Chi Xianhuai said in a deep voice: "She is sick, so she is getting weaker and weaker, it's not that there is no man who can inhale yang qi and die!"

"Zi Bu is strange and confused, you are a woman, don't talk nonsense and gossip to confuse the public!"

Chi Shi stood up excitedly and said, "I think you are an old immortal who is fascinated by her! Do you still refuse to admit that little goblin can absorb people's yang energy? Think about it yourself in the days when you asked her to be a scholar, did your body become weaker and weaker?"

Xu Da stared at the rhodium, cesium, and beryllium and sneered: "He is with the little girl, and his body is getting weaker and weaker, not necessarily because he has been sucked yang energy, but it is also possible that he has lost kidney water." ”

Chi Xianhuai was embarrassed and said, "What do you mean by this, Lord Xu?

Chi Shi said excitedly: "This adult has wronged my master, that little goblin is thin and thin is still a milk girl, my master is a scholar, how could he do that with a child?"

"And my son-in-law, who is only 12 years old this year, and he was 11 years old last year. ”

"At that time, my master asked the little goblin to watch him, but as a result, my family lost his yang energy, but he still asked the head of the Hetu Guan Dao to give him medicine and give him a hundred years of ginseng to replenish his qi in time to save his life!"

Xu Da pondered what he had done when he was eleven or twelve years old, and suddenly sneered.

Wang Qilin didn't ask too much, he patted the table and said: "In this way, whether you have anything to do with goblins or ghosts, according to the laws of the imperial court, you have to go to our Heavenly Prison, and we have to investigate some things." ”

Chi Xianhuai showed a tough side, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, students are lifters, according to the laws of the imperial court, you have no right to arrest students and send them to prison. If you think that the student is guilty, please submit the complaint to the county lord, if the adult reviews and passes, then you don't need to do it, the student takes the initiative to go to your heavenly prison and go to prison!"

Wang Qilin said: "This official wants you and your wife to go to the Heavenly Prison not to arrest you and put you in prison, but to ask you to cooperate with the investigation, not to mention that you are just a person, even if you are a Jinshi, you have to cooperate with our investigation!"

Chi Xianhuai still had to argue, Wang Qilin added: "This is the convenience of the imperial court for us to listen to the heavenly prison, if you are not convinced, you can go to the county government yamen to sue us!"

Chi Shi angrily stretched out his hand to hit him and scolded: "You dead old man, I advised you not to buy a goblin back at that time, not to mention spending money will bring a lot of trouble, you don't listen to me, you are stubborn, you see, trouble is coming to the door now?"

Chi Xianhuai shook his arm and shook off her hand and shouted angrily: "Women, don't talk more, give the master and I will sit honestly!"

He looked at Wang Qilin again and said, "Lord Wang, since there is a law in the imperial court, the students should abide by it, but since they are going to cooperate with you in investigating the case, can you allow the students to clean up the case? ”

Wang Qilin knew that he was going to the study to write letters to his classmates and officials, but he was not afraid, so he waved his hand and said, "You are free." ”

Chi Xianhuai moved quickly, he wrote a letter to the pharmacy guy, went to pack up a big coat and put it on, and then Shi Shiran went out with Wang Qilin.

He is confident about the future.

Wang Qilin asked Xu Da to take the old couple back to the post house first, and he was going to be a sugar man at Lin Laowu's family to take a look.

The sugar man was poisonous, and he suspected that this Lin Lao Wu might have something to do with the remnants of the previous dynasty.

He doesn't have a letter about how Du Gongzi stirred up the Uehara Mansion, so he doesn't want to miss a clue now.

Before coming to the door, he inquired first, this Lin Lao Wu is an honest and honest man, and his ancestors have lived in this broken screen alley for three generations.

In his generation, there are five brothers, he is the youngest, the brothers have a very good relationship, but he has a bad life, he once had a wife, the young couple is very affectionate, but unfortunately died of illness a few years ago.

Wang Qilin knocked on the door, and a short but sturdy man came out to open the door, this is Lin Lao Wu.

Lin Lao Wu walked the streets and alleys to sell candy, and naturally knew the official uniform of the Tianjian Prison, and knelt down first when he saw Wang Qilin coming to the door.

Seeing the weak legs of the officials is a habit that the hawkers have naturally developed in their years of business career.

Wang Qilin pointed to his palm and said, "You spread out your hand and let me see." ”

The thick palms are full of calluses.

Calluses are mainly concentrated on the palms of the hands, and everything is natural at the knuckles.

It's not like a person who holds a sword all year round.

Wang Qilin released Eight Meows and Nine Six to let them run with the wind, and he directly dispatched the police dogs.

Lin Lao Wu's family has an ordinary life, but after all, he is a sugar man, there is honey and syrup at home, and the whole yard is sweet even in winter, so Jiuliu snorted excitedly after being let go.

Dogs love sugar.

Eight Meow stood up and scratched Wang Qilin's knee, and glanced at the syrup bottle with his eyes: Feed sugar to Meow Ye's daughter-in-law! Hurry up! Immediately!

Wang Qilin led the two of them to him and said, "Go and check this family for my father, if there is a problem in his family, won't the syrup here belong to us?"

Eight Meow suddenly: Awesome, powerful, big corrupt official!

Ninety-six understood what he meant, and then moved his little short legs, and it once again spun around the yard as if it were stepping on the wheels of a cart, and then ran into the house in circles, and finally shouted excitedly: "Six-six-six!"

Wang Qilin immediately put pressure on Lin Lao Wu, he glared at Lin Lao Wu with as sharp eyes as he could and said, "Say it!"

Lin Lao Wuyi was stunned, and said tentatively: "Five, five leaders, six six six?"

Wang Qilin was annoyed, stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head: "I'll let you say!

Lin Lao Wu said in a panic: "The adults are angry, the villain, the villain hides some money......"

Wang Qilin pointed at him and sneered: "Isn't it dishonest? Don't you want to confess? You want to play tricks with me, don't you?"

Lin Lao Wu's legs were weak and knelt on the ground again, he kowtowed and shouted: "Adults spare their lives, spare their lives, the villain confesses, the villain confesses, when the villain walked to Longquan Lane a few days ago, he saw that the wife of a family lost a shawl, so he picked up the shawl, the villain should die, the villain is guilty, the villain should not mess around with this shawl!"

Wang Qilin was furious, gritted his teeth, and said, "Is this official asking you these bullshit? This official is asking you, what is the most important thing hidden in your house!"

Lin Lao Wu said blankly: "It's this shawl, the adult is aware of it, and the villain is the right person, just picked up a shawl and did something that shouldn't be done." ”

Wang Qilin picked him up and said, "You are really a sickle to cut leeks, and you won't die if your head is broken." You've been stewing duck all night, and your mouth is quite hard!"

The two entered the house, and Nine-Six stood on the ground and stretched out his hand to point to the top of a cabinet.

Wang Qilin jumped up and saw that there was a small bag of oiled paper on the top of the cabinet.

He took the small bag and opened it, and there was a pile of white end inside, he wanted to smell it, but Jiuliu firmly stopped him and shook the dog's head.

Seeing this, he asked Lin Lao Wu, "What is this?"

Lin Lao Wu's eyes wandered and said, "This is, this is arsenic." ”

"What are you doing with arsenic in your house?"

Lin Lao Wu swallowed his saliva, knelt down and kowtowed without saying a word.

Wang Qilin sneered and asked, "Someone gave you these arsenic and let you mix it with the sugar man to poison people, right?"

Lin Lao Wu hurriedly raised his head and shouted: "No, no, my lord, this arsenic was bought by the villain himself! The villain has been buying it for four or five years, and it was bought in the pharmacy of Master Chi's house, and the pharmacy was registered at that time, and the villain is absolutely not lying!"

Wang Qilin asked, "What do you buy arsenic for?"

Lin Lao Wu began to kowtow again, kowtowing with tears, but he just didn't answer.

Wang Qilin said impatiently: "Then you go back to the post house with this official, and go to the Tianjian post where I heard the ghosts and gods, you should be able to tell the truth, right?"

Lin Lao Wu was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, and he finally cried and said: "The villain said, the villain confesses, the adults don't take the villain to the yamen to go to the post house, the villain explains." ”

"The villain's wife died not of stridor, but of tuberculosis!"

Wheezing is asthma, and tuberculosis is tuberculosis, which has been a serious disease that has been difficult to treat in all dynasties.

Wang Qilin was puzzled, and he asked, "Why does this have anything to do with your deceased wife again?"

Lin Lao Wu wiped his face and said: "A few years ago, there was a plague god in Shangyuan Mansion, and many families suffered from tuberculosis, including the villain's wife. ”

"The yamen could not cure it, and the tuberculosis would be transmitted to others, so they put the tuberculosis ghosts together and let them fend for themselves. ”

"The villain's wife has never enjoyed happiness with the villain, she is a good woman, the villain has been poor since she was a child, she does not dislike it, she cooks soup for the villain, washes and washes her feet. ”

But the villain is a small businessman, never let her enjoy the blessings, she wants to eat Qibao Zhai's peach shortbread, the villain can't afford to buy it for her. ”

"But good people don't have good rewards, she doesn't know how to get tuberculosis, the yamen wants to let the tuberculosis ghost fend for itself, the villain is reluctant, it happens that the villain is literate, so he consulted the ancient recipe, and finally found a prescription that said that arsenic can cure tuberculosis when used as medicine. ”

"The villain quietly bought arsenic, but in the end he couldn't cure his wife, and she eventually died!"

"Before she died, she still wanted to eat peach shortbread, and the villain was going to buy it for her, and the last thing she said, did the adults know what she said to me at the end?"

"She said, buy broken peach shortbread, the broken ones are baked, so they are broken, and the broken ones are delicious!"

Speaking of this, Lin Lao Wu couldn't cry anymore, he cried bitterly with a handful of snot and tears: "Until the last moment of death, she wanted to save a few copper baht for the villain." ”

Eight Meow listened to the tears, to nine-six to wipe the tears, nine-six inexplicable, and then eight meow gave it a paw, it also teary-eyed.

Wang Qilin's appearance at Lin Lao Wu didn't seem to be a fake, according to the news he heard, the relationship between Lin Lao Wu and his wife was indeed very good.

But the use of arsenic to cure tuberculosis?

So he asked, "Wouldn't you have poisoned your daughter-in-law with arsenic?"

Lin Lao Wu glared at him in surprise and shouted, "My lord, how can you say that, my lord?"

"The villain and his wife have a very close relationship! The villain swears, swears to God, if the villain's wife can return to her soul, the villain is willing to leave only one year to live! If you can get along with her for another year!"

Wang Qilin walked around the yard with his hands behind his back, but he really didn't find anything strange, so he pointed to Lin Lao Wu and said, "You go to the post house with me......"

Hearing this, Lin Lao Wu immediately collapsed on the ground.

Wang Qilin rolled his eyes, knowing that such a request was a big shock to ordinary people, so he had to find a young man to find a post house and call the witch over.

He wants to know what's going on with the matchmaker's insect venom!

Wu Wu came out of nowhere, and when she entered the door, she frowned and said, "Well, it smells a little bad. ”

Wang Qilin said: "The candy man that the kid ate yesterday came from here. ”

As soon as she entered the house, she pointed to the water tank and said, "There is a smell of red lady insect poison in this water! Well, not only red lady insects, but also some poisonous smell, but it is very slight and very slight, it should be left, I can't identify it." ”

Wang Qilin's mind was spinning, and he immediately strung this line together:

The syrup used to make the sugar man is made by boiling brown sugar and rock sugar with water, and the toxins in the sugar man do not come from the syrup and sugar cubes, but from the water!

Lin Lao Wu also admitted it truthfully and said: "My lord, the sugar man in winter is cheap, why? Because the sugar man only has a little sugar in winter, and it is frozen out with water. ”

"The villain is a small business, boil a little syrup mixed with cool boiled water, and then use the mold to make a candy man, which has to be made at night, because the weather is cold and the temperature is low at night, and the syrup water will soon be frozen into a sugar man. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Where did the water come from?"

Lin Lao Wu said: "There is an old well at the mouth of that Feihuai alley, and the people here go there to fetch water for drinking. ”

As soon as Wang Qilin heard that something was wrong, he hurriedly asked him to lead the way to the well.

The flying locust alley is not far from the Lin family, and you can see a big locust tree after two intersections, this locust tree has two people hugging together, and it is said that it is a sacred tree flying from the sky.

Originally, there was no tree at the mouth of the alley, suddenly there was a thunderstorm night with a strong wind, the next day after dawn the people went out to see, saw that there was a big locust tree with the thickness of human legs at the mouth of the alley, people planted this locust tree, it really came to life, and grew very well.

The locust tree attracts ghosts, and a big tree like this is even more ghostly.

But for the surrounding people, this is a good thing, the first is that there are ghosts, snakes, rats and insects, you must know that the people are persecuted by insects and rats in these years is much more powerful than ghosts, and ordinary people have to have 200 days of rat plague a year.

The second locust tree beckons ghosts, so that when the ghosts arrive, they will hide in the leaves of the locust tree, and will not go to the people's homes to frighten the people.

Lin Lao Wu also knew that there were ghosts near the locust tree, and he said that no one had been harmed by ghosts for many years, so the surrounding people didn't care about it.

However, he also said that these ghosts were not attracted by the locust tree, but by the well: "Our well is extraordinary, it is talented!"

"Talented?" Wang Qilin asked.

"Yes," Lin Lao Wu said proudly, "Master Chi is the reincarnation of the heavenly Qu Xing, he has been a great man, he knows that we poor people have never tasted ink in our lives, so whenever he practices calligraphy, he will pour the pen washing water into the well." ”

"Master Wenquxing's pen washing water is talented, and children can be contaminated with some talent when they drink it, and they will be better at reading. Ghosts will also come to rob talents, and sometimes we have to set firecrackers under the trees to exorcise ghosts, and the talents here are angry to the dolls. ”

After Wang Qilin walked under the tree, he felt an unusually cold color, he looked up at the branches, and saw that some of the branches were faintly wrapped with black gas.

This is the little ghost, but since he didn't hurt anyone, he wouldn't act recklessly, so he just took out the thunder and flew around from the bottom to the top to deter them, so that they would honestly not make trouble.

Wu Wu lay at the mouth of the well and sniffed, turned around and said: "Seventh Master, this is here, someone threw red lady worms into the water and poisoned the surrounding people. ”

"And, well, it should be toad crisp poison, yes, that's right, it's toad crisp. ”

After speaking, she scratched her head suspiciously: "It's not right, there are few matchmaker worms and toads thrown into the water, this will not poison people." ”

Wang Qilin's heart moved, and he said: "But if the red lady worm or other poisons accumulate in the human body for a long time, it will reduce people's resistance, right?"

"What resistance?" asked the witch blankly.

"It will make people's bodies easy to get sick, such as being more likely to be parasitic by Gu worms, and more prone to wind, cold, wind and heat and other diseases. ”

Wu Wu said: "Yes, yes, yes. ”

Wang Qilin sneered and said, "No wonder I have traveled all the way and felt that something was wrong with the people in this place, as if my body and bones were very weak. ”

Lin Lao Wu nodded and said: "That's right, my lord, our people here are weak and easy to get sick, once a Taoist priest from You Fang came here, saying that our place is in the northeast corner of the county town, and the northeast direction is the ghost gate, so the yin qi is heavy." ”

Wang Qilin asked again: "If you are sick, do you go to Master Chi's house to buy medicine?"

Lin Lao Wu said: "Of course, Mr. Chi's pharmacy is the most fair, the price is fair, and the medicine is affordable...... Wash the pen water! Master Chi's wash water!"

He has been doing business in the streets all year round, and he has insight and brains, and now he has vaguely guessed the truth.

Wang Qilin did not hold him accountable again, but led Zhu Zhu to Chi's pharmacy.

Jiuliu stood up to stop him, and gestured to Lin Lao Wu's family with his eyes.

What about sugar!

Wang Qilin picked it up and said: "Sixth, don't eat sugar, as the old saying goes, good dogs don't eat sugar, and don't estrus when spring, in short, it's right if you don't eat sugar." ”

Jiuliu arched into his arms dissatisfied: "Boom!"

Wang Qilin took Zhu Zhu into the pharmacy again, and there was only one Lang Zhong in the pharmacy who was in a daze with a sad face, and the guy was gone, so he should have gone out to deliver the letter.

Seeing Wang Qilin coming back, Lang Zhong trembled with fright: "My lord, do you have any instructions?"

Wang Qilin went straight to the point: "Take out the matchmaker worm to the official." ”

Lang Zhong sneered: "Matchmaker, our small shop ......?"

"Smack!"

The table shook as the Iron Captain slammed it.

Lang Zhong hurriedly stepped on the ladder to unload a drawer, which was full of dried small flying insects.

These small flying insects resemble cicadas and are small, about the length of a knuckle, with transparent wings and large, prominent eyes. The head is black, the neck is also black, and the shoulders are red.

The witch said, "Yes, this is the matchmaker. ”

Wang Qilin looked at Lang Zhong lightly and asked, "You also go with this official, you actually poisoned the well for the sake of business?"

Lang Zhong swallowed his saliva and said, "No, my lord, my lord's words are wrong, we didn't poison the well." ”

Wang Qilin smiled and said, "If you really didn't poison the well, then you should be at a loss after hearing what the official said, but you didn't immediately deny it." ”

Lang Zhong showed a smile and tried to keep his composure: "Adult, the villain doesn't understand what you mean, the villain ......"

"You have killed a lot of people over the years, and when the time comes, the official will call their ghosts back, and when you see their ghosts, deny them. Wang Qilin interrupted his words and went directly to pull people.

By this time he had figured it all out.

When he and Xu Dagang came to the door before, Lang Zhong was not afraid but very happy, probably thinking that they were coming to visit Chi Xianhuai.

But when Xu Da said, 'Chi Xian is pregnant with you, the East Window incident happened', this Lang Zhong was immediately stunned, and the Chi family who came out later was also very frightened, they must have thought that the so-called East Window incident was to poison the well and someone found out.

It was only later that I found out that Wang Qilin was not here for this, and in order to cover up this crisis, Chi Shi threw out the statement that the poor girl was a monster to divert their attention.

In fact, their eyes were indeed diverted, but unfortunately people are not as good as heaven, and on ordinary days, Wang Qilin would not go to Lin Laowu's house to investigate the problem of weak poison.

But now that the undercurrent of Shangyuan Mansion is surging, Wang Qilin mistakenly thought that Lin Lao Wu was related to the remnants of the previous dynasty, so he went to the door in one fell swoop, and found out the truth that they were trying to cover up by mistake.

Returning to the post house with Lang Zhong and the red lady worm, Wang Qilin went directly to see Chi Xianhuai and his wife, he threw the red lady worm drawer in front of the two of them, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

The couple looked at each other blankly and asked in unison, "What did you say?"

Wang Qilin laughed and said, "You are really dead ducks stewed all night, with hard mouths! What are you talking about, talking about poisoning the well!"

Chi Xianhuai looked dazed, and Chi subconsciously collapsed on the chair.

But soon she cheered up again, and it was estimated that the old couple had already been prepared, and they would not admit that there was such a thing.

Wang Qilin said funny: "Lang Zhong has explained, what's the use of the two of you dying in front of me? And although you are the mastermind in this matter, the specific matters are done by Lang Zhong." ”

"So the two of you are not guilty of much, especially Master Chi is still a person, rest assured, the court will not deprive you of your fame or sentence you because of this. ”

This is his inference, Chi Xianhuai and his wife do not understand pharmacology, and it is naturally unclear what poison to put into the well and how much dose, so this matter must be specifically responsible for Lang Zhong.

He couldn't deceive the husband and wife with this, Chi Xianhuai must have checked the criminal law of the New Han Dynasty, if poisoning the well failed to harm people, then it was really nothing.

However, they poisoned the well for many years, so that the surrounding people fell ill frequently, and some even contracted terminal diseases as a result of this - such as Lin Lao Wu's wife, who was killed by the accumulation of toxins in the well.

It is important to know that tuberculosis is contagious, but it is not infective to people casually, it is aimed at people with weak resistance, Lin Laowu's wife was infected with tuberculosis, probably because her body was destroyed by poison.

For this situation, the punishment of the imperial court is very strict, not to mention just a lifter, even a jinshi and an official must also be severely punished!

Wang Qilin was not afraid that the two of them would not speak, he smiled contemptuously: "Master Chi, you don't have to be lucky, there is no mouth that we can't pry open, especially for people like you who have eight wives and more than 20 children." ”

"Or are you waiting for your classmates to come and save you? Believe me, you classmates are busy distancing themselves from you right now, if not, we'll see!"

Chi Xianhuai closed his mouth tightly and remained silent.

It was very simple to break his defense, Wang Qilin went to have dinner with Wu Hanlin at noon, and at the same time mentioned the crime and punishment committed by Chi Xianhuai, and talked about his relationship with Liu Weisheng in Taicang Langzhong.

Wu Hanlin angrily threw his chopsticks in front of him, and he called Liu Weisheng to tell him about it, and sure enough, Liu Weisheng immediately trembled and broke off the relationship with Chi Xianhuai.

Wang Qilin took Liu Weisheng to see Chi Xianhuai, Chi Xianhuai's eyes lit up, thinking that there was a rescue.

As a result, Liu Weisheng rushed up and slapped him: "Chi Xianhuai! I didn't expect you to do such a heinous and unspeakable ugly thing! I, Liu Jigong, am really ashamed to be a classmate with you!"

Chi Xianhuai's mentality collapsed!

No one can save him!

Wang Qilin sent Liu Weisheng away, and Chi Xianhuai confessed in frustration: "Lord Wang is really a good means, I say, I say it all, I just ask Lord Wang to give the villain a chance to atone for his sins." ”

"You explain what you did first," Wang Qilin said lightly, "Let's talk about the poison you used the matchmaker worm first." ”

Hearing this, Chi Xianhuai was a little dazed, and said: "Matchmaker worm poisoning? No, Lord Wang, the villain didn't poison the matchmaker worm." ”

Xu Da went up and wanted to slap him: "Your mouth is harder than your chicken neck!"

Chi Xianhuai said with a wry smile: "My lord, this red lady worm is not a common medicinal material, my store has not been in stock for several years, this is still this winter there is a medicinal material transport team trapped in Shangyuan Mansion, in order to reduce the loss of them to dump the goods, I just bought some red lady worms." ”

Saying that, he recalled it carefully, and added: "Counting further, the last batch of matchmaker insects were bought by one person, and it was five or six years ago, and it was bought by Lin Lao Wu!"

Wang Qilin was shocked: "It was bought by Lin Lao Wu, what can this red lady insect cure?"

Wu Wu took out a pharmacopoeia and checked it, and read it according to the book: "It can cure rat sores, stool poison, mad dog bites, ......"

"Can it cure tuberculosis?"

"There is a recipe that says yes, and there is a recipe in "Materia Medica" that says that ten red ladies are taken, half a penny each for frankincense and arsenic, one penny for coax, and five cents for Huangdan. At the end, glutinous rice porridge is boiled and served. ”

Wang Qilin clapped his hands and said angrily: "Damn, I Wang Laoqi looks stupid, or what's the matter? Do I look like a bully? How can anyone calculate me?!"

"Go find that Lin Lao Wu for me, this matter has nothing to do with him!"