There were many people standing around the place where the incident occurred, in addition to Ji Erlan and his party, there were also some ordinary people who had not had time to flee too far, seeing that the situation here had been controlled, they came back to find out.

The streets and alleys that were originally brightly lit, because of the chaos of the square, many lamps have fallen to the ground and been trampled on, and now the ones that can still be lit are the octagonal palace lamps on the trees, so the surroundings are very dim. Yang Zheng ordered someone to get some lamps to light again, and then looked at the surrounding situation.

The acrobats' performance objects were scattered everywhere, most of them in tatters, and many half-burned wooden cages were scattered to the ground. Many people came back to pick up their belongings, and when they saw this ruined situation, they all shook their heads bitterly.

At this time, the officials who had come to maintain order but were dispersed finally returned, and many of them were injured, and one of them even had his leg trampled on...... The king frowned, and told the wounded to go back first, and then asked the rest of the servants to bring a man and a woman who had been placed in the corner of the wall to him, and kneel with the weeping woman.

The woman who fell in front of the corpse seemed to be the wife of the deceased, and she tied her hands together, wanting to touch but not daring, only to collapse and cover her cheeks with her hands and cry uncontrollably.

Razor asked, "How many of you, who will explain?" How did this accident happen? What is the relationship between the four of you? ”

The man among the three was obviously frightened enough, and seeing that the officials were all respectful to the man in white with outstanding temperament in front of him, he knew that this person was either rich or noble. Therefore, when he heard the other party's subordinates asking in a cold voice, he didn't dare to move. Although he still spoke a little unfavorably, he still stammered reluctantly: "We...... The four of them are, who have been learning acrobatics from a master since childhood......"

He raised his hand stiffly, pointed to the two women beside him, and said, "They are a pair of sisters, the younger sister is my wife Jiaoniang, and the older sister is the ......" His hand, pointing to the person who was burned alive, his face was very painful, and said: "...... It was his wife, Yue Niang. This spitting fire, obviously it has been performed countless times, and the villain doesn't know how it can be like this......"

Yang Zhen listened to his words and asked, "At that time, you were by his side, and you must have seen it very clearly." How the hell did he get burned? ”

The man said, "I was behind the curtain preparing for the next acrobatic show, and I didn't see it. I heard the screams of the commotion, and I ran out to see that he was ...... Already turned into a burning man! He glanced at Yue Niang, who was covering her face and crying, lowered her head, and stopped talking.

And her wife, Jiao Niang, bit her lower lip and said, "I was holding a copper plate and was receiving the copper coins from the officials around me...... I didn't see it either, but my sister should have seen it......"

Yue Niang hid her face and cried bitterly, perhaps because she heard their words, or perhaps she was a little clearer from her sadness, and gradually stopped crying, she wiped the tears on her face with her sleeves, and said, "I don't know how he made such a mistake...... I took a breath when I saw that the fire in front of me was still not extinguished...... Just ......"

As we all know, the acrobatic art of spitting fire is very important. That is, when the fire in front of you has not been extinguished, you must not inhale, otherwise, the fire dragon in front of you will float in the air, and the unburned rosin powder will quickly turn upside down, and the most direct consequence is to 'set yourself on fire'. If such a mistake is made, it will be disfigured at least and burned to crippled at worst.

Cheng Xiaoxiao tugged on Ji Erlan's sleeve tightly and hid behind her to look at the corpse on the ground. "Er Lan, let's hurry up, this person burned himself to death and handed it over to the yamen to deal with."

Ji Erlan listened to her words, shook her head and said: "The fire is so fast, it can't be extinguished, and the whole body is on fire quickly, I'm afraid it's not just a little mistake during the performance." She pointed to the man and said, "He also said it just now, and when he heard the exclamation, he immediately came out to investigate, and as a result, this man was already burned all over his body." This is just confirmed. ”

"Not bad." Yang Zhen said: "Even if there is a mistake and the fire dragon is sprayed on the face, it is impossible to spread to the whole body at once, and it will burn into a burning man without waiting for everyone to react." ”

As soon as the words of the two fell, the people around them looked at the deceased on the ground, but the clothes, shoes and socks on his body were already half burned, and there was no way to find out the suspicions. He had been circling the corpse for a long time, and there were no clues worth noting.

Yue Niang knelt there, looking unbearable, her eyes closed, and her tears kept flowing out. She didn't seem to want others to see her embarrassment, so she covered her face with her hands and kept sobbing quietly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "If it wasn't for his own mistake, what could it be?" There were so many people around at that time, it couldn't be someone else's hands? ”

Ji Erlan glanced back at a pair of extremely thin, yellowish gloves on his hands, and said, "Give me your gloves." The man was stunned and glanced at the king. Although he frowned, he did not object, and took out a new pair of gloves from what he was carrying, and handed them to Ji Erlan.

When she put it on, she noticed that the glove was soft to the touch, and she didn't know what it was made of. She walked over to the corpse and motioned for her to help. The two turned the body over so that his face was facing up.

The people around couldn't help but gasp when they saw this. Why is this girl so bold, not only daring to look at the corpse, but also daring to touch the corpse?! However, the more terrifying is yet to come.

The corpse was completely charred, and when it was turned over, everyone could see that his eyes were tightly closed, that his upper eyelids and lower eyelids had been glued together, that his face had been completely blurred, and that his mouth had grown wide. Some people around have begun to retch when they see this scene. Even Yang Zhen frowned fiercely, however, Ji Erlan looked at the corpse's mouth indifferently with a thoughtful expression.

He was a little embarrassed, and his gaze at Ji Erlan couldn't help but give birth to a little admiration. He asked, "What did the girl find?" ”

"Something is missing."

He was stunned for a moment, then glanced into the corpse's mouth, but still didn't see anything missing.

Ji Erlan didn't explain, she stood up, first walked around, then lingered on the faces of the three kneeling people for a moment, and finally squatted beside Yue Niang, carefully looked at her hands covering her face, and asked, "Yue Niang, why did you murder your husband?" ”

When she said this, the people around her were at a loss, however, Yue Niang's body shook violently, moved her hand away from her face, and looked at her in dismay. And the man kneeling beside her, her brother-in-law, also suddenly widened his eyes, and there seemed to be a great flow of sadness in shock.

After Yue Niang was stunned, she couldn't help but hide her face again and cry bitterly: "This girl, how could I kill my husband who has supported me for many years...... How could I ......"

Ji Erlan didn't care about the defense, and suddenly pinched her cuffs, and Yue Niang's body suddenly stiffened.

She fumbled in Yue Niang's two-tube sleeves, and finally pinched a tubular thing: "What is this?" ”

Everyone looked at her cuffs, only to see Ji Erlan pinching something through her sleeves. After the thing was taken out, it turned out to be a short bamboo tube the thickness of a thumb.

"This ......" Yue Niang's eyes widened, and there were still undried tears in them. However, she did not say anything to defend herself.

"This is the bamboo pipe that the acrobat holds in his mouth when he spits fire. Is that right? Ji Erlan looked directly at Yue Niang and said: "During the performance, the pipe will be put with rosin powder and paper ashes that are not completely burned, and when you need to breathe fire, the outside will be lit, and the actor will blow out, so that there will be sparks spewing out." And you, as his wife, should have prepared this kind of thing, right? ”

Yue Niang turned her head to look at Jiao Niang and her husband, lowered her head and said, "I prepared it." ”

Ji Erlan dragged the bamboo pipe in his hand, showed it to Yang Zhen, and said, "There are traces of burning on the edge of this bamboo pipe, which should have been spit out of the deceased's mouth after it was burned." Then, she turned back to look at Yue Niang and asked, "Yue Niang, why did you still have the heart to pick up this thing and hide it in your sleeve when you were in such a panic, and when your husband turned into a fire man and couldn't be cured?" ”

There was a lot of talk in the crowd.

"yes, something happened, she didn't want to save people, what did she do when she picked up this kind of thing?"

"Is this a murder weapon?"

"Why did she kill her husband? What a fierce and vicious woman! ”

Yue Niang was completely stunned, and when she saw that everyone's eyes were looking at her, she defended in a panic: "No, it's not hidden, maybe I picked it up casually because I was afraid of the chaos......"

However, her argument is not convincing at all.

Ji Erlan looked at Yue Niang, who was powerless to refute, and said: "In addition to the burnt marks and burnt smell on this bamboo pipe, there is also a faint ...... The taste of pepper ...... How do you explain it? ”

Yue Niang's face was completely earthy now, she stared directly at the bamboo pipe in Ji Erlan's hand, and she couldn't even maintain a kneeling posture. He sat on the ground and didn't say a word.

"You mix a small amount of paprika powder with the rosin powder, and when your husband takes him in his mouth and blows, the pepper powder itself is a little pungent, and the spark is enough to make him choke and sneeze," said Ji Erlan. Think about it, how can a person who wants to sneeze, how can he hold back? And before sneezing, you have to take a breath, so your husband's so-called 'mistake' is entirely your plan, right? ”

Yue Niang was speechless, and the discussion around her was louder, some accused Yue Niang, and some were amazed that Ji Erlan solved a murder case with just a few words.

"And ...... This corpse was supposed to have been burned from the beginning, but his legs and feet were burned worse than his body, you must have put something in his shoes, right? ”