"We didn't find any hair in the grave, which means that the victim had been stripped of his hair when he was thrown into the pit for burial. At the moment, we don't know what Huiniang's in-laws did with these hairs, only that they need hair and are reluctant to throw it away with these victims. That's why they gave up cutting off the heads of their victims with knives.

One-size-fits-all is very refreshing, but the blood that spews out will stain the hair, and even splash everywhere, so poisoning is their best choice.

Brother Chang, take a closer look, the bones are also blackened, is the degree of blackening and the distribution of toxins also different? ”

Chang Taizai carefully examined the bones of the victims who were suspected of being poisoned, and found that the location of the poison and the degree of blackening of the bones were indeed different.

"Isn't this poison different from poison?"

"Brother Chang, although you are in the public gate, you have heard of some things on the rivers and lakes. It is said that many people are good at using poisons, but the methods of using poisons and the process of extracting toxins are different. For example, the aforementioned kudzu is a plant toxin, which is relatively easy to find, and the method of poisoning is relatively simple, usually mixed with the victim's food. There are also epidemics, and the spread of epidemics is mostly related to rats, so they can also be classified as insect poison. Among the many ways to poison, it is impossible to prevent it, and the most terrifying should belong to the fourth type of murder we are about to talk about. That's Gu poison. ”

"Witchcraft?" Chang Tai had obviously heard these things, and when Xing Ruyi said the word Gu poison, his face changed: "In the mountains and wilderness, how can they harm people in this way?" ”

"Gu poison originally came from the mountains and wilderness, but it was not normal to appear in a place like Luoyang, the divine capital." Xing Ruyi led Chang Tai to another corpse that had not yet completely decomposed: "The deceased was thin, the skin of the whole body was very obvious yellowish-white, the eyes were collapsed, the teeth were exposed, and the upper and lower lips had varying degrees of contraction. Brother Chang, if you look at his abdomen again, it is also concave downward. ’

"The deceased is skinny, and besides, it has become like this, and it seems normal for the belly to be sunken."

"Brother Chang, look at it again!" Xing Ruyi said, plucking a silver hairpin from his head and stabbing it through the victim's abdomen. By the light of the fire, Chang Tai saw that the Yin Hai in Xing Ruyi's hand had turned golden.

"It's ......"

"Shhhh Brother Chang waits. ”

Xing Ruyi took the silver hairpin, walked out of the courtyard, walked to the villagers who were still watching the excitement just now, but now they were waiting for Li Mao to send the medicine one by one, and asked in a raised voice: "Excuse me, who has soap horns in the house, can you soak some water here." ”

The words fell silently, and Xing Ruyi didn't mind, so he raised his voice and asked twice. When asked for the third time, a voice finally responded: "I still have some soap horns at home, but they are all old." ”

"It's okay, I'm bothering this sister to go home and get some for me. Not much, just soak two in a basin of water. Oh, the soaphorn needs to be smashed open, hard work for this sister. ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, my home is not far from here."

"Brother Chang, you accompany this sister to her house, it's about to be time, my sister goes home alone, I'm always a little at ease." Xing Ruyi glanced at the "guests" who were not far away, Chang Tai nodded, and accompanied the woman back home.

It didn't take long to go back and forth, and it seemed that what the girl said was not a lie, and her home was indeed not far from here.

The wooden basin is a common kind in farmers' homes, and the soaphorn is densely covered with a layer, and it can be seen that the girl is also a real person. Xing Ruyi put the end of the silver hairpin that had turned golden into the water, let it sit for a while, and when it was taken out, the color did not change at all. Wipe it with Jinpa, and there is no change.

"Ruyi, what are you doing here?"

Chang Tai looked at Xing Ruyi in puzzlement.

"She is verifying whether the poison on this silver hairpin is the poison of the Golden Silkworm Gu." The fox didn't know when, but he also slipped here, and when he heard Chang Tai asking, he kindly explained it on his behalf. As soon as he finished explaining, his face changed slightly: "Tsk, Golden Silkworm, I think I know what that cave is for." ”

"Caves?" Xing Ruyi also thought of the cave full of cocoons, she looked back at the fox, but saw that the fox nodded regretfully: "It seems that in recent days, not only your brain has become dull, but even my brain has become stupid." That person's skin brocade clothes may just be the external harvest of the person who practices Gu, what he really wants is Gu poison. ”

Xing Ruyi stared at the silver hairpin in his hand, "In this way, what I just thought about is still too simple. The fox is right, I'm verifying, verifying whether the silver hairpin is the golden silkworm Gu poison. Speaking of which, this Golden Silkworm Gu Poison was seen from a book earlier, and at that time, I just thought the name was interesting, so I seriously memorized some more. When I was looking at the bones, I found that the symptoms of several of the victims were very similar to the symptoms of the golden silkworm poison recorded in the book, so I stabbed the deceased into the abdomen with a silver hairpin for examination, including washing it with soap horn water. ”

"The cave that Yin Gongzi said is ......"

"A cave not far from here. The fox and I originally followed Hui Niang, and then found the remains of Hui Niang's father and mother in the cave, as well as a large number of silkworm chrysalis. We thought that those silkworm chrysalis were born of heaven and earth, and they were inadvertently discovered by Hui Niang's in-laws, but now it seems more like man-made. By the way, and the dress we brought back from Yunfu. The fox said, it was a human skin brocade cloth, and the disappearance of Mrs. Yun and Hongliu was all the ghost of that dress, and when the matter here is over, Brother Chang, you can also go to Yunfu and tell Master Yun the truth. ”

"Human skin brocade! What is it? Why is the matter of Yunfu and the matter here involved! ”

"It's not that it's together, but it's a relationship that can't be sorted out. Brother Chang must have forgotten that the man's leather brocade clothes were originally purchased by Mrs. Yun from Yun Sheng's ready-to-wear store, and Yun Sheng is Hui Niang's husband and the young master of this small courtyard. Also, the human skin brocade was originally made of a complete human skin. Brother Chang, you must not guess whose human skin it is. ”

Chang Tai looked at Xing Ruyi with some surprise, although the appearance of that dress appeared repeatedly in his mind, he still couldn't equate it with human skin. He understands the punishment of Ruyi, and knows that if Ruyi does not find out the matter clearly, he will definitely not tell him such an unbelievable thing, let alone let him tell such a thing to the master of Yunfu again.

"This whole thing is also a personal tragedy. Hui Niang's in-laws were greedy for money and addicted, so they targeted their in-laws and killed them with their own hands, and the place where the murder was committed was the cave full of silkworm chrysalis we just mentioned. We don't know what Hui Niang's mother experienced in that cave, but we only know that her skin and flesh turned into the human skin brocade robe, which was picked up by Hui Niang's father-in-law, handed over to his son Yunsheng, and hung up in the ready-to-wear shop for sale. As a result, Mrs. Yun, who went back to her parents' home to visit relatives, took a fancy to her and bought it back, which led to two mysterious disappearances in Yunfu.

As for this golden silkworm Gu poison, I thought it was Hui Niang's in-laws who learned it from others for the convenience of killing, but now it seems that the person who refined the Gu poison may have also lived in this small courtyard. ”

Xing Ruyi said, wrapped the silver hairpin in his hand with a brocade handkerchief and handed it to Chang Tai: "The next thing will be handed over to you Brother Chang." When interrogating Hui Niang's in-laws, you might as well ask them as well to see if the person who refined the Golden Silkworm Gu Poison is still alive. As for the cave, it has been destroyed by me and the fox. ”

"Don't worry, I'll ask you about these things."

Xing Ruyi tugged at the corners of his mouth, and wanted to say a few more words, but he heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves in his ears. When I looked up, I saw that it was Li Mao driving the carriage of the rouge shop to rush here, and in a blink of an eye, the person arrived.

"Shopkeeper, the medicine is ready, can you distribute it now?"

"Send it down. Do you remember what I told you to take it? Give it to those people. The matter of corpse poison must not be sloppy. ”

Li Mao answered, and drove the carriage to a crowded place. As soon as the villagers saw the carriage, they rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, they blocked the water surrounding the carriage. Fortunately, the people sent out by Chang Tai to ask for the transfer of troops and horses also came back, and they also brought a lot of officers and soldiers, which brought the scene under control.

Before the officers and soldiers could surround him, the fox had already taken Xing Ruyi to a farther place and stood there. Looking at those officers and soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp weapons, Xing Ruyi felt both at ease and panicked. She shook the fox's hand lightly and asked, "Will there be another mess tonight?" ”

"Don't worry, even if we don't come tonight, Chang Tai has no problem. Your eldest brother Chang is far more powerful than you think. ”

"I know he is very powerful, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't like the deceit in the officialdom, according to his ability, how could he be just a small catcher in Luoyang City. It's just that after tonight, even if he doesn't want to, he can't hide it. ”

Hearing the word "hidden", the corner of the fox's mouth showed a meaningful smile. It's just that at this time, Xing Ruyi had already focused all his attention on the noisy crowd and the carriage surrounded by the crowd, and did not notice the subtle change in expression on the fox's face.

"Should we go over and help Li Mao, there are so many villagers, and there are so many wanted criminals, I'm really worried that he won't be able to deal with it."

"Don't worry, with your big brother Chang here, the scene won't get out of control."

"That's good!" Xing Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief: "What's next?" Shall we continue to stay here and watch the excitement, or shall we go back to the rouge shop? ”

"Don't go back to the rouge shop yet, I'll take you somewhere again!"

"Huh?" Xing Ruyi stared at the fox's eyes suspiciously: "Yin Chensi, how much else have you hidden from me?" Or rather, you didn't tell me what you knew. ”

"Shhhh Be quiet, I don't want others to follow me to see the rest of the excitement. By the way, don't you want to know how Huiniang is doing now? And Yin Yuan, your mischievous son, don't you want to know where he went? ”

"Yin Yuan!" Xing Ruyi only then remembered that when Fang just spoke, he didn't see Yin Yuan's shadow. This stinky boy, eighty percent of the time to see the rest of the excitement that the fox just said.

(Education 123 Literature Network)