Half an hour later, Dugu Shaobai ordered people to carry the body of Coptis out of the coffin, and the body was placed on a stretcher in front of the Ling Mansion.

Mrs. Huang and her two children knelt beside the body of Huang Lian and wept bitterly.

Dugu Shaobai was a little surprised, Huang Lian was nearly fifty years old, but he didn't expect his two children to be eight or nine years old. Dugu Shaobai undressed the corpse and began to perform an autopsy, the corpse had no external injuries, its lips were dark purple, and there was a faint smell of herbs on the corpse's face.

Dugu Shaobai leaned down and sniffed closely, it was the smell of the Ten Fragrance Ecstasy, the Ten Fragrance Ecstasy can cause people to fall asleep for a few hours, and they are usually weak after waking up, and they can not return to normal until ten hours later.

Huang Lian had been dead for three days, and he should have been put in the coffin by the murderer after being stunned, because he was ecstasy, and his limbs were weak, so he couldn't push open the heavy coffin lid, and he suffocated to death.

The gate of the Ling Mansion was closed, and there were no traces of damage to the windows around it, presumably there must be a strong man with strong martial arts who carried Huang Lian into the Ling Mansion after being stunned, Huang Lian's body was thin, and a man like himself who knew martial arts could easily carry him.

Mrs. Huang couldn't cry, her tears kept falling down like beads with broken threads, Dugu Shaobai handed her a handkerchief and said, "Mrs. Huang, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Madame Huang took the silk handkerchief and nodded, and the two walked towards the empty alley next to the Ling Mansion.

"Mrs. Huang, what is the relationship between your father-in-law and Ling Zhiyuan?" Dugu Shaobai asked, Huang Lian died in the Ling Mansion, and his death may be related to Ling Zhiyuan.

Madam Huang shook her head and said, "I don't know Ling Zhiyuan, and my father-in-law hasn't mentioned this person to me......"

Dugu Shaobai frowned slightly, thinking that Huang Lian's two children were only eight or nine years old, could it be that when Ling Zhiyuan was beheaded eleven years ago, Huang Lian and Mrs. Huang had not yet married?

The inquiry was fruitless, Dugu Shaobai returned to Huguo Villa, he flipped through the file file about Coptis chinensis in the file room, which recorded that the wife of Coptis was surnamed Zhou eleven years ago, and after he entered the Tai Hospital as a doctor, he reconciled with Zhou and married the current Zheng family, and the current Mrs. Huang is the Zheng family.

Dugu Shaobai closed the file in his hand, after Ling Zhiyuan died, Huang Lian entered the Tai Hospital, and now Huang Lian died in Ling Mansion, which is a bit of a coincidence. More than half a month ago, Mama Nan pretended to be a ghost in the palace, and she also wanted to avenge Dongfang Bining, could it be that there was another secret in the affair between the former queen and Ling Zhiyuan? The murderer killed Huang Lian, could it be that he wanted to avenge Ling Zhiyuan?

But...... The bones in the coffin with the word "injustice" may not be Ling Zhiyuan's.

……

Dugu Shaobai came to Chengxi Village alone, and the black lights of Chengxi Village at night were blind, and he could only barely see the road under his feet by the moonlight.

Dugu Shaobai walked to a thatched hut with dim candlelight. "Knock knock......" Dugu Shaobai knocked on the door, and after a while, a woman in her fifties opened the door.

"Who are you looking for?" Zhou held the lantern and looked at Dugu Shaobai, the man in front of him was extraordinary, and the jade tree was in the wind, not like the people of their small village, which couldn't help but make Zhou a little more curious.

"May I ask if you are Aunt Zhou? I'm from the imperial court, and I want to ask something about Coptis chinensis. Dugu Shaobai said straight to the point.

How do you know that when Zhou heard this, his originally kind face became a little more impatient: "You are in the wrong place." With that, she wanted to close the door.

Dugu Shaobai quickly supported the door with white eyes, his face was serious, and his tone was heavy: "Aunt Zhou, Huang Lian is dead, and his body was found in the Ling Mansion. ”

Zhou was slightly stunned, then sighed, and let out his body and invited Dugu Shaobai into the house.

Zhou's house was very simple, with only a few shabby tables and chairs, but she cleaned it up. Zhou made a cup of tea for Dugu Shaobai, then sat on the chair and sighed, "Hey...... Maybe that's fate. ”

Listening to this tone, Ling Zhiyuan and Huang Lian must have a great relationship, "Aunt Zhou, what is the relationship between Huang Lian and Ling Zhiyuan?" ”

Zhou continued: "The three of us were originally from Hanyuan City, when Zhiyuan and Ah Lian were both doctors in Hanyuan City, fifteen years ago, Zhiyuan went to the capital to catch the exam, he successfully entered the Tai Hospital as a doctor, we saw that Zhiyuan was very prosperous in the imperial capital, so we wanted to come to the imperial capital to join him, Zhiyuan and Ah Lian were like brothers, and he also promised to help Ah Lian make a living in the imperial capital. ”

But Ah Lian failed to be admitted to the Tai Hospital for several years at that time, until eleven years ago, after Zhiyuan was beheaded, Ah Lian entered the Tai Hospital as a doctor. Within a few days, I accidentally discovered that he was stealing silver tickets, he hid five hundred taels of silver tickets in his medicine box, at that time he still couldn't tell the origin of these silver tickets, only said that he was a doctor when he received a doctor's consultation money, he looked like a thief, I don't believe that the five hundred taels of silver is just a diagnosis money. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou's face was embarrassed, she wanted to speak and stopped, and she didn't dare to say the next words.

Dugu Shaobai persuaded: "Aunt Zhou, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, now that Huang Lian has died, we also want to find the real culprit as soon as possible, maybe your words can come in handy." ”

Zhou sighed again, her face was sad, and the words that had been hidden in her heart for more than ten years finally came out.

"Back then, Zhiyuan's affair with the queen was known to everyone in the entire imperial capital, but we grew up with Zhiyuan, and we didn't believe that he could do such a reluctant thing, I suspect that Zhiyuan and the queen were cheating...... Is it ...... It's a ...... who has been falsely accused."

Zhou raised his eyes slightly and looked at Dugu Shaobai, for fear that if he said the wrong thing, he would cause trouble.

Dugu Shaobai understood her worries, and he gently patted her on the shoulder to reassure her, so Zhou also boldly continued to speak.

"The only problem with Huang Lian is that he loves to be greedy and cheap, maybe he was poor and afraid before, and he will help others if they give him some benefits. After Zhiyuan was beheaded to show the public, Ah Lian entered the Tai Hospital and earned five hundred taels of silver, these things are too coincidental, I was worried that he did something he shouldn't have done for the silver, I was very scared at the time, as long as I closed my eyes, I would dream that Zhiyuan without a head would let Ah Lian pay for his life, maybe this is also because I think too much. I couldn't bear the torment of the nightmare and broke away from Ah Lian, I heard that he married his distant cousin ten years ago, and Ah Lian and I hadn't seen each other for eleven years, but now we are separated from him by yin and yang, and my heart is not a taste. ”

Zhou snorted, a crystal clear tear fell on her hand, to say that she and Huang Lian have no relationship is false, now that she learned that her former lover has passed away, she is inevitably sad and uncomfortable.

Dugu Shaobai pondered, what Zhou said was roughly consistent with what he thought in his heart, if the murderer killed Huang Lian in order to avenge Ling Zhiyuan, then Huang Lian was very likely to plot to frame Ling Zhiyuan and Dongfang Bining for the sake of profit, but there was too little evidence for this matter, and even what Zhou said was just a suspicion of her, and the truth could not be verified.

"Wow...... Wow...... Wow......" Suddenly, there was a cry of a child in the inner room on the side, and Zhou was a little embarrassed: "Adult, you wait, I'll go and coax the child first." ”

Dugu Shaobai nodded, and after a while, the child finally stopped crying, Zhou came out of the inner room, and Dugu Shaobai asked casually: "Is that your grandson?" ”

Zhou waved his hand and said: "No, Coptis chinensis has a problem with her body and can't give birth, so I am destined to have no children in this life, and the children in that house are orphans I picked up, and I take care of them as my own children, which can be regarded as leaving a companion for myself." ”

Can't Coptis chinensis be raised? But Mrs. Huang obviously has two children, Dugu Shaobai was puzzled, and said: "Imperial Doctor Huang and Mrs. Huang have two children. ”

Zhou was also surprised, and said in surprise: "Won't it?" Back then, Ah Lian's father and I both knew that Ah Lian's body could not be born, but I didn't care about that, it was enough to be able to stay with Ah Lian for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that Ah Lian and Zhiyuan were too coincidental eleven years ago, I don't think Ah Lian and I would be separated. ”

Dugu Shaobai's eyebrows frowned, if Zhou was telling the truth, then where did Mrs. Huang's two children come from?

……

Following

Dugu Shaobai and Shangguan Yutang came to the Huang family's mansion, as Mrs. Huang said, the Huang family's mansion is indeed sparsely populated, and there are almost no family members in sight.

There was a cry from the Huang house, the ground was covered with white paper money, and Mrs. Huang and her two children were kneeling in front of Huang Lian's spiritual throne and weeping.

Seeing that Dugu Shaobai and Shangguan Yutang were coming, Mrs. Huang was about to get up and salute, but Shangguan Yutang pressed her arm with both hands and said, "Mrs. Huang doesn't have to be polite. ”

Mrs. Huang waved her hand and motioned for her two children to go back to the house first, she wiped her tears and choked up: "Lord Dugu, do you have a clue about my father-in-law?" ”

Dugu Shaobai said: "I have some clues, but I haven't caught the real murderer yet." ”

Shangguan Yutang put the gift in his hand on the table and said, "Mrs. Huang, now that Imperial Doctor Huang has passed away, you and your two children can go to Huguo Villa to find us if they are in difficulty." ”

Mrs. Huang said gratefully: "The two of you have a heart. ”

Shangguan Yutang sighed: "Pity those two children, they have no father at such a young age." ”

Mrs. Huang's face changed slightly, and then she lowered her head and sobbed: "Yes, pity my child." ”

Dugu Shaobai said: "Mrs. Huang, if this matter is done by Imperial Physician Huang's enemy, it may hurt you and the child, just in case, I want to send someone to guard the Huang Mansion day and night to protect you, what do you think?" ”

Mrs. Huang hurriedly refused: "No need, Lord Dugu, you are already anxious about my father-in-law's affairs, I will be careful these days, after the first seven days of my father-in-law, I will take the children back to the countryside, but I have to work hard to catch the real murderer!" ”

Shangguan Yutang nodded: "Don't worry, Mrs. Huang." ”

Madame Huang choked up, silently wiped her tears, and after Dugu Shaobai and Shangguan Yutang left, Madame Huang slowly raised her head again, different from Fang Cai's grief and sorrow, her tear-stained face actually revealed a trace of cunning.