Yi Fan pondered for a long time, but never came up with a reason.

Calm down for a moment,

He continued to ask Long Enhua:

"Lord Long, before Ling Zun's accident, did he have any unusual behavior?"

Long Enhua recalled for a while, slowly shook his head and said, "No, everything is normal.

At that time, my father also said that today's clothes were too gaudy and too ostentatious.

My wife and I thought about getting my father a new one, so we went out of the house.

But when I brought the new clothes, my father, he... Just..."

Wen Yan,

Yi Fan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Was there anyone else in the room at that time?"

"Naturally, there is. Long Enhua nodded.

He called out, "Xiaocui, Xiaohua, you two come in." ”

"Sir!"

Two maidservants came into the room.

Yi Fan looked at the two maidservants.

The two maidservants were so frightened that they didn't dare to look up at each other.

Yi Fan said softly: "Don't be nervous, I'll ask you a few questions, relax." ”

"Hmm......" the two maidservants nodded.

Seeing this, Yi Fan asked directly: "What are you doing in the house before the accident?"

Xiao Cui first said: "Well, we were taking care of the old man's hair crown in the outer room at that time. ”

"Can you go into the inner room?"

"No, we're out there all the time. ”

"Did you hear any movement?"

The two looked at each other a few times, and Xiaocui recalled: "We heard the sound of pouring tea, and then the old man sighed, and I thought that it must have been burned by hot tea."

I said hello, and the old lady said it was okay.

We didn't dare to offend as subordinates, so we continued to cut the hair crown.

It wasn't until the lord and the lady came back and entered the inner room that they found the old man...... Woo......"

After saying that, the two maidservants hugged each other and whimpered.

Yi Fan sank his face, and when he examined Long Lao's body, he did find that there were fresh burn marks on the tip of his tongue, which was consistent with what the two maidservants said.

Assuming that Long Lao insisted on choosing to commit suicide, he could have swallowed the poison directly, so why did he have to pour the poison into the tea?

And I also put the paper bag containing the poison and put it neatly at the bottom of the teapot.

Do you have to do some ritual to commit suicide?

Although this possibility is not ruled out, it is obviously impossible, and everyone can see that someone is poisoning.

Recall again what the two maidservants said.

The tea that Long Lao drank for the first time should not have been mixed with poison.

Otherwise, with the poison of this poison, he will die on the spot, and it will be impossible to return to the words of the two maidservants.

Therefore, Long Lao's poisoning time has to be pushed back.

Sink your heart,

Yi Fan thought with his mind of a third-rate detective:

"A cup of hot tea, completely cooling, should be around fifteen minutes.

And when I arrived, the tea in the cup was still warm.

Counting the time when the family came to deliver the message, and the time I spent delaying in the backyard, it can be inferred that there should be a gap of about ten minutes between the death of Long Lao and the discovery of the dragon. ”

"So, here's the problem.

What happened during this time?"

While pondering, a family member outside the door said, "Master, Hu Zhutou has brought someone here." ”

Long Enhua's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered: "Hurry up and prepare tea for the catchers." ”

"Yes!" replied the housekeeper.

"If there is a beard catcher, the cause of the father's death can be investigated. ”

Long Enhua was a little excited in his heart.

He looked at Yi Fan, and when he saw that he was thinking seriously, he really couldn't bear to interrupt.

But after all, there were people outside, and they had to be offended.

"Ahem!" he coughed deliberately.

Yi Fan's train of thought interrupted, and he couldn't help but be a little displeased.

"Easy to catch, your colleague is here. Or..."Long Enhua reminded.

Yi Fan understood what he meant.

"Lord Long, then the lower official will step back first. ”

Before leaving, he also deliberately surveyed the entire room, hoping to find valuable clues.

But it's not soft.

Nothing, very clean.

Outside the door,

A few catchers came, talking to their families and asking about something.

Get out of the room.

There were some catchers standing outside the door.

One of them was fast-catching, with a goat's mustache, dark skin, and a curved bulge on his forehead.

"Hu Zhutou, it's actually him!"

Seeing this person, Yi Fan couldn't help but be stunned.

Hu Zhutou is famous in Qingzhou and is known as the god of pushing the case.

In Yi Fan's words, Hu Zhutou is the equivalent of contemporary Sherlock Holmes.

Behind his back, he gave Hu Zhutou a nickname, called Holmes.

With his participation, Yi Fan secretly sighed to himself.

So, he walked over.

"Hu Catcher!"

Hu Zhutou was stunned: "Yi Fan, why are you here?"

Yi Fan immediately explained to him.

After listening, Hu Zhutou nodded: "Let me ask you, when Long Lao had an accident, what special things happened in the mansion?"

Yi Fan shook his head and said seriously: "At the time of the crime, the lowly post had been staying at the dinner party.

I don't know what's going on here. ”

"Well, Ben got it. ”

didn't get effective clues, and Hu Zhutou couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart.

He stroked his beard, frowning in thought.

I just asked my family.

They all said nothing special was going on.

According to my own experience, if a person wants to commit suicide, he will definitely show some unusual behavior before his death.

But it's all so normal, it's a bit unreasonable!

Forget it, let's go in and have a look!

After pondering, Hu Zhutou stepped in.

Yi Fan saw the opportunity and followed in again.

"Lord Dragon!"

"Hu Catcher!"

The two bowed.

"Lord Long, please mourn!" Hu Zhutou said again.

Long Enhua nodded, showing a strong expression.

Hu Zhutou came to Long Lao's side, his brows furrowed.

Yi Fan whispered beside him: "Head catcher, I checked it before."

Long Lao sat here, drank the highly poisonous tea, and then died of poison. ”

Hu Zhutou carefully observed and said, "Since he committed suicide by taking poison, why is there no trace of struggle?"

"Head-hunting, lowly speculation.

The poison in this tea is very domineering, and it can kill people instantly, so there is less struggle. ”

After that, Hu Zhutou reached out and picked up the teacup and sniffed it.

Then, he took out a silver needle from the black box around his waist and stirred it in the cup a few times.

This silver needle was not an ornament in the world, but was refined by the warlocks of the Heavenly Eunuch.

Therefore, this silver needle has a special name, the poison test needle!

The severity of the poison can be detected by the poison test needle.

The magnitude of toxicity is divided by color, from low to high, they are red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and black.

Slightly

Hu Zhutou took out the poison test needle.

As soon as the poison test needle touches the air, it instantly turns black.

Hu Zhutou was shocked.

"This poison..."For a while, cold sweat broke out on Hu Zhutou's forehead.

Calm down for a moment,

He took out a number of poison test needles and pricked one needle at each part of Long Lao's body.

When I took it out, it all turned black instantly.

"It's so poisonous, where is this suicide, it's clearly murder. ”

Hu Zhutou's eyes were on fire, trembling with anger, and his tone was very affirmative.

Judging from his years of experience in investigating cases, Long Lao definitely did not commit suicide, but killed him.

Seeing that Hu Zhutou was so excited, Yi Fan stared at him in amazement.

"So sure?" Yi Fan was puzzled, but he didn't say much.

Long Enhua and his wife next to him were also full of doubts, and their eyes fell on Hu Zhutou.

Hu Zhutou calmed the excitement in his heart.

He said very seriously: "Lord Long,

The cause of Ling Zun's death, there is no need to speculate, this arrest determined that he died of murder.

Therefore, everyone in the house tonight will go to the patrol house. ”