"Who?"

"Qin Shuyao, the young lady of the Qin family in the southwest streets and alleys of Yong'an City-Qin Shuyao."

Xing Ruyi thought about it for a moment and shook his head.

"Do you remember this box of rouge?" Yanagi handed the rouge to Xing Ruyi.

"It turns out that her name is Qin Shuyao." Xing Ruyi only glanced at it, and the appearance of a girl appeared in his mind: "It was a maid named Bi Tao who accompanied her, a very quiet girl, who didn't talk much." ”

"Her personal maid is indeed called Bi Tao. According to Bi Tao, her young lady's illness was shown by Ruyi. ”

"Yes, I did show it." Xing Ruyi nodded and pointed upstairs: "It's upstairs, and the whole process lasted about half an hour." ”

"I don't know what kind of illness this Miss Qin is suffering from?"

"A common disease of women, related to menstruation."

Hearing the word menstruation, Liu Sheng and Lin Hu were a little uncomfortable. After the two of them looked at each other a few times in embarrassment, Liu Sheng took out the peach blossom pill: "You also prescribed this medicine?" ”

"That's right, I drove it. The entire Tang Dynasty is only available to me. This peach blossom pill, as the name suggests, is made with peach blossoms, and in order to increase the taste, I also deliberately added honey when making the balls. If the two of them have any doubts, they can take this peach blossom pill to any pharmacy in Yong'an and ask the shopkeeper to help identify it. ”

"Ruyi, you misunderstood." Lin Hu touched his head with a smile.

"I'm not mistaken, but I definitely don't mean to blame you. You and Liu Sheng are fast arresters, there is a murder in the city, and the deceased of this murder has come to my pharmacy and bought my medicine before his death, you have suspicions, and it is normal for routine inquiries and investigations. This peach blossom pill, there is absolutely no problem. As for this box of rouge, when it came out of me, there was no problem. ”

"There was no problem getting out of you." Lin Hu touched his head: "You mean, this box of rouge may be tampered with after it is bought." ”

"I didn't say that. I'm just making a proper clarification. If the two of you find out that there is anything wrong with this rouge, it will definitely have nothing to do with my Ruyi rouge shop. This rouge, which is also made with fresh peach blossoms, is not for sale in my store. To put it bluntly, it's a giveaway. I gave it not only to this Miss Qin Shuyao, but also to many ladies and ladies in the city who came to me to see a doctor and buy rouge gouache. If there is a problem with my rouge, it is not only Qin Shuyao who is dying in the city today. ”

"Ruyi, don't scare me." Lin Hu took a step back: "The two of us only arrived in Yong'an yesterday, and there was a murder today. This murder is enough, and if there are a few more, we will be able to catch the first thing quickly. ”

"I'm just telling the truth, where to scare you."

"It's not about scare." Lin Hu wiped his sweat: "I won't tell you anything, when we saw that the shopkeeper of this Ruyi Rouge Shop was you, we knew that this murder of the Qin family would have nothing to do with you." Whether it's rouge or peach blossom pills, in your words, it's a routine inquiry. I promise, and I guarantee Boss Liu, that we have absolutely no suspicion of you. ”

"Even if you doubt, I'm not afraid. I have no grudge against this Miss Qin family, no enmity, I don't even know each other, what is the reason why I killed her? Besides, this Miss Qin didn't have an accident in my shop, and it has nothing to do with me anyway. As for the Qin family, if it weren't for Liu Sheng's mention just now, I wouldn't know where this Qin Mansion is, and it would be even more ridiculous to sneak into the mansion and kill people. Anyone who has a little brains will not look at me with suspicion on me, an innocent rouge shopkeeper. ”

"What Ruyi said is that what you said is right. Well, can you help us see if there is anything wrong with the medicine and rouge that came out of you. ”

Lin Hu had a sweeter mouth than Liu Sheng, and he was also better at talking, and when he saw Liu Sheng frozen to the side, he stepped forward and pointed to the peach blossom pill that was held in his hand by Xing Ruyi and the box of rouge that had obviously been opened.

Xing Ruyi first checked the peach blossom pill, and then returned it to Liu Sheng: "Medicine, there is no problem." When my peach blossom pill is sent out, it is directly in the form of a pill, and it does not need to be taken with water. If Miss Qin died unexpectedly, and I was the murderer, I would not have done anything with this medicine. ”

"What about rouge?"

"This box of rouge has been opened." Xing Ruyi only glanced at it and came to a conclusion: "My rouge box is different from others, and I have done some simple processing in the position of the seal. If the box has not been opened, the pattern is neat up and down, once opened, no matter how meticulous and careful the owner of the box of rouge is, the pattern cannot be overlapped in one place, but slightly staggered with the naked eye. ”

"If you look at it so closely, it seems to be really staggered."

"Each of my rouge gouache boxes is individually designed, and the patterns are different, some are fine, some are simple, but the pattern treatment in the sealing position is similar. The reason is very simple, because I am worried that my rouge gouache will be too popular and will be imitated by other stores. When the time comes, it will not be good to affect the credibility of my family. ”

"Ruyi's mind is really unmatched." Lin Hu praised again at the right time: "Then you quickly open it and take a look, and see if this box of rouge has been tampered with." ”

Xing Ruyi nodded and opened the rouge box. At the edges, there are traces of being lightly touched by fingers. In addition, Xing Ruyi also found some powders, which were similar in color to rouge, but they were stained on the edge of the rouge box, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see it.

"There's something more in this rouge."

"What's that?"

"It's supposed to be oleander peach blossom powder, but it's not directly mixed in my rouge, but it looks like it was accidentally stained."

"Oleander?"

"Yes, an ornamental flower that blooms for a long time and produces beautiful flowers, but it is highly poisonous. The flowers, leaves, roots, and stems of this oleander contain toxins, which are very likely to cause poisoning or even death if accidentally ingested. ”

"Then, if you are poisoned by this oleander, how will the deceased react?"

"This oleander contains a variety of toxins, the most obvious poisoning symptoms are decreased appetite, in severe cases, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, fatigue and fatigue, body fever, fingertips or lip numbness, etc. As for the cause of death, it is highly likely to be judged to be acute sudden death caused by arrhythmia. ”

"That is, it doesn't look like murder?"

"At least there are no obvious traces of murder. If the deceased is poisoned by arsenic or heding red, the poisoning symptoms will be obvious, but oleander is different, even if a large amount of oleander or pollen is taken at one time, the poisoning symptoms will not be particularly obvious on the surface. Judging from the marks left on the rouge box, the murderer acted very cautiously and carefully, and the process of poisoning was particularly long, so even I, a female doctor who was a halfway monk, did not find any signs of poisoning when I was treating Miss Qin. ”

"You mean, when Miss Qin came to see you, she was already poisoned."

"I don't rule out the possibility of this. When I asked Miss Qin about some uncomfortable symptoms, some of the things she said were consistent with the symptoms of oleander poisoning. It's just that at the time, I didn't think about it, because women with irregular menstruation can have the same similar symptoms. ”

"Miss Qin Shuyao was killed in her boudoir, and when she died, she was lying on her dresser. After a brief inspection at the scene, it was found that Miss Qin had no obvious external injuries on her body, nor did she have any arguments with others, or there were traces of struggle. Except for some common things used by women on the dresser, only this box of rouge was held tightly in Miss Qin's hand. ”

Lin Hu touched his chin and reasoned seriously.

Ruyi said that the oleander pollen was stained on the inside of the rouge box. Oh no, it should be the edge of the rouge box. I suspect that there is one outside the rouge box, but we accidentally rubbed it off. Assuming that this box of rouge was used by Miss Qin when she woke up and planned to groom up, then the murderer was very likely to enter the boudoir during the time when Miss Qin was resting or just waking up, and stained the oleander pollen on the rouge box. In other words, the person who killed Miss Qin must be someone from the Qin family, and an acquaintance who was not guarded by Miss Qin. ”

Xing Ruyi walked up to Liu Sheng and asked, "Can I go to Qin's house to see this Miss Qin?" ”

"Absolutely!" Without waiting for Liu Sheng to answer, Lin Hu responded first: "I almost forgot. Ruyi, in addition to seeing a doctor, is also a master of examining corpses more than pretending. Boss, otherwise, let's ask Ruyi to go to the Qin Mansion to have a look, maybe there will be more discoveries. ”

"Hmm!"

Yanagi nodded, turned and stepped out the door.

Xing Ruyi pointed at him, "Why is it still the same, I really doubt how he became a fast catcher with this temperament." ”

"The boss is more powerful." Lin Hu scratched his head: "This time, I'm going to trouble you again." ”

"It's not a hassle." Xing Ruyi waved his hand: "This matter is more or less related to my rouge shop, and it will be investigated as soon as possible, so as to get rid of the suspicion of my rouge shop as soon as possible." If things get bigger, I'm going to have to suffer a little here. For both public and private purposes, I should have made this trip. ”

"Yu Gong is for your wishful rouge shop, this is for private reasons, is it for us?"

Xing Ruyi smiled and nodded, and silently added in his heart: "No, I'm purely for my own curiosity." ”

When they arrived at Qin's house, Liu Sheng and Lin Hu went directly to the room where the accident occurred.

The catcher guarding the door saw that Xing Ruyi was going to enter, and hurriedly reached out to stop her.

Before all his hands were stretched out, he saw Liu Sheng turn around and say, "That is the torture girl, we invited her, let her in!" ”