"What?" Zhong Yu heard the words and stood up with a swish. He looked at the criminal department personnel in front of him in shock, stepped forward and grabbed the other person's collar, and roared: "Say it again!"
The man's face was filled with bitterness, and his voice trembled as he said: "Wei Xiang...is dead!"
"Killed by whom?" Zhong Yu gritted his teeth, his eyes seeming to spit out fire.
"Suicide...suicide."
"Absolutely impossible!" Zhong Yu shouted sternly: "If he committed suicide, why didn't he commit suicide earlier or later, but why did he commit suicide at this time?"
"But... we and the Imperial City Division are guarded by so many people. If a killer comes in, no matter whether we can stop it or not, at least they will know about it."
"But before and after Wei Xiang's death, in the entire Penal Department Prison, we didn't even see the shadow of a killer."
When Zhong Yu heard this, he frowned.
He knew that the person in front of him was right.
The people in the Criminal Department and the Imperial City Department are all good at solving cases, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts.
If someone said someone killed someone in front of them, Zhong Yu would believe it.
But if someone said that someone killed someone in front of them, without leaving any trace, or even making the slightest sound, then Zhong Yu would not believe it from the bottom of his heart.
Unless the killer never came in at all!
How to kill someone without physical contact?
The anger in Zhong Yu's heart gradually subsided, and the order in his mind gradually became clearer.
After pondering for a moment, he faintly spit out one word: "Poison!"
"Poison?" When the officer from the Ministry of Punishment heard this, he frowned and said with some doubts: "Sir, if it is to be poisoned, there must be a way to transmit the poison."
"Either food, water, or air?"
"But these days, we have strictly checked Zhen Jian's food and drink, and only gave him food after confirming that there are no problems."
"As for the airborne poison... Zhen Jian should not be the only one who died. We should not be able to escape either."
Hearing this, Zhong Yu nodded and said: "If it is really poison, it must be some kind of strange medicine!"
"Our discussion here is nothing more than talking on paper. Talking more is useless. Take me to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. I will personally conduct an autopsy."
A moment later, Zhong Yu arrived at the Penal Department Prison, only to find that Li Changkong and Liu Yu had already arrived.
Seeing these two people, Zhong Yu couldn't help but sweat slightly on his forehead.
He had given Li Changkong a guarantee before, saying that he would ensure Wei Xiang's safety and guard against assassins.
Who would have thought that... just a few days later, Wei Xiang died right under his nose.
To call him the Minister of Punishment is really shameless!
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Zhong Yu bowed his hands and bowed.
Liu Yu turned his head and ignored him.
When Zhong Yu saw this, a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything. After all, it was because he was not doing things well. It was normal for the prince to have such an expression.
Instead, Li Changkong walked up and said: "Master Zhong, now is not the time to reminisce about the past. Go in quickly to see the cause of Wei Xiang's death."
Zhong Yu nodded when he heard the words, and then randomly named a few people in the crowd, all of whom were experienced workers.
"You all come with me and do the autopsy together."
Autopsy is destined to be a boring and tedious process, but Zhong Yu and several gangsters worked hard and did not dare to slack off at all.
Just like that, an hour later, Zhong Yu sighed and ended the autopsy process.
Seeing this, Li Changkong quickly stepped forward and asked, "What is the cause of death?"
"Probably died of poisoning."
"Should?" Li Changkong frowned. As an experienced member of the Ministry of Justice, how could Zhong Yu give such an ambiguous answer to such an important matter?
Hearing Li Changkong's rhetorical question, Zhong Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "General Li doesn't know something."
"This body of Wei Xiang shows no trace of being injured by swords, axes, axes or other sharp weapons."
"There are no signs of being hit by blunt objects such as hammers or hammers. The only possible cause of death is internal."
"And after we dissected his body, we found no obvious poison."
"On the contrary, many organs after failure were discovered!"
"But...organ failure should generally occur in the elderly. Although Wei Xiang is an eunuch, he is still in his youth, so it is impossible for this to happen."
"So our preliminary judgment is that he may have taken chronic poisons that caused organ failure before he was imprisoned."
Li Changkong nodded after hearing this. This explanation was quite reasonable.
"Have you sent anyone to look for Wei Xiang's residence?"
"Wei Xiang's residence is in the East Palace, and it may be convenient for His Highness the Crown Prince to come there."
After experiencing many things, it seems that the Imperial City Department and the Criminal Department no longer have the right to directly search the palaces of royal family members.
"It's easy to talk about this. I'll just tell His Highness the Crown Prince, or you can pick a few operatives to go to the East Palace with us and start an investigation immediately."
"That's great!" Zhong Yu nodded with bright eyes.
…
After a while, the East Palace.
Li Changkong, Liu Yu, Zhong Yu, and several officials from the Criminal Department and Imperial City Department brought by Zhong Yu arrived together.
"Wei Xiang's residence was assigned to him when he first came to the East Palace. It is very remote."
"After he became the leading eunuch of the East Palace, I once offered him a better place to live, but he refused."
"Now it seems that there is something strange in this residence." Liu Yu said as he led everyone to their destination.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhong Yu frowned and said, "Everyone, cover your mouth and nose, be careful, and get out first!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was surprised, and Liu Yu frowned frequently.
This is so good, why do you need to cover your mouth and nose? They didn’t smell any special smell!
Li Changkong immediately followed the instructions and reached out to push Liu Yu.
Liu Yu had no choice but to do it.
Seeing that the prince and Li Changkong had done this, the others naturally did not dare to delay, so they covered their mouths and noses and exited the courtyard.
Outside the courtyard, Zhong Yu loosened his mouth and nose, took a deep breath, and then calmed down. He said with a serious face: "There is something wrong in this courtyard, there is a special smell. If I guessed correctly, this should be a rare odor poison.
"
"Smell poison? Why didn't I smell it, but you were the only one who smelled it?" Liu Yu frowned.
"Your Highness, you don't know something. Some poisons are colorless and odorless, making it difficult for ordinary people to identify them."
"Only a specially trained nose like Chen's can detect anything strange."
"This kind of poison was popular in the border areas of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the most famous one was called Yama Luosan."
"It is colorless and odorless, but its medicinal properties are extremely strong. Those who are poisoned will die in an instant."
"Although the poison in this courtyard does not smell like Yama powder, it does smell like poison!"
Liu Yu nodded when he heard this and said: "How to crack it?"
"It's very simple, just cover your mouth and nose with wet clothes."
"Most odor poisons lose their effectiveness when exposed to water."