Chapter 31
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Ren Hong's suspicion of Qian Wu (tuó)tuo began with Lu Guangsu's explanation.
On the day Liu Suichang was killed, the old Qian took out wine and meat and ate it with Lu Guangsu for the first time, which caused Lu Guangsu to get drunk and delayed his waiting.
Lu Guangsu also revealed that when Ling Shi came to investigate the murder case, Qian Lutuo asked Lu Guangsu to hide the matter from the reason that if he told the truth, Lu Guangsu might be suspected.
After returning to the beacon, Ren Hong learned from Zhao Hu'er that Qian Lutuo was very concerned about Feng Xuan who had fled from the Great Wall. After asking repeatedly, he became even more suspicious.
What made him finally confirm that this person was Heng Tang who was added to the soup of a sunflower!
Hengtang is the "Langdou" (làng dàng) of later generations, also known as Tianxian. It is a very common plant in the northwest. It has slightly poisonous all over the body. When it is tooth pain, you can chew some leaves and stems to relieve pain, but taking too much can cause drowsiness and even deep coma.
His son can actually be used as medicine to cure madness. When Ren Hong came to the Han Dynasty, he was shocked and said a lot of words from later generations. He even hit a wall and hit a tree in order to get back... In the eyes of the witch doctor, he was a little crazy, so he gave him a dose of soup made by Heng Tangzi. The effect was excellent. He slept all day and was called the sweat medicine of the Han Dynasty.
The aoi soup and the dried meat inside covered up most of the stimulating smell of Hengtang, but Ren Hong, who had suffered a lot, would not forget it.
Ren Hong was originally worried that if everyone in the beacon tower would have been in a mess and murdered Liu Suichang together, and then he would be able to fight against eight.
But when he saw that Qian Lutuo didn't know what was going on, he put medicine in the vegetable soup that everyone would drink, he felt relieved.
It seems that not everyone is his accomplice!
Now things are much easier to handle.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Lu Guangsu, who had just almost drunk the vegetable soup, stood up so angry that he did not draw a knife to cut Ren Hong's head, but instead angrily pressed Qian Lutu to the ground!
They also took out a small bag of seeds from Qian Litutu's arms. Song Wan trembled with his hands, opened it and smelled it, and then looked at it for Ren Hong.
"It's indeed Hengtang Zishi!"
"Old, I'm sorry, you said, what do you mean by poisoning the food?"
Han Gandang grabbed Qian Lituo's gray hair and wanted to give in, but Qian Lituo suddenly spit out a bite of minced meat!
He was already covered in blood, but he was still smiling.
"No, this heir bit his tongue!"
Of course, Qian Lutuo bit his tongue not for suicide, he would not die like this. He just wanted to not reveal his accomplices in the next confession. This person was illiterate and after he lost his tongue, Ren Hong had no choice but to do anything to him.
It was indeed a wolf kill. Ren Hong knew that he had encountered a tough guy.
Han Gandang was at a loss and looked at Ren Hong: "Chief Sui, what should I do?"
"Stop the bleeding from him, tie it up first."
Han and Lu tied Qian Lituo to the pillar. The assistant Song Wan was completely gone now and then he maintained Qian Lituo's high posture and poisoned his superiors and colleagues. This was impossible to wash away. He just bowed to Ren Hong in a little fear:
"Chief Sui, what's going on?"
"Song Zhuli, haven't you understood it yet?"
Ren Hongdao: "Feng Xuan, the great slave who had just been captured that morning, told him that when he was in the Huns, he heard that someone from Polusui and Linghusui had traitors and smuggled prohibited objects to the Huns. Song Zhuli, I heard that you had been with Polusui for two years. You really don't know what happened under your nose?"
"I don't know, I don't know at all!"
Song Wan was a little panicked. Although he was illiterate, he was in the border area and heard from his superiors that the government punished the traitors for the crime.
As early as Wen Jing, the Han Dynasty stipulated in the Han Law that "no gold iron fields are given to barbarians and foreigners" and "In the Hu city, officials and people are not allowed to carry weapons and iron out of the pass. Even if they buy them in the capital city, the law is one."
The most typical example is that the Hun Xiongzi in Hexi, under the attack of Huo Qubing, led his people to surrender to the Han Dynasty. King Hun Xie brought some subordinates to Chang'an to pay homage to Emperor Wu of Han. The merchants in Chang'an traded with King Hun Xie's subordinates, sold iron and field tools and other items. According to the law, more than 500 people died!
In Chang'an, the Hu trade in Guiyi, which is affiliated with the internal Guiyi, is so strict that it is not necessary to secretly smuggle contraindications in the border areas. Once seized, it will undoubtedly die. If the family is serious, the clan will be punished, and if the family is minor, it will be punished as slaves.
Although Dunhuang County kills several people every year, the profits of smuggling cannot be stopped, and successors are still in a row.
If the frontier officials and soldiers know that they do not report the information or even assist the unscrupulous businessmen, they will be punished with the same crime. Even if they do not know that, they will be severely punished for their inadvertent punishment and traitors!
Ren Hong continued to ask Song Wan: "Chief Liu must have noticed this matter and was harmed by him. Song Shuili, think about it carefully, before Liu Shui had an accident, he didn't leave anything?"
"No..." Song Wan recalled seriously and said, "One time, Liu Sui called me outside, as if he had something to say, but he stopped talking. The next day, something happened to him!"
Ren Hong absorbed this new information and said, "Qian Tuodao participated in the traitor and the killing of Liu Suichang. Today, when he heard Feng Xuan's confession, he was anxious because he was afraid that the crime would be discovered, so he became anxious, so he acted as poisoning."
The Hengtang added to the meal, because the concentration is not high, it will not cause immediate poison, and it will only make people feel sleepy, and then they will go to bed. When they are sleeping soundly, Qian Lutuo can take the opportunity to do things...
As for whether he wanted to let Feng Xuan go, let Ren Hong and the others lose their witnesses, or leave to inform their accomplices, or even take ruthless measures to kill Quan Suiren one by one, it is unknown.
Ren Hong looked down at the ground and finally caught the clue, but was bitten off by Qian Lutuo. What should we do next?
"Did the beacon next door participate in this murder case caused by smuggling? Also, there are still a few wolf left in the Pangluo Shu?"
Ren Hong glanced at everyone. Now he could eliminate the suspicion by 100%. Only Lu Guangsu, who provided important information and almost drank vegetable soup.
As for Zhao Hu'er and Han Dandang, although they were helpful to Ren Hong, Ren Hong was still not 100% sure.
The remaining Song Wan, Zhang Qianren, Yin Youqing, and Liu Tu are still unclear.
"Chief Ren Shui, I'm going to guard the beacon tower, no one can watch it." Zhao Hu'er seemed to have not taken this incident seriously. She had already finished a bowl of dried millet rice silently, and carried a hard bow and was about to go up.
Ren Hong stopped him: "You stay and help me. As for the beacon, don't worry now. Let others go up after dark."
He was actually afraid of Zhao Hu'er's bow, and he was also afraid that he had misjudged the person. Zhao Hu'er's archery skills were superb. If he was condescending, it would take only a moment to shoot all the people in the yard below to death...
It would be better to let Zhao Huer and Han Gandang stay below to restrain each other. The two of them have always been in a bad mood. Even if one of them has problems, they will not be able to pee in a pot.
Among the remaining few people, Song Wan was obviously panicked and was still trying hard to explain to Ren Hong, wanting to clear the matter.
Zhang Qianren was a little scared, silently hugged his black dog, and looked at the others in Suili with suspicion.
Yin Youqing also squatted aside and was speechless, looking scared.
Only Liu Tu, who was still filial to Liu Suichang, was filled with righteous indignation. He went over and kicked Qian Lituo hard and spitted his spit on his face.
"I didn't expect that this old man would be so vicious. It's a pity that my uncle treated him well when he was in office!"
He was very excited, and in the end, Zhao Hu'er stopped him. Liu Tucai gave up and turned around and bowed to Ren Hongchang:
"Ren Sui Chang knew the traitor with a wise eye and found Qian Lutuo. He is really my benefactor!"
He asked again:
"But this matter is quite a bit serious. If I drag it down, I may change. When I came, I rode a horse. It would be better to rush to the office of the Buguang Houguan to report to the officials. Let the officials send the emperor to the reconsideration of the case as soon as possible. We must arrest all the traitors who killed my uncle so that he can rest in peace!"
"You can go quickly without further ado."
Ren Hong said with a smile, but when Liu Tu was eager to go out, he suddenly stretched out his foot, tripped him up, and threw him into a mouth and chewed the mud!
Immediately, he pressed his knee on his back, unsheathed his head and put his backhand across his neck, making him unable to move.
"Two and three sons, tie Liu Tu up!"
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Chapter completed!