Chu Yue and Doctor Hao walked for a while, then entered a room, and then saw - a table of food.

This has to start with the customs and habits of the village. As the Qingming Festival is approaching, the village has always had the custom of ancestor worship, so three days ago, the village held an ancestor worship activity.

Also, because most people in the village are of the same origin and are all relatives, the village chief took the lead in inviting all the relatives in the village to a meal.

Among the dead, six were the village chief, a village party secretary, a village cadre, and three elderly people with higher seniority in the village, all of whom were sitting at the main table.

A dozen other people who were poisoned to varying degrees were eating at other tables.

So when a poisoning incident occurs, people quickly associate it with the food.

If the village chief had not died on the spot, the villagers would probably suspect that it was the village chief who arranged the meal who poisoned the food.

Doctor Zhou was also eating at the main table at the time. His poisoning was relatively mild and he remained conscious. When the villagers became nervous and panicked, he immediately asked Zhang Weimin to keep the food, which also left evidence.

The conditions in the village are average. The food on the main table is the best, but it only has one more fish and a pot of chicken than other tables. The rest of the food is wild vegetables or pickles.

After three days, even though the weather hadn't been very hot recently, the food began to spoil, emitting a sour and smelly odor that was not much better than when a corpse was disemboweled.

As soon as Chu Yue walked in, she smelled a pungent odor and turned back to Doctor Hao and said, "Doctor Hao, you wait outside. I'll go in and take a look by myself."

Zhang Weimin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Chu Yue's words. He immediately pulled Doctor Hao aside and said, "Doctor Chu is right. She can handle it alone. We just need to wait outside. The food has been sitting there for three days. Even if it wasn't poisonous at first, it's gone bad now. It smells terrible..."

Doctor Hao glared at the incompetent Zhang Weimin, pushed him away, and walked in with a cane.

"You can stay outside if you want, I'm going in anyway!"

He would not put all the pressure on Chu Yue alone.

Doctor Zhou, supported by Zhao Dahu, followed him in.

Only Zhang Weimin was outside. He hesitated at first, wondering whether he should go in with them. Later, he just gave up and hid far away outside the door, not wanting to get any closer.

If there is no other outside leader in this village, and it is Zhang Weimin's turn to be the village chief, such a cowardly person will probably ruin the future of the village.

Chu Yue was too lazy to bother with Zhang Weimin and carefully checked the food on the table.

She took out an acupuncture kit from the medicine box, and then took out a tiny silver needle from the kit, and then tested the food on the table one by one.

Doctor Zhou looked at the silver needle in Chu Yue's hand, his eyes widened in shock, even more surprised than when he saw Chu Yue holding the scalpel.

Could it be that she not only knows Western medicine, but also Chinese medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine is extensive and profound. Doctor Zhou has studied it all his life but still hasn’t fully understood it. How much has Chu Yue learned?

Doctor Hao was already accustomed to Chu Yue taking out the acupuncture needles. His stroke was treated with Chu Yue's acupuncture. What he was more concerned about at this time was where the arsenic was.

Is it really in the food?

Chu Yue frowned slightly and carefully examined the food on the table.

Doctor Hao asked anxiously, "Xiao Chu, how is it? Have you found out?"

Chu Yue raised her head and shook her head solemnly.

The food was kept for too long, and Zhang Weimin was right. After it went bad, a lot of bacteria and fungi were produced. Chu Yue originally suspected that the arsenic poisoning was caused by bacteria, so it was impossible to detect the original toxin.

Doctor Hao frowned deeply. What should he do?

Doctor Zhou sighed and said, "The doctor who came from the city said the same thing. They took samples and said they would take them back to the laboratory for investigation, but the results will take ten days."

Ten days...

If anything unexpected happens, more people might die in the village during these ten days.

Everyone was worried. Is this the only way?

Chu Yue still refused to give up and continued to check the food on the table again. Rice, chicken, braised fish, stir-fried wild vegetables...

There were no wild mushrooms in any of the meals, so mushroom poisoning could be ruled out.

Moreover, the toxins in wild mushrooms cannot cause the same reaction as arsenic poisoning.

But the toxins must be in the food.

Which one is it...which one is it...

When Chu Yue was racking her brains, Zhang Weimin's voice came from outside the door.

"I've already told you...it's been three days...the food has gone bad...it's too late to check..."

Chu Yue raised her head suddenly and looked over coldly, "Clerk Zhang, you are so young and you can become the village clerk. I'm afraid the village chief and the village party secretary took good care of you when they were alive. Now the village chief and the village party secretary are dead, and the cause of their death has not been investigated clearly yet. But you are in the mood to make sarcastic remarks here. Aren't you afraid that they will die with regrets and come back to haunt you at night?"

Chu Yue’s words obviously scared Zhang Weimin.

Zhang Weimin's face turned pale, and he took several steps back. "I...I...how could I say such a sarcastic remark? I just...told the truth. Don't scare me, I'm not afraid!"

Whether he is afraid or not, Chu Yue doesn't need to expose him. People around him have eyes and can see it at a glance.

Doctor Zhou looked at Zhang Weimin. The village chief and the village party secretary were both dead, leaving behind such an incompetent person. How come it wasn't Zhang Weimin who died!

He sighed deeply.

Chu Yue continued to focus all her attention on the meal.

If her judgment is correct, arsenic toxin is caused by Aflatoxin, then the most likely cause of Aflatoxin is some moldy and spoiled food.

The food was not fresh wild vegetables, not fresh fish caught from rivers and ponds, and not chickens slaughtered and cooked that day...

Using the process of elimination, there was very little food left.

Chu Yue checked carefully and tried again with the silver needle.

At this moment, a panicked middle-aged aunt suddenly came to the door, shouting at the top of her voice.

“Da Hu! Da Hu! Are you here? Da Huzi…your sister…your sister is dying…you should go back and check on her right away!”

Zhao Dahu's face changed, and he immediately rushed out and asked the middle-aged aunt, "What happened to Xiaohua?"

"She vomited again... vomited... vomited very violently... You should go back quickly! If she can't make it, you have to stay with her." The middle-aged aunt couldn't help but tear up when she spoke.

Zhao Dahu didn't say a word, but ran away with a gloomy face.

He had just disemboweled his father. If his sister was gone too, he would be the only one left in their family!

Doctor Zhou said anxiously from behind Zhao Dahu, "Dahu, I'll go take a look..."

Doctor Zhou was weak and could not catch up with Zhao Dahu's vigorous pace. His old body staggered and he almost fell to the ground.

Chu Yue gave him a helping hand.

Chu Yue said calmly, "Doctor Zhou, please lead the way. Let's go over and take a look together."