Zhu Tianlei, who was squatting on the ditch, suddenly stood up.
"There's something wrong with this medicine."
Zhu Tianlei held a ball of black medicinal residue in his hand. The medicinal residue was full of mud. If you were not familiar with medicinal materials, you would never recognize this lump of something.
"Is there a problem? Did you prescribe this medicine, or did I go to the county to catch it myself? Do you mean that I tampered with it?"
After hearing Zhu Tianlei's words, Zhou Jingshan was unhappy.
He and Lao Zhou are cousins from the side branch. Although they are not closely related by blood, the two have had a good relationship over the years and have moved around a lot.
He is the village chief of Xinghua Village, and Lao Zhou is the doctor in the village. Both of them get along well. In addition, Lao Zhou is a good person. When his family members are sick, Lao Zhou always comes to the door in person, sometimes even taking medicine.
All the money is free.
Therefore, according to the relationship of interests, the two of them are the closest. It is for this reason that Zhou Jingshan volunteered to drive an electric car to the county to get medicine for Lao Zhou.
Now I heard that Zhu Tianlei said there was something wrong with the medicine, so of course he wouldn't do it.
"If you want to tamper with medicine, you don't have to do it when you are buying it, right?"
After Zhu Tianlei finished speaking, his eyes wandered around the people around him thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Zhu Tianlei's words, Zhou Jingshan was somewhat relieved, but he still believed in his heart that Zhu Tianlei was trying every means to shirk responsibility.
"It means that someone wants to harm Lao Zhou."
"impossible!"
Zhou Jingshan denied it flatly.
"Lao Zhou is usually very popular in the village. He always smiles when he sees everyone. Besides, Lao Zhou is the doctor in the village. Who would harm him?"
Zhou Jingshan didn't believe it. Old Zhou was an honest man and there was no way he could have any enemies in Xinghua Village.
Zhu Tianlei glanced at Lao Zhou.
How did this guy become the village chief?
"come here."
Originally, Zhu Tianlei could ignore this matter, but firstly, Lao Zhou was innocent after all, and secondly, he always felt that this matter was not simple.
Although Zhou Jingshan had all kinds of misunderstandings in his heart, he still followed Zhu Tianlei's footsteps and stood next to the millstone in the yard.
There are stone mills in rural areas, and the stone mill owned by Lao Zhou's family is very large, as big as a well cover. Zhu Tianlei poured the medicinal dregs in his hand directly onto the millstone and spread the medicinal dregs with his fingers.
"This medicine is Rehmannia glutinosa, which clears away heat and cools blood, nourishes yin and promotes fluid production. This medicine is Angelica sinensis, which nourishes and activates blood circulation, moistens the intestines and relieves constipation. This medicine is Scrophulariaceae, which nourishes yin and reduces fire, detoxifies and disperses stagnation. This is...
..”
Zhu Tianlei divided the medicinal residue on the millstone into several pieces, picked them out one by one and told Zhou Jingshan.
Finally, Zhu Tianlei pulled out a small piece of red-silver stuff from the medicine residue.
"That's the problem."
"what is this?"
Zhou Jingshan caught the medicine. Although he couldn't name it, he could somewhat remember its appearance. He seemed to have never seen this thing before.
"This thing is called datura, also called belladonna. Although it is also medicine, if it is used in this medicine, it will be poison when used on Lao Zhou's body."
When Zhou Jingshan heard this, his expression changed.
"Old Zhou, please take out the prescription."
Zhou Jingshan remembered that when he went to grab the medicine, there seemed to be no such name in it. Regardless of whether Zhu Tianlei was the murderer of Lao Zhou, he first confirmed the matter and removed himself.
Xinghua Village is a large village with the surname Zhou. More than half of the three hundred or so households in the village have the surname Zhou. Therefore, in the north where ancestral halls are not very important, Xinghua Village still retains clan chiefs and clan rules. If the same clan fights against each other,
That is a serious crime of disrespecting the ancestors, and Zhou Jingshan does not want to take the blame.
"Medication list...Medication list..."
Lao Zhou's wife, the woman with caramel-colored hair from before, started to turn over her body after hearing Zhou Jingshan's words.
"Oh, I can't find it. I can't find the medicine list. Village chief, I can't find the medicine list..."
After a while, the woman said to Zhou Jingshan with a sad face.
"Old Zhou's family, you... look it over again, this is not a trivial matter. If the medicine list is gone, Old Zhou's death will be in vain, and he may have to hold us back."
When the woman said that she couldn't find the medicine list, Zhou Jingshan looked a little unhappy.
The people around him are all descendants of the Zhou family in Xinghua Village, and three of the remaining four village cadres are from the Zhou family. If he doesn't understand this matter, he will definitely be implicated.
"Sister, your hand is already touching the medicine list, why don't you take it out?"
Zhu Tianlei looked at the woman and sneered.
The woman was fumbling around, her hand wandering over the pocket containing the medication list, but she didn't take it out. This in itself is a big problem.
"Old Zhou, what do you mean?"
Hearing Zhu Tianlei's words, Zhou Jingshan immediately raised his eyes, and with sharp eyes he saw a small white edge of paper exposed outside the woman's clothes.
"Village Chief, I didn't touch it just now...give..."
The woman's face turned pale and she had to take out the medicine list and handed it to Zhou Jingshan.
"snort!"
Zhou Jingshan snorted coldly, took the medicine list, and looked at it word by word. Sure enough, there was no mention of Datura or Belladonna at all.
"Village chief, how are you doing?"
Zhu Tianlei looked at Zhou Jingshan and asked.
"No."
Zhou Jingshan had to tell the truth, but if this was the case, wouldn't it make people think that he had done it himself and secretly added poisonous medicine?
"Don't be nervous, village chief. Let Lao Zhou tell you what the facts are!"
"Let Lao Zhou say it?"
Zhou Jingshan's eyes widened.
Lao Zhou only has one breath left, let alone talking, there is no telling when this breath will come back or he will die!
"Yes, let him say it himself. Village Chief Zhou doesn't want to take the blame, and neither do I, Zhu Tianlei."
After hearing Zhu Tianlei's words, Zhou Jingshan became excited.
Yes, he originally didn't want anything to happen to Lao Zhou. If this Zhu Tianlei could make Lao Zhou speak and explain the whole story clearly, it would definitely be a good thing for him!
"That's okay, but you have to promise that if Lao Zhou dies, you will be the murderer."
Zhou Jingshan breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not forget to add this sentence. If the person can be saved, it can be said anything. If he cannot be saved, or if he kills Lao Zhou, he will still be suspected.
Zhu Tianlei sneered and said nothing.
This Zhou Jingshan really made a good plan. Anyway, he is a good person inside and outside.
"Sister, you can go in too. When Lao Zhou wakes up, he will be the first to find his mother-in-law."
"Let's go in together, from the old Zhou family!"
On this point, Zhou Jingshan agreed with Zhu Tianlei's words. Lao Zhou was extremely tight to this woman, and couldn't separate her inside or out.
Zhu Tianlei walked in first.
Next came Zhou Jingshan, then several village cadres and villagers, and finally Lao Zhou's mother-in-law.
Zhu Tianlei sat on the edge of the kang again. Lao Zhou's lips were purple and his breath was as thin as a thread. Anyone who looked at it felt like he was about to die. (To be continued)