Chapter 0183 Water Falls
Whether the third young master of the family has the motive and suspicion of hurting the eldest lady, Li Moyi is not sure in his heart, and he needs to further verify, the little girl in front of him is a good object of inquiry.
"What kind of character is your eldest young master on weekdays?"
As soon as Li Mo saved the eldest lady, she was the benefactor of her family, since the little girl even told the matter of the third young master, she had nothing to scruple about, and when she heard Li Mo ask about the eldest young master, she was proud, and a smile appeared on her face.
"The name of the eldest young master of my family is called to be sincere, he is the same name as his son, he is cautious and attentive in things, gentle and obedient, and he is also very good to us subordinates, and he is also very affectionate with the eldest lady......... Usually at home to read and write, rarely go out to drink big flowers, and don't like to make friends, although the eldest lady failed to give birth to an heir for him, but he never disliked the eldest lady, the eldest lady and the family several times to take a concubine for him, the eldest young master is not happy......... On the contrary, I often take the eldest lady out to play, I'm afraid that I can't find such a man in the entire Liling City........."
Although the description of the little girl has an obvious subjective opinion, after listening to it, an almost ideal image of a man appeared in Li Mo's mind, but unfortunately, in this year, such a man is simply an outlier.........
And the little girl said, I rarely go out here, and I don't have any friends, so why did the eldest lady have to persuade him to participate in the Shizi Cruise Poetry Club?
"Your eldest young master is indeed a rare person, but......... He doesn't have a close friend or two? ”
Li Mo pretended to ask casually, and the little girl scratched her head, pondered for a moment, and then replied.
"If there is, it can only be the eldest young master of the family......... Before getting married, the eldest young master had been studying with Young Master He, and the two of them often went out to visit, but after they got married, there were fewer contacts........."
"Hetiancheng?"
Li Moyi finally heard a name that he had never heard before, and his intuition told him that the shock incident of the eldest lady was mostly related to the Shizi shipwreck case, and even his first reaction was to kill people, but he couldn't connect the two cases, and now that he has this Hetiancheng, I am afraid that it is really related.........
The little girl was afraid that Li Mo would misunderstand Tiancheng, seeing that Li Moyi frowned, she hurriedly explained: "The eldest young master of Tiancheng is not the kind of evil young master in Hezhongcheng, although the eldest young master of Tiancheng has three wives and four concubines, he is still very upright, after our family lived in the official residence, the young master Tiancheng came to see the old man and the old lady, and often let people send delicious food.........
"Delicious?"
Li Mo couldn't help but feel moved, because the furnishings in this room were too simple, there were no potted plants, flowers and plants, and there were not many things that could attract poisonous bees, and he guessed at the beginning that it was food traction.........
It's just that according to the little girl, He Tiancheng and Lai Jin are good friends for the two, so if he sends food to attract poisonous bees, what is his motive?
Due to the lack of clues at the moment, Li Moyi can only focus on the case of the shock of the eldest lady of the family, and whether it is related to the Shizi shipwreck case needs further investigation.
"Has Young Master Tiancheng sent food over in the past few days?" Li Moyi asked expectantly.
The little girl pointed to a plate of pastries on the table, and replied to Li Moyi: "That plate of pastries was given by Young Master Tiancheng, the eldest young master has no news, and the eldest lady doesn't want to think about tea, the whole person is haggard, so Young Master Tiancheng asked people to send the eldest lady's favorite peach and pear cake.........
"Favorite food?"
If the eldest lady likes to eat peach and pear cakes, then she will not be the poisonous bees attracted by peach and pear cakes, because she must eat them often.
Li Moyi: "Then what did your eldest lady eat this morning?" ”
The little girl thought about it carefully: "I didn't eat anything, the eldest lady went to bed early last night, and got up this morning......... Get up and have a morning drink......... She said she was hungry, so the slave maid brought her a plate of peach and pear cakes........."
Li Moyi stood up suddenly: "Are you sure you only served peach and pear cakes?" ”
Seeing that the little girl nodded, Li Mo hurriedly walked to the table, pinched a piece of peach and pear cake, observed it carefully, and put it under his nose to smell it.
I don't know if it's because of the experience of investigating cases in the past, or because of his superb talent, Li Mo has a way to distinguish the smell, but the fragrance of the peach pear cake is very recognizable, and he can't smell any other smells, so after thinking about it, he twisted the peach pear cake and looked at it carefully.
"Sir, is there really anyone who wants to harm the eldest lady? Are you suspicious of Young Master Tiancheng? Young Master Tiancheng will not harm the eldest lady........."
When Li Mo saw this little girl's nervous appearance, he couldn't help asking, "How are you so sure?"
The little girl touched her nose and replied vaguely: "Anyway, I won't ........."
Li Mo looked at the little girl, but knew in his heart that this girl was telling lies.........
Under normal circumstances, when people lie, they will accumulate an emotion similar to nervousness, and their heartbeat will also accelerate, and the capillary red tube on the tip of the nose is very rich, and when telling lies, they will subconsciously touch their nose to relieve their emotions.
When Li Moyi was about to explore the truth and falsehood, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and when he listened carefully, it was a woman's cry.
The little girl heard this cry, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "It's the eldest lady's father and mother who are here!" ”
said this, but the little girl cast an inquiring look at Li Mo.
Li Mo took a look, the eldest lady's situation was stable now, so she nodded, and the little girl looked happy, so she turned around and opened the door.
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The parents of the eldest lady, accompanied by the old lady who came to the house, came in and saw that their daughter had become a "pig's head", and immediately pounced on the little girl, grabbed the little girl fiercely, and cried and scolded: "You maid with no ears!" I told you a long time ago that your wife can't eat peaches, and now her face is swollen like this......... I'll beat you up!! ”
As soon as Li Mo heard this, he remembered the small apricot white particles he saw when he opened the peach and pear cake just now, and immediately realized that it was a special peach.........
This special peach is specially made by mixing peaches with high-concentration honey......... At first, Li Moyi suspected that the eldest lady of the family was not just a simple bee venom shock, because her face was swollen into a "pig's head" shape, coupled with the red rash all over her body, it was one of the main symptoms of allergies.........
Now it seems that the murderer knew that the eldest lady of the family was allergic to peaches, and deliberately mixed it with peach and pear cakes......... made the eldest lady allergic after eating, completely lost her ability to resist, and the sweet smell of peaches overflowed, which successfully attracted poisonous bees, which was the scene that Li Moyi saw at the beginning.........
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However, the peach pear cake was sent by Hetiancheng, could it be that this Hetiancheng really wanted to assassinate Lai's? What was his motivation?
As soon as Li Mo saw that the little girl was innocently beaten and scolded, he quickly stopped the old lady.
The little girl shed tears of grievance, kept shaking her head, and only said that she had never eaten a peach for her wife.
The thoughts in Li Mo's mind flowed rapidly, and then explained to Lai's mother: "The eldest lady has indeed not eaten the whole peach, but ......... A small amount of special peaches act as poison and are mixed with peach and pear cakes........."
After a pause, "To put it simply, the eldest lady was poisoned........."
Allergies and poisonous bees go hand in hand, and the murderer's heart is very poisonous.
It is precisely because of this that the old doctor is unable to treat the symptoms, if it can be detected early and treated with vomiting, maybe the allergy symptoms can be alleviated a little, and Lai's will not evolve into such a serious situation.
Li Mo already had a suspect in his heart, but he didn't want to startle the snake......... Since then, he has described the case as poisoning, so that he can take the opportunity to investigate the families of the other three missing people, and perhaps succeed in finding the real culprit.........
As soon as the governor heard that someone had poisoned him, he immediately panicked.
These people are the families of the missing people in the Shizi shipwreck case, and they have a lot of help in the investigation and search for the missing people, so they are placed in the back residence for protection.........
"What kind of poison does the gentleman think this is? Can the time of poisoning be calculated? ”
After Li Mo's performance, the Governor was completely convinced of this old guest of Ning Ge, and naturally wanted to get some useful information from Li Mo.
Li Mo pretended to be silent for a moment, and then said to the elder of the mansion: "My lord, I can't hide it, this poison is a little strange, and I can't tell it now, but I have some guesses in my heart, I don't know if I can ask the people in the mansion to ask questions, maybe I can find out the person who poisoned it as soon as possible........."
Wang Zheng should have mentioned Li Moyi's matter to the governor a long time ago, and when he heard Li Moyi say this, the mansion elder hurriedly agreed, and said to his subordinates: "Tell me to go down, try to cooperate with this gentleman, and don't slack off or delay!!"
Li Mo was overjoyed, but his face was as usual, and he continued to speak: "Although this Lai's family has saved his life, he can't eat as usual for the past few days, and he needs to use soup to fully nourish him, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave........."
The prefect waved his hand and said, "This is simple, I will immediately ask someone to prepare a good room for Mr.!!"
Li Mo thanked him and said, "Then it's troublesome.........
Mayor: "Mr. is not welcome, it is her blessing to meet Mr. this great doctor, and there is not much I can do, so please leave everything to Mr. ........."
Li Moyi had no choice but to nod and pretend to be deep, but the elder of the mansion asked, "After talking so much, you haven't asked Mr. for his surname?"
Li Mo's heart trembled immediately, he only felt that the crisis was around him, and after cheering himself up, he planned to use his pseudonym: "Don't dare to be, the younger generation's surname is Li, and his name is Pingyang." ”
"It turns out that Mr. is still a member of Ben's family, but it is fate, and I have been busy for a long time, and this day is almost the same, so it is better to have a meal together."
Governor Li also has something to explain to Li Moyi, after all, this happened in the governor's mansion, and it was a joke when it was spread.
Although Li Moyi heard the meaning of his words, Lai's was not out of danger now, and he didn't worry about leaving, after all, he still needed to treat Lai's, so he immediately turned his attention to Lai's.
Governor Li was so sharp-eyed that he immediately smiled and said, "It's a mistake to think about it too much, I'll have someone deliver the food to the room later."
"Thank you, Master Lee........."
Governor Li didn't say anything more, let the two parents go out of the room, and then ordered his subordinates to go to the back kitchen to prepare lunch.
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The room was quiet again, but there were a few more pieces of black green on the little girl's arm, which were caught by the mother of the Lai clan just now.
Li Moyi hadn't had to sleep and rest since last night, and he was also a little tired, so after thinking about it, he sat on the table and said to the little girl: "The bee venom on the eldest lady is not difficult to understand, you can ask the people in the official residence to send the vinegar from the kitchen over in a while, and then apply it to the thorn on the back of the eldest lady's neck........."
Without waiting for the little girl to agree, Li Mo pulled the pen and paper and planned the connection between this case and the Shizi shipwreck case on a blank piece of paper.........
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Fortunately, now that he has an excuse and the support of Governor Li in Liling City, Li Moyi is finally able to investigate the situation of the other three missing families in a bright light.
Because there was no special treatment for allergies in the world, Li Moyi was not a doctor, so he had to go into a medical hall near the official residence in person, and consulted a few old doctors on the grounds of handling the case, and immediately, they simply prescribed some prescriptions for ventilation to reduce swelling and itching, such as nepeta, peppermint, honeysuckle, cork, mugwort leaves, licorice, in short, it was a hodgepodge.
As soon as Li Mo took the prescription, he walked to the door of the back mansion room, and saw a person raising his hand, about to knock on the door.
The next moment, when the door opened, the little girl's low voice immediately sounded.
"Tiancheng Prince!!"
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Perhaps it was because of the description of the little girl before, Li Moyi had a little preconceived impression, and when he saw He Tiancheng, he was also secretly sighed by this person's bearing.
This He Tiancheng is also in his early thirties, handsome, chic, and upright, and is at the best age of a man.
He nodded at the little girl first and said, "Busy with your go, hard work."
Compared with the beating and scolding of her by the family of the eldest lady and the eldest lady, He Tiancheng's sentence was so hard that the little girl was so moved that tears were about to come out, so she immediately bowed, and then went to the kitchen to get vinegar.
When he was about to go out, when he saw Li Moyi, he saluted a little more, "Mr. is back." ”
When He Tiancheng heard this, his feet that were just about to step into the house turned back, and he bowed his hand to Li Mo and said: "This should be Mr. Li who has come back to life, in Xiahe Tiancheng, he is a close friend, and my sister-in-law has to get out of trouble today, but thanks to Mr. Li!!"
Li Mo saw that He Tiancheng was honest and honest, and the joy on his face couldn't deceive people, so he couldn't help muttering in his heart.
If it is really He Tiancheng who made people mix peaches into the peach pear cake as poison and want to harm Lai's family, then he should have come to confirm whether Lai's family is dead at this time.........
Lai's family is not dead, shouldn't he panic? Or does he even need to be here at all, or is he absolutely confident in himself that no one will be able to hold on to him?
Li Mo thought about it quickly, and then temporarily pressed this thought, after all, since he left the sea yesterday, these two days and one night were enough for him to be busy and tossed, and now he is also physically and mentally exhausted.
"He Gongzi is polite, saving people's lives is a big victory, although Li is not a master, but he will not stand idly by........." Li Mo wanted to test Hetiancheng one or two, so he casually said to him: "Childe, come in and sit and talk, please."
If He Tiancheng is indeed the murderer behind Lai's case, then he will feel somewhat weak when he looks at Lai's current tragic situation, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to stay in this room.
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But this is not the case, He Tiancheng came in without changing his face, and asked about the situation of the family with concern, sighing, but the state of concern cannot be faked.
"It seems that He Gongzi and Mrs. Lai are already old acquaintances........." Li Moyi asked tentatively, but he didn't expect He Tiancheng to hide it for a while, with a frank face, and replied openly.
"Don't hide it from Mr. Li, I grew up with Jinwei and Duo Niang, and now I am here......... Now that his whereabouts are unknown, he naturally has to take good care of Duo Niang for him........."
Speaking of this, He Tiancheng looked at the eldest lady Duo Niang, who was still unconscious, and his eyes were full of some kind of affection, which fell into Li Moyi's eyes, but it was not just a concern for his brother's wife.
As soon as Li Mo was tempted, he looked directly at He Tiancheng, his tone suddenly became cold, and he asked directly.
"Since He Gongzi feels so sorry for Duo Niang, why do you want to hurt her?"
He Tiancheng was taken aback, and his eyes became sharp: "What does Mr. mean by what he said, why do I want to harm Duo Niang?" Why did the gentleman suspect me? ”
Li Mo stood up, brought the plate of peach and pear cake over and put it on the table, and then gently pushed it in front of He Tiancheng.
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"Since you grew up with Duo Niang, you should know that she can't eat peaches, why do you mix peach dregs in the peach pear cake she gave her!!"
"How is this possible!!"
He Tiancheng kept his body and hurriedly picked up the plate of peach and pear cakes, but after a closer look, the whole person collapsed on the chair.........
When Li Mo saw this, he thought that He Tiancheng either really didn't know about the mixed peaches, or his acting skills were too good, and he was about to continue to explore, but he didn't expect the door to be suddenly pushed open.........
The third young master came to Rong Da's face was pale, and there was a maid serving tea behind him, thinking that he had seen He Tiancheng visiting, and wanted to come over to see him, but he didn't expect to hear the conversation between Li Moyi and He Tiancheng.........
He trembled his hands, pointed at He Tiancheng, and asked angrily, "How can you do such a thing to your sister-in-law!!"
He Tiancheng came back to his senses from the shock, but sat up straight again, facing Lai Rongda's questioning, but with a sense of disdain, he asked coldly: "How did you treat Duo Niang when you came to Rongda?" He's your sister-in-law!! ”
Li Mo listened to it one by one, and the matter here was complicated......... Apparently there is an ulterior family scandal......... If Lai Rongda has a non-sensible idea of Duo Niang, then is Lai Rongda also suspicious?
"You don't have to frame good people!! You almost killed your sister-in-law, you are a murderer, come on, come on!! ”
Lai Rongda was a little angry and called several guards outside the door.
"Hetian Chengcheng is the murderer who killed his sister-in-law, you guys quickly arrest him, arrest him quickly! It was he who mixed peaches with peach pear cake!! ”
Lai Rongda shouted that the future lord and old lady, as well as Duo Niang's father and mother, were all attracted to Duo Niang's relatives, knowing that Duo Niang loved to eat peach and pear cakes, they immediately believed it.
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"You, you brute!! Why do you want to hurt my family's mother, why!! ”
Duo Niang's mother and the old lady immediately pounced, and those guards hurriedly pulled away and took the opportunity to surround He Tiancheng.
Li Mo thought about continuing to ask He Tiancheng, and if possible, he even wanted to ask Rongda, but Rongda made such a fuss, which alarmed everyone, and even Governor Li rushed over later, but he couldn't ask any more.
Governor Li looked at He Tiancheng with a cold face, and then asked, "Did you give this peach and pear cake?"
"Yes."
He Tiancheng's answer surprised everyone present, and the old lady and Duo Niang's mother were already crying.
Governor Li just sighed, then waved his hand, and the guards arrested He Tiancheng.
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Li Mo sat down, watching all this coldly, and when the guards wanted to leave with He Tiancheng, he came over and whispered to He Tiancheng: "You gave this peach and pear cake, but you didn't make it, I want to know who made it."
He Tiancheng's face changed, but he quickly returned to normal, and said to Li Moyi: "Naturally, I did it."
Li Mo frowned, he knew that He Tiancheng was telling lies, although He Tiancheng was disappointed in the scientific examination, he has always regarded himself as a scholar, and he also believes in the set of scholars who have poetry and books, how can he cook and cook Lao Shizi's peach and pear cakes.........
But why did He Tiancheng take the initiative to bear this responsibility?
Although Duo Niang was rescued, the attempted murder was also a major crime, and with Hetiancheng's concern for Duo Niang, the harm of this misunderstanding was far more painful than the punishment of the chafu.........
Since he didn't make the peach pear cake, then who made it?
Li Mo sighed lightly, didn't speak again, and watched He Tiancheng being taken away, and when he found out that Lai Rongda wanted to slip away, he also took advantage of the presence of Mansion Chief Li, and immediately stopped him and said: "Come to the third prince and stay, there are still a few words to ask."
Lai Rongda remembered the conversation with He Tiancheng just now, his face immediately turned red, and he said weakly: "The murderer has been caught, it is He Tiancheng, you ......... Why are you asking me!! ”
As soon as Li Mo walked in front of Rong Da, he looked at him oppressively, and then leaned closer and whispered, "Do you want me to ask you alone, or let Mansion Chief Li ask you in the court?"
Lai Rongda's face tightened, and he subconsciously glanced at Governor Li, and happened to touch Governor Li's gaze, and he was immediately discouraged.
After Governor Li took He Tiancheng away, Li Mo motioned for Rongda to sit down, and then stood in front of him and asked condescendingly.
"He Tiancheng has already told me just now, don't try to hide it from me, let you say it now, just give you a chance to tell the truth, if I find out that you are lying, I can only let Governor Li come to the court to interrogate you!!"
When Lai Rongda heard the word "passing the hall", his whole face turned white with fright.
Once the court is passed, the suspect will be false, and all kinds of punishments will inevitably be served, even the golden mouth steel teeth will be pried open, although not the people of this year will be sentenced to falsehood, and they will see the court as a sword mountain and a sea of fire.
"Since you already know everything, and you still ask me what to do, just let the prefect arrest me!!" Lai Rong shouted righteously, but the more he did this, the more it only proved that his heart was weak.
Li Mo pondered for a moment, raised his head suddenly, looked at Rong Da, and then said in a deep voice.
"The peach in the peach pear cake is what you put it, right?!!?"
In fact, from the time when he treated Duo Niang, Li Moyi saw some clues from Lai Rongda's performance, but Lai Rongda's performance at that time was too straightforward, and Li Moyi thought it was a little impossible.
But He Tiancheng seems to have known that Lai Rongda has prejudices against Duo Niang, and He Tiancheng's concern for Duo Niang cannot be faked......... So He Tiancheng and Lai Rongda are secret enemies, and it is naturally impossible for the two to have a good relationship.
Since he didn't have a good relationship, Lai Rongda came over with a maid to bring tea, and he happened to enter the room at a critical moment, which can only show that he has been eavesdropping outside.........
As Duo Niang's personal attendant, the little girl knows that Duo Niang can't eat peaches, and she is really good to Duo Niang, but if the food is too palatable, she will naturally be careful, and He Tiancheng will let people send peach and pear cakes, and the little girl will definitely check it in advance.
But now there is indeed peach pomace in the peach pear cake, which can only show a problem, after the peach pear cake was sent, it was made by someone and mixed with the peach.........
And the only one who can do this is the people who come to the house, and from the current situation, the suspicion of coming to Rongda is the greatest.
Li Moyi just wanted to deceive him to be tolerant, but he didn't expect a simple question! Under the bottom, Lai Rong's face was pale, and he immediately appeared timid!
"Sure enough, it's you!!"
After Li Mo was confirmed, Lai Rongda was also depressed for a while, and let out a long sigh, but his expression became ruthless.
"My brother is so good to her, this woman is still half-hearted, seeing that my brother's whereabouts are unknown, she will go back and forth with Hetiancheng, and communicate openly, let me come to the house to be ashamed, let her suffer a little!!"
Lai Rongda did not hide his hatred for Duo Niang: "That night, He Tiancheng personally sent a peach and pear cake to this woman, and the two of them stayed together for a long time without shying away from it, so angry that my father's old illness was about to relapse, if it weren't for the fact that he had to use the family to search for his brother's whereabouts, his father would have kicked him out long ago!" ”
"I couldn't see it, and when the two of them left, I secretly made a trick in the peach pear cake......... Ben just wanted her to suffer, and had no intention of harming her life......... I didn't know that the woman was stung by a poisonous bee in a coma, and she was immediately in danger........."
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