"Fugui!"

When Jin Kai saw Wang Fugui guarding the door, he hurried over to greet him.

"Jin Zhiqing, why are you here? You haven't been to the Zhiqingyuan today, have you?"

"Not to mention today, I haven't been here for at least one or two months."

Jin Kai originally didn't like interacting with so many people in the Youth League Home, so he built his own house not long after going to the countryside. Normally, he would hardly come here unless he was called to a meeting.

"I heard about what happened here, so I came to take a look."

"What's the situation now?"

"Doctor Zhao speculated that Pan Zhiqing must have been poisoned by eating the herb Gnaphalium. Wang Zhiqing and Xia Zhiqing insisted that she would not commit suicide... Anyway, the current situation is that no one is allowed to leave the Zhiqing compound until the police arrive."

"Hey, what kind of hatred is this? Do you have to kill someone to vent your anger?"

"We were left standing outside in the middle of winter, freezing to death."

Jin Kai and Yan Ziyuan stood outside and chatted with them. After waiting for about twenty minutes, Uncle Lin and Wang Xiaoshan appeared in everyone's sight, driving a ox cart with two uniformed police officers.

"Comrade Public Security, you are finally here."

If you don't come soon, they will be frozen to death.

I was sleeping peacefully on the kang in the middle of winter. Who could have imagined that such a terrible thing would happen.

Not only were the villagers guarding the gate full of complaints, even the public security comrades who came with them were not in a good mood.

“Are all the educated youth in there?”

"Except for those who don't live in the Youth House, everyone else stays inside."

"Where is the doctor who initially diagnosed the victim?"

"Sit over there with the male educated youth. I'll call him out right away."

A villager called Doctor Zhao out of the room.

"Hello, comrades. My name is Zhao Xingde, and I am the barefoot doctor of this village."

"You suspect that the comrade sent to the hospital was poisoned by the herb, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"But this is just my initial guess based on the symptoms of poisoning. Whether it is true or not still needs to be determined by the hospital."

In fact, Doctor Zhao had the answer when he met Pan Yu, because he had encountered the same situation when he was working in a traditional Chinese medicine clinic before, and the symptoms and reactions of the two people were similar.

"I can be sure that her symptoms are undoubtedly poisoning."

In the past, anyone in the village who had a minor illness or pain would basically go to him for treatment, but during the several years that Pan Zhiqing had been in the countryside, he only went to him once to buy cold medicine, and that was not for himself, but to buy it for other Zhiqing.

Apart from anything else, just judging from Pan Zhiqing's usual complexion, she is in good health and has no sudden serious illness.

After listening to Doctor Zhao's words, the public security comrades also made their own preliminary judgment.

"Please, Doctor Zhao, describe what Gelsemium elegans looks like."

The public security comrades who came this time had heard of the name of the heartbreak grass and knew that it was highly poisonous, but they had never seen what it looked like with their own eyes.

“Have you ever seen honeysuckle?”

“Yes.”

"It is somewhat similar to honeysuckle, and both have yellow flowers. The flowers of Gelsemium elegans are slightly larger, and the leaves are also larger..."

After receiving the appearance information, the public security comrades asked the educated youth to leave the room and stay in the kitchen, and then they entered the room one by one to be interrogated.

The male educated youth gave similar answers. They all said that after dinner, they returned to their rooms.

When Zhou Dandan was asked, she revealed an important piece of information. She said that Pan Yu was drinking water from a cup after the meal, but she was not sure whether it was plain water or tea.

"You can ask Mo Juan what she drank. She should know."

"Oh? Why?"

"Because she is most curious about what other people eat."

"Whenever we eat, she'll come over and ask if she can get some, but if she can't, she'll say something sour."

In view of this characteristic, the public security comrades immediately called Mo Juan to the room after questioning Zhou Dandan.

"After dinner today, Pan Zhiqing was drinking water. Did you see it?"

“Yes.”

"Do you know what you drank?"

"She has been drinking honeysuckle tea since I met her."

"But she is very stingy. I asked her to give me a little taste before, but she said she would not give me anything."

Mo Juan started to complain to the police about Pan Yu's stinginess, but the police interrupted her and told her to go back to the kitchen.

As soon as she went out, the public security comrades used some tricks to open Pan Yu's cabinet without damaging the lock.

An enamel cup with a lid appeared in their sight.

He took out the cup and placed it on the table, then found some dried honeysuckle wrapped in paper in the cupboard.

Zhao Xingde was called into the room.

"Doctor Zhao, could you please confirm what's in this paper bag?"

"You didn't touch it with your hands?"

"No, it's just opened."

"That's good."

Zhao Xingde carefully checked the contents of the paper bag bit by bit, and finally determined that it was all honeysuckle.

"What about the water cup?"

"Xiaoshan, bring me a pair of chopsticks."

Taking the chopsticks, Doctor Zhao placed a piece of paper on the table and carefully picked out the petals from the teacup one by one and placed them on the paper.

Halfway through, he suddenly stopped.

"These are the petals of the heartbreak grass!"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

"I have been learning Chinese medicine from my master since I was young. I am familiar with most medicinal herbs, whether they are poisonous or not. I am sure that this is the petal of the Gelsemium elegans."

Seeing the two public security comrades looking confused, he placed the heartbreak grass and honeysuckle together.

Although soaked in hot water, the shape of the petals will not change.

"Hey, if they're not put together for comparison, it's really easy to be fooled."

"It seems that someone really poisoned me!"

According to the female comrade named Mo Juan, the victim often drank honeysuckle tea.

The probability of Gelsemium elegans accidentally getting mixed into honeysuckle is relatively small. If it was originally mixed in, she should have been poisoned long ago after soaking in it so many times.

The two public security comrades and Doctor Zhao all believed that human poisoning was the most likely possibility.

Moreover, the murderer seemed to have planned it in advance and was very familiar with Pan Zhiqing's habit. He specially looked for the herb Gelsemium elegans, which is similar in appearance to honeysuckle.

If Dr. Zhao, an old Chinese doctor, wasn't here today, this might not have been discovered.

..........

Yan Ziyuan, who was outside the house, had been quietly observing the situation, mainly observing the expressions and subtle body movements of the female educated youth.

Although he didn't know what was going on with the public security comrades in the room, he had already identified a murderer in his mind.

This person was trying his best to stay calm, but his hands kept making subtle movements. His psychological quality was not good and he almost told everyone the truth.

But it was just his guess, after all, he had no evidence.

"Potato, do you know which educated youth came from the southern regions?"

"I don't really remember that, and I didn't pay much attention to it. But I do know which ones are from Heng City."