Chapter 280: The two cases are merged and connected
The room fell silent.
Yan Duzhi and his maid Jiu Hong looked pale, Miss Zheng lowered her head, and Doctor Chen gently stroked her beard.
Zheng Hui closed his eyes, sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, there is nothing to hide, it is true."
"I know that my father will never allow Yan Niang to enter the family, but I promise Yan Niang that I will give her a future. After much deliberation, I came up with this solution."
"Tonight was planned. I invited all my friends to come and bear witness. After toasting, Yan Niang and I sang a sad song, sharing a common bond between life and death. We told Zicheng that we both died for love, and then Doctor Chen
Rescue.”
"After this, my father's resistance will be reduced a lot. If I go to high school next year, I will be able to turn my sorrow into joy..."
"This is what I planned. Even Doctor Chen didn't know the specific situation before. I invited him to wait outside the alley tonight. Please don't blame him, Li Langjun."
Li Yan thought that your young master had a beautiful idea, but in the end nothing could be accomplished. He shook his head: "I can't talk about blaming. It's just that the case has developed to this point and is very involved. I must ask clearly. Since you want to pretend to die for love,
What method was used?"
Zheng Hui said: "The medicine to fake death."
Li Yan: "..."
Do you really think you will be acting in "Romeo and Juliet"?
Juliet drank the "suspended death potion" given by the priest in order to escape from marriage. Romeo rushed to the coffin, thinking that Juliet was dead, and had a head-on conflict with Juliet's fiancé. Both of them died. As a result, at the moment of Romeo's death, Juliet woke up.
When he came over, he was so sad that he also committed suicide.
It’s a familiar story, a very dramatic tragedy, but in reality there really is such a mistake.
In the final analysis, matters of life and death should never be treated as child's play. If you make fun of Death, Death will also make fun of you. Let's see who can joke better~
Seeing Li Yan shaking his head slightly, Zheng Hui mistakenly thought that he didn't believe it and hurriedly said: "Li Langjun, I am absolutely not lying. In this northern city, a Hu merchant from the Western Regions sold the secret medicine. I saw him taking it with my own eyes."
Finally, a quarter of an hour later, he fell to the ground softly, his heartbeat and breathing were inaudible, as if he was dead. After another quarter of an hour, he would slowly wake up and return to his original state."
Li Yan's eyes moved, and his expression suddenly became solemn: "Can you show me this 'suspended death drug'?"
Zheng Hui said apologetically: "There is only a small bag, I used it this time."
Li Yan asked again: "Where is Hu Shang?"
Zheng Hui replied: "After I bought the medicine for a lot of money, the Hu merchant disappeared..."
Li Yan thought for a while and asked: "Is the medicine in powder form? What color? What kind of smell?"
Zheng Hui said slowly: "It's powder. It's ground very finely. It's purple-black and has a pungent taste. I tasted a little and it was bitter, spicy and nauseating. But after a while, I felt a little groggy again."
Li Yan looked at him carefully: "That's all you tasted?"
Zheng Hui nodded: "Then it's a small bag, the price is worth a thousand gold, how can I dare to use more?"
"It's really good... Now the price is worth a thousand pieces of gold!"
Li Yan said something incoherent and turned back to the case in front of him: "The wine you drank before was Lanling wine. Did you choose this mellow and strong wine to cover up the smell of the 'suspended death medicine'?"
Zheng Hui said: "Not bad."
Li Yan asked: "Whose hand is the medicine in?"
Yan Douzhi whispered: "It has always been in my sleeve."
Li Yan nodded: "Since this medicine takes a quarter of an hour to take effect, you must choose the time. When the time is right, put it in. No wonder you have always poured the wine yourself. This should not have been done by you.
matter."
Yan Duzhi smiled sadly and cried: "I shouldn't do such a thing. Just as the fake mother said, how can I be destined to enter a big family? Suddenly, it was like this, and the beauty of my youth was in full bloom. She even advised me to hide my face.
Who else..."
Zheng Hui held her hand and immediately responded: "Yesterday, I was looking for the fairy, and suddenly the carriage was at the door. Life has to come to this point, and it's hard to judge the way of heaven..."
Li Yan: "..."
The literati is really hypocritical. Fortunately, he did not take the literary route, otherwise he would encounter this kind of encounter from time to time in his daily life, which would be annoying to death.
Zheng Hui's mind was clearer, and when he saw that Li Yan's expression was not right, he said sarcastically: "Li Langjun, I'm really sorry, please continue to ask."
Li Yan asked: "When did you administer the medicine?"
Yan Duzhi wiped the corners of his eyes and replied: "Zheng Lang and Gong Qilang were drinking. When the two of them were talking, I put the bag of powder into the pot when no one was prepared."
Li Yan looked at her sleeves: "Your movements were quite subtle, and the poison was extremely powerful. After they finished speaking, they arrived in front of Yugoro's table. It was then that I realized something was wrong."
Doctor Chen, who had been listening on the side, also said at this time: "This poison is very vicious. If it is delayed for a moment, it will be unjust."
Li Yan nodded: "That is a real poison."
The real poisons in this world are actually equivalent to controlled drugs in later generations. Ordinary people cannot get them at all, and only poison masters can equip them.
For example, Sun Sheng, the first chief of the Imperial Guard, once poisoned the upper reaches of the Turkic River, killing all humans and animals downstream.
The kind of poison Zheng Hui took was much more poisonous than arsenic. If he hadn't induced vomiting immediately, Bian Que and Sun Simiao would have been useless.
Li Yan looked at his maid Jiu Hong: "You brought the Lanling wine from the kitchen and made sure no one tampered with it during the process?"
Jiuhong hurriedly said: "Absolutely not. My wife told me about today's important events. I am careful, for fear of spilling the wine."
Li Yan said: "If there is nothing wrong with Lanling wine, and the powder for the fake death medicine was administered by Lady Yan herself, how was the poison administered?"
Zheng Hui thought about it carefully, his pupils shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to look at someone, but he resisted, and his face quickly turned pale.
But at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside, and Gong Siguang's loud voice came: "Li Jiyi! Li Jiyi!"
Li Yan said: "Excuse me for a moment."
He walked out and saw Gong Siguang saying happily: "I asked, and it's just as Li Jiyi expected. Mrs. Zheng has recently gotten married again!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yan sighed lightly: "Are you sure about the source?"
Gong Siguang said: "I'm sure. Although I haven't performed the six rituals yet, I should be right. The children of the Li family in Zhao County have been having a hard time recently, but the two families are well matched."
Li Yan smiled: "Very good, keep up the good work and continue exploring."
Gong Siguang said excitedly: "Yes!"
Li Yan returned to the side room: "Doctor Chen, you can go and prescribe the medicine. Madam Yan, you can go too!"
Doctor Chen couldn't wait to leave early, so he stood up, bowed, and left. Yan Douzhi felt very confused and left the room with the help of his maid Jiu Hong.
So, only three people were left.
Li Yan, Zheng Hui and Zheng Xiaoniangzi.
Without asking, Miss Zheng's body began to tremble slightly.
But she kept her head hanging down, and when she raised it again, tears were streaming down her face: "I changed the medicine."
Zheng Hui had actually guessed it, but when he heard his sister admit it, he still couldn't believe it, and said in a trembling voice: "Why did you do this? Didn't you agree with me marrying Yan Niang?"
Mrs. Zheng hissed: "Aye doesn't have any concubines. He has always been in love with his mother. I hate those charming concubines the most. How could I agree to you marrying this fireworks woman!"
Zheng Hui hurriedly said: "Keep your voice down! Keep your voice down!"
Mrs. Zheng ignored her and simply scolded her angrily: "You haven't even married a real wife, and now you want to welcome a lady who knows everything. My Zheng family has a strict family tradition for generations, and I have become a joke to you!"
"When you acted so recklessly, did you ever think about your little sister? I am also going to get married. Mrs. Li of Zhao County will ask a matchmaker to come to our house to find a bride. My mother-in-law has told me!"
"And I have already met a prodigal once, torn up a marriage contract once, and I am harmed by you again this time. Which family's beloved will be willing to marry me in the future? What do you want me to do in the future?"
Zheng Hui's face darkened and he said miserably: "It's my fault! It's my fault! No wonder you hit Yan Niang so hard. I don't blame her for this. She is also a miserable person... If you don't want to, just say so.
That’s right, why is it like this?”
Mrs. Zheng wiped her tears and became furious: "Speak directly? I don't understand your temper yet? When has there ever been a time when what you wanted to do didn't happen? Your Majesty relies on you in everything. Although Aye scolded her at first, she still insisted on it in the end.
Let you do it, I can't stop you, but I can watch you fail!"
Zheng Hui's lips trembled: "Then you will change my medicine and watch me fail with your own eyes?"
Mrs. Zheng said: "Yes, I will replace your fake death medicine with laxatives!"
Zheng Hui: "..."
Good sister, such a good sister!
He and Lady Yan were both tragically killed for their love, at least on the surface.
As a result, he was replaced by his younger sister, and they both had a big fight.
What does his family think of him? What does the literary world think of him? How will he get along in Luoyang in the future?
Mrs. Zheng had already thought about it and said forcefully: "Aye has always wanted you to be a member of the officialdom. After losing your ugliness, you should stop fooling around in Luoyang and ruining the family tradition. If you go to work in other places, I will consider it for you."
pass."
Zheng Hui pointed at his sister, trembling with anger: "You! You! But the wine bottle contains poison. I feel severe pain in my abdomen. If it weren't for Li Langjun, I would be dead. What's going on!"
Mrs. Zheng was stunned, her arrogance disappeared, and she burst into tears again: "Wow! I really don't know how that laxative turned into poison! I clearly...clearly asked Xiangxiu to go to the drug store to buy a pack of laxative, and then
I made some potato starch and mixed it together...if you don't smell it carefully, it's no different from your fake death drug...it won't turn into poison! Woohoo!"
Li Yan admired the strong brother-sister relationship and watched with gusto.
Finally feel comfortable.
Let you just recite poems and write poems when you are fine, take medicine to die for love, and almost commit suicide, right?
After watching the play, he began to summarize:
"Mr. Zheng wants to use fake death medicine to pretend to die in love and force your father to give in."
"Miss Zheng didn't want to see Mrs. Yan enter the hospital, so she replaced the fake death drug with laxatives, hoping that you would make a fool of yourself in public."
"In the end, the murderer replaced the laxative with poison and wanted to kill you."
"This is the process of this case."
When Zheng Hui saw his sister crying, his face darkened, and he showed confusion: "If you really want to poison me, why bother?"
"I already have a rough guess about who the murderer is. What is lacking now is a motive. The reason why this case is so complicated is precisely because of the motive."
Li Yan said seriously: "The real key for the murderer to do this is not simply to poison you, but the process of you being poisoned."
"If you are unfortunately killed, your father will be furious and must trace the murderer. This is a normal case."
"But according to the current development, once the murderer gives guidance, Mrs. Zheng will be charged because she was indeed the one who changed the medicine."
"In this case, the nature is completely different."
"Prince Zheng was the most eminent in his family tradition. As a result, his only son took medicine and faked his death in order to marry Dou Zhi's wife, and was later poisoned by his daughter who changed the medicine."
"Once such a tragedy in human relations spreads, even the Zheng family in Xingyang will become a laughing stock, and they will be unable to hold their heads up for a long time. Governor Zheng has an upright temperament and cannot tolerate sand in his eyes. It is even more difficult to accept it. I am afraid he will collapse..."
Zheng Hui's face was full of horror and he was sweating profusely. Miss Zheng couldn't even stand still when she thought of that fate.
Li Yan said solemnly: "The real target of this case is not you, but the governor of Luozhou! What kind of thief has your father offended recently, so that the thief is so deliberate and uses such vicious means to deal with him?"
Zheng Hui thought and thought, covering his face, tears streaming down silently: "I...I don't know! I have been thinking about Yan Niang...father's affairs recently, I have not paid attention to it at all! The child is unfilial! The child is unfilial.
ah!!"
Li Yan turned to Mrs. Zheng: "What about you? Can you think of anything?"
Madam Zheng shivered and held on to the screen, regained her balance, gritted her teeth and said, "Madam is indeed a little worried, saying that Aye has been very troubled recently."
She recalled carefully and said slowly: "It seems that there are some fields outside Luoyang City that need to be inspected..."