Chapter 106: Wrong
Died of poisoning?
This...how could this happen?
Ji Zhisui was sure that the mushrooms she used to make the soup today were non-toxic. They were chanterelles, which had high nutritional value.
"Sui Niang, relax. Even if that person is poisoned, it has nothing to do with us." Pei Yian looked at the small hands that were constantly fiddling with his sleeves. He knew that Ji Zhisui was nervous, so he quickly spoke to comfort her.
Yes!
Ji Zhisui woke up as if from a dream. He felt that he had been led astray. The mushroom soup was only made this afternoon, and it did not match what the old woman had said before. This person was here to frame them.
Thinking of this, she slowly let go of the sleeve of the person next to her.
Pei Yian stepped forward and looked at the head that was exposed by the white cloth. He had not missed it before. Both Zhou the yamen runner and the coroner had flashes of surprise on their faces.
His intuition told him that things were not that simple, and when he looked at the corpse, his guess was confirmed.
I'm afraid the people behind this will be disappointed. Today's frame-up is doomed to fail. Even they didn't expect that there would be other involvements behind a corpse.
Two people in the crowd also began to shout, "What kind of vicious restaurant is this? How dare they poison people? Officer, take them away quickly!"
"That's right, arrest everyone in the restaurant! Such a shady place shouldn't exist!"
"Black-hearted restaurant, close down quickly!"
"Bankrupt! Bankrupt! Bankrupt!"
With the instigation and shouting of these two people, the people watching around also agreed that the bailiffs should arrest the people and close the restaurant. This has killed people. Who would dare to eat in their house?
Yayi Zhou listened to the noise in the crowd and stopped them, saying, "Quiet! Quiet! The yamen is investigating a case. Stop making noise. This man's poisoning has nothing to do with Baiwei Restaurant!"
Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately jumped up and down and shouted in rebuttal, "How can it be irrelevant? The coroner said my son died of poisoning! The one who poisoned him was the restaurant! Sir, the evidence is irrefutable. Are you still biased towards Baiwei Restaurant?"
Being publicly accused, Zhou Yayi laughed instead of getting angry. "Auntie, then tell me, what poisoned your son?"
"It's poison... He ate the food at Baiwei Restaurant. He was fine in the morning, but became like this in the afternoon. I don't know what it was specifically." The old woman originally wanted to say that he ate poisonous mushrooms, but after thinking about it, she rolled her eyes and changed her mind.
The coroner, who had been silent the entire time, spoke up at this moment: "This man died of drug poisoning, not from eating any food. May I ask, ma'am, did your son take any medications before he died?"
"Medicine, what medicine?" The old woman was confused.
Pei Yian also turned his eyes away from the body and asked, "Auntie, you said your son died this afternoon?"
"That's right! Everything was fine before, but it turned out like this after he ate the food in your restaurant. He died in the afternoon!" The old woman's voice was loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.
"That's not right! Auntie, are you mistaken? Judging from the stiffness of the body, your son must have died yesterday, definitely not this afternoon." The coroner asked his doubts.
Pei Yian pressed the issue, "Auntie, you kept saying your son was fine this morning and even came to our restaurant for lunch? This doesn't match the time of your son's death! Your son died yesterday, and you didn't even know? Or, is this not your son at all?"
Every word was like a heavy hammer, falling in front of the old woman, knocking her dizzy. She wanted to explain herself, but she opened her mouth and could not say anything.
Her steps were a little unsteady and she was about to fall. Subconsciously, she wanted to look at the crowd for help, but the person assured her that these two people were there to help her.
The two people present did not expect things to develop like this. It was completely out of their plan. They were very panicked and had no time to care about the old woman who was being suspected and questioned by Pei Yian!
"Auntie, why do you keep looking into the crowd? Could it be that one of your accomplices is among them?" Pei Yian continued.
After hearing this, the two men no longer dared to stay where they were.
Damn it! They actually had the illusion that they were being watched.
The two of them agreed that this matter was very tricky and did not plan to stay for long. What if this old lady gave them all away?
They didn't want to be caught, so they exchanged glances, conveying the message that they wanted to get away.
Just as they turned to leave, Pei Yian raised the corner of his mouth. Now that he was involved, it would not be so easy to escape.
He came to Zhou Yayi and said something. Zhou Yayi looked to the side and saw two sneaky figures about to leave.
He glanced at the other two yamen runners. After getting his meaning, they left their spot without making a sound and caught the two people who were trying to escape.
After being caught, the two men tried to argue, "Sir, you must have made a mistake. We were just passing by to watch the fun!"
"Yeah! We're really just here to watch the fun. We're just merchants passing by. Now that the merchant ship is about to leave, we're anxious to leave!"
No matter how the two men argued, the bailiff still brought them before Bailiff Zhou and said, "Boss, we have brought the men here."
The old woman looked at the people who were arrested like herself, her face filled with fear and her whole body trembled.
"Auntie, what is your relationship with this deceased man? He doesn't look like your son!" asked Zhou, the yamen runner.
"Mom, you brought people to our restaurant on purpose to cause trouble. Did you kill this man?" Pei Yian's words hit the point that the old woman feared the most.
She was already feeling a little guilty, and now it was even worse. She only agreed to let the man cause trouble in the restaurant and put the blame on the restaurant, but she didn't say that she would admit that she had harmed anyone!
She felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have been so obsessed with money in the first place. She agreed to this job for the five hundred coins. She thought that deliberately making trouble would be enough, but now it involves human life.
She didn't want to be thrown into jail by these yamen runners as a murderer.
Between five hundred coins and a life, she still knew how to choose.
"Sir... I'm telling you... I've already said this. I really have nothing to do with this matter! I was paid to come and slander Baiwei Restaurant. I really didn't harm anyone. The person who died wasn't my son. They arranged it for me, telling me to cause trouble in front of the restaurant! This person's death has nothing to do with me. You can't arrest me! If you want to arrest someone, arrest them!"
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