The best county magistrate

In the morning of the next day, Yang Xuanchen was successfully promoted to Viscount and granted the title of Hanzi due to his outstanding performance in the civil struggle between the two countries.

After going down to the East Palace, he was hurriedly taken to the State Guesthouse by people sent by Liu Qingshan.

At this time, in a maid's room of the State Guesthouse, Yelu Chituoba Zhongxuan and others were frowning and looking at a corpse bleeding from all the orifices.

Yang Xuanchen just entered the door and was startled by the sight in front of him.

"Ambassador Yelu, Mr. Tuoba, do many people know about this matter?" he asked in a low voice.

"Not much for now, what does Master Xiao Yang want to say?" Yeluchi asked doubtfully.

Yang Xuanchen did not answer immediately, but instead walked around the room, and then found the incense burner that Hua Ziqian gave to Tuoba Zhongxuan not far from the bedside.

When he returned to the two of them, his face became solemn.

"This woman died like a yelujin. Do you two allow me to invite a widow to do an autopsy?" Yang Xuanchen asked.

Yeluchi and Tuoba Zhongxuan were shocked when they heard this. They couldn't help but look at each other, then they were silent for a long time, and finally nodded.

"This matter should not be made public. Mr. Xiao Yang, please handle it properly." Tuoba Zhongxuan reminded.

Yang Xuanchen nodded, and then asked Zhang Biao to go to Nanya to ask Huamao to do an autopsy.

"Mr. Tuoba, after what the teacher told you that day, apart from the dead maid, has the incense burner passed through the hands of anyone else?"

He said and pointed to the incense burner not far away.

"My maid is a little acclimated. I gave her the incense burner after the dinner the day before yesterday. I wanted to light some incense to help me sleep..."

Tuoba Zhongxuan couldn't help but puff up his chest and looked regretful.

"It was me who killed her. I am the sinner..."

Since the incense burner has not passed through the hands of a third person, so far, the previous suspicions have become traceable.

As long as you use this incense burner to light incense, the person who smells it will go crazy and bleed to death within a few days. This makes sense that the incense burner itself is poisonous.

Yang Xuanchen invited the two of them out of the room and sealed off the scene, waiting alone for Zhang Biao and Huamao to return.

Soon after, Huamao came to the State Guesthouse with a toolbox.

"Trouble Hua Lao, something urgent..."

Before Yang Xuanchen could finish speaking, Hua Mao interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Without further ado, Master Xiao Yang, please let me see the body."

Before the three of them entered the house, Huamao gave them wet handkerchiefs and asked them to cover their mouths and noses.

After observing the body lying on the ground for a while, he took out a pair of thin sheepskin gloves from the small box and put them on his hands.

He took the silver hairpin and dipped it into some blood for observation. As the silver hairpin turned black, Hua Mao's eyes also became stern.

"It is undoubtedly poisoning. According to my judgment, the poison must contain arsenic."

After hearing this, Yang Xuanchen immediately thought of the incense burner, because arsenic can be turned into arsenic trioxide by heating.

"Mr. Hua, take a look at that incense burner. Is it possible that arsenic was brought out when the incense burner lit the incense?"

Hua Mao first glanced at Yang Xuanchen, and then came to the incense burner to examine it carefully.

After a while, he called Yang Xuanchen and Zhang Biao closer.

"Look, these white powders and the small pieces are the residue of arsenic heated or ignited by fire."

As he spoke, he turned his head to Yang Xuanchen and asked, "Mr. Xiao Yang, how did you know there was something wrong with this incense burner?"

"Mr. Hua, now is not the time to talk about this. Please think about other poisons that are hallucinogenic."

Huamao shook his head and continued: "I don't know much about poisons, but we have found important clues. Can I let my brother take another look at this incense burner?"

Yang Xuanchen looked at the incense burner in front of him and thought for a while, then agreed to Hua Mao's request.

If Hua An can find out the poison in the incense burner, he will definitely be one step closer to solving the case.

"Mr. Hua, please come with me to meet the Ambassador of Bei Liao."

Yang Xuanchen said, turning his head to Zhang Biao with a serious expression.

"Second brother, take this incense burner and the wooden box in my house to Jishi Hall and ask Senior Hua'an to check it out."

Seeing Zhang Biao about to leave the room, he shouted again: "Let the people from Baihua Club keep an eye on Hua Zigan, I even want to know when he went to the latrine!"

"Don't worry, third brother, brother will come back as soon as he goes."

"Mr. Hua, do you want to see the body again?" Yang Xuanchen reminded him again.

Huamao nodded and examined the body carefully again. His movements were very careful, and he even took off the maid's clothes without leaving a trace.

After checking it a few more times, he shook his head at Yang Xuanchen.

"Master Xiao Yang, this woman has no external injuries. She has erosion and bleeding in her eyes and nose, and her complexion is yellow. This is obviously a symptom of arsenic poisoning."

"As for why she went crazy like Yelujin, we still need to wait for my younger brother to find out whether there is any other poison in the incense burner."

Yang Xuanchen nodded solemnly, helped Hua Mao put on the clothes for the maid, and then the two of them left the room.

State Guesthouse, in Yeluchi's room.

"What! Poisoned?" Tuoba Zhongxuan couldn't believe that someone could poison him without knowing it, and his expression looked extremely painful.

Yeluchi on the side also had a hint of fear on his face. Yelujin had already died before, and he didn't want to follow in his footsteps.

"Master Xiao Yang, have you found the person who poisoned or the thing that poisoned you?" he asked in a trembling tone.

"Mr. Hua, please explain this to Ambassador Yelu and Mr. Tuoba."

Upon hearing this, Huamao took a step forward and saluted the two of them, "This is not a case of poisoning, but a murder method involving poison..."

After his explanation, the two finally understood why the maid died, and by the way, they also understood the truth about Yelujin's death.

"So, some of you in Dayan don't want to do that to stop the war!" Yeluchi said in a cold voice.

Tuoba Zhongxuan slapped the table with his palm heavily, his eyes full of resentment.

"Fortunately, I am fine, otherwise brother Yelu's trip will bring endless haze between the two countries."

Yang Xuanchen deeply believed that although the Bei Liao mission came for profit, their biggest purpose was peace.

Although it is not clear why the prince of Northern Liao and the Korean government are bent on seeking peace, if the war in the north can be avoided, it will leave enough time for the court to quell the rebellion of the southern barbarians.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuanchen couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Could it be that this matter was related to King Zhennan?

If Xie Tianjie's previous analysis at Nishanglou when he was injured was in the right direction, and Hua Ziqian was Song Guangxin's Ma Zai, things would become clear.

Song Guangxin ordered Hua Ziqian to send out the incense burner in order to poison Tuoba Zhongxuan, which would then lead to further hostilities between the two countries, leading to a larger-scale battle at Haiyang Pass.

When the imperial court was unable to take care of both sides, it would naturally shift the focus of the war to the more important Haiyang Pass and hand over the south to the King of Zhennan who held military power.

Then the King of Zhennan took the opportunity to strengthen his wings, and then attacked Bei Liao from north to south.

I boil!

This is rebellion!

As for whether this is the case, Yang Xuanchen has not thought about it for the time being, because more clues and evidence are needed to confirm it. It is just a guess now.

"Ambassador Yelu, Mr. Tuoba, please take care of yourself and return home as soon as possible."

"The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. If they don't succeed this time, they may not succeed next time..."

Yang Xuanchen did not finish what he said, leaving the two of them enough room to think.

"Master Xiao Yang said that I will enter the palace immediately to resign." Yeluchi said and walked out.

After he left, Tuoba Zhongxuan stood up and bowed to Yang Xuanchen, "Thank you so much, Mr. Yang, if it weren't for you..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xuanchen immediately helped him up and said politely, "Mr. Tuoba, you are a great scholar that I have admired for a long time. You don't have much ability. This time it was just a coincidence."

"When Ambassador Yelu comes back, please ask Mr. Tuoba to return home as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty has given me a decree. This autumn, I will go north to Beijing to congratulate Queen Mother Jin on her birthday. At that time, I will meet my husband for a drink."

Tuoba Zhongxuan seemed to feel better after hearing this, and agreed to see him again next time.