All poisoning must have a motive, Ah Xiu thought so, and then analyzed, but he never had any old enemies, and then he thought about it, let's check it from the source of the poison.

Since it's a drug, the distribution in the house is recorded, and if it's bought outside, there should also be a record, so it's better to start here, hoping to find clues from the records. Ah Xiu thought.

So they sent people to check all the people to see who had bought arsenic. Then I also asked the person in charge of buying to count the records of arsenic collection, and after checking, sure enough, there were three people who had bought and received arsenic: Xiaosi in Lian'er's room, Qinqin in Zhao's room, and Zhou's mother who piped the cloth.

I called these three people at the moment, and just about to ask, the doctor came, Ah Xiu hurriedly asked the doctor to go in for diagnosis and treatment, and he stood outside and waited.

Suddenly someone said that the people in the garden were impatient and wanted to be deceived and dispersed. Ah Xiu smiled slightly, and asked the housekeeper in the house: "Go out and tell them, they are hungry and thirsty, there is food on the table, and when they are tired and sleepy, they will get off the chair." Whoever dares to make trouble, I will ask General Tang to bring people from the yamen and invite them to tea. ”

The housekeeper took the order, the doctor came out, said that there was no worry about his life, and prescribed a prescription, Ah Xiu thanked the doctor, gave the consultation money, and ordered someone to take the prescription to boil.

Looking back at these three people, and then looking at the records sent, start with the number of people you have received, Ah Xiu thought. Looking at Mother Zhou with Ming Feng's eyes, Ah Xiu opened her mouth: "Mother Zhou, the house said that you received five yuan of arsenic, what is it for?" Is there anything left? ”

Mother Zhou hurriedly bowed her head and replied, "If you go back to the princess, you received it last month." When the season came, the weather was damp and the rats in the barn were more noisy than usual, so I took five coins of arsenic and took some candied fruit from the kitchen to poison the rats. I used it when I received it, and there was nothing left. ”

Ah Xiu nodded, asked people to go to the warehouse to check, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and asked the piano in Zhao's room: "What do you want arsenic for, how much did you buy?" ”

Holding the piano is also a big girl, seeing the hostess asking, she replied respectfully: "I originally went to receive arsenic because of poisonous rats, but it happened that the last bit was taken away by Zhou's mother." I told the housekeeper that it would be better for me to buy embroidery thread and bring it back to the house, and then I bought two taels and handed them over to the house, and I received two dollars. Now it's almost gone, only a little bit left. ”

Ah Xiu asked her to pick it up, and asked the little four in Lian'er's room: "What are you doing with arsenic?" Xiao Si hurriedly replied: "Our master has a bad cough, the doctor said that it was asthma, I received less than half a dollar to make pills, the medicine is made by Dr. Sun of Ci'an Hall, the princess can send someone to ask." I don't have anything left here. ”

Ah Xiu asked people to ask the doctor in Ci'an Hall, it seems that everyone has a clear answer, so let's wait for the person who went to confess to come back for the time being. Ah Xiu thought, went into the house to see Hu Shi, and asked someone to take a few eggs, and carefully took the egg whites and gave them to Hu Shi, which can be regarded as protecting and repairing the gastric mucosa.

After a while, the first to go to the warehouse came back, and told Sù that Ah Xiu had indeed seen the poison bait, and had not found any remaining arsenic hidden. Ah Xiu nodded and asked him to go down, and then Zhuqin also came back, Ah Xiu was about to ask, but he felt that Zhuqin's face was wrong.

"Princess, the servant may be mistaken, the arsenic has run out. So I didn't take it. The sound of holding the piano was a little nervous, Ah Xiu's sensitive feeling was wrong, she squinted her eyes, and asked: "I said yes before, but now I can't find it and say no, are you and your wife so confused on weekdays?" ”

The voice was not angry and arrogant, and he shrank his shoulders in fear, and replied: "The princess atoned for her sins, the slave really can't remember clearly......" Ah Xiu is a modern person, and naturally knows that the shrunken shoulders are a sign of weakness in speech, and he even more questioned: "Tu Tu Tu Tu, could it be that you poisoned it?!" ”

The official next to the helper said: "Explain it as soon as possible, people's lives are at stake, don't make the princess angry." If I really hand you over to the yamen or drive you out, do you want your family to lose face? ”

Holding the qin, he knelt down with a voice: "The princess is clear!" Don't dare to hold the piano! I do remember that there is a little bit left, and I just went back and there is no more, I don't know if someone else took it, I am afraid that what I say will cause trouble, please spare me! ”

Ah Xiu slapped the table: "Hold the qin, you are also a girl with face in the house, is this a lie that you can live up to?!" After a pause, he said, "Who knows where you put arsenic?" Speaking carefully, if there is a lie, it will really drive you out! ”

Holding the qin and kowtowing to thank him, he replied: "Don't dare to lie, only my wife knows, because my wife asked me to get it, and asked me to collect it carefully, for fear that the master would eat it by mistake, so I know." I saw that my wife had been beaten before, and after thinking about it, I didn't know how to reply, and I thought about the poison that someone else had poisoned, so I lied and said that I couldn't remember clearly. ”

Ah Xiu was about to scold, and the house slave who was questioned by Ci'an Tang also came back, saying that Dr. Sun confirmed that the arsenic was exactly the right number, proving that Xiao Si was not lying.

Now that there is only a mistake left here, Ah Xiu naturally asked deeply, so he asked Zhao to come. Zhao was playing drums in the garden, and when he saw that he was shouting, he hurried, only crumpled the arsenic paper ball into small balls, and threw it in the grass while the house slave who led the way was not paying attention.

Ah Xiu saw that Zhao came and saluted, so he asked her: "There is arsenic left in your room, and you are holding the qin to find it but it is gone, I don't know if my sister knows?" As he spoke, he raised his eyes and stared intently at Zhao's face.

Zhao's heart suddenly burst into a smile, and he said with a smile: "Where is my sister?" How do I know where the arsenic is, and not only that, but I don't even know where the arsenic is left? Sister, don't listen to the words of the little hooves holding the qin! ”

"You don't know? You don't know how to put the piano away? You don't know! Ah Xiu snatched her white, and said: "Since you poisoned me, you naturally hate me, I asked myself if I have never treated any sister badly, but I only beat you a few days ago!" ”

Zhao's face changed, and he replied calmly: "Sister's words seem to have identified me!" Catch the thief and catch the dirty! Could it be that if you beat me, I must have been the one who poisoned me? Besides, how can my sister be sure it's me? I didn't even come up to toast my sister a few times. How did you poison the soup? ”

Ah Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced: I only told everyone that Hu Shi was hit with arsenic, and never said that it was poisonous in the soup, so it can be seen that you are right, are you more intelligent than me? Now see how I condemn you!

Thinking of this, Ah Xiu chuckled and looked at Zhao provocatively: "According to what you say, someone else poisoned the soup?" So where did the arsenic in your room go? ”

Seeing that she didn't ask deeply, Zhao seemed to believe her words, and became careless, so he said: "I don't know if there is arsenic missing in my room, besides, the soup was taken out of the kitchen by my sister's maid, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Ah Xiu laughed and got up and paced back and forth, and the people in the laughing room looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Zhao couldn't figure it out when he saw her laughing so loudly, but he saw Ah Xiu suddenly have a cold face and said, "Presumptuous!" Bold Zhao! Do you dare to deceive me?! ”

Zhao was frightened by this, and subconsciously replied: "My sister doesn't know what my sister means." Ah Xiu smiled and said to everyone: "Did I say where the poison is?" Everyone suddenly realized and said in unison: "Back to the princess's words, no." ”

Ah Xiu looked at everyone, nodded, turned around and asked Zhao: "Everyone didn't know how to poison at first, and the person I called for questioning had never been in the garden, how did you know if you were in the garden?!" Still trying to quibble? ”

Zhao's face turned gray, but he still stiffened his neck, squinted his eyes and said, "Sister's words seem to have condemned me." Everyone's dishes are the same, I'm just guessing. I only asked my sister, do you have any credentials? ”

Ah Xiu smiled and shook his head: "If you tell the truth, I may believe that you take care of him left and right, and you want to get rid of it with a guess, and you also look up to yourself and look down on me!" After speaking, Ah Xiu said, "Come on, search your body!" ”

Zhao had already thrown away the paper ball, so he was naturally not afraid, so he simply asked her to search, and the two mothers-in-law searched it, but they never found it, Ah Xiu frowned: How could it not be? Did you lose it on the road? Otherwise, why would you let me search so calmly? Since I see that it is you, how can I spare you!

After thinking about it, he said, "What about the people who just called the Zhao family?" On the way to the garden, look carefully to see if there is anything suspicious! Then the man took the command.

Zhao Shi was shocked, and turned to comfort himself: Don't say that you may not be able to find it, even if you find it, I don't recognize it, what about you?! Just be hard to the end, see what you do. So he got up and found a stool to sit down.

Later, when the paper ball was found, Ah Xiu took the handkerchief pad, looked at it carefully, and found that the paper ball was very strong, it should be afraid of being noticed, and kneaded it into such a small one, in this case, there should be arsenic on the hand, and I wanted someone to take a silver needle to measure Zhao's hand, and I broke my mind.

Ah Xiu thought: Since you are harmful to my heart, I can't always be a good person, now that you have been identified, it is better to sit on your charges! In case the silver needle is measured, and the amount in your hand is not enough to change color, won't I let the tiger go back to the mountain?

Thinking about it left and right, he couldn't think of a way, Ah Xiu paced back and forth, and suddenly saw the egg yolk left on the table, and his heart lit up: The teacher also said that this egg yolk is rich in sulfur, so it's better to take this pit you!

Thinking like this, Ah Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Zhao, I'll give you a chance one last time, do you recognize that it was you who poisoned you?" ”

Zhao thought: You haven't seen me poisoned, and your maid hasn't seen me poisoned, and now just by the paper ball, it is only for the qin to identify, and it is determined that it is the bag of arsenic in my room, what can you do to me? So his chin raised: "I didn't do it, how can I admit it?" My sister said she was laughing! ”

Ah Xiu smiled: "Do you dare to put your hand in this egg?" Zhao didn't know what to do, and was also angered by Ah Xiu: "Why don't you dare?" As he spoke, he scraped his hand in the egg.

"Fetch the silver needle!" Ah Xiu said.

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