite almost hurt Xu Qing to death, Xu Qing struggled and was reluctant to be injured, and the two of them twisted together.

It doesn't matter if they are twisted together, but they happened to be seen by Huang Shimei's cousin who came in a hurry, from his point of view, it was as if Xu Qing was holding Huang Shimei and "kissing forcibly".

"Wow wow, how dare you insult my woman!?"