Chapter 23: The Murderer
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and as soon as Bai Qing opened his mouth, he suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention in the field, and the words he just said were even more impactful.
"Impossible, there is obviously no trace of his murder on it, I can't be wrong!" As soon as Bai Qing's words fell, the servant over there shouted first, and seeing Bai Qing's unattractive dress, he couldn't help but glare at him angrily.
"Didn't you let you leave just now, why are you still here, and you are still here talking nonsense to confuse the public!" Seeing clearly that the person who spoke just now was Bai Qing, Gao Quanwu suddenly looked at Bai Qing with some anger and said, this nasty guy, how can he be everywhere, what kind of limelight is there in this kind of place, he turned his head with an unkind expression, and shouted at the soldiers over there: "Come here, what are you doing there, hurry up and drag this guy out for me!" ”
"Slow!" Gao Quanwu's words were not finished, Gao Quanye, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, stopping Gao Quanwu's movements, Gao Quanwu was still a little angry that he interrupted himself, and was about to say something, but he saw the fierce look in Gao Quanye's eyes, and his momentum rarely fell by three points, turned his head away, and rolled his eyes.
"Tell me, on what basis do you judge that he was killed!" Gao Quanye looked at Bai Qing, stopped the pretense of wanting to step forward to question, and asked in a deep voice, at this time, he temporarily got out of the shadow of the dragon dance being snatched away by Bai Qing, and did not have a completely negative attitude towards Bai Qing just because he had just fought with Bai Qing, and restored his wise appearance in the past.
"It's very simple, the reason why I judged that he was killed and not suddenly died is because although he was very careful when he did the autopsy just now, it was unfortunately not careful enough!" Bai Qing said indifferently, seeing that the prefectural was a little annoyed by what he said, Bai Qing just shook his head slightly, and whispered to Hua Rong beside him, Hua Rong understood, walked to the side of the main hall, and didn't know where to get a few small balls of cotton.
In this era, the Central Plains has generally used cotton as a filling in winter to keep out the cold, so it is not difficult to get, Bai Qing first tore off a small piece of silk from his torn clothes, carefully wrapped his right hand, and then pinched a small ball of cotton with his wrapped right hand, stuffed it from the ear of the corpse, and when he took out the cotton, he could clearly see that there was a small piece of obvious black blood on the cotton.
"This ......" Seeing those black blood stains, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, but Bai Qing didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions, just continued to stuff a ball of cotton into the deceased's nose, and when he took it out again, there were also black blood stains on it.
"I think the facts are pretty clear! This deceased did not die violently, but died of poisoning......" Bai Qing showed two balls of blood-stained cotton to everyone, with a light look on his face......
"Poisoned?" Although he had already seen the blood stains on the cotton, he still said with some unwillingness: "If it is poisoned, we must ensure that he just dies here, but obviously no one here has contact with him, how can I poison him, and I have obviously probed with a silver needle, and there is no trace of poisoning in Lord Zhang's throat at all!" ”
"When you prick your throat with a silver needle, the silver needle does not turn black, this is normal, there are two main reasons, first, it is the defect of this silver needle poison test method, not all poison stained on the top of the silver needle will turn black, second, because to poison a person, it is not the only way to let him drink it!" Bai Qing paused when he said this, "Let the deceased inhale the poisonous gas, as long as the poison is enough, it is enough to kill people in a short time!" ”
After hearing Bai Qing's words, he was still a little unwilling, in his opinion, Bai Qing was just a hairy boy, and he could understand something, and when he was about to defend something, he was stopped by Gao Quanye.
"Then even if it is according to what you said, Lord Zhang was poisoned to death, but if you want Lord Zhang to die in such a short period of time, the toxicity must be not small, so why are the other three people present safe and sound, and who do you think poisoned them?" Gao Quanye looked at Bai Qing sternly, "I'm here to sue you, it's a matter of importance, you must know that this is the new Honglu Temple, who has just returned from Manichaeism, and is deeply valued by his father, you don't want to talk nonsense, although there are personal grudges between you and me, but now is not the time to worry about these!" ”
"Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, please rest assured, I still know the truth of taking into account the overall situation and distinguishing between public and private!" Seeing Gao Quanye's stern appearance, Bai Qing also said with a straight face, after circling around the deceased, after knowing the identity of the deceased, Bai Qing's face showed a sudden look, and then hung a confident smile, but he himself did not notice that his expression at this time, with his tall and swollen face, looked extremely funny.
However, at this time, no one still had the heart to make fun of Bai Qing, they all looked at Bai Qing with concerned eyes, and only heard Bai Qinglang say in a loud voice: "Just now after learning the identity of the deceased, I am more sure of my judgment, this adult was poisoned by someone!" As for the reasons, I will answer them one by one! ”
"First of all, everyone should know that there have been some rumors in Bianliang City in the past two days, and the reason is that there are Manichaean spies mixed into this Bianliang, and create incidents, thinking of this adult's previous experience in Manichaeism, it is also expected that he was killed here, and it is no one else who did it, it is those Manichaean spies who have mixed in!"
"As for the way these spies poison, I also said before, poisoning does not necessarily have to let the deceased drink it, there are many ways, such as the use of colorless and odorless gas, as far as I know, there is a kind of ** called 'sad and crisp breeze' in the Western Xia Kingdom, which is this colorless and tasteless, although I don't know what kind of ** in this adult, but as we all know, Manichaeism originated in the Western Regions, and it is not uncommon to have any poison that we don't know!"
Bai Qing said two points, and most of the people present nodded secretly, only Gao Quanwu still looked unconvinced.
"And I can conclude that the person who poisoned him is among these three!" Bai Qing didn't wait for everyone to say anything, and directly threw a bombshell again.
"What? Impossible, how can we be poisoned, you don't want to spew blood, my master and I are both monks of this Great Xiangguo Temple, which is registered in Honglu Temple, and the other female Bodhisattva is just an ordinary woman, and it is impossible to do that poisoning thing! Wronged! As soon as Bai Qing's words fell, the young monk shouted first, looking angry, his master, that is, the older monk, closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he was still silently reciting sutras to the deceased, and the middle-aged woman was so frightened that she trembled, and shouted in her mouth: "It's not me, it's not me!" ”
Seeing the actions of the three people, the corners of Bai Qing's mouth curled slightly, and then he walked up to the elderly monk and whispered to him, "This master, I want to ask you a question!" This lady is incense today, is it from your Daxiangguo Temple? ”
It seemed that after thinking about it for a while, the monk shook his head and said: "This incense is not owned by my Daxiangguo Temple, but this female Bodhisattva brought it by herself, Lao Guan This female Bodhisattva is not a rich family, it is not uncommon for her to bring incense by herself, but what does the donor think is wrong?" ”
"It's obvious that the person who poisoned it is none other than you!" After Bai Qing heard the monk's answer, he was even more sure of the judgment in his heart, and pointed to the middle-aged woman and said with a firm face.
As soon as Bai Qing's words came out, everyone's eyes were subconsciously focused on the woman, and seeing the woman's expression as if she had been wronged, a voice sounded in her heart almost at the same time: "Such an honest woman is a murderer?" How can it be! ”
"Bai Qing, don't talk nonsense, this kind of thing needs evidence, besides, you see that this lady is a loyal and honest person at first glance, besides, the two masters also said that this lady has no special actions at all today, even if you suspect anyone, you can't doubt her, look at her appearance, what can contact the ** person, she should be the most suspicious!" Gao Quancheng was the first to express his doubts.
"The person who seems to be the least suspicious is often the most suspicious!" Bai Qing pinched his chin and said indifferently.
"Even if according to what you said, the poison put by the murderer is that colorless and odorless poisonous gas, but why are we all right standing here? Why are they almost all with the dead, but precisely only the dead are poisoned? I think it's you talking nonsense there" Gao Quanwu also echoed in the back.
Bai Qing smiled, ignored Gao Quanwu's provocation, and said directly: "The reason is very simple, because the murderer did not poison the deceased alone, but poisoned everyone!" ”
"No way, if you poison everyone, why are they all right!" Gao Quanwu sneered, jumped out and pointed at the monk and the middle-aged woman and said loudly.
Being interrupted again and again, Bai Qing couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said unceremoniously to Gao Quanwu: "Your Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, if you don't have the ability to find the murderer, please shut up!" After a pause, he calmed down a little and continued his reasoning: "The reason why this adult died of poisoning is very simple, that is, when everyone was poisoned, only he did not use the antidote in time, so he was the only one who died!" ”
Seeing that someone was about to ask another question, Bai Qing didn't give them a chance to interrupt him, looked at the middle-aged woman and said: "From the time I came in, I felt that something was wrong with you, and then it wasn't until the fourth prince pointed out the identity of this adult that I suddenly realized, it turned out that something was wrong with you, you obviously looked like an ordinary woman, but there were many violations on your body, first of all, this faint fragrance on your body, how could an ordinary woman who lived a poor life have this fragrance on her body?" The only explanation is that you are from a wealthy background, but you have to pretend to be an ordinary woman, and the sour smell of sweat on this dress is unbearable for you, so you desperately want to use the fragrance to make yourself feel better, and the middle coat on your body is too white, which does not match the identity of a woman who works all day long, I heard that the Manichaeans in the south like to wear white clothes, and finally, don't you think that a woman's family looks shabby, but it is very unreasonable to wear a pair of soft-soled boots on your feet? The only explanation is that you are not only from a wealthy background, but also very skilled! ”
Listening to Bai Qing's analysis, everyone couldn't help but have a kind of enlightenment, and then heard Bai Qing continue to say: "You are lurking in this Bianliang, the city has been searching for you very strongly in the past few days, and the reason why you want to kill the dead is because he knows too many secrets about you, and you have to take risks, right, although I don't know what kind of poison you use, but it should probably be the sandalwood that you lit when you brought the offering, and if I am not wrong, the fragrance on your body, In addition to expelling the sour smell of sweat that you can't bear, it should be the antidote to the poisonous gas, but the amount is too small, and it can only temporarily delay the onset of toxicity, so that the two monks who have been chanting the scriptures by your side, after smelling the fragrance, can also support the lotus lamp filled with antidote in your hand on the ground after you see the deceased die violently, completely dispel the poisonous gas emitted from the sandalwood, I don't know if I'm talking about it or not, this Manichaean lady......"