Chapter 11 The coffin is opened for an autopsy
"You want to examine Uncle Huo's corpse?"
Xie Yuankui heard the meaning of Xia Yang's words, and couldn't help but widen his eyes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After all, the Chinese pay attention to the deceased, and it is already very inappropriate to disturb the body, not to mention opening the coffin, which is a great disrespect to the deceased, and he subconsciously expressed his opposition.
However, under Xia Yang and Chen Zhen's explanation, he quickly wavered, if Huo Yuanjia was really poisoned to death, it was really not a trivial matter, it was better to find out. After a long silence, he stopped objecting, and ordered his patrol to ask the coroner.
Soon, an experienced coroner was found, and everyone set off together and went to Huo Yuanjia's tomb together.
Huo Yuanjia's cemetery was chosen in the suburbs, and it was not a short distance from here, and before they arrived, it was already dark, and a group of people could only hold torches and continue to move forward.
When he arrived at the grave, sure enough, Huo Yuanjia's tomb had not been repaired, and Chen Zhen couldn't wait to let people carry out the master's coffin, ready to find out, but was stopped by Xia Yang, who proposed that he couldn't cut it first and then play, and that he could only do it after Huo Tingen and Nong Jinsun arrived and obtained their consent.
In the original plot, although Chen Zhen was shrewd and had a high military force, it was also because he was easy to be impulsive and made his own decisions in everything, which caused Huo Tingen's inferiority complex and Nong Jinsun's dissatisfaction, which led to a dispute over the owner of the hall later.
Xia Yang knew in advance that he naturally wanted to avoid these problems, so he would have to stay in the Jingwu Sect to practice martial arts in the future, and a united Jingwu Sect would be in his interests.
After listening to Xia Yang's words, Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment and was convinced. He is not an unreasonable person, and he also knows that the opening of the coffin and the autopsy is a major event, so it is reasonable to wait for Huo Tingen, the eldest son of the Huo family, to arrive, which is also a kind of respect for the master.
It didn't take long for Huo Nong and the others to rush to the tomb with a group of Jingwumen disciples. When Nong Jinsun saw so many people in front of the grave, even Xie Yuankui from the patrol room, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Chen Zhen, why did you call us to your master's grave? And Brother Yuankui, why are you here?"
Xie Yuankui stood at the back of the crowd, relatively close, so he spoke first: "Open the coffin for an autopsy." ”
"Open the coffin for an autopsy?" Nong Jinsun's brows immediately furrowed: "How can you do this!"
When Huo Tingen heard this, he also hurriedly said: "How can my father's corpse be moved casually?"
"Uncle Nong, senior brother, don't worry, listen to me. Xia Yang stood up and comforted the two of them, and then said: "Today we went to the Hongkou Dojo, the fifth senior brother and that Akutagawa Ryuichi fought, that little Japan can't even beat the fifth senior brother, where will it be the master's opponent, so we suspect that the master was poisoned." ”
Nong Jinsun had a good impression of Xia Yang, a new disciple, and he was relieved to hear his explanation. It's just that he thought about it, and still said with some skepticism: "But when your master competed with Akutagawa in the ring, each of us was present and saw it with our own eyes, so the Japanese shouldn't have a chance to poison them, right?"
"Then what if the master was poisoned before the competition?" Xia Yang said calmly.
Nong Jinsun was a little speechless: "This ......"
Without waiting for him to speak, Xia Yang turned to Huo Tingen again, and said with a resolute face: "Senior brother, the fifth senior brother and I would rather bear the crime of disrespect and unfilial piety, but also want to find out the truth, wash away the shame for the master, and hope that you will fulfill us." ”
Hearing his sincere words, Chen Zhen nodded secretly, this Senior Brother Xia respected his teacher so much, he was repeatedly impressed, and the opening of the coffin for the autopsy was originally his idea, and then he also echoed: "Yes, Senior Brother, Uncle Nong, Senior Brother Xia and I are both here to get justice for our master, so you can fulfill us." ”
Not only Huo Tingen, but even the Jingwu Sect disciples next to him were also moved by the affection of the two, and they all spoke: "Yes, Senior Brother, Senior Brother Fifth and Senior Brother Xia just don't want Master to die in vain, you and Uncle Nong will agree." ”
Thinking that Chen Zhen and Xia Yang were just their father's disciples, and they were so concerned about their father's death, there was no reason for him to be compared to his son, right? Thinking of this, Huo Tingen no longer refused the plea of the two, and nodded in agreement.
After receiving permission, Chen Zhen also had a smile on his face, and then beckoned the others to carry the master's coffin out of the tomb.
When the lid of the coffin was opened, an indescribably strong rancid smell suddenly rushed to the face, and many people retched with a "wow", covered their mouths and noses and retreated.
Xia Yang's five senses are far more sensitive than normal people, and he was almost disgusted by this smell, so he hurriedly endured it and held his breath.
"I'll bother you next. Chen Zhen turned to the coroner and said.
The coroner is a servant of the Qing court, surnamed Xu, the age is the same as Huo Yuanjia in the coffin, he has been engaged in this business for nearly 30 years, and he said solemnly when he heard this: "It is my old Xu's blessing to be able to examine Huo Siye's body, you can rest assured!"
Unlike the Western doctor in the movie, who still had to use a scalpel to dissect the corpse, he just took out a silver needle from the tool bag he carried, aimed it at the liver and pierced it, and then took it out and looked at it, and concluded that Huo Yuanjia was indeed poisoned and died.
Everyone was in an uproar, and even Nong Jinsun, an old stubborn, couldn't believe it.
Xie Yuankui asked with a surprised face: "Who poisoned it?"
"I'll leave that to you. Chen Zhen's next sentence made him quite embarrassed, so he could only cough lightly and take two steps back.
Xia Yang chuckled, first pulled him and Nong Jinsun aside, avoided others, and then beckoned Chen Zhen and Huo Tingen to come over, before he spoke: "Nine times out of ten, those who can poison the master are people inside the Jingwu Sect, that is to say, there are traitors in our Jingwu Sect." ”
"Is there a mole?" several people's expressions changed at the same time. Even Chen Zhen had a thoughtful expression. The meaning of his words just now was to ask Xie Yuankui to check and see who the master had been in contact with before, and he didn't think that it would be the hand of the Jingwu Sect.
"Not bad. Xia Yang nodded: "I had suspected the cause of Master's death before, so I specially inquired with the senior brothers, in order to compete with Akutagawa, Master spent a month recuperating and didn't go out to socialize at all." So the one who poisoned it must be someone from Jingwumen. ”
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Nong Jinsun and Huo Tingen, and asked suggestively: "Uncle Nong, senior brother, is there anything in our Jingwu Sect that only Master eats?"
"What does Huo Laosi eat alone?" Nong Jinsun thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something: "Yes, yes, I remember that some time ago, Tian Gen once asked someone to buy a batch of crocodile jerky from Nanyang, saying that it was for Huo Laosi to cure asthma, and he was the only one in the entire Jingwumen who ate that thing." ”
"Uncle Nong, do you suspect Uncle Gen?" Huo Tingen said with some doubts: "But Uncle Gen has been in our Jingwu Sect for decades, and before I was born, I have already followed my father, how could it be him?"
"But......" Hearing Huo Tingen's words, Nong Jinsun didn't know whether his suspicions were right or wrong for a while.
"It's simple. Xia Yang pretended not to care and said: "Take some dried crocodiles to test them to see if they are poisonous or not, and you will know if Uncle Gen made them." If it wasn't poisonous, it would prove his innocence. ”
"Testing?" Nong Jinsun and Huo Tingen were confused when they heard it, and they didn't know what it meant.
"I agree with Senior Brother Xia. Without waiting for Xia Yang to speak, Chen Zhen came out to explain for him: "The laboratory test is a chemical test, which is a kind of Western science and technology, and you can quickly check whether the crocodile jerky that Master eats is poisonous or not." ”
Chen Zhen and Xia Yang's words are now very credible in Xie Yuankui's heart, which makes him feel terrible in the future. Since both of them meant this, he took the initiative and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to fetch crocodile meat now." ”
"Don't worry, Mr. Xie first!" Seeing that he turned around and was about to call his subordinates over, Xia Yang hurriedly stopped him: "Now that the master has just passed away, our Jingwu Sect is unstable, and the matter of the traitor cannot be investigated in a big way, so as not to make everyone panic and suspect each other." ”
When Nong Jinsun heard this, he hurriedly said: "That's right, Xia Yang is right, our Jingwumen can't stand the toss now, and this matter will be investigated privately." ”
Xia Yang said again: "And this matter is still speculation, and it is not certain that Uncle Gen did it, if you rashly investigate the traitor, it is very likely that you will startle the snake and alarm the real traitor." ”
His analysis shocked several people, and Xie Yuankui looked at him with admiration and asked, "Brother Xia, what do you say?"
"It's easy. The corners of Xia Yang's mouth curled slightly, revealing a smile that seemed unfathomable to them, and said: "Let's stay quiet later, and when we go back, Uncle Nong will find a reason to break Uncle Gen away, and Senior Brother will find an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that no one is paying attention, go to Uncle Gen's room to get some dried crocodiles, and then take them outside and hand them over to Mr. Xie for testing." ”
He arranged for Nong Jinsun and Huo Tingen to have something to do, which can be regarded as involving them, no longer like a passerby as in the plot, without the slightest sense of participation. And in this way, I believe that the two of them will no longer have some negative views of Chen Zhen.
For his plan, Nong Jinsun and Huo Tingen have no opinion, and as for Chen Zhen, he will not have any ideas. Even if there is, it is also a stronger and stronger sense of identity with Xia Yang.
"Okay, Brother Xia, this matter will be done as you say. Xie Yuankui nodded, and after agreeing to act separately, he left with the patrol and coroner.
Huo Nong and Chen Xia and the four of them then also returned to the crowd of Jingwumen and greeted them: "Come, everyone help, and then bury the master." ”
Huo Yuanjia was buried back in the tomb, and everyone worshiped again, and then returned to Jingwumen.