From Kowloon's Inheritance

After the guests and hosts were seated, Qian Xiucai said: "It is said that Miss Sun's family came to the county government office and offered 3 taels of silver to clear up the grievances of father?"

"Exactly!" Li Mu said.

"Sun Jiachen is the murderer who killed his father. He has been an enemy of his father many times. The revenge of killing his father is irreconcilable!" Qian Xiucai said: "My lord, please uphold justice!"

Li Mu said: "I will not let any bad person go, nor will I wrongly wrong any good person!"

Qian Xiucai said: "It is said that the Miss Sun family said that if the lord avenges his father, she is willing to serve as a concubine for the lord."

Li Mu shouted: "Sun Xiucai, you doubt me!"

Said, exuding a touch of coercion.

Qian Xiucai trembled, and immediately said: "Don't dare!"

Li Mudao: "If you doubt this official, you can go to the government office to sue this official, or you can go to Beijing to sue this official! This official, if you do the right thing, you will not be afraid!"

Qian Xiucai immediately knelt down on the ground and said tremblingly, "Don't dare, dare not!"

The people sue the officials, since ancient times, there has been no good end. If the lawsuit is won, the end is also very miserable. The family will be ruined for sure, and it is very likely that it will cost their own lives in the end.Even if this person is fatal and safe, he will be regarded as a troublemaker by the government, and his life will be difficult in the future.

The court decrees seem to be aimed at the disadvantaged common people, but whoever takes it seriously is a fool.

Li Mu said: "The case is complicated and the situation is unclear, so we need to think carefully! Where is the Qian family's maid named Xiaocui?"

"Xiao Cui?"

Qian Xiucai stood up and said in his heart, "My lord, wait a moment!"

After a while, Qian Xiucai panicked: "My lord, it's bad, Xiaocui is dead."

Chapter 14 Who is the murderer

Xiaocui is dead!

Li Mu was a little surprised, but also felt lucky.

In many cases, no evidence can be found, so look for some abnormal events, which are often the evidence.

"go!"

As Li Mu said, when he arrived in a courtyard, he saw a maid lying on the ground, already dead.On the table next to it, there is also a bowl, which seems to have soup in it.

"But he was poisoned!" Li Mu asked.

"No!" Qian Xiucai said, took out the silver needle and stuck it on Xiaocui's body, but the silver needle didn't turn black; it was stuck in the soup again, but it still didn't turn black.

Qian Xiucai said: "Xiao Cui was not killed by poison, but died of an acute illness!"

Acute disease is heart disease.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's kind of poisonous, it can't be detected with silver needles!"

First of all, the silver needle test has its certain accuracy.

After all, in this era, the main poison is arsenic. If arsenic is poisoned, the silver needles will turn black.

But from another angle, it is inaccurate.

For example, the arsenic of this era is not pure, there will be sulfide in it, and the silver needle will turn black when put in it.But if the arsenic is pure enough, the silver needles will not turn black when placed inside.There are also sulfides in some foods, and silver needles will turn black when put in them.For example, the yolk of an egg will turn black when a silver needle is inserted into it.

There are still a lot of toxins, and the silver needles will not turn black when placed in it.

"Actually, to check whether it is poisonous or not, it is best to use a mouse. There are no mice, but a puppy is fine too!" Li Mu said.

After a while, a puppy was brought in, and the remaining soup was fed to the puppy.

After a while, the puppy foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

Li Mu stepped forward and checked Xiaocui's body. His body was still hot, and he hadn't been dead for a long time.He stepped forward to smell the smell in the bowl again, and said, "This is ricin!"

"The case is now, and everything is actually clear!"

Li Mudao: "Gather everyone in the Qian family and go to the living room for a while. The scribe Wang is taking notes!"

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, dozens of members of the Qian family gathered together.

The Qian family is a big family with three sons and two daughters.The eldest son Qian Ming is an official in other places; the second son Qian Lai is a businessman in other places; the third son is Qian Zao, also known as Qian Xiucai.The three sons got married one after another and had children.There are also two daughters who are getting married one after another. The married daughters seem to be splashed with water, so let's not talk about it!

Qian Juren, named Qian Sun, is over 50 years old. He has an old wife and three concubines at home.

In addition, there are maids, servants, etc., about 28 people.

Looking up and down the Qian family, Li Mu kept observing. In his eyes, anyone could be a criminal.

The Qian family had already gathered, and Li Mu watched from top to bottom, without saying a word for a long time, everyone was nervous, not knowing what the elder was going to say.

"My official, Li Mu, used to be Tanhualang, but today I am the magistrate of the county. I don't want the official fortune to be prosperous, but the world is peaceful! Now that the case is up, the murderer is clear!" Li Mu said: "Now that the official decides the case, you all Can you take it?"

"My lord decides the case, so naturally I accept it!"

Everyone said in unison.

Li Mu is very satisfied. In the current era, there are no so-called troublemakers, and the number of troublemakers is also small.

"Qian Juren is dead. The cause of death was preliminarily determined to be burglary and homicide. But after the first appraisal by the official, I found that it was a disguise. It was just theft, and there was no need to kill people. All the traces in it also proved that Qian Juren was killed. Killing is a vendetta! As for the cause of death, in the initial stage, he died from poisoning, that is, he died from arsenic poisoning; but in the later stage of identification, he died from a broken throat; in the final analysis, the real cause of death was ricin poisoning!"

Qian Xiucai said, "Master, what is ricin?"

Li Mu said leisurely: "Ricin is a medicinal material that can be used to cure diseases, but the drug is three-point poisonous. The toxicity is more severe than arsenic. It is colorless and tasteless. After poisoning, the toxicity explodes quickly and there is almost no solution. After poisoning After testing, there was no sign of poisoning at all!"

"It's like, most rich people use silver bowls, or use silver needles before eating to test whether the food is poisonous and put ricin in it, but the silver needles can't detect it!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Recently, Xiaocui's prescription was abnormal. The prescription is mainly to treat sore throat and relieve stagnation. One of the medicines is castor bean. Castor bean alone has limited toxicity and can be purified in large quantities, but it is highly toxic. !" Li Mu said: "Originally, I came to Qian's house to ask why Xiao Cui took the medicine!"

"But now, Xiao Cui is dead. He died of ricin. The soup he just drank contained ricin! Can you tell me why?"

Li Mu shouted, staring at everyone present.

Everyone has different expressions, some are afraid, some are terrified, some are afraid, some are uneasy, thousands of people have thousands of faces, and many expressions are displayed.

Immediately, Li Mu thought about the last supper, so there were a few more suspects.

Li Mu continued: "In the past six months, has anyone been sick with a sore throat?"