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Chapter 840 Snake Dealer

Qiao Shu has been hiding her tracks, deliberately not handing over her concubine, and Li Xiruo can't figure out her thoughts, but she knows that they can't sit still, if they keep waiting for Qiao Shu to make a move, they will be led by the nose Walk.

Since no new witnesses could be found in the imperial examination fraud case, Chen Xin set his sights on Zhuang Juzi's death.Now he was sure that the two snakes that appeared that night were definitely not accidental. As for whether Xu Changze did it, it depended on whether he left any evidence.

Li Xiruo and Chen Xin went to the snake market to see if they could find clues from the snake.Although Chen Xin had seen quite a few snakes in the countryside, he didn't have a complete idea of ​​the types of snakes, he only knew how to distinguish the colors. It was the same when he went to the snake market. Those snakes were either hung on the bodies of those people, or placed on In the box, Chen Xin couldn't recognize it even though he was dazzled.

The peddler held up a black snake and said, "Master, you want to buy a snake?"

Chen Xin looked at the black snake's fangs, and couldn't help taking two steps back. He was a little afraid of these things, not to mention that the snake climbed up to his ankle that night, which made him shudder even thinking about it.

"I came to find a snake."

Chen Xin looked around, pointed to a slightly larger snake and said, "The snake's body is about this big, with dark brown scales, and its tail is sharply pointed, and it seems to have nail-sized black scales on its tail."

The peddler immediately took out a snake knowingly and said: "This is a five-step snake, it is very poisonous."

That's what he said, but he looked at the snake, but he was not afraid at all, he just held its head tightly, preventing it from opening its mouth to bite people.

Li Xiruo looked down, and slightly pried the snake's fangs with a sharp knife, making Chen Xin nervous for a while, afraid that the snake would jump out and bite Li Xiruo if it made a commotion.

Li Xiruo said to the peddler: "Although this snake is poisonous, it can't be fatal with one bite."

"Of course not. The fangs are powerful, but if the blood from the wound is stopped in time, the person can still be saved."

Chen Xin frowned. If this is the case, it should not be the snake that day. Although the shape is similar, but he watched Zhuang Juzi fall to the ground after taking a few steps with his own eyes. The poison of the snake Should be bigger.

The peddler looked at the two of them, and suddenly said with a smile: "Since this is the case, the snake you two are looking for should not be with me. Why don't you go there and have a look, maybe there is something you two want."

Seeing him pointing in a direction, Chen Xin and Li Xiruo walked towards a corner. The man squatted on the ground, biting the grass root, looked up at the two of them, his face changed slightly, and he patted the ashes on his buttocks to recover. With a smile on his face, he asked, "Buy a snake?"

Chen Xin repeated what he had just said to the peddler, and the man immediately said, "Our temple is small, so where can we find that thing?"

As he spoke, he wanted to pack up his things and leave, but Li Xiruo held him down: "If you leave now, wouldn't you be acting guilty?"

The man reluctantly opened a box and said, "Is this what you are looking for?"

Chen Xin lowered his head and saw that it was somewhat comparable to the poisonous snake that night.

Seeing the look in Chen Xin's eyes, the man knew that he had guessed right, and he said to himself: "You all want this snake these days, this is the treasure I left for breeding, and I have taken it all for you. It's not a big loss."

Chen Xin listened carefully to his words, and immediately asked: "Who else has come to take it?"

"He looks like a trainer. He looks like a soldier. He bought two vipers from me. These vipers are exotic species. It took me a lot of effort to get them off. Now only One."

The snake in the box neighed, showing its irritability, and instantly made Chen Xin return to the horror of that night. He looked at the snake dealer and asked, "Is this snake dead with one bite?"

The snake dealer nodded: "This adder is very poisonous, once its fangs are removed, most of them won't be able to keep it."

Chen Xin looked at Li Xiruo and nodded. Now that they have found the poisonous snake, as long as they find the person who released the snake, they can send it to Dali Temple, and Xu Changze's crime of poisoning will be punished first.

Li Xiruo asked the snake dealer to draw all the key features of the man. Although it was a mess, fortunately there was a scar on the man's forehead, which was not particularly difficult to identify.

Chen Xin and Li Xiruo found the two soldiers who were guarding the night when Xu Changze came out. They were on duty from Zishi to Maoshi. If Xu Changze wanted to come out, he would have to pass them.

However, it is a serious crime to let Zhi Gong mention the court without permission. Chen Xin does not think that Xu Changze will directly open up joints with them. He is more inclined that Xu Changze used extraordinary means to make them dereliction of duty, so that Xu Changze can take advantage of it.

Chen Xin walked up to the two of them and tentatively said: "A few days ago, that is, the day before the twelfth day of Silkworm Moon, the things I raised accidentally entered the tribute courtyard. I don't know if you two saw it."

The expressions of the two tightened, and they looked at each other, the panic in their eyes was self-evident, Chen was confident, but the two said in a vicious voice: "Stop messing around here, we have never left the lock courtyard, you How could the raised things be in it?"

They wanted to drive Chen Xin and Li Xiruo away, but Chen Xin looked at them meaningfully: "However, I heard that there was a murder case in the examination room, and one of his sons was bitten to death alive by a snake. "

One person's face turned pale: "Could it be that you raise a snake?"

Chen Xin nodded: "There are still two, and they are not considered small snakes. You two have been guarding here, how could no one see them."

Seeing that they were completely panicked, Chen Xin said with a smile: "It seems that the two of you were really not there at the time. If you knew that the omission caused by your negligence caused the poisonous snake to run in and bite Juzi to death, I'm afraid the two of you will not be able to bear the charge. rise."

These two people were completely intimidated by Chen Xin, and there was a look of begging for mercy in their expressions. They were all recruits and had no experience in the first night watch. They were accompanied by others to drink two glasses of wine. Well, I didn't care about it, and I don't know why the snake got in.It wasn't that they didn't wonder at the time whether it was because they left that the snake got in, but later someone comforted the Gongyuan that it hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and snakes, insects, rats and ants were common, so they didn't take it to heart.

Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them. Fortunately, these two were young, and if they were replaced by experienced ones, they would not be fooled at all.They can bite to death and refuse to admit that the snake drilled the hole by itself or climbed up the tree and fell into the courtyard. Anyway, it must have nothing to do with them.

Li Xiruo told them all about the appearance of the snake he bought, and asked them to find out who it might be.

Because of the distinctive features on their faces, the two didn't put much effort into telling Chen Xin that they were looking for Pan Hua, and he went back to rest just after his shift.

Li Xiruo and Chen Xin rushed to Pan Hua's residence, but found that he was packing up his things and seemed ready to run away. Chen Xin pushed the door open and said, "Do you want to run after killing someone?"

Pan Hua seemed a little surprised by their arrival, but he listened to their words and shook his head: "Don't talk nonsense here, I didn't kill anyone."

Chen Xin looked straight at him, not allowing him to quibble: "We have found the snake dealer who sold you the snake, and he has now admitted that he sold you two poisonous snakes, and one of them killed you. Zhuang Juren."

Pan Hua was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "You have found the wrong person. The snake is irritable and easily angered. I am the only defender of the city. How can I control the snake and put it in my sleeve? Put it in the palace."

Chen Xin frowned: "What do you mean?"

Pan Hua raised his head and said, "I'm not the one who released the snake, but the snake dealer who took the money to make a deal for me and asked him to be on duty for me. He was the one who released the snake. , I thought trouble would come to me one day, so I just wanted to pack up and go back to my hometown, but I didn't expect you to come to me anyway."

Chen Xin didn't expect that the snake dealer actually lied to them, and escaped by taking advantage of the time when they came to look for Pan Hua.Chen Xin cursed secretly, but ran back again.

Chen Xin originally wanted to go to the snake market to ask if there were any clues to the snake dealer, but Li Xiruo said to him: "I was afraid that that person would run away, so I asked a nearby vendor about his family background. Let's run over now. Stop people, it should be too late."

Chen Xin and Li Xiruo came to the snake dealer's house. He lived in a mud house with a stove inside, which was warm and humid. People lived in and suffered, but snakes liked this feeling the most.

The snake dealer knew that someone had already started investigating the case, and he wanted to come back to collect some valuables before leaving, but he bumped into Chen Xin and Li Xiruo just as he was coming out.

Knowing that he had been exposed, he quickly turned around and wanted to escape to the window, but Li Xiruo shot an arrow in front of his eyes.

"If you are running, the arrow will be on your body."

The snake dealer suddenly turned around and said with a dry smile, "Okay, I won't run away."

He raised both hands, but his eyes glanced down. Li Xiruo followed his gaze, and saw the underground box. The secret passage was not good, and the snake dealer suddenly grabbed the snake inside and sent Chen Xin Throw it away.

The moment Chen Xin saw the snake's body, he froze in place, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. Li Xiruo saw that the snake's head was directly filling Chen Xin's body, and instantly pulled out a sharp knife to cut off the snake's seven limbs. Inch.

The snake dealer had just climbed up the window. Li Xiruo used some spells behind Chen Xin's back, causing him to fall from above. Chen Xin reacted to his pain, and quickly went up to tie him up with a hemp rope. he.

Li Xiruo strung the snake's head with a short knife and said: "This snake is extremely poisonous, and people will die if they touch its venom. Is it not enough for you to kill one person?"

The snake dealer sneered: "I just use money to do things, I admit that I kill people."

"You think it's useless, what we want is for you to tell who is behind the scenes."

The snake dealer refused to say it at first, thinking that he was moral, but Li Xiruo kept approaching him with the snake's head. Looking at the snake's eyeballs, he could imagine the horrible appearance of him immediately coming alive and biting people .

"If you don't tell me, you have to taste the venom yourself."

Li Xiruo put the snake's fangs on the snake dealer's arm, and the snake dealer felt something cool slipping on his hand, so he could only compromise in the end: "It's Xu Changze."

(End of this chapter)