Zhang Baoer waved his hand to let him examine the body, and then asked Huang Shiwen and the people present about what happened. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The deceased's name was Zhang Hu, and Zhang Baoer had dealt with him before.

In the case of the murder of Wu Shiqi's daughter, the butcher Zhang Hu almost became a substitute for the dead, but Zhang Baoer was aware of everything and avoided an unjust case. Unexpectedly, Zhang Hu died here today.

"Shopkeeper Huang, tell me, what's going on?" Zhang Baoer asked.

Huang Shiwen said with an innocent face: "Lord County Order, when Yixianglou opened this morning, Zhang Hu walked in, shouting that he was thirsty and wanted to drink water. He was a regular customer, and when I saw that he was in a hurry, I poured him a bowl of tea that I had just made. Who knew that as soon as he drank half a bowl of tea, Zhang Hu began to vomit, and then he lay on the ground and rolled, and soon died. ”

According to the report, the deceased was surrounded by vomit, his facial features were bleeding, and his tongue was blistered, which was caused by severe poison such as arsenic. The abdomen is blue and black, but the color of the nails remains unchanged, indicating that he did not eat in the morning and was poisoned on an empty stomach.

Zhang Baoer asked people to continue to test the teapot and tea bowl used by Zhang Hu, and the result was that there was no poison in the teapot, but toxins were detected in the tea bowl.

Zhang Baoer stared at Huang Shiwen and asked, "You said that you didn't poison, and now it is found that Zhang Hu died of poisoning because he drank this bowl of tea, how do you explain?" ”

Huang Shiwen said loudly: "Wronged, Lord County Commander!" I really don't know! ”

Zhang Baoer ordered a search of the store, and no toxic substances were found.

Zhang Baoer thought to herself, ordinary people premeditate murder, and they always have to do it without being noticed, so it is really unreasonable to kill people in their own restaurant in public.

So he said to Huang Shiwen: "It is said that I should detain you in prison first and continue to review." Thinking that you are a local squire and have always abided by the law, you are exempted from this procedure first. However, you can't go out until the case is investigated, and you have to wait for the government to summon you at any time. ”

Huang Shiwen said a few words in a row, and bowed down to send the county magistrate out.

In the past few days, the Jiangzhou government has sent down urgent official business, and Zhang Baoer has not taken the time to inquire into this case for several days. As soon as he was free, he heard a news that Zhang Hu was haunted after his death, and he came back to his wife Qian every night to take her to the underworld as a companion.

Zhang Baoer decided to go to the Qian family's house to have a look, and when the son was approaching, Zhang Baoer took Uncle Hua and Ji Wen out of the door. They carried lanterns through the streets and alleys and came to the front of the Qian family's courtyard. Zhang Baoer and his entourage stopped in front of the door, at this time there was no moonlight in the sky, and a cold wind blew, which made people shiver.

Will there really be a ghost in this long night?

At this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from the house, which was heard very vividly in the silence, and a woman's voice shouted: "Zhang Hu, let me go, I will give you more paper money, and I will let the monk give you excess ......"

Zhang Baoer gave Uncle Hua a look, Uncle Hua jumped up, already on the wall, and then turned over and fell into the courtyard.

After a while, Zhang Baoer heard Uncle Hua's voice again: "Ghost! There really are ghosts! ”

When Uncle Hua opened the courtyard door, Zhang Baoer asked strangely, "Uncle Hua, did you really see a ghost?" ”

Uncle Hua nodded and said, "Uncle, it's hard to say if this is a ghost, but I dare to guarantee that it is definitely not a real person!" I saw a vague thing dangling around, looking like Zhang Hu, and I disappeared as soon as I shouted! ”

At this time, a woman opened the door, and she was Qian.

Zhang Bao'er looked carefully, this woman was quite beautiful, he couldn't understand how Zhang Hu, who was five big and three thick, could marry such a little bird.

The house has only the inside and outside, the outside is the hall, and the inside sleeps people.

Zhang Baoer asked Qian: "Is it really Zhang Hu's ghost?" Did he talk to you? ”

"It's him, no...... Didn't speak. ”

Zhang Bao'er was frightened when she saw her, and she couldn't say anything, she was really frightened, and asked, "Where did the ghost come in and how did he get out?" ”

Qian pointed to the wall and said, "He...... He came from the wall and ended up walking through the wall again. ”

"Coming from the wall, walking on the wall?" Zhang Baoer felt strange, walked over to look at the wall, bare, he knocked on it, and knew that there could be no mechanism on the wall.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, two suitcases, a large bed with a blue cloth tent, and a tall copper lamp on the table on the side of the bed.

This copper lamp has a unique design, and the lampshade around the wick is movable and can be pulled out at will in order to adjust the direction and size of the light. On the lampholder, Zhang Baoer found a piece of colored syrup.

How did Syrup fall on such a high lampholder?

He gently removed the syrup and put it away.

Everyone carefully inspected the house and courtyard to make sure that there was no one else hiding.

Zhang Baoer said to Qian: "The ghost will not come again today, you close the door and sleep." Tomorrow I'll send an official to keep vigil and see what the hell it is. ”

Out of the door, Zhang Bao'er instructed Ji Wen: "Brother Ji, tomorrow you will send someone to investigate the situation of the Qian family's neighbors!" ”

Gwenn nodded.

But I didn't expect that before dawn the next morning, I would come and knock on Zhang Bao'er's door: "Lord County Order, something happened!" Qian is dead! ”

"What? Is Qian dead? Zhang Bao'er frowned.

Zhang Baoer led people to Qian's house again, Qian died of poisoning, and there was still a poisonous wine glass on the table.

Judging from all indications, she committed suicide by taking poison herself.

Where does the poison come from? Zhang Baoer sent people to various pharmacies to investigate, and found out that Qian had bought arsenic from Huishengtang ten days ago.

According to this analysis, it is likely that Qian bought arsenic and put it in the wine, gave it to Zhang Hu early that morning, and then asked him to go to the street to buy things, Zhang Hu was poisoned when he passed by Yixiang Building, and he was thirsty and went in to beg for water to drink, so he died in Yixiang Building. And the poison in the teacup is the venom that Zhang Hu himself spit into the water.

Qian poisoned her husband, and now she commits suicide in fear of crime, and it seems that the truth of the case has been revealed.

But there is still one thing that Zhang Baoer can't understand: What is the ghost of Zhang Hu?

Is there really a ghost in this world?

Zhang Baoer usually finds out about such things, and until late at night, he is still thinking hard in his room.

After thinking about it for a long time, she really couldn't think of a clue, Zhang Baoer stood up and came to the window.

In front of him was a snow-white and smooth wall, and the light behind him shone on, reflecting his shadow on the wall, Zhang Baoer's eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.

The next day, Zhang Baoer took to the street and talked for a long time with the vendor who sold the syrup paintings.

In the evening, Zhang Baoer took the catchers to Yixianglou to drink, and he specially ordered the famous dish "Sugar Cai Nafu" here.