The Bianjing Female Doctor Has a Melon Eating System

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Chapter 16 Interrogation of Lanzhu

　　"Notify the coroner Wen to come over and do an examination." Wenming Xin said.

　　"No need. I'll do a preliminary test first, and then I'll trouble the coroner Wen to do a detailed test." Ji Yutang waved her hand, and she took out a silver needle bag from the pouch she carried with her, which was filled with silver needles of different sizes.

　　"Ah, I forgot that Madam Ji is a female doctor." Wenming Xin reacted after seeing this.

　　Ji Yutang didn't say anything. She took out a silver needle and touched the butterfly-shaped wooden block. As soon as it touched it, the silver needle quickly turned black.

　　"It is indeed highly poisonous!" several people said in unison.

　　Ji Yutang breathed a sigh of relief: "Now I understand. The red butterfly marks on Concubine Gui and Cuizhu came from this small piece of wood. It was the poison on the wood that penetrated into their bodies and killed them."

　　"The poison on this piece of wood doesn't look like it was newly applied." Xie Huaichu said.

　　Ji Yutang nodded: "Judging from the color, it is an old item. I guess it was soaked in venom and placed here after the wood block fully absorbed it."

　　"Brother Mingxin, go check out the craftsman who made this recliner immediately!" Xie Huaichu ordered.

　　Wenming Xin responded and hurried to do his work.

　　Zhongying felt very upset. If the emperor knew that the recliner he specially sent someone to make for the imperial concubine was filled with poison and indirectly killed the imperial concubine, how upset would the emperor be?

　　Zhongying sighed, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. I won't bother you any more. I have to go back and tell the emperor that we have found these things. I think the murderer who poisoned the imperial concubine will be brought to justice soon. I have to let the emperor know in time to ease his mind. Let's transport this recliner back to the Dali Temple for further research. It's not safe to leave it here. I'm afraid someone will destroy the evidence."

　　"Indeed, it is not convenient to check it further if it is kept here. I plan to find someone to transport it back to Dali Temple." Xie Huaichu said.

　　"That's great. I'll find a few guys to help." Zhongying said.

　　"Thank you, Mr. Zhong." Xie Huaichu expressed his gratitude.

　　After Zhongying left, Xie Huaichu continued to speculate: "I see that this recliner is covered with several layers of things, so the poison is not in direct contact with the human body. Then how did the imperial concubine get poisoned?"

　　"When I examined it just now, I found that this poison is highly permeable." She pointed at the silk cover and mink velvet covering the recliner. "These fabrics are specially dyed red, so you can't easily see the traces of poison penetration, but look here."

　　Ji Yutang took out another silver needle and gently touched the darker part of the cloth, and the needle immediately turned black. This time Xie Huaichu saw it more clearly, and the black color continued to spread until the three-inch-long silver needle was almost completely black. In the end, only the tail that Ji Yutang was holding was not infected.

　　"This kind of strange poison is not easily obtained. It must have a great origin." Ji Yutang found a piece of cowhide in his pouch and carefully wrapped the silver needle.

　　"Previously, Coroner Wen said that this pattern looks like a totem from southern Xinjiang. Perhaps the poison came from southern Xinjiang."

　　"But Lanzhu doesn't look like a native of southern Xinjiang, right? Besides, she and the imperial concubine are related, and the imperial concubine is not from southern Xinjiang either, right? Her ancestral home is in Xuzhou." Ji Yutang said.