Another poison?
There's another poison?
Mo Ruo said, "After ingesting this poison, one will die within half an incense stick of time. However, this poison is very difficult to detect. Even the imperial physicians in the palace may not be able to detect this poison. But coincidentally …" Mo Ruo paused, then said proudly, "I have encountered this poison once. It is called Tea Poison."
Tea Poison?
Everyone was shocked!
Liu Zhiliang was puzzled. He stepped forward and asked, "How could there be such a poison? The coroner said that there was only Yinshuang in that cup of tea. Old Master Zhang also only had Yinshuang in his body. There was no Tea Poison. "
Mo Ruo replied coldly, "That's a mediocre coroner."
"…"
"What about that cup of tea?"
Liu Zhiliang immediately had someone bring the poisoned tea over.
Mo Ruo took out a small bottle and poured some powder into the tea.
But nothing happened to the tea.
Then, he said with certainty, "There was indeed only Yinshuang in this cup of tea. There was no Tea Poison. But there was Tea Poison in the victim's body. Furthermore, the poison would only take effect ten hours after ingesting Yinshuang, but the Tea Poison only took half an hour. This means that the real cause of death was the Tea Poison acting up first."
"That's strange. But there was only Yinshuang in this cup of tea!" Liu Zhiliang didn't understand.
Mo Ruo had said what he needed to say. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands. He said to Ji Yunshu, "I've helped you understand everything. I can't help you with the rest." He handed the small bottle to Ji Yunshu and said, "When the Tea Poison comes into contact with the powder inside, it will turn red. You know what to do. I'll take my leave first."
Without saying another word, he really left!
It was probably because of his alcohol addiction.
Only the people in the room were left dumbfounded. Two types of poison?
There was only one in the teacup, but why were there two in the victim's body?
After Mo Ruo left, Ji Yunshu put the small bottle aside and carefully examined the victim's body.
The bystanders saw her fumbling and turning over the naked torso of the dead man.
Jing Rong's face turned green.
What's wrong with a woman touching a man's body?
He couldn't tell if he was jealous.
He just felt uncomfortable all over.
Ji Yunshu didn't see anything on the corpse's upper body, so she pulled down his pants.
All the maidservants turned their backs!
Liu Zhiliang hurried forward. "Mister, what are you …"
Without looking up, she continued to check.
Jing Rong's complexion had already turned extremely pale.
Ji Yunshu examined the victim's thighs, all the way to the small feet.
However, there were no wounds or marks on his body.
She simply asked for a pair of gloves, a knife, and some needles and thread from the Liu family.
She raised the knife and aimed it at the dead man's throat. Just as she was about to cut it, Third Madam suddenly rushed over.
He shouted, "What are you doing?"
"Cut open his throat."
"No!" The Third Madam was very agitated. "My master's body must be intact."
"Third Madam, according to the coroner's findings, the deceased died from the Silver Frost Poison. However, there was another type of Tea Poison in his body. I just want to prove whether the Tea Poison was also poured into his throat."
"Whether it was or not, the murderer has already been found. It's that entertainer. She was the one who killed him. I can't let you cut open my master's body."
As she spoke, she wanted to stop Third Madam, but was stopped by a yamen runner.
Liu Zhiliang stepped forward and said, "Third Madam, the most important thing now is to find out how Old Master Zhang died. There's something fishy about this matter. We can't just pin the crime on that entertainer, can we?"
Third Madam hesitated.
At this moment, a voice came from the door. "Mother, let her cut it open."
It was a male voice!
A man walked in and helped Third Madam up. "Mother, Father is dead now. The most important thing is to find the real murderer and seek justice for him."
Third Madam only had this one son.
His name was Zhang Yimo. He was very handsome and seemed to be a reasonable person.
Third Madam's eyes glistened with tears, but she finally nodded.
He said to Ji Yunshu, "Mister, I'll have to trouble you. You must find out the cause of my father's death."
Ji Yunshu nodded.
The knife in her hand slowly cut into the flesh.
Only a small amount of blood seeped out, and it was somewhat viscous.
And the blood was black.
The knife went deeper and deeper, finally revealing a section of the throat. It was also black.
She opened the small bottle that Mo Ruo gave her and poured the powder inside on the throat.
There was no reaction, and it did not turn red.
She concluded, "The poison that entered the throat was only Yinshuang. The Tea Poison did not enter through the throat."
Zhang Yimo asked, "Then how did the poison enter my father's body?"
Ji Yunshu could not come to a conclusion and shook her head.
Then, she took a needle and thread and stitched the throat together.
It looked like she was embroidering.
After the last stitch, she used a clean handkerchief to wipe the throat clean. The original cut marks were not visible unless one looked carefully.
Everyone was shocked.
They began to wonder who this person was.
On the other hand, Ji Yunshu leisurely put on the clothes that the deceased had taken off, piece by piece.
When she put on the outer robe, she was shocked to find that there were some scraps on the wide sleeves.
Those scraps were caught on the silver thread on the clothes.
She pinched them in her palm and found that they looked like broken porcelain.
She asked the Zhang family, "Has your master been moved by anyone before?"
The Zhang family shook their heads, "It was Master's birthday last night. How could he be moved by anyone?"
"Then where did the porcelain scraps on his clothes come from?"
"Clothes?" The Zhang family's housekeeper suddenly came up, "This is the set that Master changed into during the birthday banquet last night."
Ji Yunshu was puzzled, "Why did he change midway?"
"Because First Madam's teacup was knocked over by the cat and the tea splashed on Master's clothes, so he went to change."
"Was it before the opera troupe performed? Or was it after? Or was it before or after the opera troupe served the tea? "
"After the tea was served, the opera troupe had just started their performance when the tea was spilled. Master went to change and came back. The opera was halfway through and he had just sat down when he collapsed."
A question and an answer!
Housekeeper Zhang's words were all true.
Ji Yunshu thought for a moment, "Then, can you bring this one to your master's room to have a look?"
Housekeeper Zhang looked at Zhang Yimo, who said, "Uncle Zhang, bring Teacher there."
"Yes."
Housekeeper Zhang led Ji Yunshu and the yamen's people over.
Just as they stepped out, they heard a cat's meow!
Two cats were pouncing excitedly in the courtyard, wanting to enter the room. When they saw Ji Yunshu, they wanted to pounce on her again.
Housekeeper Zhang blocked them and said, "What's wrong with these cats today? They're usually afraid of Master, but now that he's dead, they want to pounce on him. They even want to pounce on Teacher Ji. "
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