Hearing this, Zhang Youju and others were stunned.
Du He stood here and said that he was not here?
Why does it sound so strange?
Zhang Youju said with a confused look on his face: "Uncle Yixian, please stop making fun of me."
Du He said with a smile: "I'm not joking, I tell you seriously, Du He is not here, and I am not the uncle of Yi County. You have found the wrong person."
With that said, Du He waved his hand: "Bring the food to the brothers!"
I saw a few cooks from the canteen pushing a trolley up. There was a box on the trolley, which was covered with a cloth. When the cloth was lifted, seven or eight dishes that were still hot appeared.
Zhang Youju wanted to refuse, but his stomach growled, so he didn't care anymore and just started eating with his subordinates.
After eating, the staff from the canteen of the own furniture factory came to collect the dishes and chopsticks.
Zhang Youju was so full that he felt that the food eaten by the furniture factory workers was even more delicious than that in the palace.
The person next to him whispered: "Sir, Du He is clearly here, why do you say he is not here?"
Zhang Youju thought for a while, "This is a very complicated issue. I haven't thought about it clearly yet. In short, it's just that Du He is not here... Since he is not here, let's just wait. He will always come back."
That night, Zhang Youju and others sat and slept in front of the furniture factory.
…
The night is already deep.
Du He stood in front of the window, not feeling sleepy at all.
The matter of the sudden death while playing mahjong has not yet been resolved, and there are censors and ministers involved in the court. If this matter is not handled well, it will become a big trouble.
"What the hell, this young master just wants to keep a low profile, make a fortune, and quietly make a fortune. Unexpectedly, these guys can't sit still... Humph."
Click.
The fan in Du He's hand was suddenly broken.
He casually threw the broken fan out of the window.
squeak.
The door was pushed open, Zhang Jian got in and quickly closed the door.
Du He turned around and asked hurriedly: "Is there any news?"
When the two came to the table, Zhang Jian said: "Master, as you expected, there is indeed a problem. I just sent people to check, and among the eight people who died, except for the two who died first, the bodies of the others were normal.
Six people all died of poisoning!"
boom.
Du He punched the table: "Son of a bitch!"
Zhang Jian continued: "I quietly went to see Senior Sun. The poison is quite strange. It takes an hour for it to take effect after taking it. Therefore, those who died were alive and well when they entered the mahjong parlor.
Yes, but after playing for a while, he will suddenly die suddenly. The corpse will not look strange for a few hours, but it will take half a day before it turns blue and purple and appears abnormal."
In less than half a month, eight people died while playing mahjong. Du He felt that this incident was strange at that time. Even if he went to an Internet cafe every day, so many people would not die.
Therefore, he sent Zhang Jian to arrange for Fan Ya's people to go to Dali Temple to check the body.
After checking, it turns out there is indeed a problem.
Du He said coldly: "Continue to investigate, even if I am the King of Heaven, I will be found out by this young master. Humph, the people behind the scenes are attacking ordinary people in order to deal with me. It is really unreasonable. This matter is not allowed by heaven."
Zhang Jian scratched his head and said: "Now, the family members of the deceased have smashed up our mahjong parlor, and the quarrel is getting more and more fierce. They say they are going to the Chang'an County government to sue us."
"Let them make trouble. Before the truth is revealed, they can make trouble no matter what. The top priority is to find the person who poisoned the house," Du He analyzed.
"I understand, Master!"
Du He stood up and said: "Let's go, success or failure depends on tonight. Zhang Youju is timid, but your Majesty will definitely send someone else tomorrow. By then, he will have to go to the palace."
Zhang Jian nodded: "Master, everything is ready."
…
The entrance to the furniture factory.
The closed fence gate suddenly opened with a crash.
Hooves clatter.
Hooves clatter.
Several fierce horses rushed out from behind the door, galloped up the official road, and quickly headed towards Chang'an City.
Zhang Youju and others stood up in a hurry, but could only see a few figures from behind.
Someone next to me reminded: "Sir, just now, I thought I saw Du He, he ran away on horseback!"
Zhang Youju thought carefully and shook his head: "What are you looking at? You must be dazzled. Du He is not in the furniture factory at all. Go to bed quickly and talk about it tomorrow."
Not long after, Du He and others arrived at Xinghuafang.
Today, more than 80 mahjong parlors in Chang'an City are closed.
Only the two in Xinghuafang are still open for business.
The first incident of sudden death while playing mahjong occurred in one of the mahjong parlors in Xinghuafang.
Even so, people still come here to play mahjong.
The reason is that Xinghuafang is the largest gambling house in Chang'an City and gathers all kinds of gambling people. These gamblers are willing to risk their lives just to gamble, let alone play mahjong.
Du He took Lu Bu and Zhang Jian into the store, while the others scattered and hid around.
After entering the mahjong parlor, Zhang Du hurriedly greeted him.
Since this was one of the last two mahjong parlors to open, Zhang Du personally came to keep an eye on it, fearing that something would happen again.
At this moment, there are a total of ten tables in the mahjong parlor, six of which are full.
Du He asked: "When did these people start coming to play?"
Zhang Du said: "It started in the morning, eating, drinking and eating, all here."
Du He found a place to sit down, took out a hat from behind and put it on. The place where he sat was just in the dim light, so no one would recognize him unless he looked carefully.
Du He waved his hand: "Don't stand still. Come over and rub a few times with me first. What should come will always come."
Zhang Jian and others hurried over, gathered four people with Du He, and started playing mahjong.
Half an hour later, everyone could not sit still, but Du He looked calm, as if he really came to play mahjong.
At this moment, four people walked in from the door and asked the waiter to find a mahjong table for them.
Du He winked, and Zhang Du went up to meet them personally and invited the four of them to a private room next door.
Wow.
Du He threw away the mahjong in his hand: "Lu Bu, work!"
Lu Bu ducked into the private room and knocked out four people with a few bangs.
At the door, Zhang Wei had already hurried over with Medicine King Sun Simiao.
As soon as Sun Simiao entered the door, he said anxiously: "Oh, Uncle Yi County, please don't kill me. Playing mahjong will cause poisoning."
Du He smiled and said: "Old Sun, as the king of medicine, are you still afraid of death? There are rumors about poisoning while playing mahjong. You should first take a look at the situation of these people."
"good!"
Sun Simiao took off the box he was carrying on his back, then took out several silver needles and inserted them into the throats of the four knocked unconscious people.
After a while, he took off the silver needle and took out a fist-sized jar from the box.
Sun Simiao put the silver needle in the jar and soaked it for a while. When he took it out and took a look, his expression suddenly changed: "No, these people are all poisoned. In less than an hour, something will happen!"