For three consecutive exams, everyone sent Bai Xiaoshan and the others to the exam room every day, but they became calmer each time.
After taking the provincial examination, Bai Xiaoshan and Liu Xusheng continued to study in preparation for taking the provincial examination.
Wang Cheng, on the other hand, took his mother to say goodbye and stated that if he could get into high school, he would definitely go to Bai's Academy to be a teacher.
Bai Ling gave Wang Cheng a letter as proof of teaching in the future.
The Bai Liu family wanted to stay and take care of the Bai Xiaoshans.
But someone didn't want Bai Ling to steal a few days of leisure, so a servant of the Bai family came to report: "Second girl, it's not good! The rice in our village is wilting, and the fish in it are also looking around a lot. The dogs in the village
I ate one secretly and was poisoned to death."
"Someone poisoned him?" Bai Ling's face darkened.
"No one ate that fish, right?" Bai Liu asked tremblingly, her face turning pale.
Except for Bai Xiaoshan and Wen Shu, everyone else looked at the young man nervously.
"No." The boy's scalp was numb from being stared at. After shaking his head vigorously, he added: "So far, no one has eaten the fish, but many people are crying beside the rice fields."
"It's fine if no one eats it, but it's not good if people die." Mrs. Liu recited Amitabha.
"You stay here with my younger brother and cousin. I'll go back to the village first to see what's going on. I'll pass on any news to you." Bai Ling thought about it for a moment, but he didn't dare to be sure who was responsible for the poison, so he could only say this.
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"How about dad go back?" Bai Sanshu said worriedly.
"I am a doctor. If we find out what kind of poison it is, we might be able to save it. If someone is really poisoned, this matter must be reported to the official. I am the princess now, and the county magistrate also has to give up some face. But you stay here.
, don’t worry about your family, it will affect your little brother’s mood.” Bai Ling warned.
Unable to delay, Bai Ling took the carriage back to Nanshan Village without saying hello to Bai Xiaoshan and the others.
Before we even got close to the rice fields, we heard the cries and curses of women in the village.
The rice seeds and fish fry were all bought by the villagers from Bai Ling with their own money. They have not yet recovered their money. They have wasted a year's hard-earned money. How can you not be sad?
"Bai Ling is back, please stop howling, maybe we can be saved." Some villagers saw Bai Ling getting off the carriage with sharp eyes, and immediately shouted loudly.
"Bai Ling, your medical skills are so good, please find a way to save these rice and fish. We are just about to harvest them, but I don't know who could kill a thousand people and do such an unethical thing."
"Yes, yes! Come over quickly and see if there is any hope of help?"
"If I catch that poisoned turtle grandson, I will have to skin him!"
A group of women yelled and cursed angrily, and even if the men were anxious, they could not come forward.
After Bai Ling said a few words of comfort, he found that he couldn't stop everyone's anxiety at all, so they had to squeeze to the edge of the rice field, first check the dead fish, and then test the water in the rice field with a silver needle.
"Has anyone touched these things? Come here and show me first." Bai Ling looked a little solemn.
The rice fields were indeed drugged, and it was rat poison mixed with arsenic.
Although the villagers have the awareness not to eat dead food, if they are soaked in water for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not penetrate into the skin and cause poisoning.
After hearing Bai Ling's words, many villagers became anxious and rushed to get Bai Ling to take a look first.
"Everyone, don't be anxious or crowded. Anyone who is close to Bai Ling will be shown first. Everyone else should line up and be careful not to fall into the rice fields." The village chief was busy organizing the order.
The one closest to Bai Ling is Wangcai Niang, who has no dealings with the Bai family.
Human life was at stake, so Bai Ling didn't have time to care, so he checked her pulse first.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, hearing, asking and feeling. It was already noon when Bai Ling had treated all the villagers.
"Everyone's situation is not serious. Now go home and boil hot water. First, clean it with vinegar or white wine. If you don't have it, you can also use baking soda. Then wash it with hot water a few more times. Eat lighter these two days, and then there will be more
If you feel uncomfortable, come to me to get medicine." Bai Ling replied in unison after reading.
Although some villagers went into the water and the medicine in the rice fields was diluted, it was not serious.
Fortunately, no one is eating here, otherwise the situation would be much more serious.
"Uncle, village chief, come with me. I have something to ask you." Bai Ling felt uncomfortable due to the sun, and the carriage could not hold a few people, so he could only leave with the village chief.
On the way back to the village, Bai Ling asked a few questions, but the village chief didn't have any clues.
Not sure whether it was done by people from the same village or people from other villages, Bai Ling could only tell the servants at home to pay more attention to the situation outside recently.
Large quantities of arsenic and rat poison could only be purchased from pharmacies, so Bai Ling sent someone to check.
In order to find useful clues, Bai Ling specially summoned all the children in the village, unwilling to let go of any clues.
However, a day passed and there was still no clue.
"Village chief, please report this to the official." Bai Ling frowned and said tiredly: "If someone attacks the fields, something will inevitably happen later. Now is not the time to worry about face. I'm afraid that someone will die in the end.
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The village chief really wanted to suppress the matter, but when he heard Bai Ling's words, he could only sigh: "Your family has suffered the most, so you can make arrangements."
"Has the village chief said hello to several other villages? Now that something like this happens, I'm afraid that person will attack the rice fields of other villages." Bai Ling frowned.
Rat poison can be bought from salesmen, but arsenic is an extremely strictly restricted medicinal material.
The people sent out have checked and found that in several medical clinics in the town, there has not been a large amount of drug abuse. Even in the past two months, they have only sold for less than half the price, and they were still prescribed by doctors.
The person who went to the nearby town to inquire has not returned yet, and it will take two days for the county town to reply.
"Bai Ling, do you suspect who did it?" the village chief asked.
"If anyone in our village has a grudge against me, the one in my old house is the number one, but the villagers can prove that they have never left the village. Wangcai Niang also hates me, but she has always been stingy, so why is this
It's probably not like he fell ill suddenly."
Bai Ling analyzed it, but he dismissed the biggest enemy in the village.
Most people in Nanshan Village work for the Bai family, and they usually don't have any grudges and would not do such things that harm others and do not benefit themselves.
The nearby villages have also planted rice, and they will not start at this time.
The most important thing is that with so many rice fields, how much arsenic and rat poison should be used?
Not to mention how much money is spent, it is difficult to collect arsenic.
"Let's leave this matter to the county magistrate to investigate. We are not officials after all, so it is inconvenient to do many things." Bai Ling couldn't figure out who did it, and could only wait for the result.
The village chief sighed, but there were some words he didn't say.
Bai Ling will make enemies even when he is in the spotlight on the outside, but it doesn't necessarily matter if he has enemies secretly.
But the village chief couldn't figure out why the poisoner had destroyed all the rice fields in the village if he wanted to harm Bai Ling.
But coming here for the village is unjustifiable.
The county magistrate attaches great importance to this case. If the rice planting can be successful, it will also be beneficial to his political performance.
Moreover, this incident involves the Bai family, who are deeply favored by the emperor, so they have to be treated with caution.
"We must find out the criminal who poisoned me. No matter what methods you use, if you still can't find the real murderer within half a month, just go home and farm." The county magistrate was very angry, and he went down.