I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 16
In the Zhu Mansion compound, Gu Buquan and Ling An had indeed been staring at the poisonous needle for a long time, looking left and right according to the light and against the light, and sometimes looked at each other, but their faces were still dazed.

"How did such a thin needle get into the center of my father's eyebrow?" Zhu Yuanbao looked at Ling'an, then at Gu Buquan, and finally couldn't hold back his yelling.

Everyone was also like waking up from a dream, and there were many discussions.

This problem is exactly where Gu Buquan and Ling An are puzzled.

It is understandable to say that the skin between Miss Qiao'er's throat is tender, but Master Taichang's eyebrows are just old bones, without a certain amount of skill, it is impossible to completely pierce a person's eyebrows with a poisonous needle.

"A needle between the eyebrows is inevitable. Pain is inevitable. How long does it take to struggle and toss and turn? How can you die immediately without a single cry?" Some of the guests raised doubts.

"Didn't you say that the needle is poisonous?"

"How do you know that needles are poisonous? Just because a fool and a woman in a coffin have two mouths to talk about?"

A fool and a woman in a coffin said that there is no proof, and indeed it is not convincing, Gu Buquan thought for a while, and said: "Zhu Yuanbao, go and catch some ants."

"What are you doing catching ants?"

Zhu Yuanbao has long been accustomed to calling Gu Buquan by his first name, but catching ants?
"Go." Ling An only had one word.

Zhu Yuanbao had no choice but to tell his servant to do it, and soon the servant brought some big ants in a bowl.

Gu Buquan asked someone to add some water to the bowl. The ants struggled in the water but were fine. Then she threw the poisonous needle into the bowl, and Ling An stirred it with the gold-encrusted walking stick in her hand.

Zhu Yuanbao was even more confused, and he didn't see the two of them discussing each other, and they didn't even have an extra word. How could they cooperate so skillfully and tacitly?

Also, why did his father's treasured golden walking stick become a worthless mallet in his hands?
Zhu Yuanbao couldn't help but think too much, in the blink of an eye, all the ants in the bowl floated up and died.

"Very poisonous needle."

Everyone backed away in alarm, no wonder Master Taichang collapsed without grunting, poisonous needles between the eyebrows are much more effective than poisonous wine in the stomach.

Lu Yang patted his forehead suddenly: "I remembered. When our master was toasting, Master Taichang suddenly shivered, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito, and pressed his finger between his eyebrows. At that time, everyone was concerned about that and called four The lunatic of Xi didn't care too much."

Ling An took a look at Master Taichang's fingers, and sure enough there were two small black needle holes, which must have been pierced when he pressed the center of his eyebrows, and because of drinking, the poison between his eyebrows and fingers erupted at the same time, and when everyone rushed to carry them away, the poisonous The blood poured back into the whole body, killing him instantly.

Only Zhu Ding approached and looked at it nonchalantly, then turned around and said, "The fact that the county magistrate harmed my master is very clear. He took advantage of the opportunity of toasting and stabbed a poisonous needle between our master's eyebrows. Pity my master." Ah...you pay back my lord's life..."

Weeping and howling, he rushed towards County Magistrate Lu. Fortunately, Lu Yang's hand quickly stopped him, and County Magistrate Lu was able to escape just now, but the embarrassment was visible to the naked eye.

"You evil servant framed this official in such a way. What is your intention? Could it be that you murdered your own master and were in a hurry to get away? Then find a little house sparrow as a scapegoat. Isn't it heartless to keep making trouble with this official?"

Gu Buquan's eyes shifted from Lu County Magistrate's face to Zhu Ding's.

It is understandable for Zhu Ding to express his grievances for Master Taichang, but it is very puzzling that he arrested Lu County Magistrate from the very beginning.

The last thing people want to provoke is life lawsuits, especially if they don't want to get involved with the officials. The sudden death of Mr. Taichang, for the Zhu family, what they want most is the protection of the officials, but the butler of the Zhu family is in With no evidence and no evidence, why insist that it was the county magistrate Lu?
Is there any personal grudge between the two of them?

The more I watched, the more suspicious Zhu Ding's behavior became.

Selling coffins for so many years, she has seen countless mourning halls. In her impression, the one who cries the loudest and expresses the most sorrow is often the one who treats the dead the worst and holds the most resentment towards death, and may even be the murderer. .

Gu Buquan withdrew his gaze from Zhu Ding, and turned to look at Ling An. This idiot held a gold-encrusted cane in one hand, staring at the poisonous needle in the bowl, and has not raised his head until now.

"Stupid." She called out, raising her hand to pat Ling An's head, but Hua rattle took her one step ahead of her.

Hua Yingling put her hand on Ling An's shoulder, turned her head and smiled charmingly at Gu Buquan, clearly declaring her sovereignty over the idiot, Gu Buquan had no choice but to take a step back, waved her hand and gave her an indifferent smile.

Ling An finally lifted his head from the bowl, frowned, brushed Hua Ling's hand away from his shoulder with some displeasure, and grunted: "Male and female can't kiss each other." He buried his head in the bowl again go.

Gu Buquan smiled and bent two willow eyebrows: "Flowers ring the bell, respect yourself."

"Hey, what do you mean by idiot?" Flower Rattle lifted Ling An's head abruptly, "When I rescued you at the seaside, I didn't say whether men and women could kiss or not. What kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be?"

Ling An raised his head and looked at the flower ringing the bell, pointing at Gu Buquan with the golden cane: "She saved it."

Gu Buquan's heart skipped a beat, it turns out that this idiot's heart is like a mirror, he knows everything clearly.

Hua Yaoling was furious, kicked Ling An, and cursed, "Obviously I took you in, you have no conscience, did you lose your food or drink in the Maple Leaf class? The porridge and the class leader's battle of wits and courage is not for you? Oh, you put down the bowl when you are full and tell me whether men and women can kiss each other?"

Ling An suddenly blushed and was at a loss.

When Gu Buquan rang the bell to teach Ling An a lesson, he also buried his face in the bowl, staring at the poisonous needle, gesticulating with his thumb and forefinger on top of the poisonous needle.

Hua Yaoling scolded angrily again: "Compared to what, I'm not afraid of pricking my hands, poisoning you to death, coffin girl."

"Pricking hands?" Gu Buquan raised his head suddenly, while Ling An ran back to stare at the poisonous needle in the bowl.

Both ends of the iron needle are pointed, and they have been fed highly poisonous. If you want to get started, you can only pinch the belly of the needle, so no matter how deep the murderer's kung fu is or how strong his inner strength is, it is impossible for the murderer to stick the needle directly into the center of the eyebrow.

The only possibility is to use external force.

That must be something similar to a crossbow.

What kind of external force can pierce a tiny needle into a person's throat and eyebrow?

Due to the subtlety of the poisonous needle and the many people at the banquet, no matter how courageous the murderer is, it is unlikely that he would shoot the bride and Mr. Taichang in public with a bow and crossbow, right?
Then, this utensil similar to a bow and crossbow must also be small and delicate so that it is difficult for people to notice.

Gu Buquan raised his eyes, and met Ling An's gaze towards her, and also saw the doubt clearly written in his eyes.

Originally, today, Mr. Taichang is getting married, and there are many guests. There are county magistrates on the upper level, and people from the town flocking to watch the fun and grab the wedding candy. Everyone may hide a murder weapon. It is necessary to find the culprit among so many people. It's like finding a needle in a haystack.

No, now there are needles, but where is the needle box?

Needle box?

At the time of the incident, Gu Buquan was attracted by the figure of the man in the cloak to the door, and he didn't know what was going on at the banquet, but according to the guests, when the county magistrate toasted the Taichang master, the flattering people beside him There are also many people.

Just imagine, even if the magistrate had that ability, would he forcefully stick a poisonous needle between the eyebrows of Mr. Taichang in full view?

And the person standing next to Master Taichang is also unlikely to be able to pierce the needle to the front of the brow.

Then, the position of the murderer should be directly opposite to the Taichang master, that is, standing shoulder to shoulder with the county magistrate, or behind him.

"Excuse me, who was present when the magistrate toasted?"

Gu Buquan asked a question abruptly, and the audience immediately fell silent, and no one admitted it, because no one wanted to cause trouble.

She had no choice but to cast her eyes on Zhu Ding: "Housekeeper, are you there?"

Zhu Ding quickly shook his head and cleared himself: "Not here, I'm not here."

Gu Buquan approached and asked: "Then where are you?"

Zhu Ding said impatiently: "At that time, something happened to the bride, which ruined the happiness of all the guests. I went back and forth to serve the guests to eat and drink. I was busy."

All the guests also came up to testify for Zhu Ding. Apart from Zhu Yuanbao flying all over the venue excitedly, Zhu Ding was the busiest person at the banquet. Yes, walking back and forth in the yard non-stop.

"Running back and forth, there may be a moment when you are standing behind the county magistrate, so your suspicion cannot be ruled out." Gu Buquan said.

(End of this chapter)