Chapter 359 The refugees who drank porridge got poisoned.
Zhu Feng will bring back those who led the spread of rumors.
Several people were captured and forced to kneel on the ground. Even as they faced death, they were still brainwashed by those around them: "They came to harm you. Lord Pu was killed by them. I'm saving you!"
You must believe me, arrest them, or you will live.
“They’re from out of town; Lingnan is our territory.”
Yun Zhaoxue was busy saving people and had no time to pay attention to anything else.
Zhu Feng silenced him by pressing his acupoint, preventing him from speaking.
Several patients ate a lot and were severely poisoned, which is quite troublesome, but the others are fine now.
They forced those people to vomit water until they could vomit no more, then forced them to have a laxative to expel the poison.
People around them covered their noses and dispersed.
Those people regained their vital signs after they finished defecating.
Yun Zhaoxue saw that the vomit on the ground was all porridge.
The poison was put in the porridge.
Zhu Feng is in charge of serving the porridge here.
He is cautious and careful in his actions.
She repeatedly reminded everyone to keep an eye on the food at all times, as a pot of porridge could save hundreds of lives and should not be allowed to be taken advantage of by malicious individuals.
The problem probably doesn't lie with them; it's likely with the Li family.
She asked a patient's family member, "Which line did they line up in to get the porridge today?"
"Over at the Li family's place, I heard that the young master of the Li family made porridge with an extra lot of rice today, so everyone went over there."
Li Rui, unaware of the seriousness of the situation, waved his hand with a smile and said, "No need to thank me, this young master did it voluntarily."
They had a small family but a lot of land, so they had a lot of leftover food. To spite his father, he deliberately gave them twice as much rice, poured out the leftover rice water, and then had someone go home to cook an extra bucket.
His father will no longer send him out to do such rough work.
Other patients' relatives also said, "My wife couldn't get used to sweet potato porridge, so she lined up at the Li family's restaurant, and then she got poisoned after eating it."
"My daughter also eats porridge from the Li family."
Yun Zhaoxue rolled her eyes at him, "You're still so proud of yourself? You almost killed them. If you had fought less, rescuing them wouldn't have been so difficult."
"You got poisoned from eating our porridge? Our Li family has no reason to harm anyone, why would I do such a thing?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's a case of using someone else to do the dirty work or framing someone. Think carefully about who came into contact with the porridge today, and who is suspicious?"
"I'll write prescriptions here this afternoon, keep an eye on the porridge stall, and have the servant help me get the porridge."
"Which servant is it?"
Li Rui pointed to the servants behind him, "These are them, Ahou and Alu."
I only saw A-Lu, not A-Hou.
He asked, "Where's Ah Hou?"
A-Lu replied, "Young Master, Ah-Hou just said he went to the toilet."
When did you go?
"Just as they were saying they were poisoned."
Zhu Feng suspected that Zhu Feng had fled to avoid punishment, so he went to the outhouse to arrest him.
There was no one in the latrine, but a body was found in a nearby alley and stabbed in the throat.
After identification, the man was identified as Ah Hou, a servant of the Li family.
“Ah Hou is dead, the trail there has gone cold, but we can still interrogate the people we just caught.”
"Let us go, do you even know who we are? If you kill us, our entire family will never let you off the hook."
Zhu Feng slapped him across the face. "Smack!"
"You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. Speak properly."
Li Rui pointed at the person on the ground, "Huang Ren, do you know who this person in front of you is? She is a princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty. You're threatening a princess. Don't you want to live?"
He knew Huang Ren, his former classmate, who spent his days fighting cocks and walking dogs, doing nothing.
"You two know each other?"
“I know him. We were classmates, but we’re not close. He’s good-for-nothing, always wandering around with chickens and dogs. I wouldn’t stoop to associating with someone like that,” Li Rui said with a look of disdain.
Huang Ren spat at him, "Pah! You surnamed Li, do you think you're any better? Aren't you the same, a complete failure? To climb up to the powerful people in the capital, you've lost all shame. Not only are you shameless, but you also collude with them to harm the common people. Although I, Huang Ren, am not a good person, I still have a conscience. I will stand up and expose you!" Huang Ren became more and more enthusiastic as he cursed, spitting at him again.
The others roared in response, "We exposed you, and you turn around and bite us, bullying us with your power! We won't stand for this!"
"Yes, I disagree."
Li Rui stepped back to avoid his spittle, then stepped forward and kicked him. "Which eye of yours saw us harming the people? We were distributing porridge and treating people's illnesses. You're saying we're harming the people? Are you blind?"
"It was you who poisoned the porridge and harmed the people."
"Who instructed you to cause trouble and how much silver did they give you?"
Huang Ren laughed angrily, "Give them money? What a joke! Ask Li Rui what status my Huang family has in Lingnan. Would we be bought off for such a paltry sum?"
Li Rui leaned close to Yun Zhaoxue and said, “Princess, the Huang family has been in Lingnan for more than ten generations. Their family has a strong foundation. When their descendants make mistakes, they are punished by the clan head or elders. The government also gives them some face.”
Yun Zhaoxue waved her hand, "No matter how powerful your clan is, can it be greater than the imperial court or the law? Take them to the government office for questioning."
"I won't go to the government office; the government can't convict me." Huang Ren and the others were taken away, and he was very dissatisfied, shouting loudly.
Just then, an elderly man with gray hair, leaning on a cane, led a group of people toward them. "Wait!"
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