Chapter 51 Peach Wood Murder

Zi Lian motioned the cook to bring the mahogany root and opened the paper bag and looked through it. She saw that the mahogany root inside had vomit. Zilian couldn't help frowning and asked, "Your master ate the water boiled from this peach root and gallbladder before he was alive?"

The cook smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Excellency, I'm not a doctor. Of course, we cook whatever they bring. And what we cook is not like such disgusting mahogany roots, which are all good.

"Who is responsible for buying medicinal herbs?"

"I don't know this little one. Every time Chunlian sent it to us to cook it."

"Spring Lotus?!" The name shocked Zhuang Yi and Zilian.

"What did she say every time she came?"

"Nothing special. Just let us cook it on time and send it to the master. It's a very effective recipe."

"Do you know where this recipe comes from?"

"Oh, I heard that the master's illness has not been cured for a long time. One day, the master and his wife went out and happened to meet a Jianghu man on the road, who was also in a hurry to go to the hospital, so he listened to the man's words and took the medicine according to this prescription, and then he has been taking it."

"How long did you take it?"

"Half a serving time. Not to mention, this prescription really works. I heard that the master's illness has recovered a lot.

"What about Langzhong?"

"It used to be a Langzhong swimming around! He opened the recipe, and the master gave the reward and went somewhere else.

"Na Langzhong, has anyone seen him in the house before?"

"I haven't heard that I knew him before. That day, I went out with the master and wife and met the man who came back. He only said that he was a man with a foreign accent, about 30 years old."

"Have you always been responsible for cooking medicine?"

"No, the five people in our kitchen took turns to come. If there is anything, everyone will replace it. When they are busy, Chunlian also cooked it herself, but it seems that it was only that time."

"That time?"

"Yes, not to mention, now think about it, it was the day before the master's death, because it was almost the master's fiftieth birthday, and the house was busy. The wife was very concerned about the master's birthday and asked the housekeeper to tell us to do this and that, and there was no time to cook potion. So Chunlian cooked it for us. Because she often comes, she is also very familiar with how to cook medicine. We are all busy and have no time to greet her at all. She cooked the medicine and left on her own.

"What's wrong with her behavior that day?"

"Abnormal? No! Is it possible that the medicine she cooked has something to do with the death of the master? No, the master has been drinking this potion for half a year. I only heard that it was good. I didn't see anything wrong!"

"Oh, we are just visiting on a regular basis. Master Tian's death has nothing to do with it!"

"Oh, I said, Chunlian is actually quite a good person. Although she is a big celebrity around her wife, she never talks much and does not put on airs. She pretends to be a tiger, and she is even more famous for her parents. How can such a good person poison the master?"

"When did you find these disgusting mahogany roots?"

"Oh, that's it. Because our master is rich, and of course, the medicinal herbs used are also the best. But one day, when I was about to pour the medicinal herbs into the medicine pot, I found a mahogany root that seemed to vomit like this. I thought it was the pharmacy owner who couldn't sell the medicine and mixed in it. I scolded the boss thousands of times and casually picked out the disgusting mahogany root. I threw it away. Later, after a while, another cook also found this problem, and there was more than one, but a bag like this. He was straightforward and said it to his face when Chunlian came next time. As a result, Chunlian said, 'It's all mahogany roots, where can they go differently'. Then she argued that the medicine was not bought by her. She just sent it according to the order of the master's wife. Although we don't know the doctor, we still know that this disgusting thing is not good, so we didn't cook it. Later, when we saw this mixed mahogany root, we left it to throw it in the corner. Unexpectedly, we would collect such two whole bags when we were about to throw it now.

"Are all these disgusting mahogany roots here?"

"Yes, I have collected it! Ah, my lord, you didn't want to tell your wife, did you? This is what she said she wanted to lose. It's not that I was greedy and stole things from his farmland!"

"Of course not, we just take a look. Since she said she wanted to lose it, it was naturally something she didn't want. How could I care about her for a few disgusting peach roots?

When the cook saw that Lord Fu Yin said so, he was relieved and went straight back to the kitchen.

At this time, Zilian whispered: "The mystery of Tian Qiqian's death has been solved!"

Zhuang Yi and Yang Quan couldn't help but look at Zilian together. Zilian said, "I have read in a medical book before that soaking in water after vomiting this mahogany root will produce highly toxic. Presumably the death of Tian Qiqian has a lot to do with this. Today, I found so many rotten mahogany roots here, and Tian Qiqian had been relying on this mahogany root and gallbladder to boil water to cure psoriasis. It can be seen that someone specially bought the mahogany root and then vomit it. It was also speculative to mix it into a good mahogany root, hoping that any cook was not careful and poured all the medicinal herbs at once. Boil it in the water, so that you can unconsciously kill Tian Qiqian. Unexpectedly, the cooks in Tianfu carefully picked out all the disgusting peach roots. In desperation, they had to use Tian Qiqian's fiftieth birthday to set up the cooks and let Chunlian do it herself, because no one would doubt loyalty. Geng and filial Chunlian will be a murderer, just as no one would have thought that the cured mahogany could also become an invisible poison.

Yang Quan was furious when he heard this, "What's the use of leaving such a wicked woman? When I get her, I'll take care of her!"

"Wait!"

Yang Quan said, "What else do you have to order?"

"Don't startle the snake first. With some disgusting mahogany roots, you can't fully prove that it is Tian Qiqian, who was poisoned by Mao's design. You still need to have more sufficient evidence. Now it seems that Chunlian is a key figure. As long as she opens her mouth, she is not afraid that Mao will not do anything. In addition, I always feel that something is wrong about the Jianghu Langzhong mentioned by the cook just now. Otherwise, why didn't anyone know that Langzhong before, but Tian Qiqian and Mao met him by chance when they were traveling, and gave such a partial prescription? What's more, if a Jianghu man can cure the disease of the richest man in Yingtianfu, he should show off and use it as the capital of future business. Why don't he know where he is? It can only be said that this person is not a real master hermit, or one of the murderers who wanted to kill Tian Qiqian. In addition, there is another doubt, that is, why is the medicine sent by Chunlian every time? She is the close girl next to Mao. Mao will not go out to buy medicine. She also said that the medicine was not bought by herself, which proves that there is a third person. Will this third person be the Jianghu Langzhong?

"This is simple. You can ask at the pharmacy that sells mahogany roots." Zhuang Yi is obviously full of confidence in the increasingly clear case, and he is more certain of Zilian's judgment and analysis ability.

So, several people pretended to get nothing and withdrew their troops back to the government office. Yang Quan looked at the paper bag, which was actually printed with the three characters "Wicun Hall", which saved him a lot of time to inquire and went straight back to the Spring Hall. I asked the boss and learned that the person who had bought a large number of mahogany roots was Mao's cousin named Ren Shaolong.

As soon as Yang Quan heard it, he immediately responded to Tianfu's report. At this time, Master Xie was also in the hall and was returning to report about Chunlian. It turned out that Chunlian's parents were an honest couple. In addition to praising their daughter and thanking Tianfu for their kindness, they knew nothing about Chunlian's reward. Inquiring about the neighbors around, everyone only said that Chunlian's good life was good. When they met a good master, they rewarded her with so much silver, and some praised her filial piety, and some praised her parents. The old couple were never willing to use the money sent by Chunlian. They kept it for Chunlian and kept it for dowry one day when she got married. For other things. I don't know at all. It can be seen that Chunlian is very cautious and never mentions what she has done, including her biological parents.