Cui Hongdu knelt down and stretched out his fingers to test the man's breath. After a while, he sighed: "Jiang Buhuan is dead." After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked around the house, finally stopping at the back window.

Next to him, he saw a window stuck inside, and looked towards the roof. Then he jumped up, lightly jumped onto the beam, raised his head and looked carefully.

Liu Jibei walked to the corpse and took a closer look at it. He saw that Jiang Buhuan had a peaceful expression, as if he was asleep. He couldn't help turning his head and asked Da Xizhen in a low voice: "How did he die?"

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Da Xizhen shook his head and said, "I can only say now that it doesn't look like he was killed, but rather he committed suicide."

Liu Jibei said in confusion: "If it was suicide, what was the reason?"

At this time, Cui Hongdu jumped down from the beam, clapped his hands and said, "He did not commit suicide." Then, he walked to the body, took off the body's clothes in two or two, and began to carefully examine the naked body.

Cui Hongdu first touched the body, then bent the body. Then he turned the body over, looked at the back and anus, then laid the body flat on its back, took a silver needle, and inserted it into the throat of the body.

, after he pulled out the needle, he took a look and put it away.

Da Xizhen and Liu Jibei looked on, feeling that Cui Hongdu was calm and meticulous. When inspecting the body, he was meticulous and orderly. They couldn't help but glance at each other, and both could see the admiration in the other's eyes.

Cui Hongdu looked at the pupils of the corpse for the last time, then pried open the mouth of the corpse, smelled it, then stood up straight, turned back to Da Xizhen and said: "Jiang Buhuan has been dead for about six hours. He was killed by someone."

Yes, the person who harmed him neither entered through the door nor jumped into the house through the window, but came in through the roof by removing the tiles."

Da Xizhen asked: "How did you know that he had been dead for nearly six hours?"

Cui Hongdu showed a smile on his cold face and said: "Because the spots on his back have turned purple, and the whole body is rigor mortis, this is the evidence."

Da Xizhen said again: "Just now I saw you jump on the beam, touch the tiles, and get some dust on your hands. I knew you had made a discovery. Now tell me, what exactly did you find?"

Cui Hongdu looked at Liu Jibei, hesitated, and then sighed: "This house has been built for a long time, and the roof tiles have long been covered with mud. But when I jumped on the beam to check, I first saw something on the beam.

Puffs of dust, and then I found that although some tiles were stacked very tightly, the soil in the gaps was missing. As for the range, it was just enough for a person to come in and out. So, I judged that the assassin came from the roof.

Come in."

Da Xizhen sighed: "Just now I praised you for your brilliant mind, which was somewhat of a compliment. However, now I really want to say something. Brother Cui, you are not only meticulous and insightful, but you are also rigorous in thinking and extremely smart.

Man, the word 'Living Yama' is too superficial, I should call you 'God-Destroying Yama'."

Cui Hongdu laughed and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, let's get back to business. I looked at the body carefully, but I didn't find any injuries. However, when I pierced the silver needle into his throat and took it out,

The silver needle has changed color, which means he died of poisoning."

Out of curiosity, Da Xizhen took Cui Hongdu's silver needle over and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, he saw that the tip of the silver needle turned black and shone with a faint light, so he smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Brother Cui had this problem."

I also hid something like this. If I run out of money one day, I can use it in exchange for a meal."

Cui Hongdu ignored him, grabbed the silver needle and put it away, and then said: "It seems that at the fourth watch last night, Jiang Buhuan had an old friend visit. Because he was not alert, he took the poison and died."

Da Xi asked in surprise: "How did you know that the person who poisoned Jiang Buhuan to death was his old friend?"

Cui Hongdu said disapprovingly: "Then there's no need to ask, if a stranger came in, why would Jiang Buhuan not yell loudly? If so, wouldn't the guards outside the house not be able to hear it?"

Da Xi Zhen nodded and said: "That's indeed the truth."

Then he frowned and said, "Since someone wants to poison him, it means he must be hiding some unknown secret. What secret is it?"

Liu Jibei suddenly said: "Jiang Buhuan has been here for several days. Why didn't he die earlier and later? He died after his companions left. Is there any mystery in this?"

Cui Hongdu looked at Liu Jibei strangely. After a while, he looked away and sighed: "It's better not to say some things too early, otherwise you may easily get into trouble."

Liu Jibei smiled and replied: "Whatever is supposed to come will come. As long as you have no fear in your heart, why should you be afraid of it?"

Cui Hongdu didn't say anything more. He led Da Xizhen and Liu Jibei out of the house, called the two guards over, and said: "Jiang Buhuan is dead. Don't make it public, not even to your own people. Secretly

He can just bury it."

Both of them were stunned, as if they were about to explain something, but were stopped by Cui Hongdu with a gesture. He only heard him whisper: "I know this matter has nothing to do with you. You just need to do it according to my wishes.

Don’t think about it.”

Liu Jibei saw that Cui Hongdu had never had a good impression of him, and all clues about Chen Xu's case were lost due to Jiang Buhuan's death, so he thought about it and felt that it was unnecessary to stay here, so he said to Da Xizhen:

"General Da Xi has some business to attend to, and I am just an idle person. If I stay any longer, I'm afraid I'll cause people to gossip. Why don't I go back first, and we'll contact you if we have anything to do."

Da Xizhen said with a smile: "I know what brother is thinking. Since you want to leave first, then you can go. If there is any progress regarding Chen Xu, I will tell you."

Cui Hongdu looked at Da Xizhen from the side and frowned, seeing that he was very dissatisfied with his attitude, but maybe because of his face, he couldn't bear it.

Liu Jibei saw this and didn't care, so he bowed his hands to the two of them and left.

When they came to the street, Liu Jibei thought to himself: "It seems that Chen Xu's matter won't make any progress for a while. Why don't I go to Fengqiyuan as well. After all, Yuwen Shenju and Wang Gui don't care about me."

Yes, now that the two of them are in trouble, they should care about them. Besides, there are Fan Jineng and Ri Keqi there. They are loyal tribesmen of Chunba. They have been away for so long, so it is time to go and have a look."

Liu Jibei then thought again: "In the palace the night before yesterday, I was only thinking about how to capture Murong Gu Yue. Regarding the matter of food and grass and the assassination of He Ruoden, I didn't mention a word in front of Yu Wenyong. It seems that I was going to Feng

Before leaving Qiyuan, you should first say hello to the emperor, otherwise he will still be kept in the dark."

Thinking of this, he felt determined and walked towards the direction of the palace.

By the time Liu Jibei arrived at the north gate of the palace, it was almost dusk. He took out the magic tablet on his body, passed the palace gate, and rushed directly to the Greenhouse Hall.

Liu Jibei knew that Yu Wenyong always stayed in the Greenhouse Hall when he was fine. The reason was that his health was not very good. Although he drank a lot, he was born with a weak body and often felt cold, because the Greenhouse Hall was very warm.

, so he would often rest there.

When Liu Jibei passed by the Hanren Hall, some people suddenly came out of the Hanren Hall. He took a casual look and happened to meet the eyes of one of them. He couldn't help but feel a move in his heart and thought to himself: What a coincidence, how did they meet?

Where is she?

Liu Jibei hesitated for a moment, and then felt something was wrong, so he continued to walk forward. Unexpectedly, he heard the man calling him after taking a few steps: "Brother Liu, walk slowly, I have something to say."

He turned around and saw the man leaving his companions and walking slowly over. He smiled softly and said, "It turns out to be Miss Jialuo. I thought you would stay in the house, but who knew you would actually run into the palace? I must have

I’m going to see the Queen Mother Chinu again!”

That person was Dugu Jialuo, whom she had not seen for many days. She walked up to Liu Jibei, lowered her head and said, "If I didn't call you just now, would you have just walked away?"

Liu Jibei's nostrils were filled with Dugu Jialuo's substantive orchid fragrance, and he couldn't help but smile: "You won't hurt me, why should I leave?"

Dugu Jialuo raised his face, looked at Liu Jibei, changed the subject and said, "I haven't seen you for so many days, how are you doing, brother?"

Liu Jibei saw that Dugu Jialuo seemed to have lost a lot of weight. He asked and answered the question: "Why do I feel like you have lost a lot of weight, sister? You are about to get married to Brother Yang. Is there anything else that is unsatisfactory?"

?”

Dugu Jialuo was startled, then blushed on her cheeks, and replied a little at a loss: "Have I lost weight? I didn't realize it myself." Somehow, when she said this, she seemed a little uncomfortable.

She felt so comfortable that she made a few soft sounds in her throat, and then she quickly covered her mouth, with some mist lingering in her eyes.

When Liu Jibei saw this, he unconsciously took half a step forward and asked nervously: "Sister, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Dugu Jialuo's face became even more rosy. She put down her jade hand and looked back at the companions who walked out of Hanren Hall with her. She saw that although they were far away, they were looking here from time to time.

Turning around, he whispered to Liu Jibei: "I'm okay, I just haven't seen you for many days, and I feel a little worried about you."

Liu Jibei suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't explain what was wrong. After hearing Jialuo's words, he smiled slightly and said, "Isn't the elder brother good? If the girl misses the elder brother, wait until you and

Brother Yang is married. When the eldest brother has nothing to do, he will come to see you. Then don’t think it’s troublesome for the eldest brother!”
Chapter completed!