At dawn the next day, he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, Li Tao hurriedly opened the door, only to see a maid outside the door, who was nervously gesturing with her hands, she was actually a mute girl. After the mute girl made some comparisons, Li Tao understood the general meaning: the Zhuang asked him to go to the last room of the guest room, where something terrible seemed to have happened.

Li Tao hurriedly called Li Bai and came to the last room in the guest room. Duan Lianting and Tang Yiping were in the room early, their eyebrows were furrowed, and there was a corpse with a swollen face lying next to them, next to the corpse was a wooden bucket, and there was a large pool of water stains on the ground.

Li Tao asked, "What is this?" ”

Duan Lianting said: "This is Zhangjiabao's fort Zhen. ”

Li Bai asked, "How could he be like this?" ”

Duan Lianting said: "The housekeeper who patrolled in the early morning passed by the house and saw water leaching out of the crack in the door, so he knocked on the door several times, but no one answered in the house. The family then pushed open the door, and saw a man's head in the bucket, motionless. The family called a few more times, but there was still no answer, and the family hurriedly came to report to me. When I learned about it, I immediately called Doctor Tang to come and inspect it, only to see Zhang Zhentou lying in the bucket of bath water, and his whole body was already cold. ”

Tang Yiping said: "After my initial examination, I found that Zhang Zhen drowned in a bucket. ”

Li Bai said puzzledly: "Zhang Zhennai is a hero, how could such a person drown in a bucket?" ”

Duan Lianting said: "Zhang Zhen drank a lot of wine last night, it seems that he wanted to wash his face after returning to the room, but he was drunk, unconscious, and fell into the bucket. ”

Li Tao squatted down to inspect the corpse. However, his cheeks were swollen, and he was obviously soaked in water for a long time, and there were no signs of injury on his body. There was no sign of internal injury, and he nodded and said, "Preliminarily, he was not killed by external forces. ”

Li Tao looked at the whole room again, everything in the room was in order, and there was no sign of outsiders invading, he said to Duan Lianting: "Just now you said that the family pushed the door open, proving that the door is not locked. ”

Duan Lianting nodded: "The door is hidden." I think Zhang Zhen was drunk last night, and when he returned to the room, he just closed the door and didn't lock it. ”

Tang Yiping sighed: "Drunk and misguided." Zhang Zhen's mistake was his own life. ”

Li Tao said coldly: "Drowning after drinking is just an appearance, this is murder!" ”

Duan Lianting asked in surprise, "Murder? Who was it, who killed him? ”

Li Tao said indifferently: "Naturally, it is a plum blossom killer." ”

"Where are the others?"

Li Tao shook his head: "I don't know where he is." I don't know who he is. But Zhang Zhen was killed by him. ”

Tang Yiping said: "But no traces of injury were found on Zhang Zhen's body. ”

Duan Lianting also said: "This room is the last room in this row of rooms. If the plum blossom killer wants to harm Zhang Zhen, he must pass by a whole row of guest rooms, there are many martial arts masters among the guests, and they can hear it if there is a little wind and grass, who can walk through their door quietly? ”

Li Tao asked, "Who lives in the first room of this room?" ”

Duan Lianting said: "A rich man - Tao Wan. ”

Li Tao asked again: "What about the previous room?" ”

Duan Lianting: "It's Shi Jin and his wife." ”

Li Tao lowered his head and pondered, and Duan Lianting asked, "Could it be that King Lantian thinks that one of my guests is the plum blossom killer?" ”

Li Tao nodded: "The Sword Forge Villa is built on a cliff, and it is indeed difficult to sneak in, so I deduce that one of your guests is the Plum Blossom Killer." ”

Duan Lianting shook his head: "My guests are all old friends. They've all been to Sword Forge Villa several times. ”

"That doesn't rule out suspicion."

Tang Yiping said strangely: "Even if there is really a plum blossom killer, he can enter this room quietly." But Zhang Zhen is also armed with martial arts, how can he quietly let Zhang Zhen drown? ”

Li Tao analyzed: "Maybe the plum blossom killer first drugged Zhang Zhen, and then made him hang his head in the barrel to create the illusion of drowning after drinking." ”

Duan Lianting said: "How to prove your claim?" ”

Li Tao said: "Dissect Zhang Zhen's corpse, inspect his stomach, and understand it at a glance." ”

Duan Lianting was puzzled: "Zhang Zhen is a figure with a head and a face, how can he dissect it casually without the consent of his relatives." In case it's just an accident, Zhang Zhen's relatives ask the guilt, how can I afford it? ”

Li Tao said: "Master Duanzhuang, you quickly send a letter of condolences to Zhang Zhen's relatives and ask for their consent, I will let the servants of Lantian County rush to the villa quickly!" ”

Duan Lianting said: "Even if Zhang Zhen's relatives agree, it will take at least three or four days to come and go." ”

Li Bai muttered: "Three or four days, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Duan Lianting said with a straight face: "In any case, no one can touch Zhang Zhen's corpse without consent. ”

"We follow the rules, but the plum killer has no rules." Li Tao stared at Duan Lianting and said, "Sooner or later, you will have to pay the price for pedantic. ”

……

"I see!"

It was almost dusk, the sun was like blood on the horizon, Li Bai stood by the window, frowning, he had been thinking about it for a day, and suddenly said in surprise.

Li Bai asked, "King Jun, what do you understand?" ”

Li Tao said: "I have a way to prove that Zhang Zhen was murdered. ”

Li Bai was very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How to prove it?" ”

Li Tao said: "If the murderer drugged Zhang Zhen, in addition to the residue of medicine in Zhang Zhen's stomach, there is also a residue in that bucket!" ”

Li Bai suddenly realized: "Exactly, Zhang Zhenzhi poured into the bucket, the water will pour into his nose and flow into his stomach, and there will also be water flowing out of his mouth and nose, so there is still a small amount of drug residue in the bucket." ”

Li Tao and the others came to Zhang Zhen's guest room, and at this time, there was only one family guard outside the door, and the body and bucket in the room were no longer there. Li Bai hurriedly asked Jiading: "Where did all these things go?" ”

Jia Ding replied: "Doctor Tang asked him to move these to the Xuanwu Building to the west, and then he stayed in the Xuanwu Building alone. ”

Li Tao was annoyed: "It's broken! ”

Li Tao came to the outside of the Xuanwu Building, and the small building was silent.

"Doctor Tang!" Li Tao shouted a few times, but no one answered.

Li Tao pushed open the door, but there was no one in the room. Li Bai drew his sword in his hand, and suddenly screamed in horror, it turned out that Tang Yiping was already lying on the ground behind the table.

Li Tao hurriedly looked around, and after confirming that there was no one in the building, he came to Tang Yiping's side, took a pulse, and found that Tang Yiping's body was cold, and after careful inspection, he said: "Tang Yiping was not injured either." ”

"Was it poisoned? It doesn't look like poisoning. Li Bai frowned and asked, "Then how was Tang Yiping killed?" ”

"Wait!" Li Tao suddenly flicked Tang Yiping's ear, only to see a red spot in the ear, and after a closer look, he found that it was a tiny blood stain. (To be continued......)