A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 101: Corpse Poison
Under the dim light of the fire starter, Xie Daohan walked to the end of the corridor and turned into the dungeon!
As soon as we entered the dungeon, the nauseating smell became even stronger.

Even though Xie Daohan had seen countless crime scenes, he still found it a bit overwhelming. He covered his nose with his sleeve and took a few steps forward!

Xie Daohan suddenly saw a knife dropped on the ground at his feet. It was a barrier knife!

The Zhan Dao is the standard sword worn by Qingzhou constables.

Xie Daohan's bad premonition became stronger, and his eyes turned cold.

He took two more steps and vaguely saw a person lying on the ground!

He walked over vigilantly and shone the fire lighter towards the man's face!
That can only be considered a human face!
The two eyeballs had completely turned into black pus, which flowed out of the eye sockets and corroded streaks of rotten flesh on both cheeks!
There seemed to be a knife wound in the middle of the face, cutting the nose and mouth in half. The blood had dried and the wound was open...

The right side of his neck was black and rotten, and the skin and flesh on half of his shoulder had rotted away, oozing black pus...

Although the corpse was beyond recognition, Xie Daohan recognized it at a glance. This was his nephew Xie Lei!
"Lei'er! Lei'er!"

Xie Daohan banged his head on the ground and burst into tears! "Uncle, you're too late!"

"who is it?"

"Lei'er! Who is it? Who made you die so miserably!" Jie Daohan's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were red, and his nose was running!
"Brother, I'm so sorry! It's my fault that I didn't take good care of Lei'er! My Jie family has no descendants!"

Xie Daohan grabbed the dry soil on the ground and said angrily: "No matter who you are! I will definitely find you out!"

"I'll cut off your flesh piece by piece! Roast it and feed it to the dogs!"

After his grief, Xie Daohan quickly calmed down. He wiped away his tears and immediately organized a team of detectives to block off the place.

At the same time, he sent someone to invite a coroner to examine the body and search for clues!

The coroner had not arrived yet, so Xie Daohan held the oil lamp and entered the dungeon for the second time, and made another discovery.

He found the torn clothes, shoes and socks that he had taken off in the corner...

Xie Daohan recognized it at a glance. It was the clothes Xu Ruhu was wearing when he was arrested...

Xie Daohan's heart was pounding. Next to the clothes, there was a piece of peeled hair. Looking at the gray hair, it seemed to be Xu Ruhu's scalp!
"Xu Ruhu?" He didn't expect that Xie Lei's death was related to Xu Ruhu!

Soon, Xie Daohan dug up Xu Ruhu's body underground next to the clothes!
Xie Daohan was in the dungeon, feeling cold all over, his thoughts racing...

He immediately gave orders, asking several trusted constables to lead a team to block the four city gates again!

He planned to let the coroner perform an autopsy first. After the autopsy, he would summarize the information and immediately report to the county magistrate Shen Yanliu!
There has been a major change in the case, and no one can enter or leave the city gate anymore!
Xie Daohan had just finished making arrangements when a constable arrived with a coroner.

This coroner inherited his father's career. His name was Liu Kui and he was only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

He is so young, if you first meet him, you will definitely look down on him! After all, the profession of a coroner is based on accumulated experience!

But Xie Daohan has been working with him for two or three years and has personally witnessed his father bringing him up. He knows that this kid, although young, has grown up holding skeletons, and is no worse than his old father at autopsies!
"Liu Kui, my Lei'er was murdered by someone! Please examine him carefully. If you find any clues, I will thank you greatly!" Xie Daohan said with red eyes.

On his way here, Liu Kui had already heard what the constable who called him said, so he sighed and said, "My condolences, Captain Jie! I will do my best!"

Liu Kui had not learned martial arts, and the well was narrow, so it was inconvenient for Xie Daohan to carry him up and down, so he tied a rope at the side of the well and tied Liu Kui, who was carrying the toolbox, down!

Liu Kui went down to the cave at the bottom of the well. At this time, bright oil lamps had been lit in the four corners of the cave. The strong stench and smell of blood were very pungent, but Liu Kui just frowned and endured it!

There were only Jie Daohan and Liu Kui in the dungeon.

Liu Kui looked focused as he began to examine Jie Lei's body with various tools!
Liu Kui used a scraper to scrape off some black pus and blood and dissolved it in a bowl of clear water. He picked up the bowl, sniffed it carefully, then threw a small piece of bacon from the toolbox into the bowl, observing the changes in the bacon!
"What's the matter? What kind of poison is that black pus?" Xie Daohan asked anxiously.

Liu Kui acted as if he didn't hear anything and just minded his own business. Jie Daohan didn't even get angry but just waited patiently.

After a long time, Liu Kui raised his head, his piercing eyes shining brightly, and said, "This should be the poison of corpse decay!"

"Corpse poison?"

"Yes." Liu Kui's eyes were clear as he said, "It was created by the evil doctor Shen Ping. It is mainly composed of corpse poison, mixed with various poisons. The toxicity is strong and mixed, and there is no medicine to cure it!"

"The evil doctor Shen Ping...it seems that this man...has retired for many years..." Xie Daohan looked thoughtful.

"Captain Jie, do you remember? Several years ago, the county magistrate had just arrived in Xiangu County to take up his post. When handling a case related to the Whale Tiger Gang, I followed my father to perform an autopsy and also encountered this corpse rot poison!" Liu Kui suddenly said.

Xie Daohan's eyes flickered. "Whale Tiger Gang?"

He really didn't know about this. At that time, the case concerning the Whale Tiger Gang was handled by Shen Yanliu personally, and he was not allowed to participate at all!

Xie Daohan thought to himself: The Whale Tiger Gang has disappeared for many years. Could it be that this matter has something to do with them?

Xie Daohan hesitated for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Are there any other clues?"

Liu Kui's eyes flickered as he said, "The wound on Xie Lei's face should be a knife wound, but the wound has not rotted, which shows that the blade was not poisoned!"

"As for these rotten wounds..." Liu Kui paused for a moment and said, "It should be some kind of small poisoned hidden weapon! It's probably a flying needle!"

"Flying needles?" Xie Daohan's heart moved, and he searched in his mind to see who in Xiangu County had practiced similar hidden weapon techniques.

“Both eyeballs are completely festered, and the edges of the entire eye sockets are almost corroded. It can be seen that the poisoned hidden weapon hit the middle of the eyeball. Therefore, it must be some kind of small poisoned hidden weapon, most likely a flying needle!” Liu Kui said with a twinkling look in his eyes, as if he had seen the scene.

In fact, when Duan Rong left, he had already taken away the remaining flying needles, but he still could not escape Liu Kui's analysis.

Xie Daohan came out of the underground cave and prepared to find Shen Yanliu to report the case. As soon as he came out of Xie Lei's yard, a constable suddenly came on horseback and told him that there was a funeral at the west gate, and there was a list of names approved by the county magistrate himself, and there were more than a hundred people on the list!
Xie Daohan was furious. His Lei'er had just died, and the funeral was being held at this time. It was too coincidental.

He had no choice but to suspect the enemy who killed his nephew, so he mixed in with the funeral crowd, hoping to take the opportunity to escape from the city.

Xie Daohan immediately mounted his horse and rode towards the west gate, fearing that he would be too late and let his enemy escape.

Xie Daohan looked at the list in his hand, which was stamped with the county office's seal, and felt a little troubled for a moment!
Next to the seal, there is Shen Yanliu’s personal signature!

If he directly denies the warrant, he would be slapping Shen Yanliu in the face!
Xie Daohan has worked with Shen Yanliu for several years and has gotten to know Shen Yanliu's temper very well. Although Shen Yanliu seems to be tolerant at ordinary times, he is actually very power-hungry, narrow-minded and vindictive.

Shen Yanliu had always been suspicious of him. If he dared to do so now, even refusing to acknowledge the warrant signed and sealed by Shen Yanliu himself, I'm afraid his career as a constable would be over soon, and Shen Yanliu would definitely find a reason to fire him.

Moreover, isn’t the case of Xu Ruhu right in front of him a ready-made handle for him?
The prison break was most likely done by Lei Er. Although he didn't know the hidden truth behind it, could he, who was both the captain of the police and the uncle, really stay out of it?

(End of this chapter)