Chapter 29: Doubts
Situ Yimo's right hand shook slightly, looked at the man, and then glanced at the grief-stricken Master Hu, his tone was still flat, "Peacock bile again?" ”
"Back to the county lord, my lord was hit by peacock bile and died immediately." Holding the mutton soup on the table, Fu Shen said to this Situ Yimo, "There is peacock bile in this bowl of mutton soup, and it is because the adults drank this bowl of mutton soup that they were poisoned." ”
"Sheep soup?" Situ Yimo handed over the paper in her hand to Xinglu for safekeeping, then walked to the side of the sheep soup, took out the silver needle and put it in, the silver needle instantly turned black, she took a closer look, it did look like peacock bile.
Looking at the blackened silver needle in her hand, her mood began to heavily.
Who is so bold as to dare to poison the officials of the imperial court!
The first person Situ Yimo suspected in his heart was Master Hu, but where did he have the courage to kill the county commander?
Could it be that there is a secret behind this matter? From beginning to end, she underestimated the whole case?
Could it be that the deaths behind Zhao Er and He Kainong hide some ulterior secrets? Do you have to die a county order?
"This death of a court official is not a trivial matter, although the county lord has the sword of Shang Fang given by the emperor, but the matter of the public court, it is better to leave it to the yamen to handle, since the county order is dead, it will be handled by the prefect." Situ Yimo pondered for a moment and said.
Master Hu raised his head and glanced at Situ Yimo, and immediately lowered his head, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, covering the sneer in his eyes, what about the county lord, isn't he just a woman!
"County Lord, the Lord died too unjustly! You must seek justice for the adults! Master Hu's eyes instantly turned into grief, and he looked at Situ Yimo and cried, "Our adults have always been diligent and diligent in avenging grievances for the people, but we have never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, how can anyone be so bold and reckless and dare to kill the officials of the imperial court!"
Situ Yimo just glanced at the master lightly, and then said to the head catcher, "Carefully remove the body of the county commander, and send a few more people to guard the corpse carefully." Also, protect the site well, and no one is allowed to destroy it without permission. ”
"Yes, villain obeys." The head catcher hurriedly took a few catchers to carry away the body of the county commander, Master Hu glanced at Situ Yimo in puzzlement, and saw her walking to the bedside to check, and his heart was stunned.
Didn't she say that she would hand it over to the prefect for investigation? Why are you still here?
Seeing that the corpse was raised, the lord of Nirui County was not so scared in his heart, and when he saw what Situ Yimo was still looking for, he couldn't help but be surprised, "Anhe, didn't you say that it would be handed over to the prefect to take care of?" ”
"Well, that's what I said."
"Then we're not leaving?"
Situ Yimo put on special gloves, lifted the county magistrate's bedding, and examined it carefully. This glove was specially given to her by Weicheng, although it is a thin layer, it can prevent poison.
When she heard what the county lord of Nirui said, she didn't stop the movements in her hand, but just glanced at Master Hu and said with a light smile.
"Although I said that I handed over the case to the prefect to handle it, this is a necessary procedure, after all, it is the official of the court who died, and someone must go to court and report it to the court. But I didn't say I didn't care about it. ”
The corners of Master Hu's eyebrows were furrowed, standing here inexplicably with a little weakness, she saw Situ Yimo looking over, and subconsciously avoided her eyes, but quickly calmed down, and only listened to Situ Yimo's unhappy voice.
"The dignified court official was actually poisoned? Still under our noses! This murderer didn't take our two county lords seriously! ”
Situ Yimo pretended to be angry and looked at the county lord of Nirui, "If you don't find out the murderer, this county lord can't swallow this breath!" Ni Rui, you are the emperor's niece, and I still have the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor in my hand! ”
"The murderer dares to kill in front of us, and this murderer doesn't take us seriously at all! Extraordinary, he still despises imperial power! ”
"The emperor is so holy that he dares someone to despise the imperial power, can you stand it? Anyway, this county lord can't look past it!"
When the county lord of Nirui was said by Situ Yimo, he was immediately angry, full of anger, and slapped his right hand on the table, only to hear a snap, and the roof moved.
"Hmph, it's so presumptuous! What a big dog guts! Dare not to put my Nirui County Lord in his eyes! Also defy the imperial power! My emperor's uncle is so wise and powerful! This man has eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard!"
"Anhe, you're right, this murderer must be found! Dare to kill in front of the lord of this county! The county mainly digs his ancestral grave! Dig his corpse! Cut him with a thousand knives! Scrape off the flesh from him little by little and feed it to the flies!"
Master Hu's body was uncontrollable, trembling involuntarily, listening to the words of the Nirui County Lord, his stomach was churning, he was very disgusted and frightened, but he still quickly calmed down.
"The two county lords are right, the lord is an official of the imperial court, and this matter must be investigated to the bottom of the matter, so as to comfort the soul of the lord in the sky."
Situ Yimo stared at a master carefully, it seemed that she had been underestimating this master, "What Master Hu said is that this matter must be investigated." Since Zheng County's order died after drinking sheep soup, can someone be sent to find out who made the sheep soup? Who sent it? Did you pass by anyone else on the way? Can the process be carefully verified? ”
When Master Hu heard Situ Yimo say it so clearly, he knew that Lord Anhe was not easy to fool, she still had some means, and she really deserved to be a woman with Shang Fang's sword!
"Knowing that the old man was poisoned and died, the villain immediately asked people to check, and I believe there will be news soon."
"Very good, the death of a court official is not a trivial matter, the prefect estimates that he will not be able to catch up for a while and a half, except for the murder of Zheng County Order, the county lord will investigate together with He Kainong's death. The rest of the things, Master Hu, you should know how to do it, right? ”
"Yes, the villain will fully cooperate with the county lord."
"The county lord heard that the family members of the county magistrate have gone to their hometown, and you have to arrange this matter, Master Hu."
"The villain will arrange it!"
Situ Yimo carefully inspected Zheng Xianling's room, and even checked the footprints carefully, leaving no clues, which shows that the murderer is a very cautious person.
Since there were no clues left in the room, I had to start with the sheep soup first.
However, if it is really peacock bile, I don't know if it will have anything to do with He Kainong, didn't he also commit suicide by taking peacock bile?
As Situ Yimo expected, the catch quickly found out that the sheep soup was boiled by Aunt He herself, and it was also personally served to Zheng County by the maid next to her, except for Aunt He's people, no one has ever touched the sheep soup anymore, and the catch Kuai also searched out the peacock bile from Aunt He's room.
Master Hu arrested Aunt He without saying a word, but Aunt He shouted injustice all the way, saying that it was not Zheng County's order that she poisoned. But the evidence is so conclusive that even if she has a hundred mouths, she can't tell.
Originally, Master Hu wanted to put Aunt He directly in the cell, but was stopped by Xinglu, saying that it was the main person of Anhe County who personally interrogated him, and Master Hu naturally did not dare to refuse.
Aunt He saw Anhe County Lord shouting injustice, Situ Yimo could see at a glance that it was not Aunt He's poison, as far as her own words were concerned, no matter how stupid she was, she would not give Zheng County Ling the sheep soup she made to drink, isn't this just clearly telling others that she is going to kill Zheng County Ling?
Situ Yimo saw that she was excited, so he asked her to calm down first and tell her what had happened. She said that her brother was dead, the murderer was unknown, and she wanted Zheng County to ask He Kainong for justice.
She knew that Zheng Xianling liked sheep soup the most, so she personally boiled the sheep soup and sent it over in person, but Zheng Xianling was not feeling well and didn't see her, but just asked Xiaohong to send the sheep soup in.
Xiaohong also said that the mutton soup has always been watched by her and Xiaohuan, no one else has touched it, and the mutton soup was sent by Xiaohuan to Zheng County's room, but she put down the mutton soup and left immediately, and she didn't see Zheng County's order.
As for peacock bile, Aunt He naturally didn't know.
After Situ Yimo listened, he targeted the two maids, since the sheep soup was only touched by the three of them, the murderer was among the three of them, and Aunt He could rule it out.
It's just two maids, where did they have the courage to poison Zheng County's order, they must have been instructed by someone. But they are all Aunt He's maids, even if they are poisoned, Aunt He can't get rid of suspicion, unless she can find the real master behind them.
Xiaohong's dress is obviously a little worse than Xiaohuan, and the jade bracelet Xiaohuan is wearing in her hand is a reward from others at first glance, which shows that Xiaohuan is more popular with Aunt He than Xiaohong, and her courage is greater than Xiaohong.
Although both of them had fear in their eyes, Xiaohuan was obviously a little calmer.
Situ Yimo was not sure who did it for a while, so she asked them all to be taken down, she did not put them in the cell, after all, He Kainong could die quietly in the cell, she didn't want anyone to die anymore.
Let the catcher lock them in the room first, Aunt He is alone, the two maids are locked together, let the catcher Yan take care of them, and she secretly let the hidden guard watch them.
After a day of trouble, with three lives, Situ Yimo was also tired, she went to the morgue, and then ordered the head catcher to do something, and then went back to the room to rest, her legs were not yet complete!
Looking at her legs, she couldn't help but think of Su Hanyu, and the picture of him carrying her came to mind, as well as the scene of them being in the same room, and her heart moved slightly.
Holding the blue jade bottle left by Su Hanyu in his hand, Situ Yimo was stunned for a while before eating a pill, thinking for a while, he asked Gan Tang to prepare hot water, she had to take a bath and rest, so that she could think about the three murders in succession.
The person she had always suspected was Master Hu, but she could kill He Kainong and Zheng County Ling in one day, and she felt that she couldn't do it with Master Hu alone.
If it is really Master Hu, then there must be a master behind him to help, otherwise where did he get the courage to kill the court officials? Otherwise, he will not escape death.
Just, why? Why did Master Hu kill He Kainong? Why did you dare to kill Zheng County? If Zhao Er's death is also related to Master Hu, why?
There are too many doubts behind the three lives.