Chapter 5: Late-Night Hearings

It is the most peaceful time of the day when everyone is asleep, but tonight, the Anzhou Yamen is full of people and lively. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info heard that the master of the Li family was poisoned by Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong of Yongjie Pharmacy, and everyone rushed to the yamen to watch the excitement. The stakes are very high, and the county magistrate also went to court overnight to try the case.

In the hall, Xu Xianling sat in the center, Chen Zhutou sat on his left hand, and a young man with a wine gourd hanging from his waist sat on his right. In the hall, Mrs. Li's face was solemn. Qin Hexuan stood beside Mrs. Li with an excited expression.

"Hexuan, what the hell is going on? Wake up Lord Xu and Chen Zhutou in the middle of the night! What are you fooling around?" Qin Zheng rushed to the yamen and pointed at Qin Hexuan and shouted, wanting to pull him out of the hall as he spoke.

"Dad, I'm solving the case," Qin Hexuan shook off Qin Zheng's hand and said.

"What are you messing around, this is the yamen, this is the court, not a place for you to mess around", Qin Zheng shouted, and wanted to pull Qin Hexuan down from the court.

"Qin Catch, it's okay, anyway, everyone is up, just listen to Ling Gongzi's words, if it's really unreasonable, it's not too late to blame. I saw that the young man on the right of Xu County Ling whispered a few words to Xu County Ling, and Xu County Ling said.

"Yes, Lord Xu. Qin Zheng said.

"Qin Hexuan, you tell me the specific situation first, if you frame a good person, I will severely punish you. But if I see through the wicked, I will also be rewarded. Lord Xu said.

"Yes, Lord Xu", Qin Hexuan hugged his fists.

"The story starts with me helping Xiaoni find her cat, Xiaohua, two days ago. Qin Hexuan said.

Then, Qin Hexuan recounted that Xiaohua died at the back door of Li's house, and then found that the death was consistent with the death of Master Li, and after inquiring with Chen Zhutou and the young man on the right hand side of Xu Xianling, he learned that the death was very similar to the poison of the seven-colored flower, and then found that Shi Langzhong's family planted seven-colored flowers, and then remembered that Shi Langzhong came to see a doctor every day during the illness of Master Li, so he waited at the door of Shi Lang's Chinese medicine shop, and then this scene happened at night.

In the end, Qin Hexuan concluded, "According to my analysis, it must be Shi Langzhong and Mrs. Li who conspired to poison Master Li, and the poison used must be a seven-colored flower, and this poison is estimated to be Mrs. Li's fish soup cooked for Master Li, because cats like fish bones the most, so Xiaohua was attracted by the fish soup that the Li family couldn't drink and poured out and ingested the same poison of the seven-colored flower." We can ask Mrs. Li, who is in charge of the kitchen meals in the Li Mansion, to appear in court to confront Mrs. Li to see if Mrs. Li often cooks fish soup for Master Li. ”

"Okay, pass on Li Po to the court. Xu County ordered.

Mrs. Li walked up to the hall and told that during Mr. Li's illness, Mrs. Li personally cooked fish soup every day, saying that she wanted to make up for Mr. Li's body, and the fish soup poured at the back door was the remaining scraps for Mr. Li.

Then he summoned several domestic servants to the court, and they all said that during the period when Mr. Li was sick, Mrs. Li asked Shi Langzhong to come to the door every day to diagnose and treat the disease, and often stayed in the room for an hour or two.

Qin Hexuan said, "Lord Xu, now that all the evidence and material evidence have proved my inference, there is no doubt that Master Li was poisoned by the conspiracy between Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong. ”

During Qin Hexuan's presentation of the case, Mrs. Li didn't say a word, and her face became ugly the more she listened. Until this time, Mrs. Li spoke: "You have always said that it is me and Shi Lang who poisoned the master, but everything you said above is just your personal inference, do you have evidence? Why don't you invite Shi Langzhong to confront me face to face?"

"Yes, Qin Hexuan, the verdict of the case cannot be based on speculation alone, it must come up with real evidence!" Xu Xian ordered.

"The person who escaped from the Li Mansion tonight is Shi Langzhong!" Qin Hexuan said.

"Song Zhu, have they caught the person who escaped from the Li Mansion and come back?" Chen Zhutou asked his subordinates to catch quickly.

"I haven't come back yet," replied the subordinate.

Chen Zhutou was a little anxious, and asked the young man on the right, "Ouyang Shenzhuo, if Shi Langzhong is really the Feipeng thief you are talking about, then Song Zhukuai and they are definitely not opponents, what should I do?"

The young man known as Ouyang Shenzhu said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone wait a while, I expect Song Zhutou and them to come back soon." ”

Mrs. Li's expression tightened when she heard this.

At this moment, Song Zhutou pressed a person into the yamen. Everyone took a closer look, and the person who was pressed in was Shi Langzhong from Yongjie Pharmacy.

Qin Hexuan looked at it and laughed, "Now you can face each other face to face." ”

"Shi Langzhong, confess lightly, did you say that you and Mrs. Li conspired to poison Master Li?!" Qin Hexuan said to Shi Langzhong.

"You are talking nonsense, what evidence do you have!" Shi Langzhong shouted.

"The third watch is still staying in Mrs. Li's room in the middle of the night, and there are seven-colored flowers planted behind your house, what evidence do you need?" Qin Hexuan said.

"I didn't kill anyone, don't spew blood!" Shi Langzhong shouted.

"Master Li was killed by the poison of your seven-colored flower, and you are still quibbling!" Qin Hexuan said.

"Jokes, anyone who understands flowers knows that seven-colored flowers are ornamental flowers, how can there be any poison!" Shi Langzhong said.

Hearing this, Qin Hexuan was stunned, thinking that it was indeed the poisonous seven-colored flower that he learned from the mouth of the young man who was drinking, and he hadn't studied it deeply, but then he thought about it, and the young man was also sitting in the hall, so he said, "I have to consult Ouyang Shenzhu about this." ”

The young man called Ouyang Shenzhu smiled, "The seven-colored flower itself is not poisonous, but its pollen is supplemented by dragon teeth, Banxia, Baibu, Yuanzhi, and salt snakes, and then boiled in soup to become a chronic poison, am I right?"

When Shi Langzhong heard this, his face turned gray.

"Shi Langzhong, presumably the medicinal materials such as Dragon Tooth, Banxia, Baibu, Yuanzhi, and Salt Snake can be easily found in your shop, right? Take out a pair of account books that you want to shop, and you can know the purchase and sales of these medicinal materials in your pharmacy in the past half a month, which can prove that you have been developing the poison of the seven-colored flower for nearly half a month!" Qin Hexuan said.

"You don't mean anything! Your evidence is not enough to convict me!" Shi Langzhong said.

"Indeed, these are still difficult to convict, and more and more conclusive evidence is needed," Xu said.

At this moment, a family member of the Li Mansion hurriedly ran up to the court, "Report to Lord Xu, I have evidence on my side, which is enough to prove that Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong conspired to poison our master!"

The people in the hall were shocked when they heard this, "What evidence?

Jia Ding said, "At night, our Li Mansion was messed up by this little brother, and after everyone went to the Yamen, I hurriedly cleaned the house at home, and found a letter in Master Li's room, which said a lot about Shi Langzhong and Mrs. Li, please take a look", said Jia Ding presented the letter, and then faded into the crowd.

Xu Xianling opened the envelope and looked at it, his brows were tightly locked, and the general content of the letter was as follows: Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong have always had ** feelings, at first Master Li did not know, until half a month ago, Master Li went out to run errands and returned early on a whim to go to the next town to buy rouge for Mrs. Li, and happened to meet Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong also came to the next town to play a private meeting, and Shi Langzhong was armed with martial arts, and directly killed Master Li, thinking that he had killed Master Li, but he still supported himself to return home under the serious injury of Master Li. As soon as she arrived home, Mrs. Li was so frightened that she couldn't figure it out, but fortunately, Master Li fainted when she got home, and Mrs. Li could only discuss with Shi Langzhong after settling Master Li down. The two discussed all night, and the result was that Master Li had arrived at home, there were many witnesses, and now the killer must be suspected, so he wanted to poison Master Li with chronic poison, anyway, Shi Langzhong is a famous Langzhong in the city, and others will definitely not be suspicious when he sees him. Next, it is just like Qin Hexuan's analysis. As for this letter, it is the evidence of Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong's crimes written by Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong on the eve of his death, taking advantage of Mrs. Li's unaware, in the hope that the truth can be revealed to the world.

After reading the letter, Xu Xianling called a servant who was familiar with Master Li to carefully identify the handwriting of the letter, and everyone said that it was indeed from Master Li. The evidence was conclusive, Xu Xianling read out the contents of the letter on the spot, and after listening to it, Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong collapsed to the ground. Everyone applauded, and they all cast approving glances at Qin Hexuan.

"Ouyang Shenzhuo, this Shi Langzhong makes good use of seven-colored flowers, it seems that he is the Feipeng thief you are talking about, this guy has finally been caught today", Chen Zhutou said to the young man who changed to Ouyang Shenzhu.

"Hahahaha", the young man suddenly laughed, and everyone stopped making noise in the laughter, and the hall suddenly calmed down.

"Mrs. Li and Shi Langzhong's murder is unforgivable. But this Flying Thief is someone else!" said the young man.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the hall, "What Feipeng thief?" Everyone was whispering, "I seem to have heard that it was a very evil person who was active in the Jiangnan generation in the past few years and killed people and stole things"....

"What, Shi Langzhong is not a Feipeng thief?" Chen Zhutou was shocked.

"Feipeng thief, whose real name is Wu Pengfei, appeared three years ago and was active in the states of Jiangnan, and his modus operandi was bad, and after selecting the target of the crime, he would poison the master with his special seven-colored flower, and then loot his belongings when the master died. Because the seven-colored flower is a chronic poison, the poison cannot be diagnosed in the general Langzhong, and the poisoned person finally dies in a tragic state, with skin and bones, and black fingers. And Wu Pengfei's disguise technique is extremely high, and every time he will disguise himself as the target's entourage, witness the gradual passing of the target, and enjoy the process of gradually losing his life. It wasn't until I was met in Yuezhou half a year ago that he disappeared after he escaped, and since then I have tracked all the way to Anzhou. ”

"In this way, Shi Langzhong's martial arts are even invincible to Song Zhukuai, and he really shouldn't be a Feipeng thief, so what's going on with this seven-colored flower?" asked Chen Zhutou.

Hearing this, Qin Hexuan was also surprised, he couldn't imagine that there was such a wonderful thing behind him.

"I expected that if it was good, someone should have reminded Shi Langzhong, as the leading Langzhong in Anzhou, that he must have a little knowledge of pharmacological toxicity, which reminds Shi Langzhong that he is a real Feipeng thief," the young man continued.

"Shi Langzhong, the opportunity to atone for your sins has come, hurry up, who do you say reminded you of the poison of the seven-colored flower?" Chen Zhutou asked Shi Langzhong.

At this time, Shi Langzhong was already in a state of confusion, thinking that he was greedy for beauty for a while, and now he was on fire, and when he heard Chen Zhutou's words, he seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly recalled. Suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat and shouted, "Yes...."Before he finished speaking, he saw that a dart had been inserted into Shi Langzhong's throat, and Shi Langzhong had closed his mouth forever.

"Who is it?" shouted Chen Zhutou, and all the catchers were immediately alerted.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li had already fainted. Qin Hexuan also broke out in a cold sweat for a while, Shi Langzhong was just beside him, thinking that if this dart flew at him, his little life would definitely be lost, and it seemed that he had to practice martial arts to be a detective.

At this time, I don't know which catcher shouted, there was someone over there, and all the catchers quickly rushed in that direction, and Qin Hexuan also hurriedly followed the catcher to chase the murderer.