In the face of Gu Gongzi's praise, Bai Qiurui still remembered the etiquette that should have been in ancient times, and immediately bowed to him.

Subsequently, after the introduction of Shen Yuan beside him, Bai Qiurui learned that the gray-clothed man was named Gu Yi and was proficient in medical skills. He and Shen Yuan should be familiar friends, and at his request, they came over to help.

"By the way, on Liu Yaozong's corpse, I found something interesting, let's go and see it?"

Gu Yi put his hands around his chest, and his face looked relaxed and casual, without the slightest rigor and calmness that a doctor should have. At this moment, he looked at Shen Yuan and opened his mouth meaningfully.

"Okay."

Shen Yuan didn't say anything else, a 'good' word, and he was about to leave immediately.

Liu Yaozong's body is now in the coroner's room of the Criminal Department, and such a serious case has occurred in Liu's mansion, and Liu Yuanwai's family is also temporarily living elsewhere and has special people to take care of it.

At this moment, Shen Yuan must have gone to the coroner's room of the Criminal Department to check Liu Yaozong's body, Bai Qiurui saw that her father's face was a little sick, and she looked at herself from time to time while walking, and her heart suddenly understood.

Knowing that his father was worried about himself, Bai Qiurui smiled slightly, walked to Bai Hong's side and whispered: "Daddy don't worry, my daughter won't interfere with official business." ”

Surrounded by several guards from the Criminal Department, Shen Yuan and Gu Yi walked in front, his ears were excellent, and he had already heard Bai Qiurui's whispering. His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he continued without saying a word.

On the way to the Criminal Department, Shen Yuan had been thinking about the case in silence. However, Gu Yi beside him was idle, and his mouth kept asking questions. Bai Qiurui could clearly see that Shen Yuan's face was getting colder and colder, and she sighed that Gu Yi was jumping sideways repeatedly on the verge of death.

While following everyone on the way, Bai Qiurui began to recall the narrative in the book about Shen Yuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department. There is not much description of Shen Yuan in the original book, he is a character who appeared in the later stage when the original body of the heroine was framed and imprisoned by Sister Green Tea.

However, she remembered what was said in the book: Shen Yuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is fair and honest, judges cases like a god, and thinks carefully. At a young age, he was already a scholar, and he especially liked to delve into difficult cases.

It stands to reason that when the Criminal Department received a suspicious case, it didn't have to work in person. However, judging from Shen Yuan's actions now, Bai Qiurui was sure that the description of him in the original book was worthy of the name. Along the way from Liu Yuanwai's mansion to the Criminal Department, Shen Yuan has been carefully studying the case, and he looks like he is addicted to it and can't extricate himself.

It wasn't until outside the gate of the Criminal Department where a group of people were standing that Shen Yuan stopped thinking. As one of the six ministries of the imperial court, the Criminal Department is in charge of the national penal decree and the examination of criminal names. The final trial and review of major cases such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have their own majestic atmosphere.

Looking at the solemn and majestic style of the Criminal Ministry Mansion, the eaves are heavy, and there is a couplet in front of the door: the public is selfless, honest and honest. Look up a plaque with a wide and grand style, surrounded by hollow carved patterns dotted on it, and in the middle are written 'Criminal Department' two golden characters.

"Your Excellency!"

Standing outside the gate of the Criminal Department, there were guards with knives on both sides, and I saw a young man in an official uniform walking out quickly from inside to greet him, and he should be Shen Yuan's subordinate when he talked and behaved.

The man led the way in front, and Bai Qiurui followed the pace of everyone into the gate of the criminal department and went straight to the autopsy.

Standing outside the door of the cadon's office of the Criminal Department, Bai Qiurui saw her father's gaze looking at her. At the same time, one of Shen Yuan's feet in front of him had already stepped into the threshold, and he suddenly remembered that there was another woman in the team, and he also turned to look at her.

As the secretary of the Criminal Department, Shen Yuan has seen countless corpses. It's just that no matter how anxious he is to handle the case, he still cares about Bai Qiurui being a little woman. What's more, her identity is not an ordinary folk girl, and the daughter's family still has to avoid such things as corpses.

When he turned around, everyone's eyes were focused on Bai Qiurui.

"The little woman only stood far away, and it did not prevent the adults from judging the case."

Under the gaze of many people, Bai Qiurui spoke calmly, without revealing a trace of timidity.

Shen Yuan glanced at her with some surprise when she saw this, and the ordinary woman Mo said that when she entered the autopsy room, she was already afraid just by hearing these words. She was the first one who dared to enter the coroner's room when she dared to enter the criminal department.

However, after Ling Qiuyue finished speaking, Shen Yuan did not say anything to refuse, his mind was on the case at the moment, and he nodded invisibly and turned around and entered the door.

Bai Qiurui, as a person in the new era, has never really seen a corpse up close. At this moment, there is some curiosity in my heart, but also a little fear.

When I entered the autopsy room, there was not much furnishings in the house. There is a very simple table and a few chairs. In addition, there is a wooden bed where the corpses are placed. Judging by the white cloth covering it above and the apparent height, a corpse was sitting on the bed.

Because of her identity, and also guarding the ancient etiquette and taboos, Bai Qiurui stood straight away from the door. Looking at a group of people surrounding the corpse covered with a white cloth, through the gap, Bai Qiurui vaguely saw the miserable white skin of the corpse under the white cloth.

There was a stench in the air, and there was a smell of blood. In the original book, Liu Yaozong was found after three days of death, and there was no science and technology of the new era in ancient times, so this smell should be the smell of decomposing corpses.

Just thinking about it, he only heard Gu Yi, who was surrounded by the corpse, speak: "Liu Yaozong's head was cut off with a knife, and the movements were clean and neat, without a trace of mud and water. ”

"He is just a woman, and she doesn't have that much strength to cut off a man's head with a knife. The one who cut off Liu Yaozong's head is likely to be a man. ”

It was Shen Yuan who spoke, and Bai Qiurui had to admit that Shen Yuan's thinking was indeed very smart. Gu Yi just mentioned it, and he could immediately understand the key to the matter.

After a brief silence around him, Shen Yuan decided to ascend to the court to interrogate the He family.

In order to ensure safety, from the day Liu Yaozong's body was found, He was taken into custody in the dungeon by the Criminal Department as a suspect.

Following everyone to the lobby of the Criminal Department, Shen Yuan had already changed into a dark red official uniform. The usual clothes used to discuss the case in the study have been taken off, and the jade crown on his head has also changed into a black official hat embroidered with gold trim.

Bai Qiurui stood on the side of the public hall, and there were already two rows of officials standing neatly under the hall. With the sound of the startling wood, it was officially promoted.

"Take the suspect Ho!"

Shen Yuan, who changed into an official uniform and sat in the public court, was obviously different from the usual, his expression was colder than usual, and the cold state around him invisibly added a majesty.

In a few moments, a good-looking young woman was brought to the bottom of the hall by two officials.

Bai Qiurui raised her eyes and saw that the woman was wearing a light-colored dress, and she had been in prison for about a few days, and her clothes and hair were a little messy at the moment.

Facing the solemn officials in the public hall, He slowly knelt down: "Folk woman He Yan, meet your lord." ”

Bai Qiurui looked at He Shi who was kneeling in the hall, her expression was as usual, and her eyes even revealed a little confidence.

"Liu Yuanwai's son, that is, your husband Liu Yaozong, was killed three days ago, and his body was in a dry well in the backyard of Liu's mansion, what do you have to say?"

He knelt down at the foot of the hall and bowed again, her demeanor seemed pious, but the look on her face was light, as if it was not her husband who died.

"The husband of the woman died unexpectedly, and please ask the adults to see what is going on and give him justice."

As soon as she opened her mouth to talk about this meeting, Bai Qiurui glanced at Shen Yuan, who was sitting upright in the hall, and the other party frowned with a cold expression.

"Accidents? You say, the death of your husband Liu Yaozong was an accident? ”

In the face of Shen Yuan's words, He Shi pretended to be unaware and said: "The husband of the folk woman often lingers in the land of fireworks, and it is only because he provokes the enemy outside that he suffers a disaster. ”

"Smack!"

Shen Yuan's hand fell suddenly, and his voice was already cold: "Then tell me, what's going on with the fish specially raised in the backyard of Liu's Mansion?" ”

At the mention of fish, He's eyes flickered for a moment, and then returned to normal: "The woman doesn't know what the adults mean by fish. ”

At this time, Bai Hong on the side spoke: "You poisoned your husband and still don't admit your guilt?" ”

He quibbled: "The people are wronged, and the adults say that the people are poisoned, but there is evidence!" ”

looked at He's determined look, as if he expected others to find no evidence.

Unfortunately, she miscalculated.

Shen Yuan immediately asked Gu Yi to bring the previous fish to the hall and poured hot wine on the fish's body in front of him. Seeing this, He's face changed in an instant.

Shen Yuan said: "You first feed the golden silk grass with mercury to the fish raised in the backyard of your home, causing the fish to be poisonous. He also took advantage of Liu Yaozong's habit of eating fish and meat and drinking hot wine, and waited for him to eat poisonous fish, which was catalyzed by hot wine, and let him die of poison. ”

After these words, He instantly panicked.

Shen Yuan struck while the iron was hot, and said sharply: "He's family, this official gave you a chance, and he didn't recruit from the truth." ”

"My lord, this is just your inference, how do you think that it was a folk woman who did it?!"

The matter was revealed, and He still bit himself to the death. She decided that Shen Yuan had no evidence to convict her, and she was lucky.

"Of course, you didn't do it alone, you still have helpers."

Shen Yuan said in a cold voice: "The wound on Liu Yaozong's neck is clean and neat, and he was cut off with a knife. You're just a woman, you don't have that much strength, and the decapitation was done by a man. ”

At this time, He's face was already ugly, Bai Qiurui saw all this, she knew that it was He and the housekeeper who killed together, and immediately spoke loudly.

"He knows that Liu Yaozong likes to eat fish and drink hot wine. But mercury poisoning that can't be detected with a silver needle is not something you can do alone. ”

After seeing that he spoke, He's eyes looked at him, Bai Qiurui looked at her with a cold expression, and then began to deduce word by word.

"As a woman, it is inconvenient for you to go out often, and you cannot go out to avoid suspicion. Who provided you with the mercury on the goldenrod? ”

Seeing that He's gaze became more and more panicked, Bai Qiurui said, "Is it the little maid in Liu's mansion, the maid, or ...... Steward, home? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Bai Qiurui with some surprise, and at the same time, they also noticed the change in He's expression.

Just after Bai Qiurui said the word 'housekeeper', He couldn't hold it anymore, and his body kneeling under the hall was trembling slightly.

"He, you are not nervous when I mention others, why are you so nervous when I mention the housekeeper?"