Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 132 Intuition
After thoroughly searching Gu Chengyan's house, and waiting for Mrs. Liu's mood to stabilize, the next day, Li Quan summoned Mrs. Liu to Wannian County for another interrogation.

"Does Mr. Gu know that the second brother steals scales from the pharmacy and resells them?"

Mrs. Liu had already put on filial piety, her face was haggard, and her voice was hoarse.

"He didn't say so, but I think he knew."

"why?"

"He often went to the pharmacy for a while, and every time he came back, his face was not very good. Moreover, the jade business was not going well during that time, and he had great opinions on the second and third children."

"That's why he often went back to the main house during that time?"

"Yes. He wants to ask his father-in-law for some money to turn around."

"The old man plans to divide the family and give him a buyout money. Does he know about this?"

Mrs. Liu didn't answer.

Li Quan then asked: "Has he thought about taking back the identity of the homeowner?"

After being silent for a while, Mrs. Liu sighed, and said in a low voice: "There is nothing to hide from your lord. Everyone in the Gu family knows about this. As for the position of the head of the family, Mr. Xiang is the eldest son and wants to be in charge of the family." What's so strange about it?"

"Okay. Ma'am, go back and rest first."

After Mrs. Liu stepped down, Bai Sanxiu asked, "Did the eldest son really do all this?"

Wannian County did not find any poisonous things in Gu Chengyan's house. Judging from the current situation, his death seemed to be an accident.

Li Guan closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then asked, "Xiaoxiu, where do you think the cinnabar is most likely to be put in the old doctor's daily diet?"

Bai Sanxiu thought about it seriously, and then said: "If it was me, I would choose tea soup. I remember that the old doctor drinks Nanzhao Pu'er, a variety with red soup and red leaves. If you add some cinnabar, the color can't be seen."

Li Quan nodded, "That's right, I think so too. The Nanzhao area is also rich in jade. The tea that the old man drank was bought by Gu Chengyan when he bought the goods."

"Then it's really..." In the middle of speaking, Bai Sanxiu saw Li Yan's frown slightly, and asked, "Si Zhi thinks there are still doubts?"

After a while, Li Quan opened his eyes again, and concluded: "According to the current investigation, it can be inferred that, first of all, about two to one and a half years ago, the murderer brewed a small amount of cinnabar in Gu Lao's tea soup, causing the old doctor to be poisoned slowly. Symptoms such as headache, auditory hallucinations, convulsions and salivation. Gu Lao suspected that he was haunted by ghosts because of the increasingly serious auditory hallucinations, so he frequently invited mages to practice. Drinking cinnabar amulet water aggravated his condition and was the direct cause of his death.

On the other hand, after Mr. Gu gradually handed over the management rights to Gu Mingyuan, Gu Chengzhu resold the medicinal materials of Jishitang by stealing scales from the medicine shop, and filled them into his private treasury.On the surface, in order to seize power and cover up the smuggling, he mixed poison in the daughter red that Gu Mingyuan often drank, and committed suicide by taking the poison when it was revealed.However, there was no container of poisoned wine in Gu Chengzhu's room, and the contradictory behavior of repeatedly stealing scales from pharmacies and pharmacies indicated that Gu Chengzhu most likely did not commit suicide.

Right now, there is no direct evidence to prove the real culprit behind the scenes, but several clues point to Gu Chengyan.He does have plenty of motivation, too.It's just... in my opinion, he's not that smart. "

"You still feel that something is wrong."

"Yeah. But I don't have evidence, it's just my intuition." Li Quan rubbed his temples wearily, and then said softly, "Go back and rest first, I'll go to Dali Temple to see, there's still something to do over there."

Bai Sanxiu nodded.After Li Quan left, she turned her eyes and went to the warehouse where the evidence was kept in Wannian County.

(End of this chapter)