In the coffin, Miss Zhou's face was ruddy and her expression was peaceful, not like she had hanged herself, but as if she had just fallen asleep.

"It is said that the hanged ghost is ugly, how can I see that this Miss Zhou is no different from a living person?" Lin Hu approached the coffin and glanced at it.

Miss Zhou's eyes were closed, her tongue was not sticking out, and she looked peaceful. Although there are strangulation marks on the neck, the marks are not deep, like a postmortem injury. It is said that when Miss Jia was found this week, her body was still hot? ”

"That's what I said." Lin Hu thought about it carefully: "When the next person found Miss Zhou, her body was indeed warm, so the Zhou family thought that Miss was committing suicide at first. ”

"If you think it was a suicide, why did you report it to the government?"

"That's because the scene is so weird. We all know that this hanged man must step on something. But there is nothing in the firewood room except for those firewoods, how did Miss Zhou's family hang herself? ”

"Maybe Miss Zhou is stepping on those firewoods."

Xing Ruyi said, turned to the tail of the coffin, and carefully looked at the soles of Miss Zhou's feet. It's a pity that it's a new pair of shoes and there are no traces.

"The embroidered shoes that Miss Zhou wore that day are here." Seeing this, Lin Hu hurriedly came over with a pair of shoes, and the soles were facing up, so that Xing Ruyi could check them. "The soles of these shoes, we have also checked, do stain a lot of mud, and there are also firewood debris from the firewood house. Assuming that Miss Zhou really stepped on firewood and hanged herself, then after death, even if the firewood was kicked open and scattered because of Miss Zhou's force, there should still be under her feet, right? But neither the descendants who first discovered Miss Zhou's family, nor the people in our official mansion, did not find it. ”

"If the beams were shorter, I probably wouldn't need those footsteps."

"It's true that the firewood house is a little shorter than the house next to it, but it's not as short as you said. This week, Miss Jia was hanging high on the beams of the house, at least so high from the ground. Lin Hu compared a height: "When the subordinates found Miss Zhou's family, she gathered with her feet together, in a natural drooping state. Of the two embroidered shoes, one fell to the ground, and the other was worn on the foot. In addition, the clothes were disheveled, so the Zhou family went to the yamen to report the case, saying that their young lady was murdered. Based on the various signs at the scene, we also believe that Miss Zhou did not hang herself. ”

"Hanging to death, in fact, caused the spine to be dislocated, and the rope strangled the neck, resulting in poor breathing, and finally suffocation. In the case of death by suffocation, the deceased will stick out his tongue due to his own reactions, and at the same time a series of pre-death physical reactions such as staring and kicking will occur. But if you are hung up after death, you will naturally look peaceful, and none of the above situations will happen. ”

"Will it be strangled and then hanged?"

"It's not!" Xing Ruyi raised the chin of Miss Zhou's family: "You have been handling cases in the government for many years, you should know that the scars left behind before and after death will be different. ”

"It's like it's left behind after death."

"It seems that the cause of Miss Zhou's death was not hanging, but something else."

Xing Ruyi said, opened his small toolbox, and took out a silver needle.

"If you are poisoned, can you be so peaceful?"

"If it was highly poisonous, it would naturally not be so peaceful." Xing Ruyi carefully pierced the silver needle into the skin of Miss Zhou Family: "Do you remember Miss Qin?" ”

"Qin Shuyao?" Lin Hu smashed his mouth: "It was also poisoned, but it was not an ordinary poison." ”

"Most of the herbs are used to heal and save people, but some are used to kill people. For example, Broken Gut Grass. ”

"Is there really a broken intestine grass in this world?"

"Naturally, there is." Xing Ruyi pulled out the silver needle: "There is no poisoning reaction, and Miss Zhou is not poisoned." ”

"It's strange, neither poisoning nor hanging, what is the cause of her death?"

"This ......" Xing Ruyi thought carefully for a while, and beckoned to Lin Hu.

"What? Dissect the corpse! ”

"It's not an autopsy, it's an autopsy." Xing Ruyi corrected Lin Hu's words: "I just checked carefully, although Miss Zhou is disheveled, there are no fatal injuries on the outside of her body. The cause of death is neither external injuries nor internal injuries. This is through the belly, how do I check. ”

"Although this Zhou family is not as big as the Qin family, it is an extremely stubborn so-called scholarly family. This daughter died in a disheveled firewood room, which was already a little ugly, if you dissect the body again, I am afraid that the Zhou family will ......."

"If the Zhou family doesn't care about the cause of Miss Zhou's death, I don't care." Xing Ruyi put away the silver needle: "In this matter, you will return to your county master according to the truth." ”

"There's no other way?"

"Yes, but it cannot be used as evidence in court."

"What's the method?"

"My secret method." Xing Ruyi tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Since it is a secret method, naturally it can't be told to you." ”

"When it comes to the critical moment, it will be mysterious." Lin Hu was a little depressed: "Just go back to pay the errand, the county master will definitely not be able to get by." Convince the master of the Zhou family, with my mouth, I am not very sure. Right now, you can only rely on your secret method. If you can really find the cause of Miss Zhou's death, I promise that I can get the evidence you need in court. ”

"That's what you said."

"That's what I said. I, Lin Hu, a dignified man, can naturally not be faked. ”

"Then let's go our separate ways, I'll stay here and take a closer look at Miss Zhou's family. What about you, work hard, go and ask those subordinates of the Zhou family to see who Miss Zhou had a close relationship with in the past, and if there was anything unusual before she died. ”

"I don't work hard, it's my job. It's you, who I forcibly pulled. I can see, your husband's face is not very good-looking, I will go out later, will he be like that? ”

"What?"

"I mean, am I going to be beaten up by him?"

"My husband is an elegant and humble gentleman, and he will never do anything to you."

"Really?"

"Seriously!" Xing Ruyi nodded his chin and added in his heart: "My husband doesn't like to use force, he only likes to use spells. This spell is much more powerful than martial arts. It's just that I don't know how my husband will deal with you. ”

Thinking about it, Xing Ruyi's eyes narrowed. That smiling appearance made Lin Hu feel uneasy when he saw it.

He touched his nose and asked, "What are you thinking?" I don't think you're gloating a little bit. ”

"Schadenfreude? I am glad for a disaster, and I am happy for a disaster. Xing Ruyi pushed Lin Hu: "Hurry up and do your serious business." ”

"Really?"

"Not really." Xing Ruyi turned his face to the coffin: "I'm busy, you should hurry up and go to your business." ”

After Lin Hu's inquiry, he really asked him to find out something.

It is said that Miss Zhou's family had a marriage with a man named Zhang Yun.

This Zhang Yun's family is also in business. The business was not big, just a tavern, and after it reached his hands, it became more and more prosperous. Although this tavern can't make money every day, it can be regarded as a good business, smooth sailing, and rolling money.

Shinong Industry and Commerce, it is said that with the Zhou family's family, they don't look down on this Zhang Yun. But there are exceptions to everything, for example, although this Zhang Yun is a trader, he does not see the snobbery and cunning of a trader, and he dressed up like a scholar in the past, and his friends are all scholars. Tasting wine and flowers, chanting poems against each other, is also regarded as the number one person in the elegant circle of Yong'an City.

A gentleman from the academy once said that this Zhang Yun would not participate in the scientific examination, and if he did, he would definitely win the first place.

Although the Zhou family is a scholarly family, the people are thin, and in this generation, there is only Miss Zhou. Although he looked down on Zhang Yun's background, he liked his talent and romance, and Miss Zhou's family had a relationship with this Zhang Yun, and she had a good impression, and in the midst of the entanglement and contradictions, she also agreed to this family business.

The two families originally discussed, hired in the autumn, and the marriage of the two will be completed in the spring of the next year. But I never thought that before spring came, this marriage would be in turmoil.

Zhang Yun's aunt came all the way, accompanied by a cousin of his. The cousin's surname is Su, and her name is Rou. As the name suggests, he is also delicate and cute, and he looks painful. Aunt Zhang's aunt didn't come purely to visit relatives, but took out a marriage contract made by the Zhang family and the Su family earlier, saying that this Zhang Yun and Su Rou had already made a baby kiss when they were young.

When the Zhou family learned of this, they came to the door and asked the Zhang family to give a solution.

Zhang Yun hesitated, but it was difficult to choose, and finally proposed that he could marry Miss Zhou first, and then Nasu cousin. After getting started, in no particular order, no matter how big or small, no one is discriminatory.

The Zhou family naturally disagreed, so they tore up the marriage book on the spot, and the marriage between the two families was stopped.

This incident was originally caused by the Zhang family, but it turned out to be Miss Zhou's family who was unlucky. After all, she is a girl who has been married to the Zhang family, although she is not married, she has also left a bad reputation. Those with slightly better conditions are unwilling to marry, and those who are willing to marry are not looked down upon by the Zhou family. In a flash, Miss Zhou became an old girl.

On the contrary, it was Zhang Yun who not only married the cousin of the Su family, but also accepted two concubines, and his life became more and more comfortable. Zhang Zhou's family has also changed from the original sons and daughters to enemies who are reluctant to say a word when they meet.

"People are terrible, and Miss Zhou is also unlucky enough." Xing Ruyi shook his head and asked again: "You have been talking for a long time, what does the mysterious death of Miss Zhou have to do with the marriage of the Zhang family?" ”

"Originally, it didn't matter since the marriage book was torn up, but ......" Lin Hu paused: "It's just that this Zhang Yun died, and he died at a very inappropriate time and place for Miss Zhou." ”