In the early morning of the next day, a drizzle began to fall, and the drizzle hit the green eaves, splashing white water splashes.

The masses held oil-paper umbrellas and gathered at the yamen gate early, silently waiting for their Dr. Shen's safe return.

In the lobby, Weng Ling questioned the witnesses in detail. The boss's wife and Hall Master He still insisted that Boss Zhu died after drinking Shen Qin's medicine.

Magistrate He stood servilely next to Weng Ling and argued aggrievedly,

"Sir, you see, your judge did not make a mistake, it was Shen Qin who killed someone."

Weng Ling ignored him and asked Shen Qin directly,

"Do you have any excuse for yourself?"

Shen Qin, who was kneeling in the hall, took a deep breath, leaned over and wrote his meaning on the paper, and Haoer read it out.

[The people have some questions. I hope you will allow me to ask the witnesses. ]

Weng Ling nodded in acquiescence.

Shen Qin looked at the landlady and wrote,

[Madam, I would like to ask how many wives in the world saw their husbands collapsed, but instead of being impatient, they even asked the doctors to treat him slowly? ]

The face of the landlady changed slightly, and she said with a stutter, "This, there is nothing strange about this, I am just afraid that the Master of He Hall may treat me wrongly because of his impatience."

[So he really made a mistake. ]

Shen Qin glanced at Hall Master He with sharp eyes,

[As a former imperial physician, why can’t Master He not even detect simple chest pain? He treats it as a stroke, and all acupuncture techniques are for dispersing Qi. Is he hoping that Boss Zhu will return to the West soon? ]

Hall Master He avoided Shen Qin's gaze and blushed, "I guess my medical skills are not good."

Changing a piece of paper, Shen Qin wrote again,

[Then later, when Master He pointed out that excessive dosage of aconite could lead to poisoning, why did his wife threaten Shen only after he took the medicine? Shouldn't he have stopped her before taking the medicine? ]

The landlady murmured, "I, I'm just born with a slow reaction time."

Shen Qin sneered and quickly wrote on the paper,

[Or do you want Boss Zhu to die early from the beginning, and Shen just appeared as a scapegoat? ]

The landlady's eyes widened, she pointed at Shen Qin and screamed.

"You are so slanderous! Why do I want my husband to die?"

Hall Master He crossed his arms and curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

"How can you pour dirty water on this Hall Master with just a few words? Boss Zhu died from taking medicine the next morning. The medicinal materials were also taken from you. What does this have to do with this Hall Master?"

Tears burst out from the boss's wife, and she knelt down and kowtowed to Weng Ling.

"Yes, sir, you have to make the decision for me. I have a hard life. I became a widow early, and I have to be framed like this by this quack doctor named Shen! I don't even want to live anymore... Wuwuwu."

"Quiet!" Weng Ling slapped the gavel and said sternly, "This is the court, not a place for you to mourn!"

The landlady immediately suppressed her crying.

Weng Ling said seriously to Shen Qin,

"Shen Qin, these can only be used as doubts, not evidence. Do you have any other defense?"

Shen Qin wrote, [Can the common people take a look at the medicine residue. ]

Weng Ling waved his hand, and Wu Zuo presented the evidence. All the medicinal residues had been dried, and the varieties inside were sorted out and spread out on rough yellow paper.

"We have checked it out. The dosage is similar to the medicine prescribed by Dr. Shen, and the type is the same."

Shen Qin carefully examined the attached pieces, took out two of them, put them in his mouth and licked them lightly, and he had the answer in his heart.

[Sir, this aconite has been replaced. ]

Weng Ling asked, "How can we see it?"

Shen Qin wrote, "What Caomin prescribed was Paofuzi, which cost only three qian, and was supplemented by licorice and ginger. It should not numb the tongue after cooking. Even if the decoction time is short, it is not enough for Boss Zhu's size." It is fatal, and this aconite is mixed with gray and white flakes, which taste numb on the tongue, and the grass people think it is raw grass cicada. ]

Weng Ling asked curiously, "What kind of medicine is this herb?"

[Caowu and Aconite are of the same species, and Aconite is the sub-root of Aconite. The three are very similar. However, in terms of toxicity, Aconite is the least toxic, followed by Aconite, and Aconite is the most poisonous. Therefore, grassroots believe that the real cause of Boss Zhu is The one who is poisoned is Shengcaowu. ]

Weng Ling immediately understood, "Are you saying that someone deliberately replaced some of the Aconite with Aconite to poison Boss Zhu?"

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was shocked.

The landlady and Hall Master He both looked nervous.

Shen Qin proposed to do an experiment on the spot, so Weng Ling asked someone to bring in a few mice, mash the Caowu Pian and Pao Fuzi tablets in the medicine residue, mix them into the food, and feed them to the mice respectively. The mice that took Caowu Pian Died soon.

Seeing that the case had turned around, Weng Ling waved his sleeves and said, "Come here, tell all the witnesses in this case to come to the court for confrontation!"

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