Magistrate Su shook his head and said, "Mushrooms are poisonous; how much would we need?"
The coroner replied seriously, "It's not impossible to poison a strong, middle-aged man. A pound of mushrooms, boiled into a liquid like Amanita mushrooms, is enough to kill a person within fifteen minutes..."
County Magistrate Lu coldly rebuked, "So, this was a premeditated poisoning!"
The yamen runners rushed over from outside.
"Sir, the suspect has been apprehended."
"Yes, bring him over. I need to ask him a few questions."
The constable reported: "Sir, this man has been attacked and is still unconscious."
Magistrate Su: "Hmm?"
puff!
A basin of cold water was poured over his head, and Gu Er slowly woke up.
His expression suddenly changed.
County Magistrate Lu rebuked, "What a beast! He even poisoned his own parents. It's utterly appalling!"
Gu Er knelt on the ground, shaking his head and saying, "This humble subject does not understand, what does Your Excellency mean? Father, Father, what are you doing?"
His gaze fell upon the rows of stretchers covered with white sheets.
Stubborn?
County Magistrate Lu sneered and ordered his yamen runners to pin him to the ground.
They started hitting him with a plop.
Surprisingly, the young man didn't utter a single word.
"This humble citizen...I'm innocent! Father, I went out to buy you some wine. What's wrong with you?"
Magistrate Su sneered, "Such excellent acting skills. You need to ride a horse to buy wine?"
The butler looked at the crowd.
Rubo knelt on the ground.
"My lord, the second young master has been acting very strangely these past few days since his confinement ended. He always smiles when he talks to people."
"I even went hunting in the mountains today and picked mushrooms..."
Gu Er cried out in anguish, "Father!"
Soon the cook was also called over.
The cook shrank back: "Sir, I needed to urinate halfway through, so I left the kitchen..."
"Was there anyone else in the kitchen when you left?"
The cook was timid and hesitant.
"I don't know, maybe it's just my imagination, but when I came in from outside, I clearly noticed that there seemed to be a lot more soup in the pot, and..."
He swallowed hard, and his double chin on his chubby face shrank even further.
"continue!"
"And it's even more delicious!"
Magistrate Su narrowed his eyes and looked at the coroner.
The coroner nodded and said, "Sir, it matches up. What's even stranger is that the more delicious the mushrooms are, the more poisonous they are when they grow wildly in the mountains!"
In an instant, almost everyone's eyes turned to Gu Er.
"Your Excellency, that's my father, how could I dare... And my mother, and my own brother!"
Magistrate Su smiled and said, "Hehe, come here! Bring all the other servants in the mansion here. I want to question them carefully."
Sure enough, the servants' testimonies were quickly tallied up, and their entire account was that the second young master was different from before. Since being confined to his quarters, he often had a smile on his face, which upon closer inspection was a gentle smile.
It gets creepy after looking at it for a while!
On the way back to the county government office, County Magistrate Lu said with a smile, "I wonder how you, sir, will judge this case. It seems that the second young master of the Gu family is determined not to admit it even if you beat him to death."
"No rush. I have never liked to beat suspects indiscriminately. I have my own plans for this matter."
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