Chapter 103: Fragrant Poison

  Everything is still the same, it's still the old broken fence yard.

  It wasn't until Huā Láng and others walked into the bamboo fence courtyard that they immediately discovered something was different.

  The door of the room was open, and it was a bit messy inside. Yuan Jin lay motionless on the floor.

  Everyone saw the situation inside and immediately knew something was wrong.

  Hualang rushed in first, but after rushing in, he immediately felt dizzy and his eyes were blurred. However, it was fine again a moment later.

  The flower boy opened the window for ventilation and then came to inspect Yuan Jin's body.

  The body was still warm, so it could be known that he had not been dead for a long time. There were no wounds on his body, only his lips were dark purple, and his eyes and mouth were wide open. There was still blood flowing from his nose, and a faint scent of fragrance could be smelled.

  "After the examination, Hualang stood up and said: 'He died of poisoning.'"

  There's no need to say more, others have already seen it, they're just shocked, they've just decided to come and find Yuan Jin, but he was poisoned to death, so to speak, the murderer really exists, and is a master of poison.

  In this way, they also ruled out that Ye Fengluo was killed by Yuan Jin, and of course, they also ruled out Murong Changqing and Ximen Long.

  While others were tidying up the corpses, Hualang looked at the crowd and asked: "Have you guys smelled a fragrance?"

  Everyone nodded in agreement: "I smell it, is this fragrance poisonous?"

  One of them said so, and the others hurriedly covered their noses. Only Hua Lang smiled faintly: "The fragrance is not poisonous. Although Yuan Jin was poisoned to death, it was not the fragrance that killed him. This fragrance was left on the murderer's body."

  "How can you be so sure?" Murong Changqing still covered his mouth, he seemed to not quite believe Hualang's words.

  Hualang saw this, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and said: "It's very simple, this fragrance is strong and lasting, we've all been in the house for so long without anything happening, how could this fragrance possibly be toxic?"

  Everyone listened and felt the same way. They had been in the room for at least a stick of incense, if there was poison, they should have been able to feel something unusual.

  At this time, Wen Meng suddenly realized and said: "Your meaning is that the murderer is a woman?"

  The flower gentleman nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, the murderer had such a strong fragrance on her body, which can only explain that she is a woman. However, in this fragrance, I faintly smell a faint medicinal scent. I think the murderer applied so much fragrance to cover up the medicinal scent on her body."

  But people can't understand why the fragrance of medicine is still hidden?

  "There are two possibilities, first, the murderer was afraid that others would recognize her through the fragrance of the medicine, second, that fragrance was not actually fragrant but stinky, and the murderer needed to use strong floral scent to cover up the stench of the medicine on her body."

  Everyone nodded in understanding, if the medicine smells bad, when mixed with floral scents, it also has a faint fragrance.

  Now that they know all this, what's the use, and how are they going to find that person?

  After tidying up the body, Hualang and others inquired about the people nearby to see if they had seen any suspicious person appear, but after asking everyone, they all said that they had not seen any suspicious person.

  They finally returned to Yao Wang Cao Lu after they couldn't ask anything else.

  After all this fuss, it was already past noon, and at this time of autumn, it was the hottest part of the day. After they sat down, their backs were all sweaty.

  While everyone was resting, Gong Sun Ce came to Hua Lang and asked with his hands clasped: "Brother Hua, we've already investigated everything that needs to be investigated, and we also know the murderer is a woman. What should we do now?"

  Hualang thought for a moment, then said: "Alright, let's go to your master's room and search it carefully. Let's see if there are any women's belongings in his room. I suspect that your master knows the murderer, otherwise the murderer wouldn't have been able to poison him so easily."

  After hearing Hua Lang's words, Gong Sun Ce smiled strangely and said: "To be honest, I have been following my master for almost ten years, and I have never seen him with any woman. How can you associate my master with a woman?"

  At this time, Murong Changqing and Ximen Long also hurriedly followed suit, saying that their master had never been close to women.

  Medicine King Ye Fengluo is not close to women, but Flower Lang heard this and sneered, thinking that even if a man were a monk or eunuch, he would still be moved by beautiful women. As a doctor, Ye Fengluo was healthy and normal, so how could he possibly not be close to women?

  Now Gongsun Ce and Murong Changqing both say that their master is not close to women, so there is only one possibility, they didn't know when their master was close to women.

  So no matter what, it's necessary to go check Yaofeng's room now.

  After arriving at the room of Ye Fengluo, the Medicine King, they eliminated the medicinal materials and carefully searched for things related to women. However, after searching for a long time, they didn't find any clues. Just then, Hualang suddenly exclaimed, "Huh? The 'Baicao Jing'?"

  As soon as the words came out, Murong Changqing and Ximen Long immediately turned to look at Hualang, and Murong Changqing even took several steps forward to take a closer look. However, at this time, Hualang hurriedly apologized and said: "Sorry, sorry, it's not 'Baicao Jing', I made a mistake, it's 'Shennong Baicao Annotation'."

  A look of disappointment appeared on Murong Changqing's face, while Ximen Long had a feeling of lingering fear.

  Just then, Gongsun Zhan ran over and said: "Hua brother, you let us find the woman's things, why are you searching for 'Baicao Jing' here with a start?"

  Hualang helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said, "No way, the woman's things can't be found, so I'll just have to look for the 'Baicao Jing' instead. But what puzzles me is that the Medicine King has been killed, where did he put his 'Baicao Jing'?"

  Gongsun Zhan did not expect Huā Láng to suddenly bring up this matter, and after Huā Láng brought it up, Gongsun Zhan's face changed in an instant. In front of his two senior brothers, he didn't want Huā Láng to mention this matter. His two senior brothers both wanted to obtain the "Baicao Jing", if they were given a hint, they would probably start arguing again.

  Ke Hualang and Gong Sun Ce's idea was to use the previous action to see Mu Rong Changqing and Xi Men Long's reaction, and from their reaction, it can be seen that neither of them had the "Bai Cao Jing", otherwise they would not have been so excited.

  Although this is the case, Hualang felt that one of them was reacting abnormally, as if he didn't have the "Bai Cao Jing" but knew where it was. So when Hualang mentioned the "Bai Cao Jing", he wasn't excited because he found it, but rather because he saw it here.