Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

Wen Tao came out after interrogating Mr. Huang, his tense nerves finally relaxed a little.Although the road ahead is still full of thorns and thorns, at least, I hold a thread in my hand, and I am no longer bare-handed and have nothing.

He took the autopsy bag that Tang Wuyi left him, and walked towards the Temple of Five Poisons. There should be clues on the two corpses.

The first thing he went to look at was Lan Cangyue's body.She fell to her death from the top of Chiyou Pagoda in front of everyone. It can be basically concluded that she committed suicide in shame after losing her virginity, but if she had lost her virginity to Mr. Huang long ago, her reason for suicide would not be so sufficient.In particular, Tang Wuyi was going to torture her that night. If she confessed that the loss of virginity had nothing to do with Yang Han, then Yang Han should be released that night, and there will be nothing later.Wen Tao's heart tightened, someone wanted to make Lan Cangyue shut up forever before being interrogated by Tang Wuyi!Then she probably didn't commit suicide, at least she wouldn't commit suicide in front of everyone by such a coincidence.But the top of the tower where Lan Cangyue fell is a secret room, how can it be done?

Wen Tao focused on the corpse. Lan Cangyue's corpse had multiple fractures and a lot of blood had been wiped dry. Although her face was thin and pale, it was hard to hide her peerless beauty.She was still wearing the saint's white robe on the day of the ceremony, and the blood on it had turned brown.Wen Tao cut off her white robe and carefully checked whether there were other marks on her body besides the wound from falling from the building.

Suddenly, Wen Tao noticed that there were two reddish-purple marks on Lan Cangyue's calf, one had faded by most of it, and the other was still new.There is a small wound between the two red-purple scars, but one has scabbed over, and the other looks like it was bitten not long ago, which seems to be the mark of being bitten by a poisonous insect.He tried it with a silver needle, and it turned out to be quite toxic.There are many poisonous insects here, Wen Tao is not sure whether this wound is Lan Cangyue accidentally bitten by poisonous insects or someone deliberately poisoned her with poisonous insects.In the Five Poison Sect, from the left protector to the five poison envoys, including Lan Cangyue herself, they are all masters of poison use, and even low-level disciples are also good at using poison.But from the new wound, it can be concluded that she was bitten shortly before her death. Before her death, she was kept on the top floor of Chiyou Tower. It is difficult for ordinary poisonous insects to climb to such a high place. Moreover, the secret room where she was locked had no windows. So how was she bitten?

With doubts, Wen Tao covered Lan Cangyue's body with a white cloth, and then went to see Yang Han's body.He looked very carefully this time, and confirmed that Yang Han's fatal injury was indeed a knife wound.He couldn't help but think of the last time Prince Jin was killed in Shaolin. He originally thought that the prince was killed by a sword, but after careful inspection, he found that it was Qing Xiao's dagger, which locked the fact that Tang Wuyi killed the man.But this time, he very much hoped to find evidence that Yang Han was killed by other weapons like last time, so that he could help Tang Wuyi get rid of the suspicion, but he didn't.Yang Han was clearly killed by the Wujin Baodao held in Tang Wuyi's hand.

The knife that was used as a murder weapon was placed next to Yang Han's body.The handle and scabbard are both made of high-quality ebony wood, and the pattern of Zhurong Vulcan can be vaguely discerned. The blade has become dull, and Yang Han's blood still remains on it.The craftsmanship and decoration of the whole knife are all from Miaojiang. To Wen Tao, there is no clue, but what he is very concerned about is that Tang Wuyi once clearly said that the one he dreamed looked the same as him. The man in question was wearing a black gold sword. Why did this knife that appeared in Tang Wuyi's dream appear at the scene of the crime?

Wen Tao pondered while studying the corpses at the Temple of Five Poisons, not realizing at all that it was time to light the lamps.He suddenly heard the front door of the temple being opened with a creak, and in a daze, he seemed to see Tang Wuyi who had pushed the door and entered with a smile on him countless times, but this time, it was Dong Sheng, the protector of the right, who came with a food box. look for him.

"Master Wen, I've been looking for you everywhere, and I think you should eat something before you eat." Dong Sheng looked haggard, obviously what happened in the past few days also made him physically and mentally exhausted.More than anyone else, he hopes that Wen Tao can find out the truth. In the past two days, the voices of wanting to sever ties with the Han people are getting louder and louder. His years of business operations are about to be destroyed. Heavy.

Wen Tao ate food unwillingly, he was not good at chatting, but when he saw Dong Sheng at this moment, deep sympathy still rose in his heart.

"Mr. Dong, how long have you been in Wudu?" Wen Tao held back for a long time before thinking of an opening line.

"It's been more than ten years." Dong Sheng said quietly, "I used to think they were just barbarians, but after getting along for a long time, I realized that the Miao people's emotions are no different from ours, and what they want is peace and joy. "

"Well, Mr. Dong's family... died in the battle of Nanzhao?" Wen Tao thought that he was alone in Wudu, and heard that he was originally from a family in Bozhou, and decided to join Wudu after his family was ruined.

Unexpectedly, Dong Sheng shook his head and said: "The Battle of Nanzhao did not affect the family of Bozhou. The Tiance Army unsheathed its sword and was invincible, destroying Nanzhao in one fell swoop. But after Nanzhao destroyed the country, the local Miao people did not If you don’t surrender, Da Zhou’s Tiance Army has already withdrawn, and the Miao people have no choice but to vent their anger on the Han family in Bozhou, and our Dong family has been implicated..."

"According to Mr. Dong, was the Nanzhao Kingdom really that good at that time? I seem to have heard the Holy Snake Envoy say that he misses Nanzhao."

Dong Sheng sighed deeply: "At first I thought I understood it, I understood it, but now I gradually feel that I don't understand it."

"how do I say this?"

"There were originally six edicts here, for the six Miao tribes. The tribes were conquered for years, and all the men, women, and children of the losers were reduced to slaves. Later, the Nanzhao unified the six edicts, and only a few of the Miao people under the imperial court could live in peace. Most of the rest are slaves, working all day long, and must act as the vanguard when there is a battle. I thought that the Tiance army would wipe out Nanzhao, and the local Miao people would be grateful, but I was wrong, I watched helplessly The most miserable and exhausted war slaves under Nanzhao turned against us after the Tiance army returned to Beijing. They would rather have their fellow clans oppress them, force them to bleed and work, than Han people to lead them and treat them kindly."

Wen Tao was silent, he listened quietly, thinking, he remembered what Dan Fengbai said about the Battle of Jincheng when he was in Yunshangfang, Yangzhou. The king of Wei is needed to save them.Of all things in the world, which one is right and which one is wrong?

Dong Sheng continued: "I always thought that the Miao people were like this because they lacked understanding of the Han people, so after their family was destroyed, I voluntarily entered the five poisons to educate them. In recent years, I have also seen some results. I saw that the Miao people are no longer so friendly to the Han people. Hostility, I thought I was doing the right thing, but these two days, just because of the matter of the Holy Maiden and Young Master Yang, everyone in the church clamored that they did not want to have anything to do with the Han people, and some even proposed to restore Nanzhao to the country... I I really don’t understand, whether I have done right or wrong all these years…”

Wen Tao himself didn't have an answer, he sat up for a while and got up, accidentally touched the Wujin Baodao beside him, recalled something and asked: "Mr. Dong, take a look, is this knife related to Nanzhao?"