Need for money

Although Wang Meng wanted to take Lin Jingzhi down as soon as possible, he couldn't directly settle the case like he did with ordinary people and let him be taken to prison, so he just nodded and signaled that he could be questioned.

The reason why those four people in Luo City were poisoned, the Lin family also bears a certain responsibility. After all, if Wang Meng hadn't dealt with the Lin family, these people would not have lost their lives.

Lin Jingzhi felt guilty, but his fists were hidden in his long sleeves, and he clenched them into fists. By the way, to save the Lin family, he had to wrong some of you.

"You said that these dead people died of poison because they took the pills from Jishengtang?"

After Lin Jingzhi finished speaking, the common people quickly responded, "That's right, they died because they took the pills from Jishengtang."

There was a middle-aged woman wearing worn-out patched clothes, weeping, and said in detail, "My Dahu is only 16 years old this year. He caught a cold last night. I heard that Jishengtang's pills are not only cheap, but also The curative effect was very good, so the woman gave him a few copper coins and asked him to go to Jishengtang to buy some pills to take.

But he didn't want to, but he didn't want to walk for a long time, and a neighbor he knew came to tell the woman on his back, saying that my tiger died after eating the pill prescribed by the doctor in Jishengtang! "

"The poor woman's son didn't even have a wife, so he just went away. Huh, Master Qingtian, you must make decisions for the women!"

When the rest of the people heard the middle-aged woman crying, they couldn't help but shed tears and talked about it. Without exception, they all died outside shortly after going out.

Wang Meng pointed at the people who were crying bitterly in the hall, pretending to be sad and said: "Lin Jingzhi, this is a good thing that your Lin family has done. It's over, what else do you have to say?"

"Ugh..."

"Master Wang, you must decide for the little people!"

"The woman's son died so tragically..."

These few people who had lost their relatives did not know the grievances between the Lin family and Wang Meng, and when they saw Wang Meng criticize the Lin family, they all cried loudly.

Lin Jingzhi saw the two yamen servants holding iron chains under Wang Meng's secret instruction and wanted to take him down. He suddenly snorted coldly. The steel knife was pulled out in half.

Dozens of steel knives flickered coldly, and the two yamen servants who were startled hurriedly retreated, and fell to the ground in embarrassment with a plop.

"Bold! How dare you draw your knives and commit murder in the lobby, do you want to rebel?" Wang Meng took a gavel in his hand and slapped it on the desk vigorously, 'Slap! ' With a sound, the timid man shivered.

It would be a lie to say that the guards of the Lin family are not afraid at this time, but they are the slaves of the Lin family. If the master does something bad, they will not have good fruit to eat, so they are not the master, but only for their own sake, they have to grit their teeth top.

"Your Majesty Wang speaks so loudly that he immediately branded the Lin family as a rebel!" At this moment, Lin Jingzhi said, "There are dozens of people in the Lin family who served as officials in the dynasty and were loyal to the Daqian Dynasty. , don’t dare to be charged with such a big crime!”

"Hmph, if you are really loyal to the emperor and patriotic, let them step down and confess their crimes honestly." Wang Meng shouted.

"Joke, Lin is innocent, why do you have to admit it?" Lin Jingzhi waved his hand to the back, and the guards of the Lin family quickly put away their steel knives when they saw this.

Turning his head, Lin Jingzhi looked at the common people again, "If Lin heard correctly, you just said that your relatives died outside, not at home, so let me ask you, how do you know that your relatives are dead? He must have taken Jishengtang's pills and died of poisoning?"

Several people were startled when they heard the words, and an old man replied: "They all went to Jishengtang to see a doctor, and they all died at the gate of Jishengtang. Naturally, the poisonous pills from Jishengtang killed them. "

"If it's not a serious illness, unable to walk, Jishengtang doesn't care about the warm water needed when taking the medicine, so I wonder in my heart, how do they swallow the pills without water? And most of the people who buy medicine when they are sick will go home and go back to the hospital. Taking medicine, why did they take the medicine just after they walked out of the gate of Jishengtang?"

The points Lin Jingzhi said are common sense. The pill is very big. Although it can be swallowed without water, it will hurt the throat. Ordinary people will not swallow it dryly, and the sick person is mentally weak and physically tired If they are tired, most of them will go home and take medicine, and then go to bed. Few people will take medicine outside the house.

Wang Meng didn't allow Lin Jingzhi to make more excuses, and replied: "Without water, the pill can be swallowed, and there is no rule in Wang's law that you have to go home to take the medicine, Lin Jingzhi, don't argue anymore!

If you agree to it readily, I can see that I am familiar with you, and you can get off lightly, but if you are still stubborn, then I will use instruments of torture! "

Several commoners had indeed become suspicious when they heard Lin Jingzhi's question, but after hearing what Wang Meng said, it was very reasonable, so they decided again that it was the Lin family who killed their relatives.

"Lin didn't make any excuses. In addition, Lin also found a problem!" Lin Jingzhi ignored Wang Meng's threat and said again.

"What's the problem?" Wang Meng was startled, and asked instinctively. He had tampered with the Lin family several times before, but only the poisoning was successful. At this time, he was really afraid that Lin Jingzhi would find out the fault.

The few commoners also looked over upon hearing the words.

Under everyone's gaze, Lin Jingzhi said, "It's very simple. Since they all died outside the door, it means that no one saw them with their own eyes. Did they take Jishengtang's pills?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the lobby was stunned. Several people looked at each other and fell silent. Indeed, they did not see their own family members swallowing Jishengtang's pills with their own eyes.

If no one saw it, there would be no witnesses, and without witnesses, even if the officials in the yamen can prove that several people died of poisoning, it cannot be said that the poison in these people has anything to do with Jishengtang's pills.

This question hit the nail on the head and caused Wang Meng to be in a mess. He wanted to miss this point. At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man kneeling in the hall from the corner of his eyes. He turned his eyes and shouted: "Who said that no one saw it? When I tried the case earlier, this person said that he saw a few people swallow the pills and then fell to the ground, and I also sent someone to search the place of the case carefully. Fan, I didn't find the pills that these people bought in Jishengtang, didn't they take them, so could those pills still fly by themselves?"

After all, Wang Meng secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

That middle-aged man was arranged by Wang Meng earlier. The purpose was to let him incite the people to cry and make the crowd angry. Otherwise, if the people in Luo City dare not sue the officials because they are afraid of the power of the Lin family, then his work will be in vain. .

The middle-aged man trembled imperceptibly when he heard the words, kowtowed his head in Wang Meng's direction, and said, "That's right, I happened to be wandering around the entrance of Jisheng Hall at that time, and I saw them swallow the freshly bought meat. The pill in your hand!"