"Poisoned?" Chi Shi frowned. She took the cloth from Chi Zhu's hand, threw it aside, and tied up her slightly dry hair with a hairband.

After she investigated the case at Lu Jin's home, Zhou Xian briefly told her about the death of King Runan in battle. At that time, he said that King Runan set up an ambush in Qinglong Gorge and wanted to encircle and annihilate the enemy, but unexpectedly he was surrounded. When he was riding a horse south, he was tied up with a horse tie and threw it off, and then died in a mess of knives.

Because the commander of our army was killed in battle, the soldiers were all in chaos at that time. In Qinglongxia, the Liang army was defeated, and almost all of the confidants of the King of Runan were killed in battle.

None of these sentences mentions the word poisoning.

Chi Zhu nodded, he raised his hand and began to gesture on his body, "There are serious scratches on his face, hands, and legs, all of which are left behind by dragging. There are twenty-seven scars on his back, including knife wounds, and spear penetration injuries."

"A preliminary test is completely in line with the report delivered by the border at that time. However, intuition tells me that something is wrong."

"It's very simple," Chi Shi raised his eyebrows, "Because according to the report, the drag injury will definitely not be like this."

Chi Shi said, untied his headband, tied it in a circle, and put it on the lid of the teapot, "If the lid of this teapot is King Runan, the body of the pot below is a horse. I am the one who put it out."

"At that time, our army found out that we were trapped and retreated south quickly. The King of Runan should have his back facing the enemy. At this time, he was pulled back with his horse rope, and he was dragged on the ground. The general was wearing armor and putting his neck on his neck, which was very uncomfortable. His hands would subconsciously want to pull the rope."

"In this case, where there are scratches, it should be concentrated on the elbow and the hind legs."

Chi Shi said, pulling the teapot lid slammed and flipped over and fell to the ground. "Even during the pulling process, there was a rolling roll, causing him to be dragged on his lie down."

"The King of Runan also pulled the rope with his hands, raised his head, and tried to save himself. In this case, there should be no scratches on his wrists and face, or even continuous scratches on his face..."

"From the traces on the corpse, King Runan should have lost consciousness after he was caught. So he did not struggle or resist at all, like a salted fish, recognizing people and dragging them."

Chi Shi said as he dragged the lid of the pot and slipped on the table.

"King Runan is a military general, and he has the time to stay with him. He is different from a weak man like you, Dad. Just fall off the horse and will not make him lose consciousness. Unless he is already caught before he is trapped... Because of this, you think of poisoning."

Chi Zhu looked at Chi in amazement, "What you think is almost exactly the same as Dad."

"That's true, so I carefully examined the body and found a black pinhole on his right waist. Someone should have stabbed him with a poisonous needle. At that moment, King Runan could not move..."

"That's why he was easily trapped by the enemy's horse rope. The poisonous one was so powerful that he was dead when he saw blood."

Chi Zhu said, tightening his hands and sighing again.

"He was wearing armor, and the only thing he could use to stab him through the gap in the armor piece was his left and right arm. Because the time was too short, I couldn't find out what poison he was getting."

"Also, your great-grandfather was no longer there at that time, and our Chi family was in the court, so there was almost no room for talk. I was young and although I was a little famous, I could investigate the case. If I wanted to find out something bigger, it would be a dream."

At that time, Zhou Xian, the King of Chu who was not in charge of the Innocence Seal, was because Chi Zhu had no way to check whatever he wanted like Chi Shi.

"I told General Li the truth about this, and there was nothing I could do about the rest. After General Li learned about it, he told me two things, one was that there was a traitor in the army who killed King Runan, and he already had a look in his heart."

"Second, he and King Runan once had an agreement, that is, there was a secret, and the jade pendant was sent to the message. But after he went there, he did not find the jade pendant."

Chi Shi listened and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Do you suspect that the jade worn by Guan Yi, the prince of Runan, who had just been found, was the jade used for messaging in General Li's mouth?"

Chi Zhu's expression calmed down and nodded, "That's exactly what it is."

He said, his hands tightened and sighed again, "I heard that the prince of Runan has been around our Youhai for so many years... I think that when Princess Runan was attacked, she was unreliable. Maybe she wanted to go to Youhai for help..."

"But I never expected..."

Chi Shi patted Chi Zhu's shoulder speechlessly, "Dad, I look at you, your face is not big, why do you like to look at your face so much and carry a load on your shoulders?"

"Only our Chi family is a loyal and righteous minister in all Daliang, and only you are a reliable person..."

Chi Zhu had a joke, and the sadness in his heart was half broken by Chi Shi.

"The King of Runan is very smart. If there are traitors around him, he may not have noticed it at all. Maybe he left some message in the jade pendant..."

"General Li has a high position and a powerful person. He met the late emperor and the queen. He told me not to interfere anymore, so as not to alarm the enemy. I did not care about this anymore, and only investigated the case in Jingzhao Prefecture with peace of mind."

"You know everything that happened later. General Li is loyal to the emperor and patriotism. I don't believe that he is definitely not the kind of person who plots against him... His death is probably related to the matter of King Runan."

Chi Shi reached out and touched Chi Zhu's forehead, "So, Dad, you want to overturn the case for General Li Mingxu who committed the crime of corruption."

Chi Zhu nodded heavily, "Do your best. The first thing we need to do is to see if there are any clues in the jade of the Prince of Runan."

Chi Shi was still about to speak, but when he heard Yao walk in quickly, "Quickly clean your hands and arrange your meal. After we use it, we will go to Jinglou early, where we can see the priest son parading on horseback. Today is a great day for Brother Ying. We will go nowhere."

"My grandma, I know. I should hire a painter to draw the scenery of my brother, then frame it and hang it on the top of my grandma's tent. In this way... others burst into tears late at night. When you open your eyes, you are so happy that you can't stop..."

Yao pinched Chi Shi's face speechlessly, "You naughty kid, you have also arranged my grandmother. Speaking of which, Lu Jin and his brother went back to Youhai to pay homage to their grandmother. Before leaving, he left you a letter and a box of things. You will take it back to your house later."

Chi Shi said "Oh", reached out and stole a piece of braised pork first.

"By the way, I didn't have time to ask before, how is His Highness the King of Chu doing? Is it great?"
Chapter completed!