Leng Nanxian was full of suspicions: "The poison in the deceased is concentrated in the throat, is it really the poison that seals the throat with blood?" ”

Jing Zhaoyin also asked suspiciously: "According to what Doctor Leng said, what was the reason for the deceased's violent death?" ”

Leng Nanxian thought for a moment: "The deceased died suddenly and suddenly, and he didn't even say a word, which shows that the poison is ruthless." Moreover, there are two fastest ways for people to die, one is the heart and the other is the brain. ”

He gently unbuttoned the clothes on the deceased's chest, exposed the heart area, and after examining it, he gently raised the deceased's head and instructed An Sheng: "Check his head." ”

An Sheng did as he said, endured a little discomfort in his heart, untied the deceased's hair bun, and then examined it carefully.

"Master!" An Sheng exclaimed: "Look! ”

Leng Nanxian bent down, looked closely, and really saw something unusual: "That's it!" ”

Zhou Jizu had been guarding the side, staring closely at the movements in Leng Nanxian's hand, and knelt down in confusion when he heard the words, and looked at it.

"This, how can this be?"

He immediately reached out to touch it, but was stopped by Leng Nanxian raising his hand: "Be careful of poison." ”

Between the deceased's half-white hair, there was clearly a very thin silver needle, which had penetrated into the skull, leaving only a little needle tail outside.

The silver needle was hidden in the middle of the hair, extremely hidden, and if it were not for the sunlight shining obliquely into the lobby at this time, and the body of the deceased was parked in the bright light at the door, reflecting the sunlight, it would not be easy to find.

Leng Nanxian didn't dare to take the needle with his bare hands, so Jing Zhaoyin sent someone to bring a pair of needle-nosed pliers used by the woman to take out the silver needle. The silver needle still shimmered with a cold green light.

"This is the real murderer, a quenched silver needle, hit the head, so he died in an instant." Leng Nanxian is confident.

"How is that possible?" Zhou Jizu's face was incredulous: "I was by my father's side at that time, and there was no one else in front of me. ”

I didn't expect this case to turn around, and there was a turnaround.

Jing Zhaoyin slapped his hands and was shocked: "Then the official is going to ask you, Zhou Jizu, before your father died, you were the only one in front of him, how did this silver needle get into your father's head, you should be honest, right?" ”

Zhou Jizu was shocked when he heard this: "Adult, is this suspicious of the villain?" ”

"Impossible!"

Before Jing Zhaoyin could speak, the family members of the deceased waiting outside the hall suddenly boiled: "The step-ancestor is a filial one, who doesn't know about the neighbors?" His father was so anxious that anyone had a headache and a brain fever. ”

The word of the crowd exonerates the son of the deceased.

And Guan Hetian invited Leng Nanxian, and he exonerated Jia Liu by dividing five by two, and he was particularly proud at this time.

"Killing your own father, and then planting a drug store to blackmail money, you really have a bad conscience!"

"I didn't!" Zhou Jizu roared in a low voice, clenching his fists to a "creak" sound: "If I do this kind of thing that is not as good as a pig and a dog, I will die with five thunders in the sky!" ”

Jing Zhaoyin snorted coldly: "As long as the official speaks with evidence, it is useless for you to swear no matter how much you swear." ”

Zhou Jizu Shicai was still accusing Jia Liu conclusively, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he would become the biggest suspect, and he couldn't argue.

"If it's really me, why should I make a fuss in the lobby?"

"This poisonous needle is so hidden, if it weren't for the divine doctor here today, Jia Liuna wouldn't be able to wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River!" Guan Hetian raised his eyebrows at this time, and naturally refused to give up.

Jing Zhaoyin turned his gaze to Leng Nanxian: "Doctor Leng, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Leng Nanxian said indifferently: "Leng has a shallow medical skill, and if he can find out the real cause of death of the deceased, it will be considered worthy of the trust." Otherwise, Leng didn't dare to say anything. ”

Jing Zhao Yin pondered for a moment: "This case has been verified, and it is indeed related to Hutchison Pharmacy, and the shopkeeper Jia Liu was acquitted and released on the spot. The deceased is temporarily stored in Yizhuang and is not allowed to be buried. Zhou Jizu is suspected of killing his father, and he will be imprisoned for the time being, and will be convicted after the official visits. ”

"My lord is wronged, really wronged!"

The son of the deceased shouted loudly, and there was a commotion outside.

A servant stepped forward to carry the body of the deceased, and Zhou Jizu jumped forward and cried: "You can't let my father go to that kind of place, and he can't be buried if he dies." ”

The love is sincere, not like unreasonable.

Leng Nanxian finally couldn't help but say loudly: "This silver needle can't penetrate the bones with finger power alone, there should be a machine bow and crossbow, adults can pay attention when searching." If there are such clues, it may also prove that the murderer is someone else. ”

As soon as Zhou Jizu heard this, he immediately rose to hope: "I am willing to cooperate with the adult search, as long as I can avenge my father by finding the real murderer." ”

Jing Zhaoyin has been an official for many years and has tried countless cases, but as soon as Leng Nanxian mentioned the crossbow and crossbow, and it was contaminated with poison, he understood that this case was not so simple, and it should not be something that an honest little person like Zhou Jizu could understand.

He knows how to use people, so after a little hesitation, he asked Leng Nanxian: "Leng Shen Healed good things to the end, since you helped Jia Liu clear his sins, just take another trouble and go with each other to see if there are any doubts at the scene?" It is also good to avenge the deceased, which is considered a merit. ”

Leng Nanxian didn't want to have anything to do with the government, but when Zhou Jizu heard Jing Zhaoyin's words, he turned around and kowtowed a few heads at Leng Nanxian: "This miracle doctor, the little one is more offended, but I am really wronged, and I also ask the miracle doctor to be able to have a large number of adults, regardless of previous suspicions, to help check and check together, and find the real culprit for my father." ”

Leng Nanxian couldn't bear to refuse, and nodded: "It's okay, I should do my best, but whether I can help is unknown." ”

Zhou Jizu thanked him for his kindness, and Jing Zhaoyin ordered the yamen to arrest and escort Zhou Jizu back to the house to identify the scene.

The group went straight to Zhou's mansion.

The Zhou Mansion is in an inconspicuous small alley, and the house is not very spacious, but it is a two-out and two-entry house. The living room and study in the front and the bedroom in the back.

The deceased died in his study.

There are bookshelves in front of the study, neatly placed "Book of Songs", "Historical Records" and many other books, and there is a desk near the window, which is messily placed with the four treasures of the study and a pot of bamboo.

Zhou Jizu introduced: "At that time, my father was sitting with his back to the window, and I opened the door and came in with medicine, and talked to him through the desk. At first, he refused to drink it, insisting that he was not sick, but then he couldn't resist my begging, so he sighed and reluctantly took it and drank it.

As soon as he drank the medicine, he still held it in his hand, and before he could put it down, he suddenly stared at him, and fell down without saying a word, and the medicine bowl fell to the ground and shattered.

I had been standing across the desk from him, watching him take his medicine, and he couldn't shout that he was no longer able to do so. ”

Leng Nanxian slowly paced over, sat down in the position of the deceased, compared the approximate height, and then touched the back of the neck about the position of the deceased's middle needle, and then glanced at the direction where Zhou Jizu was standing, if what he said was true, it was indeed impossible to harm the deceased in that position.

He frowned slightly: "The silver needle penetrated the bone from top to bottom, indicating that the murderer should be directly above at that time, that is to say, ......"

He twisted his face to look at the back window, moved his chair to the front, and then stood on top of it, intently scrutinizing.

Everyone was inexplicable, and they didn't know why, but Guan Hetian had a clear face.

"If you use a crossbow, you don't have to be close to you, you can shoot from a distance."

"Yes!" Leng Nanxian pointed to the top of the window: "That's true." ”

Because the desk is close to the window, there is wind at night, in order not to extinguish the candle in front of the desk, the window is falling, and the window screen has not been changed on it, and it is still the newly pasted window paper during the New Year. At this time, the sun is setting in the west, shining on the window paper, and there is a clear pinhole on it.

"At that time, Ling Zun was sitting in this position, and the candlelight just reflected his shadow on the window, and the murderer could find out his specific location outside the window and directly kill the killer." Leng Nanxian calmly analyzed, and smiled at Guan Hetian: "As for the murderer's hiding place at that time, there must be Master Lao Guan." ”

Guan Hetian comprehended, walked out of the house directly, checked the surrounding environment, and saw that there was no hidden place such as a big tree in front of the study window, so he turned over to the upper room neatly, and probed for a while before landing: "There are signs of loosening on the tiles on the eaves, and the murderer should use an upside-down golden hook to hang his toes on the eaves, and then assassinate." ”

Zhou Jizu exclaimed: "My father is just a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean, and he is an idle man, with no real power, he is kind to others, how can anyone deliberately kill him?" ”

"Isn't there anything unusual about your father lately?" Leng Nanxian asked.

Zhou Jizu thought for a long time, and then shook his head suspiciously: "It was the spring exam recently, and my father served as the transcription officer of this spring exam, locked the hospital for two decades, and did not communicate with his family. I didn't go home until after trying to make a list, and there was nothing unusual, but I was too tired and not in good spirits. ”

An Sheng secretly asked Guan Hetian: "What is a transcription officer?" What is the purpose of locking the hospital? ”

Guan Hetian explained in a low voice: "It's you, Brother Meng, and they take the exam in order to prevent fraud such as asking for papers and submitting papers, the imperial court ordered that the chief examiner and the examination personnel should be locked in the tribute courtyard like a prison during the big examination, and they are not allowed to contact the outside world until the day the list is announced, at least three or five days, and at most forty or fifty days.

In order to prevent officials from having fornication with candidates, or to make marks and write code words on the examination papers, the imperial court ordered the candidates to paste the names and places of origin filled in the examination papers with paper after the examination, and then the transcription officer used a red pen to transcribe all the candidates' examination papers. The examiner can only see the copied test papers, and the real papers are temporarily sealed.

This deceased is this year's transcription officer, so he can't contact his family for twenty years, and his food and lodging are in the tribute courtyard. ”

An Sheng suddenly realized: "It's just a few exam papers, why are you tired?" ”

Zhou Jizu explained: "He often woke up from nightmares at night, was covered with night sweats, was extremely frightened, and was also depressed in Pingsuli, often sighing and sighing. He also talked to me some nonsense. ”