In the following days, Xiao Qinglang almost sleepless day and night, and even went in civilian clothes to personally interrogate Jin Fu and others. Because of the list provided by Jin Fu, the information they got became more and more accurate, and the number of people who secretly controlled it became more and more.

And Song Derong and Liu Rangmo, under the pressure of Lord Yuan and his party, were also busy racking their brains to shirk the suspicion of robbing grain and the death of Xiao Hua and other colleagues. As a result, the officialdom of Jinzhou, which was controlled and well-organized by the people behind the scenes, has completely become a puddle of troubled water.

First, Tang Rucai closed the door, but secretly found Xiao Qinglang to talk secretly. Later, there were Zhao Mo Zheng Jiupin, Zhao Mo, Song Yuanqing, Zhao Weipin, the director of the prison, and Zhao Huanran, the governor of the prison lawsuit, were involved one after another.

Even, Lord Yuan, who was supposed to be in microservice, appeared publicly in the name of patrolling on behalf of the sky. And, with lightning speed, he sent people to seize control of Jinzhou City. Partial birth, now there are guards in the yamen who are strong in martial arts around him and are maintained by important ministers behind him.

And ten miles outside the city, there is a garrison of the imperial court passing by. Even, a number of generals who had personal relations with Lord Yuan and belonged to the royalist party entered the city to talk about old feelings with Lord Yuan.

Under such pressure, Mo said that Liu let Mo and Song Derong go, and even Rong Gong had to temporarily stop contact with Jinzhou City.

As the situation became more tense, the infighting in officialdom also dissipated the ripples. Now, a group of people is like sitting on pins and needles.

But what made them even more panicked was that Xu Qinhe, who had been saying that he was not sick and was controlled by Rong Gong's people, suddenly announced that he was cured. And, on the same day, he took over the case of Zhang Xiao's lawsuit against Song Derong from the hands of Lord Yuan.

At the same time, he also received the letters handed over one after another by the family members of the officials who died in the grain robbery case.

Because of the long time and the lack of manpower in the yamen, even if the coffin is opened for an autopsy, it is quite troublesome. Therefore, under the recommendation of Li Chengzuo, Xu Chu, a female servant who hung in the county government of Jinzhou City, once again entered the field of vision.

Xu Chu was the first to take over, and after Zhang Xiao's approval, Xiao Hua's body was revealed after the coffin was opened.

Because Xiao Hua has been dead for decades, there is only a pile of white bones left. But it is this pile of blackened white bones that proves that the deceased did not die of bandits, but of poisoning.

Not to mention Xiao Hua, the people who followed Song Derong to suppress the bandits, from the officials and colleagues, to the officials who died, their white bones have been blackened. It's shocking to watch.

"The deceased, five feet six inches long, looked at his skeleton, and was about twenty-five years old. After the bone examination, there were no signs of fracture or injury to the bone, and the bone injury did not touch the flesh, so it can be inferred that the death was not caused by serious injury. After Xu Chu got up, he did not collect the bones, but leaned over to the already rotten quilt spread under the corpse in the coffin. She carefully used tweezers to collect the quilt on the corresponding part of the corpse's chest and abdomen.

Normally, if the deceased dies of poisoning, the rotting flesh will inevitably contain toxins. And those toxins that are not easy to degrade and denature will also seep into the things laid under the deceased and even the bottom of the coffin with the putrid liquid.

Therefore, it is far more meaningful to collect the tattered quilt under the white bones than to just look at the bones, or even steam the bones for poison.

Her movements were extremely fast, and with the assistance of Li Yanzuo, she completed the examination of all the corpses in less than half a day. Naturally, after steaming the bones, she also gathered up the layer of black powder attached to the bones one by one.

As she moved, the silver thread on the handle of the autopsy knife suddenly changed color. This made Xu Chu's expression suddenly solemn, but because it had been too long, and the medicine had already changed in shape, she didn't dare to make a conclusion easily.

If the corpse was still fresh, she could also determine whether the poison was what she thought it was based on its condition. But now, for the sake of prudence, she asked for Aunt Chu.

"It is clear that the cause of death of these deceased people was poisoning. But what kind of poison is it, I have to go back to find someone to study together. Xu Chu said to Lord Yuan simply and clearly, his attitude was naturally neither humble nor arrogant, and even a little bit from Xiao Qinglang's general attitude.

Lord Yuan frowned, a little displeased, but it seemed that because of Xiao Qinglang's secret orders, he never embarrassed her in the end. It was only after she left that she complained in a low voice: "Let a woman perform an autopsy and push the case, this is just nonsense!" ”

The corner of the secret guard who pretended to be his confidant on the side twitched slightly, rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "My lord is cautious, you must know that a person like Miss Chu who has solved several major cases in just half a year, even if she is a three-law division, is rare. What's more, the corpses she has examined, even if they are old men who have been working in the yamen for decades, often sigh to themselves. ”

The secret guard was transferred from Xiao Qinglang, and he naturally knew Xu Chu very well. Not to mention her prince's affection for her, this quasi-princess definitely didn't run. Just talking about the copper mine case where the six sons were killed was enough to convince those who had followed the prince for many years.

Lord Yuan just wanted to refute one or two more, but as soon as he looked up and saw that Li Cheng was obedient to Xu Chu, and he looked like he couldn't record what she said, he swallowed the words again.

After receiving the prince's secret instructions, he also reviewed the dossiers of Jinzhou City in detail. Like Li Chengzuo, he can make an exception and become a permanent resident of the Yamen of Jinzhou City, and his ability is undoubted.

But now it seems that he simply regards Xu Chu's little girl as a master...... It can be seen that the girl must really have two brushes.

Before, Lord Yuan also felt that the reason why Xu Chu became famous was just because of the light of the prince. It must be that the prince is unwilling to reveal his identity, so he gives her the credit for solving the case. But now it seems that he was really a little arbitrary.

Although he is a bit pedantic, he is not a Weidolph who has never seen the world. There was a woman as an official in the previous dynasty, although the ending was not satisfactory, but in the end it was a precedent. Thinking about it like this, she is just a woman who has become a servant, and she can't hinder the government, so naturally she won't let him be too repulsed.

Thinking of this, he turned back to the guards and ordered: "Let people go and get the files of the Yamen about the original grain robbery case, and then send the autopsy sheets and files of the several corpses examined today to Miss Chu's mansion." Just said that the official asked Miss Chu to help investigate the case. ”

The guards who followed him surrendered, and quickly left.

After returning to the house, Xu Chu did not delay, and went directly to Aunt Chu to help check what the ingredients of the things obtained today were.

If you talk about it, Aunt Xu is Chu is not as good as Xu Chu, but she knows very well about some of the methods and poisons commonly used in the palace.

Aunt Chu soaked the broken cotton wool in water, and after a while, she tested it with a silver needle. But I saw that the silver needle suddenly turned black, which was very frightening. Afterwards, she put the black powder attached to the white bones sent by Xu Chu into the water, but in a moment, the result was the same as before.

"It is crane top red, and the concentration is extremely high, which shows that this medicine is very finely extracted." Aunt Chu's face was a little ugly, "In my experience, I can't find such a fierce and pure crane top red outside. ”

In other words, the medicine came out of the palace again.

Xu Chu couldn't help but think of the death of Shunzi in the White Bone Case, when he was fed to Hedinghong by Furong, who was Rui Niang, who had been by Xiao Qinglang's side for many years, and died. Subsequently, in the case of Zhang's death in Jinyinfang, the palace banned drugs and could not be detained.

The relationship between this, even if there is no reminder from Xiao Qinglang, she can think clearly.

I'm afraid, as Xiao Qinglang said, that person was like this again and again to get rid of Jinzhou City's officials who were unwilling to obey him. Then, take the opportunity to send henchmen to act as real people.

Just like Xiao Hua, he and Song Derong grew up together since childhood, and were deeply favored by the Song family, so they naturally did not want to be ungrateful. Therefore, after some coercion, the fake Song Derong could only kill him.

As for why the real Song Derong's body was hidden in the Furong Inn, it was thought that it should be a fake Song Derong who also wanted to extract more information from him, and at the same time had to let him stay for a few more days in order to imitate his every move.

But these can only be speculations so far.

On the other side, Song Derong began to compete with Liu Rangmo, and for the first time, he went to visit Liu's mansion.

In the study room of Liu's Mansion, the remaining officials who were not implicated and were free gathered here. Outside the study, except for Liu Rangmo's henchmen, no one moved around, and even the housekeeper was far away.

"Lord Liu, at the end of the day today, the document said that Lord Yuan had taken away the files of the people involved in the case, which seemed to be quite a strict investigation. If he really wants to track it down, then none of us can escape. At this time, Song Yuanqing was anxious for a while, and his expression was extremely worried.

Before his words fell, Zhao Huanran on the side also opened his mouth to echo, "Brother Song and I are simply struggling now, and we are really cornered." Lord Liu, Lord Song, we don't talk darkly, our brothers did what you wanted. If we plant it, don't think about it. ”

What he said made Liu Rangmo and Song Derong's faces gloomy.

"What do you mean by that?" Song Derong sneered gloomily, "Are you trying to turn against the water?" ”

When Song Yuanqing saw Song Derong's expression, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Song, don't be annoyed, it's my brother who is reckless." But he really has no choice, after all, although many years have passed, the original thing was not done seamlessly. In this autopsy, as long as it is concluded that those people were poisoned, then our brother, the person who forged the autopsy sheet and file, will definitely not be able to get out of it. ”

"We all know that there must be a master behind the two adults. If you can, please ask the adults to help deliver a word, hoping to save our brother. ”