Chapter 37 Chapter Eleven

The next morning, when the Yamen was promoted to the hall, Di Gong ordered the shopkeeper Guo of the "Jishengtang" to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Lan Dakui's body in front of several people who were watching the trial. After the autopsy, Shopkeeper Guo handed over the corpse and said, "Master, the tea dust and the jasmine petals at the bottom of the teacup are highly poisonous. I once picked out a little bit of tea dust and fed it to a vicious dog, and the vicious dog died immediately. But But the tea in the teapot is non-toxic." Di Gong asked: "How do you think about how the poison was put into the teacup?"

Shopkeeper Guo replied: "I guess, the person who poisoned must first sprinkle the poison on a few jasmine petals, and then secretly put the jasmine petals into the teacup. Who would have doubted that those few fragrant jasmine petals would be poisonous? A deadly poison?" Di Gong nodded and said: "Mr. Lan Dakui is the honor and pride of Beizhou. He is not only invincible in boxing and horns, but also his character and conduct are particularly respectable. However, such a person was He was poisoned to death with despicable and cruel means. The Yamen will find the real culprit as soon as possible, avenge him, let Mr. Lan rest in peace, and his soul will be exalted."

Di Gong leaned over and took a look down the hall, patted the desk twice with the gavel, and suddenly shouted: "Bring Pan Feng to the hall!" Two Yamen soldiers escorted Pan Feng to the court.Di Gongling opened the shackles and declared loudly: "After investigation and verification by multiple parties, the defendant Pan Feng did go to Goat Town on the 15th and 16th of this month to do business, and he did not know the reason for the murder. Bin and Ye Tai have accused him of murdering his wife, and the Yamen now acquits Pan Feng. ——Have Ye Bin and Ye Tai arrived at court?"

In response, Ye Bin went to the courtroom and knelt down, saying: "The master made a clear decision, and the villain withdrew the original lawsuit." Di Gong asked: "Why don't you see Ye Tai come to court?" Ye Bin showed concern, and replied tremblingly: "I really don't know Ye Tai's whereabouts. He left home at noon yesterday and hasn't returned yet." "Does Ye Tai often spend the night outside?" Duke Di asked. "No, although he sometimes comes home very late, he never sleeps out. So I'm always worried about it, lest something happen to him."

Di Gong frowned and said: "When Ye Tai comes home, you tell him that he came to the Yamen once, and you say that I have something to ask him." Then he patted the gavel hard, announcing his withdrawal. Pan Feng kowtowed to express his thanks, tears filled his eyes.Ye Bin hurriedly stepped forward to help Pan Feng, and said: "Sister-in-law was wronged. Brother Yu was foolish for a while, listened to slander, and falsely accused you." The yamen didn't mention it when they went home. When Di Gong returned to the yamen, Hong Liang had already followed Di Gong's order to invite Zhu Dayuan to the yamen to wait for a long time.

When Zhu Dayuan saw Di Gong, he hurriedly bowed and bowed, and Di Gong bowed his hands in return.The host and guest sat down, and the servants offered tea. Di went straight to the point: "Zhu Yuanwai must have heard about the poisoning of Lan Dakui. I don't know what Zhu Yuanwai thinks about this case?" Zhu Dayuan's expression was gloomy, and he pondered for a while and said, "I don't need to repeat Master Lan's character and character. I don't know if Master Di has any clues about the murderer at this moment?" Di Gongdao: "The murderer is a slender and short young man, we can firmly believe that."

Hong Liang glanced at Tao Gan quickly, and asked, "How did the master determine that the murderer must be that young man with a slim body? At that time, there was a commotion in the bathhouse, and there were about sixty people whose names were registered by Qiao Tai." Di Gongdao: "It is impossible for these sixty people to enter and leave Lan Dakui's single room without being noticed. Do you know why the murderer wears black clothes and black trousers? It's because all the guys from 'Oasis Pond' wear a touch of color." Black clothes. Therefore, the murderer was not noticed when he entered Lan Dakui's private room, and he thought it was a clerk who went in to serve tea. The murderer bought black chips, but did not take a bath. He slipped into Lan Dakui while the hot water was steaming inside and outside In Kui's private room, he secretly threw those jasmine petals sprinkled with highly poisonous powder into Lan Dakui's teacup, and then quickly left the 'Oasis Pool' bathhouse."

Zhu Dayuan was taken aback, his eyes widened. Di Gong continued: "There is another more important clue. Before he died, Lan Dakui struggled to use a jigsaw puzzle to spell out a figure. It's a pity that the figure was not spelled completely, or it was messed up. I haven't been able to see what it means. But there is no doubt that the shape must be directly related to the identity of the murderer. Now we have a general understanding of the appearance of the young man, maybe Mr. Zhu can tell me if Lan Dakui has a short and slender apprentice, yes, His hair seems to be curly."

Zhu Dayuan replied: "No. I know all of Master Lan's children. They are all big men with big waists and backs. They have bodies like diamonds. How can they be short and thin? Besides, Master Lan wants all the children to shave their heads. Long hair is not allowed, and of course there will be no curly hair. Alas, an indomitable and well-known hero who is famous in the world, actually killed a villain's despicable tricks, it sounds really sad and angry. Medium burn." "The villain's trick? - Could it be a woman's trick?" Tao Gan suddenly had an idea. Zhu Dayuan shook his head: "Master Lan never gets close to women."

Tao Gan said: "Sometimes not being close to women happens to be the reason for deep hatred with women. Lan Dakui may have rejected a woman's pursuit, and the woman became furious and made this poisonous plan to put him to death. —— Now The poisonous trick is mostly a woman's trick." Ma Rong said: "Tao Gan's words are very reasonable. The more you reject women, the more women will cling to you. Only God knows the reason." "Nonsense!" Zhu Dayuan shouted.After hearing this, Duke Di suddenly realized, and said: "Could it be that a slender and delicate woman dressed up as a young man and sneaked into the bathroom? If so, that woman must have something to do with Lan Dakui, maybe It's a lover, but it's just not known to outsiders." Qiao Tai said: "Brother Lan told us yesterday when he was talking about practicing iron balls, he also earnestly told us that he was not close to women, how could he secretly hide a lover by himself?"

Tao Gan said: "Maybe he had a lover before, but later he was afraid of hurting his vitality, felt remorseful, and rejected the woman. That woman made up her mind to take her life." Nodding his head, Di Gong turned the jigsaw puzzle in his hand upside down and put it together again and again, but he still couldn't put together an ideal figure. ——Firstly, Lan Dakui only put together six pieces, and secondly, he messed up the figure when he fell to the ground.For this reason, Duke Di was very puzzled. Finally, Duke Di said: "The three of you are going to talk to the three young men who took a bath in 'Oasis Pond' separately, and lead them to the wine shop to get drunk and have a full meal. Maybe they will tell more about the murderer; His appearance, his words, his experience and even his name. —— Hong Liang, you accompany Zhu Yuanwai back to the mansion, and you can go to the 'Jishengtang' to see me as the shopkeeper Guo." Mr. Di drank a cup of tea slowly, and fiddled with the jigsaw puzzle again and again on the desk.Suddenly, he spelled out a figure, and his eyes lit up: "cat"! At this moment, shopkeeper Guo walked into the yamen, and Di Gong put the jigsaw puzzle aside, and asked, "Treasurer Guo thought it was an uncommon poison that poisoned Lan Dakui?" "No, this poison is the most common. The master wants to find clues from the poison, but it seems that it is difficult to be effective." Duke Di sighed in disappointment: "It seems that using jigsaw puzzles to find clues to the murderer is also difficult to be effective." He suddenly thought of something, and said to shopkeeper Guo: "Treasurer Guo, I encountered an interesting thing last night. I sent a lost little girl home near the Town God's Temple, but the girl's mother didn't thank her , and insulted me. I learned from the innocent words of the little girl that her mother was a widow who was in company with an adulterer." "What's the widow's last name?" Shopkeeper Guo asked curiously. "Her husband's family name is Lu, and now there is a cotton cloth shop opposite the Town God's Temple. The girl's name is Lu Meilan." Shopkeeper Guo suddenly raised his head and shouted: "My lord, her name is Chen Baozhen, and she is the most vicious and cunning woman. She has three points of beauty, has read a few books, can speak well, and specializes in the business of attracting bees and butterflies. She Her husband's name is Lu Ming, and he died less than half a year ago. Master, Lu Ming's death is a bit strange." Di Gong asked, "What's so strange about Lu Ming's death?" "Master's predecessor decided this matter was too hasty, and rushed to record and bury him without an autopsy. However, there was a war here at that time, and he really couldn't take care of the cause of death of a small cotton cloth shopkeeper." Di Gong hurriedly asked: "How did shopkeeper Lu record the cause of death?" "Chen Baozhen found a quack doctor surnamed Kang, hurriedly examined Lu Ming's dead body, signed a diagnosis of sudden heart attack, and handed it over to the government. The former assassin believed it without doubt, and immediately replied to the official approval and issued a seal. , hastily filed the record and chose another day for burial.” "Do you know how the shopkeeper Lu died?" "It is said that he drank too much alcohol and had a heart attack. Chen Baozhen said that he drank a catty of liquor on an empty stomach and died of drunkenness. I know Lu Ming's brother, and I heard from his brother that Lu Ming's face did not change when he died, but his eyes were out of the eye sockets. At that time, I suspected that it was caused by someone hitting the back of the head. I put forward my opinion to the former governor, who knew that the former governor blamed me for being troublesome. He firmly believed in Dr. Kang’s diagnosis.” "Then where is Dr. Kang now?" "I moved my family to the south a few months ago, and I have never seen him again." Di Gongdao: "That's it. This time I want to investigate this matter carefully. Although there are two difficult cases that have made me burnt out, who told me to be an official? To be an official is to be responsible to the people." , be responsible to the law, and we must not let the real criminals go unpunished while the kind innocents suffer wrongs. Lu Ming’s death is really strange, I must investigate this matter and make him rest in peace.——I will kill Lu Chen in a short while There is an interrogation in court."