Fortunately, although the deceased's head had been soaked in the bathtub, it was face up and not very swollen, and his face could still be vaguely distinguished.
Chen Yan carefully observed the seven orifices of the deceased, then opened her mouth to check the tongue and teeth in her mouth, and then said to Qin Zeng: "Sir, the deceased's tongue was cut off, her teeth were black, and her throat was black and blue. The cause of death should be poisoning. He died. As for this body, it was probably after the deceased was poisoned that he was quartered."
Almost all the people standing in the room gasped!
He was poisoned and then dismembered!
Chen Yan put down his head, picked up a piece of limb, observed for a while and then said: "The poison has not spread to the bones of the body. The deceased should have been dismembered shortly after being poisoned."
Qin Zeng found a chair and sat down, glanced at the few people left alone in the room, and said in a condensed voice, "Can anyone identify the deceased?"
Everyone was so frightened by his aura that they could hardly speak. It was Guo Qing's servant Jingping who saw the timidity of those around him and said bravely, "It's Xiangrui..."
Chen Yan asked: "What is the relationship between this Xiang Rui... and Guo Qian?"
Guo Qing stood at the door, glanced at Ning An and Ning Rui, and ordered: "You are the people around the second young master, why don't you tell the adults everything you know!"
Ning'an and Ningrui were so frightened that their legs went weak, and they knelt down tremblingly at Qin Zeng at the door.
Chen Yan was a white-faced person at this moment, so he said comfortingly: "You don't have to be afraid, just tell me everything you know. Naturally, I won't embarrass you. But if what you said is untrue, Hum hum."
This "hum hum" contained a thousand words, and Ning Rui was so frightened that his head almost retracted into his neck.
Ning'an was a little older and managed to calm down and said: "The little Ning'an is serving the second young master. This Xiangrui was originally a little girl in the second wife's yard. She was sent to the second young master a few months ago. It seems that she is I plan to let him be my maid..."
"seem?"
Ning An nodded hesitantly: "Although Xiangrui has been with the young master for several months, the young master has never touched her until yesterday..."
"Yesterday?" Chen Yan caught the word very sensitively and asked, "Did anything special happen yesterday?"
"Yesterday..."
Ning An glanced at Ning Rui, and both of them hesitated.
Qin Zeng looked at them condescendingly, "But what can't you say?"
"Well, that's not the case. Everyone in the house knows about this." Ning Rui hesitated for a moment, but she still didn't dare to lie. "Yesterday, my aunt came back angrily and slapped the second young master more than ten times. I was in a bad mood, so I locked myself in the room for an afternoon, and then Xiangrui came."
The mother and daughter of the Guo family stood outside the door. When they heard what the boy said, their hearts beat wildly. They were afraid that Qin Zeng would ask the reason in detail. However, Qin Zeng's purpose of coming today was clear and he ignored it at all. Instead, he asked Ning'an and Ningrui He recounted what happened last night in detail.
After hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "So, it's very possible that your second young master was unhappy and killed this girl to vent his anger?"
Ning'an Ningrui's eyes widened when she heard this. She wanted to say that this was impossible, but when she thought about it carefully, she hesitated...
Could it be that when they were outside last night, the eldest young master was not having sex with Xiang Rui, but killing people and quartering them? ? ?
The expressions of the two boys gradually turned frightened.
Qin Zeng looked at their expressions and said, "It seems that you are not sure what Guo Qian was doing last night. So when did you discover what happened here?"
Ning Rui's face was full of panic. He was the first one to enter the room and find out about this this morning.
"It's the villain. This morning, it was already the time for the young master to get up, but there was no movement in the room. The villain had no choice but to knock on the door to remind him. Unexpectedly, no one answered the door, but the door came loose after knocking, revealing A tiny gap..."
Ning Rui stopped here, with a look of fear on his face. .
Chen Yan reminded: "Keep talking."
Ning Rui timidly looked up at Qin Zeng and said, "The villain saw through the crack in the door...
Seeing the second young master soaking in the bathtub, I felt a little confused. Because the second young master only had hot water once last night and didn't get up this morning, it was impossible for him to soak in the bathtub all night... so he boldly asked two questions. There was a sound, but the young master did not answer while sitting in the bathtub. The villain realized that there was a problem, so he took Ning An in to have a look, and the result... the result..."
"As a result, you saw Guo Qian soaked in blood and Xiang Rui's body?"
Ning Rui started to tremble again, obviously that scene was still deeply imprinted in his mind, "Yes, after Ning An and I found out, we were very scared. We ran to the door of the room and fell to the ground with weak legs. A mother-in-law saw I heard that something happened to the second young master, so I went to report it to the second lady. When the second lady came, she fainted when she saw the situation... Later, the old lady and the others arrived..."
Qin Zeng nodded slightly, "Go down."
Ning'an and Ningrui were granted amnesty.
Chen Yan checked all the servants in Guo Qian's yard one by one, and they all said that they found nothing unusual in Guo Qian's room last night.
Qin Zeng stood up.
Chen Yan immediately looked at Guo Qing and explained his purpose, "Mr. Guo, early this morning, someone was beating drums in front of the Dali Temple to complain, saying that the second young master of your house raped a civilian girl and killed someone to vent his anger. I feel that this matter is not that simple. .Has the second young master woke up at this time? The complainant is waiting in front of your mansion. This matter still requires a confrontation between the plaintiff and the defendant in court. I wonder what Mr. Guo wants?"
Guo Qing's servant had a dark complexion.
Cui Chun huddled behind Chen Yan and thought to himself, when I get home I will smash the almanac into thousands of pieces, clearly saying that it will be auspicious to go out today!
Guo Qing was silent for a long time with a dark face before saying: "This is natural, how could I let the descendants of the Guo family suffer such unjust injustice!"
Guo Qing did not do anything wrong and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on his door. Although this incident was bizarre, he believed that Guo Qian must have been plotted against someone and was not committing murder to vent his anger. He immediately ordered the steward to inquire.
The chief steward of the Guo Mansion has always been diligent and orderly, but at this time he was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. After hearing Guo Qing's instructions, he subconsciously walked away.
After a moment, the steward wiped the sweat from his head and said loudly: "Master! Master, please go and see the second young master! After the second young master woke up... his lower body could not move... At this time, he looked crazy, and the doctor had nothing to do... …”
Guo Qing's expression suddenly changed. He had just noticed that Guo Qian's legs were not working properly, but he just thought it was because Guo Qian was too frightened. After listening to the steward's words, he could not contain his inner shock at all, and walked towards the room where Guo Qian was staying.
