"This is the key to the water house?" Xie Xiaoer leaned up and stared carefully at the thing in Qu Youying's hand, "How could this thing be in her stomach?" ”

"It must be swallowed."

"Then how did she come up with the idea of swallowing this? It's so big, it's hard to swallow, right? And what's the black stuff on top of this? ”

"Mercury."

"Huh?"

Xie Xiaoer looked up at Mu Jingzhu, who was wrapped in a white cloth and took the key from Qu Youying's hand.

"In order to keep the tomb from decaying for many years, some people will put mercury into the tomb, and the mercury will be fused with jade and other things, and a layer of black will be formed on the surface of jade and other things, which is mercury Qin, which is well treated and has an antiseptic effect."

"But isn't this thing in the tombs of the royal nobles? How can there be in this person's belly? Are you sure it's not a stain, it's real mercury? ”

Xie Xiaoer still expressed doubts, because if this was really the jade key of Mercury Qin, then this person's identity would definitely not be ordinary.

But Qu Youying immediately gave him a sure answer.

"What he said was true." Qu Youying pointed to the dissected chest cavity and said, "You see, except for the esophagus and stomach, the rest of this person's organs have rotted, and even some of them are sticky together, and I can't tell what they are. And this person does not have any wounds in his stomach, and if this jade can be inside, it can only be said to be swallowed. It enters from the mouth, passes through the throat to the esophagus, and only the stomach falls. I think that before this piece of jade was swallowed, it was already covered with a layer of mercury. Mercury is poisonous. ”

"So if this man hadn't been killed by that knife, he would have been poisoned by mercury?"

Xie Xiaoer asked, Qu Youying nodded, he sighed and said, "What happened to this person that made her swallow jade in this way?" ”

"I think she wants to protect the key." Mu Jingzhu stared at the inscription on the key, his eyes sharp, "The key is made of jade, and the locked objects are either rich or expensive, and they will definitely not be ordinary." ”

Although Qu Youying didn't look at him, she nodded affirmatively this time.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaoer asked again, "Then do you want to give this thing to Shuifu and ask what this is?" ”

"It's up to you for this." Qu Youying grinned and said, "You and Shui Linze seem to have a good relationship, you must be able to get this key from his mouth." ”

"Hey, hey, which eye did you see that I was on good terms with him? It's obviously bad, and it can't be worse anymore. Xie Xiaoer pursed his mouth and raised his head, "I'm not going." ”

"Also." Qu Youying ignored him at all and continued, "You told them that this female corpse had been seriously injured in both legs and knees, so she couldn't walk for the rest of her life. Judging by the scars between the bones, it was at least thirty years old. ”

"I said I wouldn't go to Shui Si, why don't you let Jing Zhu go!"

Xie Xiaoer copied his hand and refused categorically.

He was born with Shui Linze, he asked him for answers, with Shui Linze's hateful nature, he would definitely not tell the truth.

Qu Youying stopped what she was doing, suddenly turned her head, and looked at Xie Xiaoer.

But at this time, Mu Jingzhu pulled him and said, "I'll go with you." I'll leave it to Xiaoying here. ”

He didn't give Xie Xiaoer a chance to refuse, picked up Xie Xiaoer's back collar, and dragged the person out.

Behind him, Qu Youying's eyes gradually narrowed.

It wasn't until Mu Jingzhu closed the door and cut off the space inside and outside again that she withdrew her gaze and fell back on the decomposing corpse.

For her, there was no further news of the corpse other than the clues she had found earlier.

But to know who this person is, she still has a way.

It's just because the people of Shuifu don't want to know that she can draw skin, so she uses that key to distract them.

The time she stays allows her to draw the person's face.

She reappeared and changed her gloves and stood next to the corpse, reaching for the deceased's head with both hands, touching the bones and skinning it.

Time passed bit by bit, and she had miraculous skills in her pen, and in just half an hour, she drew an elderly face on the paper.

This face is undoubtedly unfamiliar, but in terms of age, it seems to be slightly lighter than the age presented by the body.

But she didn't recognize this person.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps approaching at the door, and she immediately put away the pen and paper, picked up the needle and thread, stood next to the corpse, and sewed it up.

After a while, the door was opened, Xie Xiaoer and Mu Jingzhu walked in first, and there were two sons of Shuifu standing at the door, and in the distance behind them, Jiang Tong was standing.

Several people's eyes looked inside, and no one spoke.

Qu Youying was puzzled, turned her head and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Shui Wuze and Shui Linze glanced at each other, and finally the latter took the lead in speaking, "I want to ask the little boy, in addition to the few clues that Brother Mu said, what other clues did the little boy find?" ”

Qu Youying retracted her gaze, continued the action of stitching under her hands, and said lightly, "No." ”

"Since there isn't, this corpse might as well just-"

"The body must be kept." Qu Youying interrupted Shui Mistze's words and said, "The strange appearance of this corpse is not a clue to prevent omission, so leave it appropriate." ”

"But—"

"Third son, Xiaosi is right. This corpse appeared rashly, and something from Shuifu was found in the stomach, so naturally it couldn't be disposed of casually, so it was better to find a place and place it properly, so that it would be convenient to find something in the future and continue to investigate. ”

Jiang Tong's words made the water mist reach his mouth, and he swallowed it back.

Shui Linze on the side agreed with Jiang Tong's words very much.

His gaze had been falling on Qu Youying's face with interest, and he said with a smile, "Just listen to the prince." Someone came, transported the body to Yizhuang, and instructed the keeper there to take care of it, and it was best to embalm it, so as not to miss the clues that were not found on the corpse. ”

Someone behind him immediately received the order, and after Qu Youying stitched up the body, he secretly transported the body away.

Because of the smell of corpses, Qu Youying wanted to go back to Jiang Tong's courtyard as soon as possible to make a clear, but she couldn't resist the enthusiasm of Shuifu, so she had to stay as she said.

Stayed in the yard of the mist and washed it.

After all, Jiang Tong is still there, he is the person found by Shui Wuze, and it makes sense for them to go to his place.

Shui Wuze also listened to Jiang Tong's words and found a clean and quiet room for Qu Youying to use at will, and then he went to drink tea with Jiang Tong.

After Qu Youying bathed, the whole person was a lot refreshed, but he still thought about the female corpse in his mind.

On the way back, she asked Shui Wuze if there was such an old woman in Shuifu, and the answer was no.

The oldest grandmother in Shuifu is in her early sixties, and the rest are young people.

"Could it be outside the Water Mansion? But if you are an outsider, how can you get the jade spoon of Shuifu? ”

She was lying in the bathtub, and what she recalled in her mind was that before leaving Xiyuan, Xie Xiaoer said to her, "When the Shui brothers saw this key, they were shocked, but they only said that this key was very important, and as for what was locked, they didn't want to say anything." But it should be something that outsiders can't easily find. ”

For Xie Xiaoer's words, she thought about it for a long time, and still felt that this dead woman must be from Shuifu.

And with the touch at that time, the time for the formation of mercury will not be too long, so someone should have done it on purpose.

"Was she forced to swallow it, or did she swallow it herself?"

Puzzled, she moved in the water and found that the water was a little cold, so she got up.

Just as she walked out of the ear chamber and tied the strap as she walked, her footsteps suddenly stagnated, and the next moment, she took a step back vigilantly, and her eyes were sharp towards the person drinking tea at the table.

"Shui Linze?" When she saw the appearance of the visitor, she was a little surprised, "Why did you come here?" ”

"Naturally, I care about the little boy, so I came to take a look, the little boy worked hard for the autopsy, and I specially ordered someone to make some pastries for the little boy to eat."

He gestured to the food box at hand, which had been opened, and several plates of delicious pastries were brought out of it.

The corners of Qu Youying's mouth twitched, "Compared to this, I just want to know when you came?" ”

"Of course it's when you go in and take a bath! But don't worry, Young Master Ben is a decent gentleman and never does anything to steal. ”

His mouth was right, but the look in his eyes clearly betrayed him.

"Laughing like a thief, who believes it!" Qu Youying ruined a roll of his eyes, and then turned around to get the coat on the screen, but found that the coat was missing. "Where's my clothes?"

"That dress stinks, so I threw it away, you wear this! I bought this for you myself! ”

He raised the moon-white coat in his hand, and smiled so much that his eyebrows and eyes were bent.

Qu Youying stood still, looking at him on the surface, but actually looking at the things on the desk behind him.

When she was bathing, there was nothing there, but when she came out at the moment, it appeared.

She knew that it was Jiang Tong who ordered someone to prepare it, and it seemed that Jiang Tong knew that Shui Linze would come at this time.

She secretly scolded him for being a bastard, but for the sake of her own life in the future, she still had to complete his plan.

Shui Linze didn't know what she was thinking, but looking at her thin figure under her wide undershirt, he felt more and more cute.

So he got up and walked towards her with his robe in his hand.

"This dress is a bit complicated to wear, but it is very heroic, why don't I try it on for the little boy, how about it?"

He asked so on his lips, but his actual actions were very straightforward.

Qu Youying took a step back, and he took a big step forward, repeatedly, until she was about to retreat.

Qu Youying suddenly made a short body, bent down from his arm, got out, jumped to the edge of the table, and stopped.

"Thank you for the kindness of the fourth son, but it is useless, the fourth prince gave me clothes, I naturally want to reciprocate, why don't you write an IOU today to repay the kindness of the fourth prince in the future?"

As she spoke, she walked over to the desk and took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from it.

Then she sat down at the table and wrote an IOU, with her name at the end.

"Fourth son, please?"

She handed the other end of the brush to Shui Linze, who was holding the clothes in one hand and looked at her for a long time, looking at Qu Youying very weakly.

"The fourth son? What happened to you? ”

"I was just thinking, you can't be deliberately cheating, are you? The little boy is very cunning! ”

"How is that possible? If the fourth prince doesn't believe it, then forget it, this IOU will be ruined! ”

As she spoke, she used her brush to draw a large cross on the paper and threw it away.

But at this time, Shui Linze suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hand from behind.

His palm was delicate and his chest was broad, and he was so close from behind that it made Qu Youying's heart beat sluggishly, and then beat rapidly.

Shui Linze took a deep breath, smelled the fragrance on her body, and became more and more happy.

"The little boy is very delicious, and people don't want to leave."

"Fourth son, please respect yourself. You and I are men, so don't do that. ”

She pretended to be calm, and writhed in his arms.

But the more she moved, the closer Shui Linze became, and then when she wasn't paying attention, a kiss fell on her cheek very happily.

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