Demon detective

Chapter 143 Suspicion
Under Xu Zhen's command, Yaochang Village gradually stabilized.

In order to make up for his mistakes, Baozheng Li Youcai led his men to patrol around and worked hard.

Originally, Xu Zhen wanted to register Meng Shaojun's family property first, in case anyone would miss it.But after thinking about it, the whole village has been controlled by him, so it's better to start an investigation immediately.

Therefore, he arranged for Li Youcai's people to guard together with the local villagers, and sealed off Meng Shaojun's house.

After that, he asked the three Lizheng to accompany him, and explained in detail the whole story of the mass poisoning case while visiting the scene.

Unexpectedly, the scene of the incident is still preserved to this day.

It was a quite spacious and elegant house, located in the best location in the north of the village, a tall courtyard with antique flavor.

It's a pity that too many things have changed in three years. Since the accident, this place has been listed as a forbidden area. The gates are all nailed to death with wooden boards, and the surrounding walls are becoming more and more dilapidated.

There are dead branches of creepers on the top of the wall, and moss grows on the cold corner of the wall, which not only looks desolate, but also has a chill from inside to outside.

The three Li Zhengming men opened a small door in the backyard, and then led Xu Zhen and Qin Yin into the house.

The owner here is called Meng Qinghui, who used to be the richest man in Yaochang Village. It is said that he is easy-going, has always adhered to the principle of making money with harmony, and has never had any conflicts with others.

Therefore, to this day, people still can't figure out who is holding a grudge against him so much?

"Here, here it is," one of the old men with the same facial paralysis, talked about the horrible experience that year with difficulty, "Three years ago, in this compound, Meng Qinghui held a wedding banquet for his son Meng Zhichao.

"Almost all the people in the village came to celebrate, and the scene was so lively..."

Looking at the super compound like a square in front of him, Xu Zhen seemed to be able to see the grand occasion of the year.

"There are more than 50 tables, and the tables are full." At this time, another Li was continuing to preach, "We have a wedding banquet custom here, that is, the first glass of wine must be offered to all the guests by the groom himself.

"At that time, everyone who could drink at the wine table raised their glasses to respond, but after the wine was drunk, the whole courtyard was filled with wailing... Sigh..."

The three of them were shaking their heads and sighing, the painful memory was like a nightmare.

"That wine...is very poisonous!" said Lao Li with a paralyzed face, "After drinking it, he felt that his entire internal organs were rotten, he felt nauseous and vomited, his whole body convulsed, and he coughed up blood continuously...

"The elderly who were weaker in physique died on the spot; the ones who were a little bit stronger didn't make it through later; and those like me barely survived after more than ten days of feeding!"

As the old man told, Xu Zhen seemed to be able to see the chaotic scene after drinking the poisoned wine.

Many people convulsed in pain, some died on the spot, some wailed, cups and plates fell from the dining table and smashed to pieces, and those who hadn't drunk panicked...

Cyanide...

Listening to their description, Xu Zhen also became more and more certain that the poison should be some kind of cyanide.

Someone lowered it into the wine jar, although it has been diluted, the toxicity is still fierce.

If more poison had been dropped, there would not even be survivors.

Although the production process of cyanide is very complicated and difficult to complete in ancient techniques, it is still possible to extract it from plants according to the nature of the extraction.

It's just that the extracted toxicity is not concentrated enough.

The three of them were talking about the situation back then, and someone was talking at the small gate. Looking back, it turned out that Meng Zhichao and his wife were also invited into the courtyard.

Meng Zhichao is Meng Qinghui's only son, and he was the groom back then.

After toasting the guests, he almost died from taking poison. Although he saved his life later, he still became what he is today, and he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

Meng Zhichao and his wife were summoned by Xu Zhen. If you want to understand the situation back then, you need to ask these two important parties.

As soon as he entered the familiar courtyard, Meng Zhichao suddenly became extremely nervous. The disaster in the past was a terrifying scene that he would never be able to erase in this life.

Meng Zhichao's daughter-in-law, Yuniang, was a little better, and she immediately sent a blessing to Xu Zhen as a sign of courtesy.

"When the accident happened..." Xu Zhen asked his first question, "What time is it?"

"At noon," Lizheng replied, "the custom in our village is to worship in the morning, have a banquet at noon, and have a bridal chamber in the evening."

"Where's Meng Qinghui?" Xu Zhen asked again, "Has he had any alcohol?"

"Drink it," Yuniang replied, "my father-in-law was poisoned and died on the spot."

"Actually," a certain Li Zheng said, "Meng Qinghui doesn't need to drink the first glass of wine toasted by the groom, but he was happy that day, so he accompanied him together, alas..."

"Before you said," Xu Zhen asked, "Lizheng back then, also..."

"Yes," someone replied, "Lao Li's name is Meng Chengfu, and he drank a full glass..."

Xu Zhen already knew that according to the genealogy, the older generation in Yaochang Village had the word "Cheng", followed by the word "Qing", and then the word "Zhi".

Now these three Lizhengs are all from the generation of "Cheng".

"Your family..." Xu Zhen asked Yuniang, "Is there anyone else?"

"Zhi Chao is an only child," Yu Niang replied, "my mother died early, and there are almost no one in my natal family. There are uncles, but since the accident in our family, we have stopped seeing each other."

"Okay," Xu Zhen indicated to Qin Yin, "Record all the close relatives of Meng Qinghui's family, the more detailed the better."

"Yes." Qin Yin agreed.

The little girl had never done such a job before, she was still very nervous, so she quickly found a stone platform and unfolded a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked the girl to dictate and start recording.

"So..." At this time, Xu Zhen asked Li Zheng again, "How did you investigate back then? Did you really find out nothing?"

"That's right," a certain Li Zheng pointed to the backyard, "the wine jar has always been placed in the wine cellar in the backyard. To be honest, the wedding was so lively at that time, anyone might go to the wine cellar to poison."

"At that time," another added, "a few suspects were found, but in the end they were all ruled out. For example, Meng Shaojun, Meng Shaojun's husband was poisoned to death on the spot."

"Then... who are the other suspects?" Xu Zhen asked again.

"Meng Qingxi," Jia Lizheng introduced without hesitation, "this Meng Qingxi's family is in the soliciting business, and they are relatively rich, but they are far behind Meng Qinghui's family."

"Then why is he a suspect?" Xu Zhen asked.

"Oh, it's like this," another Li Zheng explained, "Yu Niang was originally betrothed to Meng Zhixiao, Meng Qingxi's son, but was cut off by Meng Qinghui's family. However, this Meng Qinghui's family is the richest man in the village. After my natal family knows, anyone who is not stupid will know how to choose!"

"Then why were the suspicions removed later?"

"It just so happened that Meng Qingxi fell ill that day and was not poisoned, so we were the first to suspect it, but..." Li Zheng clapped his hands and said, "His son Meng Zhixiao attended the wedding banquet and was poisoned to the point of facial paralysis, so it can naturally be ruled out."

Oh……

Xu Zhen frowned, thoughtful, because when Li was telling the matter, he found that Yuniang who was taking notes suddenly raised her head and showed a nervous look.

"Actually, the most important thing in this case is the poison itself!" At this time, Li Zheng said to himself, "No one has seen such a powerful poison, and they don't know what it is, so how can we investigate?"

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(End of this chapter)