Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

On the second day, the snow passed and the sky cleared. Kunlun was covered with ice and snow, which made people blinded.

Wen Tao checked the condition of each mouse in the small wooden box, made a note secretly, and walked to the guest room of the Tubo three.

This is a simple small courtyard with two sparse rooms.Songren Gongzan opened the door for him neatly and asked him what he wanted to see.Although Song Ren is the prince of Tubo, he is very easy-going, especially after the first time he failed to seek a teacher, he is very low-key this time.Wen Tao's eyes scanned every corner of the room row by row, until he saw a small porcelain bowl at the door, and asked, "What is this porcelain bowl used for?"

"Oh, it is used to hold water for cats. Because they are afraid of it spilling, they are usually placed at the door. Cats drink the same water as us. We pour water for them before making tea. This porcelain bowl The water will never be cut off." Pine Nut replied.

What a meticulous person.Wen Tao thought to himself, it is a good seed for alchemy.He knelt down and looked at it. It was the cold winter of March and September. Although there was a door, there was still a gust of cold wind at the door. Wen Tao saw that the water in the porcelain bowl had frozen thinly.

On the day the cat was poisoned to death, I remember that there was a lot of wind and snow, and the temperature was even colder than today.Wen Tao understood it, went out of the house, and looked carefully outside the house.Because Kunlun is simple and simple, there are not many furnishings in the small yard outside the house. It is just a well, a few stone benches, and several large and small water tanks adjacent to the house, either for water storage, or for pouring waste water, or It is to put some water-raised flowers and plants in spring and summer.He took a closer look and found that due to the cold weather, the water in most of the water tanks had frozen, while the commonly used ones had not yet frozen.He leaned down and sniffed lightly, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration: "I already know the ins and outs of this matter, all right, let's go back to Master."

When the three people in Tubo heard that the mystery of the cat's poisoning had been solved, they were all overjoyed. The Kunlun disciples on the other side hurriedly reported the news to the sect master.

In the Tai Chi Temple, Ji Wuwang sat in the center, saw them coming, and asked, "But there is already a saying?"

Wen Tao lowered his head and said, "Yes."

Everyone turned their attention to him, and he said slowly: "The poisoning of the cat this time was an accident, not someone intentionally poisoned it. If the poisoning was intentional, there must be a motive, but the cat died in Kunlun. It's not a big deal. If the reason can't be found out, Yu Kunlun will lose some face, and Yu Songren will lose his beloved pet. The only people involved in the incident are me and Master Lingxuzi sent by Kunlun, and we have nothing to do with Kunlun. Erxin did not have the motive of poisoning the cat. The other two people involved were Songren Gongzan's bodyguards. I had a detailed discussion with them yesterday. It's no good either, so it's not them either."

The three people in Tubo nodded like pounding garlic.

Wen Tao continued: "That's only an accident. In the past two days, I have been paying attention to the cat's food, including the food brought by Gongzan and the pills that the cat in the alchemy room may have eaten by mistake. The food from Gongzan's side There is no problem with eating, and I spent a lot of time investigating the pills. Master Lingxuzi's alchemy potions have always been placed in a very orderly manner, and the poisonous ones are all placed in locked rooms. Cinnabar, Aconitum, Poison Arrow, and Ginkgo are the only things that may kill a cat. I did an experiment with my uncle’s gray mouse, and the poisoning symptoms of Poison Arrow do not include vomiting, and the other three may cause vomiting .However, I repeatedly checked the porcelain bottles of these pills, and they were all well sealed, with no trace of overflow, and the ground was clean."

Everyone was puzzled.

Wen Tao went on to say, "Don't say the seal is good, even if some leak out by accident, cats and dogs are also spiritual, and they will probably be alert to these poisons, and they are unlikely to take the initiative to eat them. Even if they want to eat them, they will smell them in many ways." As a test, the two guards were not far away at the time, so I deduce that the cat did not eat anything by mistake in the pill room."

"Then how did the cat get poisoned to death?" Song Ren wondered.

"It's water." Wen Tao replied, "We've been observing and eating, but we forgot that cats also need water."

"Impossible, its water is the same as ours." Pine Nut's guard said quickly.

"The water in the porcelain bowl it often drinks is fine, but it's a pity that Kunlun is cold. The day you came here was especially cold. The porcelain bowl was placed at the door, and it naturally froze. Your cat will definitely not Go drink." Wen Tao replied.

"So that's how it is." Ji Wuwang and the people in Tubo were stunned, "Then what did my cat drink by mistake?" They all looked at Wen Tao.

"In the waste water tank. The cat can't drink water, so it will look for alternatives everywhere. There is no water source in the house. It should be looking for water in the yard when people are not prepared. Other water tanks are either frozen or too big. , only the waste water tank, which contains mostly the hot water you just used, not only low, but also not frozen."

"The water in the waste water tank is unclean at most, why would it poison the cat to death?" Song Ren was puzzled.

"It's waste tea water." Wen Tao said, "I smelled it. What you drink is green tea, right?"

The two guards nodded.

"I once read a market anthology in the past. It mentioned that a little pug ate the owner's strong tea by mistake and died the next day. I guess there should be cats and dogs in the tea, especially the strong green tea, that can't digest it. In addition, the cat has been thirsty for a whole day and drank a lot of hot tea, which led to a tragedy. However, just to be on the safe side, I have to borrow Master's gray mouse to try." Xuzi threw an unusually warm smile, Lingxuzi hurriedly turned his head away before his liver trembled, pretending not to see it.

The two guards suddenly said: "The cat did follow us out when we were pouring out the leftover tea at night, but it was dark at that time, we didn't pay attention, and then it barked a few times before returning to the house."

After finishing speaking, the two plopped and knelt in front of Songren: "Gongzan forgives the sin, it's because we didn't take good care of it."

Song Ren shook his head slightly, and sighed: "It's not your fault, I insisted on taking it up the mountain, which caused tragedy." Turning to Wen Tao, "Thank you, Daoist, for clarifying the confusion. We doubted you before, and we are really ashamed." "

Wen Tao just said a few words "no problem".

Because of this lawsuit, Wen Tao suddenly became famous in Kunlun. Although there were not many people in Kunlun, everyone practiced on their own, and they were very Buddhist. Now the children of Kunlun and everyone in Tubo began to praise Wen Tao's immortal character everywhere. , saying that Wen Tunan, son of Qingxu, really took Ziwei Xing down to earth.In fact, this was originally a small matter, but any small matter can become a big event if it is placed on a particularly good-looking person.

However, there was more than three months left, and there was an invitation from the mountain to invite Elder Kunlun and Immortal Ziwei to the banquet—yes, in just a few months, Wen Tao had been rumored to be Immortal Ziwei.The elders have always been unconcerned about common things, assuming they don't want to disturb the impoverished ascension, Ji Wuwang wrote a letter of refusal on the grounds that Wen Tao was not as weak as the crown, and went to retreat by himself.

As a result, Ji Wuwang came out of retreat one month later and found out that Wen Tao went to the elders to ask for Dafa softly after he retreated, and actually coaxed the elders to let him go down the mountain to represent Kunlun to the banquet.Ji Wuwang's blood surged for a moment, and he quickly made a divination. Seeing that it was a hexagram, if he was in trouble, he would solve it.Slightly relieved, looked thoughtfully at the mountains and mountains of Kunlun, thinking, there is nothing to hide, and it is not known whether it will be extremely peaceful.

Outside the window, the sky is bright and the air is clear. It is the time of the Waking of Insects, when thunder and insects startle, and the world moves.

Volume [-] Guiyun Xishang