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Chapter 84 Poisonous Mushrooms

Ji Shi Tang.

Dr. Xu inspected the dumplings and cakes brought by Zhao Zhukuai, "There is no problem with eating these."

"Where's the tea? And this is the water scooped out of the water tank." Zhao Zhukuai pointed to the few things left on the table. If he couldn't even find the poison, how would he investigate the case?

Dr. Xu knew that Zhao Zhukuai was in a hurry to solve the case, but he could only say: "There is no problem."

Zhao Zhukuai slumped his shoulders in disappointment, and after thanking Doctor Xu, he left Ji Shitang in despair.

In the study of the county government office, Zhao Zhukuai was called back as soon as he returned, "Sir, Dr. Xu has already checked, and none of the food taken from Lin's private school has been poisoned."

Chen Weibin sat upright on the main seat, frowned slightly, and thought for a while: "Is there any result over there? What kind of poison did Wang die from?"

"It's not a common poison, but the poison comes from the mouth." Fei Caotou locked the murderer in the Lin's private school, and replied to the county magistrate: "If outsiders are poisoned, then it is impossible that only the Wang family was poisoned. ."

Outsiders were poisoned by nothing more than food or water, but there were seven people in Lin’s private school, and only one of Mrs. Lin’s wife, Mrs. Wang, was poisoned. Fei Caotou basically ruled out this possibility.

"Are you saying that the six members of the Lin family's private school are all suspects?" County magistrate Chen and Mr. Lin knew each other. Although they were not close friends, he understood Mrs. Lin's character. Mr. Lin would never do anything like poisoning his wife. Nor did they have a motive to kill.

"Sir." Fei Chutou stood up and replied respectfully: "There is no problem with eating, Mrs. Lin was poisoned alone, there are only two possibilities: one is that the poisoned food is eaten by Mrs. Lin; the other is that Mrs. Lin is poisoned. The murderer got rid of the poisoned food before we went."

Regardless of the possibility, only those who live in private schools have the opportunity, and Master Lin is also one of Fei Caotou's suspects.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhaokuai couldn't help but say: "Lin Xiuyuan has been sick for several days and hasn't gotten up, and Dong Xiaoya has no chance to contact Mrs. Lin because she is too timid. The two of them can be ruled out. The most suspects are Madam Lu and Wang. Linlang."

Madam Lu was in charge of three meals a day, so she had the best chance of poisoning Madam Lin alone.

Wang Linlang is the niece of Mrs. Lin's family. If she poisoned her tea or pastries and brought it to Mrs. Lin to eat or drink, Mrs. Lin would have been poisoned without realizing it, and it is very possible.

"My lord, the subordinate thinks that the first thing is to find out what poison Mrs. Lin is in, and the second is the motive of the murderer to poison Mrs. Lin." Chief Fei did not agree with Zhao Zukuai's inference.

Since the murderer was temporarily locked in the six people in Lin's private school, everyone would be suspected, even his own son!

"Uncle Fei, we have the best medical skills in Shangsi County is Doctor Xu. He can't find out, who else can find out." Zhao Zhukuai was very frustrated with a sad face.

If you can know what kind of poison it is, and then use it as a clue to trace it, it is a pity that the murderer may not necessarily be found.

Fei Zhaotou also looked solemn. Yesterday, he went to the private school to ask questions, and carefully scrutinized everyone's words. He found nothing unusual, but he couldn't figure out the murderer's motive.

"Go find Zhan Feiyu." When the county magistrate said this, Fei Chaotou and Zhao Chaokuai were shocked, but the adults didn't say it clearly, and their subordinates didn't dare to ask questions, so they could only take orders to withdraw. study.

Walking into the yard, Zhao Zhukuai couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Fei, does Zhan Xiaomengtong know something? Or does she know who the murderer is, but she deliberately hides it and doesn't report it?"

Looking at his subordinates who couldn't hold back, Fei Caotou raised his hand and gave him a slap on the back of his head, "Are you a delusional official when you are an adult?"

If Zhan Feiyu really concealed it for the murderer, how could adults ignore it?

Looking at Zhao Chukuai, who was grinning with disgust, Fei Chutou said angrily, "My lord means that Zhan Xiaomengtong must know a doctor with excellent medical skills, who may be able to find out the source of the poison."

After a pause, Zhao Zhaokuai said in confusion, "Then why don't you tell me, does this doctor dare to refuse us?"

Zhao Zhukuai proudly patted the saber on his waist. In Shangsi County, who would dare not cooperate with their yamen investigating the case?
Such a stupid person must not be a subordinate he is optimistic about!Fei Zhaotou was too lazy to speak, so he just asked Zhao Zhuo to go to Jinlin Village to find Zhan Feiyu.

……

It's been more than half a year since entering school, and for the first time, Zhan Feiyu couldn't calm down to read.

"Xiaoyu." Mrs. Li looked at Zhan Feiyu worriedly, and glanced at the table. Although she was illiterate, she also knew that the book hadn't turned a page from before to now.

"Xiaoyu, the village has already gone to help, and people can't be resurrected from the dead. You have to open up a little bit." Li Shi warmly advised.

People in the village privately say that Xiaoyu is cruel, ignores the grandparents in the old house, and doesn't have a smile on his own father, but who knows that Xiaoyu is actually the most soft-hearted.

It is reasonable for the village Zheng and his wife to help the Lin family in the funeral. Master Lin is still immersed in the pain of losing his wife, and he has to take care of Lin Xiuyuan. However, the Lin family has no elder clan in Shangsi County. The clan elder also went to help.

"Mother, I'm fine." Zhan Feiyu said, her feelings for her mistress were normal. It would be hypocritical to say how painful and sad she was. She was uncomfortable because of Master Lin and Lin Xiuyuan.

Zhan Feiyu just lost his mind and was thinking about who the murderer who poisoned Mrs. Lin was and what the motive was. Only when the murderer is found, can the master and senior brother come out of the grief of the death of their relatives.

Li Shi was still worried, looked out the door and said, "Xiaoyu, the weather is nice outside, you can't calm down and read a book, why don't you go outside for a walk."

Since he started studying last year, Zhan Feiyu got up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs. Shan Wazi and the others would have fun in the village after school. But even if the private school was closed, Zhan Feiyu was still studying. It really hurts.

I couldn't figure it out, and I didn't want Li to worry, Zhan Feiyu planned to go for a walk in the woods, maybe he could think of something.

The weather in May was already hot, but the temperature in the forest was just right. The wind was blowing, bringing the freshness of the trees, flowers and plants, which made Zhan Feiyu's chaotic brain sober a lot.

"Yo, Xiaoyu, you didn't read books to dig wild vegetables in the woods?" Xiao Yaoshi stood on the hillside and looked down at Zhan Feiyu who was carrying a small bamboo basket.

Since Zhan's second son was in charge of delivering vegetables to Taifu Restaurant, Xiao Yao's status in the village has skyrocketed. Anyone who sees her will praise her and please all kinds of flattery.

It's like the women in the village today came together to find wild vegetables, and also called Xiao Yao, but she didn't need to do anything, but came to enjoy everyone's praise.

Xiao Yao's basket was already full of wild vegetables, and the tenderest wild vegetables were put in her basket. There were also two wild eggs, which were also put into her basket by the villagers to please Xiao Yao.

But there is only one thing that makes Xiao Yao angry, that is, no matter how the villagers flatter her, she still dares not talk about Li's gossip, and she still praises Zhan Feiyu.

Zhan Dalang went to the Zhangjia private school to study, but whether it was his talent for reading or his level of hard work, he was far inferior to Zhan Feiyu, and his son couldn't compare to that dead girl, which made Xiao Yaoshi's heart, liver and lungs hurt.

Xiao Yao's expression was twisted a bit, and she said viciously: "Xiaoyu, your wife died of a sudden illness, I heard that both Mr. Lin and his son are too sick to get out of bed, you have to think more about yourself, If this Master Lin has three strengths and two weaknesses, you can't help but read."

Seeing Zhan Feiyu's suddenly cold face, Xiao Yao shi was startled and inexplicably a little dazed.

But when he thought that everyone in the village was flattering himself, Xiao Yao's confidence suddenly became full, "Xiaoyu, what are you looking at? I, the elder, care about you and worry that you have no place to study!"

Little Yao shi straightened up and sneered: "Dalang is studying in Zhangjia's private school, you have no conscience, but our Dalang is still good, and we told you to come to Zhangjia's private school."

"Oh, I remembered, I heard that you offended Zhang Xiucai, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to this private school!" He smiled proudly, the maliciousness on Xiao Yaoshi's face was undisguised.

She wished that Master Lin would also die of illness, and that Zhan Feiyu could be a wild girl if she couldn't read. In the future, Li's mother and daughter would kneel and beg for her to give them a meal!

"Your second uncle also has some thin noodles in the county, and he can speak well. If I ask your second uncle to find you, other private schools may accept you." Xiao Yao can't show his son, so naturally Second Zhan took it out and said.

Whoever has the ability to be the head of her family in the eight townships of ten miles and eight villages, even the village Zheng and the clan elders should be polite when they meet her head.
Looking at the arrogant little Yao Shi coldly, Zhan Feiyu smiled and said, "More than being able to talk? I heard that Dalang and the youngest daughter of Xie Dong's family in Taifu Restaurant are getting engaged, and they will be a family in the future! "

"What?" Several women were stunned and looked at Xiao Yao in shock. No wonder the second son of Zhan was able to receive and deliver food for Taifu Restaurant, and the two were going to marry?
Taifu Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Shangsi County. I heard that the best table will cost [-] taels of silver. The second child of Zhan and the Xie family are married. Will they worry about money in the future?
"How... did you know?" Xiao Yaoshi's face changed suddenly, with panic and anxiety in his eyes.

If it was just a simple discussion of relatives, Xiao Yao's clamor would have known about it for a long time, but the key is that this marriage cannot be said, Xiao Yao did not expect Zhan Feiyu to know.

"Second sister-in-law, this is a great thing, why are you hiding it?"

"Yeah, when will we get engaged? We need to ask for a drink."

"When Dalang marries the daughter of the Xie family, his niece, are you going to move to the county town? Tsk tsk, or your Dalang has a future!"

Several women praised me one by one. Although Zhan Dalang is not good at reading, he is not bad, and the children of the old Zhan family are not ugly.

Xiao Yao's smile stiffened a bit. Looking at the enthusiastic villagers, she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Zhan Feiyu smiled coldly, and his crisp voice sounded in the forest, "I just heard that the youngest daughter of the Xie family is not very smart, I guess the rumor is wrong, after all, no parent will marry such a wife to his son, and It's not that the poor can't open the pot, and they sell their sons for money!"

Uh……

The words of praise from several women were stuck in their throats, and they were stunned by the news of Zhan Feiyu.Is it a stupid girl?
Looking at Xiao Yao's angry and twisted face again, a few people froze in their hearts, isn't it, Xiao Yao is so angry, could it be that what Xiao Yu said is true!
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xiao Yaoshi blushed and screamed, running directly from the hillside, "You dare to spread a rumor that Master Xie's daughter is a fool, I think you are tired of living! I'm worried about Master Xie Let you eat and walk around!"

Screaming angrily, Xiao Yao raised her hand to hit Zhan Feiyu. She could imagine how the villagers would laugh at their husband and wife behind their backs when they knew the truth, and let Dalang marry a fool for the sake of money!
"What are you doing!" The angry shouting sounded, Zhao Zhukuai stepped forward quickly, grabbed Xiao Yao's arm and slammed it, and scolded majestically, "How dare you do something to Zhan Xiao Mengtong!"

Zhao Zhukuai was young and energetic, and he hated adults bullying children the most, especially Xiao Yao's face at the moment, his eyes were twisted, and he seemed to want to kill.

In front of her, Zhan Feiyu's white and tender bun face, although long, is shorter than an ordinary eight-year-old child, and his black eyes are round, which makes people like it at first glance, Zhao Chukuai How can I see her being bullied by shrew.

"Zhao Zhukuai, are you looking for me?" Zhan Feiyu asked, could it be that there is progress in the case of the wife?
Zhao Zhukuai glanced at Little Yao in warning, and then said to Zhan Feiyu, "Yes, Lord Chen asked me to come..."

When Zhan Feiyu and Zhao Zhuo were about to leave, Xiao Yaoshi cursed with a livid face.

But she didn't dare to flirt with the officials of the yamen even if she had eaten the bear's heart and leopard's guts, she could only stare at Zhan Feiyu's back fiercely, wishing she could be cut into pieces.

"My nephew, there must be something wrong with the official looking for Xiaoyu, don't be angry." The older aunt persuaded in a low voice, but there was a little more disdain in her eyes.

This is a real mother. She even asked Dalang to marry a stupid girl. Tsk tsk, Xiaoyu is right, and the Zhan family is not poor and can't open the pot.

"I'm going back first!" Xiao Yaoshi also noticed that their eyes were not right, so she left the words angrily and left without even the basket.

"It's really something Zhan's second child can do." The fast-talking women sneered. They couldn't stand Xiao Yao's face with her nostrils turned upwards, but in order to earn money from selling vegetables, they could only curry favor with her.

"Okay, just know what's going on in your heart." The older woman warned.

Several women nodded, but in the bottom of their hearts, they looked down on the second Zhan and Xiao Yao.

At the beginning, Zhan's second son was stabbed seven times, and Xiaoyu was asked to pay 500 taels of silver. He could sell his son for the money, but what is his niece.

Thinking that the eldest Zhan was expelled in place of the second eldest Zhan, Xiao Yao kept saying that Xiao Yu had no conscience, and Li was also heartless. Now I think about the two couples who were really unscrupulous.

……

After half an hour.

yamen.

Dr. Ji carefully examined Mrs. Lin's body, and after about two quarters of an hour, he washed his hands in the basin, then opened the door and walked out.

During the autopsy, Fei Chaotou, Ma Zaokuai, and Zu Zuo were all on the side, but Zhan Feiyu was still a child, so naturally it was not suitable for such a scene, so she was asked to wait in the yard.

Ma Zhaokuai strode over and bowed his hands to Doctor Ji respectfully, "Doctor Ji, sir, please."

As a catcher in Shangsi County, I didn't even know that there was a doctor with excellent medical skills living in Leshan Residence, and then I thought that the county magistrate Chen did not directly ask Dr. Ji, but instead asked Zhan Feiyu to find someone, Ma Cao It was quickly known that this Doctor Ji's identity must be extraordinary.

Dr. Ji ignored Ma Caikuai and patted Zhan Feiyu on the shoulder, "Let's go."

In the main hall, Magistrate Chen greeted you at the door, "Doctor Ji, this county has caused you trouble."

"Chen County magistrate is very polite, I'm just a commoner, and that's also Xiaoyu's wife." Doctor Ji waved his hand, and after entering the living room to sit down, he said directly without greeting, "Master Lin died because of a poison. Mushrooms, ingesting large quantities can cause dizziness and eventually death.”

Poisonous mushrooms?Zhan Feiyu was startled. Most people in the village know mushrooms. If they are not sure whether the mushrooms are poisonous or not, no one will eat them.

So even if someone accidentally ingests mushroom poisoning, very few of them die, and they are basically just one or two by mistake.

"Doctor Ji, are these mushrooms available in Si County?" Fei Caitou asked.

"Yes, it grows under the rotten wood, with bright colors, and there is no accidental ingestion." When Dr. Ji collected herbs in the wild, he also deliberately studied various poisonous mushrooms and poisonous weeds, which can only be judged.

It will be fatal if eaten in large quantities. Could it be that the murderer is Madam Lu?After all, she is responsible for three meals a day.

"My lord, in this way, Madam Lu is the most suspicious, and no one else has been to the kitchen." Zhao Zhukuai estimated that Madam Lin might not know poisonous mushrooms.

Zhan Feiyu opened his mouth and said, "My wife cooks on weekdays. The mushrooms are brightly colored. My wife must know that it is poisonous. Even if she doesn't know it, it is too risky to give the poisonous mushrooms to her."

Whenever there is a little doubt, hold a bowl and ask the villagers, and the murderer will be exposed.

"Doctor Ji, if this mushroom is dried and ground into powder, is it still poisonous?" Zhan Feiyu looked at Dr. Ji. Compared with eating it directly, grinding it into powder is more difficult to detect.

County magistrate Chen and Fei Zhaotou glanced at Zhan Feiyu. The little girl is really smart. In contrast, Zhao Zhukuai is a big fool!
Dr. Ji nodded and replied: "The effect is the same after drying, and it is more likely to cause death if the concentration is high, but if a large amount is sprinkled into tea or food, it should be found."

After all, the amount of people killed is definitely not small. In terms of taste, although Dr. Ji has never tasted it, it will definitely make the tea and food taste bad. Mrs. Lin is not a poor peasant woman, even if the food is bad, she is reluctant to throw it away.

So even if you know that Mrs. Lin died from a poisonous mushroom, you still don't know how the murderer poisoned her. The six members of the Lin family's private school are all suspects, and the most suspect is Lu Ma, who is in charge of three meals a day.

(End of this chapter)