Chapter 16 Witnesses and Physical Evidence
"It's just right that everyone is here, so we can sort this matter out first."
Chen Xue spoke, drawing everyone's attention. When the captain of the yamen saw Chen Xue's appearance, his eyes lit up, but he quickly thought of something and looked away.
"First, we received a package from an official. We don't know which official it was... but the food in the package was poisonous."
As Chen Xue spoke, the servant handed over the bundle. Xu Tian decisively found a silver needle for testing poison and indeed found poison in the food.
"What does this have to do with us? Don't try to change the subject." The woman interrupted Chen Xue, "Compensate us first."
"Don't you want to know who poisoned us? If it was targeting our Chen family, that would be fine. But I'm afraid it was targeting your Zhang family..."
Chen Xue's words made everyone in the Zhang family's heart skip a beat. They had never thought about this before.
"What evidence do you have to prove that it was given by someone else and not yours?" Zhang Yiquan asked back.
"Of course there are witnesses."
In fact, her father had already made arrangements at the moment the incident happened. Not only did he keep an eye on the bundle immediately, he also sent someone to find Xu Tian, and also asked the servants to find the person who delivered the bundle.
Soon, a man was brought over by the Chen family's servants. "He was the one who gave the bag to us."
The man didn't understand what was going on. When he saw so many people, especially the police officers, he suddenly panicked because he wanted to explain quickly because there was something wrong with the bag.
"It wasn't me. An official asked me to give it to the Chen family."
Seeing this scene, Zhao Guang naturally couldn't sit still. If he continued to ask questions, he would be exposed.
"It's Xu Tian, right?" Zhao Guang said, "Xu Tian is the only yamen runner you know, and I saw Xu Tian giving you food before."
Regardless of whether the Chen family believed it or not, he would drag Xu Tianxia into the water. It would be even better if they turned against each other.
"I..." Xu Tian was stunned. "I didn't bring any burden to Master Chen today. However, if I find out who dares to harm Master Chen, I will never let him go."
Seeing that he failed, Zhao Guang turned his attention to the Chen family. "Maybe the food in that bundle wasn't poisonous originally, but you guys poisoned it later, and then you started to cry thief."
"Really?" Chen Xue suddenly said, "Since this official is so convinced that we poisoned you, why not try eating this food and see if we can come up with an antidote to save you."
Zhao Guang's face changed drastically. How cruel! He actually made him take poison. Only a fool would take it. He was the one who poisoned him. How could he not know that the Chen family had no antidote? If he took it, even the immortal could not save him.
For a moment, he looked at Chen Xue with fear.
This girl looks cute and pretty, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious and cruel.
Seeing that Zhao Guang was speechless after being confronted by her, Chen Xue turned to look at the man and asked, "What does the yamen runner who handed you the bag look like?"
"this……"
The man's face was full of bitterness. "I don't know either. I'm blind and can't see clearly."
Everyone was stunned. They had never expected this to happen.
"What about the sound? You can always hear it!"
"The man's voice was deliberately pinched, and the sound was distorted. I couldn't tell which official it was."
As to whether he really couldn't hear it or just didn't want to say it, it is unknown.
Chen Xue didn't care and looked at Zhang Yiquan, "What do you think, Master Zhang?"
Zhang Yiquan was silent. He also believed that the bundle was given to him by someone else and that someone might have poisoned him.
But his wife didn't think so. "I said the same thing. Who knows if you poisoned it and then deliberately lured my son to eat it?"
“Bang!”
Chen Xue suddenly clapped her hands, which scared the woman so much that she almost had a premature Parkinson's attack.
"That's a good question." Chen Xue smiled. "If I can prove that your son ate the food on his own, then doesn't that mean it wasn't us who poisoned him, but rather that you were unlucky?"
"Prove it if you have the ability!" The woman was very proud, because this kind of thing is difficult to prove. As long as her son himself does not admit it, who can prove it?
Moreover, as long as he could make his son admit that it was the Chen family who tricked him into eating the poisonous food, then the situation would be reversed.
Thinking of this, she decided to explain to her son.
"Proof? Let's see what evidence you have and who else you can ask to prove it." The woman was very proud.
"Your son can prove it!"
Chen Xue's words almost made the woman fall down. What did she mean by asking her son to help her prove it?
Immediately, the woman was overjoyed. She took the opportunity to tell her son and asked him to admit that it was the Chen family who fooled him.
So he found her son, took him aside and started whispering to him.
Such an upright behavior made everyone's mouth twitch.
"Well, Miss Chen..." Xu Tian hesitated, not knowing how to persuade her. The fat boy and the woman were a family, and he would definitely listen to his mother. If Miss Chen asked him to prove it, she would be shooting herself in the foot.
If what he said was inconsistent with Miss Chen's, then Mr. Chen's reputation would be ruined.
Therefore, Xu Tian was a little anxious and looked at Chen Yuan, "Master Chen..."
"It's okay, I believe Xue'er."
Lord Chen’s confidence made Xu Tian feel helpless. This was not a question of belief or not, but a question of certain loss.
Didn’t you see that the woman was teaching her son Xiaopang to lie and say things that would be detrimental to you?
"Don't worry, Master Xu. I believe Xiaopang will think it through. Children who lie are not good. Only those who tell the truth get candy."
Chen Xue not only said this to him, but also raised her voice so that the woman and Xiaopang could hear it.
"Did you hear me? Say it as I say." The woman instructed the little fat man.
"Mom, do you have any candies with these?" The little fat boy looked at the woman with his round eyes and said eagerly.
"No, if you say something wrong, you will get a slap in the face." The woman said angrily.
Xiaopang quickly lowered his head and smacked his lips.
Then, the woman brought Xiaopang over and said, "He hasn't recovered from the poisoning yet. You can ask anything you want now."
Chen Xue shrugged and looked at the silent captain of the yamen runners. "Let the official ask the questions, otherwise you'll accuse me of deceiving your son."
The captain of the yamen police didn't expect that Chen Xue would point him out. He had originally planned to watch the show and not interfere.
But since it was pointed out, he didn't say anything more and felt that Chen Xue was too naive. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that even if they hadn't tricked the fat boy into eating the poisonous food, he wouldn't admit it.
The woman took Xiaopang away for a while, and whatever Xiaopang said was detrimental to the Chen family.
But forget it, it has nothing to do with him anyway.
"Let me ask you, did you eat the food on your own initiative, or did the Chen family trick you into eating it?" The captain of the yamen runners looked at Xiaopang and said straight to the point.
Xiaopang looked at the captain of the yamen runners and was a little scared, then looked at Chen Xue and then at his mother.
"I'm asking you a question." The woman slapped the fat boy on the head.
Xiaopang immediately hid behind his father and stuck his head out. "I ate it secretly. My father doesn't buy me shark fin. I saw that the pancake looked delicious, so I secretly tried it. It turned out not to be as good as shark fin."
“…………”
The fat man's words stunned the woman, and even the captain of the yamen runners and others were stunned. They never expected that the fat man would admit it.
Isn't he afraid of being hung up and beaten when he gets home?
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