"You old godly woman who wants money, give it to you!"

The old lady kept asking for money, which made the gatekeeper angry. She took out the broken silver from her purse and threw it away with a straight face.

Taking advantage is not enough. It is meaningless for such a common man to care about it. The official reluctantly pays for it, but in his mind, he is keeping this account and will go back to his master to pay for it. He cannot pay for it in vain.

The official picked up the old hen, and when he saw that the old hen had a sulky look on his face, he slapped her.

"My darling!"

The old lady covered her chest with both hands, as if she might die at any moment.

"Don't worry, the harm will last for thousands of years!"

The official glared at the old aunt, which made her angry. The old aunt seized on one sentence and shouted, "You young man, do you know how to speak? What do you mean by harm? This precious little thing of mine is my heart and soul! That's called Ji Ji Zi Zi." There is a sign from heaven!”

The two were about to quarrel. Li Haitang was anxious and went out to catch the hens. All six chickens had just eaten. At this moment, nothing unusual was seen.

The last dish on the table is a plate of dumplings. There is only one dumpling left.

The old hen thought that she had made a contribution to laying eggs and got an extra reward. She clucked twice, lowered her head, lowered her beak, and pecked the dumplings in her mouth.

Not long after, before the dumplings were finished, the old hen shook her body and made a panicked cry. Then she fell to the ground and died.

"My baby!"

When the aunt heard that her precious old hen had died, she cried loudly while holding the warm eggs in her pocket.

The onlookers ignored the aunt, but had solemn expressions. It seemed that the Cao family had really died of poisoning from eating dumplings.

Almost at the same time, a whole family collapsed in the noisy long street, dead of poison, and no one was left.

Li Haitang took another look at the dishes on the table. There were no restrictions on each other, and arsenic was not produced. The deaths of the Cao family were undoubtedly caused by poisoning.

"There are less than two hours left."

Zhang Zheng estimated the time and then walked around the house.

The Cao family has a simple population, and most of their relatives live in the countryside. They don't have much contact with each other on weekdays, but they have a good relationship.

Relatives from the countryside would come to visit and occasionally bring some of the family's produce. Every time she went back, Aunt Cao would ask them to bring some tofu, and she never blushed or quarreled.

When they learned that eight members of the family had died from poison, the neighbors didn't believe it at all. They stood outside wiping their tears and sighed.

Li Haitang looked at his neighbor's expression. He knew that the Cao family was well-connected and did not seem to be hypocritical. He was sincere and sincere.

The murder was very simple, it should be a vendetta.

The atmosphere in the room was depressing. Li Haitang returned to the courtyard. In front of her, Tao Lin, who was engaged to the youngest daughter of the Cao family, shouted desperately, but his eyes did not forget to look at the room. He clenched his fists, which did not look like a pain, but felt a little guilty.

Acting heart-wrenching to hide your inner uneasiness.

It wasn't that she had any suspicion. There was a red mark on the side of Tao Lin's neck, which was obviously a hickey. The color was fresh and no trace of it had been left for an hour.

The Tao family and the Cao family are getting married. Where did Tao Lin's mark come from?

"Who did the Cao family see on New Year's Eve?"

Li Haitang walked to one side and asked his neighbors.

The two families have a good relationship, and there is a low wall between them, which only reaches the waist. If anyone comes to the house, the neighbors will definitely hear the sound.

"No one came, no one came."

The neighbor was very sure. He was still chatting with Cao Cao late in the afternoon, showing off several big dishes prepared at home.

New Year's Eve is a day for family reunion. Visiting relatives and friends during the New Year is reserved until the first day of the New Year.

Father Cao cheerfully said that when his daughter gets married in the next year, the two families must sit together and have a few drinks.

"Did Father Cao say he ate dumplings?"

Li Haitang asked in a low voice, with Tao Lin behind his back, feeling more and more suspicious in his heart.

"Yes, I said to save it for the New Year's Eve, but he said to make it in advance, otherwise the grandson at home would definitely fall asleep before twelve o'clock."

Neighbors were very impressed when they talked about dumplings. Mrs. Cao's favorite was dumplings made with leeks, eggs, and shrimp. Two days ago, her in-laws, the Tao family, sent them shrimp.

"I see."

Li Haitang had an idea in his mind that if he followed the Tao family's line of investigation, he could solve the case in an hour.

There was a reason for the murder, and if the Tao family didn't admit it, they could still ask the Tao family's neighbors.

Li Haitang himself guessed that Tao Lin had another lover and had always wanted to break off the engagement, but the Cao family did not agree, so he became resentful, soaked the shrimps in arsenic, and poisoned the entire family.

Perhaps, Tao Lin did not want everyone in the Cao family to be buried with him, but only the youngest daughter of the Cao family was the target.

Li Haitang was about to leave. Before leaving, he informed Zhang Zheng about the hickey.

"I didn't expect you to be so observant."

Zhang Zheng nodded, and Yun Danfeng replied softly, "Ever since Tao Lin came in, I knew he was the murderer."

"Why?"

Li Haitang was surprised. Could it be that he had an intuition after handling too many cases?

"No, he said it himself. He admitted that he was the murderer."

Zhang Zheng waved his hand and said it was time to arrest the person. He took him back to Jingzhaoyi Yamen for interrogation. On the night of New Year's Eve, he closed the case without delaying it until next year.

"Um?"

When Li Haitang went out, she saw Tao Lin yelling. She also wanted to know what loopholes he said to make Zhang Zheng believe that he was the murderer.

"He just said that the murderer was too cruel and poisoned a whole family with arsenic."

Zhang Zheng pursed his lips and died of poisoning. Everyone around him basically understood it. However, he had just done an experiment on hens and Li Haitang identified it as arsenic. Only the official knew.

Tao Lin didn't enter the house, so how did he know that the Cao family died of arsenic poisoning?

You don't fight yourself, you think you are smart, the thief shouts to catch the thief, your IQ is impressive.

There was not much suspense about the case. Li Haitang and his party returned to Zhuangzi. They were tired from playing with the little bean bags and fell asleep.

Li Haitang k

It took so much effort to give birth to a baby, and she also wanted to go out and enjoy the mountains and rivers with her savage husband.

On New Year's Eve, there are a lot of people, the sound of firecrackers, and the carriage is walking on the country road. From a distance, you can see the rows of red lanterns hanging at your door. It's another year.

Before keeping up the New Year's Eve, the couple wakes up Doubao, and the family of three, plus the little one in the belly, prays devoutly for everything to go well and get better in the coming year.

Crackling!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Haitang woke up to the sound of firecrackers. Today was a day to visit relatives and friends and pay New Year greetings.

Li Haitang married several sisters in Kyoto, Fang Shaoyao, Lin Wan and Zhenshi.

She had previously made an appointment with Fang Shaoyao to bring beanbags to pay New Year greetings on New Year's Day, and then meet up with her to go to Lin's house to liven things up. As for the Zhen family, they have a big family and receive many people, so they are very busy. The sisters will not get together until the sixth day of the first lunar month.

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