Song Wen squatted down again and tried hard to look at the man's face.
It really is.
He was obviously about sixty years old, and his face was still frighteningly white, with not even a trace of stubble on his face.
The key is: Song Wen knows this old eunuch!
The chief eunuch of the Wu Youning family!
Regarding the Shezhou poisonous tree sap case, His Majesty did not deal with Princess Taiping, nor did he deal with Princess Taiping's husband Wu Youji, let alone Wu Youning.
So much so that these three masterminds are still able to escape justice.
It was just unlucky for the three little eunuchs who were bribed by Princess Taiping and took advantage of the sweeping opportunity to smear the sap beads on the wooden utensils.
And Di Ying.
Di Ying was unlucky as a result.
Song Wen was very aggrieved and aggrieved by Di Ying about this matter.
Now I see the chief eunuch of Wu Youning's house...
Song Wenxu narrowed his eyes, feeling that he had finally touched the corner of the mission that Lord Di secretly entrusted to him.
This workshop is not small, the wood piled inside is relatively valuable, and the carpenters are also good at craftsmanship.
Look at the old eunuch's attitude when talking to the shop owner...
Could it be that the owner behind this workshop is Wu Youning?
It's very possible.
Song Wen suddenly felt blessed in his soul.
The sap beads were smeared on the wooden objects in the palace that His Majesty often visited. This can't be a coincidence.
Otherwise, according to a normal person's idea of poisoning, it should be smeared on the utensils commonly used by His Majesty.
Why choose wood?
Because the utensils are all white-based, if the sap beads absorb His Majesty's blood and turn red, will it be noticed?
No, not just.
Lord Di said: This kind of sap needs to be heated to be effective. And the higher the temperature, the greater the effect.
If it is applied to a vessel, the sap will have a strong smell when exposed to high heat. He will not be able to pass the test of an imperial physician or a poison tester.
Only when it is applied to wood, the wood will not be directly heated, and it will be less likely to be noticed.
Wu Youning is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry is also responsible for the royal carpenters, woodware, etc. in the palace.
Now it makes sense.
However, as soon as Song Weng figured this out, he was confused again.
Now that even His Majesty knows that Wu Youning was responsible, why did Di Ying bother to find out and figure this out?
You can’t just want to take care of the carpenter and workshop, right? That's too childish, and it's too unlike Di Ying's handwriting.
The more Song Wen thought about it, the less likely it became.
At this time, Song Wenyou noticed: a head quietly poked out of the corner of the warehouse where the wood was baked.
It was the head of a man less than twenty years old.
The man stared at the head eunuch, his eyes filled with hatred.
Song Wen's heart froze, and when he was about to take a closer look, he saw that the man had retracted his head and disappeared.
The man's arm hanging on the wall and the skirt of his clothes exposed along with his head all showed that he was a carpenter. He is still a low-level carpenter.
Song Wen continued to squat on the tree. Wait until dark.
…
It was dark, with only the light from the torches swaying in the rain and fog.
Di Ying climbed up and asked Peng Liang, who jumped back again, to shine a torch near the branch he was holding.
There are still some broken branches there, which are quite fresh.
Next to this mountain path with a steep slope, under the broken branches, there are still some traces of the grass being pressed and slid across.
After carefully inspecting it, Di Ying refreshed, sat on the ground again, and slid down the path.
After sliding to the bottom, he stood up and signaled the guards to search both sides along the gap between the two mountains.
He climbed up the mountain path on the opposite side of the mountain and carefully inspected the branches and turf on both sides.
Di Ying did not return to the crevice until he confirmed that they had not been "disturbed".
"Sir, we have discovered something!"
Yuan Twenty-eight, who is good at setting traps, suddenly shouted.
Di Ying hurried over.
Not far from the right side of the V-shaped mountain road, there are quite messy traces among the trees and weeds. It looked like someone had rolled on it.
There are also drag marks.
There were also blood stains.
There will be no large beasts, not even carnivorous animals, along the paths that people often walk on. Even though there was a lot of blood here, it didn't attract those kinds of animals.
A lot of blood stains were sprayed on the grass blades, and then they were wetted by the drizzle, and fell into the mud along the tips of the leaves.
Di Ying opened the grass under the spot with the most blood and moved her nose.
There are not only blood stains here, but also some white unknown objects. Because it is in a semi-mushy state, it is not carried underground by rainwater.
Di Ying came closer and smelled it.
Hmm, very familiar - the smell of brain matter.
Based on the blood stains and the amount of brain matter left here, it was obvious that at least two people died here.
The time is probably around morning today.
Di Ying then ordered the guards to expand the search along the drag marks.
Soon, two headless bodies were discovered deeper in the mountain crevice.
Based on the clothes and grooming described by Qiu Chuanyan, the two corpses were that of his missing third brother and his wife.
Qiu Chuandong and Cai Hongxia.
Di Ying asked Nie Bo and others to pull up the tarpaulin, and then under the light of the torch, they immediately conducted a preliminary inspection of the two corpses.
"Based on the break marks left on the cervical vertebrae, it can be basically determined that the murder weapon was an axe.
However, the ax should not be large or heavy. Similar to a hand axe. Its blade is thinner and sharper. It is long but short, as big as the forearm, making it easy to carry.
There were scars left by ax blades on the two forearms of the female victim, which were injuries sustained during life. There was also brain matter and a lot of blood on it.
It can be initially judged that it is resistance to injury.
He was probably injured by the murderer with an ax while he was protecting the male victim's head. It hit her two forearms first, and then went straight to her head.
The male victim had only minor resistance injuries and felt as if he had been hacked to death.
The break marks on the cervical vertebrae were injuries sustained during life.
In other words: the murderer's ax blade came directly towards his neck.
There were no signs of intense struggle on the bodies of the two deceased persons, only those left when they were rolled and dragged.
There was no foreign matter left in the fingernails.
Pack them up properly and carry them back to the county autopsy room. They were most likely poisoned first and then hacked to death. "
After Di Ying completed the initial inspection, he stood up, took off his gloves behind his back, and ordered the guards.
After giving the instructions, he stood there in trance.
According to Qiu Chuanyan, Cai Hongxia left home with Qiu Chuandong urgently after receiving the package from the postman.
It takes at least half an hour to get here from Yanghua Village. This road is all mountain roads cut out on the mountainside, and does not pass through any villages or inhabited places.
So, how did they take poison, or intoxicating drugs such as Mongolian sweat medicine?
Was the water bag they were carrying drugged?
Thinking of this, Di Ying then ordered: "Continue to expand the search. In addition to looking for the head, we should also pay attention to look for any suspicious objects."
