Chapter 96: The Non-Toxic Corpse

  It was still early in the morning, and outside the Medicine King's hut, mist still lingered, with autumn wind blowing from time to time, or dew condensing into water droplets.

  The hall seemed somewhat gloomy, somewhat dim, and somewhat deep.

  The coffin was placed in the center of the mourning hall, with many white paper cutouts as burial objects. Mu Rong Changqing and Xi Men Long led Hua Lang and Gong Sun Ce to the side of the coffin, after which Mu Rong Changqing said: "Master's body is inside."

  Hualang saw this and gave Yin Wuchuo a signal with his eyes, Yin Wuchuo understood, and with one palm, he pushed open the coffin lid, then lifted out Ye Fenglou's corpse.

  At this time, Ye Fenglu's body was completely stiff, but despite this, his handsome face could still be seen. His beard was neatly trimmed and had a good balance of black and white, giving him a refined look. The flower boy carefully examined Ye Fenglu before starting the examination.

  After peeling off the corpse and examining it back and forth, Hualang's brow furrowed, feeling vaguely uneasy. He then used a silver needle to probe the throat and other areas, but still no signs of poisoning were found.

  Murong Changqing saw Hualang like this and said: "We have all checked it out, Master is not dead from poisoning."

  Hualang glanced at Murong Changqing, only to smile faintly. If it were someone else, they might have believed Murong Changqing's words, but Hualang was different. He knew that the silver needle test for poison was not foolproof, because the silver needle only reacted with sulfur-containing poisons and could only detect poisons containing sulfur. If the poison did not contain sulfur, then using a silver needle would not be able to detect it.

  Moreover, Hualang also knew a way of death that would not show any external injuries or detectable poison, and that was death by acupuncture.

  The human body's acupoints are all very important, and if acupuncture is done carelessly, it can lead to sudden death. Therefore, in order to determine the cause of Ye Feng's death, there are still two methods that Hua Lang has not verified yet.

  Namuochi Changqing saw Ye Xingxiao's calm smile, felt puzzled, but he didn't say anything, just kept stroking his round face as if it was sweating.

  The silver needles used for acupuncture are very fine, the wound is very small, so stabbing in other places will not be fatal, only a few major acupoints on the human body can. Hua Lang glanced at Murong Changqing and then searched Ye Fengluo's body to see if there were any signs of acupuncture on his major acupoints.

  But Hualang thought of this possibility because he heard Gong Sun Ce say that Murong Changqing was good at acupuncture treatment, and after they came to the Medicine King's hut, this Murong Changqing seemed to have been preventing them from autopsy and even suspected Ye Fenglou's death, which made Hualang suspicious of him.

  Ye Feng's body was placed in the mourning hall, and after checking it over, Hua Lang's brow furrowed even more tightly. He examined Ye Feng's entire body but couldn't find any signs of acupuncture or moxibustion marks anywhere.

  If it wasn't an acupuncture death, then there's only one possibility - Ye Feng Luo died from poisoning. However, this poison can't be detected by a silver needle.

  At this time, Murong Changqing's face was slightly pleased with himself, and he asked: "Flower Master, you have examined it twice already, can you find the cause of my master's death?"

  Murong Changqing asked Hu Lang in this way, making Gong Sun Ce feel embarrassed. He glanced at Murong Changqing and said: "Big brother, Brother Hua also wants to check carefully to avoid omissions, so don't rush him."

  Gongsun Ce had just finished speaking, when Hualang walked away from the corpse, sat down and drank a cup of tea. "I've already examined the body," he said, "and didn't find any suspicious signs. However, there is one method that can verify the poison that even silver needles cannot detect. I'm not sure if you gentlemen are willing to let me try it?"

  Gongsun Ce heard this and hastily asked: "What method?"

  At this time, Xi Men Long also hastily asked: "What method can verify the poison that even the silver needle cannot detect?"

  According to Sima Long, what he cares about is still the field he doesn't know, or in other words, he is too obsessed with medicine and related things.

  Just as everyone was asking this, Murong Changqing suddenly shouted loudly: "My master's body has been autopsied, what else do you want to do? Are you going to exhume the body for verification? I tell you, I don't allow it."

  Gongsun Ce and Ximen Long also hastily looked at Hualang after hearing Murong Changqing's words, and from their eyes, it can be seen that they also disagreed with digging up the corpse.

  Seeing them like this, Huā Láng smiled faintly: "You can all rest assured, I said I wouldn't dissect the corpse, and I won't. The reason I asked you is because my inspection method is a bit unpleasant to look at, so whether or not to use it depends on your agreement."

  Gongsun Ce and Murong Changqing looked at each other, then nodded in agreement with Xi Men Long.

  "Hua brothers, as long as you can find out the cause of my master's death, I don't care about the unpleasantness, but can you be sure that your method can verify the cause of death?" Gong Sun Ce looked at Hua Lang, his eyes filled with urgency and doubt.

  As for Gongsun Ce's questioning, Hualang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, people always have doubts about unknown things.

  "Mr. Gong Sun can rest assured, after using this method for examination, I will definitely be able to determine the cause of death."

  Jian Hualang was so sure, Gong Sun Ce and Murong Changqing had no choice but to believe him this time.

  Everyone agreed after Hualang's inspection. Ximen Dragon ran over and asked: "I don't know what kind of inspection Master Hua wants to do, what is needed?"

  "I need three liters of rice, one duck egg, four or five sheets of paper, four or five new cotton threads, and five liters of vinegar. Could I trouble the two of you to help me get these things?"

  Hualang finished speaking, and everyone was surprised because they didn't understand what Hualang wanted to do with these things. Rice and duck eggs are for eating, paper is for writing, and these have nothing to do with each other!

  Seeing everyone's surprise, Hua Lang just smiled faintly: "Just bring it over and you'll see how to test it later."

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long also went to help Hualang find these things, fortunately, these things were very common, and it was not difficult to find them. In about the time of an incense stick, they had prepared all these things.

  After everything was ready, Huā Láng nodded slightly and then asked: "I wonder where the kitchen of Yao Wáng Cǎo Lǘ is?"

  Everyone saw the flower gentleman ask about the kitchen, and looked at those big rice again, and was even more surprised in their hearts. Could it be that the flower gentleman was hungry and wanted to eat dinner before examining the body? But thinking about it again, it's not possible. The flower gentleman is not a person who jokes around with such things. Since he asked for the kitchen, there must be a use for it.

  Gongsun Ce had decided to believe in Hualang, so he was prepared to trust him all the way. He nodded and said, "I'll take Brother Hua with me."

  Hualang nodded slightly and then took the rice, duck eggs and other items towards the kitchen, with everyone else following out of curiosity.