Chapter 461: There seems to be some clues
"We've considered this, but we've checked the stomachs and intestines of several people. The color of their stomachs and intestines is normal, and we haven't found any poison. It's impossible that only the lungs are black, right?"
Jiang Tangtang frowned, "Could it be poison gas, breathed into the lungs through the nose?"
Several coroners felt that it was not impossible.
But no one had any idea what kind of poisonous gas it was.
And if it was breathing, how could it be controlled? Only a few of them died after inhaling the poisonous gas, but the others were fine?
"Mom, is there a case file?" Jiang Tangtang asked Su.
"Yes. It's in the yamen. Otherwise, I'll have someone send it over." From the very beginning, Su didn't believe the rumors of divine punishment and investigated this as a case.
All aspects of the deceased's information are recorded in the files.
Jiang Tangtang shook her head, "Forget it, let's go back to the yamen and see!"
Although the children were brave, the smell here was really bad.
After returning to the government office, Jiang Tangtang and Su went to look at the files, while the children went to visit Old Madam Lu.
Worried that the smell on their bodies would offend Madam Lu, the children took a bath and changed their clothes before visiting her.
Jiang Tangtang put the clothes of several people in the carriage in advance when they came out of the space.
In addition to the clothes, there were also fresh fruits they picked in the space, which they were carrying to see Mrs. Lu.
After seeing the children, Mrs. Lu's spirits improved a lot.
In fact, Mrs. Lu had just heard the news that several people were coming, but when she got up from the bed, Jiang Tangtang and several children had already gone to the morgue.
After something like that happened, and hearing that several children had been taken to the morgue, Mrs. Lu became worried.
Even seeing the children return safely, he still felt uneasy and couldn't help but scold them, "How can I say good things about you guys? You think we're still on an island? If you dig up the sky, you'll just burn a forest. But you encountered a poisonous snake? That's a dead person. People were burned to death like that. Do you know who used such a sorcery?"
"Great-grandmother, aren't we fine?" Lu Tiantian ran over with a smile, took Old Madam Lu's arm, and said coquettishly, "We are being very careful! My mother gave us detoxifying pills when we entered the house, and we also wore masks."
After being teased by the happy fruit, Mrs. Lu no longer felt angry. The main reason was that she couldn't bear to be angry with the children.
She sat down again with the help of Lu Tiantian and said, "You're so smart, you're the only one who can say it."
"Great-grandmother, I'm really good now. Last year, I helped my mother perform surgery and saved a man who was trying to commit suicide! After that, I also tapped bones and healed a villager's leg. Don't underestimate me. I'm not just good at talking."
Although Doctor Xue was of great help in curing the villagers' legs in the end, this did not prevent her from using it to make Mrs. Lu happy.
As expected, Mrs. Lu was coaxed into laughing by her and temporarily forgot about the child who spontaneously combusted and the corpses in the morgue.
But Mrs. Lu didn’t feel at ease for long, as there was a noise outside.
Hearing the noise outside, Lu Jingcheng subconsciously wanted to go outside, but Madam Lu stopped him and said, "No need to go. It's those immigrants who came to the government office to ask for an explanation."
Lu Jingcheng paused and said, "We can't let them make such a fuss."
"But until the case is fully investigated, saying anything will be useless. It will only put you in danger."
Lu Jingcheng was not an impulsive person. He stopped and bowed to Madam Lu. "Great-grandmother, take good care of yourself. I will go and accompany mother to look at the files and find the evildoer as soon as possible."
Seeing her great-grandson's calm demeanor, Mrs. Lu felt very relieved and stood up. "I'll go with you to take a look."
After Madam Lu and Mrs. Su came to Shanggu, they did not go out to buy a mansion.
Instead, he renovated the county magistrate's residence connected to the government office and settled there.
It’s only a few steps to the yamen now.
On the other side, Jiang Tangtang also heard the noise outside. After learning that the immigrants had surrounded the government office and were demanding an explanation for the spontaneous combustion of the immigrants, she took a deep breath, calmed her annoyance, and sat down to continue reading the files.
She carefully compared the deceased's identity, location of death, lifestyle, and other details, but found absolutely no similarities. It seemed as if this was a punishment from heaven, a random selection of immigrants.
But Jiang Tangtang didn't believe it. She firmly believed that this was a man-made crime. She just didn't discover the other party's means of committing the crime.
At this time, a casual remark made by Mrs. Lu to the children made her suddenly feel that she had grasped something.
At this time, Madam Lu was teaching her three children, "Don't be careless. Who knows if someone is using witchcraft? What if they just want to lure you out and then use witchcraft to harm you? I heard that in the previous dynasty, concubines raised witchcraft to harm others in order to win favor. Those witchcraft techniques are extraordinary and difficult to guard against."
"Grandma!" Jiang Tangtang stood up and greeted her. "Can you explain the art of witchcraft in detail?"
Mrs. Lu was just worried about the children being in danger, so she said it casually. She didn't expect Jiang Tangtang to take it seriously. She immediately showed some embarrassment, "I just heard it, I don't know if it's true."
Jiang Tangtang said, "It's okay, Grandma, tell me everything you know. I just want to learn more and have another idea to solve the case."
"I used to know a woman who knew about witchcraft, and I do know a little bit about it. I heard that there are generally four ways to use witchcraft to harm people. One is the mutual contact method, the other is the feeding method, the transformation method, and the blaming method..."
After she finished speaking, she explained several methods to Jiang Tangtang based on her own understanding.
After hearing that insect bites could also lead to poison, Jiang Tangtang hurriedly summoned the yamen runners and asked them to check the bodies of the immigrants to see if any of them had been bitten by insects.
Thinking that it was common for villagers to be bitten by insects, she gave another instruction, asking them to pay attention to the wounds of these people, which should look like they were bitten by the same insects.
She was actually just guessing, and with the idea of giving it a try, she asked the yamen runner to investigate.
Unexpectedly, the yamen runners came back to report soon, saying that traces of insect bites were found on the seven people.
The reason why I am so sure is that the wounds on several people do not look special when viewed individually, but when put together, it can be found that the bite wounds are almost exactly the same.
Jiang Tangtang asked, "Are these people immigrants from other countries?"
The yamen runner shook his head. "No, only five are immigrants from other countries, and the other two are local residents."
Jiang Tangtang frowned.
Are there other conditions besides the insect bite? Only when both conditions are met simultaneously can spontaneous human combustion occur?
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