After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

He rushed back to Luofengxuan without stopping to look for Wen Qian's previous handwriting, just to confirm the vague guess in his mind.

Unexpectedly, I happened to see her wake up, and then she talked about the news of the death of Yuanqi brothers and sisters. She said that it was an old acquaintance she had met once... It was quite unexpected, but not impossible. After all, the guy on Zhixuan Mountain was famous for being eccentric. It was normal for him to disguise himself and come to Shengjing City for a stroll one day and meet a rich lady.

The issue of handwriting was intentionally or unintentionally, or even deliberately, put aside - along with the inexplicable contradictions in her.

Followed like a demon.

"It's not an important document, but I just want your help." He smiled casually and said, "You bandaged my wound before and borrowed a medical book from me. I think you know some medical skills. Can you help me take a look? Is there any problem?"

Yuan Ge glanced at him. Song Wenyuan didn't even ask her to explain the fact that Wen Qian, who was uneducated and unskilled, knew medical skills? She had already thought of how to explain it. She would just blame it on the dead Yuan Ge. After all, there was no evidence, right? But Song Wenyuan didn't ask, and she couldn't explain it in a way that would only make things more obvious. But she always felt something was wrong. How could the man who was in charge of the Northern Pacification Office have such poor vigilance?

Or was he just letting himself down? Who was he looking down on?

Yuan Ge rolled his eyes, reluctantly avoided his injured palm, and just held the document with his fingertips to read it.

It is a coroner's autopsy report.

He was drunk and drowned, with no scars. Only two rows of footprints sliding into the river were found on the shore. He was a reserved person and had never offended anyone. His family was poor and he had a few copper coins on him, which also ruled out the suspicion of stealing money. The owner of the winery also proved that the deceased had drunk a lot of wine before his death, and said that this person would come to have a few drinks every time he got his salary, and that night happened to be the salary payment day.

Finally, the coroner determined that the death was an accidental drowning on the grounds that "there were no marks on the body, the face of the corpse was red, there was a small amount of mud and foam in the mouth and nose, there was water in the stomach, and the abdomen was slightly swollen."

The life and death of a low-level clerk in the Maritime Customs Office should not alarm the Northern Pacification Office. Yuan Ge supported his chin with one hand and placed his other hand on the document, tapping the conclusion line with his fingertips. He raised his eyelids and looked over with a lack of interest, "You don't agree with this conclusion?"

Yuan Ge raised his eyelids and looked over, his look was casual and a bit arrogant.

Song Wenyuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded calmly before asking, "Can you see anything?"

"The red face, muddy water in the mouth and nose, water in the stomach, and slightly swollen abdomen are indeed evidence of drowning... But drowning is not necessarily an accident. It can also be man-made, such as being poisoned or being pushed into the water without warning. Was there any possibility of poisoning before death? Have you checked?"

"I checked and found no poisoning."

Yuan Ge retracted his gaze and fell on the lines of ink. He curled his lips suddenly, "Of course, some poisons cannot be detected after such a long time... For example, I know of a toxin that can paralyze the whole body. If the dosage is not large, it can only last for a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, even a great immortal cannot detect it. But that quarter of an hour is enough for a person... to die."

The last three words rolled between his lips and teeth, chilling him to the bone.

Wen Qian was poisoned by this.

Song Wenyuan leaned back in his chair and looked at her. The little girl was clearly biting her cheek, which looked very vivid. Perhaps it was this directness of laying everything out in the open that made him take the risk of trusting her...using her little remaining trust.

Besides, Xu Chengjin hadn't come back yet, so he didn't have many people to use. He asked with a slightly unnoticeable smile, "Are you scared?"

"what?"

“Will you be scared when you see a dead body?”

She herself has become a corpse, and her face is unrecognizable. Now seeing other people's corpses is like seeing a colleague. Yuan Ge almost complained with a sense of malice, then changed his face and asked seriously, "You want to take me to perform an autopsy? Although I know a little about medicine, it's only on paper. In terms of skills, I can't compare with these coroners."

After saying that, he still felt something was strange. What was wrong with Song Wenyuan? Didn't he think that it was strange and almost horrifying that a man who never left the house and was known to be a pushover could practice medicine and perform autopsies?

Obviously, Song Wenyuan didn't think so. Shouldn't it be normal for someone who could read the medical books that the entire Imperial Hospital unanimously considered obscure to know poisons and autopsies? But... if he knew everything, why was he poisoned on the wedding day?

Deliberately hiding cleverness in clumsiness?

"It's okay, just accompany me to take a look. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains." Song Wenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, saying meaningfully, "It's just right, I will also take you to see the torture instruments with bloody and fleshy pieces in the imperial prison."

Yuan Ge choked. Why is this guy so vindictive?

Seeing her rare dazed and cracked expression, Song Wenyuan felt refreshed physically and mentally, and told Lin Mu to change the route and go to the Northern Pacification Office.

……

The lights in the prison were dim, and she could vaguely hear the sounds of whipping and wailing not far away. The air was particularly bloody for Yuan Ge. She frowned slightly in discomfort, turned around and told Shiyin and Jianshu who had followed her, "You just wait outside."

Jianshu was unwilling, but said with a blank expression and a righteous face, "I am not afraid of death."

"Shiyin is scared, you stay outside to protect her." Yuan Ge glanced at her unhappily, and then muttered to himself, "What are you not afraid of? You are a little girl, don't watch these bloody scenes, or you will have nightmares at night!"

She seemed to have forgotten that she was just a little girl who had just turned 28.

Song Wenyuan lowered his eyebrows and looked at her, chuckling softly.

The Jinyiwei on duty in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment. What a ghost! The living devil was in love! As they were complaining in their hearts, the other party's eyes slowly swept over them, still with the familiar coldness and piercing. They were all startled at the moment, but felt unusually at ease - they were not afraid of the living devil's cruelty, but only afraid of the living devil's smile.

"Master Shi is still here?"

The Jinyiwei nodded in agreement, but couldn't help but secretly look at Yuan Ge, a girl, a girl who looked delicate and tender.

The living devil brought a delicate and tender girl to the imperial prison to see the corpse... ?

Ah, it seems like I want to tell the world! But... I dare not.

Song Wenyuan led Yuan Ge inside and introduced her as they walked, "Mr. Shi is the coroner in charge of the autopsy, and he's also a very experienced senior official in the county government. You have an injury on your hand now, so it's inconvenient for you to do it yourself, so just watch and give some pointers... Don't worry, Mr. Shi is very tight-lipped, and he won't say a word except about the autopsy." The implication was that Yuan Ge didn't need to worry that the fact that she was proficient in medical skills would get out.

Yuan Ge paused slightly when he heard this and looked sideways. So Song Wenyuan knew that this matter was very strange? But he never asked a single question from beginning to end... Even the reminder was so "subtle".