Volume 6: The first time the Jinguan and the two heroes met, the beautiful women of Jiangnan traveled together Volume 6, Chapter 5: A Strange Murder
For some reason, in the dark, Sheng Yuyan felt that this tragedy was not as simple as it seemed, and this "Jiang Shaoxia" in people's mouths aroused his strong curiosity, and even he who had always saved would rather use up this secret compensation worth two hundred taels to find out.
"Hmm...... This is a coincidence, now in this Jinguan City, it happens that only Lu knows all the truth, because there are too many involved, the storytellers in the restaurant can't get a glimpse of the whole picture, since Sheng Shaoxia is so curious, then Lu has no choice but to tell the inside story, however, Sheng Shaoxia has to agree, remember not to publicize it everywhere. ”
Sheng Yuyan nodded.
At this time, the storyteller upstairs also spoke slowly, upstairs and downstairs, and at the same time told the story of Jiang Shaoxia's clever destruction of the door-
Time back to three days ago, this is the Si Shen Doctor Mansion who has just suffered a tragedy.
Even though it has been several days since the destruction of the gate, the bloody qi in the courtyard is like those unjust souls who have suddenly suffered a catastrophe, and they have never been able to leave. After the government began to investigate the case, all the servants were not allowed to leave their houses, and the courtyards where people used to come and go were empty.
Thirty-five corpses, all of them are relatives of the doctor of the gods, and now they are restored and placed in their original places, and no one is allowed to touch and move, a few days after this earth-shattering case, many people intend to unveil the investigation of the case, but after observing here, they all resigned because they had no clue, which can be anxious for the prefect - the people from the outside world are talking about it, this is irrelevant, but the end of this year is the time for the imperial court performance appraisal, if it is because it can't handle this headless public case, it will be recorded as a "political ineffective" evaluation, His career and future will be completely ruined.
When the prefect thought of this, he couldn't help but shiver, he greeted the young man in white who had just walked out of the house, and asked with some urgency:
"How's it going, do you have a clue?"
This morning, this young man surnamed Jiang unveiled the list and came to the Si Shen Doctor's Mansion, but he didn't come to see the corpse first like others, but instead pulled those subordinates to chatter, and he didn't look like he was handling the case at all.
No, he didn't go to see the corpse until noon, and now it's too late, and he has only finished seeing the first thirty-four corpses, and there is still the last one, which is not seen by Doctor Si himself.
Hearing the prefect's question, Jiang Xiaoshu waved his hand, and then said to the little official who recorded the documents beside him:
"You write down - thirty-four of the dead, all of whom died by sharp blades piercing their throats, at almost the same time, and ...... Well, don't be in a hurry to remember the rest for now, take me to see the body of Doctor Si. ”
After that, Jiang Xiaoshu led the little official to the room where the doctor died - this is an extremely rare fire house in the south, when the underground hot water flows, the temperature is abnormal, it is for the patient who is infected with the wind cold and cannot stand the cold, on the day of the crime, the doctor was assassinated here.
As soon as he entered the room, Jiang Xiaoshu saw the corpse on the couch - the deceased was wearing only a shirt, lying on his back, also with a knife in the throat, and an extremely deep and shocking wound was facing Jiang Xiaoshu, and the deceased's face was stabbed to shreds, and he could no longer recognize his original appearance.
Jiang Xiaoshu frowned and said:
"Is this man a real doctor? Go and call the housekeeper. ”
After a long time, the housekeeper of the Sifu was brought here, and he only glanced at the corpse with trepidation, then turned his head with his eyes covered:
"That's right, that's right, this half-black and half-white beard, and the black mole on the earlobe, this must be the master, and there have been no cold patients recently, except for the master, who else will come here to sleep...... Oh, sons, officials, can the villain go? It's really, really horrible......"
"You go outside and wait." Jiang Xiaoshu nodded, then bent down and took a closer look at the room.
There was half a bowl of medicinal soup on the table, and many more were spilled on the table, which seemed to have been drunk by the divine doctor. Jiang Xiaoshu also noticed that the wound on Doctor Si Shen's throat was very deep, but there was not much blood, but it was a sparse face, with blurred flesh and blood.
After a few moments, he left the firego room.
Walking out of the last room, Jiang Xiaoshu summoned the housekeeper:
"Butler, go and call everyone out and go to the vault together."
"Huh?" The housekeeper was a little surprised, how could the murder case be related to the vault? He looked at the prefect, a little overwhelmed.
The prefect asked:
"Jiang Gongzi, why do you want to go to the vault and call everyone?"
Jiang Xiaoshu said:
"I want to know if there has been any theft in the house of the Doctor to determine the motive of the murderer. And calling everyone is of another use, and I will explain it to the adults afterwards. ”
The prefect nodded reluctantly, and the butler took the order, and the rest of the people went to the vault together.
"Squeak-" The door of the vault slowly opened, and in response to Jiang Xiaoshu's instructions before, more than 100 servants from the top and bottom of the division had gathered at the door of the vault at this moment.
Jiang Xiaoshu waved his hand:
"Move!"
Seeing that the prefect nodded, the officials on the side entered the vault and took out all the silk silk, gold, silver and jewelry. The housekeeper and clerk on the side took the account book to reconcile the accounts together.
The medical skills of the doctor are well-known in the land of Bashu, and it really deserves its reputation, and the treasury is almost full of belongings sent by patients, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mountain of gold and silver - no, even the prefect couldn't help but look dull after seeing the boxes of treasures moved out of the vault, and his mouth opened slightly, as if he was about to fall in the next second......
Jiang Xiaoshu quietly watched the boxes of belongings being moved out, his heart was not shocked, his eyes looked around lightly, and found that the expressions of the servants around him were mostly the same as those of the prefect, except for one of the servants with a bandage on his entire right arm, although he was also staring at this pile of belongings, he frowned slightly, and looked thoughtful.
The inferior servant Xiao Wu, Jiang Xiaoshu secretly remembered his name.
After a stick of incense, the belongings were counted, and not only could they match the account, but even a lot more, and it seemed that the vault was not stolen.
After dismissing everyone, Jiang Xiaoshu ordered the housekeeper to take him to the place where the doctor consulted on weekdays.
The desktop of the consultation room was a little messy, with all kinds of bottles and cans, and even some were scattered on the ground, looking around, Jiang Xiaoshu saw that the walls of the four sides of the consultation room were almost full of patients' pennants, and in the center was a portrait.
The doctor in the painting is carrying a medicine box, his expression is kind, the painter seems to be very good, even the half-black and half-white beard of the doctor and the black mole of the earlobe are vividly painted, for some reason, Jiang Xiaoshu looked at this portrait, and always felt that something was wrong.