Feng Zhengzhong's bones, together with his tattered clothes, were penetrated and entangled by the complex root system of the ginkgo tree.

If you can look at all the dirt, the whole picture is: the root system of the ginkgo tree is like a net intertwined with steel needles, and Feng Zhenzhong is completely protected in it.

This is the first time Chen Chaoyan has seen such a fantasy corpse center scene.So after a while, she calmed down the shock in her heart and looked around the bones.

Around the bones and on the roots of the trees, a large number of maggot shells were scattered like rice grains whose cores had been gnawed out.Among these maggot shells and the uncovered soil, there are fat earthworms burrowing back and forth as if fleeing for their lives.

It's really a... unique scene.

Chen Chaoyan stretched out her hand and waited for a while, but Yuejian handed over masks and other things tacitly as usual, and couldn't help but look back.Seeing the pale faces of her and Shi Shu and the others, after twitching the corners of their mouths with a smile, subconsciously, they looked at Xie Xuan again.

Xie Xuan also looked at her with a playful expression.

Knowing that he had seen through her hesitation when she lost her mind just now, Chen Chaoyan did not explain.She brought out a pot of hot tea in the carriage, poured a cup for each of Yue Jian and the book attendants, then returned to the carriage, found out the protective clothing, mask, and gloves by herself, and put them on before everyone was frightened or fearful or admiring. In his eyes, he calmly stepped on the soft mud down to the pit, stepped on the crunchy maggot shells, and approached the scene of the bones entangled with tree roots.

The maggot shells had dried up, and in ancient times without all kinds of equipment, she didn't have the ability to tell when they died just by eyesight.Therefore, Chen Chaoyan simply skipped the maggot shell, and inspected Feng Zhengzhong's bones nearby.

The bones were penetrated by the tree roots and entangled very tightly. They were pulled from all directions several times. After confirming that the bones could not be pulled out, Chen Chaoyan looked at the dozen or so yamen servants who had retreated to a distance.

Most of the yamen servants glanced away because of the fear in their hearts.Only one person came forward without hesitation and asked: "How to dig, just tell Miss Chen."

After Chen Chaoyan made a few comparisons, when the yamen servant was swinging his hoe to dig, three more yamen servants came over.

The four of them worked together, and it took three cups of tea to barely dig out Feng Zhengzhong's bones intact.

In modern times, many samples can be collected to detect death caused by poisoning, such as stomach and stomach contents, intestines and intestinal contents, blood, etc.For completely ossified corpses like Feng Zhengzhong, most of the bones were extracted from the soil corresponding to the chest and abdomen.However, whether it is the stomach and its contents, or the soil in the chest and abdomen corresponding to the bones, there is no doubt that instruments must be used.

And she, no.

In the absence of hardware conditions, the only thing Chen Chaoyan can do is to do elimination.

On the basis of determining that the bones are intact and there is no fatal injury, it can be roughly concluded that the death was caused by poisoning.

obviously.

Feng Zhenzhong satisfies this perfectly.

Feng Zhengzhong's bones are very complete, and from the beginning to the end, there are no marks of knives, swords, daggers, etc.The only thing that is different is that the bones are black.

It is clearly recorded in Song Ci's "Washing Injustice Collection" that the bones will turn blue and black when poisoned before death.But the reality is that poisoning basically does not cause the bones to turn black.The reason for the blackening of the bones is most likely caused by some trace elements contained in the soil where the corpse was buried.

Chen Chaoyan had no way to explain this point.Therefore, after Yue Jian blurted out that the bones were black and died of poisoning, she did not refute.

Leaving the mud pit, taking off her gloves, and ordering several government servants to bury Feng Zhengzhong's body and find another place to bury him, Chen Chaoyan took off her mask, took off her protective clothing, and cleaned herself in the copper basin brought by the servant. After handing over, he returned to the carriage.

Judging from Mrs. Zhao's confession, what Feng Zhengzhong hit was arsenic.

Arsenic. Arsenic is a poison, and even in ancient times, it was also a controlled item.

The control of arsenic in Wei Dynasty was even stricter.

Drugstores that sell arsenic must not only report to the sheriff's office first, but also purchase no more than two catties at a time, and sell no more than two taels at a time.

After asking Xie Xuan to send someone to find out the source of Mrs. Zhao's arsenic, Chen Chaoyan ran to the places where Xu Changwen, Wei Zhuang and Yuan Qianli were buried without stopping.

In Mrs. Zhao's confession, the deaths of the three of them were the same as Zhou Zhongcai's.

The examination results of the bones also verified her statement.

only……

From Luyang County to Heyang County, where Xu Changwen's remains were buried, and back to Luyang County from Heyang County, Chen Chaoyan was too tired to lift any energy after traveling for two consecutive days.

After sleeping day and night for two full days, he finally recovered.

Let Yue Jian wait on him again, and took a hot bath before he was completely refreshed.

After drinking half a cup of hot tea, eating a few snacks, and warming his stomach, Chen Chaoyan sat down in front of the writing desk and wrote down the autopsy results of Xu Changwen, Wei Zhuang, and Yuan Qianli from the records on the light screen. Twice, after making sure nothing was missed, he took the preparations and went to Muyuan Hall, Yue Jian stopped him in due time and said, "My lord is still asleep."

Chen Chaoyan saw the strangeness and said, "Did you stay up late again last night?"

Yuejian looked at her inexplicably, "Master, like Miss Chen, collapsed after returning from Heyang County."

Chen Chaoyan blurted out, when did your young master become so fragile.The words slipped to her lips, and she suddenly thought that during the two days when she was running around non-stop, she had been eating snacks and hot tea to satisfy her hunger, and Xie Xuan seemed to be doing the same.

When he went to Beilu County and came back from Beilu County, when he was in such a hurry, he still had to stop for three meals a day to rest, and asked Banxia and Ziling to move out the pots and pans to cook.

this time……

Seeing that she understood the sacrifice the young master made for her, Yue Jian said: "Young master did not rely on his status to show off. It is the young master who grew up in the harem where there were open and secret fights. The slaves around him were not well taken care of when they were young, and they were poisoned twice. , causing the spleen and stomach to be much weaker than ordinary people, so you have to be more refined in eating, and slowly take care of your body."

"Before I followed Miss Chen to Heyang County, the young master hadn't had a good rest for quite a while, and his body was already exhausted to the extreme."

"In that case..."

"Why do you still want to follow Ms. Chen?" Seemingly seeing through her thoughts, before she finished speaking, Yue Jian took over the conversation and asked without answering, "Zhou Zhongcai, Shi Zhi, Li Er, Xu Changwen, Wei Zhuang, Yuan Why did Qianli and the others die?"

Chen Chaoyan's pupils shrank slightly.

"Zhou Zhongcai's death was the result of Wang Da's intentional calculation and inadvertently." Yue Jian continued, "But the deaths of Shi Zhi and Li Er were under defense at every level."

Chen Chaoyan silently looked at the autopsy form in his hand.

"I didn't intend to scare Miss Chen, I just..."

"I know." Chen Chaoyan interrupted her, and raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "You just want to take advantage of your young master's coma to convince me. Your story is very good, but don't make it up again next time."

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