From Kowloon's Inheritance

Chapter 14 Who is the Murderer
Xiaocui is dead!

Li Mu was a little surprised, but also felt lucky.

In many cases, no evidence can be found, so look for some abnormal events, which are often the evidence.

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As Li Mu said, when he arrived in a courtyard, he saw a maid lying on the ground, already dead.On the table next to it, there is also a bowl, which seems to have soup in it.

"But he was poisoned!" Li Mu asked.

"No!" Qian Xiucai said, took out the silver needle and stuck it on Xiaocui's body, but the silver needle didn't turn black; it was stuck in the soup again, but it still didn't turn black.

Qian Xiucai said: "Xiao Cui was not killed by poison, but died of an acute illness!"

Acute disease is heart disease.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's kind of poisonous, it can't be detected with silver needles!"

First of all, the silver needle test has its certain accuracy.

After all, in this era, the main poison is arsenic. If arsenic is poisoned, the silver needles will turn black.

But from another angle, it is inaccurate.

For example, the arsenic of this era is not pure, there will be sulfide in it, and the silver needle will turn black when put in it.But if the arsenic is pure enough, the silver needles will not turn black when placed inside.There are also sulfides in some foods, and silver needles will turn black when put in them.For example, the yolk of an egg will turn black when a silver needle is inserted into it.

There are still a lot of toxins, and the silver needles will not turn black when placed in it.

"Actually, to check whether it is poisonous or not, it is best to use a mouse. There are no mice, but a puppy is fine too!" Li Mu said.

After a while, a puppy was brought in, and the remaining soup was fed to the puppy.

After a while, the puppy foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

Li Mu stepped forward and checked Xiaocui's body. His body was still hot, and he hadn't been dead for a long time.He stepped forward to smell the smell in the bowl again, and said, "This is ricin!"

"The case is now, and everything is actually clear!"

Li Mudao: "Gather everyone in the Qian family and go to the living room for a while. The scribe Wang is taking notes!"

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, dozens of members of the Qian family gathered together.

The Qian family is a big family with three sons and two daughters.The eldest son Qian Ming is an official in other places; the second son Qian Lai is a businessman in other places; the third son is Qian Zao, also known as Qian Xiucai.The three sons got married one after another and had children.There are also two daughters who are getting married one after another. The married daughters seem to be splashed with water, so let's not talk about it!

Qian Juren, named Qian Sun, is over 50 years old. He has an old wife and three concubines at home.

In addition, there are maids, servants, etc., about 28 people.

Looking up and down the Qian family, Li Mu kept observing. In his eyes, anyone could be a criminal.

The Qian family had already gathered, and Li Mu watched from top to bottom, without saying a word for a long time, everyone was nervous, not knowing what the elder was going to say.

"My official, Li Mu, used to be Tanhualang, but today I am the magistrate of the county. I don't want the official fortune to be prosperous, but the world is peaceful! Now that the case is up, the murderer is clear!" Li Mu said: "Now that the official decides the case, you all Can you take it?"

"My lord decides the case, so naturally I accept it!"

Everyone said in unison.

Li Mu is very satisfied. In the current era, there are no so-called troublemakers, and the number of troublemakers is also small.

"Qian Juren is dead. The cause of death was preliminarily determined to be burglary and homicide. But after the first appraisal by the official, I found that it was a disguise. It was just theft, and there was no need to kill people. All the traces in it also proved that Qian Juren was killed. Killing is a vendetta! As for the cause of death, in the initial stage, he died from poisoning, that is, he died from arsenic poisoning; but in the later stage of identification, he died from a broken throat; in the final analysis, the real cause of death was ricin poisoning!"

Qian Xiucai said, "Master, what is ricin?"

Li Mu said leisurely: "Ricin is a medicinal material that can be used to cure diseases, but the drug is three-point poisonous. The toxicity is more severe than arsenic. It is colorless and tasteless. After poisoning, the toxicity explodes quickly and there is almost no solution. After poisoning After testing, there was no sign of poisoning at all!"

"It's like, most rich people use silver bowls, or use silver needles before eating to test whether the food is poisonous...you can put ricin in it, but the silver needles can't detect it!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Recently, Xiaocui's prescription was abnormal. The prescription is mainly to treat sore throat and relieve stagnation. One of the medicines is castor bean. Castor bean alone has limited toxicity and can be purified in large quantities, but it is highly toxic. !" Li Mu said: "Originally, I came to Qian's house to ask why Xiao Cui took the medicine!"

"But now, Xiao Cui is dead. He died of ricin. The soup he just drank contained ricin! Can you tell me why?"

Li Mu shouted, staring at everyone present.

Everyone has different expressions, some are afraid, some are terrified, some are afraid, some are uneasy, thousands of people have thousands of faces, and many expressions are displayed.

Immediately, Li Mu thought of "The Last Supper", so there were a few more suspects.

Li Mu continued: "In the past six months, has anyone been sick with a sore throat?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family said: "In the past six months, only the third child has had a sore throat, everyone knows it!"

The second daughter-in-law of the Qian family said: "Everyone knows that Xiaocui is the third wife!"

"If it's not the third child, who is it?" The second lady said, "The parents and officials just happened to come to investigate the case, Xiao Cui was suspected, but Xiao Cui happened to be dead, so whoever it is if it's not the third child!"

The third lady said: "Third son, the old man treats you well, why did you kill your father!"

Everyone is accusing, accusing everyone, and all unfavorable evidence points to Qian Xiucai.

Qian Xiucai immediately turned pale, and said in fear, "I didn't kill my father, it wasn't me?"

The fourth lady said: "If it's not you, who is it? You are guilty of being a thief. If you are not guilty, why are you pale and your hands trembling?"

Qian Xiucai said: "Sun Jiachen of the Sun family is the murderer who killed his father and so on, but I am not. Sun Jiachen has already confessed, but Miss Sun's family went to the county government and gave money, so you let him go, but you are wronged Me? I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"

"If you don't accept it, you have to accept it!"

Li Mu sneered and said, "Ms. Sun's family did come to the door to intercede. I just said that I will not let a bad person go, and I will not wrong a good person. That's all. As for the evidence, if you want evidence, I will give it to you." evidence!"

"The Qian family has a dog?" Li Mu asked.

The second wife said: "Yes, the Qian family has four dogs, and they take care of the house!"

Li Mudao: "If a bandit enters Qian's house, the dog must be poisoned to death. Otherwise, the dog will be exposed if it barks. But has the Qian's dog ever been poisoned to death?"

The second wife said: "No, the four dogs are fine!"

Li Mudao: "This also proves that it is not the outside thieves, but the inside thieves. Because the dog will not bark when it encounters the inside thieves. Only this one is to wash away the grievances of the Sun family. And again It proves that the murderer was committed by the inside of the Qian family. As for Xiao Cui's death, it also proves this point. Is what I said justified?"

Everyone said in unison, "My lord is right!"

Wang Shuli nominated and wrote, very fast and accurate.

"The murderer who killed Qian Juren must be the Qian family?" Li Mu shouted: "Only you are the most suspected. As for the others, is it the second wife, the third wife, or the fourth wife? They have no motive for the murder, nor did they commit the crime For the reason, only you are the most suspect!"

　PS: Thank you Shangqing Yu Yuganyi Daoren for 200 starting coins, thank you Aohan Guying for 100 starting coins, and thank you for the 100 starting coins of Floating Life is a crime just because I don’t have you.

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