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Chapter Thirty-Five

The old coroner stepped forward to check, and stabbed a silver needle into the throat of the corpse. After waiting for a while, he took it out and looked at it. It did not turn black. He turned around and reported, "Sir, the deceased had no external injuries, his clothes were intact, and he had no tearing and pulling marks. Judging from his face, he should have committed suicide by taking poison. This poison is also very strange. It is not arsenic. It looks like death. It should be a severe poison called Thunder Vine. The person who was infected with this poison first had unbearable stomach pain and then vomiting. It usually took half an hour to kill him. But the deceased did not vomit. It should be that the deceased drank alcohol before his death, which shortened the time of death. Because Thunder Vine is more intense than arsenic, it is mixed with wine, which is more toxic and has a faster attack."

"About when will it be killed?" Hong Zulie asked a professional question.

"It was about two hours ago, that is, the deceased had died for more than two hours."

"Then they died after the Mid-Shi." Hong Zulie said. Then he called Zhou Zhongxing and asked, "Who was on duty yesterday? Call them here."

"To my master's words, there were two people on duty yesterday, divided into two classes. The one on duty during the day was called Zhou Sanpi, nicknamed Zhou Dice; the one on duty at night was called Si Zuye, nicknamed Lang Eyelid. Beizhi has sent someone to find them." Zhou Zhongxing replied.

"Zhou Dice? I guess he is a gambler? Where does Si Sanni come from?" Hong Zulie asked.

"As the adults said, it is indeed as the adults said, Zhou Diciao plays dice all day long and is a real gambler; the reason why Si Zuye is called "bad eyelids" is because he likes to drink a few sips of wine, and his eyes are bad, and he is a bad eyelid." Zhou Zhongxing replied.

"Look at your subordinates, who are you?" Hong Zulie said disdainfully.

"Ask the elders, although both of them have problems, they are inheriting their ancestral property and are still very responsible in their work," Zhou Zhongxing replied.

"How did the jailer be on duty?" Gu Yanqing asked.

"Sir, this is the prison guard in the inner class, and there are guards in the outer class. The prison guard in the inner class only delivers food to prisoners, collects cups and plates. If there are any prisoners' families who deliver food and clothing, check it out, and then there are those who visit the prison and are responsible for surveillance. This is basically all."

"In this way, as long as you find these two people, you should be able to find the source of the poison. It is clear who sent the poison." Hong Zulie said.

"You can't draw a conclusion so simply," Gu Yanqing said.

The reason Gu Yanqing said this is because he has seen that the prison is very problematic. There is only one jailer on duty. If there are not many prisoners in the prison, one jailer can see it completely, but there is a lack of mutual supervision. If someone outside bribes the prisoner, what can’t be trusted? What poison can’t be brought in?

Why is Bi Kexing so lazy to be on duty for such an important prisoner? What's more, one is a gambler and the other is a drunkard. Is there no article here?

"Warner Zhou, this is how do you usually serve on duty?"

"yes."

"Why didn't you add the jailer after Bi Kexing entered the prison?"

"Sir, I don't know that he will commit suicide? Anyway, as long as the prisoner is not allowed to escape from prison, it will be considered as fulfilling his duties. You must know that he will commit suicide, so I have to arrange more prisoners on duty." Zhou Zhongxing shouted.

"What is this reason? What's the attitude? Judging from this guy's enthusiasm, he didn't feel at ease with this matter. Well, this case is the presiding of the Ministry of Justice, and the prison is their territory. It's not good if I ask too much. Let's see how Hong Zulie handles this matter." Gu Yanqing thought to himself.

"Okay, you can hide your own affairs from me? It's just relying on this little power to get some money in ignorance. Otherwise, where will Zhou Jizi get the money from the money? Where can he drink wine if he has bad eyelids? Also, why not add more people? Zhou Zhongxing, don't you know this is the case of Qin?"

"Oh, Lord Hong, you don't know that the guards are less than the salary? If you are counting on that, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind. Brothers are just giving the prisoners a little convenience and spending some money to supplement the family income. Besides, letting them suffer less is considered accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, right? There is also the matter of increasing manpower. Lord Hong, Lord Gu doesn't know, you still don't understand the feelings? We are too hands-on, and we really can't arrange it." Zhou Zhongxing started to pour bitterness with his strong words.

"Oh, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water, your salary is not enough for you to spend, and I can understand it. It is not easy for you to know that you are not enough. It is not enough for the staff, and you have to divide it into two classes, black and white, enough for you to bear. If you are revived, don't be humiliated." Hong Zulie waved his hand and said.

When Gu Yanqing listened to the conversation between the two, why did he feel like he was acting? Was he acting for himself? Let him understand the difficulties of the jailers?

At this point, Gu Yanqing felt a little scent, so he stopped talking too much, so as not to hinder Hong Zulie from protecting his subordinates. However, he did not intend to hide it for Hong Zulie. The Ministry of Justice and the Censorate will not take the blame.

After a while, the jailer who went to find someone came back.

"Sir, Zhou Jizi has found it, but his bad eyelids are gone. The villain didn't find anyone at his house. His family said he didn't see him home. The villain found a few more restaurants he usually goes to, but no one was found."

Ah? The bad eyelids are gone?

Hong Zulie and Gu Yanqing looked at each other, and both felt that there must be a big conspiracy behind Bi Kexing's suicide.

"Zhou Sanpi, tell me what happened to Bi Kexing when he was on duty yesterday?" Zhou Zhongxing called a thin, black man over. Hong Zulie knew that this person was Zhou Sanpi and asked hurriedly.

"Sir, after Bi Kexing finished the hall yesterday, he returned to the prison and was alone in a daze, sighing constantly. Later, his wife and son came to visit the prison, and the whole family hugged their heads and cried for a while." Zhou Sanpi replied while recalling.

"Are you monitoring me next to me?" Hong Zulie asked.

"No...yes." Zhou Sanpi hesitated and replied.

"Why?!" Hong Zulie shouted sternly.

"Sir, forgive me, and forgive me! His wife gave the little one a piece of silver, and the little one was greedy for cheapness, so she gave them a convenience. What they said, the little one really didn't know." Zhou Sanpi said with a crying voice.

When Gu Yanqing heard this, he felt that Zhou Sanpi was worthy of being an old prison guard. He knew the importance of the matter and would rather tell the story of accepting money from the prisoner's family than to deceive his boss.

Because he knew that Bi Kexing's conversation with his wife and son was probably related to his suicide. This matter cannot be lies and is related to human life. Therefore, he has been emphasizing that he has not heard the conversation between the prisoner and his family.
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