"Is there any fermented rice left over from the rice my grandma brought?"
"Yes, yes! We keep a little bit from each can, let me get it for you!"
Among these people, there was a head chef named Sister Zhang who had been catering banquets in the county town.
I've seen it all before in the private lives of the wealthy.
I made a point of keeping some ingredients as a reserve, unless they were purchased by the host.
Unexpectedly, it actually came in handy.
Unsurprisingly.
When Lin Yan inserted the silver needle into Liu's jar of fermented rice, the needle instantly turned black.
The women gathered in the kitchen instantly erupted in chaos!
"My God! It's so dark!"
"That old woman Liu is trying to kill us! She's so vicious!"
"She's deliberately framing Yan Yatou! Our village has finally improved thanks to Yan Yatou, we can't let her ruin it, she must be expelled from the village!"
"Yes! Expel them from the village!"
Since these women started working in the workshop, they can earn several hundred coins a month, and their status at home has improved considerably.
Not only that.
Every time Lin Yan went to the county town or the prefectural city, she would bring them a lot of good things!
Some of their men also went to work in town.
I've never heard of any employer being this good!
They didn't want to lose such a good employer.
Therefore, when these women learned that Liu had deliberately framed Lin Yan, they were immediately filled with righteous indignation.
Lin Yan didn't have the energy to deal with them for the time being.
She only stopped them after she had tested all the dishes with a silver needle.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet. It's almost time for the banquet to begin. You can go and serve the dishes first. We can deal with this matter after everyone has finished eating. I have just checked all the dishes, and none of them are poisonous. You can eat them without worry. For the last dish, we can just cook an egg drop soup in a separate pot."
"Okay, let's serve the food now!"
Even though the people of Xiaolin Village are not short of money these days.
But the food at the banquet was so good!
It's all meat!
They ate with gusto, their mouths greasy, and continued to praise the food until the banquet ended.
Just then, Lin Yan stepped forward with the women who were helping out in the kitchen.
This exposed Liu's malicious poisoning.
"Poisoning?! Oh my god! Are we going to die?!"
Upon hearing that poison had been used, all the villagers were terrified and kept shouting in fear.
Lin Yan quickly stepped forward and explained loudly:
"Don't worry, everyone. I've tested all the dishes for poison, and there's no problem. I've been eating at the banquet myself, so if anything happens, I'll be the first one to be affected. Only the jar of fermented rice that my grandma brought was poisoned, so don't worry."
Fearing suspicion but unable to resist the aroma of the meat, Liu arrived early for the feast.
Just as she put down her chopsticks and was about to sneak away, she was surrounded by the villagers.
"Phew! Thank goodness! You vicious old woman Liu, you actually tried to poison us all!"
"Chieftain, we must report this to the authorities! We can't let her get away! She's trying to poison everyone in our Xiaolin Village!"
"We must report this to the authorities! Report this to the authorities!"
Villagers surrounded the area, but Lin Yan, unafraid that Liu would escape, stood aside and watched coldly.
Lin Zhenghong couldn't believe that his own mother would poison them to death!
His face was full of disbelief as he staggered toward the Liu family.
When the villagers saw him, they all made way for him to pass.
"Mother, why did you poison me?"
It would have been better if he hadn't said anything.
Once she opened her mouth, Liu could no longer contain her anger and screamed:
"You unfilial son! Your family is making a fortune now, eating and drinking well every day, completely forgetting that your father and I are still starving!"
“Mother, my wife and I give you and Father 600 coins every month. How can we go hungry?”
Speaking to her son, Liu suddenly felt emboldened and, momentarily forgetting the surrounding villagers, began to recklessly criticize them:
"You make so much money and you only give us six hundred coins as a beggar's treat! Ever since that good-for-nothing girl stopped being stupid, you haven't listened to me! I should have drowned her in the chamber pot back then!"
Liu was not stupid; the poison she used was not enough to kill anyone.
But it could implicate Lin Yan in a crime of gathering a group to poison people, leading to her imprisonment by the authorities!
Liu's idea was very good.
Once Lin Yan is locked up, this mansion and all the money in the house will belong to her!
Liu's vicious words made Lin Zhenghong so angry that he was panting heavily.
The surrounding villagers were even more furious and began to berate her.
Just then, two constables carrying knives arrived at Xiaolin Village.
Seeing the noisy crowd, they brandished their large knives and raised their voices to ask:
"What happened? Someone reported that someone in your village poisoned people. Who is so bold as to do that?"
As soon as Lin Yan discovered that Liu had poisoned the woman, she sent someone to the town's governor's office to request the arrival of constables.
There are bound to be some thugs and hooligans in the town.
Since she wasn't often at the hot pot restaurant, she would give gifts to the constables every time she returned from the prefectural city to ensure the restaurant's stability.
The store has always offered them free meals.
Therefore, the constables always treated Lin Yan very politely.
"My lord, this is indeed Liu. This is her poisoned fermented rice wine. And look, these are clean silver needles."
The two constables glanced at the silver needle that was rapidly turning black and frowned.
With physical evidence and witnesses from the entire village, the constables ignored Liu's desperate cries and tried to tie her up, but she suddenly broke free!
Liu ran to Old Man Lin, desperately grabbing his sleeve and crying out:
"Old man, you have to save me! I did everything you said! You're the one who gave me the poison!"
Old Man Lin forcefully pulled her hands off.
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