Lu Jinping could already see from the old lady Gao's expression that he understood what he said, and continued: "The old lady should know my ability to solve the case now, right?" If I can, I hope the old lady can find a way to adjust me to be a criminal officer. ”

Old lady Gao shook his head and said, "I only have the power to promote talents, and I don't have the power to change your position, not to mention those who have just been appointed and cannot be replaced immediately." The most important thing is that I think that even if you have the ability to detect a small amount of arsenic from vomit, I am afraid that it will not be able to get out of the scope of your medical skills, which is not the ability to solve cases. Therefore, this does not prove that you have the ability to be a criminal officer. ”

Lu Jinping opened his mouth and was about to explain, but Old Lady Gao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and then said: "I can understand the feeling that you want to be a criminal officer, you think that a criminal officer is more majestic than a medical officer, but you don't know that the responsibility of a criminal officer is relatively much greater than that of a medical officer." If the medical officer does not cure the disease well, he will harm one person at most, but the criminal officer will not catch the murderer and let the murderer go unpunished, which will harm many people. Of course, this analogy is also inappropriate, because if a medical officer does not do a good job, he will also harm many people, but it is always less serious than the consequences of a criminal officer's poor work. Therefore, the requirements of the criminal officer are higher and the responsibility is greater, and as far as I know about you at the moment, I don't think you have the ability to be a criminal officer. So, you should be your medical officer with peace of mind. ”

Lu Jinping smiled bitterly, the ancient poison test basically stayed at the most superficial level of silver needle drug detection, and there was no special criminal investigation technology in ancient times, it was nothing more than to see if there was blood on the murder weapon Such a naked eye observation, suspecting who the murderer was caught and tortured, and the case was solved by torture, and it was impossible to talk about modern professional techniques such as criminal investigation and forensic medicine to solve the case. No wonder Mrs. Gao was not impressed by Lu Jinping's ability to detect trace amounts of arsenic from vomit.

Knowing this, Lu Jinping didn't bother to say more, but said: "The old lady can take your daughter back, you already know that she is arsenic poisoning, and you know what medicine to give her." I don't need to do much. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Jinping hesitated for a moment and decided to remind him, after all, people helped him become an official, and he couldn't watch his daughter being poisoned. Then he said: "Old lady Gao, did you tell the people in your house about the news that you came back today?" ”

"Anyway, when I was about to enter the city, I asked one of my servants to come back on a fast horse and inform them."

"That means that the people in the government know that you are going back to Tongzhou soon?"

"Yes."

"Then I dare to predict that the murderer who poisoned and killed your daughter will be poisoned again today, and this murderer has a homicidal intention for your daughter, the first two poisoning were unsuccessful, this time your daughter returned home safely, and the murderer's poisoning will be fatal, so you must be careful!"

Old lady Gao was stunned for a moment: "Really? ”

"Whether it's true or not, we'll find out later!"

"Good! Thank you for the reminder. Can you ask the lord to go back to my house with me to arrest the real culprit? ”

"Okay!"

The two of them came out of the flower hall and returned to the wing. Mrs. Gao said to the third aunt, "Let's take our daughter home immediately." ”

The third aunt was puzzled and asked, "However, my daughter's illness has not been completely cured." She still needs someone to help her when she gets down and walks, is it a few more days after the lord heals her? ”

Old lady Gao shook his head and said, "No need, the lord has already told me the prescription, and you can grab the medicine for your daughter to eat when you go back." ”

The third aunt was very happy when she heard this, and hurriedly thanked Lu Jinping. Helped his daughter out of the house and got into the carriage and drove back. Lu Jinping took the maid Ye Qingqing and followed in another carriage.

The carriage soon came to Gaofu, and Gaofu had already gotten the news, and the two wives and concubines of the old lady Gao were waiting at the door with their maids, and they came up to help Miss Gao enter the house.

After arriving at Miss Gao's boudoir, Mrs. Gao and her second aunt were too busy to follow up and come to visit, asking for warmth.

When she got home, Miss Gao heard that Lu Jinping had told her father the prescription, so she let go of her heart, and she said angrily, why is Lu Jinping unwilling to go to Gao's house to be a son-in-law, and what point is she not worthy of him? Although Mrs. Gao persuaded him not to say it, she agreed in person, and as soon as the people left, she talked behind her back, only wanting to express a grudge in her heart. However, she didn't expect to say this, but it became the laughing stock of others, and the maid-in-law took this as a joke in private.

Miss Gao vented her dissatisfaction for a long time, feeling hungry, so she asked her mother to make food for herself. The third aunt was very proud and happy to hear that her daughter wanted to eat the food she made herself, so she personally cooked a few dishes for her daughter and brought them to her daughter.

Smelling the fragrant food, Miss Gao was salivating, and quickly picked up the dishes and chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, and at this moment, she heard a broken drink: "Don't eat!" ”

The voice was so loud that the chopsticks in Miss Gao's hand and the dishes fell to the ground, and she quickly looked up, only to see the old lady Gao standing at the door, and there were two people beside her, one was the executive, and the other was the young doctor Lu Jinping, who was grateful and annoyed by Miss Gao.

Old lady Gao walked over quickly, glanced at the dishes on the ground, and was relieved to know that his daughter hadn't eaten them. The third aunt at the table looked at the old lady Gao with a blue face in panic, and stammered and asked, "Master, why can't you eat it?" ”

Old lady Gao didn't answer, turned to the executive's family and said, "Bring the dog in!" ”

The executive's family quickly agreed, greeted him, and soon a servant came in from outside the door, holding a dog, and placed it on the table.

The dog's nose sniffed at the dish and munched on a plate of meat.

Soon the plate of meat was eaten by the dog, and then the dog ate two more plates of meat, and was about to eat it again, when suddenly the dog whimpered, and then sat down on the table, and began to tremble, and his whole body convulsed, and his nostrils made a mournful sound.

At this moment, the third aunt and Miss Gao were frightened and didn't know what was going on.

The dog curled up on the table, struggled to stand up, swung a few times, fell off the table with a thud, fell to the ground, foamed at the mouth, began to vomit, and after a while, his body slowly became weak. The eyes closed and never moved again.

The executive stepped forward and kicked the dog twice, but the dog was still motionless, and the executive squatted down to probe his breathing, shook his head, and said to the old lady Gao: "Master, the dog is dead." ”

Old lady Gao looked at the third aunt with a gloomy face: "Do you see it?" Poison in the food, what's going on? ”

At this moment, Miss Gao finally reacted, and her whole body trembled with fright, she couldn't sit steadily, she fell to the ground from the stool, and couldn't get up for a while. The maid was also frightened next to her, and her whole body trembled, and she even forgot to come over to help the young lady.

The third aunt was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a grunt, kowtowed, and said, "Master, it wasn't me who poisoned me, how could I poison my own daughter?" ”

Old lady Gao turned to Lu Jinping and said, "Sir, as you expected, the murderer really poisoned and murdered my daughter." I will report to the official and let the government investigate this case, and we must catch the real culprit! ”

Lu Jinping said: "Old lady Gao, the person who poisoned is likely to be someone in your house or even a relative around you." Because your daughter was chronically poisoned before, it needs to be slowly administered in small doses for a long time, and the people around you must be able to do this. It could even be done by someone you don't want outsiders to know. If you let the people from the yamen take over now, then your family ugliness will soon spread throughout the city, is this the result that Old Lady Gao wants to see? ”

When the old lady Gao heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when she was angry, she actually forgot about this stubble, and after thinking about it carefully, what Lu Jinping said was indeed reasonable, so she said: "In your opinion, what should I do?" ”