In the yamen, Li Mu was looking through the file.

But the woman in white knelt on the ground: "People's daughter Sun Mengxi, meet your parents and officials!"

Li Mu was silent and speechless.

The woman in white continued: "The slave family is Sun Jiachen's youngest daughter, who has come to avenge her father. My father has been wronged! My father has some grievances and quarrels with Qian Juren, but this is human nature, and it is not a reason to kill someone!"

Li Mu continued to be silent, in silence, with Xiao killing.

The woman in white said, took out a silver ticket, stepped forward and said, "This is 30,000 taels of silver, specially given to the eldest master." I just ask the eldest lord to give justice to the father of the people's daughter!"

The yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason not to come in if you have no money.

Many times, it can be done with money, but in fact, it is not a big problem.

I'm afraid that the money won't be able to handle it.

"Thirty thousand silver!"

Li Mu opened his mouth and said: "I am the county order, and the incorruptible silver is only 1,000 taels a year, maybe I can't earn 30,000 taels of silver in my life!"

As he spoke, he took the silver ticket and was noncommittal.

The woman in white breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the money, at least proving that there was still room for maneuver, but she was afraid that if she didn't collect the money, that would be the trouble.

Gritting his teeth, Sun Mengxi said: "My lord, if you are willing to avenge the father of the people, the slave family is willing to be the concubine of the eldest master!"

Li Mu was still silent.

Sun Mengxi fell to his knees and didn't say a word.

About ten minutes later, Li Mu spoke: "You stand down!"

"My lord!" Sun Mengxi raised his head and said, "Please be my lord, be the master of my father!"

Li Mudao: "This official will not let go of any bad person, nor will he wronged any good person, you just wait!"

"Yes!"

Sun Mengxi nodded, turned around and left.

"Interesting!" Li Mu smiled, looking at the silver ticket in his hand, but he didn't return it.

With these 30,000 silver tickets, you can do a lot of things. It is impossible to say that more schools can be built, or more nurseries can be built, so that some babies will not be drowned.

............

After closing the file, Li Mu left the study, saw a servant, and stepped forward and said, "Where is the scribe?"

"Scribe Wang, you are copying official documents!" said the servant, leaving.

After a while, the king scribe said, "Meet your parents!"

Li Mu asked, "Do you know how many pharmacies there are in this county?"

Wang Shuzhi said: "There are fifteen pharmacies in the county seat, and there are about ten pharmacies in other towns! The situation of these pharmacies is clear to the small ones! The adults are sick!"

Li Mu said: "Then go to a few nearby pharmacies to take a look!"

The king scribe nodded, leading the way.

The county seat is not large, and the scribe leads the way in front.

The county seat is not large, just equivalent to a small town in later generations, and the population is not large, only 30,000 people.

Soon they arrived at a pharmacy and saw the king scribe coming, and the shopkeeper immediately stepped forward and said, "Meet the king scribe!"

Wang Shuzhi said: "This is the county lord!"

"Meet the master!" the shopkeeper said, sincerely afraid.

"The shopkeeper, the official is just walking around at will!" Li Mu said.

But the shopkeeper was still sincerely scared and sent tea.

Li Mu sat on a chair and asked, "Your shop can sell castor beans!"

The shopkeeper immediately said: "Castor, pick roots and leaves in summer and autumn, and dry or use them fresh." Leaves, sweet, pungent, flat, with little poison; Its leaves, reduce swelling and pull out poison, relieve itching. Cure sores and ulcers, smash fresh products and apply them externally; treat eczema and itching, decoction and water to wash outside; and can kill maggots and kill children. Its root, dispelling wind and invigorating blood, relieving pain and sedation, is used for rheumatoid joint pain, tetanus, epilepsy, schizophrenia.

"As for castor beans, it has the effect of reducing swelling and pulling out poison, and purging stagnation. It is used for carbuncle swelling and poison, throat paralysis, dry stool and other symptoms!"

Li Mudao: "Can we purchase castor beans on a large scale recently?"

"Not much, not much, only five catties have been purchased in the past six months!" said controllably: "More than one catty is used, and there are more than four catties left!"

Li Mu said: "Keep the medicine!"

"Keep it, naturally keep it!" said the shopkeeper: "It is a three-point poison medicine, every time the pharmacy grabs the medicine, the pharmacy has to check the prescription, if the toxicity is too great, it will remind one or two." A copy of the prescription will also be transcribed. After all, if the prescription is not right, we can defend ourselves if we eat the dead!"

"About the prescription for castor, select it for this official!" Li Mu said.

"Yes!" the shopkeeper didn't ask anything.

Soon, the recipe containing castor beans was selected, as well as the dose.

"Let's go!" Li Mu said, leaving the store and going to other pharmacies.

It took half a day to visit fifteen nearby pharmacies, and the source and destination of castor beans were clear at a glance.

Hundreds of prescriptions were placed here, Li Mu cleaned them up, and the Wang scribe helped on the side, and quickly cleaned them up;

"Most prescriptions are not a big problem, but when put together, they just feel that the problem is big. Xiaocui, the maid of the Qian family, grabbed the medicine according to the prescription and went to fifteen pharmacies, the dosage of the medicine was a bit large, especially the castor beans turned out to be ten catties, the amount was too large!"

There is no problem with the prescription, but there is a problem with the person who catches the medicine.

"The maid of the Qian family...... If ten catties of castor beans are refined, it is enough to form a highly poisonous substance!" Li Mu said: "Sure enough, there is a problem with the case! Let's go, go to Qian's house!"

Li Mu was in front, and Wang Shuyi was behind, and soon arrived at Qian's house.

"Greetings, parents!" Qian Xiucai brought his family to greet him.

Li Mu politely entered the Qian family.

The guest sat down, and Qian Xiucai said: "It is said that Miss Sun went to the county government and offered 30,000 taels of silver to wash away her father's grievances?"

"Exactly!" Li Mu said.

"Sun Jiachen is the murderer of his father and has been an enemy of his father many times. The revenge of killing his father is not shared!" Qian Xiucai said: "Please lord, uphold justice!"

Li Mudao: "This official will not let go of any bad person, nor will he wronged any good person!"

Qian Xiucai said: "It is said that Miss Sun said that if the adult avenges his father, he is willing to ...... for the adult's concubine."

Li Mu shouted: "Qian Xiucai, you are suspicious of this official!"

As he spoke, he exuded a faint coercion.

Qian Xiucai trembled, and immediately said, "Don't dare, don't dare!"

Li Mu said: "If you suspect this official and fill your own pockets, you can go to the government to sue the official, or go to Beijing to sue the emperor!

Qian Xiucai immediately knelt on the ground and trembled: "Don't dare, don't dare!"

The people sue the official, there has been no good end since ancient times, the lawsuit is won, and the end is also very miserable, the broken family is certain, and it is likely to take his own life in the future. Even if this person has a big life and is safe and sound, he will be regarded by the government as a bad person, and he will not be able to live a better life in the future.

The decrees of the imperial court seem to be directed towards the weak people, but if anyone takes it seriously, he is stupid.

Li Mudao: "The case is complicated, the situation is unclear, and we need to consider one or two! Where is the maid of the Qian family, called Xiaocui?"

"Cui?"

Qian Xiucai stood up and said in his heart: "Wait a moment, my lord!"

After a while, Qian Xiucai panicked and said, "My lord, it's not good, Xiaocui is dead." ”