The legend of Dukang

Although it has entered early autumn, the weather is still as hot as ever. The scorching sun is baking the earth, as if it wants to melt everything in the world.

Wen Ruyu wiped the sweat off her face, looked up at the sky, covered her face with a fan to block the sunlight, and looked at the thin back walking in front without saying a word: I never thought that Mr. Du's frail body could be so strong!This is not going out to relax, it is suffering!Wen Ruyu had no choice but to walk forward quickly, grabbed Du Shaokang and said: "It's so hot, sir is not in good health, why don't you find a place to rest before leaving."

Du Shaokang didn't feel much better, his pale cheeks were flushed unnaturally, and he looked like he was about to faint from heat, but there wasn't a drop of sweat on his head.After hearing Wen Ruyu's words, Du Shaokang looked hesitantly at his uncle Zhong.

After all, Uncle Zhong is old, and he helped Du Shaokang walk for such a long time, and he was sweating profusely. He wiped the sweat from his face, pointed to the front and said: "It's almost there, go around the front That's the bend."

Du Shaokang nodded, and said to Wen Ruyu, "Then let's persevere." After speaking, he walked forward first.

Wen Ruyu scolded Su Zhong in his heart, but he had no choice but to chase after him.

Going around a bend and passing through a cypress forest, you enter another world.

Facing him was an endless barren mound. There were new and old grave mounds inside. Many old graves seemed to have been unworshiped for many years. They were dug out by rats, large and small holes, and the wind and rain. Some of the soil was so thin that even the rotten and charred coffin was exposed.From time to time, a few crows could be heard overhead, which was creepy.The hot and harsh sunlight seemed to be blocked by layers of cypress trees, and the surroundings were filled with a dark, damp, and decaying smell.

In this situation, even Wen Ruyu shuddered. He looked up at Du Shaokang and said, "What kind of place is this?"

"Mass Burial Mound!" Su Zhong explained: "This was originally a village called Baishu Village. A plague happened decades ago, and people in the village died and fled. No one lived here, and later it became a village. Mass graves were established to bury the poor and homeless."

Wen Ruyu has gradually adapted to the surrounding environment, and is not as uneasy as before.He looked at Du Shaokang and asked suspiciously: "Mr. Du, okay, what are we doing here?"

"Come to find the truth." After Du Shaokang finished speaking lightly, he glanced at Su Zhong, and Su Zhong led him to a grave.

Wen Ruyu also followed. The grave in front of me should have been standing for three or four years. There was a wooden tablet in front of the grave. The writing on it was blurred, but it was very clean, obviously wiped down.There were also several plates of fresh dim sum placed in front of the grave, presumably someone had just paid homage.

Is there anything special about this grave?Wen Ruyu was confused, and just about to ask, she suddenly heard a few noises.

"Who!" Wen Ruyu turned her head and saw a tall man running quickly towards the cypress forest through the densely packed grave mounds.

Wen Ruyu closed the Sky Cloud Fan with a "shua", and swiftly flew towards the sneaky figure, hitting the man's back.

That man obviously didn't know martial arts, and was subdued by Wen Ruyu in a few strokes.Wen Ruyu grabbed him and fell to Du Shaokang's feet.In the confusion, a dagger fell out of the man's arms and fell to the ground.Seeing this, the man hurriedly turned over to pick it up, but Wen Ruyu tapped his acupuncture points twice and stayed on the spot.

"Zhang Da! It really is you!" Su Zhong said in surprise when he saw the person coming.

Zhang Da!Wen Ruyu turned her head and realized: Isn't Zhang Da the servant next to Zhang Qiushi?Du Shaokang asked people to inquire.

"What are you doing here?" Wen Ruyu asked without thinking.

Zhang Da kept a stiff posture and snorted coldly: "This is a mass grave for poor people. The villain is no more noble than the two young masters. Of course, he is here to worship his family. But the two young masters are valuable, so it's strange to appear here !"

Du Shaokang smiled: "I heard that both of your parents died, and only one grandfather was buried in Cailian Village. I wonder who is buried here?"

"That's right! You're coaxing ghosts! No one brings a murderous weapon to worship his family!" Wen Ruyu kicked the dagger under his feet, adding displeasure.

Zhang Da ignored Wen Ruyu, looked at Du Shaokang, and continued: "Mr. Qin doesn't leave the house, but he is well informed. No wonder both Uncle Su and Second Master Zhang regard you as a thorn in their side. Although those two masters have foresight, it is a pity that adding up None of them are your opponents, and they have met the King of Hades before you! Hehe, it really is ten diseases and nine poisons!"

Wen Ruyu couldn't take it anymore, grabbed Zhang Da by the collar, pulled him up from the ground, and said sharply: "Keep your mouth clean, what ten diseases and nine poisons!"

"Hmph!" Zhang Da squinted at Du Shaokang, and said, "Am I wrong? The Su family was fine, but Mr. Qin killed two people as soon as he came. Isn't it obvious who did it!"

"Say it again!" Wen Ruyu was impatient, raising the Sky Cloud Fan in her hand to teach him a lesson.

Zhang Da raised his face, looked at Wen Ruyu not to be outdone, and said: "Why, you want to kill people to silence the people! Anyway, this is a barren mountain, and there are no other people. If you kill me, you don't even have to bury me. It's easy!"

"You don't have the guts to commit suicide, so you deliberately provoke us!" Du Shaokang's words came leisurely.

This time not only Wen Ruyu and Zhang Da, but even Su Zhong were shocked.

After a brief silence, Zhang Da was the first to react, and said disapprovingly: "What did Mr. Qin say, why did I commit suicide!"

Du Shaokang ignored his bluff, turned around to look at the simple wooden tablet, and said in a low voice: "You didn't kill people alone, if you died like this, wouldn't you have recited all your mistakes and helped others?"

Su Zhong also looked at Du Shaokang, and said in a trembling voice, "Master? You are..."

Zhang Da's eyes darkened, and he said, "I don't know what you are talking about, Young Master Qin? Who did you kill?"

Du Shaokang chuckled lightly and said, "Oh, didn't you kill Zhang Qiushi?"

"Ah!" Wen Ruyu was taken aback, looked at Du Shaokang and said, "Where did this come from? Didn't Zhang Qiushi mistakenly drink the ginseng soup from Mr. Zhang, and was killed by the medicine he gave? How could it be Zhang Da who killed him?"

Zhang Da also said: "That's right, Mr. Qin, the villain who gave the medicine has never touched the ginseng soup. The villain went out at noon that day and didn't come back until midnight. Someone can testify to the little one!"

What Zhang Da said was well-founded. After hearing what he said, Su Zhong also looked at Du Shaokang suspiciously.

Facing their gazes, Du Shaokang looked at Zhang Da unhurriedly, and said, "That's right, it's true that Wu Zuo found the drug in the ginseng soup, and Zhang Qiushi did have the intention of poisoning me. The murderer was just It's just a plan!" Du Shaokang turned to look at Wen Ruyu and Su Zhong, and asked slowly: "It's still the same sentence, if you just put medicine in someone else's ginseng soup, the kitchen will send you a pot that is exactly the same Do you dare to drink the ginseng soup?"

Wen Ruyu and Su Zhong looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"Why did Zhang Qiushi dare to drink it? He is so sure that there will be no mistakes in the kitchen? There is no medicine in the ginseng soup given to him!" Du Shaokang continued to ask.

Wen Ruyu shook her hands impatiently, and said, "Oh, sir, just speak straight, don't go around the bush."

Du Shaokang smiled, and didn't continue to play tricks: "Obviously, Zhang Qiushi was only sent to the kitchen for a while. He didn't add medicine to the ginseng soup at all, so he didn't have to worry about the ginseng soup that was given to him. There is medicine in it! And the person who sent Zhang Qiushi to the kitchen just wanted to frame him for the medicine, so that everyone would mistakenly think that he was killed by the medicine he gave!"

"I don't even understand this! Since Zhang Qiushi wanted to poison Mr., why didn't he prescribe medicine to the ginseng soup? Besides, the person who can order Zhang Qiushi to go to the kitchen must be someone with a relatively high status in the mansion. Zhang Da has no such ability at all! "Wen Ruyu looked at Du Shaokang and asked in confusion.

Du Shaokang smiled slightly, and said softly: "Then I'll start from the beginning. Zhang Qiushi is very cautious, and he will definitely not kill people by himself. I'm afraid he has already arranged a reliable confidant. After he leaves for Shanxi, that confidant will come again Find a way to put the medicine in my ginseng soup and put the blame on Su Qiubao. Even if someone suspects that he is thousands of miles away, this matter will not involve him at all." Du Shaokang sneered: "Just It's a pity that Zhang Qiushi has calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect that confidant to betray him." After Du Shaokang finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Da with a smile.

Zhang Da snorted coldly: "You said so much, didn't you just want to say that the confidant of the second master is the young one? But unfortunately, the young one is the second master's personal servant, and the young one must be the second master when he goes to Shanxi How could it be possible to stay in Suzhou and poison people if you want to follow him closely? Take ten thousand steps back and say, even if the younger one hurt the second master's heart, the younger one was not in the Su residence on the day the second master died, so how could he give the second master The ginseng soup is the medicine!"

"Zhang Qiushi is dead. Whether you will go to Shanxi with him or not is unconfirmed. We will not mention it for now. As for the bowl of ginseng soup that killed Zhang Qiushi, it is actually very simple! The medicine did not go into the ginseng soup at all, but in herbal tea Du Shaokang looked at Zhang Da and said, "Zhang Qiushi has the habit of drinking herbal tea at night, and you dry the herbal tea yourself at noon. If this is the case, you will have time to commit crimes."

Wen Ruyu carefully recalled the scene at that time, and indeed remembered that someone mentioned that Zhang Qiushi had the habit of drinking herbal tea at night.But it's not right?Wen Ruyu asked suspiciously: "The office of the county government said that no medicine was found in the herbal tea?"

"Mr. Wen is right!" Zhang Da sneered: "I did dry the herbal tea for Erye, but Wu Zuo found the aphrodisiac in the ginseng soup, but not the aphrodisiac in the herbal tea! Besides, the pot of herbal tea will last all afternoon, who can't do it, why does Young Master Qin doubt me!"

"Indeed." Du Shaokang nodded: "If you put medicine in herbal tea, everyone in Nishangju will be suspicious, but there is one thing that only you can do, that is Taodai Lijiang. You use Zhang Qiushi's personal assistant As a servant, you took the opportunity of serving him to wash in the morning, and entered his room first. Of course, now that Zhang Qiushi is dead, you pour the medicined herbal tea on the ground, and wash the teapot and teacup in the wash water Clean it, dry it with a towel, and as for the herbal tea that I tested, it should be replaced by your mouthwash."

Du Shaokang looked at the tense Zhang Da, smiled lightly, and continued: "Then you take out the bottle of Hong'e that Zhang Qiushi gave you in advance, pour it into the cup of ginseng soup, shake it evenly, and put it in the bowl You also poured some water into Zhang Qiushi’s bag and put the bottle in Zhang Qiushi’s bag. In the end, you deliberately threw the washbasin on the ground, letting the wash water spill all over the floor, covering the traces of the herbal tea spilled on the ground, and then ran out yelling. Anyway You found that the corpse was overly frightened, and it is reasonable to overturn the washbasin by mistake. Of course, the person who ordered Zhang Qiushi to go to the kitchen will tell you about the soup, and even all the plans were arranged by her, and you just followed the rules That's all. Wu Zuo will find out the cause of Zhang Qiushi's death, and he will also find aphrodisiacs in the ginseng soup, but the only herbal tea you have ever touched has nothing wrong with it, and no one will suspect the wash water that was spilled on the floor."

Du Shaokang paused, and then said: "You still have a conscience. You were afraid that the two girls around Zhang Qiushi would be implicated innocently, so you told them to stay together so that they can testify to each other and remove the suspicion."

After listening to Du Shaokang's analysis, Wen Ruyu's heart suddenly brightened, and she admired Du Shaokang even more: "As expected of Mr., it's really wonderful! I can't even think of such an exquisite way to kill people!"

Zhang Da's face was very ugly, but he still put on a fight and said: "Even if the master is right, I put medicine in the herbal tea, and then Tao replaced Li Zong, but it was just aphrodisiac/medicine, and the second master is not stupid. He found a concubine in time to solve it, wouldn't my plan go to waste?"

Du Shaokang nodded: "So, you are just a part of the whole plan, and the mastermind behind the scenes will naturally drug him elsewhere. After all, herbal tea is colorless and tasteless, and Zhang Qiushi is likely to notice if too much medicine is mixed in. Of course, let His going to the kitchen and delivering ginseng soup to him is also an essential part of the plan, the purpose is to convince Zhang Lishan and everyone else that Zhang Qiushi's death was a coincidence, and the harm to others will be harmed instead of oneself."

Zhang Da sneered and said, "Young Master Qin is just joking, the one who ordered to deliver ginseng soup to the second master is the master, so does the master also want to murder the second master?"

Du Shaokang looked at Su Zhong with a smile, Su Zhong understood, took out a piece of pink silk, and waved it in front of Zhang Da.

Zhang Da immediately turned pale.

Du Shaokang said lightly: "What? I have been searching for a long time. I found this piece of silk from under your bed, with the word 'Wanru' embroidered on it. 'Wanru' seems to be Aunt Zhao's boudoir name. Excuse me. , how do you have her silk?"

Wen Ruyu showed a look of sudden realization, pointed at Zhang Da and said in shock: "Could it be that the two of them are having an affair?"

Du Shaokang ignored Wen Ruyu, and said to Zhang Da: "After such a long time, the smell of powder has dissipated, but there is still a strong smell of cartilage powder on it. I'm afraid it was given to Zhang Qiushi by the Zhao family!"

The astonished expression on Zhang Da's face disappeared after a short while, he stared back at Du Shaokang, and said in a cold tone, "I've never seen this silk before!"

Du Shaokang seemed to have expected that he would not admit it, and continued: "Really? One night, I overheard the conversation between you and Zhang Lishan. , I guess it’s this one! It’s just that this silk scarf didn’t disappear, but was secretly hidden by you. The reason why Zhang Qiushi couldn’t get up to ask for help was because the cartilage on the silk scarf was scattered and he couldn’t move, so I can only wait to die on the bed. I am afraid that all of these are the envoys of the Zhao family!"

What a vicious strategy!Two-pronged approach, kill without touching hands!It has long been seen that that woman is not a good person!Wen Ruyu trembled all over when she heard this, and thought silently in her heart: It's really the most poisonous woman's heart!

Zhang Da looked at Du Shaokang firmly, and said: "I admire the young master's imagination, but why should I help Aunt Zhao kill the second master? What reason do I have to do this!"

Du Shaokang looked back at the grave in front of him, and said softly: "I'm afraid, you are for the one lying inside!"

Zhang Da's eyes were suffocated, and he looked at Du Shaokang in horror, as if nothing could escape those dark eyes.