Chapter 70: The Murderer Is Hard to Find (4)
White poison umbrella? Toxicity? Killing people?
A few maids who just felt wronged and wanted to sobble and start crying widened their eyes, and they forgot to cry for a while, so they took care of what they said and said...... Is this a poisonous mushroom?
Poisoning the food of the lord's mother will be punished with a rod.
Prime Minister Wei touched his chin, and finally reached the place where he was puzzled, if it was an interrogation, it was best not to say anything about poisoning in order to avoid startling the snake, but now Gu Jin said that he was firm, could he be sure?
"Miss Gu Er, this ......"
Gu Jin looked back, not annoyed by Prime Minister Wei's interruption, but just smiled lightly, signaling their father and daughter to feel at ease.
"Xiangye, we didn't dare to speak out when we were worried about startling the snake before, but now we don't need to, this snake has already exposed its tail."
Wei Yuchuan blinked, "Found it?" But why did she seem to just ask these people a few words?
Gu Jin looked at the housekeeper and said loudly: "Please Miss Xueling take a trip." ”
The housekeeper was stunned, and Xue Ling had already begun to argue: "Miss Gu Er, what do you mean by this, the slave maid is honest and does errands in the house, can you indiscriminately insert charges on the slave maid." ”
The butler's steps were retracted when he heard this, and he frowned, looking unbearable.
"Second Miss Gu, I don't think it's Xue Ling, do you want to check it again?"
Gu Jin pursed her lips, she was treated as a guest by Prime Minister Wei's family today, but in the eyes of the subordinates, she was just an outsider, a concubine, and she really shouldn't have the ability to try such a case.
But when she was questioned, she was not annoyed, and only asked: "In this case, the housekeeper checks?" ”
The butler was so stunned by this that he did not know how to answer.
Gu Jin's posture turned, facing the suspicious eyes of Prime Minister Shangwei and Wei Yuchuan, she raised her eyebrows lightly, and said in her heart Even though the Prime Minister believed her today, the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion did not believe it.
If you want to take Xue Ling away with confidence, you have to explain her inference.
"Do you all remember the first question I asked these girls when I came into this kitchen?"
The butler rolled his eyes, he still remembered what had happened just now.
What Gu Jin said was: When you pick vegetables, wash vegetables, and cut vegetables, do you think there is anything wrong with this mushroom?
"So, what did Miss Xue Ling say?"
The housekeeper was speechless for a while, Xue Ling seemed to have said a lot of things, and it was really a bit ...... for him to repeat them one by one
"What she said was: Miss Gu, today Master Geng instructed that there are distinguished guests from the house, and he wants to do some good hospitality, and he also said that he will let the slave and maid pick some fresh dishes, and the slave and maid will look around, and they will see that this mushroom is the freshest, and they don't think there is anything strange."
The person who spoke next was Wei Yuchuan, she had been listening and watching silently just now, the woman was delicate, and she was able to remember what the maid said.
Everyone was in a trance, this is true, but how can they rely on this sentence to conclude that Xue Ling has something to do with the poisoning?
Gu Jin said lightly: "Then I don't know if you remember how other people answered?" I asked if there was anything strange about the mushroom, and the others answered yes or no. Why did Miss Xue Ling lay so much groundwork, and she still said something inconsequential? ”
As soon as these words came out, Xue Ling's cheeks turned crimson, as if someone had pierced her mind.
The housekeeper and the others also seemed to have a sudden realization, compared with the other people's words, Xue Ling's answer was indeed abrupt.
Comparing the rhetoric of those little guys, it also seems a lot more ordinary, just like the cook Geng Bao, who was ruled out by Gu Jin in those few words, it seems that they have nothing to do with the poisoning.
Can...... Isn't it too decisive to conclude whether someone has committed a crime based on just two answers, if everyone uses this method to judge the case, what else does the prefect do?
Gu Jin is good at observing people's minds, and naturally he can think of such doubts in their hearts, so he spoke: "Don't worry, I only said to let Miss Xueling accompany us on a trip, but I didn't say that she was the person who operated behind the scenes. ”
Everyone was about to leave the kitchen, but they heard Gu Jin ask again: "Mama Li, who was next to Mrs. Li before, went to ask the imperial doctor in person, but I don't know if the imperial doctor has arrived?" ”
Gu Jin had instructed before that if this matter was to be investigated reasonably, a physician was needed to investigate it.
The butler bowed: "The imperial doctor is waiting in the flower hall." ”
Gu Jin took the lead out of the kitchen door and looked up at the clear autumn rainy sky.
He said lightly: "The rain is cool, the water vapor in the flower hall is too heavy, please come to Qi Meixuan." ”
The housekeeper had to be ordered to go, and the group took Prime Minister Wei and Gu Jin first, and the maid Xueling trembled behind, and went to Qi Meixuan in the clear autumn rain.
Those plates of dishes mixed with white poison umbrellas are still on Qi Meixuan's dinner table.
During the time when the imperial doctor came, Gu Jin made two more orders:
The first is to ask the housekeeper to lead the vegetable buyer to the place where the mushrooms are bought to check the details of the vendors.
The second is to ask Yan Cao to find Mrs. Wei to ask for the identity of these people in the kitchen now.