Volume 5: The Case of the Five Kings Fighting the Dragon Chapter 146: Strychnium
Kang Shaolong didn't have many things. There was nothing in the room except various weapons.
It can be seen that Kang Shaolong is indeed just a martial artist and does not like to do things that are frivolous.
After searching for it, Duan Ming's eyes suddenly fell on the armor hanging on the side. This armor was exactly what Kang Shaolong was wearing when they first met Kang Shaolong.
If there is really something that Kang Shaolong touches every day, then armor is the most likely thing.
"Did General Kang wear this armor when he went out today?" Duan Ming gently touched the armor and asked in a deep voice.
"Wear it." A soldier nodded: "General Kang will definitely wear armor whenever he goes out."
"Yeah." Duan Ming nodded, and carefully opened the armor, only to see that it was clean and there was nothing in it.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the armor?" Xing Qianqiu said in a deep voice.
"Nothing has been discovered yet." Duan Ming squatted down and carefully observed the armor, and soon found some transparent powder in the gaps in the armor.
"Found it!" Duan Ming took a knife, carefully scraped the transparent powder out of the gaps in the armor, and gently poured it on the ground: "This should be the cause of death."
"What is this?" Xing Qianqiu stopped Zhucui who was about to reach out and asked in a deep voice.
"If my guess is correct, this should be nux vomica base." Duan Ming asked someone to take out a piece of white cloth, and then carefully poured the transparent crystal on the white cloth: "nux vomica base is a colorless transparent crystal.
It’s highly toxic.”
"It can directly attack the human nervous system, destroy the human central nervous system, and eventually lead to severe spasm."
"However, Nux vomica alkali tastes extremely bitter, and it is difficult to add it to people's diet, so it is usually not used much."
"However, someone applied strychnine to General Kang's armor. As General Kang walked around in his armor, his sweat melted the strychnine and was absorbed by his skin."
"The onset of Nux Vomica alkali takes a long time. Even if it is taken orally, it will take about a quarter of an hour for the poison to develop, and the time it takes for it to be absorbed through the skin is even longer."
"Therefore, General Kang rushed to Zhenbao Pavilion wearing armor and had a dispute with General Gu. Then the two fought. The fight increased the amount of sweat and blood flow, which aggravated the onset of the poison."
"This is why General Gu said that General Kang will always hit the empty space."
"It's not because General Kang held back, but because General Kang had already suffered a certain degree of muscle spasm due to strychnine and lost control of his muscles."
"Later, the alkaline toxicity of Nux Vomica completely broke out, and General Kang died as a result."
After saying this, Duan Ming raised his head and looked at King Longchang: "Your Majesty, General Kang's armor never leaves his body. It is not easy to put strychnine into General Kang's armor."
"Yes." King Longchang remained silent, just listening to Duan Ming's words silently.
Now that Duan Ming had said this, King Longchang said slowly: "Sure enough, I heard you say that General Kang died of poisoning before, and I have already guessed who it is. Now it seems..."
"Since the prince already knows it, Duan and others will leave first." Duan Ming stood up slowly and said to King Longchang: "Your Majesty, there are many secrets in this incident in Cambrian City.
The picture is not small, so don’t fall into the trap of the people behind the scenes.”
"Don't worry, I know what's going on." King Longchang nodded: "I won't send you off for a few of you. Please leave slowly."
"Yes." Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu looked at each other, nodded, and then left the palace with Li Waner and Zhu Cui.
"Mr. Duan." After walking out of the palace, Li Waner looked at Duan Ming: "Mr. Duan, do you already know who poisoned me?"
"I don't know." Duan Ming looked back at Longchang Palace, and then said solemnly: "But except for Kang Shaolong's confidant and lover, who can get close to Kang Shaolong's armor?"
"In this case, why didn't you say anything just now? Aren't you afraid that King Longchang arrested the wrong person?" Li Waner asked again.
"From the moment we entered the Longchang Palace, King Longchang has been lukewarm towards us. Logically speaking, King Longchang can directly lead the troops to King Changping for Kang Shaolong. This should not be this attitude." Duan
Ming said: "The feeling given to me by King Longchang is that it doesn't matter whether we find the real culprit or not."
"Isn't this strange?"
"Indeed, I felt strange when I saw King Longchang before." Li Waner nodded: "But, why is this?"
"Two possibilities." Xing Qianqiu suddenly said: "The first one is that King Longchang doesn't care about Kang Shaolong at all. Whether he lives or dies actually has no impact on King Longchang."
"If this is the case, how could King Longchang lead troops to attack King Changping?" Li Waner asked in confusion.
"King Longchang may not care about Kang Shaolong, but he cannot care about his own face. His own general was beaten to death, which is such a loss of face." Xing Qianqiu explained.
"The second possibility is that King Longchang already knew who the murderer was before we came." Xing Qianqiu continued: "So, it doesn't matter whether we can find out the truth or not."
"Now that the murderer has been found, why did you let us come here?" Zhu Cui suddenly asked out of curiosity.
"It's very simple. Maybe we know who it is, but King Longchang has no evidence." Duan Ming replied: "So even if you want to kill that person, you must kill him secretly and silently."
"But our arrival has given King Longchang evidence. Now it will be much easier for King Longchang to kill that person."
"The thoughts of these princes are really difficult to understand." Zhucui scratched her head: "Zhucui doesn't understand."
"Haha, you don't have to understand." Xing Qianqiu smiled and shook his head: "These things have nothing to do with you."
"By the way, Princess Wan'er." Having said this, Duan Ming looked at Li Waner: "Duan has something to ask of me."
"Mr. Duan, please speak." Li Waner said.
"That's right, Duan hopes that Princess Wan'er can accompany me and Lao Xing to visit the remaining three princes tomorrow." Duan Ming said: "The generals under the command of two princes have been killed one after another. I always feel that this
Things are not simple."
"Do you want to remind the princes and their generals?" Xing Qianqiu nodded: "Yes, although the princes should have received the news to some extent, it is very likely that they have not been contacted together."
"That's right, it's just that I speak softly. Even if the princes are decent, they may not really care about what I say." Duan Ming sighed: "There is no other way but to rely on Princess Wan'er."
"Yeah, okay, I understand." Li Waner nodded: "I'll prepare a greeting when I get back. Let's visit each one of you together tomorrow!"
