I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 12 Serial Killing Needles ([-])
Gu Buquan didn't expect Ling An to speak in unison with himself, he was startled, and he glanced at him, feeling a little depressed.

I have a tacit understanding with an unknown idiot, should I be happy or sad?
"How do you prove that he didn't kill my father?"

Surrounded by the nine women, Zhu Yuanbao straightened his waist and spoke more forcefully.

"The bride has not eaten. Too poisonous to drink."

As always, Ling An cherished words like gold, what he said was so incomprehensible, Gu Buquan had no choice but to explain it for him.

"First of all, the bride has just entered the house, and she hasn't had time to visit the hall yet, so she hasn't eaten or drank anything."

"Secondly, although Master Taichang drank the wine toasted by the county magistrate, the poison did not come from his mouth. Therefore, it is not certain that the county magistrate is the murderer."

As she spoke, she tugged Ling An's sleeve quietly, and whispered in his ear: "Does the poison come from the mouth?"

Ling An pointed to Master Taichang's mouth.

Gu Buquan remembered that he had seen him pry open the mouth of the deceased before and sniffed it, so he did the same thing, gently pried open Qiaoer's mouth and sniffed, there was no peculiar smell.

"Looking at the complexion and lip color of the dead, it can be confirmed that it is poisoned by arsenic. Arsenic is highly poisonous. It is colorless to see and tasteless to smell. However, a very faint smell of garlic will be left in the mouth of those who have taken the poison taste."

It was that time when the coffin in the county government office fell asleep halfway through the autopsy. The master found out that the deceased died of arsenic poisoning. Gu Buquan thought the autopsy was much more interesting than selling coffins. She watched the master's autopsy techniques and remembered the master's method. Every word that was said that day.

I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Ling An stared at Gu Buquan intently.

Gu Buquan noticed those burning eyes, and his face felt a little burning. He paused, then pointed to the deceased and said, "After inspection, the mouths of the two deceased have no peculiar smell."

Ling An nodded in agreement: "It can be seen that the poison must come from the mouth."

This is unbelievable, since it is said that the two deceased died of poisoning, and the poison did not enter through the mouth, wouldn't that be contradictory?

Everyone is skeptical.

"It's a bunch of nonsense, one moment it's poisoning, and the other moment it's poisonous. Do you think all of us are fools?"

"Anyway, it wasn't our grandfather's fault."

Only a group of attendants of the magistrate of the county are willing to believe the conclusions drawn by Ling An and Gu Buquan.

As long as it can be proved that Master Taichang did not die of drinking the wine toasted by the county magistrate, then he can be cleared of the suspicion of murdering Shangguan. If he can get the real murderer, it may be a great achievement.

"Stupid, coffin girl, according to your opinion, how did the Taichang master and the bride die, and who did it? Not the county magistrate, who else?"

"Human life is at stake, how can a fool and a coffin girl gossip?"

The guests made a fuss, and Zhu Ding yelled the loudest. The guests who came to the banquet today were all prominent figures in the county, but it was a great shame to let a fool play like a monkey, so he tried his best to encourage Zhu Yuanbao to join Mrs. Taichang The Shangfu Yamen sued the county magistrate and asked the guests present to testify for them.

"I am a majestic parent in a county. Even if you want to sue, you have to find out the truth and the facts of the case. If I am really guilty, I will be punished by the court. But I have said something first. If the facts are not found If the officials do, you will bear the responsibility of false accusation, and the people will accuse the officials of the third class, and none of you will escape punishment, then don’t blame the officials for being ruthless.”

"This……"

The county magistrate Lu made alarmist remarks, and the guests hesitated.

From the perspective of personal interests, it is really not worthwhile to gamble your own wealth and life for the dead Master Taichang.

Zhang Dashan came out to smooth things over at the right time and said: "Let's not talk about anything else, just the word "li" is enough to know that the county magistrate will not kill the person. Think about it, big fellow, if you kill the magistrate Taichang, what is the benefit of the magistrate Yu?" ? To put it bluntly, Mr. Taichang returned to Beijing for a promotion, so he couldn’t block the way of Qipin county magistrate, otherwise it would be beneficial, right?”

"What's more, he poisoned Master Taichang to death in front of everyone, and put himself in such a passive situation, why did he come here? I think the county magistrate is very sincere."

"Yes, yes, everyone, please be patient, things will always come to light."

Zhang Dashan rescued him like this, County Magistrate Lu was so grateful that he almost called him his father, and felt that A Huan felt very kind when he barked at him at this moment.

Touching the thumb of his left hand, he suddenly noticed that Gu Buquan and Hua Yaoling were looking at him with big eyes, as if realizing something, he quickly let go of his hand and smiled awkwardly.

Gu Buquan noticed that there was an obvious round imprint on the county magistrate's thumb, and he couldn't help secretly thinking that it was funny, so a person's unconscious movements could leave such an obvious imprint on his fingers?

He couldn't help but imitate Lu County Magistrate, rubbed his left thumb, and shook his head in confusion.

What Hua Yaoling was looking at was the clothes worn by County Magistrate Lu, and she kept Ling An's original clothes all the time, comparing them secretly and speculating about his origin.

"Why, is it over like this?" Zhu Yuanbao was anxious, and shouted at Ling An.

"Brother fool, you should come up with some convincing evidence. It was the county magistrate who killed my father, and I have nothing to do with him. It's not the county magistrate. Please help me find out the real culprit. I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver. "

"Hundred, hundred taels?" Zhu Ding felt pain like cutting his flesh when he heard that he wanted to spend money, as if it was not the master's money, but his.

I haven't heard Ling An's "Oh" for a long time, Gu Buquan was also a little anxious, looked up at him, but saw him walk aside, just rubbing the back of his head to look at the sky, the ground, and the corpse, he seemed to be stumped up.

"Stupid?" Gu Buquan called out.

"Hush." ​​Ling An sealed his lips with a finger, walked to the bottom of the wall alone, and simply sat down leaning against the wall and continued to be in a daze.

"Stupid!" Zhu Yuanbao yelled again, but was booed by Gu Buquan, "If you want to find out who killed your father, don't bother him."

Zhu Ding came over and pulled Zhu Yuanbao and said, "My lord, you don't listen to what this old slave says, but you have to weigh what your wife says in your heart, right? The one who killed the master must have something to do with the officialdom, and no one else can do it."

"Young master, just listen to this old slave. We tied up the county magistrate and sent him to the government office. Did we wrong him? There are government ministers in the government office and there are arresters in the government office. We will be able to give us justice at that time." , why let a fool and a coffin girl blindly waste time? If we really wronged the county magistrate, the big deal is that the old slave will bear it alone. At that time, the old slave will be the one who will roll the nailboard and be exiled. "

"Besides, now that the master is gone, son, you are the head of the family. If the county magistrate can easily fool you with an idiot, wouldn't it make people laugh?"

Zhu Yuanbao is a simple-minded person, and his head is full of Doubanjiang with Zhu Ding's few words. He wants to settle the score with Lu County Magistrate, and also wants to wait for Ling An to solve the case.

Seeing Sun Xiaokong hopping over swaggeringly waving a gold-encrusted walking stick, he rolled his eyes and shouted: "Puhou, return my father's walking stick", and went straight to Sun Xiaokong.

Zhu Ding turned his face back, and said coldly to Ling An: "Zhu House's affairs are handled by the Zhu House's own people, there is nothing wrong with you, idiot, and if you are a master dancer, stay here, or get out if you don't dance."

He glared at Gu Buquan again: "Go, bring two good coffins." After thinking for a while, he said, "No, just one good coffin is enough."

Zhu Ding was holding back his bad intentions, he only wanted a good coffin for Mr. Taichang, as for Miss Qiao'er, she didn't even want to give her an inferior thin coffin.

Gu Buquan stood still.

She knew very well in her heart that the Zhu family would not recognize Miss Qiao'er, and the Tang family would definitely not take her back for burial.

Gu Buquan murmured: "I'll sell the coffin. It's the best one, but it's for Miss Qiao'er. As for what Master Taichang wants to use, I won't sell it without 20 taels of silver."

"20 taels of silver! Coffin girl, are you extorting people? 20 taels is enough to buy several coffins!" Zhu Ding jumped up like he was cutting flesh.

Gu Buquan said coldly, "Then you don't have to buy it at my house."

There is only one coffin shop in Maple Leaf Town, and if you don’t buy it from her house, you have to go to the county town. Not to mention the trouble, the labor cost of hiring someone to carry the coffin and transport it back to Maple Leaf Town by sea is also a lot of money. Zhu Ding was so angry His face was swollen to the color of a pig's liver.

Hua Yaoling looked at Miss Qiao'er, silent, with a sad face.

In the past, I always envied that Qiaoer girl was born in a good family, her parents were there, and someone cared for her.

Only now do I understand that as a daughter, everyone is the same, and I can't help myself at all.

"Recite scriptures for my master's soul! Otherwise, you won't even want to take half a copper coin."

Zhu Ding let out a roar, Hua Yingling came to his senses suddenly, looked at Gu Buquan: "If you have the ability to find out the murderer of Qiaoer together with the idiot, I will never call you the coffin girl again."

He glanced at Ling'an again, sighed, and turned around to greet the people in the Maple Leaf class, after all, he relied on this life.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and said to Gu Buquan: "According to me, anyone in this yard, except the idiot and me, could kill Mr. Taichang. Who would let him make something perfect? Eighteen girls can't do it, it makes people look upset."

From Gu Buquan's point of view, it is impossible for Hua Rattle to kill people, but why is it impossible for a fool?Maybe he just pretended to be stupid, but actually sneaked into Maple Leaf Town to wait for an opportunity to kill Master Taichang?
The one who looks the least like is often the most hidden murderer.

(End of this chapter)