After sending away the people from the casino, Yue Su began to check the account books. A few people check a casino, the first is to check whether anyone has placed a heavy bet to buy Longmen Academy to win, the result is a check, buy Longmen Academy to win, there are very few, even if it is a bet to buy, the stakes are not big, at most there are three or five hundred taels. It should be impossible to kill Zhang Xiang for this number, it is conceivable that the kind of poison that poisoned Zhang Xiang is also hard to find, who would be so much more than worth the loss.

And those who buy Dongming Academy to win, it is really everywhere, as small as one or two taels of silver, as large as five thousand taels of silver, it seems that everyone can be optimistic about Dongming Academy.

It can be seen clearly in the account that in the entire Luoyang City, the silver won by betting to buy Dongming Academy can be as huge as 500,000 taels, such an amount really scared Yue Su. Among them, the two largest gambling houses, Fulai Gambling House and Yunsheng Gambling House, each received 100,000 taels of silver to buy Dongming Academy. If it were for the sake of this number, it would still be possible to poison Zhang Xiang with such poison. But as King Fu and Zhang Guozhang, will they do this? It's hard to say, but one thing is certain, with the strength of these two, it's not difficult to get some strange poison out.

The target can be temporarily locked into casinos, but with so many of them, it is difficult to say who it will be. If you want to investigate, it seems that you have to start with when Zhang Xiang was poisoned and how he was poisoned. The two are then combined to determine the suspect.

With the experience of his previous life, Yue Su remembered some examples on TV, there is a kind of slow surname poison in this world, just like Huo Yuanjia was poisoned at the beginning, at first everyone thought that he was beaten to death by himself, but later he learned the truth.

Zhang Xiang's death can be assumed to be poisoned by the slow surname, but how the poison is imported must be investigated from his usual daily life and diet.

Yue Su sent people to Dongming Academy to understand the situation, and learned a current situation, the students of Dongming Academy all live in the academy, and they usually eat, and everyone is also together, if it is said that they are poisoned in the meal, it is obviously not easy. Then he investigated in-depth, and finally learned another situation, that is, the day before the Longmen Meeting, someone invited the academicians of the academy and Sun Shenxing to the Moon Tower for a banquet, and among the people who accompanied the banquet, there were Zhang Xiang and a group of top talents of Dongming Academy.

With this discovery, Yue Su immediately sent the shopkeeper and his men from Wangyue Tower to ask questions. According to the shopkeeper's confession, among the people present, in addition to the people from Dongming Academy, there were eight Fengyue women from Liuxiang Pavilion and three local gentry.

In this way, the time of Zhang Xiang's poisoning seems to be assumed to be on this day, after all, the slow surname poison is difficult to grasp, and it is unlikely that it will be a long time away from the Longmen Club, especially when it comes to the gambling game.

The big guys all eat a dish, only Zhang Xiang is poisoned, it can be seen that there will be no problem in the dish, the only possibility is in the wine. So many people drinking, only one or two wine jugs on the table, it is definitely not enough, interrogation, the shopkeeper truthfully explained, that night, a total of four tables of banquets, wine jugs count sixteen, four tables of people are also toasting each other, the scene is very lively, naturally there is some chaos. Anyone who wants to do something in the wine, no one will notice.

Subsequently, Yue Su made a fire sign and invited all the people who went to the banquet that night to the hall, but there was one person he did not invite, and that was Sun Shenxing. Yue Su was sure that with Old Man Sun's status, he would not do anything to poison people.

The three gentry, the eight maidens of the Liuxiang Pavilion, and the participants of the East Gate Academy were all mentioned. Yue Su interrogated one by one, asking who had given Zhang Xiang a toast, these people all knew that Zhang Xiang had been poisoned, and now the governor asked about it, obviously suspecting that someone had poisoned him during the toast. Therefore, when answering the question, those who toasted Zhang Xiang, in addition to admitting that they toasted, had to say some reasons to prove that they would not be poisoned.

For example, the students of Dongming Academy will say how good their relationship with Zhang Xiang is, and the toast is just to wish him victory tomorrow; The three gentry were invited to a banquet because they made a heavy bet to buy Dongming Academy, how could they poison themselves and cut off their wealth; The answer of the girls is even more direct, they were invited by the money, that is, they accompanied the wine, but not everyone has saluted Zhang Xiang, because there are rules for accompanying the wine, and whoever you sit next to is responsible for accompanying whom, so there is only one girl who has saluted Zhang Xiang many times.

This girl is called Xiyue, it is said that Zhang Xiang's friend, Xiyue also admitted, and said that she and Zhang Xiang are in love, and said that Zhang Xiang also made a wish, saying that he would redeem her in the future and accept her as a concubine. With this statement, it seems that it is unlikely that she poisoned Zhang Xiang.

Now Yue Su is just speculating that he will not be tortured and interrogated, but just observing the words and expressions, and the expressions of the people who reply are quite normal, although they all show a trace of worry, they are probably afraid of implicating themselves. Yue Su did not detain them and released them all, but he arranged careful servants to keep an eye on these people who had toasted Zhang Xiang to see who would behave abnormally.

No eyebrows were found here, but there was bad news from Yanshi County, and Sima Chen, the county magistrate, died. At the same time, there was also a pretended autopsy report that Sima Chen was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.

How could there be a poisonous snake in a good county office, but it was so coincidental that it bit Sima Chen to death, Yue Su was puzzled in his heart, and led people to Yanshi County again.

The magistrate died in office, and the people below had to report it as soon as possible, because Yanshi County was not far from Luoyang, and Yue Su was in a hurry, and when he arrived, Sima Chen had only been dead for four days. Now that the body has been buried and has not been buried, Yue Su re-examined the autopsy and determined that he was bitten by a poisonous snake.

How could Yue Su believe that there would be such a coincidence, and Yanshi County had just come out with the case of the Dragon Slaying Gang, so he would not take it lightly, and even linked the case with the person who had already died.

"When Sima Chen was in Tongren, his official reputation was not bad, I don't know what it was like to be here? That person blocked the road and shouted injustice, it couldn't be a lawsuit against him, right? Thinking of this section, Yue Su immediately asked someone to draw a portrait of Wen Tingsong and secretly visited the surroundings of Yanshi County.

At the beginning, according to the procedure, Zhang Bang should have looked for family members to recognize people, but he was worried that Wen Tingsong's death would leak out, so he didn't do it, and now he is also in a hurry, but he didn't make a list, just ordered someone to take the image for a private interview.

On the other hand, he ordered someone to search Sima Chen's back house. Sima Chen's wife died early, had no children, and had not yet renewed, so the house was very quiet. After some searching, an errand officer found a half-painted picture of a lady on the bookcase in Sima Chen's study. I think it should have been painted by Sima Chen before he died.

When Yue Su heard the news, he immediately led people to the study, and sure enough, there was a half-painted picture of a lady on the bookcase. He picked it up and took a look, most of the painting has been painted, the woman on the painting is vivid, in the upper left of the lady picture, there is a poem, "Da Jiangdong goes to the waves to search for the eternal romantic characters......".

Yue Su handed the painting to Yang Yishan on the side, and said, "Chongyue, you are proficient in this way, take a look on behalf of the teacher, can you see what the mystery is." ”

Yang Yishan took it, looked at it a few times, and said: "This poem is Su Shi's "Nian Nujiao? Chibi Nostalgia", but with this painting, there is obviously something wrong. Sima Chen's pen power is good, and his paintings are vivid, but he can't tell who he copied. ”

Hearing this, Yue Su pondered for a while, and thought to himself, I don't know if Sima Chen's death has anything to do with this painting.

Yue Su had already inquired that Sima Chen didn't love real money, so he had to look at antique calligraphy and painting, and he was keen on calligraphy and painting. He ordered: "Keep searching and see if there are any original paintings." ”

The officer said yes, and immediately began to rummage, and soon found a lot of calligraphy and paintings in the study, but there was no one. "Back to my lord, I didn't find it."

Yue Su nodded and muttered to himself, "Is it really related to this painting?" ”

His voice was heard by the people around him, and Sima Gui, the housekeeper in the house, seemed to be thoughtful when he heard it, and then said: "My lord, the villain remembered something, I don't know if it has anything to do with the death of the master." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Yue Su's eyes lit up and he immediately asked.

"On the day of the master's death, Uncle Zhen Bei once came, and he still held a pair of calligraphy and paintings in his hand, but this calligraphy and painting was not taken away when he left, I don't know if it is related to this case." Sima Gui said truthfully.

"Zhang Guozhu has been here?" Yue Su immediately asked, "Do you know what he talked about with your master?" ”

"I don't know about this little thing, I only saw the master and Zhen Beibo enter the study, and only came out after a long time, when he came out, Zhen Beibo was empty-handed, thinking that the calligraphy and painting should be left in the master's study. By the way, after the news of the old man's death came out, Uncle Zhenbei also came to the house to ask for calligraphy and painting, but he looked for a long time and didn't find it. At that time, I also saw this painting and wanted to take it away, but I was stopped by the county Chenghua who was present, saying that the relics of the old man were not allowed to be touched lightly for the time being, and it was very unpleasant to make a fuss about this matter. Sima Gui said.

"Hmm......" Yue Su nodded, looked at Hua Tengzhuo, the county Cheng who accompanied him, and said: "Hua County Cheng, you have done the right thing and done things very decently, and the headquarters will promote you as the county commander of Yanshi." ”

"Thank you for your help, that's just a matter of the lower officials." Hua Tengzhuo hurriedly bowed down and thanked him. Unexpectedly, I didn't expect to be promoted because I adhered to my principles. He knew that Yue Su's words were extremely weighty, and he had his own guarantees, and this county order was nine out of ten.

Yue Su waved his hand at him and said, "No need to thank you, being able to do things according to your duty is commendable." After speaking, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "Guard the study, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and the headquarters will go to Zhang's Mansion now." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the study with calligraphy and paintings in his hand.

Surrounded by the guards, Yue Su came to Zhangfu, and when he came for the second time, he was also familiar with the road. Yang Yishan sent a famous post, and soon Zhang Guozhu personally went out to greet him.

The two sat down in the back flower hall, and after a few simple polite words, Yue Su mentioned calligraphy and painting. He took out the picture of the lady and said, "Lord Zhang, I don't know if you know this picture?" ”

Zhang Guozhu didn't hide it, he also knew that he couldn't hide it, and said truthfully: "This painting is not only known by Benjue, but also the original painting copied by this painting belongs to Benjue's family." ”

"Then why did you give the painting of the lord's house to Sima Chen?" Yue Su asked again.

"I heard that Lord Sima likes calligraphy and painting, so I sent this painting to Lord Sima for appreciation. I think he wants to copy it after reading it. Zhang Guozhu said.

"I see? But I wonder if the original painting can be viewed by the official? Yue Su asked tentatively.

"The original painting was left on Lord Sima's mansion and was not taken away. When Benjue heard about Lord Sima's bad time, he went to the county government to ask for it, but he didn't find the original painting. ”

"This matter was also mentioned by the housekeeper of the Sima family, saying that the lord had gone to ask for a painting, but did not find the original painting. It's just that I don't know, why did the lord want to take it away when he saw the copied picture scroll? After Yue Su finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Guozhu intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to see how he answered.

(To be continued)