Cui is dead!

Li Mu was a little surprised, but he felt lucky.

Many times, if you can't find evidence, then look for some anomalous events, which are often where the evidence is.

"Let's go!"

Li Mu said, and when he arrived in a courtyard, he saw a maid lying on the ground and already dead. On the table next to it, there was also a bowl with what appeared to be soup in it.

"But it's poisoned!" Li Mu asked.

"No!" Qian Xiucai said, taking out the silver needle and pricking it on Xiao Cui's body, but the silver needle did not turn black;

Qian Xiucai said: "Xiaocui was not poisoned, but died of acute illness!"

Acute illness is heart disease.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "There are some poisons, which can't be detected with silver needles!"

First of all, the silver needle tests the poison, which has a certain accuracy.

After all, in this era, the main poison is arsenic, and if arsenic is poisoned, the silver needle will turn black.

From another angle, it is inaccurate.

For example, the arsenic of this era was impure, there would be sulfide in it, and the silver needle would turn black when it was put inside. But if the arsenic is pure enough, the silver needle will not turn black when placed inside. There are also some foods that contain sulfide, and if you put a silver needle in it, it will also turn black. For example, the yolk of an egg, when a silver needle is inserted into it, will turn black.

There are also a lot of toxins, and the silver needle will not turn black when you put it inside.

"Actually, to check if it is poisonous or not, it is better to be a guinea pig. There are no guinea pigs, and so can puppies!"

After a while, a puppy was brought in and the rest of the soup was fed to the puppy.

After a few moments, the puppy foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

Li Mu stepped forward and checked Xiaocui's body, her body was still feverish, and she hadn't been dead for a long time. He stepped forward again and smelled the smell in the bowl and said, "This is ricinus!"

"The case is now, in fact, everything is clear!"

Li Mu said: "Gather everyone in the Qian family and go to the living room for a while." The king scribe is taking notes!"

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, dozens of people from the Qian family gathered together.

The Qian family is a big family, with three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Qian Ming, is an official in other places, the second son, Qian Lai, is doing business in other places, and the third son, that is, Qian Zao, is Qian Xiucai. The three sons married one after another, and they also had children. There are also two daughters, who are getting married one after another, and the daughters who marry out seem to be spilled out to get water, don't say it!

Qian Juren, named Qian Sun, is in his fifties, has an old wife and three concubines.

In addition, there were maids, slaves, etc., about twenty-eight people.

Looking at the Qian family, Li Mu kept observing, in his eyes, anyone could be a criminal.

The Qian family has already gathered, Li Mu has been observing up and down, and he has not spoken for a long time, and everyone is worried, not knowing what this old man is going to say.

"This official Li Mu, in the past, was Tanhualang, today he is the county master, and he is a county order, not seeking official fortune and prosperity, but seeking peace in the world! The case is now, and the murderer has become clear!" Li Mu said: "Now the official has decided the case, can you accept it?"

"The old man decided the case, and he was naturally convinced!"

Everyone said in unison.

Li Mu is very satisfied, in the current era, there is no so-called Diao people, and the number of Diao people is also small.

"Qian Juren died, and the cause of death was preliminarily identified as burglary, robbery, and homicide. But after the first appraisal by the officer, he found that it was disguised. Because it's just stealing, there's no need to kill. As for the cause of death, in the early stage, he died of poisoning, that is, he died of arsenic poisoning; but later it was identified that he died of a broken throat; and in the end, it was determined that the real cause of death was ricinase poisoning!"

Qian Xiucai said: "Master, what is ricin poison?"

Li Mu said leisurely: "Castor poison is a medicinal material, which can be used to treat diseases, but the medicine is three points poisonous, the toxicity is so violent, it is better than arsenic, colorless and tasteless, after poisoning, the toxicity breaks out quickly, and there is almost no solution." After being poisoned, I couldn't find the slightest sign of poisoning!"

"It's like most wealthy families use silver bowls, or silver needles before eating, to check whether the food is poisonous...... You can put ricin poison, but it can't be detected by a silver needle!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Recently, Xiaocui's medicine is abnormal, and the prescription is mainly to treat sore throat and diarrhea. One of the medicines is castor beans, castor beans alone have limited toxicity, but they can be purified in large quantities, but they are highly toxic!" Li Mu said: "Originally, the official came to the Qian family to ask why Xiaocui grabbed the medicine!"

"But now, Xiao Cui is dead, dead from castor poison, and there is castor poison in the soup you just drank!

Li Mu shouted, staring at everyone present.

The expressions of the people were different, some were afraid, some were afraid, some were afraid, some were uneasy, and many expressions were displayed.

Suddenly, Li Mu thought of "The Last Supper", so there were a few more suspects.

Li Mu continued: "In the past six months, who has been sick and has a sore throat?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family said: "In the past six months, only the third child has a sore throat, and everyone knows it!"

The second daughter-in-law of the Qian family said: "Everyone knows that Xiaocui is the third person in the third room!"

"It's not the third child, who is it?" The second lady said: "The parents happened to come to investigate the case, Xiaocui is suspicious, but Xiaocui happened to die, not who the third child is!"

The third lady said: "The third lady, the old man is good to you, why did you kill your father!"

Everyone is accusing, and all the unfavorable evidence is pointing to Qian Xiucai.

Qian Xiucai's face immediately turned pale, and he said in fear: "It wasn't me who killed my father, not me?"

The fourth lady said: "It's not you, who is it? If you are a thief, if you are not empty, why are your faces pale and your hands trembling?"

Qian Xiucai said: "Sun Jiachen of the Sun family is the murderer of his father and other murderers, but I am not." Sun Jiachen has already confessed, but Miss Sun went to the county government and gave money, so you let him go, but wronged me?

"If you don't accept it, you have to accept it!"

Li Mu sneered: "Miss Sun did come to the door and went to plead. The official just said that he would not let go of a bad person, nor would he wronged a good person, that's all. As for the evidence, if you want evidence, I'll give you it!"

"The Qian family, can you raise a dog?" asked Li Mu.

The second lady said: "Yes, the Qian family has four dogs and cares for the home!"

Li Mudao: "If it is a thief and enters the Qian family, it will inevitably kill the family dog." Otherwise, the dog barks indiscriminately, and it will be exposed. But the Qian family's dog, has it ever been drugged to death?"

The second lady said: "No, the four domestic dogs are fine!"

Li Mudao: "This also proves that it was not the external thief, but the internal thief." Because dogs, when they encounter internal thieves, they can't bark. It's just this one, which is to wash away the grievances of the Sun family. It also proves once again that the murderer was committed by the Qian family. As for Xiaocui's death, it also proves this. Is what this official said reasonable?"

Everyone said in unison, "Your Excellency has a point!"

The Wang scribe nominated and wrote, very fast, and the score was exactly right.

"The murderer of Qian Juren must be the Qian family?" Li Mu shouted: "Only you are the most suspicious." As for the others, is it the second lady who did it, or the third lady, or the fourth lady? They have no motive or reason to commit the murder, only you are the most suspicious!"