Two days later, Liu Dabao and the other two teams went to the prostitute village in the south of the island and enjoyed themselves for an afternoon. That night, Ma Bin, Shen Tan and three palace guards entered Lin Jue with their bedrolls in hand.
The three of them had not seen each other for many days, and Ma Bin and Shen Tan were almost going crazy. When they learned that Lin Jue had used tricks to bring them here, Ma Bin and Shen Tan were surprised.
But what was even more surprising was what happened later. When they saw that all the people in the team were very respectful to Lin Jue from Liu Dabao, and that Lin Jue was simply the leader of the team, Ma Bin and Shen Tan had to secretly
I admire Lin Jue's ability. During this time, the two of them were yelled at every day, and they were beaten and scolded if they made the slightest mistake. They couldn't integrate into the team, and they couldn't keep up their humiliation, so they were both beaten and scolded in their respective teams.
Marginalized. However, Lin Jue was able to thrive here with ease.
The people gathered together, although not all, but there were enough people. Lin Jue quickly informed Ma Bin and Shen Tan of the news he had inquired about in the past few days and the fact that he had gone to Gao Yuankui's grave.
Bin and Shen Tan were even more ashamed. They had done nothing during this period, and accomplished nothing except being anxious every day. However, Lin Jue not only thrived in the team, but he also actually found out.
With so much information, I even visited Gao Yuankui's graveyard and met the leader of Guishan Island's Dazhai by accident. If I could only barely acknowledge Lin Jue before, and felt faintly dissatisfied, after learning all this
The two of them really admired each other very much.
However, even so, the two still expressed opposition to Lin Jue's plan to dig the grave. In their opinion, Lin Jue's plan was too risky, and Lin Jue's judgment was too confident. Why did he say that the cause of Gao Yuankui's death was suspicious?
, did you come to such a conclusion just because of this little bit of doubt? And a year has passed, and Gao Yuankui is probably rotten to the bone. Is there anything else that can be found? The dead cannot speak. Besides, digging a human grave requires touching the ground.
Bad luck, bad luck.
Lin Jue was too lazy to talk to them and had no hope for the IQ of these two people. Lin Jue admitted that he was very subjective and that digging graves was indeed very risky, but now this was the breakthrough and he had to do it. Once
After proving his guess, the whole plan suddenly became clear. So Lin Jue did not try to convince them, but just told them that according to the previous agreement, they must implement their decision, so there was no need to discuss this matter. Ma Bin and Shen Tan
I am extremely helpless, but I have been told to do so, and now I can only follow my orders.
In the afternoon of the fifth day of October, Lin Jue and Liu Dabao asked for leave, saying that they wanted to invite a few brothers to go to Happy Happiness with them, and promised to return to the team in the evening. Liu Dabao had received too many benefits during this period, and he no longer interfered much with Lin Jue's actions.
He just told him not to do anything that would embarrass him, not to violate the rules of the village, etc. Lin Jue thought he was too verbose, so he reached out and stuffed a small piece of gold leaf into Liu Dabao, and Liu Dabao immediately shut up.
Lin Jue and his group of six people pretended to be on patrol and headed all the way to the north of the island. Although they were questioned on the way, the six people could be regarded as "old bandits". The passwords and code words were not bad at all, so they could pass without any obstruction. Finally, the passengers were not allowed to pass by.
In preparation, a few people got into the jagged rocks and trees at the foot of the cliff. Once inside, they would basically not be seen by outsiders.
The road to the top of the cliff was a familiar one, and soon all six of them appeared in the grass on the edge of the cliff. The weather had deteriorated in the past two days, the north wind on the lake was extremely violent, the sky was also hazy and low, and the weather also changed.
It was very cold. There was even more cold wind on the cliff, making it difficult for several people to breathe. But this weather also brought benefits, that is, the soldiers on the arrow towers and sentry towers in the distance seemed to have withdrawn to hide from the wind.
There is room for several people to move safely.
Several people rushed into the pine forest and soon reached Gao Yuankui's tomb. After looking around and finding no trace of anyone nearby, Lin Jue immediately ordered the digging of the grave. Before starting the excavation, Lin Jue and others still
After lighting three sticks of incense, several people bowed their hands and bowed. After all, it was somewhat taboo to do such a thing.
"Master Gao Lao Village, you have the knowledge to forgive us. We are not offending you, but we want to find out the cause of your death, and maybe we can clear your case. But if you were not killed by someone, then today's disturbance,
We will burn incense and paper to offer you in the future, I hope you won’t be offended.”
After Lin Jue said some nondescript prayers, he waved his hand and ordered action. Ma Bin used the shovel he brought to pry open a piece of brick on the grave, and the digging of the grave officially began. Lin Jue did not participate in the excavation, but
He hid at the edge of the forest and watched for the wind. After all, the sound of digging was quite loud. If someone discovered it, he had to react quickly.
After a long half hour, a guard rushed over and reported: "Mr. Lin, the grave has been dug. Master Ma and Commander Shen want you to take a look."
Lin Jue nodded, ordered the guard to take over his sentry duty, and hurried back to the forest. When he arrived in front of the tomb, he saw that the ground was in a mess. Earth, sand, gravel and bricks were spread on the ground in a mess. The top of the huge tomb had been flattened.
A large, dark hole was exposed. This was the excavation method required by Lin Jue, which was to only open the hole at the top, in order to better restore the tomb. Once it is fully dug, it will be difficult to restore.
With this excavation method, the coffin cannot be opened. All that can be done is to make a hole in the huge and exposed coffin, and then inspect the bones from the hole. It took a lot of time to open the hole in the huge and hard pear wood coffin, and in the end
Several people used their swords to cut a long, long hole on the top of the coffin bit by bit. When they took out the wood, a turbid air spurted out from the coffin. The stench made people want to fall down. But fortunately, they were in the forest.
Strong winds blew it away quickly.
Lin Jue climbed onto the coffin and looked into the cave. It was dark and dark, and he couldn't see anything, and he felt a little scared. But soon, Lin Jue calmed down, lit the candle he had brought, and hung it with a rope.
Stretching in from the hole, candles were burning in the coffin, and the light illuminated the situation inside the coffin. The cloth inside was messy and messy. The cloth wrapping the body was wet and rotten, but it still covered the bones.
Ma Bin handed over a branch, and Lin Jue used the branch to open the rotten cloth, and a dense white skeleton was exposed. Because the hole was small, the head and feet could not be seen, only the chest to the thigh bone could be seen.
Lin Jue squinted his eyes and carefully observed the appearance of the bones. Suddenly, he whispered: "It's as expected."
Ma Bin and Shen Tan hurriedly asked: "What?"
Lin Jue said: "Seven or eight ribs are broken. Come and have a look. Am I right?"
Ma Bin and Shen Tan hurriedly climbed up and looked down from the entrance of the cave. They nodded in agreement.
"Yes, the ribs are indeed broken. What's going on?" Shen Tan said in a deep voice.
"What's the point? Of course he was attacked." Ma Bin said.
Shen Tan asked: "Is it possible that the bones were broken after death? For example, someone hit the corpse or something."
Lin Jue laughed coldly: "Commander Shen, how can you really think about it. What kind of hatred or grievances are there? Do you want to torture the corpse after death? This must be a broken bone before death. Or it was caused by an attack before death. But seven or eight of them were broken. A single rib is not fatal unless the broken bone pierces the heart and lungs. However, if these ribs are on both sides, it is not fatal."
Shen Tan and Ma Bin agreed with this conclusion. They are both martial arts practitioners. It is normal for ribs to be broken during a fight. And in fact, breaking a few ribs does not affect a person's normal actions. There is only one A broken rib would be fatal if the broken bone punctured important internal organs such as the heart and lungs, leading to organ damage and death. However, the situation of Gao Yuankui's corpse in front of him is obviously not suitable. Those are two ribs, and there is nothing fatal inside. organs. At best, it would puncture the intestines, but that would not be fatal.
"Bring me the spear." Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
A guard handed over the spear. Lin Jue inserted the tip of the spear and stabbed a section of ribs hard, causing the ribs to snap. Lin Jue used two branches to make a clip-like shape and stretched in to clamp the small section of ribs. It came out. Under the bright sky, the small section of ribs was glowing white and looked normal. However, Lin Jue's eyes fell on the newly broken section, which was slightly blackened and Something shiny is shining.
Ma Bin and Shen Tan also noticed this phenomenon immediately, and asked in a low voice in shock: "What is this? How come the bones are shining brightly?"
Lin Jue smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "This is the cause of death. Here is mercury. Mercury will evaporate when heated. After a person inhales mercury, it will quickly enter the blood, internal organs and bones. Mercury is a highly poisonous substance, and it is difficult to detoxify at all. , after entering the bone, it is still inside for thousands of years. This is the poison of mercury that has penetrated into it. It looks slightly shiny, because the mercury itself is silvery. I can guarantee that there must be mercury in this coffin. The beads are scattered because the mercury accumulates when the internal organs are putrid and forms beads.”
Ma Bin and Shen Tan were horrified and speechless. They had actually understood that someone had poisoned Gao Yuankui with mercury poison. They launched an attack while he was poisoned and broke seven or eight of Gao Yuankui's ribs. Gao Yuankui was unable to fight back in the end. , died suddenly. Lin Jue's judgment was correct, and he found evidence among the clues.
