Since I met you, people are dying every day

In early spring and February, the sky is just right.

A young man in a green shirt hurried over, his breathing was disordered, and the green robe was inevitably stained with dust.He stood still in front of the small courtyard, and after he had recovered his breath and straightened his clothes, he reached out and knocked the corroded copper ring on the wooden door.

Almost immediately there was an echo from the room: "Who?"

The young man raised his head, revealing a handsome face.He has a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, but his skin is too pale and lacks vitality.He replied: "Brother Tianshu, please ask for help."

The door creaked open.Ye Sirui immediately raised his hand and bowed to the people in the room, "Brother Tianshu, there is a case in the yamen, it's a bit tricky, please help."

The people in the room were neatly dressed in dark blue shirts, only the loose hair suggested that he had just woken up from a deep sleep.He is thin and tall, with an ordinary appearance, and the most noticeable facial features are all in the eyebrows and eyes: the sword-shaped eyebrows are drawn into the temples, and the eyes are like cold pools.

"I'm not an aide."

Sure enough, he refused without thinking.Ye Sirui thought to himself, stretched his eyebrows and smiled. "So I've come to ask you to help me myself."

"I'm a killer."

This sounded harsh, but it was expected. "Then the official will allow you to perform crimes and meritorious deeds." Ye Sirui replied with a smile behind his hands, but his tone was a bit tougher.He tried to find Xia Shu's eyes, but his eyes were too deep, as difficult to see through as himself.

Xia Shu stood still without saying a word, silence is the sharpest rejection.

Ye Sirui finally felt impatient, he came here in person to ask for repeated reminders, just to listen to Xia Shu's unreasonable refusal? "I just want to ask you one thing, will you poison?"

He nodded.

Ye Sirui put away his smile, and replied with his hands behind his back: "This case is related to poisoning, and it's quite strange. There are not many people in Dong'an County who know about sex. If you insist on not helping me, I can only suspect that you have something to do with this case." related."

The other party's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard what he was saying at all. "Can you say something? Does it mean that you are the murderer by default?"

He was answered by the sound of a door closing.The sleeves were lifted by the wind.Ye Sirui clenched his fists.

Ye Sirui walked back in stride.Dong'an County in the afternoon is beautiful in spring.The simple villagers saluted when they saw his green shirt and mended clothes.

He smiled and bowed his hands in return, but absent-mindedly recalled the first meeting with Xia Shu more than a year ago: that day when he was appointed as the magistrate of Dong'an County, he was chased by robbers on the way to take office, and Xia Shu in black clothes stepped forward , Only a sword saved their group.

Could he really be the murderer?

"My lord!" Ye Sirui walked back to the yamen, once he entered the inner hall, Wu Zuo and the little officials surrounded him and saluted.Dong'an County has always been peaceful and stable, such murders are rare, and everyone is a little bit confused.

Ye Sirui got angry with Xia Shu, so he didn't exchange greetings with them, and went straight to the point: "What's the matter?"

Wu Zuo showed his embarrassment. "This corpse..." He looked at Ye Sirui's expression before continuing: "There is no wound all over the body, except that there is a foreign object in the dung door, and the silver needle does not change color when touched, but it seems to be non-toxic. However..." He lowered his eyes , and glanced at Ye Sirui before continuing, "The face is purple, the lips are purple and black, the fingers are all black and blue, and there is blood from the mouth, eyes, ears, and nose. This is clearly a symptom of death from poisoning!"

Ye Sirui didn't listen carefully, and asked directly: "Is that taking poison?"

Wu Zuo sighed, "My lord, please follow me."

Ye Sirui followed him to the mortuary, he lifted the white cloth half covered, and Ye Sirui saw a young man in his twenties and thirties, dressed luxuriously and disheveledly, with loose hair and a pungent fragrance.His complexion was blue and black, which was indeed a sign of poisoning.There are some tools scattered around.He watched as Wu Zuo rolled up his sleeves, wrapped a silver hairpin in a white cloth and stretched towards the throat of the corpse, took another piece of rice paper, and covered the mouth and nose of the corpse.

Ye Sirui waited for half a stick of incense, and saw that Wu Zuo still didn't make any other movements, he was still smiling, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, just about to make a sound, Wu Zuo raised his head and smiled at him, "This is the method of drug testing, sir Wait." After speaking, he uncovered the paper, took out the silver hairpin with a white cloth, and handed it to Ye Sirui for review, "My lord, please take a look."

The silver hairpin is as bright as new.Ye Sirui stood still and pondered.

Wu Zuo didn't stop, he just waved his hand in the air, and someone brought a basin.Ye Sirui smelled a sour smell coming towards his face, covered his nose and dodged: "What is it?" Wu Zuo had no choice but to order the man to take it down again, and explained: "The silver hairpin is washed with saponin water. Death, it should be black and blue, if poison has been taken for a long time, it accumulates in it, wash it with hot vinegar, and you can see black and blue. Just now the adults also saw it, and the silver hairpin is always bright white. The little one also tried it at the dung gate , After washing, the silver hairpin is still bright." After he finished speaking, he bent down and stepped aside.

"He died from poisoning, but he didn't take poison?" Ye Sirui said to himself, "Where is the foreign object he took out from the dung door?"

But Wu Zuo didn't act immediately, but looked at Ye Sirui hesitantly and said: "This thing... this thing is full of filth, the smell may not be very pleasant." Ye Sirui waved his hand, "You just take it."

After Wu Zuo retreated, he came back after a while, holding a white cloth in his hand to support something.It really stinks.Ye Sirui took out a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose before stepping forward.What was placed in the white cloth was like an iron rod as thick as a little finger.Ye Sirui took a few glances and ordered Wu Zuo to take it away.

After the body was discovered, it was reported to the official. At that time, Wu Zuo had already inspected it roughly, and asked him to sign the autopsy form and return.It was the first time Ye Sirui encountered a fatal case when he took office, and he only wanted to invite Xia Shu to come after hearing that it was difficult.This move was a three-point temptation, and Xia Shu's flat refusal made him even more annoyed.Thinking of the humiliation of being rejected, the balance that had just swung in my heart bounced back.It's him, who else can make good use of it?Ye Sirui thought bitterly.

"My lord, Mr. Xia is here." He heard the doorman send a servant to report.Before the words fell, Xia Shu walked quickly without making a sound, and his hair was tied up.

"Why are you here?" Ye Sirui couldn't hold back his usual smile when he saw him.

Xia Shu ignored him and walked straight to the corpse, Ye Sirui wanted to stop him, "Speak clearly."

"The dead are innocent." Xia Shu bypassed him and dropped four words.

Ye Sirui was so angry that he just wanted to call someone up immediately.But he knew that those yamen servants could do nothing to him.Hearing Xia Shu ask again: "What's going on?" When he looked up, he was asking Zuo Zuo.

Wu Zuo had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.Xia Shu walked towards the corpse.He held his breath and focused his attention, and his movements were light. First, he briefly inspected the corpse, and saw that there were no injuries, and then he checked the eyes, mouth, and nostrils in turn, and there were no foreign objects.Finally, he turned the body over and looked at Gu Dao.After the foreign body was removed, only the valley road was swollen and protruding, and black blood dripped down.Without hesitation, Xia Shu put his hand in.

He is so proficient at autopsy, what does he do for a living?Ye Sirui frowned, forcibly controlled the discomfort in his stomach, and softly called the boy: "Bring a basin of water up." Thinking about it carefully, apart from jokingly saying "I am a killer" and "I can kill", he was comfortable with Xia Tian. Indeed little is known.

Xia Tian came back after cleaning his hands, pressed the abdomen of the corpse, and stretched out his hand to touch the hair. For the first time, he was moved, and he frowned. The other hand couldn't see when it was too much. a dagger.

"What are you doing?" Seeing that he was hiding a sharp weapon, Ye Sirui took a few steps back.

He didn't answer, his hands moved so fast that a few strands of hair fell to the ground.

Ye Sirui didn't make a sound yet, but Fu Zuo hesitated and said: "This is the son of Shen Fushang. His parents are in good health. If the dead body is not buried in the ground, Shen Fushang will be angry when he sees him..." He hoped Hearing these words can have a blocking effect, but Xia Shu's movements are faster, and in a short while, half of this Mr. Shen's forehead has become bright.

Ye Sirui also stared intently.What he saw was Xia Shu using the knife.When the dagger in Xia Shu's hand swung, only silver light could be seen, hair scattered all over the ground, the knife was pressed against the scalp, but there was no trace of red.

This level of knife skills, if he wants to kill me, can I avoid it?he asked himself.

Xia Shu retracted his hand, the dagger disappeared.He took a silver needle from the corpse near the back of the neck, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and handed it to Wu Zuo. "Be careful, the poison should be quenched."

"What acupuncture point is this?" Ye Sirui asked aloud.

After a moment of silence, Wu Zuo finally answered, "Yamen point."

"Who kills?"

"I don't know."

The foreign body in the fecal door sharply injured the body, and the bleeding continued.The Yamen acupoint is the key point. Acupuncture can cause dumbness, and it may quench the poison. It is unknown whether the poison will cause death.Ye Sirui pondered for a moment, before he could answer, a government servant rushed in in a panic and said to Ye Sirui, "Report to your lord, the rich merchant Shen has arrived."

Wu Zuo's face suddenly became very ugly.Ye Sirui didn't dare to let Xia Shu go, so he turned his head and said. "You go with me." He didn't care whether Xia Shu had any objections, and walked directly to the main hall.Ye Sirui was originally wearing the county magistrate's uniform, but he only put on the black gauze hat, and he looked like a dignified magistrate.

Shen Fushang has passed his forties, with a rich body and gorgeous clothes.He stroked his goatee, but his heart was full of bitterness.

He naturally felt sorry for the loss of his grown-up eldest son, but he hated Shen Zhaoxin even more for his licentiousness and humiliation.Sure enough, the mother who can't be on the stage gave birth to not a good seed.However, she is also to blame for being short-sighted and spoiled.Shen Fushang thought angrily.He is over the age of four, and has three sons under his knees, but only one legitimate son.Of course he knew his son, even if he wanted to die, he definitely didn't have the guts.But who is so bold as to murder his son?

Just as he was thinking, a person appeared in front of him, wearing a green shirt and black hat, looking at him with a smile.There is another one in dark blue cloth behind.Shen Fushang glanced at it and quickly retracted it, with a sad expression on his face. After saluting, he said: "I haven't hosted a banquet since Mr. Ye took office. I'm really rude."

The man in Tsing Yi smiled and said, "You are being polite."

Fushang Shen knew that he was not mistaken, so he thought about it and asked tentatively: "Boldly ask, sir, is the Ye family in Gusu or Luoyang?"