Shen Qingtang lifted the white sheet and carefully examined the wounds on the corpse. There was indeed an impact wound on the back of his head, which looked like it was caused by hitting a stone.
However, the skin around the wound was somewhat abnormal in color, with a faint bluish-black tinge, which did not seem to be caused by a simple impact.
Shen Qingtang examined Li Laoshi's eyelids again, pressed down on his limbs, and her brows gradually furrowed. "Brother, you only pushed him down. After he hit the stone, did he have any other reaction?"
Recalling the scene, Shen Minglan said earnestly, "After I pushed him down, he groaned and then stopped moving. I thought he had just fainted, but I didn't expect..."
“He wasn’t killed by you,” Shen Qingtang interrupted him, her tone certain. “Look at the wound on the back of his head. Although it looks serious, it’s not fatal. Also, his skin is bluish, his eyelids are pale, and his lips are a bit purple. These are signs of poisoning.”
As she spoke, she took out a silver hairpin from her medicine box and gently inserted it into Li Laoshi's wound.
A moment later, the silver hairpin was pulled out, and the originally shiny tip of the hairpin had turned black.
"Sure enough, he was poisoned first, and only lost consciousness after the poison took effect. The push you made was just a coincidence that caused him to hit the stone. The real cause of death was poisoning."
Shen Minglan's eyes widened, her face filled with shock: "Poisoned? Who wanted to harm him? And why frame me?"
"It's obvious they're after our family."
Pei Wuwang stood aside, his eyes icy cold. "First, they spread rumors to sow discord between you and the Qin family girl, then they used Li Laoshi's death to frame you. They just wanted to distract our family so they could take advantage of the situation. Perhaps, it was all the work of those men in black behind the scenes."
Shen Qingtang nodded, her eyes sharpening: "Whoever it is, if they dare to touch someone from our Shen family, they must pay the price. Fang Yun is the trigger for this. Let's start by investigating her; we're sure to find clues."
Looking into Shen Qingtang's determined eyes, Shen Minglan's guilt and unease gradually dissipated, replaced by gratitude and lingering fear.
He held Shen Qingtang's hand tightly, his voice solemn: "Qingtang, thanks to you this time. From now on, I will definitely act calmly and not cause you any more trouble. I will also work with you to find the mastermind behind this and protect our family."
Shen Qingtang smiled and patted his hand: "That's right. We're family, so we should face this together. Come on, let's go home and discuss how to find out who's hiding in the shadows."
Shen Qingtang stood outside the mortuary, gazing at the distant, rolling mountains, her brows furrowed.
The mastermind behind the scenes is like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, targeting the Shen family time and time again, from Pei Nian'an's kidnapping to Lu Jin and Lin Peirou's collusion with the men in black.
Now, Shen Minglan has been framed and betrayed, with every step precisely targeting her weaknesses.
But she still hasn't seen the other person's true face. This feeling of being secretly watched and possibly attacked at any time makes her tense all over.
"Who is it..." she murmured to herself, her fingers unconsciously clenching.
The other party not only knew about the mystery surrounding her background, but also had a thorough understanding of the Shen family's situation, and could even accurately stir up the villagers' emotions.
They set up such a series of interconnected traps.
Clearly, this was not a spur-of-the-moment revenge, but a premeditated attack. The target may not have been just her from the beginning, but the entire Shen family.
A gust of hot wind swept by, stirring up dust from the ground.
Shen Qingtang looked up at the sky. The sky, which had been relatively bright, had turned gloomy at some point, with thick clouds pressing down overhead, as if brewing a storm.
Her heart sank at the sudden change in the weather.
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