Behind the secret door is a walkway leading underground. There are candlelights on the walls on both sides of the walkway. The candlelight flickers with the breeze. At a glance, this walkway is winding and winding and bottomless.
Chen Xiaotian took the lead in entering the tunnel, followed closely by Chen Yixin and Pan Suxuan. After Ma Desheng carried Xu San into the tunnel, Chen Xiaotian patted the wall lightly and heard a creaking sound. The secret door slowly opened behind the four people. closure.
With Chen Xiaotian in front, the four of them filed through the tunnel. They encountered several forks in the road. Fortunately, Chen Xiaotian guided them so they didn't get lost. Pan Suxuan looked to the left and right as he walked, and saw a lot of small holes in the walls on both sides. They must be hiding weapons such as crossbows and arrows, but he didn't know where the trap was. He was trembling with fear every step he took. Following Chen Xiaotian and others, they were afraid of triggering the mechanism and causing death.
After walking in fear for a while, after turning a corner, their eyes suddenly opened up. The four of them came to three huge stone doors. Each stone door had two knockers, one black and one red. I saw Chen Xiaotian walking to the stone door on the right, holding the red door knocker, twisting it three times to the left and once to the right. He heard a rumble and the stone door slowly opened from the middle to the left and right. Chen Xiaotian turned around and said, "Everyone, please come in."
Pan Suxuan and others walked into the stone door and took a closer look. They saw a huge room behind the stone door. There were also candles burning in the room. Looking around through the light, they found that there was nothing in the room. There were only some items placed in the middle of the empty walls. A dark green stone bed.
Chen Xiaotian walked to the stone bed and said to Ma Desheng: "Put Xu San's body here. Yixin, go get the tools." Chen Yixin nodded, walked to the other side of the stone bed, bent down, and took out a golden The box, opened the box and placed it in front of Chen Xiaotian.
The box was filled with all kinds of small knives, axes, hammers and other objects. Pan Suxuan was puzzled after seeing it. I saw Chen Xiaotian first picking up a pair of silver scissors in the box, cutting open the black cloth and jacket wrapped around Xu San's body, exposing his upper body, then picking up the knife in the box, and began to slowly cut Xu San along his jaw. Skin incision…
Only then did Pan Suxuan know that Chen Xiaotian planned to dissect Xu San's body step by step to study the cause of Xu San's death. He did not expect that the dignified general protecting the country was actually proficient in autopsy.
Chen Xiaotian was stunned when he just cut open the skin on Xu San's chest. Ma Desheng said in astonishment: "We also carefully inspected Xu San's body yesterday and found nothing unusual. We didn't expect that the strange thing was hidden in the skin." in!"
Pan Suxuan stepped forward to take a look, and saw that Xu San's cut skin revealed dark subcutaneous tissue, and there was a faint fishy smell. Upon seeing this, Chen Yixin said: "If it were yesterday's body, with the current temperature and weather, normal decay would not have reached this level. Father, is this a sign of poisoning?"
Chen Xiaotian nodded and said: "Yes, at first I thought Xu San was accidentally injured and died by me, but now it seems that someone else killed him."
After hearing this, Chen Yixin asked in surprise: "Who can kill someone in front of his father without being noticed?"
Chen Xiaotian had a solemn expression and did not answer. He turned to Ma Desheng and said, "Desheng, turn Xu San's body over and let me see the injuries on his back."
Ma Desheng lifted Xu San's body and placed it head down on the stone bed. Only then did Pan Suxuan notice that the stone bed in front of him was made of a piece of natural jade. The middle was hollow, and the bottom was connected to the underground ventilation channel. There were bursts of noise coming from The fresh air can drain away the odor from the corpse, and the jade itself has the effect of removing corrosion and preventing corrosion. This is really an excellent place for dissection.
At this time, Chen Xiaotian had cut open the muscles of Xu San's back. After a comparison, he found that the tissue on his back was more rotten than that on his predecessor, except that there were three faint red dots among the black rotten flesh.
Chen Xiaotian pointed to these three dots and said: "This should be where I injured Xu San. There was also a slight bleeding reaction, which means that Xu San was injured by me in the front and died of poisoning in the back."
Ma Desheng said: "Sir, the points you hit are not important points. It seems that Xu San died of poisoning."
Chen Yixin said: "The bleeding phenomenon is not obvious, which means that Xu San was poisoned and died immediately after being hit. However, Xu San's body had no external injuries, so how did he get poisoned?"
Chen Xiaotian smiled slightly and said: "It's not that Xu San didn't suffer any trauma, it's just that the trauma here is difficult to find. Come and see here!" After saying this, he pointed at Xu San's neck.
The three of them followed Chen Xiaotian's finger and saw an unattractive black spot under Xu San's neck. From a distance, it looked like a mole.
Ma Desheng said in confusion: "Isn't this a mole? Master, what's so strange about this?"
Chen Xiaotian said: "Take a closer look at the differences between the muscles in Xu San's head and neck compared to those in his waist and abdomen?"
Ma Desheng looked at it and said, "Nothing unusual is seen? It's just that the muscles in the neck are darker."
Chen Xiaotian continued to ask: "Then why are the muscles in the neck darker than those in the waist?"
Ma Desheng frowned and shook his head, confused. Chen Yixin, who was standing by, suddenly said: "Father, do you mean that the toxin on Xu San's body spread from the head down?"
Chen Xiaotian smiled and said, "That's right, my Xin'er Bingxue is still smart, and she knows it right away!" When Chen Yixin heard this, her cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and she said softly, "Father, you are making fun of your daughter in front of others again!"
Chen Xiaotian laughed loudly and said: "Xin'er, my father is complimenting you! Your intelligence and agility are becoming more and more like your mother. But one thing you said is not accurate enough. The toxin does not start from the head down. It spread from the neck, which is where the black spot is. If I guessed correctly, this is the reason why Xu San was poisoned."
After that, Chen Xiaotian used a knife to slowly separate the muscles at the black spots. In a short time, a sharp golden object was inserted upside down in Xu San's neck. Chen Xiaotian put down the knife, took out the tweezers from the box, clamped the tail of the object and pulled it out of the muscles, then placed it on the stone bed.
Everyone looked intently at the stone bed and were all shocked! What was placed on the bed was none other than a golden needle!
Chen Yixin stepped forward, took the golden needle in her hand and looked at it carefully, and then said to Chen Xiaotian: "Father, this is the same as the golden needle left by the perpetrator in Xuanzheng Hall."
Chen Xiaotian said sternly: "As I expected, this means that the Qingpaoke who broke into Xuanzheng Hall was the murderer of Xu San, and Xu San must have been ordered by this person to lurk in the house for many years."
After hearing this, Chen Yixin said in shock: "Father, are you saying that Xu San is a spy?"
Chen Xiaotian did not answer, and Ma Desheng stepped forward and said, "That's right. That day, the master was talking with Mr. Pan and others in Deqing Hall. Xu San was secretly eavesdropping outside the door. After being caught by the master, he not only denied it but also He also planned to escape, so he turned into a dead body."
Chen Yixin said: "In other words, after Xu San was discovered, he was killed and silenced on the spot?" Ma Desheng nodded. Chen Yixin continued to ask: "How many people were there in Deqing Hall at that time?"
Ma Desheng said: "I was standing outside the door. There should be Master, Mr. Pan, Mr. Zhao, Master Jing Nian and Mr. Wang in the hall."
Chen Yixin turned to Chen Xiaotian and said: "Father, judging from the location of Xu San's injection, the murderer should have injected the needle from behind. Whoever was standing behind Xu San in the hall at that time is the most suspect."
Chen Xiaotian said: "It's a pity that several of us were standing behind Xu San at that time. He was planning to escape through the window. From this point of view, no one can be excluded."
After hearing this, Chen Yixin raised her eyebrows slightly and walked around the stone bed, saying as she walked: "The only people who can kill people in front of everyone without making a sound or being invisible are Master Jing Nian and your father. Master Jing Nian has been in the house for many years. "You and your father have a very close personal relationship. If he wanted to harm us, he could have done it long ago without waiting until today, so it shouldn't be him..." Slowly, Chen Yixin walked up to Pan Suxuan, raised her head suddenly, and revealed a pair of phoenix eyes. Staring at Pan Suxuan closely, Pan Suxuan shuddered. After Chen Yixin stared at it for a moment, she slowly said: "Since the two young masters Pan and Zhao came here specifically to warn, it must not be them, so let's put it this way..."
At this time, Ma Desheng rushed to say: "Miss, are you saying that the murderer is Manager Wang? But...but she doesn't know martial arts?"
Chen Yixin said: "You don't have to know martial arts, you can also do it with some tools, such as the Luban Divine Crossbow!"
After Chen Xiaotian heard this, he frowned and said to Chen Yixin: "The Luban Divine Crossbow was the cult treasure of the Lieyan Cult back then. It could launch a hidden weapon to kill people within a hundred steps. It was so fast that even Daluo Jinxian couldn't escape. Many martial arts masters lost their lives here. But this crossbow disappeared fifty years ago when the cult was destroyed. Xin'er, do you have any basis for saying that it is in Wang Rong's hands now?"
Chen Yixin smiled slightly and said: "Father, I am just guessing. The book says that this crossbow is powerful and small in size. It can hit steel nails, projectiles and other small hidden weapons, and it is easy to carry. So I think, if Mr. Wang can't Martial arts, and being able to kill people with golden needles, I am afraid that can only be achieved with the help of the power of the divine crossbow."
Chen Xiaotian nodded and said: "Your analysis is not unreasonable, especially if this golden needle really came from Buzhuang outside the mansion, then only Wang Rong had contact with people from Buzhuang, which is indeed suspicious."
Ma Desheng heard this and said loudly: "Master, Miss, do you suspect that Mr. Wang is a traitor?! But...but why did she do this? Master, you have been so kind to her, how can she betray you?" "
Chen Yixin said: "You are right, everyone has a reason for doing things. Manager Wang may be because..."
Before Chen Yixin finished speaking, she suddenly heard two long and one short bells ringing in the stone room. Chen Xiaotian's expression changed and he said: "Something happened outside, let's go back home quickly!" After saying that, he jumped up and rushed out of the stone room first. Got out.
