The overseer of the East Factory personally sat in charge, and the enthusiasm of the big and small servants was fully doubled, and one by one he wished that his father and mother gave birth to two pairs of eyes and three hands, and the investigation work was carried out quickly and orderly step by step.

Lu Yuanzhi examined the corpse again after Liu Sandao, took the stomach contents for animal experiments, and an unlucky rabbit became a victim, and the death process of the nerve spasm was completely in line with Liu Sandao's judgment: Lian Zhiqing died of drug poisoning.

The fat man stripped off the clothes of the deceased and examined every inch of the body very carefully, and found no suspicious wounds, needles, or bruises, proving that the death was simply poisoned, and that there was no other circumstance.

The only doubt was that the deceased had a lot of red bumps on his face, but it was quickly clarified: many people, including Qin Lin, Xu Wenchang, Gu Xiancheng and the three scolding generals of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, when they saw Lian Zhiqing in Guozijian in the morning, he had a lot of red bumps on his face, and the young man was angry, so there was nothing strange about it.

On the other hand, Cao Shaoqin and Yu Huatian are different from each other, and their ability to induce confessions is endless.

Just kidding, back then, Dongchang was in charge of punishing 1,000 households and punishing 100 households, how many court rebels and Jiangyang thieves trembled when they saw them, dealing with a few Goolan Courtyard's goods, so they couldn't be caught?

The confession asked completely ruled out the suspicion of the girl and Yahuan present, because since the lotus shoes were taken off from Suhuan's feet, they have always been passed back and forth in the hands of several adults and gentlemen, Yupei and other girls have not been in contact, and Suhuan himself cannot poison the shoes in advance, if you do that, the people who drank alcohol in front will have already been poisoned, and it will not be Lian Zhiqing's turn to be unlucky after several rounds.

In this way, the murderer was locked among the six people, Li Rusong, Xu Wenchang, Gu Xiancheng, Jiang Dongzhi, Yang Keli and Li Zhi.

According to Qin Lin's analysis, one possibility is that Xu Wenchang, who finally handed the wine to Lian Zhiqing, poisoned it, and the second possibility is that someone put the poison in the wine before, and then Gu Xiancheng struck the order to control the wine glass into Lian Zhiqing's hands.

"Before Lian Zhiqing drank wine, who was the last to drink? Between him and Lian Zhiqing, who passed the lotus shoes? Qin Lin asked Cao Shaoqin the most critical question.

Cao Shaoqin replied with certainty: "Jiang Dongzhi is the one who drank wine in front of Lian Zhiqing, Gu Xiancheng gave the order, he gave the lotus shoes to Yang Keli, the next one is Li Rusong, and then Xu Wenchang." ”

Jiang Dongzhi, Yang Keli and Li Rusong's faces are a little unpleasant, and their suspicions are no less than Xu Wenchang.

"Isn't there anything strange about the flasks, the glasses, and the lotus shoes themselves? Is the wine in the jug poisonous, but what about the wine in the glass? Qin Lin asked again, the reason for this question is because some wine jugs and wine glasses have ingenious mechanisms, and the murderer can use them to make some fame.

Yu Huatian shook his head: "Lord Qiqi, I have carefully inspected it, and they are all ordinary utensils. The wine in the jug is not poisonous, the glass has been knocked over, and the residual wine is poisonous. And the incident happened suddenly, after Lian Zhiqing's death, everyone was in full view, and the murderer should not have a chance to drop the bag. ”

After questioning, it was confirmed that from the time of the incident to the present, no one present has left, and no one has made strange moves.

Qin Lin laughed hesitantly: "So, no one has ever washed their hands?" Come on, hurry up and make a nest rabbit for this official! ”

The servants of the East Factory smashed the door door from house to house, making the chickens and dogs jump nearby, and it didn't take long for Huo Chonglou to find a litter of rabbits that were just seven or eight days old.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please reach out and feed the rabbits!" Qin Lin smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Xu Wenchang, Gu Xiancheng and the others.

Since there is no poison in the jug, and the glass is poisonous, it means that the wine was not poisonous when it was poured out of the jug, and the poison was added after it was poured into the wine glass, and the murderer wanted to do this, and it was very likely that the poison would get on his fingers, and because of the situation after the incident, he did not have a chance to clean it.

"Why!" Koto was the first to shout.

"I'll come," Xu Wenchang glanced at him, rolled up the sleeves of his robe and walked forward, and sneered: "Since there is no ghost in your heart, why hide your head and show your tail?" ”

After that, Xu Wenchang had already walked in front of Qin Lin, smiled and nodded, and then stretched out his hands.

"Come on", as soon as Qin Lin ordered, Huo Chonglou brought the female rabbit over, squeezed some rabbit milk and applied it to Xu Wenchang's fingers.

Xu Xinyi was curious, and rushed to grab a little rabbit and came over, the rabbit sniffed and smelled, and felt a familiar taste, so he licked it around Xu Wenchang's hand.

After a while, the little rabbit did not have any abnormalities, Qin Lin waved his hand, Xu Xinyi let go of it, and the rabbit immediately came to the female rabbit and squeezed it.

Li Rusong did the same, and Xu Xinyi took another little rabbit to make it as before, and there was no sign of poisoning.

Jiang Dongzhi and the others looked at each other, and now they have no choice but to reluctantly accept the test.

Strange to say, until the last sheep Keli, all the experimental rabbits did not appear abnormal, and the servants looked at Qin Lin in a little surprise, waiting for his next instructions.

Gu Xiancheng and his gang smirked, winked at each other, and the corners of their mouths turned down with disdain.

It's weird! Qin Lin scratched his scalp, if his judgment was correct, he should be able to find the poison from the murderer's fingers, could there be something else wrong with this case?

Xu Xinyi walked up to him and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, scratch the blind?" ”

The question was very polite, but the concern in his expression was incomprehensible.

Qin Lin nodded: "I still don't understand, why did the murderer kill Lian Zhiqing?" Just to blame Xu Wenchang? ”

Of course, Qin Lin believed that it was impossible for Xu Wenchang to poison people, even if he put aside his character and surname, Xu Wenchang really wanted to kill Lian Zhiqing, and he would just talk to Qin Lin in the morning and arrest him in the Dongchang prison and slowly concoct it.

As for Gu Xiancheng, Yang Keli and others, of course, there are some suspicions, but the suspicions are also limited.

Lu Yuanzhi also came up: "Brother Qin, Mrs. Xu, I think it's not like it's premeditated, I asked just now, Li Rusong invited Gu Xiancheng and them to drink flower wine, and then temporarily bumped into Xu Wenchang, so he pulled the old man over, and both sides were taken aback at that time, so Gu Xiancheng and they couldn't guess in advance that Xu Wenchang would come!" ”

Qin Lin completely agrees with this view, at least Xu Wenchang was involved in this case, which should be a coincidence.

"Poisoning is a relatively sophisticated premeditated crime," Qin Lin muttered to himself, after all, few people carry poison with them, so this kind of crime is often premeditated and prepared.

Then, Xu Wenchang, who was temporarily invited, is not counted, and the five guests who are really involved in the case should be the hosts Li Rusong and Gu Xiancheng.

"Li Rusong should also be ruled out," Xu Xinyi combed down the fat man's train of thought, "He actually invited Gu Xiancheng and the three people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it was Gu Xiancheng who brought Lian Zhiqing here, Li Rusong didn't know in advance, and it was impossible to make arrangements in advance." ”

Speaking of which, Qin Lin, Xu Xinyi, and Lu Yuanzhi looked at each other, feeling that the case had simply entered a dead end, Gu Xiancheng was among the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and the three major scolding generals were all the supervising imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lian Zhiqing was just a prisoner of the country, so it can be said that they didn't know Lian Zhiqing at all before today, so why did they murder him?

"Maybe there is another possibility," Xu Xinyi walked lightly with his long legs, looking at Qin Lin's apricot core eyes shining: "That is, the murderer is not sure who poisoned at all, and whoever has his turn will be unlucky!" ”

Lu Yuanzhi instinctively wanted to laugh, feeling that this was too unbelievable.

Qin Lin was shocked and looked at the eldest lady with admiration.

Crimes that do not identify the object!

It is indeed possible that there is no identified object for the crime, and the murderer does not necessarily poison a specific target, but kills anyone present.

If this is the case, the detection of the case will be even more difficult, Qin Lin felt that the murderer was simply hidden in the fog, and in a trance he saw a vague shadow, and he really wanted to look closely, but it disappeared...... "Maybe, maybe our thinking has gone astray from the beginning," Qin Lin frowned deeply, with the keen intuition of a criminal investigation veteran, he felt that the direction of solving the case was not in the right direction.

Is it really a killing without a specific object? Xu Xinyi's apricot eyes widened, looked at Gu Xiancheng vigorously, and then reported his findings to Qin Lin: "Hey, have you seen it, Gu Xiancheng's kid is yin and yang, and he doesn't look like a good person...... By the way, do you remember, Liu Huanzhi's bastard is his friend, as the saying goes, people are like clusters and groups, hum! ”

Gu Xiancheng was stared at with a weak heart, reached out and touched his face, and said in his heart that there are no flowers on my face?

How could Qin Lin not remember Liu Huanzhi's case? He thought for a while and shook his head: "No, even if it is a murder without a specific target, why did Gu Xiancheng do it today, these people are all his gang!" No, no, I will analyze the case itself before, let's start from the beginning, don't care who is present and who is suspicious, change the direction and look at the motive. ”

Xu Xinyi paced, and his willow eyebrows tightened: "The motive is nothing more than because of money, hatred, and affection, Lian Zhiqing's family is poor, not because of money, he didn't know everyone present before today, it seems unlikely that he will have a grudge, because of affection, it is even more ridiculous, you look at his respectful face, and there are a lot of acne pimples on his face......

Miss Xu spoke in a rough voice, and the two servants of Lian Zhiqing not far away heard it, and the old servant wiped his tears and said indignantly: "Madame, don't talk nonsense, what kind of acne pimples are this?" My little master has hay fever, and the weather will disappear as soon as the weather is cool. ”

Everyone present shook their heads, and the old servant's mood to protect the little master was understandable, but whether it was acne pimples or hay fever, in short, there were many red bumps on his face, Xu Xinyi's words were right.

Unexpectedly, Qin Lin was suddenly shocked, his eyes were shining, and he stared at the old servant tightly: "What, you said that he has hay fever on his face?!" ”

(To be continued)