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Kaifeng Mansion has recently encountered a bunch of difficult cases.

Bao Zheng, governor of Kaifeng, has never encountered such a bizarre serial murder case since he took office.

The deceased were old and young, male and female, rich and low, and the time and place of death were different, but the way of death was the same weird and strange.

The first case happened on February 700th. The deceased was Feng Shi, the concubine of Lu Shaozhen Xinna, the commander of the Imperial Guards and Infantry in front of the Imperial Palace. It is said that he was only fifteen years old, and was born delicate and charming. He had just entered the Lu Mansion less than a month ago, and was found dead on the bed by the little maid in the early morning of that day.

Wu Zuo's autopsy found that there were no wounds on the body of the deceased, and there was no trace of poisoning, and the expression of the deceased did not show any fear or pain, but looked as if he was asleep, and his appearance was just like when he was alive.When Mr. Lu heard the news of his concubine's death, he couldn't help being pained and annoyed, but he had no clue about the cause of Feng's death, so he had to send a servant to report the case to Kaifeng Mansion.

Bao Zheng had to report the case, and he was very surprised after reading Wu's autopsy. There were many doubts in the case. In the Lu family, the deceased had no enemies, and had never had any grievances with others.Lu Shaozhen is an official recently promoted to Beijing from a foreign post, and his wife and family members are both in their original ancestry. Although Lu Shaozhen loves him and loves him, the whole Lu family is actually only servants and managers, so the possibility of love murder is also ruled out.In addition, the cause of death of the deceased is still unclear, so Bao Zheng felt at a loss about the case for a while.

However, Bao Zheng has always been rigorous and meticulous in handling cases, and could not get any valuable clues from the copywriting, so he decided to visit the scene carefully.

Bao Zheng first took Gongsun Ce to inspect the corpse carefully. In the morgue, Gongsun Ce reported to Bao Zheng: "My lord, there is nothing wrong with the autopsy, but there is still something abnormal when you look closely at the corpse."

"Oh, what did Mr. Gongsun find?"

"My lord, look closely at the dead man, his face looks like life, and there is even a hint of a smile on his expression."

"That's right, it's also recorded in Wu's post-mortem form."

"My lord, this is the abnormality. Ordinary people will look pale or sallow after death, and dark red corpse spots will appear on the lower part of the body after two to four hours, but this woman has been dead for nearly [-] hours, still His complexion is lifelike, and there are no corpse spots. Even with his eyelids opened, his eyes are still clear and bright, not at all cloudy as a dead person should be."

Bao Zheng nodded slightly, "Mr. Gongsun is right, but it doesn't explain why she died."

"Students have never heard of such a method of death, and they really couldn't think of anything that would kill someone like this."

Bao Zheng sighed secretly, and then brought the four guards and Gongsun Ce to the Lu Mansion, ready to check the murder scene again, but Lu Shaozhen was not at the mansion, and the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion learned of Bao Zheng's intention, hurriedly led the way to Feng's bedroom , After a careful inspection, there was nothing found. There were no traces of fighting in the room, and the items were neatly arranged.Bao Zheng ordered people to call in Wen'er, the little girl who first discovered Feng's death. This girl was still young, and she was terrified. It was Wen'er who called Feng Shi to get up and wash up as usual, but she yelled for a long time and called several other big girls, only to find that Feng Shi had already passed away.Bao Zheng found nothing in the Lu Mansion, so he had to return disgruntled.

After this case, several murder cases occurred one after another. The dead included a market butcher, a private school teacher, ordinary women and young children.The method of death was exactly the same as Feng's, they all died in their sleep, with mysterious smiles on their faces after death, until the beginning of autumn, a total of eleven such murders occurred in the entire Tokyo city.

Bao Zheng investigated and dealt with these cases for several days. He first carefully compared the identities, livelihoods, close people, words and deeds of each deceased, etc., and investigated for many days, but still found nothing.There is no connection between the dead, and no similarities other than the cause of death.The emperor also learned of this matter, although he was dissatisfied with Bao Zheng's delay in solving the case, he also knew that Bao Zheng had always been diligent, and there was indeed something strange about this case.There was no decree to blame, but to urge the Kaifeng government to detect the case as soon as possible. Bao Zheng stayed up all day and night, sending Zhan Zhao and the four guards to the streets and marketplaces to make unannounced visits. .

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, but Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were still haggard.That night, Zhan Zhao went to see Bao Zheng outside his study.

"What did the guards see in this mansion?"

Zhan Zhao has been exhausted for days, but he is worried all day long about his lord, worried that he will not be able to solve the case, will be exhausted, or will be blamed by the emperor.At this time, Zhan Zhao's two sword eyebrows were tightly locked, he knelt down on both knees, and said to Bao Zheng:

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent. I have not found anything in the past few days, and I have not been able to help my lord solve the case."

Bao Zheng walked up to Zhan Zhao, and supported Zhan Zhao with both hands: "Guard Zhan, please stand up, you don't have to blame yourself, you have done your best, this case is indeed strange, my government has been handling cases for many years, and I haven't encountered such a weird murder case, it's simply unbelievable." It's like a mortal." After speaking, he fell into deep thought.

"My lord, this subordinate has an idea."

"Oh, tell me."

"The subordinates believe that the deceased may have died of poisoning."

Bao Zheng asked strangely: "Why does Guard Zhan think so?"

"The deceased can confirm that he was not killed with a murder weapon. After death, the body is as beautiful as an ordinary person. The subordinates intuitively feel that this may be a kind of poisonous action that we have not seen before."

Bao Zheng raised his head: "It makes sense, but is there such a strong poison in the world that makes people feel painless and has no trace of poisoning after death?"

"It didn't exist in the past, but there are many people who study and use poison in Jianghu. Maybe this is a newly developed poison, so we don't know."

"Guard Zhan, what do you mean..."

"The person who used poison should belong to the Tang Sect in the middle of Shu!"

"Well," Bao Zheng nodded, "Perhaps this matter has something to do with the Tang Sect."

"This subordinate is willing to go to Shuzhong to investigate this matter!"

"You are originally from the Jianghu, so of course it is most suitable for you to go, but although I am not in the Jianghu, I have heard that the Tang Sect in the middle of Sichuan is good at using poison. Please let me know if the dead died from poisoning. The people of the Tang Sect are so cunning and insidious, so you have to be very careful when you go to protect them."

"Subordinates obey!"

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