('After sending the people away from the casino, Yue Su began to check the account books. Several people checked a casino. The first thing they wanted to do was to see if anyone had made a large bet to buy Longmen Academy and won. After checking, it was found that the person who won by buying Longmen Academy was

There are only a few. Even if you buy them with a bet, the bet is not big, the maximum is three to five hundred taels. It is unlikely to kill Zhang Xiang for this number. It is conceivable to use the kind of magic that poisoned Zhang Xiang.

As far as poison is concerned, it is probably worth a thousand dollars, so who would suffer such a loss outweighs the gain.

As for Dongming Academy, there are many people who can win, ranging from one or two taels of silver to five thousand taels of silver. It seems that everyone is optimistic about Dongming Academy.

It is clear from the account that in the entire city of Luoyang, the total amount of money won by betting on Dongming Academy amounted to half a million taels. Such an amount really shocked Yue Su. Among them, the two largest

The Gambling House, Fu Lai Gambling House and Yun Sheng Gambling House each received a bet of one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy Dongming Academy. If they poisoned Zhang Xiang with such a poison for this number, it is still possible. But in the future

With their identities as King Fu and Zhang Guozhang, would they do this? It's hard to say, but one thing is certain. With the strength of these two people, it is not difficult to get some strange poison. [Search for the latest updates at z

The target can be temporarily targeted as a casino, but with so many hotels, it is difficult to say who it will be. If we want to investigate, it seems that we have to start from when Zhang Xiang was poisoned and how he was poisoned. Then combine the two to determine the suspicion.

people.

Relying on the experience of his previous life, Yue Su recalled some rules on TV. There is a kind of chronic poison in this world, just like Huo Yuanjia was poisoned. At first, everyone thought he was beaten to death by the Japanese, but later they learned the truth.

It can be assumed that Zhang Xiang's death was caused by chronic poisoning. However, how the poison was introduced into the body needs to be investigated from his daily diet.

Yue Su sent people to Dongming Academy to understand the situation and learned about the current situation. The students of Dongming Academy all live in the academy and usually eat together. It is obviously not easy to say that poisoning is in the food. Then.

After further in-depth investigation, they finally learned another situation, that is, on the day before the Longmen Meeting, someone invited academicians of the academy and Sun Shenxing to have a banquet at Wangyue Tower. Among those who accompanied them to the banquet were Zhang Xiang and a group of top leaders from Dongming Academy.

Talented man.

With this discovery, Yue Sudang asked the shopkeeper and clerk of Wangyue Tower for questioning. According to the shopkeeper's confession, among the people present, in addition to people from Dongming Academy, there were eight romantic women from Liuxiang Pavilion, and three locals.

Gentleman.

In this way, it seems that the time of Zhang Xiang's poisoning can be assumed to be on this day. After all, chronic poison is difficult to grasp. It is unlikely that it was a long time ago from the Longmen Society, especially in connection with the gambling. It should be the best day to poison.

choice.

Everyone ate a plate of food, but only Zhang Xiang was poisoned. It can be seen that there is no problem in the food. The only possibility is in the wine. With so many people drinking, it is definitely not enough to put only one or two wine bottles on the table.

After interrogation, the shopkeeper told the truth. That night, there were four banquet tables with sixteen wine bottles. People at the four tables also toasted each other. The scene was very lively and naturally a little chaotic. Who wants to do it while drinking?

No one will notice if you do anything.

Afterwards, Yue Su issued a fire lot and invited everyone who was attending the banquet that night to come to the hall. However, there was one person he did not invite, and that was Sun Shenxing. Yue Su could be sure that with Old Man Sun's status, he would poison people.

Things, that would simply not be done.

Three gentry, eight prostitutes from Liuxiang Pavilion, and people attending the meeting from Dongmen Academy were all mentioned. Yue Su interrogated them one by one and asked who had toasted Zhang Xiang. These people all knew that Zhang Xiang was poisoned to death.

Now that the governor is asking about this, he obviously suspects that someone poisoned the toast. Therefore, when answering the question, those who toasted to Zhang Xiang, while admitting that they toasted, must also give some reasons to prove it.

You won't poison yourself.

For example, the students of Dongming Academy would say that they had such a good relationship with Zhang Xiang, and the toast was just to wish him victory tomorrow; the three gentry invited the banquet because they had placed a heavy bet on Dongming Academy to win, so how could they poison themselves?

No way to make money; the answer of the prostitutes is even more direct, they are paid to be the escorts, but not everyone has toasted Zhang Xiang, because there are rules for escorts, who do you sit next to?

She was responsible for keeping company with whomever she wanted, so there was only one prostitute who paid homage to Zhang Xiang many times.

The prostitute's name was Xiyue, and she was said to be Zhang Xiang's lover. Xiyue actually admitted it, and said how much she and Zhang Xiang were in love. She also said that Zhang Xiang had made a wish that he would redeem her body and take her as his concubine in the future.

With this statement, it seems unlikely that she poisoned Zhang Xiang.

Now Yue Su is just testing, not interrogating him severely. He is just observing their words and expressions. The expressions of the people who responded are quite normal. Although they all show a trace of worry, they are probably afraid that they will be implicated. Yue Su did not detain them and released them all, but

However, he arranged careful police officers to keep an eye on those who had toasted Zhang Xiang to see who would behave abnormally.

No clues were found here, but bad news came from Yanshi County. Sima Chen, the county magistrate, was dead. At the same time, there was also an autopsy report made by his wife, which showed that Sima Chen was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.

How could a poisonous snake appear in such a good county government and bite Sima Chen to death by such a coincidence? Yue Su was puzzled and led his people to Yanshi County again.

When a local official dies in office, the people below him must report it as soon as possible, because Yanshi County is not far from Luoyang, and Yue Su went there in a hurry. When he arrived, Sima Chen had only been dead for four days. Now the body has been enshrined.

, was not buried, Yue Su re-examined his body and determined that he was bitten by a poisonous snake.

How could Yue Su believe that such a coincidence could happen? Moreover, the Dragon Slayer Gang case had just come out in Yanshi County, so he would not take it lightly. He even connected the case with the deceased complainant.

"When Sima Chen was in Tongren, his official reputation was pretty good. I wonder what it will be like here? That man blocked the road and complained, could he be suing him?" Thinking of this section, Yue Su immediately asked someone to draw Wen Tingsong's portrait.

Portraits, secret visits around Yanshi County.

According to the procedure, he should have put out a list to identify his family members, but he was worried that Wen Tingsong's death would be leaked, so he did not do so. Now he is anxious, but he did not put out a list, and just ordered someone to conduct a private visit with the image.

On the other hand, they also ordered people to search Sima Chen's back house. Sima Chen's wife died early, had no children, and had not yet remarried, so the house was very quiet. After a search, the officer found a bookcase in Sima Chen's study.

On the road, I found a half-painted painting of a lady. It must have been painted by Sima Chen before his death.

After Yue Su heard the news, he immediately led people to the study. On the desk, there was indeed a half-painted picture of a lady. He picked it up and saw that most of the painting had been painted. The woman in the painting was lifelike. On the upper left side of the picture of ladies

, there is a poem, "Go to the east of the Yangtze River to find all the romantic figures of the ages...".

Yue Su handed the painting to Yang Yishan who was standing aside, and said, "Zhongyue, you are proficient in this art. Let me take a look on behalf of my teacher and see if you can see any secrets."

Yang Yishan took it, looked at it a few times, and said: "This poem is Su Shi's "Niannujiao Chibi Nostalgia", but when it is paired with this painting, it is obviously not right. Sima Chen's writing is good, and the painting is lifelike, but it cannot be seen

Who was it copied from?"

After hearing this, Yue Su thought about it for a while and thought to himself whether Sima Chen's death had something to do with this painting.

Yue Su had already inquired that Sima Chen did not like real gold and silver, so he had to buy antique calligraphy and painting. He was keen on calligraphy and painting. He ordered: "Keep searching to see if there are any original paintings."

The servant under him agreed and immediately started to search. He quickly found many calligraphy and paintings in the study, but there was no such one. "Return to my lord, I didn't find it."

Yue Su nodded and murmured to himself: "Is it really related to this painting?"

His voice was heard by everyone around him. After listening to it, the housekeeper Sima Gui seemed to be thoughtful, and then said: "Sir, I remembered something, and I wonder if it has anything to do with the death of the master."

"Oh? Tell me." Yue Su's eyes lit up and he asked immediately.

"On the day when the master passed away, Uncle Zhenbei came here, holding a calligraphy and painting in his hand. However, he did not take the calligraphy and painting with him when he left. I don't know if it is involved in this case." Sima Gui said truthfully.

"Has Zhang Guozhu been here?" Yue Su asked immediately, "Do you know what he talked about with your master?"

"The young man didn't know about this. I only saw the master and Uncle Zhenbei entering the study. They came out after a long time. When they came out, Uncle Zhenbei was empty-handed. I guess the calligraphy and painting should have been left in the master's study. By the way.

, after the news of the master’s death came out, Uncle Zhenbei came over to ask for calligraphy and painting, but he couldn’t find it after searching for a long time. He also saw the painting at that time and wanted to take it away, but was stopped by the county magistrate who was present.

He was stopped and told that the relics of the master should not be touched for the time being. Because of this, they made a lot of trouble." Sima Gui said.

"Hmm..." Yue Su nodded, looked at the accompanying County Magistrate Hua Tengzhuo, and said, "Hua County Magistrate, you did the right thing and acted appropriately. The Headquarters will recommend you as the Magistrate of Yanshi County."

"Thank you for your support, sir. It's just a matter of being a lower-ranking official." Hua Tengzhuo quickly bowed and thanked him. Unexpectedly, he was promoted just because he adhered to his principles. He knew that Yue Su's words had great weight, and he had

In his recommendation, this county magistrate is absolutely certain.

Yue Su waved his hand to him and said: "No need to say thank you, it is very valuable if you can do things according to your duty." After saying that, he thought for a moment and then said: "Guard the study, no one can come in or out, I will go to the headquarters now.

Zhang Mansion."

After saying that, he walked out of the study with the calligraphy and painting in his hand.

Surrounded by the guards, Yue Su came to Zhang's Mansion. It was the second time he came, and he was already familiar with the journey. Yang Yishan sent a famous invitation, and soon Zhang Guozhu went out to greet him in person.

The two of them sat down in the back hall and exchanged a few polite words. Yue Su then mentioned calligraphy and painting. He took out the painting of ladies and said, "Master Zhang, do you recognize this painting?"

Zhang Guozhu did not hide anything, he also knew how to conceal it, and said truthfully: "Not only do I know this painting, but the original painting from which this painting was copied belongs to my family."

"Why did you give the Lord's paintings to Sima Chen?" Yue Su asked again.

"I heard that Master Sima loves calligraphy and painting, so I gave this painting to Master Sima for appreciation. I guess he wanted to copy it after reading it," Zhang Guozhu said.

"Is that so? But I wonder if I can borrow the original painting for a look?" Yue Su asked tentatively.

"The original painting was left in Lord Sima's house and was not taken away. When I heard about Lord Sima's bad news, I went to the county government to ask for it, but I couldn't find the original painting."

"I also heard this matter mentioned by the housekeeper of the Sima family, saying that the Duke went to ask for a painting but did not find the original painting. As I said just now, I was just lucky. I just didn't know that the Duke was seeing the copied painting.

Why do you want to take him away?" After Yue Su finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Guozhu intentionally, wanting to see how he would answer.
Chapter completed!