Chapter 36: Rumors
"Normally, the human heart is located on the left side of the middle of the chest, which is where it is." Zhang Tong pointed to a scrawny corpse and drew a cross on his chest with his fingers.
Yun Sheng frowned slightly, and his face seemed to be full of question marks: "Why is it usual?" ”
Zhang Tong snapped his fingers, nodded and said, "Because there are some people whose heart position is different, they may be on the left." In the past, I followed an adult to judge a case, when the murderer and the deceased were fighting, the deceased stabbed him in the chest, but because the murderer's heart was different from ordinary people, the knife did not kill him, so the deceased died. At that time, the whole scene was bloodstained, and the murderer's dead were mixed together......"
"What about my lord?" Yun Sheng blinked.
Zhang Tong understood: "Oh, when the adults saw it, they died on the spot, no, they fainted on the spot, and they smoked so badly that Guan Chu and I were scared." ”
"What happened to the case?"
"The murderer was a relative of the deceased, a gambler, who was chased and beaten by the casino people because of his debts, and the casino people threatened him to chop off his hand if he didn't pay back the money, so he ran to borrow money from the deceased. The deceased knew his temperament very well, and if he helped him repay the money once, he would come back countless times, so he did not borrow it. The murderer couldn't make sense of what he said, so he became angry and scuffled with the deceased, and when he was in court, he lied that the deceased was the first to kill him, so he stabbed him in the heart while he was unprepared. Zhang Tong took a sip of water, and continued: "But before the murderer and the deceased fought, there was almost no contact, and it can only be said that the murderer thought about the surrounding relatives and friends in order to borrow money, and finally remembered such a distant relative." And the deceased was a good person, gentle and kind, even if he didn't borrow money, he wouldn't do it, at most he would scold a few times. What's more, the murder weapon we found later also proved that the murderer brought it from his home, and the original intention should have been to threaten the deceased to borrow money, but I didn't expect to fight without saying a word, and almost let the deceased kill him. ”
Yun Sheng nodded silently and pointed to the corpse lying on the autopsy bed: "Then ......"
Before Yun Sheng could finish speaking, Zhang Tong seemed to think of something: "Eh, didn't the adults let Tie Wan look at you?" How did you get out? Don't tell you what I'm telling you today. ”
"I ...... I put some croton powder in Tie Wan's tea, and he is probably still squatting in the thatched house. Yun Sheng scratched his head a little embarrassedly and smiled: "I'm really about to suffocate to death, don't worry, I won't tell the adults." What's more, now that it is Zhongyuan Shi Gu, the people in the yamen have gone out to patrol the city, and no one will come to the autopsy. If you don't say it, I won't say it, no one knows, don't worry. ”
After speaking, Yun Sheng also blinked.
Zhang Tong sighed, turned around and said in a voice that could almost be heard by mosquitoes: "If adults know that I teach you, I'm afraid you won't be able to skin me." ”
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, nothing, let's move on."
In Qingyun Ju, Zhang Qiye had already arrived, sitting on a chair with an iron face, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely depressing. It was the first time for Zhang Jiusheng to see the eldest brother who had always been gentle, and when he was so angry, even if he was in trouble when he was a child and smashed someone's window, the eldest brother was not so angry, at most he dragged himself to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Zhang Qiye's fingers kept tapping on the tabletop, one after another, with a unique rhythm, which also made the heartbeat of everyone in the room gradually follow, he didn't speak, and no one dared to speak first.
"Didn't I tell you, don't come to Fan County if you have nothing to do? What's the matter, this time it's your second boss who is sick? Zhang Qiye suddenly stopped tapping his fingers, his eyebrows were cold, and he stared at the monk holding the rosewood Buddha beads.
The monk clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, what is this that Young Master Zhang said?" Remember, our second boss is in good health. ”
"Huh!" Zhang Qiye sneered and stopped talking.
The monk smiled at Zhang Jiusheng again: "Young Master Zhang's prestige in the rivers and lakes is known to everyone, but I didn't expect that Second Young Master Zhang is not bad." ”
Zhang Jiusheng rolled his eyes, pointed to the monk standing by the window and said, "Look at that brother, although he is wearing the clothes of the monk of Shiyi Mountain, he is still wearing boots on his feet. Look at the brother again, the dagger pinned to his waist is revealed. I don't know that the monks from Shiyi Mountain came out to give alms, and they still had weapons on them. ”
As soon as he said this, those monks lowered their heads and began to check themselves, the dagger was not hidden, and the dagger was quickly stuffed back, and the one wearing boots quickly covered it with a monk's robe, and the one sitting at the table hooked his lips, and his face suddenly became fierce: "Let you all check and check when you come out, don't make any mistakes, do you really not take Lao Tzu's words in your eyes, one by one so uneasy?" ”
"Back then, your big boss got sick in the courtyard of Goolan Yard, and I rescued him, so let him entangle me like this? These days are the mid-year festival in Fan County, why did you pick this time? Did you send you to me to test the medicine? Thank you for saving his dog's life? Zhang Qiye spoke coldly, but the corners of his mouth were raised, and those monks listened to it, only feeling a chill in their backs, for fear of making him unhappy, so they sprinkled a bunch of poisonous powder on themselves, and then let themselves be worse than dead.
Zhang Qiye's poison skills are the same as his medical skills, he has a name and surname in the rivers and lakes, but he has made a rule, no matter who he is, no matter what he does, he can be found for medical treatment, but he is not allowed to find Fan County. Therefore, in Fan County, there are not too many people from the rivers and lakes staying, and Fan County has been calm, and there has almost never been a large-scale fight between people from the rivers and lakes.
The leading monk smiled wryly and touched his nose: "Young Master Zhang, don't be in a hurry to get angry, it's like this, there was a mysterious person on the rivers and lakes who offered a reward for the head of the daughter of the eldest grandson, 100,000 taels of silver, do you remember?" ”
When Zhang Jiusheng heard this, the fist in his sleeve slowly clenched.
"I don't know where the rumor came from a while ago, saying that the prime minister's daughter is in Fan County. The worries of our big boss disturbed your peace, it just so happened that these days didn't coincide with the Midyear Festival, and those people who didn't understand the rules might take advantage of the fire to rob, so we sent us here, if something happened, we could still help. ”
Zhang Qiye glanced at Zhang Jiusheng silently, and said slowly: "So, I still have to thank you for being in charge?" ”
This matter, if it weren't for the news brought by these people, Zhang Qiye really didn't know that someone had sent an extremely rare herb to the medical hall these days, and in order to study the medicinal properties and toxicity of this herb, he had locked himself in the medical hall for a long time, and he could be said to ignore the outside affairs.
This herb may be able to have an effect on the poison in Yun Sheng's body.
"When did the news come out?" Zhang Jiusheng clasped his hands in front of his chest, his brows furrowed.
"At the beginning of this month, it's just that during this time, the rumors on the rivers and lakes are getting worse and worse." The monk replied honestly.
Zhang Qiye repeated it as if talking to himself, as if he remembered something, and suddenly looked at Zhang Jiusheng: "At the beginning of this month? Isn't it ......?"
As soon as the eyes of the two brothers met, they immediately thought of going together, and the beginning of this month happened to be the time when the Hongdoutai accident happened, that is to say, as soon as the case on the Hongdoutai side came out, there were rumors on the rivers and lakes, which attracted those who wanted to get 100,000 taels of silver to Fan County, no wonder there were many strange faces in the city recently, Zhang Jiusheng thought that it was because of the relationship between the Midyear Festival, and those refugees outside the city came in and waited for alms, but he didn't expect that there was this reason.
If it weren't for Zhang Qiye's reputation here, I'm afraid those people in the rivers and lakes would have been looking for someone with great fanfare. Immediately, Zhang Jiusheng walked to the door and beckoned Guan Chu in.
"Go, send more people to patrol the city, see unfamiliar faces, all carefully checked, all those who have weapons are confiscated, and those who disobey are all arrested and squatted in prison for a few days, and when the Midyear Festival is over, they will all be crushed out of the city."
Guan Chu was taken aback: "My lord, this ...... What is the reason for this? ”
Zhang Jiusheng didn't panic, turned around and pointed to the monks in the room, Shi Shiran said, "They are the reason." ”
The monks were all stunned, their big bald heads shining in the room, and they all turned their heads to stare at Guan Chu for a moment. Guan Chu involuntarily took a few steps back, only to feel that seven or eight preserved eggs were staring at him, his eyes hurt a little, he didn't dare to say anything, nodded again and again, turned around and immediately ran away.
After Guan Chu left Qingyunju, he went straight to the yamen, but now most of the people in the yamen have gone out to patrol the city, and the remaining people who have nothing to do, except for a few who are on vacation, are probably only Yunsheng and Zhang Tong, who is obsessed with autopsy, and Tie Wan, who is still in Zhangfu and can't get out of the latrine.
In the Yamen autopsy room, Zhang Tong was teaching Yun Sheng how to distinguish the various causes of death, and when Guan Chu came in, the two were talking happily, and they were defenseless at all, and for a moment, the three of them fell into silence.
Throughout the autopsy room, the sound of heartbeats could be faintly heard.
"You ......," Guan Chu wanted to say and stopped.
Zhang Tong slowly turned around, his whole body revealed an aura that was not related to him, Yun Sheng smiled awkwardly, and grabbed Guan Chu's sleeve: "Don't tell your lord!" ”
Guan Chu scratched his head, now is not the time to question, only a little impatient: "Master Yun, you should go back to Zhangfu quickly, there may be an accident in the city, I am coming back to call someone, increase the intensity of patrolling the city." ”
"Then what are you doing in my autopsy room?" Zhang Tong listened, and secretly said that it was wrong.
"Catch the strong man!" Guan Chu said it with confidence, and pulled the person out as soon as he grabbed Zhang Tong's collar, and when he stepped out of the threshold, Guan Chu still remembered to turn around and tell Yun Sheng: "After Master Yun returns to Zhangfu, let Tie Wan come to me." You better hurry back to Zhangfu and stay, if something really happens at that time, we can't take care of you. ”
Yun Sheng was stunned when he heard it, but he heard a key word, something was going to happen in the city.
She didn't dare to stay in the yamen for long, she had already brought a lot of trouble to the Zhang Mansion, if something really happened at this juncture, she would be the unforgivable oil bottle. When he thought like this, Yun Sheng had already reached out and took a few books from Zhang Tong's autopsy room, and hurried back to Zhang's mansion.