Jiang Jingxue immediately had someone bring out the dregs from the medicine she had decocted the night before. She carefully examined each of the Chinese herbs in it and found nothing extra or missing.

"There's nothing wrong with this prescription."

Jiang Jingxue frowned, deep in thought.

Just then, she suddenly thought of something.

"The water might be poisoned! What kind of water did you use to brew the medicine yesterday?"

"There's only one well in the village that's still usable. We've been using that water for cooking and brewing medicine these past few days."

"Quick, take me there to see!"

Jiang Jingxue immediately ran to the well.

Chen Hong also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Quickly inform the team to stop distributing porridge! The well water might be contaminated; everyone should skip breakfast to avoid further poisoning!"

Keep in mind that there were less than 5 minutes left before breakfast time.

If there really is a problem with the well water, the consequences would be unimaginable if everyone ate porridge made with it!

Soon, Jiang Jingxue arrived at the well.

She had someone bring up a bucket of water, dipped her finger in it, and tasted it.

It is colorless and odorless, and you can't taste anything.

“Madam, this is an injured seabird that a young soldier found yesterday. Let it try.”

Chen Hong fed the seabird a few mouthfuls of seawater, and after a short while, it indeed flapped its injured wings and soon became still.

Everyone was stunned to see the seabird dead before their eyes, especially the villagers.

"How could there be poison in the well? Our village has been using this well for over twenty years, and everyone drinks the water from it. How could there be poison?"

"Is there even a question? Someone deliberately poisoned it!"

"Yesterday, everyone was fine when they used the water from this well to cook porridge and brew medicine. But after drinking the medicine at night, their condition worsened. Someone must have poisoned it in the dark!"

After the truth came out, Chen Hong's tone became somewhat sarcastic.

"You lot, instead of finding out who poisoned the person, you almost framed our Major's wife, saying she killed the person!"

"Our lady is even more wronged than Dou E!"

After Chen Hong said this, the villagers realized that they had wronged Jiang Jingxue by not distinguishing right from wrong.

Everyone apologized to her.

"I'm so sorry, Madam, it's all our fault!"

"We apologize to you. Please don't hold it against us. We are magnanimous and won't hold it against you."

At this moment, Jiang Jingxue certainly didn't have time to argue with them.

"Chen Hong, have someone guard this well to prevent anyone from accidentally drinking from it and getting poisoned."

"Notify the second team to dig a channel to bring in spring water. Interrogate the man we just apprehended; he should know something."

"I'll go check on those patients again."

After arranging everything, Jiang Jingxue ran to where the patient was.

Now that she knows the cause of their illness, Jiang Jingxue has a treatment plan.

It involves using acupuncture to help them expel the toxins.

Jiang Jingxue taught Doctor Niu a new set of acupuncture techniques, and the two of them performed acupuncture on the patient together.

Everyone was almost finished with their acupuncture, but there was still no news from Chen Hong.

"Dr. Niu, the rest is up to you."

Jiang Jingxue found Chen Hong.

"So, has the investigation been completed?"

The most urgent task is to catch the person who poisoned the food.

Otherwise, their future diet might not be safe.

Chen Hong shook his head: "That old bastard won't confess to anything, insisting he didn't do anything. It's infuriating!"

Did you mention to him that the well was poisonous?

"They never mentioned it, but it's obvious he did it. Who else could it be!"

Chen Hong was still complaining.

"Stop interrogating him, just take him to the well!"

Chen Hong had no idea what Jiang Jingxue was really up to.

But at this point, listening to her is the right thing to do.

Chen Hong had the man brought to the well and pressed him face down towards the well opening.

The man panicked and grumbled, "Why did you bring me here? What do you want?"

"I'm telling you, murder is illegal! So many people are watching. If you dare to throw me into the well, you, all of you will go to jail!"

"Who said we were going to throw you down the well? Chen Hong, pull him up!"

Jiang Jingxue walked over and looked him up and down.

The middle-aged man was panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.

"Why aren't you releasing me right now?! Do you think soldiers can just detain civilians like that? Don't push your luck!"

Many locals gathered around to watch.

This man also attempted to create class conflict to confuse the public.

“The military and the people are as close as fish and water. Soldiers will certainly not detain civilians at will, but you don’t seem to be an ordinary civilian.”

Jiang Jingxue turned her head and asked the crowd around her.

Is he from your village? Does anyone know him?

All the common people looked at each other in bewilderment, and then began to whisper among themselves.

"He doesn't seem to be from our village; I've never seen him before."

"Sister-in-law Niu, is this a distant relative of yours?"

“He’s not a relative of mine, Li San. I always thought he was a relative of yours.”

"I don't know him either."

The villagers discussed it for a long time and finally came to the conclusion that no one knew him.

"Speak! Who are you? Where did you come from? What is your purpose in coming here?"

Jiang Jingxue stared intently at the middle-aged man and questioned him.

This man blended into the crowd, and the villagers would only treat him as someone else's relative, without paying him much attention.

Now, his fig leaf has been ripped off, his identity is being questioned, and he can only make up lies.

"I'm from the next village. I don't know how I ended up here after the disaster."

Before he could finish speaking, an older woman in the crowd shouted, "My family is from the next village. I know and remember everyone in the village, but I've never seen you before!"

Seeing his lie exposed once again, the man became incoherent and didn't know how to explain.

"Ha, I knew you were up to no good! You were the one who deliberately led the villagers to cause me trouble this morning, weren't you?"

"You hid in the crowd, deliberately inciting the villagers' emotions, and led the way in throwing stones at me, trying to make me take the blame for the villagers' worsening condition!"

"You probably know best what really happened!"

"What nonsense are you spouting! Everyone's condition worsened because of your medicine, who else would they turn to if not you!"

The middle-aged man was very stubborn; he refused to admit what he had done no matter what.

"Chen Hong, force-feed him three large bowls of well water!"

Jiang Jingxue was too lazy to argue with him anymore, so she just told Chen Hong to fill up the water bottle.

As a large bowl full of water was shoved into his mouth, the man struggled desperately.

"You poisonous woman, are you trying to poison me?!"

Jiang Jingxue smiled.

"Who told you the well water was poisonous?"

"If you didn't poison it, how would you know the water was poisoned?"