Peony Lantern (5)

  Poisoned? I'm guessing.

  On the body, there were no external injuries, no ecchymosis, no ligature marks, and the hyoid bone was normal. It did not appear to be a case of hemorrhagic shock or mechanical asphyxia. The primary consideration next would be poisoning.

  "Oh? So you don't believe in those ghostly gods' nonsense either." Ren Pingsheng's peach blossom-like eyes sparkled with a hint of sharpness. He took out seven long silver needles and began to insert them into the corpse's body, starting from the throat, accurately following the digestive tract, piercing through the esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, and large intestine.

  Seven silver needles, none of them turned black.

  I burst out laughing.

  Unexpectedly, the handsome guy also smiled and pulled out the silver needles one by one, saying: "This won't do, right?"

  My smile was frozen, I thought the ancients all deeply believed in the silver needle poison test, and that's why the autopsy here couldn't detect any poison either. But the man in front of me seemed to think otherwise.

  "Silver needle, I think it can only test for arsenic." The man in front of him was right on the mark.

  It's really like that. Even in modern times, the way people detect poison on TV shows and palace dramas is only with silver needles, silver chopsticks, and silver spoons. As a result, when one netizen was eating kiwi with a silver spoon, he also turned the spoon black, scaring him into seeking help online.

  In fact, when eating kiwi and eggs, silverware may turn black.

  The substance that causes silver to undergo a chemical reaction is mainly sulfur, which can cause the surface of silverware to form a layer of black silver sulfide, which is why silver needles turn black. Some common foods, such as egg yolks, also contain sulfur, so even if they are non-toxic, they can still produce this effect. The poison used in ancient times was mainly arsenic trioxide, which contained small amounts of sulfur and sulfides due to the poor extraction process at that time, and it was this sulfur that reacted with the silver needle.

  That is to say, the poison in it must be arsenic, and it cannot be high-end arsenic, otherwise, using a silver needle to test it would be nonsense.

  "My 'dear father' died of barbiturate poisoning, so there's no way to use a silver needle test on him."

  "This poison is quite potent, I thought only I knew how to make it." The handsome man hummed a gentle laugh, "I extracted a blood-sealing agent from bitter almonds, and after taking it, people would suffocate to death. Their eyelids would turn this cherry red color."

  Suddenly a chill ran down my spine. He said this with a smile, and for some reason it made me feel like he had tried it out on a living person before.

  Bitter almond. When I saw him lift the corpse's eyelids and lips, and found that strange cherry red on the mucous membrane, I suspected it was cyanide poisoning. Bitter almonds contain a kind of cyanogenic glycoside, but I don't know to what extent he can purify it with current technology.

  Cyanide is a matter of course for blood choking. Its effect is very fast, causing rapid decline in blood pH value, leading to metabolic acidosis, and massive cell death due to hypoxia. What Ren Ping said, people who are poisoned all suffocate to death, which is not false at all.

  The art of poison-making in this world cannot be underestimated, and the ability to detect it also cannot be underestimated. Ren Pingsheng is the second top-notch expert I've met after Nie Qiuyuan. In a certain sense, his abilities are even more impressive than those displayed by Autumn, so my astonishment is even greater.

  "A Xuan, you are the most special woman I have ever met." Ren Ping Sheng lifted his hand to remove his mask, a pair of extremely beautiful eyes looked at me, and for once, he suppressed a smile, his words suddenly becoming ambiguous.

  My heart skipped a beat as I faced the temptation brought by the handsome and intelligent man in front of me, and I quickly changed the subject: "Was it really murder? Where did the murderer go? How did he get him to eat it?"

  "It's definitely not suicide!"; Ren Pingsheng smiled lightly again, "Didn't your Autumn Far brother say that under those circumstances, suicide is quite unnatural? Moreover, there are no utensils or equipment around, right?"

  My heart skipped a beat.

  "You obviously recognize me, why pretend you don't?"

  Ren Ping smiled and said: "Ah Ruo, where do I pretend? I am the chief clerk. When the county magistrate of the neighboring county comes to visit, he must know roughly how many family members he has. But I really don't know your name! Last night when you met Ge Daren, I was clearly there too, but you just didn't take me seriously."

  Such a figure, let alone in the county yamen's main hall, even if hidden among crowds of people, can be spotted at a glance. I furrowed my brow.

  Ren Ping Sheng didn't think much of it, only slightly narrowing his eyes and saying: "Nie Da Ren is not an ordinary person, that man has a sun and moon in his chest. You are by his side, naturally also different from the others, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you to this place. Now it seems, my vision is quite accurate."

  Strange Fengxian, strange Zhubu. There's something inexplicable and awkward in this, but I can't figure out what it is for the time being.

  "I've found out one more thing than they did, that is, the identity of the deceased." Ren Pingsheng said slowly.

  Indeed a professional. Investigating identity may lead to uncovering the motive of the crime, and with the motive, it's possible to narrow down the range of suspects.

  "This person, who appears to be a weak and powerless scholar, is actually a master with extraordinary skills. He belongs to a mysterious organization in the Jianghu world called 'Tianjing Gate'. This person is a traitor of Tianjing Gate."

  So it's the Tianjing Gate who came to execute the traitor? No wonder this person was so sneaky and careful, even locking all the doors and windows when staying at the inn. But what exactly is this Tianjing Gate organization?

  "Don't you know about the Tianjing Gate?" The handsome guy smiled after seeing through my thoughts. "The Tianjing Gate is a mysterious organization in the Jianghu world, extremely large with many hidden lines. It's now considered to be sitting stably as the master of the Jianghu world. Legend has it that the Tianjing Gate was founded by a divine detective from the previous dynasty. This detective was dissatisfied with Emperor Yang of Sui's extravagance and the empty laws of the Ministry of Justice, so he betrayed the imperial court and established this hidden organization in the Jianghu world."

  I listened while constantly brainstorming: Batman, Iron Man, The Flash, Spider-Man, Green Lantern...

  Ren Ping saw that I was stunned and didn't mind, continuing to say: "The Tianjing Gate has been established since its inception, taking the promotion of justice in the world as its own responsibility, so the Tianjing Gate cultivates its disciples

  They are all elites in detective work. However, they all operate underground and have strict discipline. Cases that have been solved can be privately settled with punishment.

  It sounds like it's not a bad organization, but for the new emperor, it might be a very threatening nail.

  The words Li Shimin spoke at Bowl Mountain, those beautiful wishes that the Tang law could protect the people's lives and property from threats, echoed in my mind once again. For some reason, I had a bad premonition, like a storm was brewing on a windy night.

  However, the Tianjing Gate's treatment of traitors is quite severe, especially in recent years, extremely brutal.

  As he spoke, Ren Pingsheng smiled again, "This dead guy was hiding in a guest house in Feng County, I don't know who he was going to meet. So it's hard to say which group killed him."

  "You're not saying that Tianjingmen is secretive and always walks the dark line? Then, how did you manage to investigate all this!" I felt incredulous.

  "Because I'm capable of it." Ren Pingsheng said with a smile.

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