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Shen Chi looked at the flour in the vat, leaned down and observed it carefully, and finally his eyes fell on one of the walls of the vat.

The next moment I took out the handkerchief and wiped it back and forth several times at the cracks on the edge of the jar. When I took the handkerchief back, there was a lot of powder on it.

"Isn't this flour?" Chu Huanyan looked at the powder on the handkerchief, which was about the same color as flour, and asked.

"It's mixed with other things." Shen Chi shook his head. "This looks the same as flour, but if you look closely, you can see that the color is slightly yellower, and you can smell a faint sour smell."

Chu Huanyan came closer, and it seemed that there was indeed a bit of sourness, but it was very light and basically negligible.

"What is this?" Xiao Jinzhi asked.

"If you guessed correctly, it may be a powder ground from the rhizome of the black ginseng. It looks like flour, but if you eat it by mistake, you will have high fever and vomit." Shen Chi said while looking at the powder on the handkerchief.

When he was thinking about the possible causes of this symptom in the people, he considered a lot of poisons, but he ignored the black vine ginseng.

Speaking of which, it is not a poison, but a medicine. If used properly, it can dispel wind and heat and regulate the spleen and stomach. But if its roots are ground into powder and eaten alone, it will cause the current symptoms of the victims.

But because it is not poison, but medicine, even a silver needle cannot detect anything. In addition, the taste is only slightly sour, mixed in a large amount of flour, and it is really difficult to distinguish. If cooked into food, it is even more difficult to detect and identify.

"Can it be cured?" Xiao Jinzhi asked again.

After seeing Shen Chi's determined nod, the expression on Xiao Jinzhi's face softened slightly, and he glanced at the large vat beside him and said.

"And if someone really tampered with this vat, after one or two times, the flour should be used up and the effect should be gone. It can't last that long, unless someone secretly does it many times. "

As soon as these words came out, the three of them suddenly had an idea.

If someone attacks the tank several times, he or she may not repeat the same trick next time. If he can just wait and wait, or push the person in the dark, he might be able to catch the person who did it.

After covering the flour vat again, Chu Huanyan and the others quietly left the kitchen, and at the same time sent experts to keep an eye on them secretly.

Shen Chi began to research the antidote in this direction, while Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi pretended that everything was business as usual and continued to have headaches about the epidemic.

After Xiang Shenchi confirmed that although the poison could cause people to have high fever, vomit, or even faint, it would not kill people in a short period of time, they chose not to stop the victims from eating steamed buns for the time being.

However, Xiao Jinzhi deliberately let people release the news, saying that the epidemic was under control and the number of infected people was significantly reduced.

The purpose is naturally to make the secret person lose his temper after hearing it and want to make the matter bigger.

At night, Chu Huanyan was taken by Xiao Jinzhi and hid in the darkness on the roof of the government office.

"I don't know martial arts. What if I accidentally make some noise and alert someone?" Chu Huanyan said worriedly.

She originally wanted to wait for news at the Hou Mansion, but Xiao Jinzhi brought her here with him.

"It doesn't matter, you just need to hold me firmly and there won't be any problems." Xiao Jinzhi leaned into Chu Huanyan's ear and spoke softly, with a hint of laughter in his tone.

According to Yan Yan's temperament, she was asked to wait in the Marquis's residence. I'm afraid she would have no sleep tonight, so she might as well come and see the excitement!

Chu Huanyan wanted to speak, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a government servant walking over in the distance, and she quickly fell silent.

Below, the government officials were changing shifts, and several people planned to go back to their rooms to rest.

"Xiaowu, why are you going?" Among the yamen servants, a tall man asked the yamen servant who was walking in the other direction.

The latter touched his stomach sheepishly and laughed naively, "I'm so hungry that I want to go to the kitchen to find something to eat."

Through the moonlight, Chu Huanyan recognized that the other party was the yamen servant who moved the flour before.

"Why are you hungry again?"

"I can't help it, Brother Wang, I'm starving fast." Xiao Wu scratched his head in embarrassment and stood there, looking at the few people in embarrassment.

"Okay, okay, go quickly, young man, you have to eat more, but I don't know if there are any leftovers in the kitchen now."

"I saw there were a few leftover steamed buns."

"This kid doesn't like steamed buns, you don't know." One of the older government officials said.

"Don't we all like to eat it? We've been used to it since we were young, and I think rice still tastes good..."

Several government officials were talking as they walked, and Xiao Wu also walked towards the kitchen. After they left, Chu Huanyan looked at Xiao Jinzhi.

"Do you think it's him?"

The yamen servant named Xiao Wu looks very honest and honest, making it difficult for people to feel defensive, but... after all, he knows people, knows faces, but doesn't know hearts.

"Just follow me and take a look." Xiao Jinzhi put his arm around Chu Huanyan's waist and led her quietly towards the kitchen.

Xiao Wu walked out of the kitchen with familiarity. When he happened to meet the patrolling government servant, he did not forget to say hello politely and exchanged a few words before entering the kitchen courtyard. Everything seemed normal and there was no problem at all.

When he entered the kitchen and made sure there was no one around, he took out a packet of powder from his sleeve, sprinkled it into the flour jar, stirred it casually for a few times, and then re-covered the flour jar.

He tore the paper bag into pieces, threw it into the stove ashes, and dusted off the dust on his body. Then he took out a cold steamed bun from the basket and left the kitchen again.

Qin Li had emerged from the darkness and was waiting outside the kitchen. When Xiao Wu saw the figure in the courtyard, he was stunned for a moment, "Who!"

Then he immediately said, "Are you here for food too?"

As he spoke, he walked forward. After seeing clearly that it was Qin Li, he showed his honest smile again, "Are you the bodyguard beside His Highness the Crown Prince? Why are you still here so late?"

Qin Li looked at Xiao Wu and asked, "Then why are you here?"

Xiao Wu smiled sheepishly and shook the steamed bun in his hand. "I'm a little hungry, so I'm looking for something to eat. Are you hungry too? Why don't you treat me first?"

"No need to act anymore." Qin Li glanced at the untouched steamed bun, "If you really want to do a complete show, you might as well take a bite now."

"Sir, my subordinates don't understand what you are saying." Xiao Wu looked confused, "Did my subordinates do something wrong? I just came to the Yamen not long ago and I really don't know the rules. If I do something wrong, you... …”

"What you did was indeed wrong. You poisoned the flour and harmed so many people and soldiers. If you recruit him truthfully now, you might be able to get away with it." Qin Li looked at the other party coldly.

They saw the situation clearly and couldn't deny it.

Xiao Wu's expression froze, and the steamed bun in his hand fell to the ground. Then his face turned pale and his whole body began to tremble, "Sir, please forgive me, I, I was also forced, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Wu's eyes suddenly hardened, he held his claws with five fingers and attacked Qin Li's throat, his movements were very fast and violent!