Hua Wanru checked Jiang and Hua Qingqing. After confirming again and again, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that the person who poisoned me did it for the first time today! That's why my mother and sister were not poisoned!"
Liu and Hua Lingjian both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard her say this.
Jiang's brows furrowed even tighter. She couldn't help but look at the two plates on the table.
Hua Qingqing also stared at the two plates, tilting her head and thinking.
[Brother Qiu must have known that the food was poisonous. That’s why he pushed the plate far away. He was afraid that my mother and I would be poisoned.]
【Then why was he poisoned again? 】
[It's really strange! ]
[Could it be…]
Jiang, Hua Wanru, and Liu were all stunned and looked at the two dishes.
Hua Wanru looked at Jiang with a questioning look.
Jiang nodded to her.
Hua Lingjian went to the kitchen and came back with two people following him. They were Zhu Da, who usually went out to buy ingredients, and Zhang, the kitchen cook.
As soon as they entered the door, they all knelt on the ground and couldn't help crying.
"Madam, I am innocent! I really didn't poison anyone." Zhang wiped her nose and continued, "The whole family is in our house. I, I... I really didn't poison anyone!"
Zhu Da was also very sad. He kowtowed twice to Jiang before speaking.
"Madam, I, Zhu Da, am absolutely loyal to the mansion. I would never poison you, would I?"
"My son Xiao Zhu is the manager of the farm down below! My wife is also working in the mansion. I really don't need that."
Jiang rubbed his forehead and raised his hand.
"Okay, everyone, get up."
These two people are both elders in the mansion, and indeed all the family members, young and old, work in the mansion.
If anything really happened to Jiang and Qingqing, they would be the first to be unable to escape.
Therefore, Jiang also believed that they would never poison her.
Zhang and Zhu Da heard the lady tell them to stand up, but they didn't dare to and knelt obediently.
Hua Wanru thought about it and asked Zhu Da, the buyer.
"Manager Zhu, did you buy some chili peppers today? And spinach?"
Zhu Da nodded honestly, "Yes! I buy it almost every day."
Hua Wanru asked again, "Are you going to the same shop as usual?"
Zhu Da thought about it and shook his head.
"Today's chili and spinach. I bought them from an old farmer."
"It looked fresher than what you'd find in the store, like it was just picked. So I bought some."
The cook also nodded quickly.
"Yes, it looks fresher than usual."
Hua Wanru nodded.
"Is there anything left? Bring it to me!"
Hua Ling simply took Zhang to get it and came back soon.
Hua Wanru looked at the two things, checked them, frowned and explained to Jiang.
"Mother, that's right. Those two kinds of poison come from these two kinds of grass?"
Jiang was surprised and went over to take a look.
"These two kinds of grass look more like chili and spinach. They are both grown in the south, and some local people have eaten them by mistake."
"Actually, if you eat the two kinds of grass separately, it's fine."
Jiang looked at it for a long time and said, "This chili pepper seems to be redder!"
The cook was stunned for a moment and slapped her thigh.
"When I was cooking today, I felt that the chili was redder and longer than usual! I didn't expect it wasn't chili."
"And that spinach. The leaves are thicker than usual! Turns out it's not spinach either."
Jiang frowned and touched the spinach-like grass. The leaves were indeed thicker than those of ordinary spinach.
"Oh, no way!" Zhu Da's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Hey, this! They really look alike."
Hua Wanru nodded.
"So I suspect that someone deliberately lured Manager Zhu to buy those two kinds of vegetables."
Zhu Da felt a little guilty. Finally, he spoke in a low voice.
"Well, actually, I spent ten copper coins less on groceries today than usual! I used it to buy some wine."
Zhang pushed him directly.
"You're a piece of shit! All you do every day is drink."
"You almost hurt the lady and the young lady by doing this! Do you know that?"
Zhu Da lowered his head, feeling extremely ashamed.
"Me! I will never drink again. I'll give you back the ten coppers!"
"How many times have you said it? Which time have you done it?" Zhang rolled her eyes, obviously not believing it.
Zhu's face turned red and he was about to refute.
Jiang rubbed her forehead and saw that the two were about to start a fight.
Wave your hands quickly.
"Okay, shut up."
The two of them quickly fell silent.
Hua Lingjian touched his chin and thought about it.
"If you want to know if someone set up this trap on purpose, then I'll just take Manager Zhu with me and go take a look."
"See if you can find the old farmer who sells vegetables. If you find him, you can try to find out from the side. If you can't find him..."
Hua Lingjian narrowed his eyes, "Someone must be trying to harm us!"
In order to get rid of suspicion, Zhu Da nodded quickly.
"I bought the vegetables this morning, so I think the people are still here. We can go take a look. I'll take the Third Young Master there right away!"
Jiang had no other options for the time being. Nodding, "Then go ahead and be careful."
Hua Lingjian and Zhu Da hurried over.
They were busy tracing the source of the poison. It was getting darker as the sky was watching.
Jiang asked Cuiwei to take Hua Qingqing to bed. She waited for news in the study. Liu and Hua Wanru were with her. Soon, Hua Lingxuan and Hua Lingyi also came back.
They understood the situation and discussed countermeasures together.
On the other side, in the guest room.
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