The Folk Song of the Qingquan Case in the Northern Song Dynasty

The three of them went out immediately, and found Xiangquan not far from the house.He was dressed in white and squatted beside a big pit.Next to the pit is a fence, which is inserted obliquely into the soil, and the sun casts down, casting a few sparse black shadows on the ground.

The three of them went there together and found that Xiangquan was holding a lamp and a rope.He stretched the thick rope, got up and wanted to go to the nearby thick tree to tie the rope.On closer inspection, it was not a big pit, but a deep hole like a well.

Shui Yun quickly ran to Xiang Quan's side and asked loudly, "Young Master Yi, what are you doing?"

"Find it out."

Xiang Quan uttered the three words, tied the rope to the big tree expressionlessly, and tied the knot tightly.Hei Hei immediately understood when he heard about it, and looked down the hole: "But... there's nothing down here."

"Not necessarily." Xiang Quan just spit out three words lightly.He tied a rope around his waist, and with his other hand he held the other rope—both ropes tied to the tree.

Shui Yun asked in shock: "Master Xia was thrown down? Did Feng Jiuniang really do such a thing?"

Xiangquan turned around and said in a very calm tone, "Although I don't know, I have seen the corpse of Granny Meng under the cliff, and it seems to be poisoned. And I had jaundice during my lifetime, which was caused by the inability of the liver to detoxify. Because of poisoning."

He pointed to the copper smelting vessel in front of Granny Meng's house.The faces of the rest of the people changed, and Wu Bai said in shock: "She drank copper water?"

Xiangquan nodded: "Maybe. We can only confirm it after the autopsy. Copper poisoning is not common. If copper water is mixed with food and drinking water, it will produce a peculiar smell. Normal people can detect it immediately once they drink it. A potent poison of the kind that works very slowly."

The rest of the people were taken aback for a moment, and they said in shock, "Why did Feng Jiuniang do this?"

"Grandma Meng is just a burden to her, and most of them don't want to take care of the demented old man, so every time she delivers food, she pours some copper water, and no one will notice," Xiang Quan tied the rope At the waist, he pulled hard, "Everything is speculation. It won't be too late to interrogate Feng Jiuniang after we find Feng Jiuniang."

Regarding Xiang Quan's words, the remaining three people hadn't fully reacted yet, but they saw him throw the lamp in all at once, and followed him into the hole.Xiangquan didn't jump in all at once, but slowly descended with his hands on the earth wall—fortunately, he was not a frail scholar, so he could venture into the cave.The remaining three people understood his intention and pulled the rope tightly.

"Master Yi, did you find anything?" Wu Bai shouted from above.Soon, Xiangquan had reached the bottom of the cave, and he felt that the cave was not very deep, but darker.There is only a small piece of gray sky above the head, and there are three heads looking at it stupidly.

Xiang Quan just looked up at them, signaling that everything was fine, then lowered his head and took out a flint to light the lamp.

The lights were dimly lit, the cave was damp, and an unpleasant smell came out, like the smell of urine.Xiangquan frowned, covering his mouth and nose, feeling that the soil under his feet was a bit wet and soft.

He closed his eyes to make sure his eyes would adapt to the darkness quickly.When he opened his eyes, he saw the bottom of the cave clearly.This is an extremely narrow hole with cross-bars on all sides, the hole's height and width cannot reach the length of a human leg.

This vertical hole can also be called a "well", but if you look around carefully, there is a small hole in the bottom side wall.

The position of the small hole is very strange, it is perpendicular to the "well".Xiang Quan looked around and found a shiny object in the smelly soil under his feet, which was not the same color as the soil.He pulled the soil away, and then he saw clearly that it was a clean Pisces pendant.Confucius said that "the beauty of jade is like the virtue of a gentleman". Even though Qianqing is not a gentleman, he has carried this jade since he was a child and never left his body.

A strange thought flashed through Xiang Quan's mind.Qianqing is a smart person, and the jade pendant is always on his body, but it is expensive, so he will not wear it directly on his waist.Xiangquan looked at the position of the jade pendant, and it was almost close to the wall of the "well", on the same straight line as the side hole.

Xiangquan is well aware of Qianqing's personality. When he is out alone, he hardly reveals his wealth. He will hide valuables in his arms or in his shoes and socks.There is no room for a person to lie on the bottom of this hole.If the jade pendant was originally hidden in the shoes and socks, then the positions of Qianqing's head and chest would be...

in the side hole.

Xiangquan heaved a sigh of relief, and secretly lamented how good his luck was.

Qianqing must have been thrown down by Feng Jiuniang, but the angle of throwing was appropriate.He has a long body, so he must curl up and go down. After reaching the bottom, he leaned back and his upper body went into the side hole.Xiang Quan looked at the position of the side hole, and a small piece of soil on the upper end was smashed, which was caused by Qianqing's upper body falling into the side hole.

Xiang Quan smelled the smell of urine on the ground, and lamented that Qian Halal had a hand.

In the cold winter, the ground will harden, and if it becomes frozen soil, there is no way for Qianqing to escape.

Feng Jiuniang had the guts to harm others, but she didn't have the guts to kill people—this was Xiang Quan's guess.She wanted to make money and kill her, but she didn't dare to kill Qianqing with a sharp weapon, and she didn't dare to see the blood, so she threw him down in a daze, and fell half to death; then filled the earth and buried him alive.

This is no different from killing people, but after all, it is not stained with blood, it is just thrown and filled.Xiangquan's eyes turned cold, Feng Jiuniang was really vicious.

I don't know if it's because of the good name Xia Qianqing, but the word "gan" has a very good meaning, vigorous and vigorous movement, like a green dragon flying in the sky, has excellent luck.God really favored Qian Qing, and let his upper body fall into the hole, avoiding being suffocated by being filled with mud.

Xiangquan couldn't help laughing as he stepped on the soft soil.Xia Qianqing must still be alive.

Xiangquan felt that the bottom of the cave was very cold. He reasoned that if Qianqing fell, he must have been injured. His lower body was still in the soil, and the soil would evaporate after time and become so stiff that he couldn't move it away.

The smell of urine came again.

Xiangquan couldn't help laughing, at the critical moment, it's quite smart to be honest.

"Master Yi! How's it going?" A black voice came from above.

Xiang Quan replied perfunctorily, leaning over to look at the side hole.The hole twists and turns, and there is no end in sight.He called Qianqing, but there was no answer.Lifting up the lamp and looking, I saw traces of someone crawling through the side hole, and a small piece of clothing not far away.Xiang Quan was overjoyed, it must be a piece of clean clothes.

He stooped in with the lantern in hand, putting the lantern in front.The lantern was very big, and just as I leaned halfway in, I was surprised to find that the top of the lantern was stuck.

I knew it was replaced by a torch.Xiang Quan took a breath, and gently pulled the lamp back.I didn't expect that the hole was so small. If I climbed through it with bare hands, the lamp would definitely be useless.

He raised his hand and pulled out the lamp.

However, just moved a little, the soil is extraordinarily soft.His heart felt cold for a moment—he didn’t even reflect it—only he heard a “hula”, and the side hole in front of him collapsed.

Xiangquan retreated suddenly with a "babble", and the dust in the well was flying.The soil on the side hole fell down with a splash, filling the hole tightly in an instant.

Xiangquan's face was pale, and his heart suddenly became cold.

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