September 21, morning.

The three-day deadline given by Luo Tianjin had arrived, so he summoned everyone to gather in the middle hall. I want to end the violent death of Jiang Yiwei in public, so as not to panic and suspect each other in the house.

In the middle hall, except for Luo Tianjin, who had a lazy posture, everyone else sat upright with a solemn expression.

"Liu Xunyi, where is Li Jia?"

Luo Tianjin got straight to the point, opened his mouth and asked for clothes from Liu, which couldn't help but attract everyone's sideways.

Liu Xunyi quickly got up, bowed to Luo Tianjin, and then greeted outside the hall: "Lift up!"

With curious glances, Liao Chuan and Liao Hai hurriedly walked into the hall carrying a broken door board.

At this moment, a ragged, swollen and rotting corpse lay on the door panel, emitting a foul smell that caused everyone to cover their mouths and noses.

"Qiqi Sect Master, this is Li Jia's corpse!" Liu Xunyi said respectfully: "We found it in the lower reaches of Luoshui." ”

"Shhh

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.

"Li Jia is dead?" Xie Xuan frowned slightly, and the general was suspicious, "How did you die?"

According to the examination, Li Jia's fatal wound was in the neck, not drowning. Liu Xunyi explained, "In other words, he was killed with a knife first, and then his body was abandoned in the river." ”

Qin Ku added: "When we found Li Jia's body, we found that all the valuable items on his body had disappeared, so we suspected that he was murdered for money. ”

As for this, Qin Ku's eyes flickered, and another sentence popped up: "At least, that's what it looks like." ”

"Is there a clue to the murderer?" asked Yan Bugui with a calm face.

"Nope. Qin pouted bitterly and said, "In the middle of the night, there are not even ghosts on the banks of the Luoshui River, and there is no witness at all. It is very likely that a passing strongman saw his fortune and escaped from the Luoyang territory immediately after killing Li Jia, without any clues, trying to find the murderer is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, almost ...... No way. ”

"How did Li Jia escape from King Xian's Mansion?"

Faced with the question of Yan not returning, Qin Ku pretended to be at a loss and asked, "How can Fourth Master Yan assert that Li Jia 'escaped' from the mansion?"

As soon as these words came out, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes quietly changed, and a trace of apprehension rose in her heart.

The goose did not return to the place of no return, and replied lightly: "That night, the disciples guarding the door did not find that Li Jia was in and out, he did not 'escape' out, but could not escape but 'fly' out?"

Qin Ku smiled, didn't entangle, and responded: "What Fourth Master Yan said is reasonable, but the guards of the Xianwang Mansion have always been in charge of Zhongping Second Gate......"

"Deputy Qin's words, are you blaming us for guarding unfavorably?" Luo Qi said dissatisfied.

"How dare you?" Qin bitterly gaged and waved his hand again and again, "The little brother has just arrived, and he will only be rigid about the rules of the Xianwang Mansion, if he is offended, Wan Wangqing will fan Haihan." ”

"You ......"

"That's it!" Luo Tianjin interrupted Luo Qi's refutation, glanced at Li Jia's corpse, and said faintly, "Call all the people who performed the autopsy for Jiang Yiwei, and I will personally interrogate." ”

"Yes. ”

After a while, seventeen servants came to the middle hall one after another.

Among them, there are old and young, men and women, who were found from different places by Yan Bugui, Deng Changchuan, Huang Yulang, and Murong Bai.

At first glance, the seventeen people were ignorant and did not know each other. In fact, long before they entered the government, someone had already "helped" them to unify their voices.

"Jiang Yiwei's body has all been examined, I don't know why he died?" Luo Tianjin's eyes were full of anticipation, so as not to be afraid, so his tone was quite soft.

Hearing this, the seventeen servants looked left and right, and then an old man took two steps forward and arched his hand: "If you go back to the lord of Luofu, after we have checked it in turn, the results are different, but there are also similarities. ”

"Oh?" Luo Tianjin asked with interest, "What do you say, sir?"

"Among us, some people think that the cause of Jiang Sanye's death is the poison of the intestinal herbs that were mistakenly interrupted, some think that it is the poison of arsenic, and some think that it is the ...... of Huaxi grass and the five poisonous roots," the old man replied intermittently, "Because Jiang Sanye's symptoms are so strange, the results we infer are also very different. As for what kind of poison it is...... It is difficult to judge because of old decay or a mixture of poisons. ”

"That's the difference. Xie Xuanhu said suspiciously, "What do you mean by daring to ask the same thing?"

"Although we can't tell what kind of poison Jiang Sanye died of, we can assert that his violent death was due to 'poison attacking the heart'. ”

"What is a poisonous attack?"

"Stasis, that is, the poison that accumulates in the viscera. The old man explained, "This poison does not accumulate overnight, at least it must be ...... It takes six or seven days to form. The lord of Luofu does not know that every poison in the world has its particularity, so the symptoms of poisoning and the time of death are not the same. But no matter what kind of poison, if there is no antidote, the poison will act on the living, the light is unwell, the heavy is a life, and the poison will not be formed. ”

"What do you mean......" Luo Tianjin's eyes narrowed slightly, and his surging eyes looked up and down at the panicked old man, and said thoughtfully, "Jiang Yiwei was poisoned ten days ago, but for some reason he couldn't be poisoned in time, until he was poisoned three days ago, so he died violently, isn't it?"

"The reason why the poison did not occur in time may be that Jiang Sanye had taken the antidote. The old man didn't dare to look directly into Luo Tianjin's eyes, so he resigned, "But the amount of antidote is insufficient, or the time of taking it is too late, so it can only offset part of the toxicity, but cannot be eradicated, so that the remaining toxins accumulate in the body, thus forming a toxic ......."

"That's it. Luo Tianjin interrupted the old man's answer rather impatiently, and asked rhetorically, "You tell me directly, is Jiang Yiwei's death because the poison ten days ago failed to be lifted in time, and not for other reasons?"

"That's pretty much. The old man groaned, "If there are other fatal injuries on Jiang Sanye's body, it is impossible for us not to detect them." ”

"You also judge the same?" Luo Tianjin stared at the other sixteen servants and asked secretly, "Do you have any objections?"

"We have no objections. ”

In the face of Luo Tianjin's questioning, the sixteen servants answered in unison without thinking.

"Brother Jin, they are all the most prestigious works in Luoyang. Ling Xiaoxiao waited for an opportunity to speak, "Especially the old man who is the leader, he once worked as an errand in the Mention Prison Division, and studied under Song Ci, the first Mention Prison Envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and his autopsy methods are among the best in the world. If even he can't see the problem, I'm afraid ...... Jiang Yiwei's death is really not suspicious. ”

Li Jia once told Liu Xunyi in person that Jiang Yiwei had woken up. Luo Tianjin hesitated, "Since he has woken up, why did Li Jia flee, and why did Jiang Yiwei die of poison?"

"Perhaps...... Back to the light?" Xie Xuan judged the situation and took the initiative to cooperate with Luo Tianjin, "I guess that Jiang Yiwei did wake up that night, but it was not for the better, but for the better. At the beginning, Li Jia mistakenly thought that 'returning to the light' was awakening, so he ran to the study in a hurry, wanting to ask the lord for credit, and met Liu Xunyi halfway. But after the two separated, Li Jia suddenly woke up and noticed that something was wrong, so he did not ask to see the mansion master, but turned back to Jiang Yiwei's room to find out, but found that Jiang Yiwei had died of poison at that time. Because he was afraid that the lord of the mansion would be guilty, Li Jia packed his bags overnight and brought a large amount of gold and silver, wanting to escape. Unexpectedly, he encountered bandits on the bank of the Luoshui River, and the man saw that Li Jia was alone and had a lot of valuable things on his body, so he made a temporary decision, seized the property and killed him, and threw Li Jia's body into the river. ”

Xie Xuan's explanation was completely consistent with the cause of Li Jia's death and the conclusion of the seventeen servants.

"There is another question, how did Li Jia escape from the mansion?" Murong Bai questioned, "This person doesn't know martial arts, how can he avoid the guards in the mansion, so that he can leave the Xianwang Mansion unknowingly and unnoticed?"

"Actually, there are many ways to get out of the house, and the method is very simple. "As we all know, the guards in the mansion have always been tight on the outside and loose on the inside. If people outside want to blend into the Xianwang Mansion, it is indeed difficult to reach the sky. But if the people in the mansion want to get out of the mansion, especially when everything is normal in the mansion and there are no special circumstances, it is easy to do so. Like what...... disguised as a subordinate who poured night incense, disguised as a buyer, etc., most of these people got up on three watches to do things, and day after day, went back and forth through the back door. Over time, the guards in the palace naturally neglected to guard against these subordinates, and it was impossible to check them one by one. Li Jia has been in the government for many years, and he must be familiar with these things. ”

"I see. Deng Changchuan nodded slowly and laughed at himself, "It seems that the death of the third master is indeed not suspicious, we are too worried." ”

Although everything sounds logical, in Liu Xunyi's heart, he is still depressed and uneasy.

First, Pan Yuyin reminded him that Jiang Yiwei's death was strange. In the two, everything that happened today seems to be too smooth, almost overturning the judgment of three days ago, and it is justified and almost interlocking.

However, Liu Xunyi's intuition told him that under the calm water, there was often a storm.

"Mansion Master!" Liu Xunyi was unwilling, so he proposed to Luo Tianjin, "It's better to invite Granny Peach Blossom and Miss Pan, we are all laymen about 'poisoning and attacking the heart', why don't we listen to their opinions?"

"No need!"

What stunned Liu Xunyi was that Luo Tianjin, who had said it three days ago and vowed not to give up, turned an unusually blind eye to many strange things today, and waved his hand and said: "Mother-in-law Peach Blossom and Miss Pan said goodbye to me last night, and they left King Xian's Mansion early this morning. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi and Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes changed at the same time. The difference is that Liu Xunyi's eyes were hesitant, but Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes flashed with a hint of joy.

"Mansion Master!" Huang Yulang interjected, "Now that the truth has been ascertained, is Jiang Yiwei's funeral ......" As for this, Huang Yulang's expression darkened, and he said, "After all, he has served the Xianwang Mansion for many years, and he has no merit and hard work." If you keep the mortuary and don't bury it, I'm just afraid of ...... It doesn't make sense. ”

"That's good!" Luo Tianjin agreed, "Luo Qi, quickly arrange everything and bury Jiang Yiwei in a big way." ”

"Yes. ”

"Remember! Jiang Yiwei's affairs are a farce, and no one is allowed to criticize them, so as not to insult the reputation of the Xian Wangfu. ”

"Obey the orders of the Mansion Master!"

"Let's go!"

After that, Luo Tianjin slowly got up under Ling Xiaoxiao's support, and left the middle hall without looking back under the complicated and respectful gazes of everyone.

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