Since I met you, people are dying every day

"What?" Ye Sirui couldn't help being taken aback, then turned his head to look at Tang Lianggong, his face was still as sinking as water, and there were no fluctuations. "What basis do you have for saying that?"

Wu Zuo said: "Your Excellency, there is no soot in Mr. Tang's mouth and nose. It can be seen that he did not struggle or pant because of the fire. The fire should have started after his death."

Ye Sirui also understood this truth, and he asked again: "Then do you know the cause of Mr. Tang's death?"

Wu Zuo took out the silver needle that he carried with him, dipped it in the mouth of the charred corpse, took it out to have a look, and took it back again. "Mr. Tang was burnt like this. No knife wounds can be seen all over the body. The silver needles are bright. He did not take poison. I dare not draw conclusions rashly. Please allow me to open the body immediately." Ye Sirui looked at Xia Shu, he slightly nodded.He looked at Tang Lianggong for advice, and Tang Lianggong said, "What do you think I am doing? You are the county magistrate, so naturally you can solve the case."

Ye Sirui gritted his teeth, looked around at the women and children playing around, and said, "No hurry."

Wu Zuo nodded. "Although I can't be sure, I'm quite sure that it wasn't burning to death, but the cause of death..." He was hesitating, when a voice suddenly said, "Brother Huan is congenitally deficient, but it has something to do with it?" It turned out to be Tang Zhiyong. Ye Sirui almost forgot his existence.

Wu Zuo slapped his head, "It's reasonable and reasonable. If you have a heart disease, it will indeed lead to death if you are stimulated by fire."

"That means it's not man-made?" Ye Sirui asked.

Before Wu Zuo had time to speak, Tang Lianggong interjected coldly: "Even if Jing Huan's death was not man-made, what about the fire? Did the station catch fire for no reason?"

This is true.Ye Sirui agreed in his heart. "Bring all the corpses back to the yamen." He ordered the yamen servants to lift up the corpses with white sheets. "All the postmen in the post station are escorted back to the Yamen." He hesitated for a while before saying, "Master Tang's servant..." "Don't worry about me, the servant will buy it later." Tang Lianggong said. "Let's take all the servants back to the yamen." Ye Sirui was interrupted by him, but he managed to say what he had said before.

"Malu!" he called.Ma Lu was originally sitting on the pile of rubble, but immediately stood up when he heard his call. "Is your injury serious?"

"It doesn't matter." Ma Lu said, "Your Excellency, you can tell me what you want." Ye Sirui thought for a moment, "You and five brothers from the fast class are still here, so you must find out where the fire came from." If there is no clue at the scene, then go to ask the neighbors, if you can't find out, go back to the house to interrogate the person in the post. "

Ma Lu readily agreed.Ye Sirui left Guanyan to him again, "This kid is pretty smart, I can entrust him with the work of sending messages." Guanyan wanted to protest, but Ye Sirui glared at him, so he didn't make a sound, just looked at him with aggrieved eyes. he.

After arranging these, he remembered the important thing again. "Master Tang, the post station has been destroyed, what about your suitcase cage?"

"Just buy it again." Ye Sirui sighed in his heart, and he didn't know whether Tang Lianggong was too pedantic and didn't care about things outside his body, or whether he was rich and powerful and had duplicity. "The inn has burned down, please move to the Yuelai Inn." The Yuelai Inn is one of the largest inns in Helin County, and it is very close to the county government.Ye Sirui had arranged for Tang Lianggong to live here earlier, and had already greeted the shopkeeper.It's just that he went to the post station on his own, and another fire broke out.Tang Lianggong did not object.His suitcase and cage were all burned, and his servants were taken to the county government office. Ye Sirui had to ask two government servants to help Tang Zhiyong and him go to the inn, and especially asked the shopkeeper to arrange a few servants for them.

On the way back to the yamen, Ye Sirui relaxed his mind, only to feel sore and weak all over, dizzy from the burning fire, and a dull pain on his face.After returning to the mansion, he immediately went back to his room to take a shower and change clothes.The ordinary clothes he changed were really unbearable, he sighed in his heart for a while, and changed into a clean green robe.

Ye Fu was rushed back early by him to deal with official duties, he could be lazy for a while, and he didn't want to go to him, but Xia Shu came to him. "What are you holding?" He looked at the bottles and cans in his hand, wondering.

"The injury on your face needs to be treated." Xia Shu spread out the gauze and ointment, and Ye Sirui imagined that his face was wrapped in gauze, and he felt a toothache, "No need, this injury is not serious, and I don't feel anything now .”

Xia Shu didn't force it, but asked in a cold voice: "Do you want to hold a lecture with a swollen face in the next few days?" Ye Sirui was used to Tang Lianggong's sarcastic remarks, but he felt kind to Xia Shu's cold voice.He touched his cheek with his hand, and there was a tingling pain, as if it was a little swollen, and he immediately compromised. "Then just apply ointment."

Xia Shu carefully dabbed some ointment on his face with cotton. Ye Sirui didn't know what ointment it was, but felt a burst of coolness after the stinging pain, which was very comfortable.Xia Shu's hand was exposed in front of his eyes, his fingers were long and calloused, it was obviously the hand of a martial artist. "Brother Tianshu, how long have you been studying martial arts?"

Xia Shu's movements were gentle, obviously he was taking medicine frequently. "I started practicing martial arts at the age of nine, and it has been 16 years now."

Ye Sirui looked at his fingers absent-mindedly. He started practicing martial arts at the age of nine. It seemed that he had no chance. "You are two years older than me, so it seems that you are not wrong to call me elder brother." He sighed again, "Although you are only one year older than me, the difference is huge. Brother Tianshu, you are good at martial arts and good at medicine. You can play musical instruments, brother Tianshu, is there anything in this world that you don’t know?”

"I don't know medical skills, I only know the acupuncture points of the human body, and I have a little understanding of pharmacology. It is common for people who practice martial arts to apply medicine." Xia Shu put down his hands, "It's done."

Ye Sirui stretched out his hand and touched some sticky ointment, but Xia Shu didn't care, and wiped his hands dry with a handkerchief.His heart became hot, and he said: "Brother Tianshu, if you don't mind, you can call me Ziqi."

"Ziqi." Xia Shu called casually. "I don't know how to read and write. Is there any source for this word?"

Ye Sirui's face blushed, and his well-organized explanation was trying to figure out a bit of self-promotion. "It is said that Ziqi is a native of Qi State. At the age of 16, he was able to govern A County well, so it is used to refer to young and talented people." After speaking, he thought of the tall figure who touched his head with his hand and praised him, and felt a little sad .

"Sure enough." Xia Shu said.

Ye Sirui felt a little embarrassed by his straightforward praise. "I always feel that Tang Jinghuan died strangely. The body has been carried back. Let's take a closer look."

The servants also found the scorched corpse terrifying, so they wrapped it in a white cloth and placed it in a compartment of the execution room.Ye Sirui wanted to do an autopsy, so he called Wu Zuo to come over. "Have you tried the corpses of other postmen and servants?"

"My lord, except for Mr. Tang, those people are all curled up with hands and feet, and there is smoke and dust in their mouths and noses. They are all burned to death." Wu Zuo dared not stay idle since the corpse was transported back.

Ye Sirui said: "Don't you want to dissect the body? Let's start now."

Tools are readily available.Wu Zuo took a narrow-bladed dagger, lit the lamp, and roasted the dagger on the flames.Ye Sirui asked: "What's so particular about this?" Xia Shu said: "I'm afraid there will be debris on the blade. I only know that doctors need to be like this, but I didn't expect autopsies to be so particular." Wu Zuo laughed: "Mr. If there are debris, it may affect the body and interfere with judgment." After baking for a while, he carefully opened the chest of the charred corpse.

Ye Sirui turned his head and didn't want to look, but seeing Xia Shu still staring at him without blinking, he couldn't help admiring his courage.He counted silently in his heart, and when he counted to more than 100, he heard Wu Zuo say: "Your Excellency, it was not burned to death. The internal organs of the burnt person are blood red, and Mr. Tang..." Ye Sirui looked back, mentally prepared, But he saw that the Jiao corpse's chest and abdomen were wide open, all internal organs were exposed, and his throat felt sore for a while, so he had to try his best to control it. He used a long, thin and sharp hook to pick up a white strip, and there was still a black and red thing stuck to it. Just looking at it is disgusting, Ye Sirui turned his head again. "This was picked from his heart. In addition, bruises can be seen, which have also been deformed. It seems that Mr. Tang does have a heart disease."

"Did he really die of heart disease?" Ye Sirui was a little disappointed.

Xia Shu nodded, obviously there was no problem with Wu Zuo's judgment.

"Don't worry, my lord." Wu Zuo wiped the tool clean with a cloth, and put it away after still baking it on the flames. "Although he died of a heart disease, the cause is also particular. This heart disease is an old disease. If there is no The triggers are not unprovoked. And the triggers are wide-ranging, drugs, injuries, excessive activities, and even emotional agitation are all possible."

"This fire will naturally cause people to be terrified." Xia Shu said.

"So you're saying that the person who set the fire just wanted to make Tang Jinghuan die of a heart attack?" Ye Sirui said to himself, "No, he just wanted to kill him. Wouldn't it be more direct to set fire to death?"

Wu Zuo said: "The little ones are just presenting the news to the adults, and the adults have to judge the right and wrong."

The yamen servant escorted Tang Lianggong and Tang Zhiyong's uncle and nephew to the Yuelai Inn, explained Ye Sirui's instructions to the shopkeeper, and left.Tang Lianggong didn't speak all the way, and Tang Zhiyong didn't dare to speak.The shopkeeper asked someone to count the two upper rooms, and sent them four servants to take them up.Tang Lianggong thanked the shopkeeper politely, and said: "We have a chat with the uncle and nephew, and the brothers should go first." The boys respectfully agreed, two guarding the door, and two going to help them Set up boxes and cages, etc.

Tang Lianggong walked into the room prepared for him, looked it up and down, and finally went to the window and closed it.

Tang Zhiyong followed Tang Lianggong into the house, seeing him being so cautious, he became more and more disturbed, and asked cautiously, "What does uncle want to say to nephew?"

Tang Lianggong finally stopped restraining himself, he slapped his lips and shouted, his eyes widened with anger, and he suppressed his voice and scolded: "Nizi! You set fire to murder, murdered relatives and perverted the law, why don't you kneel down and suffer death!"