The male corpse in front of me was that of a long-time follower. Half a month ago, he suddenly climbed a wall and fell down in the middle of the night. He died of head injuries and bleeding.
But his closest friend in the house said that he was allergic to alcohol. He would break out in red rashes all over his body as soon as he drank. He was extremely itchy and would not touch alcohol at all.
The master of the Wu Mansion was aware of the problem and was not in a hurry to bury the body. He wanted to arrange for someone to find out what was going on.
Then five days ago, two more maids died unexpectedly, and rumors began to spread in the house, saying that the Wu family was cursed, had bad feng shui, and had dirty things.
The eldest daughter of the Wu family was discussing a marriage. It was an excellent marriage. Therefore, the master of the Wu family did not want the matter to spread out and ruin his daughter's good marriage, so he strictly prohibited his servants from spreading rumors and did not dare to report it to the official. Instead, he secretly found Xie Guanglin.
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"The death of one person is an accident, but the death of five people in a row is considered murder." Bai Banxia said and looked at Qi Zhen, "What do you think?"
"Someone poisoned him, and that person is not in this house." Qi Zhen said simply, but with a very firm tone.
Xie Guanglin looked at Qi Zhen in surprise, "How are you sure that person is not in this house?"
Poisoning is very likely, but he hasn't found out what kind of poison it is, but why does he say that the murderer is not in the house?
"If the person is in the house, he is more likely to hide the evidence, and the flaw will not be so big." Qi Zhen said, "And judging from the time interval between several cases, the triggering is very random. He probably doesn't want to die several times at once.
Damn it, something may have gone wrong, especially five days ago, two maids died together."
"I didn't tell you how these two maids died, why don't you ask?" Xie Guanglin felt that what he said made sense, but he couldn't help but want to test him more.
"Weird." Qi Zhen spit out two words.
Xie Guanglin turned to look at the corpse. Could it be that he also knew about autopsy?
Qi Zhen continued: "A hanged person, but it should not be high from the ground. It is obvious that he could have survived by stretching his legs, but you should have checked and found that he was not strangled to death."
Bai Banxia looked at the body, and it was true. She found Qi Zhen, which surprised her. She said before that he knew the law, and he might have been an investigating officer before. He also smiled and said that he might also be a lawyer.
?At that time, she also said that he was not good at eloquence.
Now it seems that it looks a bit like a rip-off.
"The other one was drowned, but he should have been found in a well. Generally, the symptoms of death are different between drowning in a lake and drowning in a well." Qi Zhen added.
He continued: "I think there should be a heavy object to seal the well entrance. The deceased pushed the heavy object and jumped into the well. The injuries on the palms of the corpse can be seen."
"Good guy, where did you find this kid? He has very sharp eyes." Xie Guanglin shouted.
"Doctor Bai brought it." Sun Ci looked at Bai Banxia, "Is it your childhood sweetheart or your fiancé?"
Bai Banxia's mouth twitched, "My distant cousin."
"What did the boy do before? So powerful?" Xie Guanglin asked curiously.
"I don't remember. I went hunting in the mountains and hit my head. I can't remember anything and I was blind for a while." Qi Zhen replied.
Xie Guanglin looked at Bai Banxia again, "You can't cure it either?"
Now Bai Banxia was not happy, "Aren't the eyes cured? Will the head problem be cured in a short time? It takes time."
"So what kind of poison did these people get?" Xie Guanglin returned to the case again.
Bai Banxia folded the veil in half and tied it on her face, walked closer and said, "Can I check the body?"
"As long as you're not afraid." Xie Guanglin stepped aside a little.
When Bai Banxia approached, he couldn't use his own medical tools, so he borrowed Xie Guanglin's working tools to check.
She examined the corpses from the stomach to the throat. The male corpse was already decomposed and nothing could be found. However, two female corpses were found.
It was definitely not drunkenness before death, but most likely poisoning or euphoric toxins, but what exactly was it?
"This is what the deceased who was investigated by the Wu Mansion ate and drank the day before his death. There is a lot of overlap between the three of them, because the diet of the Wu Mansion's servants is basically the same." Xie Guanglin motioned to the boy next to him to take the record, but he did not touch it himself.
"In addition, many witnesses said that the deceased smelled of alcohol, but when I checked the body, it was not a sign of drunkenness." He added.
Bai Banxia looked at the records. The three of them ate the same breakfast, lunch and dinner, and drank the same tea. What could it be?
What other drugs can cause people to smell alcohol after death?
Suddenly, her eyes widened, "I know, it's tea!"
"What kind of tea?" Xie Guanglin was a little excited, but he didn't feel like it.
Qi Zhen also looked at the record, "Are you saying there was poison mixed in the tea?"
Bai Banxia gave him an appreciative look. Qi Zhen was smart enough to think of going with her.
"I once heard from my master that there is a very strange tea tree in Dali. The tea leaves grown when soaked in water are not special. However, if someone drinks the tea leaves into their stomach and reacts with the gastric juice, they will become drunk.
They usually have extreme hallucinations, and under the hallucinations they do incredible things without realizing it.”
"This kind of tea is rare. At one time, the nobles of Dali used it for enjoyment, similar to Wushisan. Later, people died one after another, and this tea was banned in Dali."
Bai Banxia didn't know if there was a Dali Kingdom in this era. These were what she saw when she read some ancient books and information in her previous life. The tea can make people hallucinate, but just drinking the water made from the tea leaves will not cause any problems. The tea leaves must be mixed with water.
Take it, but who of the average person drinks tea and gulps down tea leaves?
"Ask your master to find out where the tea my servants have been drinking in the past six months was purchased from, and who is responsible?" Xie Guanglin directly ordered the boy.
"Take care of all the tea leaves in the warehouse for the servants to drink. We will check them later." Bai Banxia added.
"Okay, okay." The boy didn't dare to delay and ran away quickly.
"What is the name of this tea? Where is the Dali Kingdom? Why haven't I heard of it?" Xie Guanglin asked.
Sun Ci also looked curious, "I haven't heard of it either."
"This tea looks very similar to Datura, and is called Datura Pearl. As for the country of Dali, I only know that it is in the southernmost place, and it may have been destroyed long ago." Bai Banxia said.
"How can we prove that it is a mandola bead?" Xie Guanglin asked again.
Bai Banxia shook his head, "I can't prove it, and I've never seen manda beads, but judging from the symptoms of the deceased, I can only think of manda beads. If I want to prove it, I can only look for it from the tea leaves left in the house.
I hope there are still mandol beads left."
"Then go quickly." Xie Guanglin went directly to the side to clean his hands, eager to go to the warehouse.
Bai Banxia did not leave in a hurry, but stared at the two female corpses and muttered: "What made them both eat tea?"
"Let me check. They may have come from the same place. The custom in some places is to eat tea cakes in winter. I suspect they made tea cakes to eat." Qi Zhen spoke.
