Chapter 242: The Source of the Poison
"Don't you understand? Do you remember Wu Changsheng? A few days ago, Wu Changsheng suddenly became hysterical, and his death was exactly the same as Lai Chuntao's. Lai Chuntao's death was poisoned by you, don't tell me, Wu Changsheng was also poisoned by you?"
"Why not?" Lady Nine suddenly laughed amorously, "Lai Chuntao is a waste, even if he drinks the medicine of the tiger and wolf, he will be half a pillar of incense at most, but that Wu Changsheng, he can toss me for a long time......"
"Lady Nine, have you forgotten what kind of place this is?"
"Isn't it just a government prison that eats people and doesn't spit out bones? I heard that no one who has been put in prison can get out alive, especially women. ”
"On the night of Wu Chang's death, he didn't have any contact with you at all. Even if you want to kill him, you don't have that chance, and I ask you just to save trouble. Don't think I can't find out.
This kind of poison that can make people get hysteria requires a mixture of two drugs to exert its toxicity. Aphrodisiac powder isn't poisonous, and neither is your purple nail cream.
For the two to be toxic, they can't last too long, only four hours. After being poisoned by one poison, another poison must be planted within four hours to die.
Whether it's aphrodisiac powder or your nail cream, it's not an ordinary object, it's not something that ordinary people can get. Even if you don't tell me where these two poisons come from, I know that you are not the only one who knows the whereabouts of these two things. ”
Lu Sheng's words made Mrs. Jiu's face change suddenly.
"Your method of killing is unexpected, but it doesn't mean how clever you are. Once someone understands your modus operandi, then your crime is full of flaws. Mrs. Wu has that aphrodisiac poison on her, and I think she should know where the aphrodisiac comes from. ”
Lu Sheng kept watching the expression on Mrs. Jiu's face change, from fearlessness at the beginning, to gloom at the back, and then gradually lonely, and her eyes turned into dead silence.
Lu Sheng understood that he should have guessed correctly.
"Don't you still want to confess? If you confess behind the scenes, the official can guarantee that he will give you leniency when the sentence is pronounced. If you don't say it, then it doesn't matter, it's just a waste of your own time. ”
"Explain?hehehe......" Suddenly, the Ninth Lady raised her head and showed a solemn smile to Lu Sheng. It's like the evil ghostly smile that suddenly appears in the mirror in a horror movie.
Suddenly, the Ninth Lady lowered her head suddenly, and blood shot out of the Ninth Lady's mouth. Lu Sheng's face changed, and a yang finger was instantly cast, sealing the big hole around the Ninth Lady.
Lu Sheng's figure flashed, and he hurriedly came to Mrs. Nine to pry her mouth open.
There was blood in her mouth, but fortunately, Lu Sheng stopped her in time and didn't let her really bite her tongue off.
But the Ninth Lady's decision made Lu Sheng lose the interest to continue interrogating her. In order to keep the secret, he did not hesitate to bite off his tongue. With such a firm belief, Lu Sheng felt powerless. If you continue to interrogate, you will be murdered.
"My lord!" As soon as he walked out of the dungeon, a Xuantian guard greeted him.
"What's wrong?"
"I just came to the prefect's house, and I sent an invitation to my lord......"
"Invitation?" Lu Sheng took the invitation suspiciously, opened it, smiled, and closed it casually.
It's mid-May, and every year in Thong Nam Province, it is the season to harvest wheat, and in Thong Nam Province, wheat can be harvested twice a year. The first time was in May and the second time in October.
The wheat harvested in May was basically handed over as imperial grain. This year, although there were some Japanese raids, the wheat harvest was still good. Tongnan Mansion has fulfilled the targets of the imperial court, so it plans to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate.
This is the common feeling of officialdom, and Lu Sheng does not reject it. As for going to the feast tonight...... Then forget it. First, the harvest has nothing to do with him, and second, Lu Sheng is not familiar with the officials of Tongnan Mansion, and they may not even want to see Lu Sheng. I went, and I was not comfortable and others could not eat well.
"When you reply to Lord Cheng, you will say that I will not go. Well, you can tell Cheng Cheng again, the successful completion of the imperial grain task is gratifying, and it is harmless to celebrate. ”
"Yes!" the Xuantianwei immediately took the order and turned to leave.
With Gai Ying, Lu Sheng came to Wu Changsheng's mansion again, although Wu Changsheng's body was still kept in the Criminal Division, but the funeral in Wu's mansion was still carried out according to the original customs.
The white matter was completed yesterday, and the entire Wu Mansion seemed so deserted. When people die, the lights go out, people go to tea and cool, and the brothers who once patted their chests with Wu Changsheng did not leave a word of comfort and left.
Mrs. Wu personally came to greet Lu Sheng outside the hospital, and she already understood at this moment that this young adult in front of her, who looked not very old, could stomp his feet and fly away from the entire Jiangbei Province officialdom.
The death of her husband, she has resigned herself to her fate at this moment. Even if the government gives a conclusion that nothing will happen, Mrs. Wu can accept it. So Mrs. Wu's only thought at the moment was to bring back her husband's body and bury it for peace. Originally, Mrs. Wu planned to go to the Criminal Division tomorrow, but she didn't expect Lu Sheng to come to the door today.
"The Folk Woman Meets the Adult......"
"Mrs. Wu mourns. Lu Sheng looked at Mrs. Wu's tired face, and it was obvious that she was old and a lot.
More importantly, after seeing Mrs. Wu again, Lu Sheng no longer felt the instinctive desire. Apparently, Mrs. Wu never used aphrodisiac powder again.
"My lord, my lord's funeral has been done, and the woman wants to ask when I can let my lord be buried in the ground?"
"How many years has Mrs. Wu been married to Boss Wu?"
"This ......" Mrs. Wu was slightly puzzled, but in an instant, a hint of sweetness appeared, "It's been almost twenty years...... I was only fourteen years old, and he was a distant relative of mine. We became relatives before he went to Beijing to catch the exam.
At that time, our two families were poor, and when we got married, we invited the village to be a witness, and my father and mother were around a pot of white flour rice with his father. My lord often told me that since he married me, he has been running all the time......
After that, he successfully passed the Jinshi examination and became an official, and our life began to gradually get better......"
"It's been almost twenty years...... But this official remembers that Boss Wu resigned fifteen years ago and quit his ......"
"Yes!" Speaking of this, Mrs. Wu's face showed a face full of resentment, "My lord is really good-looking, so he gave people a black pot."
In that case, which province in the entire Jiangbei Province lost a child? So many officials are responsible, why should my lord take the blame and resign? He has only been an official for five years...... He was thirty-five years old. If the lord hadn't resigned back then, he might have become a festival envoy now.
Hey, the people are gone, what's the point of saying this...... Our family has also been prosperous and wealthy, and this life has not been in vain. ”
Lu Sheng kept looking at the expression on Mrs. Wu's face, Mrs. Wu's feelings for Wu Changsheng were unexpectedly deep, and at first he thought that the relationship between the two was just a marriage letter.
Now it seems that people's hearts can only be determined after the coffin is closed. The two have been together for nearly 20 years, and Wu Changsheng's concubines are fundamentally different.
Moreover, Wu Changsheng's funeral has been completed, and his seven concubines Lu Sheng did not see it this time. The entire Wu Mansion is extremely desolate.
Lu Sheng originally did suspect that Mrs. Wu was involved in the murder of Wu Changsheng, but now it seems that Lu Sheng feels that it is unlikely. And rationally speaking, even if the relationship between Wu Changsheng and Mrs. Wu is not good, Mrs. Wu has no reason to kill Wu Changsheng.
Lu Sheng glanced at the empty guest hall, stretched out his hand, and took the brocade box from Gai Ying's hand, "Mrs. Wu, do you know these two things?"
Mrs. Wu took the brocade box suspiciously, and as soon as she opened it, her face turned crimson in an instant.
"This rouge gouache...... I know, that strange ointment...... The women of the people have not seen it. ”
"Where have you seen this rouge gouache, and how do you use it?"
"This ......" Mrs. Wu's face became even more crimson, and Lu Sheng even saw fine beads of sweat overflowing from Mrs. Wu's forehead.
"This powder...... It is a medicinal powder that holds a man firmly and is applied to the ...... Smeared on private parts...... "Mrs. Wu's breathing is disordered, but she can't finish a word.
"Where did you get this powder?"
"Get ...... from a legless goddess on the edge of the market"
Mrs. Wu didn't look too much, she didn't dare to look at the medicine powder squarely. I will secretly hide some Mr. Horn with the woman, and I don't feel ashamed to hide in the room by myself, but I don't dare to look at it in public.
"Goddess with a broken leg, tell me carefully when you got it and when you used it. ”
"About seven days ago, I went to the wet market to buy something fragrant...... Next to the vegetable market, there is a fortune teller. There's a goddess over there who has been setting up a stall there for more than ten years. I heard that it was very effective, and many people asked her for fortune telling.
In those days, the lord was very preoccupied, but the lord never told me about his business, nor did he let me ask about it. I thought about asking the goddess to see if I could ask for peace or something.
And then...... What the goddess said is very accurate...... She said that my lord was restless, not really uneasy, but disgusted with me. The folk women are also soft-eared, and they really think so.
Later, the goddess gave me this powder, saying that after using it, it would make the master want to stop me. Sure enough, since then, the master has become more and more gentle and considerate to me...... It seems that they can't live without me...... But I didn't expect it...... Didn't expect ......"
"I didn't expect Boss Wu to suddenly get hysteria and leave?" Lu Sheng sighed softly, "Is that goddess still over there in the vegetable market?"
"It's been there! It's been there for more than ten years, even if it's windy and rainy!"
"Mrs. Wu, please take us there. ”
"My lord, what's wrong? What's wrong with that goddess?" Mrs. Wu was also a person who had seen strong winds and waves, and she realized in an instant that there might be something strange about her master's death.
"Last night, Lai Chuntao of Dongcheng Yaxing was poisoned, he also had hysteria before he died, and he scratched his body to blur the flesh and blood. These two medicines are the poison that will kill Lai Chuntao......"