Chapter 490: Confession Under Pressure

Hu Yu Niang loved to take advantage of others and didn't take Doctor Miao's words to heart at all.

How could I easily return the medicine I had obtained with great difficulty?

What's more, the medicine from Jishidiang was said to be miraculous, so she kept those pills as a life-saving elixir.

During this period, Doctor Miao worriedly asked her several times whether she had returned the medicine.

Hu Yu Niang swore and assured that she had given the medicine to Xiao Wu.

She thought that Doctor Miao would not know about this, but she didn't expect that it would kill her.

On this day, Hu Yu Niang had her period and was in terrible pain in her stomach.

She then remembered the magic medicine, opened the paper package, took out a pill, and swallowed it without thinking.

At first, there was no reaction, but after a while, I felt a cramp in my stomach, like a needle prick.

Recalling Doctor Miao's advice, Hu Yu Niang instantly understood that the medicine was poisonous.

Damn Miao Hong! He wanted to use her to frame someone else!

She was terrified. She didn't want to die, so she struggled to walk out of the house and wanted to go to Jishidiang to find Chen Qingqing to detoxify her.

However, it was too late. Her legs softened and she collapsed to the ground. Her limbs twitched a few times before she became motionless.

Only a pair of wide-open eyes remained, and he died with his eyes open!

At this time, Hu Yu Niang's neighbor Baozi Zhang's shop ran out of salt, so she came to Hu Ji Grocery Store to buy a bag of salt.

When he entered the room and didn't find Hu Yu Niang, he called out a few times, but still there was no response.

Baozi Zhang thought Hu Yu Niang was in the inner room, so he walked inside. As soon as he reached the door, he found that Hu Yu Niang had passed away. He was so scared that he shouted, turned around and ran out, and quickly asked someone to notify Wang Qichang.

When Wang Qichang heard that someone had died, he was so frightened that he rushed over in a hurry.

As luck would have it, at this moment, Xiao Wu wanted to have some fun with Hu Yu Niang during his lunch break. When he entered the room, he found Hu Yu Niang slumped on the ground. Without thinking much, he went forward to help her up.

As soon as they touched Hu Yu Niang's body, Wang Qichang and the neighbors pushed the door open and came in.

Seeing Xiao Wu holding Hu Yu Niang's body, he thought he wanted to destroy the body.

Wang Qichang then controlled Xiaowu as the murderer, ordered people to guard the scene, and rushed to Anyang to report the case.

The county magistrate knew it well, so in order to make the case look more real, he pretended to send the chief constable and the coroner to arrest the suspect.

The bailiffs arrived at the scene and started slapping Xiaowu in the face, then told him about his affair with Hu Yu Niang.

The bailiffs sealed off Jishiditang as expected and took Chen Qingqing to the lobby of the county government office.

Qin Shousheng didn't want to waste any more words, so he slammed the gavel and shouted, "Bold Chen Qingqing, you allowed your servants to poison Hu Yu Niang, do you know your crime?"

Chen Qingqing looked calm and fearless. "I opened the Jishitang in Qingshui Town, and I practice medicine and treat illnesses as my main business. I have always been law-abiding and have never done anything that harms others. I don't know where you got the idea of ​​condoning me, sir. I hope you can explain it to me."

"How dare you be so stubborn? It seems you won't confess unless I teach you a lesson." Qin Shousheng finished speaking and slammed the gavel again. "Someone, put the clamps on me."

Chen Qingqing remained calm, staring sternly at Qin Shousheng. "Even if I were a murderous robber, a bandit who committed all sorts of evil, I would still have a chance to defend myself. I don't know what law I have broken, but you're going to torture me right away. Are you trying to force a confession out of me?"

Qin Shousheng had seen how powerful Chen Qingqing was and knew that she would not confess easily. He wanted to give her a warning to scare her, but he didn't expect her to be so calm.

Qin Shousheng sneered and waved his hand to signal the yamen runners to step aside. "Bold Chen Qingqing, your Jishitang medicine has poisoned people, and you still dare to speak so eloquently? Come on, bring the witness up and let her know the truth!"

"Yes, sir."

As soon as he finished speaking, two yamen runners brought Xiaowu to the lobby.

"Xiao Wu, what's going on?" Chen Qingqing asked hurriedly.

Xiao Wu was already terrified and babbled incoherently, "Boss, I, I don't know what happened. Hu Yu Niang was fine yesterday, but she died for some reason. It really wasn't me. I didn't kill anyone. I was wrongly accused."

Qin Shousheng slammed the gavel and shouted, "Shut up! If you dare to make any more noise, I'll beat you to pieces!"

As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Wu with cold eyes, "You are the apprentice of Jishiditang and Hu Yu Niang's lover—Wang Xiao Wu?"

"Yes, yes, sir, I am a commoner."

"You bold Wang Xiaowu, Hu Yu Niang has no grudge against you, why did you poison her? Who ordered you to do so? Come here immediately!"

"Sir, please spare my life. No one ordered me to do this. I really didn't kill Hu Yu Niang. I know nothing about it." Xiao Wu was so scared that his face turned pale and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Qin Shousheng snorted with authority, "Nonsense! I've already investigated thoroughly. You and Hu Yu Niang were close friends, and you even gave her Jishidiang's exclusive secret medicine. She died of poisoning from the medicine you gave her. How could you not have anything to do with it?"

Xiao Wu secretly glanced at Chen Qingqing, feeling guilty, but now that the matter concerned his life and death, he had to tell the truth.

"Sir, I gave Hu Yu Niang our store's exclusive anti-worm medicine, but many children have taken those pills and they are not poisonous. Please be careful."

Qin Shousheng smiled with satisfaction. "I will investigate whether it is poisonous or not. Now I want to ask you, how did the medicine get into the hands of the deceased? Tell me now, or I will sentence you to death!"

"I, I'll tell you everything."

Xiao Wu had already lost his composure and dared not hide anything.

He truthfully confessed that Hu Yu Niang asked him to get some elixir for treating stomachache from Jishidiang, and told him how he stole the medicine.

After listening to Xiao Wu's story, Qin Shousheng continued to dig a hole for Chen Qingqing, "So, Hu Yu Niang died of poisoning caused by taking Jishidiang's exclusive secret medicine, is that true or not?"

Xiao Wu quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no, sir, you misunderstood. The medicine is not poisonous."

Chen Qingqing was confused at first, but now she understood that it was Xiaowu who secretly stole the medicine from the clinic and gave it to his lover Hu Yu Niang.

But what puzzled her was that those insecticides were completely low-toxic and could not possibly kill people.

What is going on?

Did the deceased die unexpectedly due to a sudden illness? ...

No, Qin Shousheng's words and deeds were implying that the deceased died of poisoning after taking her medicine. This was clearly an inducement. She seemed to smell a conspiracy.

Jishidiang has been open for half a year. Xiaowu is diligent and honest. He must have been taken advantage of.

Who is this person and why is he doing this?

Chen Qingqing's mind was full of questions. It seemed that today's matter would be a bit troublesome...