After reading it, Wu Wei handed the letter to Zhao's father and asked Zhao's wife: "What other relics does your husband have?"
"It's all in that box." Zhao's wife pointed to a wooden box on the carriage.
"Have you looked carefully at what's inside?"
"I miss people when I see things, and I can't bear to take a closer look." Zhao's wife shook her head and said.
After getting Zhao's wife's consent, Wu Wei opened the wooden box and counted all the relics of Zhao Zhixian. Since everything with a mark on it was left behind by the government, the contents in the box were very simple, just a few pieces of clothing.
, some daily necessities. Wu Weixian looked at all the items and found no problems. Then he asked Zhao's wife: "Are there any of these clothes that your husband wore when he went to the provincial capital?"
"Yes." Zhao's wife picked them out for him and said, "I sewed these for him myself, and these official robes were issued by the imperial court."
Wu Wei checked the clothes one by one, but still found no problem. He looked at the pile of clothes in front of Zhao's wife and said, "Didn't you take your husband's shoes to the provincial capital?"
"Of course I brought them, two pairs of casual shoes and two pairs of official boots that I usually wear, but the person who sent the relics said that because they were so careless at the time, they forgot to pack the shoes under the bed." Zhao's wife said weakly: "No.
I wish I could make another trip to the provincial capital for a few pairs of shoes."
"Yeah." Wu Wei nodded, thinking that all the things with writing on them had been taken away, so how could it be scrawled? There is probably some secret in the boots, and it may even be the boots that caused the trouble. But there is no way to verify this now.
He gave up searching for clues in the relics and asked the Zhao family: "Can you examine the body of Zhixian Zhao?"
The Zhao family members looked at each other and were a little hesitant. Father Zhao nodded and said, "Well, my son definitely hopes that evil will be punished." He took his son and daughter-in-law aside. Although he wanted to see his son for the last time, he still wanted to see his son for the last time.
It was a headless corpse. It would be better not to see it than to see it.
Wu Wei and Xianyun stood beside the coffin, saluted Magistrate Zhao and said, "Mr. Zhao, you are a good official. We can't let the bad guys who killed you go unpunished, so we want to disturb your body." After saying this, the two of them said.
He used a dagger to knock out the long nails on the coffin lid one by one. Finally, Master Xianyun used his strength to slowly push open the coffin lid, and a headless male corpse wearing official uniform appeared in front of them.
The deceased had been dead for more than a month, and the body was naturally decayed and the smell was very disgusting, so Master Xianyun pushed open the coffin lid and ran away like a rabbit.
Wu Wei was completely unaware. He didn't even cover his nose, so he leaned over and inspected it carefully. After a long cup of tea, he stood up to take a breath and said to Xianyun: "The body of the deceased is rotten, but the bones are still intact."
"You... dissected him?" Xianyun's face turned pale. When Wu Wei nodded, he bent over and vomited.
Wu Wei shook his head, walked over and said, "I've never seen you vomit like this in Jiulong's mouth."
"Can it be the same?" Xianyun wiped his mouth and stopped him from approaching: "Just stand there and say it."
"I won't tell you anymore." Wu Wei put the deceased's clothes back on, took out the water bag, washed his hands, put on the hat, and said to the returning Zhao family: "You should go back to your hometown quickly. What news is there?
I will definitely inform you."
"Sir, can we catch the murderer?" Zhao's father looked at Wu Weidao eagerly.
"Of course, the Skynet is very sparse and there are no leaks." Wu Wei nodded and said, "Be patient, give my lord some time, and I will definitely give justice to Magistrate Zhao."
"Then I'll leave it to you, sir." Father Zhao took his son and daughter-in-law to kowtow to Wu Wei, stood up and carried the coffin away.
Taiyuan, in the imperial envoy's camp. Wu Wei told Wang Xian the results of the autopsy: "The bones all over the body of the deceased were blue and black, which was caused by arsenic poisoning. Only the sternum was still dark yellow, indicating that the deceased was poisoned before the poison affected his heart.
Someone cut off the head. Looking at the scars on the neck bones of the deceased, it was found that they were chopped with an ax or something like that, which would inevitably cause blood to spurt out. If you search the bed where the deceased died, you should be able to find traces of blood."
"Look for a chance to take a look." Wang Xian nodded and asked, "Since poisoning kills people, why do they need to behead them?"
"In order to cover up the abnormal bleeding from his seven orifices after being poisoned," Wu Weidao said: "But the murderer didn't know that evidence of guilt would still be left on the bones in the future."
"Well, it doesn't matter whether they were poisoned or hacked to death." Wang Xian nodded and said solemnly: "At least it can be proved that exorcising ghosts and killing people is nonsense."
"Yes." Wu Wei nodded.
Wang Xian unfolded the letter Wu Wei had brought back, read it over and over, and murmured: "The errand is over, and he is expected to return home in a few days... It is a hundred and eighty miles from Taiyuan to Fenyang, which shows that he has received his return."
With my permission, the letter should have been written by him before he set off." He paused and said, "However, I may never see you again, because I don't want to join the others, or I may be killed by the top... At this time, he already knows something, and he has already
I broke up with Shangfeng and was worried that I would be killed. Normally, I should be very careful at times like this. Why was I still poisoned?"
"If you poison me, of course you can't let him notice it."
"Arsenic is not soluble in wine. An official like him who does not live in Taiyuan should eat in the canteen three times a day. As long as he is careful enough, there is no way to poison his food." Wu Wei shook his head.
"Maybe the other party forced him to do it?" Erhei guessed.
"It's impossible. If you want to force him to force him, it's better to just chop him with an axe." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "Drinking, if you can make him drunk, you can do whatever you want." Then he ordered: "Go to the post house to check. Zhao Zhao said that day.
What activities are there in the county?"
"Okay." Wu Wei responded: "I also want to see the room where Zhao Zhixian sleeps."
"Well, go ahead." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Pay attention to safety."
Wu Wei then took advantage of the night to cross the wall, and with Xian Yun who was resting in the dark, they went to the post house one mile away from the Zhensi Yamen. At dawn, he turned back, and Wang Xian slept lightly.
When I heard that he was coming, I got up quickly to hear the news.
"We forced Yi Cheng to question him, and he confessed that on the day Zhao Zhixian was killed, he attended a farewell banquet held by Lord Fantai. Later, he was driven back by someone and was killed in the middle of the night." Wu Weidao: "We asked Yi Cheng again.
, who else showed up that day? He said that except for the long attendant who sent Zhao Zhixian back and left again, he didn't see anyone else... Because Zhao Zhixian's room was the outermost one, facing the night watch room. If
You should be able to notice when someone comes in or out."
"Does the magistrate of Zhao County still have any long-term followers?" Wang Xian remembered that Wu Wei had said before that the magistrate of Zhao County was always alone when he entered the provincial capital.
"Yicheng said that although Magistrate Zhao went to the provincial capital alone, the province assigned him a chief attendant. The chief attendant was a local, thin and small, and he was blind in one eye. He looked quite scary. That day he
He arrived at a quarter of an hour and left within three quarters of the hour. I calculated that if Zhao Zhixian was given poison as soon as he entered the house, it would take more than a quarter of an hour to put him into a deep coma. If he committed the murder at this time, the deceased would not make any sound.
At this time, the toxicity has not yet hit the heart, which is consistent with the results of the autopsy." He also said: "I carefully inspected Zhao Zhixian's room. Although the bedding has been removed and the floor has been cleaned, there are signs of new paint on the walls.
, scraped off the thick white ash on the surface, and saw the sprayed blood, which can provide evidence."
"It should be pretty close. Can we find this person?" Although Wang Xian knew there was little hope, he still asked.
"After Xianyun and I left, we went directly to Chang Sui's residence as Yi Cheng said, but we were in vain."
"He escaped?"
"It seems like all the valuable things in the house are gone, but it doesn't look like they were robbed." Wu Weidao said, "But maybe they were silenced along the way."
"It's possible." Wang Xian thought about it and then said, "Do you still remember that when you came here, all states and counties strictly searched travelers passing through the border?"
"Remember." Wu Wei nodded.
"I remember that on the wanted notices posted at city gates everywhere," Wang Xian said slowly, "there seems to be a one-eyed dragon with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks."
Wu Wei also has a good memory. When Wang Xian said this, his eyes lit up and he said, "It seems there is such a person."
"It would be great if it was him." Wang Xian clapped his hands and said, "This means that he has not been silenced, and he probably has not left Shanxi yet."
"It would be great if we could find him in advance." Erhei was delighted, and then said with a wry smile: "How is it possible?"
"How is it impossible," Wang Xian said with a smile: "It has been more than a month since the murder of Magistrate Zhao. The government has tried so hard to find him. There is actually a reason."
"What's the reason?" Erhei and Wu Wei both looked at Wang Xian closely, followed his pointing, and looked at the lamp on the table.
"Look, where is the darkest place on this table?" Wang Xian said leisurely.
"It's the darkest under the lamp." Erhei said in surprise: "Sir, did you say he didn't leave too far?"
"Impossible," Wu Wei said in disbelief: "How many people in Taiyuan City know him? How dare he stay in Taiyuan when the government reward is so high?"
Wang Xian didn't speak immediately, but smiled enigmatically. After a long time, he looked at the light and said with a smile: "This light is bright enough to illuminate half of the room, but it can't illuminate me."
Underfoot, this is called "darkness under the lamp". The same is true for the government. As soon as they heard that the guy had escaped, they subconsciously chased him out. They first set up checkpoints at the provincial border to prevent him from escaping from Shanxi. However, they often did not pay so careful attention to the search in front of them.
.Because they are just like you two, they always feel that the guy doesn't dare to stay in Taiyuan. But the government has cast a dragnet in Shanxi, how can he dare to run around? Why hasn't he been arrested yet? It means he is hiding."
"You need to eat and drink to hide, and you need to find out information? You have to rely on absolutely trustworthy people for these. He is a native of Taiyuan. His relatives and friends are all here, and he is the most familiar with it, so he is hiding near Taiyuan.
The possibility is not too small." Wang Xian confidently said: "Check his family and see if we can get any clues."
"The government must have investigated," Wu Weidao said, "Even if it's dark, it's impossible to let his family go without investigating."
"The government can't find out, but that's not necessarily the case for us. If you think about his situation, you'll know that we have an advantage over the government." Wang Xian said with a smile.
Erhei was not stupid, so he thought clearly and said: "Yes, the government is arresting him now, obviously to kill him to silence him. He is probably very hateful and afraid. If he wants to save his life and want revenge, he can only find the imperial envoy."
Surrender yourself.
"That's right." Wang Xian nodded and smiled: "We made a huge noise along the way. People in Taiyuan should know our existence. Maybe they also want to see me but can't."