King Rin thought about it, there were indeed similarities in the food they were taking, and they had been carefully investigated, but nothing was found, but Yun Shizi said that it was a little strange, but there were no clues yet.

"Weicheng is near the sea, so their food generally contains seafood, according to our investigation, these dead adults have eaten honey fish, pearl scallops, and clams an hour ago."

As soon as the words fell, he emphasized, "These are the special seafood of Weicheng, which is already their home-cooked meal, and they eat it almost every day. ”

Nan Xinuo frowned slightly after hearing this, thinking that it was impossible for a man-eating insect to take a person's life in such a short period of time, there must be other reasons for this, and the possibility of food was very high!

"What about food and drink?"

"I didn't find anything in common with this, we all had the tea they drank carefully examined by the imperial doctor, and we didn't find anything strange."

"Then the honey fish, pearl scallops, and clams you just mentioned, do they all do the same thing? There should be a difference in taste, right? Nan Xinuo thought about it and asked.

King Rin raised his eyebrows, thought about it carefully, and said, "Some adults have a spicy taste, and some adults have a light taste, the difference should be just the recipe for ingredients. ”

"Let them do it again."

"Do it again?"

"Yes."

Qiulan had already followed Nan Xinuo's method at this moment and put the man-eating insect in the ink-colored porcelain vase, Nan Xinuo listened to the movement inside, raised his eyebrows and chuckled.

"This black porcelain bottle is specially prepared by me, the liquid in it can maintain the life of man-eating insects, you let people prepare these foods again, I let the man-eating insects try them one by one, maybe something will be found."

"However, I still need a guinea mouse, and of course a normal mouse will do."

"Mouse?"

"Yes, man-eating insects need to be parasitic in living things to be active, and mice are just the right fit."

When King Rin heard this, his face smiled, and he immediately asked people to prepare, this method Yun Shizi also wanted the imperial doctor to try before, but unfortunately the man-eating insect will die as soon as it leaves the human body. Listening to Nan Xinuo say this at this time, he felt that this mystery might be opened.

After Yun Shizi had a conversation with Qi Ming, the prefect of Weicheng, he heard that Nan Xinuo was taking a little mouse to try food in the side room, so he came over, and Qi Ming came with him.

At this moment, the table was full of food that several adults had eaten before they died, Nan Xinuo first checked it, and found that it was not poisonous, so he opened the bottle and let the little mouse that had been parasitic man-eating insects bite the food, and the little mouse turned around and only ate the pearl scallops.

After about half an hour, I saw the little mouse lying on the table without warning, no longer breathing.

Seeing that the mouse was really dead, everyone was surprised and delighted, and after working for so long, they finally knew the cause of their death! In this way, the officials in Weicheng can also breathe a sigh of relief, and they don't have to worry about it every day.

But the truth that they died after taking pearl scallops is puzzling, after all, almost all large families eat pearl scallops every day, and the food itself should be fine.

However, the problem is on the pearl scallops, if someone is really parasitic with man-eating insects, then more than half of the people of Weicheng will die!

It's kind of scary!

As soon as the news spread, the people were happy and sad, and everyone decisively refused to eat pearl scallops, and those who had already eaten pearl scallops went to the hospital in a panic, for fear that something would happen to them.

Now the major medical halls are crowded with people, and the restaurants are empty for a while, and the fishermen who sell pearl scallops are panicking, worried that some officers and soldiers will come to arrest them, and they are also worried that they will not be able to sell pearl scallops in the future.

Shangguan Ling and Ye Mo Sakura were on the beach, and when they heard the fishermen's discussions, they knew that Nan Xinuo had discovered the cause of death, but they were a little surprised to hear that it was related to pearl scallops.

I was about to go home, but I heard the people talking about the curse of the sea god all the way, whether they were walking on the street or in the restaurant and teahouse, the people were very panicked and said the curse of the sea god.

There is also a group of people who rushed to the Tanah Lot Temple, saying that they wanted to worship the sea god in order to ask for the sea god's forgiveness. In this way, Weicheng is now in chaos.

As soon as they returned home, they told Nan Xinuo about the curse of the sea god, and Nan Xinuo knew that the pearl scallop was the rich product of Weicheng, not only that, but it is said that the pearl scallop was also melted by the tears of the sea god.

The old fisherman said that it was the god of the sea who was grateful for the difficulties of the people's life and the lack of food, so he shed tears when he was worried, and these tears turned into pearl scallops.

Therefore, the pearl scallop is a sacred object to them, and now that the holy relic has killed people, they will naturally panic and think that the god of the sea is blaming them.

"Could it be that someone did this on purpose, just to cause chaos in Weicheng?" Nan Xinuo frowned, she didn't believe in the curse of the sea god.

"Quite possibly." Shangguan Ling raised her eyebrows, "We also ate pearl scallops yesterday, and we didn't find any problems, the key is still man-eating insects." However, the man-eating insect encounters the pearl scallop to kill people, and I think the other party must have known the curse of the sea god and deliberately designed these. ”

"I thought so too, but why did he go to such great lengths? Killing so many officials is enough to make people panic, even the imperial court is also afraid, why should it cause the sea god to curse? "King Rin didn't understand.

"Maybe there's some secret behind the Poseidon's curse." Nan Xinuo thought for a while and said, "I have just taken out the man-eating insect from the little mouse and dissected the baby mouse, and I have not found any connection between the man-eating insect and the pearl scallop, I still need a little time to study." ”

"It's troublesome to study the man-eating insects, and we'll check the matter of the sea god's curse."

King Rin thought about it, maybe there was some secret in the Sea Lot Temple, so he went with Shangguan Ling to find out about the Sea God, and Ye Mo Sakura was very interested, so he went with them.

Nan Xinuo went back to the side room to study pearl scallops and man-eating insects, during which she had several mice caught. When Yun Shizi came back, the moon was already hanging high, and he heard that Nan Xinuo was still in the side room, so he passed.

"You're back? What is the current situation in Weicheng? I heard that the people flocked to Tanah Lot one after another. ”

"The government on the people's side has been suppressed, but they are still very uneasy, their panic about the sea god, the government has no choice, they can only kneel and worship in the sea temple first, and after finding out the reason, they will naturally be relieved."

Seeing the mice lying on the table, and the fragrance of pearl scallops all over the room, this made Yun Shizi suddenly feel a little sick to his stomach, and he really felt that it was impossible to eat pearl scallops in his life.

Seeing that Nan Xinuo was tinkering with something, he walked over and looked at it, and saw that it was a black mess, and he was slightly surprised.

"What are you doing here?"

"Their death is related to man-eating insects, but man-eating insects do not kill people in such a short time, so pearl scallops play a fatal role in it, I have been studying this pearl scallop for several hours, and finally after extracting the phytochemicals contained in pearl scallops, I have a little eyebrows, I guess it may have something to do with some kind of seaweed."

Nan Xinuo looked at the melanin in the cup, the corners of his eyebrows trembled slightly, and seeing Yun Shizi's puzzled face, he explained with a chuckle, "Scallops generally exist in the sandy sea and deep sea, and there are seaweeds in their food, I have extracted this melanin from these pearl scallops, and I asked people to go to major restaurants to buy scallops, but they did not extract this melanin, so I suspect that the reason why man-eating insects meet pearl scallops can kill people is this melanin." ”

Yun Shizi suddenly realized when he heard this, took the cup in Nan Xinuo's hand, looked at the jet-black liquid inside, frowned slightly, and couldn't tell what kind of seaweed it was.

"Has it been confirmed that this type of seaweed is related?"

"You look at the two little mice on the right side of the table, and then look at the mice on the left, the one on the left died after taking this melanin, and the one on the right side ate the pearl scallops, and the symptoms of death on both sides are the same, so the key to the pearl scallops is this melanin."

Yun Shizi raised his eyebrows and understood the meaning of Nan Xinuo's words, "You mean that there is no problem with pearl scallops, the key is on the seaweed." ”

"Yes, and the pearl scallops that these adults eat have this kind of melanin, but the pearl scallops in the general restaurants in Weicheng do not, so the pearl scallops that adults eat are specially raised."

"So do you know what melanin is unique to seaweed?"

Nan Xinuo raised his eyebrows and chuckled, stood up and rubbed his arms, looked at Yun Shizi and said, "I already know, it is a kind of raccoon grass that grows in the deep sea area, it is extremely toxic, and no creature dares to approach it within a radius of a hundred miles, and it is still in the deep sea, ordinary people can't withstand that kind of pressure at all, let alone get the raccoon grass." ”

"Oh? Didn't you get the raccoon grass any else? ”

"People can't, but there is a deep-sea animal that can!"

"What animal?"

"It's a dolphin!"

"The dolphin is a very flexible creature that lives in the sea, it can travel thousands of miles a day, its skin is not afraid of all toxins, the key is that they can understand the rhythm, if someone can control them with the rhythm, it is easy to get the raccoon grass!"

"Shengpu!"

Yun Shizi frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and suddenly saw Nan Xinuo rubbing his arm, his eyes were full of distress, he walked to her side to help her sit down, and gently pressed her arm, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Nan Xinuo's originally sour arm suddenly became comfortable, looking at Yun Shizi's gentle gaze, with a smile on his eyebrows, let him knead his arm, slightly hooked his lips, "It's not hard, I like to study these, as long as it's poisonous, I'm very interested." ”

"Except for poison?"

"You!"

"Study me?"

"In addition to poison, you are the most interested!"

"Hehehe--"

Yun Shizi smiled softly, looked at Nan Xinuo's sweet face, his heart moved slightly, and a lip fell on her lips, although it was a dragonfly and a little water, it made both of them a little emotional.

I wanted to continue to deepen this kiss, but when I heard Qiulan's hurried footsteps, Nan Xinuo's body was slightly stunned, and she suddenly felt a little lost, she had to push Yun Shizi away, Qiulan was so anxious, there should be something important to tell.

"County Lord, it's not good! Something happened at Tanah Lot!"