Hunting and betting: The black-bellied champion can't be provoked

(39) Abnormal shape of the corpse

Lie Qingchen took a handkerchief and walked over to inspect the corpse after everyone else had left. Duan Yifeng saw that he had lifted the corpse cloth as if nothing had happened, so he also took a deep breath and went to the coffin to look inside.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Duan Yifeng's face turned pale immediately, and even his stomach churned.Thinking about it, he, the son of a grand captain, has never been exposed to such filthy things. Even though he had prepared himself in his heart at the beginning, he couldn't help but be shocked by the tragic situation of the woman in front of him.

Regardless of Lie Qingchen's calm and unhurried expression, over the years, he has helped Huangfu Yu solve countless cases, large and small, behind his back.

The swollen corpse of Ms. Qi in front of me was obviously caused by being parked for a while, and the smell of rotting corpses had already begun to radiate. In addition, the head has not been found until now, and it is even more terrifying in front of people who have never seen the dead body again. .

Seeing Duan Yifeng's reaction like this, Lie Qingchen immediately felt overwhelming guilt. His family's relatives are so pure and kind, never seen such a cruel thing like this, so he quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to him.

Of course, Duan Yifeng is not so weak, a mere corpse was frightened, but because he saw this kind of thing for the first time, the reaction was a little big, after drinking the tea from Lie Qingchen, he calmed down for a while, So he checked the dead body with Lie Qingchen again.

In fact, seeing his abnormal expression, Lie Qingchen didn't want him to touch the corpse again, but seeing his persistent expression, it was hard to dissuade him, so the two continued to search for clues seriously.

"Huh? What is this?" Lie Qingchen was carefully examining Qi Xinlan's neck when he suddenly heard Duan Yifeng's exclamation, and hurriedly looked along the place he was pointing at.

It turned out to be a small bruised purple spot on the elbow, if you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all, and maybe it may be regarded as a corpse spot caused by the corpse being placed for a long time.

So Lie Qingchen hurriedly rubbed the surrounding area with his hand, and then pressed it with his internal force, a silver needle emerged from it. He carefully pulled it out with a handkerchief, and sniffed it with his nose, "I didn't expect the murderer to use it." It turned out to be 'A Moment of Fragrance'."

"'A Moment of Fragrance'? What is that?" Duan Yifeng seemed to have heard it mentioned before, but he didn't have much impression.

"The so-called 'A Moment of Incense' is not just as simple as an ordinary incense. Its medicinal effect focuses on confusing people's minds, so that the person who takes this medicine is completely controlled by the applicator within a cup of tea time, and will obey and follow the instructions." Cooperate with all his orders."

Seeing Duan Yifeng's understanding eyes, he continued, "It's just that as far as I know, this medicine is difficult to get unless there are special channels. I just can't figure out why the murderer uses this kind of high-efficiency drug instead of the general one. Is it worth it for a woman? I don't know if the other girls who were killed were deluded by this kind of drug like Miss Qi?"

"That's true. I haven't heard that these murdered women have little things in their homes. They don't care about money or sex. What is this murderer thinking? And the most perverted thing is that every time he kills someone, he just cuts off his body. Does he have a quirk of collecting women's heads, it's too cruel." A scene immediately appeared in Duan Yifeng's mind, a room full of young women's heads hanging in a closed room, all of them widened Staring at the door, he kept shouting 'Come here, come here'.

Thinking of this, Duan Yifeng couldn't help shivering, subconsciously touched his neck, and couldn't help sweating at his weird thoughts.

While looking for clues, Lie Qingchen also kept an eye on Duan Yifeng's situation, lest he would feel any other discomfort when facing the corpse, so as soon as he noticed his actions, he immediately stepped forward to hold his hand, and asked with concern. Said, "Yifeng, is it cold? Don't you have no rest so you can catch the cold?" As he spoke, he wanted to touch his forehead with his hand.

"Hehe, it's all right, maybe I've stayed in the mourning hall for too long, and I feel a bit cloudy." Duan Yifeng replied embarrassedly, of course he understood that Lie Qingchen said that just to save face for him, so He didn't directly say that it was because he felt uncomfortable facing the corpse for a long time.

However, Duan Yifeng was indeed suppressing his disgust towards dead bodies all the time in his heart, he still couldn't adapt to such a situation, and of course he couldn't be as calm and fearless as Lie Qingchen.

Lie Qingchen couldn't bear to see him suffer so much and endured it. Moreover, after carefully examining Qi Xinlan's body, he found nothing but a silver needle stained with the drug 'A Moment of Fragrance', so he directly said , "Let's stop here for today, let's go back to the inn first."

"But...?" Duan Yifeng didn't want to delay the progress of the case because of himself, so he spoke to dissuade him.

"Don't worry about Yifeng. I understand what you mean. Besides, we have carefully examined the victim's body. There is no other clue except this needle. Let's go back to the inn to analyze it carefully, and I will tell Chen The spies sent by the Lord to investigate Liu Yitian's situation should also come to report, I feel that this is the key to solving the case, so let's say goodbye to Master Qi now." In order to prevent him from dissuading him again, Lie Qingchen opened his mouth and put his hand on the door The guarding steward called over.

"My lord just sent someone to say that he won't come out to see off the two distinguished guests when they leave. Please forgive me for being rude, and you don't need to greet him specially. Please do whatever you want." The housekeeper listened fiercely. Qingchen replied directly.

"Okay, please let the housekeeper tell Master Qi for us. We will definitely find the murderer for Miss Qi and solve the case as soon as possible. I also hope that Master Qi and Mrs. Qi's condolences will change. It is important to take care of your health. I will not disturb you today, so I will leave!" After finishing speaking, Lie Qingchen and Duan Yifeng walked out of Qi Mansion together.

([-]) Investigate the person

"Two guest officers, there is a clerk in the store who has been waiting for you for a long time." Lie Qingchen and Duan Yifeng just stepped into the inn, and the waiter came up to greet them, looking at them with strange eyes.

Lie Qingchen ignored the scrutinizing gaze of the inn clerk, and directly ordered, "Lead that man to our room." After speaking, he directly dragged Duan Yifeng upstairs.

As soon as the two of them sat down, they heard a knock on the door, "Master, someone has invited you." Xiaoer said respectfully at the door.

"Come in!" Lie Qingchen looked up at the clerk behind Xiao Er, and signaled the shop Xiao Er to step back with his eyes.

Of course, the clerks in the store also retreated with a wink, and closed the door behind them.

"The little one sees the two adults," Ya Cha finally said after Xiaoer left.

The person in front of him is the spy who was sent to investigate Liu Yitian, Lie Qingchen looked at him, "There is no need to be polite, please tell all the investigations about Liu Yitian carefully from beginning to end."

"Yes, my lord."

It turned out that Liu Yitian's ancestral home was from Xin County, Quanzhou, and he only settled here in Qi County two years ago, and he was also the second son of Liu Tianyin, the second son of a well-known shop in Xin County—Jewelry Xuan.But for unknown reasons, two years ago, he left his hometown and came to Qi County.

According to the investigation, Lie Qingchen and the others also learned that this Liu Yitian's situation at home is not very good, because of his extraordinary talent and the birth of a concubine, he has always been looked down upon by his wife.However, because Liu Yitian is kind and polite to others, and has a gentle temperament, he doesn't like to make enemies with others, so whenever the eldest lady makes things difficult, he always pays respect and respect with courtesy, and avoids as much as he can on weekdays, so as to avoid resentment.

In this way, Liu Yitian grew up to be an adult, and Liu Yitian was even more indifferent, not chasing fame and fortune, presumably because of this, the eldest lady saw that he could not compete with her son for family property, although she still didn't like him, but she didn't look like she used to Make things difficult everywhere.

Moreover, in order to comfort her master's heart and show her kindness, the eldest lady personally found a marriage for Liu Yitian. It is said that the woman is gentle and pleasant, pure and beautiful, and a veritable beauty embryo. Liu Yitian himself is very satisfied, and his heart is even more Be grateful.

It is said that the two parties of the marriage contract often communicate in private, and the relationship between the two is getting deeper and deeper. They are planning to prepare for the wedding, but for some reason, a few days before the wedding date, the woman's family actually asks to break the contract.Without knowing the reason, although Liu Yitian was unwilling in his heart, for the sake of his beloved woman, he personally came to ask her to withdraw from the contract first, so as not to damage the girl's reputation, and finally made himself a joke in Xin County, with his own The mother was also taunted.

In order to save his mother's face, Liu Yitian had no choice but to leave Liu's mansion and Xin County, so that she would not be hurt and ridiculed by her family, so he came here.

When he first arrived in Qi County, with his outstanding appearance and good character, he easily won the favor of the local people, and he was outstanding in all aspects, especially his superb painting skills, and Liu Yitian was a good painter for others. A request, not for money, but only for my own pleasure.

It is that he only paints for girls who have not left the pavilion, and the money for painting is all at the discretion of the guests. If a woman who is about to leave the pavilion asks him to paint, he will not take any money. In addition, he is good at painting, and he is very popular with the local people, so Liu Yitian's reputation in Qi County has been very good in recent years.

"According to this, this Liu Yitian is not what we think, he is a murderer." Duan Yifeng couldn't help analyzing Lie Qingchen after hearing the basic situation about Liu Yitian reported by the Yamen spies.

"Indeed, it sounds nothing strange." Lie Qingchen said while thinking to himself: This Liu Yitian is good at management, but he can't find any flaws. It seems that I have to meet this person for a while.

"Then what to do, now the clue is broken again." Duan Yifeng heard that he did not refute, and scratched his hair irritably.

"Hehe, don't worry, I have my own way, I need you and me to visit Liu Yitian in person tomorrow." Seeing his cute expression, Lie Qingchen said amusedly.

After the spies from the yamen reported the truth to Lie Qingchen and the two, they returned to the mansion to report to Master Liu.

The two of them thought over what the Yachai just said a few times, but finally found nothing inappropriate, so they simply stopped thinking about him, and the two of them went downstairs to have dinner as before, and then they still went downstairs like the first time. One night like that, sleeping in the same bed.

Lie Qingchen waited for Duan Yifeng to fall asleep, and quietly walked out of the room. At this time, there was already a person waiting for him in the backyard of the inn. This person was masked so he couldn't see his face clearly. When the masked person saw the person coming, he immediately bowed his hands respectfully He opened the mouth and said, "Master, why did you call me here in such a hurry?"

This person is Lie Qingchen's subordinate and good brother - Song Lian, but this person is upright and rigid, follows the rules, and is even more loyal to Lie Qingchen, without any second thoughts. Lie Qingchen has said many times that there is no need to call him master , Just call him by name, but Song Lian directly rejected his kindness every time, and Lie Qingchen stopped persuading him after the number of times, anyway, it was just a title when I thought about it, as long as I knew it in my heart.

Lie Qingchen was not polite to him, and said directly, "Song Lian, go and check someone for me." So Lie Qingchen told him everything he had learned during the day.

Song Lian immediately understood what Lie Qingchen meant, and knew that Lie Qingchen wanted him to investigate beyond these superficial phenomena, so he immediately agreed and rushed to Xin County, Quanzhou overnight.

After Lie Qingchen returned to the room, he looked at the person he missed so much on the bed, his eyes were so gentle that water dripped out, thinking that he was lying beside him at this moment, he couldn't help feeling sweet, After lying down, he gently wrapped his arms around Duan Yifeng, smiled and closed his eyes.

A good night's dream.