Until evening.

Wang Hongliang finally woke up.

"Kid, what do you think?"

Upon hearing the news, Old Master Zhang rushed back from the cowshed.

When he woke up, the first thing I asked him was, "Did you eat mushrooms and get poisoned?"

"mushroom?"

Wang Hongliang was stunned.

It took me a while to come to my senses. "I didn't eat any mushrooms, am I poisoned?"

"Poisoned."

Grandpa Zhang nodded. "You almost went to see the King of Hell. What did you eat?"

"I didn't eat anything."

Wang Hongliang was still completely confused. "At noon, I ate some meat sauce noodles."

"I eat like this all the time and nothing's happened, how come I got food poisoning today?"

"You're just unlucky, kid."

Old Master Zhang understood.

He instructed the person next to him: "Young man He, later, carry him to the cowshed and find Old Man Sun to take a look at him. He's an imperial physician from the capital, more effective than doctors in hospitals."

He gets the medicine as soon as he gets it, and he's sure there won't be any problems.

And you must remember one thing: never reveal their identities.

Did you hear me clearly?

"Sir, we've got it."

“We remember that.”

Both responded simultaneously.

Grandpa Zhang stood up. "Throw away that jar of meat sauce. If you can throw away the bowls and chopsticks, do so. If you can't, boil them in water to disinfect them."

In short, my life is the most important thing.

"Old man."

Wang Hongliang quickly called out to the old man, "You mean someone poisoned me?"

"Isn't what you're saying obvious?"

Old Master Zhang glared at him irritably, "If no one poisoned you, then how did you get poisoned? Did the poison fall from the sky?"

He Zhenhua's expression changed drastically, and he quickly asked, "Grandpa, do you know who poisoned him?"

"I'm an old man, I don't know how to solve cases, how would I know who the murderer is?"

Knowing is useless; we haven't found any evidence.

Besides, we don't know what those Japanese devils are up to, so we can't arrest them yet.

Grandpa Zhang could only give them a perfunctory reply, "Do you want to report it to the police? If you do, don't touch anything in the house. Let the police come and inspect it."

"I want to report a crime."

Wang Hongliang gritted his teeth in anger, "I have never offended anyone. I want to see who wants my life."

"It's too late to report this today."

Grandpa Zhang glanced at him and said, "Go report the case first thing tomorrow morning. You'd better find a place to stay tonight. Don't touch anything in your house; try to keep it as it is."

"clear."

Wang Hongliang nodded. "I'll stay at Guohai's house tonight."

"Okay, you guys decide what to do."

As Grandpa Zhang was about to leave, he said, "If anything happens, remember to call me."

Anyway, there are plenty of us, we can definitely help.

"Thank you, sir."

Wang Hongliang shouted at his back.

"No need to thank me."

Grandpa Zhang waved his hand, "Remember to go to the cowshed later."

"OK."

After watching Grandpa Zhang leave.

Wang Hongliang's face was filled with shock and anger. "Zhenhua, tell me, who exactly wants my life?"

"have no idea."

He Zhenhua shook his head. "Your poisoning is too strange. You must have accidentally offended someone without realizing it."

Most importantly, before you even woke up, people were already spreading rumors that you had been poisoned by eating mushrooms.

This news came out of nowhere, as if it were a deliberate attempt to divert attention.

"Although I said I would go up the mountain to pick mushrooms to eat, I have never gone up the mountain, okay?"

Wang Hongliang was filled with anger and resentment. "Which bastard is the one who framed me and spread rumors about me?"

"By the way, Zhenhua, do you think if we find the person who said I got mushroom poisoning, they're the murderer?"

"I don't know about that either."

He Zhenhua hesitated, "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. After all, some people went up the mountain to pick mushrooms and ate them. It's possible that they would guess you were poisoned by looking at the mushrooms."

Unless evidence can be found, one cannot conclude that someone is the murderer based solely on speculation.

"That's true."

Wang Hongliang nodded, still seething with hatred in his heart. "Which bastard is the one who harmed me? I must report him to the police and have him arrested."

...

They're here trying to guess the killer's identity.

In the Zhang family courtyard.

Lin Jingyu was also talking about this with Grandpa Zhang.

"Grandpa, why do you think he poisoned Wang Hongliang?"

Lin Jingyu frowned. "The two of them became quite close recently, so he has no reason to target Wang Hongliang."

"No one can guess what his purpose is."

Grandpa Zhang squinted and said, "Perhaps it's a test by the Japanese."

"Probing?"

Lin Jingyu was astonished. "What is he testing? Is he going to stage a murder to test the police's capabilities?"

"Why not?"

Grandpa Zhang raised an eyebrow. "When the Japanese want to do something, they definitely need to consider all aspects. Their move this time must have a purpose."

If he manages to hide perfectly this time, and the police can't find the murderer, don't you think he'll be even more confident in doing what he wants?

"If this is really just a test, the police might not be able to find the murderer."

Lin Jingyu knew this guy's methods all too well.

Knowing the rumors about poisonous mushrooms, I knew this guy must have a way to escape.

"If you can't find it, you can't find it."

Grandpa Zhang said in a deep voice, "The Japanese devils must have a mission to come to this place. We must find this clue."

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