However, the rain turned the sky black.

The mortuary is an independent courtyard, quiet, shady, with few pedestrians and buildings around. The two canopies at the door are dense plantain and bamboo forests, mosquitoes, rats, ants, and spider webs, and the surrounding air is gloomy.

Shi Yong fanned open an autumn mosquito that pounced on him and buzzed, and followed Zhao Yin into the dilapidated gate, unable to help but observe his legs all the way.

The knee joint hurt like that, and she walked so steadily, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that this adult had a leg problem. With such restraint and patience, sooner or later he will be crippled.

"Master. Carefully step. Xie Fang and Yang Fei were on the left and right, looking at Zhao Yin all the time.

There are puddles of water in the yard, and most of them are noble, so it is not appropriate to walk like this, and they hold an umbrella and help him carry his clothes, which is very careless.

Shi Yong glanced at it, lowered his head and lifted the overly long skirt of Jingyi, simply tied a dead knot around his waist, and strode to the front in the rain.

There were pants inside the skirt, and she didn't feel rude.

But Xie Fang and Yang Fei were so frightened that they almost forgot to walk.

How can a woman pay so much attention to her rituals?

Usually Ah Shi is not such a rough person, right?

Zhao Yin's eyes deepened, and he didn't speak, and Shi Yong had already neatly stepped across the empty courtyard and entered the inner room.

He frowned slightly, brushed away Xie Fang, who was holding the umbrella, and Yang Fei, who was carrying clothes, and walked away.

Xie Fang: ......

Yang Fei: ......

The two personal guards, you look at me, I look at you, were stunned for a long time and followed closely.

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The inner room is a mortuary for the corpses.

Rows of coffins are neatly arranged, with different woods and patterns, old and new, and the space is quiet and shady.

On the far left, next to the coffin, a thin middle-aged man was hunched over to look at something in the coffin, wearing a pair of leather gloves on his hands, a coarse cloth tied around his waist and hanging to the ground, and a soapy coat and flat scarf were also covered with dust.

On the far right side of the coffin, there was a big black dog, most of his body shrunk at the bottom of the coffin, motionless, and he couldn't see it if he didn't approach.

Shi Yong walked to the left: "Dad." ”

Song Changgui heard the shout and looked back.

Isn't it your own daughter? Dressed sloppily, except for the gauze wrapped around his fingers, he is very energetic, not like he has been tortured.

Song Changgui's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"Ashi. How did you get out-"

As soon as the words fell, he saw Zhao Yin and the others who came in closely, and he hurriedly patted the soap clothes on his body and made a big salute to Zhao Yin.

"Grass folk Song Changgui meets your lord."

He didn't know who Zhao Yin was, and he could identify him as a senior official just by the military academy uniform of the brocade guard.

Shi Yong took a look, "Dad, this is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Zhao Yin Zhao." ”

Zhao Yin?

Did he personally investigate the case?

Song Changgui's face changed, and he knelt more upright.

"The grass people have never seen the noble face, and I hope that the lord will forgive his sins."

Zhao Yin slowly approached, "Song Yanzuo has been here for two days and one night, have you found anything?" ”

Two days and one night? Shi Yong looked at Song Changgui and then at Zhao Yin.

It is not surprising that Song Changgui came to the mortuary to repeatedly inspect the corpse in order to avenge Ashi's grievances, but Zhao Yin actually knew everyone's whereabouts well? This man is even more gloomy and unpredictable than rumored.

"If you go back to your lordship, you won't find anything else for the time being. Zhang Zhukuai's family of nine died of snake venom, but the grass people have shallow knowledge and have never seen this kind of poisonous snake, which is very puzzling. ”

Song Changgui took out a piece of paper from his arms, on which was painted the poisonous snake that died on Zhang Yun'er's bed, and there was a separately drawn snake body pattern next to it.

Shi Yongduo glanced at Song Changgui.

Do you still have to have painting skills in your current work?

"Adults are well-informed, can you help the grass people?"

Song Changgui has always wanted to find out the source of the poisonous snake, but everyone who can ask has asked him, and there is no useful clue, so he pinned his hope on Zhao Yin.

Seeing that he was about to approach, Xie Fang took a step forward and blocked in front of Zhao Yin, "Just give it to me." ”

Song Changgui was so anxious to judge the case, he forgot the etiquette for a while, his face turned white with fright, and he quickly admitted his mistake and bowed his head to submit the drawings.

Zhao Yin didn't have any reaction on his face, took it and looked at it for a while, and then handed it to Xie Fang and Yang Fei.

Several people passed back and forth, but not one of them spoke.

"Master, my subordinates have never seen it."

Xie Fang looked at the snake, and his back was inexplicably cold, "This thing looks weird and disgusting." ”

Yang Fei said: "A snake bites nine people to death, isn't it an ancient evil beast?" ”

Xie Fang snorted: "Ancient Evil Beast? I think you've read too much of the book. ”

"And what kind of snake do you say?"

The two of them exchanged words for a few words, and suddenly found that the mortuary was quiet.

When he turned his head, he saw Shi Yong checking the bodies of Zhang Zhukuai's family of nine one by one.

The corpse had already begun to decompose, and Song Changgui took out a clay pot from his bag and handed it to Shi Yong.

"Sliced ginger."

Shi Yong shook his head: "No." ”

The mortuary was filled with a large amount of putrid gas, which was disgusting and uncomfortable.

Shi Yong didn't want it, Xie Fang and Yang Fei were not polite, they stepped forward to find Song Changgui and took the clay pot and put the ginger slices in their mouths.

I took another breath and felt a lot more comfortable.

"Master ......" Xie Fang handed the clay pot to Zhao Yin.

"No, you don't." Zhao Yin also refused.

He walked towards Shi Yong with a calm face, and watched her put on Song Changgui's leather gloves and look over the corpse.

Xie Fang and Yang Fei looked at each other again.

Aren't these two people afraid of the smell of corpses?

The mortuary is as silent as death,

The wind and rain were stronger than when they came, and the wind in which the two tattered gray-white curtains were poured into it rose high, bringing out the sharp whistling sound outside the window, which was as terrifying as a spirit.

Shi Yong suddenly turned his head, "That's not right. ”

The faint light of the fire reflected her dark eyes, and her pale face was full of solemnity.

"The corpse spots of the deceased have spread all over the body, entering the stage of infiltration and decay, and the corpse mortis has been relieved. In my opinion, the time of death should be more than thirty hours. ”

More than thirty hours?

Then the time of death is not on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, but on the fourteenth day of the seventh month.

However, only when the Zhang family died on the fifteenth night can she prove her innocence and clear her suspicions? Because she was in the Wuqi Pavilion that night, where she went after leaving the Wuqi Pavilion, Xiao C can also prove it.

Is she stupid?

Zhao Yin lowered his face and looked at Song Changgui, who bowed his head and was silent.

"Song Chengzuo, is Ah Shi right?"

Song Changgui raised his sleeves and wiped his forehead, and his words were very eloquent.

"Returning to the adult's words, when the time of death is examined, it will be affected by the deceased's diet and anger, the cause of death, the solar terms, and the weather. The grass people thought, maybe, maybe, there would be some discrepancies. ”

"Do I believe in your judgment, or do I believe in Ah Shi?"

Song Changgui's hands were clenched into fists, and his head hung lower.

"My lord, Ah Shi is just starting to work, and he is inexperienced......"

"Song Chengzuo." Zhao Yin interrupted him coldly, "It's not surprising that parents are thinking about their children. But as a yamen, in order to help your daughter clear her suspicion, you lied about the time of death, what should you be guilty of? ”

"Grass people, grass people......" Song Changgui's face turned white, and he knelt down, "Adults are clear, grass people have no such ......"

"Your Excellency!"

Shi Yong originally thought that Song Changgui ignored Ah Shi, so he didn't go to visit the prison once, and he had opinions about him in his heart. Unexpectedly, he stayed in the mortuary for two days, always looking for the truth, and even lied about the time of death for Ah Shi.

Although she doesn't have feelings for Song Changgui like Ah Shi, she is still displeased when she sees Zhao Yin being aggressive.

"My father was an old man, and he had his own integrity. If we mean to lie to you, why should I tell you the truth? ”

"Because you can't get rid of it." Yang Fei couldn't see his disrespectful appearance to Zhao Yin, so he pulled his face and said, "If it wasn't for the master who warned you before, Song Cheng acted as a deception to you, how could you be so honest?" ”

Shi Yong glanced at him and turned his head towards Zhao Yinwan.

"My lord, I have one more thing to tell you."

Zhao Yin's eyes were cold, but his tone was indifferent, "Say." ”

Shi Yong turned and pointed to one of the coffins.

"This Zhang Yun'er was pregnant before she died."