"The lower official is guilty, the lower official failed to realize that the autopsy and arsenic would go wrong, please punish the adult." After hearing Xie Muen's scolding, Bai Dezhang couldn't help but slap a spirit, then got up and stumbled to the front of the hall, bowed to Xie Muen, his voice trembled and pleaded, and his legs trembled.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help frowning slightly, but he didn't expect Bai Dezhang to be frightened like this, then looked away, and continued to taste the tea in his hand slowly.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, Bai Dezhang is self-inflicted, if the case of Butcher Wang is overturned, then the first unlucky person is him, the county master.

"This case has gone through more than a dozen battles before and after, and it has caused huge repercussions in Jiangnan, and you want to shirk responsibility with a light and fluttering word of negligence now, which is really hateful." Xie Muen slapped the shocked wood hard, and shouted at Bai Dezhang, "This official asks you, have you violated the law and discipline in this case?" ”

"I didn't ...... No, the lower official is an official of the imperial court, how can he know the law and break the law. Bai Dezhang hurriedly shook his head and hurriedly denied it, even if there was something illegal and undisciplined, he would not be stupid enough to admit it in public, in that case, there would be no room for recovery.

"Zhang Wu, the official has already given you a chance just now, since you are so stubborn, then the official will convince you." Xie Muen glanced at Bai Dezhang, then looked at Zhang Wu who was kneeling among the witnesses, and shouted in a deep voice, "Do you think that a small account book can be difficult to overthrow?" ”

"Bring people in." As he spoke, Xie Muen shouted loudly outside the hall.

"Villain Xu Yuan, knock on the prince, Lord Qincha, and adults." Under the gaze of everyone in the lobby, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe was led up to the lobby by the servants, holding an account book in his hand, kneeling in front of the hall to salute Li Yuntian and all the officials in the lobby.

"Sue the prince and my lords, who are you?" Xie Muen bowed slightly to the middle-aged man in the brocade robe, and then asked quietly.

"Lord Wang, my lords, the villain is the account office of Yang Ji Pharmacy in Hangzhou Prefecture." When the middle-aged man in the brocade robe heard this, he hurriedly reported to his home.

Hearing that Xu Yuan is the account office of Yang Ji Pharmacy, everyone present couldn't help but glance at him, Yang Ji Pharmacy is one of the largest pharmacy in Hangzhou, and many people in Hangzhou City have bought medicine or been diagnosed and treated in it.

"Did you bring the shipment record of arsenic in your store three years ago?" Xie Muen asked Xu Yuan quietly.

Hearing this, Zhang Wu's face turned pale with a brush, and he realized at this time why Xie Muen wanted Xu Yuan to come, because Yang Ji is the largest pharmacy in Hangzhou, so many pharmacies in the following prefectures and counties are buying from him.

The small pharmacy run by Zhang Wu is naturally not qualified to purchase goods from Yang Ji Pharmacy, and it is Shen Ji Pharmacy in the county that supplies him, and the goods from Shen Ji Pharmacy are imported from Yang Ji Pharmacy.

In other words, Xie Muen has already sent someone to check the account books of Yang Ji Pharmacy to Shen Ji Pharmacy, which means that if Shen Ji Pharmacy wants to do anything in the account books, then it will be found out from the account books of Yang Ji Pharmacy.

The reason why Zhang Wu was shocked was because he didn't sell arsenic to Liu Qing at all, he didn't even know Liu Qing before, and he had never entered the store with arsenic, and the account books that sold arsenic in his store were forged later, so as long as the account books of the Yang Ji Pharmacy were checked, they would be exposed.

"Come on, check the account of Yang Ji Pharmacy and the account of Shen Ji Pharmacy to see if the supply of arsenic can be matched." Just when Zhang Wu was in a daze, Xie Muen had already given an order in a deep voice.

After hearing Xie Muen's order, several messengers immediately took the account books of Shen Ji Pharmacy, which had already been sealed in the Zài Mansion, and compared them with the account books of Yang Ji Pharmacy in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, Zhao Fu and the others couldn't help but look at each other, they never imagined that Xie Muen would be able to find Yang Ji Pharmacy's body along the vine.

To be honest, since the account of Shen Ji Pharmacy and Zhang Wu's account were matched, no one thought of going to Yang Ji Pharmacy to check the accounts, at the beginning, everyone had preconceived that Liu Qing and Liu had an adulterous affair, so they poisoned Wang Butcher, and secondly, the reason why Yang Ji Pharmacy can look so big must be covered by someone behind it, so no one wants to find trouble.

Later, when the case of Butcher Wang's violent death became bigger, no one would go to Yang Ji Pharmacy to check the accounts if they were full, and everyone wished that this case was done by Liu Qing and Liu, and then the case could be closed smoothly, so as not to cause any more waves.

Therefore, no one has been going to Yang Ji Pharmacy to check the accounts because of the case, and if the level of the person handling the case is not enough, Yang Ji Pharmacy will ignore it at all, you must know that the account book is the most important secret, and no one will show it to others.

However, in the face of Xie Muen, Yang Ji Pharmacy had to cooperate respectfully and respectfully, and immediately sent Xu Yuan to cooperate with the investigation with the account books.

"My lord, there is an extra pound of arsenic in the account book of Shen Ji Pharmacy, and it is not from Yang Ji Pharmacy." Soon, several surprised people saw that something was wrong in the account books of the two families, and one of the messengers then shouted to Xie Muen.

Hearing this, Zhang Wu's body couldn't help but shake and almost collapsed on the ground, the extra pound of arsenic in the account book of Shen Ji Pharmacy was "sold" to him, if you check Shen Ji Pharmacy and his account, there will naturally be no problem, but once Yang Ji Pharmacy is added, then the flaw will soon be revealed.

It is obvious that Yang Ji Pharmacy will definitely not follow them to cheat, because the owner of Yang Ji Pharmacy is not a fool, how could he be involved in the case of Wang Butcher's violent death.

Besides, the fewer people who know about arsenic, the better, especially a big pharmacy with a deep background like Yang Ji is not easy to provoke, so the account of Yang Ji Pharmacy is real.

"The official asks you, can you be at fault in your account?" Xie Muen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and asked Xu Yuan in a deep voice.

Xie Muen didn't know if these two accounts could be matched before, but now it seems that he is too worried, since Li Yuntian asked him to check Yang Ji Pharmacy, then he must have already mastered some clues, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

"My lord, Yang Ji Pharmacy has never made the slightest mistake in accounting in the past ten years." Xu Yuan couldn't help but reply proudly when he heard this, and then followed up with an explanation, "My lord, arsenic is different from ordinary medicines, it can be used to save people but also kill people, so the management of various pharmacies is quite strict. ”

"My lord, this is the statement of Shen Kee Pharmacy when it was purchased, and there is a signature and drawing of the person from Shen Kee Pharmacy on it, please take a look." As he spoke, Xu Yuan took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to the messenger on the side, asking him to present it to Xie Muen.

This piece of paper is the statement provided by Yang Kee Pharmacy when Shen Kee Pharmacy purchased the goods, if the quantity of drugs needed by Shen Kee Pharmacy is right, the shopkeeper who led the team to buy the goods will sign and draw a pledge on the statement to show that the money and goods are clear.

"Take Shen Wancai!" Xie Muen looked through it and found that the weight of arsenic on the statement was the same as that recorded in the account book of Yang Ji Pharmacy, so he gave an order in a deep voice.

Shen Wancai was the shopkeeper of Shen Ji Pharmacy, and he was already waiting in the wing room on the side outside the hall, and was soon brought up by the messenger.

When he saw Xu Yuan, Shen Wancai, who was already extremely worried in his heart, suddenly changed his face, and it was obvious that it was not a good thing for Xu Yuan to come here at this time.

"Shen Wancai, this official will give you a chance to explain clearly to this official, why there was an extra pound of arsenic in your pharmacy in the year Wang Qi died, and this extra pound was impartial, and it happened to be sold to Zhang Wu, who had never entered arsenic before!"

Xie Muen didn't want to give Shen Wancai any more words, picked up the two account books on the desk in front of him and shook them, and asked expressionlessly.

Shen Wancai didn't have the slightest psychological preparation, and when he heard this, he suddenly froze there, looking frightened, not knowing how to answer Xie Muen's question.

"Shen Wancai, this official is asking you, haven't you heard it?" Seeing Shen Wancai kneeling there at a loss, Xie Muen couldn't help but raise his voice and asked.

"Gift...... Adults, villains, villains! ”

Shen Wancai couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, he looked up at the two account books in Xie Muen's hand, and then looked at Li Yuntian, who was drinking tea casually, after hesitating for a moment, he touched the ground with his head, and said loudly at Xie Muen, "The villain originally had nothing to do with this matter, it was Master Zhang of Lin'an County who found the villain, gave the villain five hundred taels of silver, and asked the villain to do him a favor. ”

Rumble!

Hearing this, the people inside and outside the hall finally couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts anymore, and suddenly exploded, they had actually guessed from the court trial just now that Zhang Wu did not buy that pound of arsenic from Shen Ji Medicine, but now Shen Wancai personally admitted that it still gave them a huge shock, because it meant that Liu Qing didn't buy any arsenic for the Liu family at all.

At the same time, this also makes the source of arsenic from Liu's Poisoned King Butcher questionable, after all, arsenic is not a daily commodity, and it is not something that can be bought if you want to.

"God forbid!" Liu Sujuan couldn't help but feel warm when he saw this, and now Liu Qing could clear the suspicion of murdering the Wang butcher.

"Big ...... Adult, small ...... The villain is guilty, yes...... It was Zhang Si of the Lin'an County Torture Room who arrested the villain, coerced and lured him in the torture room, and the villain had to accept his silver and then help him frame Liu Juren. Zhang Wu was stunned and then came back to his senses, and hurriedly shouted at Xie Muen.

"My lord, the villain was also coerced by the Zhang priest of the torture room, and he only made perjury after accepting his benefits, and the small property he gave was not touched, except for the pair of jade bracelets that were taken by the mother-in-law to pay off the gambling debts."

Immediately, he also kowtowed to Xie Muen and confessed, he knew that the hidden belongings would definitely be brought back when the officers who went to search came back, so it was better to confess in advance.

"Big ...... Adult, the villain was also coerced by the county government punishment room Zhang Si Officer, he gave the villain some gold and silver jewelry to let the villain frame the seventh sister-in-law for murdering the seventh brother, in fact, the villain's seventh brother was very sick at the time, and the doctor was helpless against it, so he treated it as a cold. ”

Immediately afterwards, Wang Jiu, who was kneeling there, also opened his mouth, Zhang Wu and his confession made him confused, and he involuntarily followed the confession, it was obvious that their offensive and defensive alliance with each other had collapsed with the arsenic incident.

The doctor of the pharmacy was lying on the ground at a loss, he had just sworn that Wang Butcher's body was fine before he died, and now Wang Jiu's confession had confirmed that he had told a lie, so that he didn't know what to do for a while.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a hint of imperceptible smile, in fact, the trial of a case is like playing dominoes, as long as you touch the first one lightly, then a series of things will be solved.