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Chapter Thirty-Eight The Well-off Family

The coroner immediately stepped forward and examined Li Dalang's body to see if there was any trauma. After the examination, the coroner said, "Mr. Qi, Li Dalang has no trauma. He did not die of fighting or accidental injury."

Qi Jinsi said, "I'm sure I'm not falling down or kowtowing, are you?"

"It is definitely not a death from trauma, this humble position can be confirmed!" the coroner replied.

Then the coroner took out the silver needle and stabbed it into Li Dalang's throat, chest, abdomen and other parts. Every time he pulled out the silver needle, he carefully checked whether the silver needle had changed color.

When the coroner had a post-mortem, everyone in the hall did not speak, and their eyes were focused on the silver needle in the coroner's hand. Qi Jinsi had known that Li Dalang had been poisoned to death, so the Li family sued that the elder sister of the Yang family poisoned her husband. But when he saw the coroner's post-mortem, he still stared at the silver needle.

Everyone in the hall did not make a sound, but the people watching the fun outside the gate still had to speak. They stood too far and across the gate, and couldn't see whether the silver needle in the coroner's hand had changed color. They could only ask with their mouths and talked a lot, guessing whether the silver needle would change color and whether it would turn black like the ones performed in the play.

Qi Jinsi felt a little irritated when she heard the discussion outside. She was about to let the officers go out and splash water when she suddenly heard the coroner say, "Mr. Qi, the silver needle has changed color. Li Dalang died of poisoning."

Qi Jin thought and said nothing, not caring about splashing water, and asked hurriedly: "Is he poisoned to death! Did he eat arsenic?"

There were not many poisons available in this era, and even fewer poisons could be obtained by the people. Unless you understand the properties of the medicine and can be used for poison, the poisons you can get were basically sold in medicine shops, the arsenic used to medicine mice.

The coroner looked at Li Dalang's body, shook his head, and said, "It doesn't seem like it is as poisonous as arsenic, but it looks like it was bitten by a poisonous insect. However, there is no wound on the deceased's body that has been bitten by a poisonous insect. Judging from the experience of Huzhi, poisons should be mixed into the deceased's diet, but it is definitely not arsenic. Huzhi will not be wrong with this."

Qi Jinsi nodded, looked at the letter and said, "This letter was written by someone who paid for money. I wonder how many big brothers I spent. The writing was unclear and it made people unable to understand."

He slapped the agglomeration again and asked, "Li Yang below, listen, you delivered food to your husband the day before yesterday. What kind of food was it delivered? Come quickly!"

The eldest sister of the Yang family sobbed and said, "The day before yesterday, the little woman's husband celebrated her 40th birthday. She prepared a lot of delicious food at home and wanted to wait for him to eat when he came home in the evening. There were chickens and fish. The little woman thought that he worked hard in the field, so she brought him a fish and a bowl of chicken soup. After that, there was only rice."

Qi Jinsi said, "What your husband eats is different from what you usually do, right? What is the difference between what he eats and what you eat at home?"

The eldest sister of the Yang family replied: "Because it was the little woman's husband's birthday, I didn't have to make the food in a hurry. At noon, I only made two fish. One fish was delivered to the little woman's husband, and the other one was eaten by everyone. Everyone ate it. No one was fine. As for the chicken, it was a big rooster that I had raised for ten years. The whole chicken was made at night, but something happened at night, so I didn't have time to eat it. All I made at noon was chicken soup, and only the first husband ate it, and no one else ate it."

Qi Jin thought about Daqi and said, "I have raised a big rooster for ten years? This is really strange. I have raised a chicken for ten years. Are you going to support this chicken for the old age and see off?"

The servants in the hall were also surprised when they heard this. Not to mention chickens, even pigs and sheep have not been raised for ten years, and cows and horses are similar, but cows and horses are big animals, which are used for work. What can chickens do? It is still a rooster that does not lay eggs. At most, it is just a crow in the morning. Why do you have to support them for ten years? I am afraid that if you search the entire Guazhou, there is no longer a longer life than this chicken. A chicken can live in total!

The eldest sister of the Yang family said, "That big rooster was raised by her husband when she was 30 years old. She had not grown up yet. The husband said it would be better to raise it and wait until she was 40 years old before eating it. At that time, she was just a joke, but she didn't expect to really raise it for ten years!"

Thinking of her husband raising the big rooster for ten years, but in the end she only drank chicken soup, the eldest sister of the Yang family was heartbroken and cried again.

These are routine questions. The owners of the pharmacy shops in the city should have been asked to take the account book to verify the transaction of arsenic. If you find that the elder sister of the Yang family had bought arsenic, you can confirm that she was poisoning it. But the coroner said that it was not the poison of arsenic, and then this process would be exempted.

Qi Jin thought about it and found that he could not think of any other tricks besides to torture. He had no choice but to say, "To make notarization, I will visit the scene in person to check if there is any suspicion. Take the suspect with you, and then we will leave the city to Lijia Village!"

After hearing the order, the officers were puzzled. When did this Lord Qi change his temper and actually go to the site for investigation. He has been a confused official for most of his life. He is about to retire and go home in three months left. He is going to be the master of Qingtian. It is really surprising.

Yang Ze turned out from behind the screen. The old man Yang Zhe in the hall recognized Yang Ze and couldn't help but be surprised. Why is this little Mr. Yang here too? Could it be that he is also a high-ranking official? But did he say that he was just a doctor that night, or a doctor from another place?

Seeing that the old man Yang Zhe looked up at him, Yang Ze had no expression on his face. He didn't dare to say hello to the old man Yang Zhe. Now that the case has not been solved, the people of the Li family are by their side. What if he nodded to the old man Yang Zhe or something, wouldn't it mean that he knew him? If the case develops in a favorable direction of the Yang family, then the Li family would have to say that the government leaned towards the Yang family, and maybe there would be another incident and he would have to sue him again. Then Qi Jinsi must cry again.

The group left the yamen and wanted to go to the countryside this time. Of course, Qi Jinsi had to take the bus. Yang Ze naturally also got on the bus. The servant put Li Dalang's body on a flatbed car and covered it with straw mats. Everyone from the Li family followed the car, while the old couple of the Yang family supported their daughter, Sister Yang, and followed the car with a group of servants watching the prison.

When the people outside the door saw Qi Jinsi out of the yamen, they brought prisoners and bodies. They heard that the master was going to investigate the scene, so everyone was naturally interested. There were no entertainment programs these days, and even if someone scolded the streets, they could watch the excitement for a while, let alone the official family went out of the city to solve the case.

However, except for the real idle men, other people are only interested and will not follow them out of the city. After all, they have to be busy with their own livelihoods. In order to watch the excitement, people can't go out of the city to Lijia Village from a long distance. They can't do it. When the idle men come back, they will chat.

The Li family sued the sued the court not because they did not trust the local county magistrate, but because they were closer to Guazhou Prefecture City. When they thought about suing the lawsuit, they naturally went to the governor's office. As for the matters that sued the sued the court, how much trouble the government would cause, the Li family did not expect that they would not even know about it, so how could they think of it?

The group of people left the city gate in a mess and walked towards Lijia Village. Lijia Village was not far from the city of Zhou, but only about ten miles away. The road was easy to walk. Everyone walked quickly and arrived in the afternoon.

After entering Lijia Village, he went straight to the Li family's house. The Li family was considered a relatively wealthy farmer. Otherwise, Li Dalang could not have been a wife in the city. Although the house only entered, there were five main houses, and there were wing rooms on both sides. The yard was as big as one acre!

Qi Jinsi got off the carriage, stood at the door of Li's house, looked at the large yard, nodded, and said, "What a wealthy family!"

As soon as he said this, Old Man Li Zong was terrified. When he was in the yamen, he was just thinking about grief and anger, and wanted to seek justice for his son, but the official sent to the countryside. Only then did he remember the folk saying, the county magistrate who destroyed the family, the imperial magistrate who destroyed the family, and the Grand Master Qi standing in front of him, were even bigger than the county magistrate!

The eldest grandson Li Tada came to Li Zong and whispered: "Grandma, the official said that our family is rich. Could it be that the idea of ​​letting our family lose everything? Should we still fight this lawsuit?"

Li Zong's mouth was full of bitterness, but what could it be when things came to an end? He said: "When you beat me, why don't you beat me? Could it be that your father died so ignorantly? You have to avenge him!"

Li Datian was crying, but he thought to himself: "If you want to take revenge, you will want my mother to die. I just lost my father and my mother, and both parents will die. What's the point of revenge that cannot be avenged!"

Of course, the idea of ​​being a son is different from the idea of ​​being a father-in-law, but now that the official has entered the house, what can I do?

Yang Ze also got off the carriage, walked away from the Li family courtyard, looked around, and said, "What a big yard, Lord Qi is right. The Li family is indeed wealthy. Where is the kitchen?"
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