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Chapter 53 Epidemic (7)
Su Mu was taken aback, and before he could ask in detail what happened, there was movement in the house, some were crying and some were screaming, and it was already a mess.
It wasn't until Su Mu walked into the courtyard that he saw the source of the panic clearly. It was a man with flames all over his body. The man was roaring in pain, and he could hardly see his appearance clearly.Standing aside shivering with water in hand, they didn't dare to take a step forward.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Su Mu didn't care that the people here might not know his identity, and said sharply, "What are you doing in a daze, put out the fire first!"
Some of the boys carrying the wooden bucket had the courage to pour water on it, while some had trembling legs and were unwilling to take a step forward no matter what, so Su Mu simply grabbed the bucket and saw that he had nothing to do.Frightened, some people were inspired and stepped forward to put out the fire, but it was too late. When the fire was completely extinguished, the people on the ground were silent.
Seeing that the man's skin was almost scorched black, Su Mu's heart sank, and he knew that he probably couldn't be saved.While checking, the crowd suddenly stepped aside, and an old man with gray hair came from outside.
He was supported by someone, and he approached tremblingly. When he saw the scorched human figure on the ground clearly, he passed out without even uttering a cry. There was commotion around him again, and then someone shouted loudly.Hurry up and ask for a doctor, but no one cares about the dead body on the ground for a while.
Su Mu has a headache now, and he doesn't know if he has some Conan physique attached to him, so he can't live anywhere.
Although he didn't know who the old man in front of him was, he could probably guess that it was the second son's close relative, Wang Xian, the head of the Wang family who was quite famous in Jiangzhou City.
There was a lot of voices, but he knew that now was not the time to pay attention to the parents in the mansion. He first carefully approached the seemingly lifeless person, and after confirming that the person was dead, he roughly checked the condition of the body.
He had witnessed the process of this person from burning all over his body to his final death, so it didn't take much effort to confirm that this person died of burns, and the characteristics of being burned to death during his lifetime were also obvious, so there was no possibility of fraud.
Su Mu stood up and waved to the boy who was completely stunned by the side. Seeing that he didn't move, he nodded slightly to Yang Ke who came with him. Yang Ke understood, and then brought the boy to theIn front of Su Mu.
Seeing that the boy still looked terrified, Su Mu sighed softly. Witnessing death with his own eyes is not a pleasant memory, let alone in such a tragic way, which might leave a shadow in his life, so he stretched out his handPressing on the boy's shoulder, he said softly: "Come back to your senses, now we need your help to find out the cause of your young master's death." Seeing that the boy still didn't move, he went straight to the point, but first asked, "What's your name?"
The young man understood the question, blinked his eyes and said, "The little one is called Zhuyun."
Seeing that he finally responded, Su Mu also heaved a sigh of relief, and continued to ask, "Just now, did you go out in a hurry to find someone to help?"
Zhu Yun was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and tears welled up: "Just now, young master, he was... He was eating well, but for some reason, his body suddenly caught fire, all of a sudden.It ignited, and the little one was frightened and stupid, thinking how a good person would suddenly behave like this, and felt that there was something dirty on his body, so he went out and wanted someone to take a look."
Seeing that Zhu Yun's age was only thirteen or fourteen years old, not only was he still in shock, but he was also crying so much that Su Mu couldn't bear it, so he continued to ask after he had been relieved for a while, "Your son, did you suddenly lose your temper when you were eating?"become like this?"
Zhu Yun nodded and said with certainty: "Yes, Young Master woke up very happy this morning. He said he was going to meet someone, and he specially changed into a new robe. He was about to go out after dinner.But I didn't expect... I didn't expect..."
After Zhu Yun finished speaking, he lowered his head and began to sob softly. He couldn't figure out how the young master who seemed to have nothing unusual this morning turned into what he is now in just an hour.
After hearing this, Su Mu frowned. If this person did not play with fire, then he would have spontaneously combusted into this appearance. As far as he knew, although the human body may spontaneously combust, not onlyThe probability is extremely low, and it needs to meet a variety of conditions to happen. Letβs take a step back and assume that this is really spontaneous combustion. Then why did it happen so coincidentally when I came here?
Either he admits that he is too unlucky, or this Wang Xing is too unlucky, the probability of two people being unlucky at the same time is too low, Su Mu decides to ignore it, and instead asks: "Who are you going to see today, young master?"
Zhu Yun was stunned for a while, then shook his head in a daze: "This... I don't know, I only know that the young master is quite happy about this matter, especially last night, he tossed and turned until the middle of the night before falling asleep."
Seeing that he really didn't know anything, Su Mu didn't force him to ask. If it was as he guessed, then he didn't need to doubt anyone when he went to see him.
He squatted down and looked at the corpse carefully again, only to see that the clothes on the corpse had already been burned to pieces and were unevenly distributed. The clothes on the lower body seemed much more complete than those on the upper body, and the clothes on the upper body were almostThere was nothing left, Su Mu carefully moved the clothes with his hands, and when he was checking carefully, someone suddenly asked, "Who is this lord?"
When Su Mu raised his head slightly, he saw a gentle and dignified girl.
It seems that the surroundings have finally calmed down, and someone has discovered that he is a foreigner.
Su Mu stood up and gently shook the Dali Temple on the waist tag. Before she could speak, she bowed and saluted: "It turns out that it is the Lord of Dali Temple. It is a woman who interrupted the Lord's work."
Seeing that the girl looked calm and didn't panic at all, Su Mu thought she was a lady from the house, but Zhu Yun respectfully called out from the side: "Second madam."
At this moment, Su Mu was taken aback, and cupped his hands: "I have seen Madam."
I saw that the second lady walked forward slowly, and when she saw the people on the ground, she didn't show any sadness, but just ordered the people beside her: "Go and ask someone to come and collect it, what does it look like to be outside all the time."
After she finished speaking, she bowed slightly to Su Mu: "If your lord wants to check something, you can check it in the mansion. If there is anything I can help, please feel free to ask."
Su Mu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, suddenly a lot of doubts arose in his heart, he was hesitating whether to ask, a little embarrassed look appeared on his face, but Li Qinglan, who was looking at him, sighed softly, and took the initiative to say:: "My lord is wondering why I don't feel any grief at all?"
Su Mu saw that the other party had seen through what he wanted to ask, so he stopped hiding and nodded: "The second son..."
"My lord, if you are already dead, you won't be able to notice anything." Li Qinglan shook his head, "I have nothing to say to him."
Seeing her calm expression, Su Mu was even more stunned.
It is said that no greater grief than when the heart dies, this lady looks like this, how much disappointment has she experienced to be like this?
But he then thought about the appearance of himself and Wang Xing when they met for the first time. Seeing that everyone was not surprised by Wang Xing's lingering in the brothel, it was enough to show that this person must be a jerk, so that Su Mu had never thought that this person was in the brothel before.There is already a wife at home.
After regaining his thoughts, Su Mu signaled Yang Ke to take the body back to the government office first, while he stayed in the Wang family's courtyard to sort out Wang Xing's movements before his death.
He just served the porridge yesterday and died of spontaneous combustion today. Su Mu knew it was no coincidence, but right now he couldn't explain the cause of the spontaneous combustion, so he could only put the cause of death aside.
"I wonder if I can go into the second son's room to check?"
Now the second wife Li Qinglan is the only person in charge of the house, and she doesn't seem to care where Su Mu goes to check, and even opens the door for Su Mu herself.
"I stopped resting in the same room with him a long time ago. If you still have doubts about me, you can also visit my room." Li Qinglan pointed to another room at the end of the corridor, "That ismy house."
Su Mu nodded, thanked him, and entered the room carefully.
Wang Xing's bedroom seemed to have nothing unusual, everything was neatly arranged, the only messy thing was the boxes of clothes, which seemed to have been tampered with today, and they haven't had time to clean them up yet.
Su Mu took a closer look and saw that there were one or two pieces of clothing piled up outside. They should have been left casually when looking for clothes. Su Mu reached out and touched the top layer of clothes in the box, but felt a little strange.
He twisted it lightly, and some gray powder was stained on his fingers.
At first glance, it looked like powder dust falling on the wall, but when Su Mu took a closer look and smelled it carefully, he smelled a very strange and pungent smell.
what does it smell like
Su Mu quickly searched in his mind. Suddenly, he thought of a substance that is still commonly used in modern times. After matching it with spontaneous combustion, he suddenly understood what it was in his hand.
Seeing that Li Qinglan was still standing there, he turned around and asked without changing his expression: "Then please Madam lead the way, I still need to visit your house."
Li Qinglan nodded, and opened the door of his room very readily.
The furnishings in her room were simpler. After consulting her opinion, Su Mu looked through her cabinet carefully. There were not many things and it didn't take much time. He straightened up and confirmed that there was nothing here.Li Qinglan suddenly asked, "My lord, today I heard that many people suffering from the disease suddenly appeared in the city?"
Su Mu turned around in surprise, and saw that Li Qinglan's expression seemed a little more unnatural than before, and asked, "Yes. Ma'am, what do you want to say?"
Li Qinglan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Isn't it a coincidence that your lord came to our house today?"
Seeing that Su Mu didn't deny it, she was silent for a while, as if she had strengthened her determination, she asked.
"Does it have something to do with the porridge served yesterday?"
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