"This steamed bun was found in their prison, it must be leftover.
I feel very sorry to see this steamed bun left like this, so I want you to eat it."
Muchuan narrowed his eyes and smiled, showing a caring look.
However, the two jailers looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.
Then the little nose jailer said: "Sir, I am not hungry..."
One-eyed jailer: "I'm not hungry either, so just forget about this steamed bun."
Seeing that both of them were trying to avoid it made Muchuan angry!
So Muchuan slammed the square table next to him and scolded him: "I asked you to eat, how dare you not eat?
Are you looking down on me?"
The little-eyed jailer was obviously frightened. He immediately took the steamed buns out of the bowl and nodded repeatedly: "Eat it for the villain, eat it for the villain!"
Seeing that the small-eyed jailor wanted to eat, Muchuan immediately snatched it from the other man's hand: "Wait a minute, do I want you to eat it now?
You have to wait until my officer says you can eat it before eating it!"
"Ah...ok, sir."
The small-eyed jailer nodded in agreement, but at the same time he was even more doubtful. He didn't know what was wrong with the aloof man in front of him. Could it be that there was water in his head?
Of course Muchuan didn't know that the small-eyed jailor was cursing him in his heart. If he had known, he would have beaten him severely.
At this time, Muchuan took the steamed bun and opened it in half, saying that since they were colleagues, they should share blessings and hardships, so both of them had to eat the steamed bun.
The one-eyed jailer immediately declined: "Sir...since someone is willing to eat this steamed bun, you don't need me, right?"
"I said a need is a need. Could it be that you don't obey?"
"I have a poor appetite today. I vomit everything I eat. I really can't eat it!"
Muchuan looked at the one-eyed jailer with a very strange expression on his face, as if he had something to hide. It seemed that this guy was very suspicious.
“You have an upset stomach, right?
How about this, if you two can eat this steamed bun, each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of gold."
Muchuan promised.
Twelve taels of gold, equivalent to five years of jailer's income, will definitely make the jailers excited.
Then you can see the little-eyed jailor nodding his head: "Okay! I'll eat it, I'll eat it! Not to mention this dry and hard bun, I will swallow it even if it's a stone!"
So Muchuan gave Temujin Dali a wink, and Temujin Dali tore the steamed bun in half and gave half to the little-eyed jailer.
The little-eyed jailer really didn't hesitate and finished eating the steamed buns after a few licks.
On the contrary, the one-eyed jailer next to him looked strange. He stared blankly at the steamed buns, motionless, with a hesitant expression on his face.
Muchuan asked: "What's wrong?
You are not satisfied?
This is ten taels of gold."
"Little...little man is not hungry."
"Is it like this?
That’s such a shame.”
Muchuan smiled slightly, his face full of shrewdness.
Yes, it seems that the prisoner has come out, it is this one-eyed jailer!
In order to verify his suspicion, Muchuan ordered Temujin to forcefully feed the one-eyed jailer half a piece of steamed bun.
"Wait... Sir, I'm really not hungry, but I can't eat this steamed bun!"
The one-eyed jailer stepped back and wanted to refuse again and again, but now he had no room to refuse.
At Muchuan's signal, the two yamen officers came up and grabbed the jailer with such force that the yamen officers caught him.
Temujin was powerful and physically strong. He pressed his hand against the one-eyed jailer's mouth, and the other man's mouth was pried open. In this way, Temujin vigorously fed half a piece of steamed bun to him.
The one-eyed jailer struggled hard, feeling like a cockroach sprayed with insecticide, struggling to escape. However, he could not escape. Temujin had successfully fed the steamed bun into his mouth.
After the officer released the one-eyed jailer, he fell to the ground and clawed at his throat, trying to spit out the steamed bun he had just swallowed, but failed and the steamed bun was eaten by him.
Everyone who saw this scene felt incomprehensible. Isn't it just a piece of rotten steamed buns?
Is it necessary to make such a fuss and even pick your throat?
Others didn't understand, but Muchuan understood very well, because the one-eyed jailer thought the steamed buns were poisonous!
Muchuan conducted autopsies on the three prisoners and found that there were poisonous steamed buns in the stomachs of the three big men.
However, the specific cause of the man's death has not been announced. Officials and jailers in the government office only knew that the man died from poison, but no one knew exactly what he ate and was poisoned.
It is precisely because of this principle that Muchuan cleverly weaved out the remaining steamed buns eaten by the big men to conduct experiments.
If it weren't for the poisoner, he would definitely eat the steamed buns unsuspectingly, like a small-eyed jailer.
If it is a real poisoner, he will definitely be wary and even refuse to eat the steamed buns until death.
At this time, doesn’t the one-eyed jailer conform to the guess?
Even if Muchuan offered ten taels of gold as inducement, he could not induce the other party to eat the steamed buns.
"Seize the jailer."
Muchuan gave an order, and Temujin rushed forward with his hands and pushed the one-eyed jailer to the ground.
When everyone saw this scene, they didn't understand why Muchuan wanted to arrest the one-eyed jailer.
The one-eyed jailer also pretended to be innocent at this time: "My lord, my lord... what are you doing?
Did the villain offend you somewhere?"
"Stop pretending to be stupid here."
Muchuan rebuked him coldly, and then told the whole story, calling the one-eyed jailer the prisoner.
When everyone heard this, they were all frightened. After all, this one-eyed jailer was usually very honest, but they didn't expect that he would actually commit such a crime.
Zhang Jiujiu, the Prime Minister of Jingxian County, was also shocked. Then he stepped forward and kicked the one-eyed jailer hard, and cursed: "I didn't expect you to be with the prisoners who murdered Master Muchuan. It's really unreasonable!"
After Zhang Jiujiu kicked the one-eyed jailer a few times, he put on a loyal look and said, "Sir, this subordinate is incompetent in his jurisdiction. I will definitely chop this thief to show justice in the world and the majesty of the imperial court!"
Hearing that Zhang Jiujiu wanted to chop off his head frightened the one-eyed jailer. He just accepted other people's money to do things for them, but he didn't intend to die because of it!
"Sir, spare my life! Spare your life! I didn't intend to do this, please spare this villain's life!"
"You're still making a lot of noise, so shut up!"
Zhang Jiujiu kicked the one-eyed jailer a few more times to prevent him from irritating Muchuan.
But Muchuan acted casually, glanced at the one-eyed jailer, and then said: "Do you want to live?
It's not impossible. If you can cooperate with the work and reveal the murderer behind the scenes, your life will naturally be spared."
Things have become very clear. The person who instructed the big men to kill Muchuan and the person who bribed the one-eyed jailer must be the same person. If the one-eyed jailer can recruit this person, everything will be revealed.
