When Wang Qiong heard that someone had died on her construction site, she panicked and hurriedly ran up. Feng Manlou also led everyone to follow. It's a small hill, the lime kiln is just below the big road, and the quarry is halfway up the hillside, and the broken stones are lowered directly through a groove and ready to enter the kiln.

But I saw a person on the ground, already lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and his hands were still tightly grasping his neck, but there was no movement anymore, and it seemed that he was really dead.

The other workers surrounded a middle-aged man in his forties and said, "It's you, it's you who poisoned the dog!" ”

As soon as Feng Manlou heard it, the deceased should be called a dog, what a strange name!

The middle-aged man was eager to defend himself: "It's not me, it's really not me!" ”

Wang Qiong saw that everyone was about to catch the middle-aged man, and hurriedly shouted, "What's the matter? Who knows, talk about it! ”

A young man who looked sturdy stood up and said, "Boss, that's right, after we had lunch and rested for a while, Gousheng and I went to the ravine below the hillside to take a bath, and then we came back together. ”

Wang Qiong was stunned for a moment and said, "It can't be heat stroke, right?" ”

The man said, "Boss, what you say makes no sense. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival now, and although the weather is still a little hot, there is no heat, so how can you get heat stroke? ”

After speaking, he pointed to the dead man on the ground and said, "Look, this dog is foaming at the mouth, and it is obvious that he was poisoned to death!" ”

Feng Manlou also felt strange, and hurriedly asked Sun Hu to go back to the yamen to ask for help, but he listened to what they said on the side, and saw what clues would happen.

I saw the middle-aged man say: "The owner, you also know, although I, Zheng Shulin, am the master of the mine and have worked in the mine for more than ten years, but I have not murdered a person, nor have I offended a person, how can I be poisoned, the owner must help me testify!" ”

Wang Qiong also said: "Everyone who comes to work in my mine knows that Master Zheng has always been very kind to people, and everyone has not been in contact with Master Zheng for a day or two, I believe that Master Zheng is not that kind of person!" ”

Zheng Shulin was anxious to defend and said: "Wencai, don't wronged people, I really didn't poison the dog!" ”

Na Wencai said: "I also said that it wasn't you, just now I came back from taking a bath with Gousheng, and saw that Master Zheng had a few oranges, and Gousheng took a few, but after eating for a while, it looked like this!" It's a shame that the villain hasn't eaten it yet, otherwise maybe it would be the same as a dog now! ”

But it turned out that the key was on this orange, Wang Qiong was about to say something, but saw Wen Cai and said: "The owner, now that someone has died, it is only right that we have to report to the official first!" ”

After speaking, he called the two people on the mine, wanting to pull Zheng Shulin to report to the official! Wang Qiong couldn't stop it at all, and she didn't dare to stop it.

But when he saw Feng Manlou standing up, he said, "Don't be impatient, everyone! Under is Yuhang Zhixian Fengmanlou, you don't have to rush to report to the official, the official has sent someone to the yamen to invite him to come, and then you can know the result as soon as you check it! ”

When everyone heard this, this ordinary-looking young man turned out to be the county magistrate, and hurriedly said: "You said that you are the county magistrate, but what evidence do you have?" ”

At this time, a young man stood up and said: "My lord, when there was a flood by the river some time ago, the villain once saw the adult, thank you for your help!" After speaking, he bowed down, and with the approval of this young man, everyone was sure that it was indeed the county magistrate who arrived.

Wang Qiong hurriedly said: "I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, I offended my lord, and I ask for forgiveness!" ”

Feng Manlou hurriedly signaled everyone not to be restrained. Asked Wen Cai: "You said that orange is poisonous, have you ever eaten it?" ”

Wen Cai hurriedly took out two oranges from his pocket and said, "The villain hasn't had time to eat it yet, but the dog has eaten the oranges raw and has been poisoned to death, so the villain doesn't dare to eat them anymore, so it's still here!" After saying that, there was another round of tinkering, and seven or eight were turned out.

Feng Manlou looked at it, asked Dong Chao to put it away first, and said: "The official has already asked people to ask for help, whether this orange is poisonous or not, you will know when the time comes!" ”

Saying this, he asked, "How many oranges did the deceased eat?" ”

Wen Cai said: "There are about seven or eight of them!" ”

Feng Manlou asked Zheng Shulin: "Why did you work in the mine and bring oranges?" ”

Zheng Shulin hurriedly said: "Back to the adult, the villain's oranges are ripe, I originally wanted to bring more, tired and hungry, so I can quench my thirst, because I bring some sufficient, so if everyone usually eats, they can take it casually, and the villain has not stopped it." But the villain doesn't know how to get poisoned if he eats oranges! ”

Feng Manlou asked Wang Qiong: "Outside Wang Yuan, the lunch on the mine is your boss's responsibility?" ”

Wang Qiong said; "If you go back to your lordship, it's exactly!"

When Feng Manlou heard this, he asked, "What did you eat at noon?" Take this official to see it! ”

Wang Qiong took Feng Manlou and his party to the place where they cooked, and indeed the kitchen near the mine was supported by a few wooden sticks, and some grass was used casually to make a simple kitchen.

When everyone passed, they saw an old woman cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks. Everyone here eats a big pot of rice, so there are some remnants of cold soup.

Feng Manlou took a closer look, but saw that it was the residue of a pot of Chinese cabbage! Let Xue Ba keep these leftovers that have not yet been cleaned, waiting for the servant to come and test!

However, Feng Manlou didn't believe that it was poisonous, if it was really poisonous, how could he poison a person? The only thing that could be poisonous was the orange.

But according to Zheng Shulin, it seems that the orange was not brought today, and if it was really poisonous, it should have died a long time ago, and it would not have waited until today.

Wang Ying asked privately: "My lord, could it be this Zheng Shulin who secretly poisoned oranges?" ”

Feng Manlou shook his head and said, "Poisoning oranges, you can figure out how to put poison in without leaving traces, this is a problem!" Also, how did Zheng Shulin know that Gousheng would definitely come to get oranges today? ”

Wang Ying also shook his head, I don't know!

Feng Manlou asked the people above the mine one by one, and everyone said that Master Zheng was a good person, usually very kind, and had never offended anyone.

Feng Manlou was even more confused in his heart, what the hell is going on?

At this time, I saw Sun Hu with a few servants, and Wu Decai rushed over together.

Wu Decai examined the body and said: "My lord, the deceased is a symptom of poisoning, it seems that he should have been poisoned by arsenic, but he pierced the stomach with a silver needle for examination, but no arsenic was found!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Poisoning and death, it should be possible!" But this poison is not necessarily arsenic! ”

With the experience of inspecting Zhang Xiaocai's body last time, Wu Decai did not dare to express his opinions casually, and Feng Manlou had already overturned his method of testing drugs with a silver needle.

took one of the oranges in Dong Chao's hand, peeled them off, and inspected them. I also tested the leftovers from lunch.

Wu Decai said to Feng Manlou: "My lord, these foods are not poisonous!" ”

Feng Manlou nodded, and suddenly fell into deep thought! After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that I still had to find a breakthrough from Wencai. After all, during the time after lunch, only Wen Cai and the deceased dog were together.

"Explain in detail what happened during the time you were with the deceased!" Feng Manlou said.

Wen Cai hurriedly said again, it turned out that the river at the foot of the mountain, because of the lime kiln, rained into a lot of lime, so the water quality was also polluted, when the weather was hot, when the noon rest, many people went to the upper reaches of the river to take a bath.

The water upstream is very clear and you can see the bottom of the river. In addition, there are some small hills in the vicinity, and there are not many people living in it, so the upper reaches of the small river are ideal places to bathe.

The bottom of the creek is full of pebbles, so that some crabs, fish, shrimp and the like grow. Sometimes we go to catch it at night.

After all, in the quarry, there is a lot of stone powder on this body, and it is also very uncomfortable. Of course, the powder on this quarry is the powder on the stone, not the lime powder of the lime kiln, otherwise I really don't dare to get wet! And Zheng Shulin, who is in charge of the lime kiln, never goes to the river because he is often stained with lime.

At noon, Wen Cai and Gou Sheng walked into a deep pool and prepared to wash it. A bath, it is really refreshing, although it is now the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the sun is still high in the sky, it still seems a little hot, and in the quarry, it is also very tiring physical work, so this time, I feel really comfortable.

On this day, the two took a bath as usual, and as usual, caught some fish and shrimp in the river, and ate them raw.

When Feng Manlou heard this, he immediately asked, "What did you say?" Eat fish and shrimp raw? ”

Wen Cai hurriedly said: "Yes, my lord, those fish are not big, so let's just pinch the head and tail of the fish and wash them, and eat them raw like that!" Those shrimp are smaller, and they are also concocted in the same way! ”

Feng Manlou asked, "How much did you eat?" ”

Wen Cai said: "It should be a lot! After all, the food in our quarry is not good, and everyone likes to open some meat! ”

Feng Manlou consulted everyone again, all of them are the same rhetoric, not only dog students and literary talents, everyone also often goes, but now that autumn is coming, seeing that the weather is slowly getting colder, there are fewer people to go.

"Could it be that someone poisoned the river?" Feng Manlou thought secretly in his heart, but then denied it. If it was really poisoned, weren't all those fish and shrimp poisoned? Dog Sheng and Wencai are so stupid, they know that they are poisonous, and they will eat it?

There must be something wrong with those fish and shrimp! Feng Manlou almost dared to conclude like this! said: "Let's go, take the official to take a look!" ”

The upper reaches of the river are not far from the mines, and in less than a quarter of an hour, everyone is at the river!

"Is that the fish and shrimp caught here?" Feng Manlou asked.

Wen Cai said: "This is it, this is where I was born with the dog!" ”

Sure enough, there was still some fishy smell left everywhere on the riverside, and the fish that everyone had caught were thrown everywhere. Feng Manlou took a closer look, and sure enough, he found some small fish swimming around, but they were not big, and the largest ones were only the thickness of fingers, and they looked like loaches!

"Can you catch some fish and shrimp for this official?" Feng Manlou asked Wen Caidao.

Wen Cai nodded, jumped into the small river, groped for a while, and soon caught a few small fish, and groped in the aquatic plants by the river for a while, caught a few shrimps, and a few crabs, and threw them to the shore.

I saw Wu Decai take out a cup made of bamboo tubes, take some water, and start to get busy.

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