Chapter 249 I am under great pressure
"Sir Qu, what are you talking about!" Zhan Beiyuan said angrily with a cold face. He had destroyed his prestige before the investigation even started. How could he have the mood to investigate the case?
Qu Xinwen shuddered with fear and immediately stood up straight. "Prince Han, I am discouraged because I have no clues, but I will definitely cheer up and do my best to investigate."
"But, can we ask the Dali Temple to help investigate? Jingzhao Prefecture has never solved such a big case before, and I'm under a lot of pressure."
He wanted to bring in Dong Zeyang, the Minister of the Dali Temple. In his opinion, Dong Zeyang was more reliable than Min Zhi, the Minister of Justice, and could be consulted better.
Zhan Beiyuan looked at the man's distressed expression and said calmly, "I will arrange for the Dali Temple Minister to investigate Lord Sun's death with you."
"Thank you, King Han." Qu Xinwen was extremely grateful.
"Sir Qu, why don't you check with the people Sir Sun usually comes into contact with to see if there are any clues." Jiang Yunxi said in a calm voice, hoping to find some clues.
Until now, she had no idea of the killer's intentions.
Although the other party killed Lord Sun and removed his bones, it seemed as if they had some deep hatred, but she still felt that it was not the case.
"Yes." Qu Xinwen's eyes lit up. The other party killed Lord Sun so cruelly. It was obvious that he had a deep hatred. Maybe he was someone he had a grudge against.
Not far away.
Qin Junfei, the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture, came over with his guards and a man.
"Greetings to Prince Han, Lord Qu. This Lu Zheng is a servant in the Sun Mansion. My subordinates found a packet of medicinal powder in his bag. Miss Jiang, the doctor said it is dragon sleeping grass." Qin Junfei walked forward and said.
Jiang Yunxi's eyes lit up. Last night, she and Zhan Beiyuan had just left the Sun Mansion. She went back to find Qin Junfei and asked him to wait until the servants went out to work and then quietly search the house to see if there was any Dragon Sleeping Grass powder.
I didn’t expect to find it.
"Bold Lu Zheng, were you the one who put the medicine in Lord Sun's ginseng soup?" Qu Xinwen walked forward and asked angrily. Oh my God, there was finally some clue.
"I didn't have it, it wasn't me. I don't know why that packet of medicine powder was in my bag. I am innocent..." Lu Zheng said anxiously with a trembling voice.
"How could the things in your bag belong to someone else? Could it be that someone put them in there?" Qu Xinwen frowned. Of course, this was possible. How could the murderer be so stupid as to leave the powder in the bag?
However, it is obvious that this servant is not the murderer, but if the powder belongs to him, he is an accomplice.
"Sir, I am innocent. I really don't know what medicine powder is." Lu Zheng cried out with an innocent look on his face.
"Come here, take him to the cell and torture him to see if he tells the truth." Qu Xinwen deliberately threatened. He just wanted him to tell the truth. He had seen too many people who cried out for injustice at the beginning but ended up not being wronged at all.
When Lu Zheng heard about the torture, he trembled with fear, "Sir, I am innocent, I really don't know..."
Looking at him like this, Qu Xinwen felt that the threat might not be enough, "Junfei, take him away."
"Yes." Qin Junfei said and went to catch Lu Zheng.
"Wait, I have a way to find out who the Dragon Sleeping Grass powder belongs to." Jiang Yunxi said. She already had a plan. It seemed that the powder was indeed not Lu Zheng's.
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Sun Mansion.
Jiang Yunxi and his group took Lu Zheng in. They went straight to Madam Sun and told her that the officials from Jingzhao Prefecture had found the powder of dragon sleeping grass in Lu Zheng's bag.
It is a medicine added to ginseng soup.
But Lu Zheng said that the powder was not his, and now the Sun family needed to call all the servants to the yard.
Madam Sun immediately arranged for Butler Du to call all the servants to the yard.
After a while, all the servants came. They were all confused as to why they were all called to the yard for no reason. Just when they were puzzled.
I saw two officers carrying a large square cage over. The cage was covered with black cloth and looked strangely scary.
For a moment, everyone was very curious about what was inside.
Jiang Yunxi walked to the cage and removed the cloth from it.
After seeing clearly what was in the cage, the servants all gasped, their faces pale and terrified, because in the cage was a python as thick as an adult's arm, sticking its head out to look at them.
"This morning, the guards found a packet of medicinal powder in Lu Zheng's bag, but Lu Zheng said it wasn't his. Dragon Sleep Grass powder isn't just any powder. It leaves a scent on anyone's hands, even washing hands won't help."
"Now come over and put your hands into the cage. As long as you haven't touched the powder, don't worry about the python biting you. But if you have touched the powder, it will bite you directly because it likes the smell of dragon sleeping grass the most."
Jiang Yunxi said slowly.
Qin Junfei immediately walked up to the servants and pointed at one of them, "Go over there."
The servant's legs were trembling, but he had to move forward. When he reached the cage, all the hairs on his body stood up. His right hand trembled as he moved closer to the cage, but he didn't dare to put it in.
Zhan Beiyuan said in a deep voice: "Put your hand next to the python's mouth, and drag out and chop off those who disobey!"
When the servant heard the beheading, he quickly reached in and approached tremblingly.
He doesn't know what the powder is, so he shouldn't be afraid.
"You can go now." Jiang Yunxi said.
The servant quickly withdrew his hand and stepped back.
Then the others tried one by one, and Lu Zheng also tried, until it was a young maid's turn. Her face was pale, and there was unspeakable fear in her eyes. She came to the cage but was reluctant to reach out.
"Put your hand in!" Jiang Yunxi said in a sharp tone.
"I, I..." Dongmei was so nervous that she couldn't speak and didn't dare to reach out her hand.
Jiang Yunxi raised an eyebrow and said, "Stand aside."
When Dongmei heard this, she hurried over.
The other servants continued to try. Although they were afraid, they all stretched out their hands. So many people before them were fine. As long as they had not touched the powder, they would naturally not be bitten by the python.
After everyone had tried it, Jiang Yunxi looked at Dongmei and said, "It seems the powder is yours."
"No, no, I don't know, I didn't do it..." Dongmei denied it quickly like a frightened bird, feeling very nervous.
"Everyone else dares to put their hands in, but you don't, because you have touched the powder and you are afraid that the python will bite off your hand." Jiang Yunxi said firmly.
"I haven't touched it. I'm afraid of snakes. I'm innocent..." Dongmei retorted in panic, her eyes evasive and she looked a little at a loss.
Jiang Yunxi looked at Qu Xinwen, "Sir Qu, take her back and interrogate her thoroughly."
Qu Xinwen signaled Qin Junfei to take the person away.
Immediately following.
All the servants dispersed.
"Miss Jiang, this is a clever trick, but I'm curious, will the python really bite people who have touched the powder?" Qu Xinwen asked. What made him even more surprised was that the python did not attack other people when they approached.
Jiang Yunxi had a meaningful smile on his face. "It won't bite anyone. I gave it a few injections and then positioned it so it was sticking its head out. Actually, it can't move. This is a psychological warfare."
Qu Xinwen: “…”
Learned it.
Jiang Yunxi handed the interrogation over to Qu Xinwen, and she and Zhan Beiyuan took a carriage to Pei's house.
In the carriage.
Jiang Yunxi took out the letter from her sleeve pocket and looked at Zhan Beiyuan with a smile, "Do you want to guess what Pei Lie wrote to me?"
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