Chapter 44: Poisoning (Edited)
Zhao Xue heard the noise and looked up. His senior brother was following his senior sister and walking farther and farther away. Judging from the direction, it should be the master's study. He also vaguely heard words like "hug".
No need to think too much, it must be that senior brother is being rude again.
"Third senior brother, are you teasing the dog here?" Xi Jing suddenly appeared.
He stood up and smiled gently, "It's not a joke, I just wanted to see if it's healthy. Xi Jing, weren't you in the kitchen? Why did you come out so suddenly?"
Xi Jing came over and asked with a smile: "Third Brother, can I ask you a question?"
"Go ahead."
"Why do you hate Aunt Xu so much?"
Zhao Xue's expression froze for a moment, then he bent down and stroked the dog, saying nonchalantly, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden? Didn't we say it a long time ago that we don't get along?"
She didn't believe it and stared at him: "But Third Brother, you have always been kind, and Aunt Xu is a widower. Even if you have different personalities, you wouldn't have that attitude."
He vaguely found an excuse: "Uh, it was Second Brother who was inconsiderate."
Xi Jing looked at him suspiciously and said, "Senior Brother, wait a moment."
Watching his junior sister disappear, he suddenly felt uneasy. His intuition told him that his junior sister had bad intentions.
After a while, the junior sister appeared with a dark dish in her hand and said, "Senior brother, you have read so many books and are the most reasonable. You will definitely not lie to me, right?"
"Ah? Haha, then, of course, for sure." The third senior brother glanced around unnaturally. It is really difficult to lie, especially in front of your own people.
Seeing his senior brother like this, Xi Jing narrowed his eyes. There must be something wrong.
In fact, she had noticed it a long time ago, but she thought it would not be a big deal. Since her senior brothers did not say anything, she pretended not to know. It was not until this time when her third senior brother still had a bad attitude towards the newly widowed Aunt Xu that she realized that this might not be a trivial matter.
She smiled and pushed the plate forward, saying, "Third Brother, first, tell the truth, and second, eat a bite of this food. Pick one?"
He knew that he should lie with his eyes open, but he also knew that he could not hide it from his junior sister, so he gritted his teeth and picked up a small amount of food and put it into his mouth.
The next second, Xi Jing watched as her third senior brother covered his mouth and ran towards the toilet.
Is it really that bad? She placed the plate in front of the dog, puzzled. The dog sniffed, looked up at her for a moment, and then ran towards its new owner.
Looking at the mysteriously similar backs of the man and the dog running away, Xi Jing hesitated again and again, but still did not dare to try it herself. In the entanglement, she even forgot about the important business.
During these few days, the third brother often avoided Xi Jing, and the second brother looked bewildered, as if they had made up their minds not to make Xi Jing feel uncomfortable. But no one expected that after just three days, something bad would happen.
Early in the morning, someone knocked on the door frantically.
Widow Li rubbed her eyes, put on her coat, and went to open the door. She yawned and said, "Xiao Xue, what are you doing? It's so early in the morning, can't you let me sleep?"
Zhao Xue asked anxiously, "Did Senior Sister eat the midnight snack that was delivered yesterday?"
"No, he said he had no appetite. It's still in the house."
He breathed a sigh of relief visibly: "That's good, that's good."
"what happens?"
Zhao Xue looked uncertain. Tao Zi also walked to the door and asked, "What happened?"
"kitchen."
When they arrived at the kitchen, Xu Jia was kneeling on the ground, shaking his head with tears in his eyes. "Master Wen, I really don't know what's going on. I really don't know."
At this time, Han Yueshan's new dog was lying next to her. Its body looked stiff and it was unknown how long it had been gone.
Han Yueshan's expression was extremely gloomy. He said, "Xu Jia, you are so bold that you even dared to poison Yisanmen."
"I didn't, I didn't! Xijing, please help Aunt Xu explain." She cried and held Xijing.
Xi Jing staggered back a step and said in a trembling voice, "Aunt Xu, only you and I can touch the food."
Xu Jia became more and more flustered.
Tao Zi walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
"Big Sister, are you okay?"
Han Yueshan came over quickly and asked, she shook her head: "Nothing, I didn't eat that food."
"That's good." He breathed a sigh of relief and explained, "Xu Jia and Xi Jing prepared some food last night. There was some left in the kitchen, so the dog took a bite. Unexpectedly, when I woke up the next day, it had..."
The master had finished checking the food by then and said, "It's indeed poisonous. If an ordinary person consumed this amount of poison, they would die within three to five days. For a dog like this, it's very likely to die within a few hours. Xu Jia, what's going on?"
Xu Jia choked up and shook her head repeatedly: "I really don't know what's going on."
Han Yueshan said angrily, "You don't know? What a joke! Who doesn't know that Senior Sister consumes a lot of energy and eats a midnight snack every night? I think you are deliberately trying to harm Senior Sister!"
At this juncture, Widow Li suddenly asked, "Old Man Wen, will he die in three to five days?"
The others looked at her in confusion, not knowing why she asked this question, but Tao Zi noticed that Sister Li's body was trembling slightly.
Old Man Wen's eyes looked complicated and he nodded.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go search her room."
Xu Jia cried even harder: "Master Wen, how could I do such a stupid thing that can be easily found out? This is simply impossible!"
Xi Jing frowned and thought, but could not think of any other reason except that Aunt Xu poisoned her.
Sect Master Wen shook his head and whispered, "Xu Jia, I'll give you a chance to live. Confess now, apologize, and leave the mountain. If you don't want to, no one can save you."
Xu Jia kept shaking his head: "No, it wasn't me, Master Wen, please find out the truth!"
Not long after, Widow Li came back quickly, with anger on her face: "Here."
A bag of fine white powder wrapped in oil paper appeared in front of them.
Xu Jia's face turned pale and she turned the tables, "Who knows if this is yours! Xi Jing, it really wasn't Aunt Xu who did this. You have to trust Aunt Xu!"
Zhao Xue said coldly, "Who else could it be?"
She looked around again and again, and finally pointed at Tao Zi, saying repeatedly: "It must be her, it must be her!"
Xi Jing couldn't stand it anymore: "Aunt Xu, you can't say that. Senior Sister has no reason to frame you."
"She must be afraid that I will take away her position as the senior sister, she must be!"
Hearing this, Tao Zi said slowly, "This is impossible. Master clearly won't let you stay on the mountain. Why should I be afraid?"
Xu Jia froze and fell to the ground, crying. She knew this was impossible, but it really wasn't her! How could this happen? How could this happen?!
She is wronged!
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