Chapter 108 Someone instigated

Working in the mines includes food and accommodation.

Although there are enough meals every day to ensure that everyone is full, the oil and water are really not much. Eating braised pork only happens once every half a month, so naturally no one wants to waste it.

Moreover, the wages paid for working in the mines are not low, attracting many people to sign up. The government has also gone through layers of screening and only selected strong and healthy people. It can be said that this is a person who may not be able to come if he wants to, but he is really lucky to be able to come.

Naturally, I was careful about my job and did not dare to complain that the food was unpalatable and the braised pork was bitter and astringent, so as not to lose such an excellent job.

So when this person poisoned him, he specifically chose braised pork.

He Yanxiu narrowed his eyes and ordered Xing'an and others to investigate who had touched these bowls and chopsticks after breakfast today.

Xing'an and others were very fast and quickly found all the people who carried the dishes, washed the dishes, and even carried water today.

There were eight people in total, and three of them were so weak that they couldn't sit up because they had eaten food containing bile, so they could only lie down on the mats.

He Yanxiu looked at these eight people.

Carefully.

And these eight people knew that He Yanxiu was a high-ranking official from the capital, and that he was born with extraordinary talents. At this time, he looked even more imposing. They were suddenly frightened in their hearts, their heads hung low, and they did not even dare to show their dignity.

Take a breather.

After a long time, He Yanxiu retracted his gaze, and finally pointed at one of them, "That's him, take him away."

"Yes." Xing'an brought people with him to drag away the square-faced man pointed by He Yanxiu.

The strong man with a square face was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he stammered even more when he spoke, "No, no, sir, sir, you are aware that I have never done anything poisoning, no!"

"Xiaomin is innocent. Xiaomin swears, I swear on my life, that Xiaomin did not poison..."

"At this time, the evidence is conclusive, how dare you speak harshly?" He Yanxiu shouted sternly, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, as long as this gall alum is on your hands, no matter how you wash it, you can't wash it off, it will emit...

Strong sour taste..."

Before He Yanxiu finished speaking, a short man with a round face named Zhu Liu put his hand under his nose and sniffed twice.

There is no smell at all.

Zhu Liu was surprised at first, but when he saw Xing'an standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile, his face was filled with horror, "Xiao Min, Xiao Min..."

Immediately afterwards, he knelt down on the ground with a "pop" sound, "Sir, please spare my life, please spare my life!"

"Whether I can spare my life is not up to me, but to you." He Yanxiu said quietly.

Zhu Liu suddenly banged his head as if pounding garlic, and said hurriedly, "Xiao Min didn't know that this thing would be poisoned after eating it. If he knew, Xiao Min wouldn't dare even if he gave Xiao Min a hundred courages.

Do something like this!”

"Then why did you give such a thing to everyone, and how did you get this courage?" He Yanxiu asked.

"Yes, yes..." Zhu Liu hesitated for a long time.

"Take it down and hit it a hundred times!"

"Xiaomin said, Xiaomin said everything." Zhu Liu turned pale in shock, kowtowed again, and said hurriedly, "A few days ago, a man came to me and said that he was originally a hunter at the foot of the mountain. Previously,

Make a living by hunting in the mountains."

"But since the copper mine was discovered here and the mine was to be opened, the government surrounded all the nearby mountains. As a hunter, he can no longer enter the mountains and has no livelihood."

"But at home, his mother, who is over 50 years old, is bedridden, and there is a five-year-old child waiting to be fed. His wife is in poor health due to years of hard work and can no longer do heavy work. The whole family is counting on him to make money alone.

But if he can no longer hunt, life at home will really be unbearable."

"He wanted to come here to find a job, but when he applied for a job, he was said to be unqualified because he didn't have any money so he could make a living. He couldn't get what he wanted, so he was angry. He also heard that eating this bile would cause nausea and vomiting.

So I thought of getting into the food so that there would be trouble here and I could vent my anger."

"This hunter searched for several days, but never got a chance to get close, so he found me and promised me twenty taels of silver. He also said that if the matter was completed, he would give me another twenty taels. Because I am

Those who do chores are always looked down upon by the cooks, and I feel unhappy. I also want to see those guys make a fool of themselves, so I decided to do this..."

"That hunter, who is his name, where does he live, and what is his life like?" He Yanxiu asked.

"It's said that his surname is Zhang, his name is Zhang Shuisheng, and he lives in a house at the foot of the mountain to the south from here. There are two wild walnut trees at the door. If they look like that..."

Zhu Liu thought for a while, "Taller than me, thinner, with a long face, small eyes, and an inch-long scar on his right cheek. By the way, there is a dark red spot the size of a copper coin on the back of his right hand."

birthmark."

Qu Zhiwen hurriedly ordered the officials to go and capture Zhang Shuisheng according to Zhu Liu's description.

The government officials spent half a day and one night searching for Qu Zhiwen. When they got up early the next morning, they came to find Qu Zhiwen.

"Where are the people?" Qu Zhiwen frowned when he saw that the people he sent came back empty-handed, "But let that Zhang Shuisheng escape?"

"The kids found the house that the man was talking about, but when they went in and took a look, they found that the house was already in dilapidated condition. It didn't look like anyone had lived in it at all. The kids also went to the homes of several hunters nearby and asked about it.

There is no known hunter around here named Zhang Shuisheng, let alone a tall and long-faced man whose mother is seriously ill, whose wife is in poor health, and who has a five-year-old child."

The officer looked troubled, "Sir, could it be that Zhu Liu lied in an attempt to get through and get a lighter punishment?"

"It's not impossible." Qu Zhiwen nodded slightly and immediately went to interrogate Zhu Liu again.

When Zhu Liu heard that the cadres had not found Zhang Shuisheng, his eyes turned red with anxiety, and he kowtowed to Qu Zhiwen repeatedly, "Sir, what Xiaomin said is the truth. It is really Zhang Shuisheng who found me.

He gave me this gall alum, taught me how to use it without being noticed, and asked me to choose a day when the meat was stewed to use the gall alum water to wash the dishes."

"Originally, Zhang Shuisheng said to use more, but Xiaomin was afraid that the weight would be too heavy and something would go wrong, so he took it upon himself to use a lot less, so no lives were lost. Sir, it was really Zhang Shuisheng who deceived Xiaomin. Xiaomin is

The lard fooled my heart, and I fell into that person's trap because of my personal grudges. Your Excellency is aware of this!"

"I dare to swear to God, if I lie, God will strike me with thunder and my whole family will die!"

"That's right, I haven't spent the twenty taels of silver that Shuisheng gave me yet, so I just hid it in my pillow. If you don't believe me, just go and take a look..."

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