Xue Junyou took out the few hard and thin pills he carried with him, put them in his silk scarf hand and observed them carefully for a while.
Although I don't know whether the effect is the same, the appearance and hardness are exactly the same.
However, since we are at the medical clinic, we might as well investigate the case and ask about the origin of this pill.
So Xue Junyou went straight down to the lobby of the medical clinic and happened to see the old doctor who was still being questioned.
Xue Junyou called away the imperial guards and opened the silk scarf in his hand to show the old man.
"Old sir, I found a few pill-like things here. Can you help me find out what they are?"
The old man with a beard took the silk scarf and frowned. When he was about to reach out and pick it up, Xue Junyou stopped him.
"No problem."
The old doctor smiled kindly at Xue Junyou and reassured him: "This medicine should be taken internally. Even if it is poison, it will not leave much toxicity after a short exposure."
After saying that, the old man picked up one and pinched it a few times between his fingers.
"Hard as stone."
The old man's deep eyes rolled in his eyes, and then he brought the pill close to his nose and smelled it, but there was no smell at all.
So he said to Wang Qinqin, who was looking at him beside him, "Qinqin, go get a bowl of water."
"Okay." Wang Qinqin turned around and left immediately after hearing this.
Not long after, a bowl of water was brought, and the old man put the pills into the water.
The three of them stood around the bowl of water for a long time, but they didn't see the pills melting at all, and the bowl of water didn't change at all.
"This hard, tasteless pill is supposed to be the shell."
After another half hour passed, the old doctor came to a conclusion, then took the pill out of the water, put it in his hand again and touched it.
After touching it carefully back and forth, the doctor found a relatively hard and crisp spot and pinched it.
The hard black thin pill immediately broke into a corner, and the colorless liquid flowing out of it flowed into the bowl of clear water.
The old man picked it up and smelled it. There was no smell, but he could vaguely smell the smell of herbs.
"It should be a colorless and odorless potion."
The old doctor put down the bowl of water and seemed to have some conclusions: "It's just for what it is used for. I'm sorry that I'm an old man and I can't tell the difference."
"Is it really tasteless at all?" Xue Junyou just looked at the old doctor and didn't look like he was tasteless.
"The medicine inside is tasteless." The old doctor replied: "But the outer shell should be made of Lisu. Lisu is slowly boiled into black pulp and it will be very hard after solidification. A long time ago, people in Ming country would boil Lisu into black pulp.
The pulp was used as a secret message container and spread throughout the city."
"People from Ming country... ..."
Xue Junyou suddenly understood that among the group of people who assassinated the concubine Gongsun, there must be Ming people, and they should be the same group as the group of Ming people he met yesterday who were ambushing Changlongbo Mansion.
But in the Imperial City, it is possible that only the royal family can hide such a large number of Ming people from the Jiuying Protectorate.
Looking back at the letter that Dongzhou Prefect wrote to Chang Longbo, all the secrets linking all this should be in the Ying Mansion in the imperial capital that had an affair with Dongling Hou.
On the surface, there are only two people who may be related to Donglinghou, Princess Lingyang and the fourth princess.
"Brother Xue, is this pill related to the body upstairs?"
Just as Xue Jun was thinking worriedly, Wang Qinqin beside him spoke.
"It shouldn't be related."
Xue Junyou raised his head and looked at Wang Qinqin, but he felt that something was wrong with her face, so he asked again: "What's wrong, Qinqin, have you seen her?"
"never seen it."
Wang Qinqin shook his head, but said another thing.
She said that before closing time last night, she saw two specially dressed women coming.
The woman who came in first was dressed as a noble lady. She was very beautiful and had a particularly strong herbal smell.
The woman and the deceased must have known each other, and the two later had a big quarrel above. Wang Qinqin vaguely heard them talking about pills, Liang Pingxiao, and the Nanzhou Fire.
About half an hour later, a second woman came in, dressed in black and holding a long, sharp sword in her hand.
This woman only came to buy medicine, and because her entire face was covered with black cloth, Wang Qinqin remembered it clearly.
After that, the two men left the hospital one after another.
When Wang Qinqin closed the door and went home, she met the woman holding a long sword on the street.
"What kind of long sword is it?"
Xue Junyou asked, even measuring the length of the sword used by the masked woman before.
"no... ..."
Wang Qinqin shook his head in denial. After thinking about it carefully, he said, "It looks like the long sword that some cavalry carry, but it is a long sword and it looks very sharp."
Although Xue Junyou had never seen it, he knew very well that the sharp sword was the murder weapon in the tea flower corpse case.
Sure enough, the woman who looked like Chang Longbo was not a murderer, but just an accomplice.
The noble lady who smelled like herbs that Qin Qin mentioned before, I think she is that woman.
However, there are a few points that Xue Junyou is quite concerned about. Wang Qinqin mentioned Liang Pingxiao and the Nanzhou Fire.
The fire in Nanzhou should be related to the fire in Nanyun Palace sixteen years ago.
But who is Liang Pingxiao? Xue Junyou has read all the files related to the case of Hecha Minghua Corpse and the fire of Nanyun Palace.
I don't remember that this person exists. But if it involves the fire in Nanyun Palace, Xue Junyou should really go and meet his friends.
After all, when he first took office, his original plan was to handle the case of Prince Nanyun's Mansion first.
It just so happened that since they were all separated, Xue Junyou simply decided to do it together.
... ... ...
Xue Junyou interrogated Hua Wuxin overnight.
The two were interrogated directly in the Prison Department Prison.
Hua Wuyi didn't seem to be very surprised, and even felt that Xue Junyou was slower than he had expected.
"To be honest, I thought Brother Xue would interrogate me last night."
There was no expression on Hua Wuyi's face. Perhaps it should be said that the face that had been burned by fire would always only have a terrifying feeling.
"I did plan to meet Brother Hua yesterday."
Xue Junyou didn't take it seriously and smiled at him: "It's a pity that something happened yesterday and I couldn't meet Brother Hua."
"It must be about the corpses of Chang Longbo's family." Hua Wuyi said, "The guards in the prison have been mentioning this matter today."
Xue Junyou knew that the other party was deliberately changing the topic, but he didn't want to give it a chance at all.
So he shook his head and answered him directly: "No, it's another thing. A man named Liang Pingxiao died and was beheaded."
"What?!"
Hua Wuyi murmured, her face suddenly startled, but it quickly changed back to its original appearance: "Well, we have indeed not heard anything from the prison chiefs about this matter."
"That's natural."
The corner of Xue Junyou's mouth raised slightly, and he noticed something unusual on Hua Wuyi's face: "We just found out the identity of Liang Pingxiao today, but looking at Brother Hua's face, he should know this guy named Liang Pingxiao."
After finishing his words, Hua Wuyi raised his head and looked at Xue Junyou, with no dodge in his eyes: "Brother Xue, in a sense, we have been in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment together. So you and I, brothers, open the skylight and speak frankly."
"Well said."
Xue Junyou nodded: "Brother Hua, just tell me. I will do my best to protect you."
"I have nothing to say."
Hua Wuyi showed a wry smile and shook his head: "You know, I won't tell you anything. I didn't tell my brothers much about my affairs when I was in prison."
"Is it because you are the adopted son of Prince Nan'an? Or is it because you were responsible for the fire in Prince Nanyun's Mansion?"
Xue Junyou spoke frankly. He had already made a lot of preparations for the interrogation of Hua Wuwu.
But no amount of preparation can make it easier than going straight.
But what surprised Xue Junyou was that Hua Wuyi seemed to have expected it. After hearing what he said, her face became even more indifferent, and even a little relaxed.
"I have long guessed that Brother Xue will know about this."
Hua Wuyi spoke slowly, and at first glance it was intentional: "After all, the files of the Jiuying Protectorate have been kept, and such a big living person really will not disappear from the world."
"Then why did you end up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice?"
In fact, Xue Junyou can guess a thing or two even without asking.
As the adopted son of Prince Nagumo, he was forced into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment for two reasons.
One is to avoid the pursuit that King Nanyun can't get rid of.
The second is to avoid the pursuit of King Nanyun.
Xue Junyou had read Hua Wuyi's files before, and could clearly see that Hua Wuyi's case had never been convicted because of King Nanyun.
Therefore, the second possibility is eliminated, and naturally the first one remains.
Hua Wuyi's answer was actually similar to what Xue Junyou had guessed.
In the clouds and mist, it means both acknowledging and not confirming.
However, Hua Wuwu smiled and wanted to do a business with Xue Junyou.
Xue Junyou looked at him doubtfully: "What business?"
"I can tell you who Liang Pingxiao is, but on the other hand, you can't tell others about me if you want."
As she spoke, Hua Wuyi had some regret on her face: "After all, you are the only one who can guess my identity. If I had known this, I wouldn't have revealed any nonsense to my brothers in that dark prison."
"There's nothing we can do about it. It's just a coincidence."
Xue Junyou answered, but in his heart he was unwilling to do this business, so he changed it subtly: "Liang Pingxiao is dead. What's the use of knowing who he is and who he is not... Why don't we change it?"
Change, tell me directly about his relationship with you."
"He has nothing to do with me."
Hua Wuyi responded categorically: "And I think Liang Pingxiao is not dead yet. You are bluffing me. Before I came here, I heard what the prison boss said. In the past two days, two more corpses came out of the headless case, but this one
The deceased in the case never leaves any information."
"Then you still tell me so much?"
Xue Junyou was a little depressed, feeling that he had done something unnecessary.
Hua Wuyi didn't think so: "Brother Xue and I were talking so much because you talked about Liang Pingxiao. Since this name came out of your mouth, it was natural that he was found."
After a pause, Hua Wuyi's face seemed to suddenly become serious, and he continued: "I really can't talk about my affairs with anyone in detail, but Liang Pingxiao is also related to the fire that year. You must not let him
died."
After hearing this, Xue Junyou neither agreed nor rejected him.
After all, two corpses have come out, and there is nothing to prove that the first headless corpse is that of Liang Pingxiao.