正文 第二百九十一章 死者身份 文 / 我是鍵盤傳說

                                    “如果有流落到民間的，就肯定來自榮武仁。”明塵道長很確定地說。                                                                                                            最後，明塵道長請宋千萬不要把此事張揚出去，否則，他這條老命就難保了，宋答應了。                                                                                                            宋立刻辭別明塵道長，與李陶一起去找榮武仁。                                                                                                            宋先向榮武仁亮明自己的身份，然後又亮出了那顆丹藥。榮武仁一見丹藥，立刻臉色大變，但隨即又恢復了常態。                                                                                                            “宋縣令給我看這顆丹藥，是什麼意思？難道大人還是賣丹藥的郎中？”榮武仁冷冷地問道。                                                                                                            “榮員外就莫跟我裝糊涂了。我要告訴你的是，這顆丹藥是從一個死者身上找到的，而且是一個年輕的死者，可能二十多歲。”宋不溫不火地回答。                                                                                                            “什麼？死者？”榮武仁驚愕道。                                                                                                            “對。”                                                                                                            “如此看來，若語他們已遭不測了。”榮武仁滿臉悲戚喃喃道︰“剛剛我還在叨念他們，沒想到卻在半路遇害了。”                                                                                                            說罷，榮武仁禁不住失聲痛哭，老淚縱橫。                                                                                                            宋不失時機道︰“還請榮員外能把有關丹藥的事如實相告，以便我們盡快偵破案子，抓到凶手，繩之以法，好讓張若語他們入土為安。你放心，我絕不會把此事傳出去。”                                                                                                            榮武仁躊躇片刻，便把丹藥的來龍去脈告訴了宋。                                                                                                            原來，榮武仁有個養子，叫張若語。張若語是個孤兒，自幼父母雙亡，但很聰明好學，而且很有進取心。去年的春闈，他就考中了貢士。所以，榮武仁很喜歡這個養子。                                                                                                            去年夏天，張若語去終南山游玩，偶然發現有有一伙陌生人在山上活動。于是他就悄悄跟蹤。從他們嘴里得知，山上的沖虛觀專門秘密為當今陛下煉制丹藥。這些人已經打進沖虛觀。控制了煉丹房，在給皇帝煉制的丹藥里加入了某種容易上癮的藥物，讓皇帝服用丹藥後成癮，以便進行控制。                                                                                                            張若語大驚。回來後便把此事告訴了榮武仁。由于事關皇帝的安危和社稷的穩定，責任重大，兩人合計，準備向朝廷報告此事。但考慮到沒有十分確鑿的證據證明沖虛觀里確實存在陰謀，不但不能把這個陰謀揭穿，反而使自己深受其害。權衡利弊後，張若語決定先弄清這些人加在丹藥里的成癮藥物是什麼，再作打算。                                                                                                            “那他弄清了嗎？”宋緊張地問道。                                                                                                            榮武仁搖搖頭，說︰“沒有，丹藥里含的成分很多。要想一一弄清，談何容易。這就像大海里撈針，難啊。而且若語還得為進京趕考做準備，他也沒有太多時間去做這項工作。”                                                                                                            “那張若語他們是何時進京的？”                                                                                                            “大約五天前，城西的李準和他一起去的。”                                                                                                            宋點點頭。“那張若語走時。帶走了多少顆丹藥？”宋繼續問道。                                                                                                            “就一顆。因為陛下嚴禁這種丹藥流落民間，他也不敢多帶。帶一顆在身上，主要是趕路時萬一疲倦，可以用丹藥來提神。”榮武仁哽咽道。                                                                                                            “那張若語和李淮平時有沒有與誰結仇？”                                                                                                            “沒有，絕對沒有。”榮武仁斷然說道︰“兩個孩子都是良善之人，哪里會去與人結仇。平時，他們倆都是一副熱心腸。街坊鄰居有什麼大事小情，找他倆幫忙，他們都隨叫隨到，很少拒絕的。所以，他倆在我們這里口碑很好。你說，誰會與他們結仇？”                                                                                                            宋思量片刻。便安慰榮武仁幾句，然後就離開了榮家。                                                                                                            至此，宋總算是弄清了兩個死者的身份。他們確定是張若語和李淮無疑了。但兩人的死因，依舊還是個謎。本來，宋還懷疑兩人可能死于仇殺。否則。凶手的作案手段不會這麼殘忍惡劣。但現在看來，這一可能基本上被排除了。那他們到底是何人所殺呢？手段為什麼會如此殘忍呢？宋百思不得其解。                                                                                                            剛回到縣衙，宋就看見幾個衙役提桶端盆，從後院出來，人人滿臉灰黑，狼狽不堪。                                                                                                            宋大驚，厲聲問道︰“發生什麼事啦？”                                                                                                            “回大人，昨晚停尸房突然失火，我們救了一夜，才把火撲滅。”一個衙役怯怯地答道。                                                                                                            “里面的尸體呢？”宋焦急地追問。                                                                                                            “都被燒沒了。”                                                                                                            宋立刻火冒三丈，本想發作，但想到了什麼，便按壓了下去。                                                                                                            “行了，你們辛苦了，回去休息吧。”宋沒好氣地說，揮揮手，示意衙役們下去。                                                                                                            他當即叫來主簿和縣尉，劈頭蓋臉地把他們痛罵一頓，斥責他們疏忽大意，消極懈怠，以致火起蕭牆，燒了無頭尸身，徹底地斷送了破案的線索。                                                                                                            主簿和縣尉大氣不敢出，只是唯唯諾諾。                                                                                                            宋這雖然弄清了兩個死者的身份，但對于兩人的死因，他不知道從何下手去查。以前還有兩具尸身，現在什麼都沒有了。就像一個人置身于黑漆漆霧茫茫的曠野中，他不知道路在何方，如何才能走出這迷霧重重的曠野。                                                                                                            李陶見宋憂心忡忡的模樣，笑著安慰道︰“宋縣令，你莫急，這破案也不是一天兩天的事情。我看呀……”                                                                                                            就在此時，裴岳匆匆進來，在李陶耳邊輕聲說說了句什麼。                                                                                                            李陶听罷，霍地起身，臉上驚喜一閃而過。他踱了兩步，停下後對宋道︰“宋縣令，我有急事要趕回長安，這個案子你不能放松，一旦有了進展，速速告訴我，有什麼需要我幫忙的也別客氣。”                                                                                                            宋點點頭。                                                                                                            “那我就告辭了！”                                                                                                            看著李陶匆匆而去的身影，宋臉色越來越沉重……                                                                                                            ……                                                                                                            一回到王府，李陶就急急召來李申。                                                                                                            “在哪里找到的？” 李陶一臉的急切。                                                                                                            李申稟報道︰“長安安化門外，我們的人找到她的時候，她只說了一句‘我要找阿陶’便昏厥了。”                                                                                                            李陶心中一驚︰“她怎麼了？”                                                                                                            “沒事，小主人，她是餓暈的，休養幾日便無礙了！”                                                                                                            “她現在在何處？”                                                                                                            “安置在華郎中那里了！”                                                                                                            李陶點點頭︰“走，我們現在就去華郎中那里！”