Chapter 158: Incense Poisoning
There are some rumors in Gyeongju City that someone at Seomon saw a man in white wandering in front of the temple's incense burner at night.
Naturally, the people of the Lu family also heard about it. Old Madam Lu felt that this was caused by her son's death too unjustly, and his soul was not at peace. Therefore, she wants to take the female dependents of the house to the West Temple to worship the Buddha and surpass the dead for her son.
The sedan chair of the Lu Mansion went out of the mansion with its front feet, and Luo Feng and the others also rushed to the West Temple.
Liu Zhutou had already set it up, just waiting for Mrs. Lu to take Miss Lu and others into the temple to offer incense.
Qi Yan disguised herself as a female pilgrim and knelt in the main hall to pray for blessings. At this time, Mrs. Lu came over with the ladies in the house.
The presiding officer of the temple came to greet them and asked them why they had come to offer incense. Then he told Mrs. Lu that for the undead to be overstated, the body of a virgin must be a virgin in order to be effective.
There are many female dependents in the Lu Mansion, and only Miss Lu meets this identity. So, Miss Lu entered the temple alone. Of course, all this was Luo Feng's idea, and Liu Zhutou deliberately arranged it.
When Qi Yan saw Miss Lu coming, she got up and retreated to the apse.
Liu Zhutou has already taken Li Xun here. Qi Yan and Liu Zhutou pushed Li Xun, who had been lit acupoint, to the Buddha statue and saw that Miss Lu had lit the incense and placed it in the incense burner.
Miss Lui knelt on the futon and began to worship the Buddha. Qi Yan and the three of them walked to Miss Lu's side and waited for her to get up. Who knew that Miss Lu knelt on the ground and did not move.
Qi Yan felt that something was wrong, so she slowly squatted down and helped Miss Lu up. She was shocked to see Miss Lu die with a strange smile on her face.
Liu Zhutou hurriedly sent Li Xun to the palace and asked the officials to take him back to the county government to detain him, and then he returned to check the cause of Miss Lu's death, and found that Miss Lu was poisoned and died!
When Mrs. Lu heard that her daughter had died of poisoning, she fainted on the spot.
Luo Feng and the others couldn't come forward, so they could only hide in the dark and watch anxiously.
Seeing that the arrest of the yamen was about to bring Li Xun back, Bai Xian Ling inquired about the case. When he learned that the daughter of the Lu family had died of poisoning, he was stunned. Subsequently, he led the officials to the West Temple.
The ladies of the Lu Mansion in the West Temple were already in a mess, crying bursts of crying, so miserable.
After Bai Xian ordered to arrive, he asked people to cordon off the scene, and then ordered a body to be examined, which confirmed that Miss Lu was indeed poisoned to death.
Liu Zhutou asked Miss Lu about her diet this morning. Her maid said that she ate very little, and that the rest of the meal was shared by the people who waited for her, and it was no different!
Where does this poison come from? Bai Xianling's forehead was sweaty. He thought that he would definitely let Li Xun subdue this time, but who would have expected that Miss Lu would actually be poisoned. If there is no evidence, how will the case be tried and investigated?
The Baixian Decree instructed the officials to escort the ladies of the Lu Mansion back to their homes. Luo Feng and others came out to help analyze the case.
Qi Yan recounted the incident in detail. Luo Feng looked at Liu Zhutou. Liu Zhutou nodded, confirming that what Qi Yan said was true.
"You mean she's still fine before the incense?" Luo Feng asked.
"That's right! Fragrant! Bai Xian Ling walked into the main hall. Everyone followed. They saw that the three pillars of incense on Miss Lu had been burned out, and only a small section of the root of the incense burner was buried.
Liu Zhutou stepped forward, took off the remaining incense and a layer of incense ash on the surface of the incense burner, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it in his arms.
Miss Lui's body was temporarily left in the temple. Although the host of the West Temple did not say anything! But his face was ugly. Both of these murders happened in the temple, who will dare to come to incense in the future?
Bai Xian Ling and the others returned to the county office, and immediately sent someone to invite a famous doctor from the city to come and check the incense ashes and the remaining residual incense.
The result of the examination was that the incense ash was indeed poisonous, but the residual incense was not poisonous. This also just verifies the reason why Liu Zhutou, Li Xun and Qi Yan were not poisoned. The person who poisoned didn't want people to know that Miss Lu was poisoned by incense and died, but Luo Feng thought of the incense on her.
Liu Zhutou inquired about the incense from the Lu Mansion from the treasury where the spices were stored. The incense was taken from Miss Lu's personal maid to the warehouse.
"Could there be a problem with this girl?" Gu Xiaodong said the doubts in everyone's hearts.
Liu Zhutou went to the Lu Mansion to take the girl to the yamen for interrogation. People in the house said she committed suicide by throwing herself into a well on the night of Miss's death. Because Mrs. Lu also asked about incense, it is said that the girl did something stupid when she couldn't think about it for a while.
Liu Zhutou returned to the yamen to report the matter to Bai Xian Ling, and everyone was silent for a while.
Now that all the clues have been broken, the Lu family has died again in vain. Bai Xian Ling said that he had to hide, otherwise the Lu garrison would have to skin him alive.
Lu Shoubei is such a daughter, usually protected like an eyeball. Now that she is gone, how can Lu Shoubei not blow up his lungs?
Luo Feng said that with them, you will be safe! Bai Xian ordered someone to clean up the guest room. That night, Luo Feng and others lived in the yamen.
The next morning, before dawn, the Lu garrison surrounded the government with officers and soldiers.
The commander of the white county sighed and said, "It's time to come, it's still coming!" ”
Luo Feng and the others accompanied Bai Xianling to the meeting room.
When Na Lu Shoubei saw Bai Xian Ling, he drew his waist knife. Liu Zhutou stepped forward and pressed his hand and said, "This is the county government!" ”
Lu Shoubei glared at Liu Zhutou for a moment, and then his knife was returned to its sheath.
Bai Xianling said that the incident was caused by Li Xun's arrest. Lu Shoubei heard that Li Xun had stolen their family's jade pendant, so he wanted to meet this person.
Bai Xian Ling had no choice but to order someone to escort Li Xun over. Li Xun saw Lu Shoubei glaring at him angrily, and he had a trace of fear in his heart.
"Say! Why did you steal jade pendants? There are so many antique calligraphy and paintings in the house, you only take one jade pendant? Lu Shoubei's words made everyone's hearts light up.
"The villain happened to pass by Sun's room, so he took it by the hand." Li Xun lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Lu Shoubei's eyes.
"There's more than one house on that road! There are a lot of valuable things in the second lady's room! Lu Shoubei's hand pressed on the hilt of the knife. His anger is out of place, and he is holding back uncomfortably?
Li Xun is a practitioner, and he has long seen Lu Shoubei's hand pressed on the hilt of the knife. Sweat oozed from his forehead.
"Say!" Bai Xianling slapped the tea table.
"The little one has made it clear!" Li Xun raised his head and looked at Bai Xianling.
"No, the person will be interrogated by the garrison! Maybe you can find something useful. "Bai County's trick is ruthless enough. Li Xun couldn't help but tremble when he heard this.
"Good! I'll keep him alive! Take! "Lu Shoubei really let Li Xun take him away.
"I wish he could ask something!" Bai Xian Ling got up and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
"Rest first, sir! I'm waiting to retire! Luo Feng and the others walked out of the living room after giving a salute.
"It's better for Luo Shaoxia and the others to continue to live in the mansion, so that we can discuss the case conveniently." Liu Zhutou followed.
"It's good!" Luo Feng also felt that this case was a bit tricky. He needs to sort out the ideas of this case with Liu Zhutou.
Luo Feng and the others came to Liu Zhutou's house. Liu Zhutou took out a pen and paper and handed it to Luo Feng, and then they carefully considered the case together.