In the secret room, Master Tan's body has been removed, but the unpleasant smell still remains in the air.
Tan Xingzhi confessed that after learning the truth about his mother's death, he was furious and cut Master Tan's neck with a dagger hidden in his sleeve, causing his death.
The dagger was given to him by Mr. Tan for self-defense.
He didn't expect that his son would cut his throat with the dagger he gave him.
At the time of the incident, Mr. Tan was arguing with Mrs. Tan and his body was leaning forward. Mrs. Tan hugged him subconsciously, and the blood stained Mrs. Tan's body.
Mrs. Tan was woken up by Mr. Tan before going to bed. At that time, she was only wearing a middle coat and an inner coat. The coat was draped over her body, so the outer coat was stained with less blood.
The flowerpot was smashed by Tan Xingzhi because he was not sure whether Mr. Tan was dead at the time. The flowerpot did not crack when he smashed it for the first time, and because the incident happened suddenly, he did not use much strength when he smashed it. .
What happened next was similar to what Zhou Yuan had deduced.
After confirming that Mr. Tan was dead, he dragged his body into the secret room and wiped off some of the blood on the floor. Since there were servants in the courtyard, he could not stay in the house longer. In desperation, he broke the flowerpot and covered up the traces.
He did not kill Mrs. Tan. After Mr. Tan died, Mrs. Tan urged him to leave. At that moment, she seemed to really become his mother, deliberately protecting him.
She was still fine when he dragged Mr. Tan's body to the secret room. When he came out, she was lying on the ground. Tan Xingzhi called her, but she didn't respond. He tested her breathing and found out she was dead.
He did not open the window facing Mrs. Tan, but the open window reminded him and gave him the idea of delaying his death to create an alibi for himself. This method was still used when he was chatting with Zhou Yu'an. , she mentioned accidentally.
"Mrs. Tan was frightened to death, there is no doubt about it, but what exactly was she frightened to death?" Standing in Mrs. Tan's room, holding the prescription taken out of the tomb, Zhou Yuan's eyes fell on On the window that has been covered.
"Perhaps there is something else in the Tan family that we don't know about." Shen Chongming took the prescription from Zhou Yu'an's hand: "What is written on this prescription?"
"Don't you understand medicine?" Zhou Yu'an raised his eyebrows: "This should be the antidote recipe that Tan Xingzhi mentioned."
"I've seen the prescription for the epidemic, not the above." Shen Chongming frowned: "Are you sure this is the antidote?"
"You don't believe what I say? I'm a female doctor with great medical skills." Zhou Yu'an took the prescription and said, "Are you talking about the prescription prescribed by Imperial Physician Zhou? The prescription prescribed by Imperial Physician Zhou is indeed better, but that one uses For treatment, this is for prevention. The medicines in this prescription are not very common, and some of them have no taste at all in our country. For example, this one is only found in Beidi. It was born in the desert of Beidi and is highly toxic. Most people don't know it at all. I know, but I don’t dare to use it as an antidote.”
"Are you familiar with Beidi?"
"I'm very familiar with Beidi's medicine, especially poisons." Zhou Yu'an hid the prescription in his arms: "I learned my medical skills from my master. That old monster didn't teach his disciples well at all. He believed in Shen Nong's way. I think that only by tasting the herbs can we know the medicinal properties. I have taken all the medicines on them."
"Have you eaten them all?" Shen Chongming didn't know whether to believe her or not: "That's poison, you said so yourself."
"It's poison, and it's extremely poisonous, but it won't kill people immediately." Zhou Yu'an curled his lips: "Everything is interdependent, and there must be an antidote next to the poison. The premise is that you have to find it. I'm lucky, I found it , so you can see me now."
"Zhou Yu'an, you have changed!" Shen Chongming raised his eyebrows, "Is it because you left Qinglu?"
"Qinglu?" Zhou Yuan opened the window: "I am a doctor in Qinglu, so naturally I have to be more prudent, otherwise how can I, a little girl, convince the patients? Cat hair? Shen Chongming, there is cat hair on this window, or a yellow and white cat Black and white tanuki.”
"There is also a tanuki in the grave."
"Yes, put it together with those clothes." Zhou Yu'an turned around: "Tan Xingzhi said that it was the tomb that Master Tan erected for his mother. There were indeed his mother's clothes in the tomb. In addition to his mother's clothes, there were also his A monk’s robe when I was a novice monk.”
"How do you know that's his monk's robe?"
"Because the sleeves were torn by me." Shen Chongming is tall. When talking at a close distance, she had to look up at him: "You should still remember what he said. The first time I met him was At Cicada Temple, he was hung up and beaten by the novice monks, but I saved him. His temper at that time was the same as yours... no, even more stubborn than when you were injured. I talked to him, but he ignored me. I gave him the medicine, and he turned away, as if he wanted to die. Who am I? I am Zhou Yu'an, can I let my master's sign fall into my hand? I picked him up and stuffed the medicine He put it in his mouth, then took off his monk's clothes and applied medicine to him, and his sleeves were torn when he resisted."
"Did you take off his clothes?" Shen Chongming's face darkened: "What else did you do?"
"Apply medicine. As I said just now, I did the same to you when you were injured." Zhou Yu'an took off a handful of cat hair and said, "The civet cat was lying between two pieces of clothing. It was beaten to death and its internal organs were damaged. , there are also traces of being beaten on the fur. The servants of the Tan family said that Tan Xingzhi's biological mother loved to keep cats during her lifetime, and the civet cat should have been hers. After the aunt died, the civet cat also disappeared. The servants speculated that it was taken by Mr. Tan I sent him away because I was afraid of seeing things and missing people."
"It's fake to miss someone when you see something, but it's true to feel guilty and unable to face it." Shen Chongming hit the nail on the head: "But what does the cat in the grave have to do with these cat hairs on the windowsill?"
"It's not certain yet, but this cat is definitely related to Mrs. Tan's death." Zhou Yu'an put the cat hair and the prescription together: "Do you think there are those people hiding in Tan's house? They are the ones who are here." They secretly promoted all this. Master Tan, Mrs. Tan, including Tan Xingzhi are just pawns on their chessboard."
"The government already has the answer to Tan Xingzhi's matter. You are a doctor. We will wait for the new county magistrate to discuss the rest."
"The new county magistrate?" Zhou Yu'an rolled his eyes half a circle: "I remember, you are a general and a member of the imperial court. This county magistrate is your colleague. Do you know who the new county magistrate is?"
"The prescription is here, let's go." Shen Chongming didn't answer her words, turned around and walked out of the house.
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Yu'an grabbed his sleeve: "I won't go back with you!"
Shen Chongming stopped suddenly and his eyes fell lightly on her face. He didn't say anything, but he had a compelling aura.
