Chapter 176 Death From Poisoning?

In the duty room, after receiving the news that Lu Wenyu's matter had been settled, Zhao finally put down a big thing in his heart. He sipped tea happily and enjoyed the leisurely and relaxed days comfortably.

After beheading in two days, he can rest for a few days. Maybe when he is in a good mood, he will rush into the first grade.

He squinted his eyes and shook his head, overjoyed.

"My lord... my lord... something big happened!"

"You didn't call me, I never have any big problems!" Although he didn't say anything, he responded silently in his heart, and he didn't know which unlucky guy it was...

When I was thinking about what to eat for lunch later, the door of the duty room was pushed open, and Yu Jielin and Jiang Qianhu came together.

As soon as he saw Zhao was inside, Jiang Qianhu couldn't wait to say, "My lord, something big happened!"

"Puff!"

The sip of tea that had just been taken into his mouth was sprayed out unexpectedly. Zhao put down the teacup with a painful look on his face. He was still thinking about which unlucky guy just now?

Unexpectedly, it was me!

"What's the big deal? Can you please stop scaring me? I just made some tea!" Zhao's good mood was ruined. He didn't have the heart to drink tea anymore. He just hoped that the matter would be less serious. Going to see Lu Wenyu every day, do you really think he is my uncle?

After taking a few breaths, Captain Jiang looked at Yu Jielin and saw that he didn't respond at all, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Someone died in the prison!"

"Tsk... I thought it was a big deal? That broken place is windy on all sides. Don't they freeze to death every winter? Just take them outside the city and bury them..." Seeing Captain Jiang's surprised look, he was furious. He has been a captain for so long, but he is still so impatient.

How can he improve?

"No... No! Not a prisoner, no, not an ordinary prisoner!"

"Not a prisoner? What? A prisoner rioted and killed a Jinyiwei? How dare they!"

"No, not one of ours..."

After hesitating for a moment, Captain Jiang hardened his heart and said decisively, "It was the Shangshu we captured on New Year's Eve who died. Lao Yu and I looked at him and thought he died of poisoning!"

"Poisoned?" Zhao was surprised and shouted loudly.

The food and drinks for the prisoners were all prepared in the kitchen, and they had to be tasted by the chef and the head cook. Captain Jiang only said that the prisoner died, not the chef and the head cook, so they should be fine. That means the first and second people who ate were fine, and the third person who ate died of poisoning?

In order to confirm, Zhao still held his forehead and asked, "Where are the chef and the head cook?"

"They are fine!" Captain Jiang said with certainty.

"Take me to see the body, and separate the prisoners in the same cell and take them to the torture room." He couldn't drink the tea anymore, so Zhao simply asked the two to go out.

The first two people died, and the third person died. Zhao had only one thought in his mind: allergy. He had been using poison for so long, and he racked his brains but couldn't think of any poison that could only kill a specific person, while the others were safe and sound.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let Lord Zhao see the body." Jiang Qianhu shouted to the people on duty to get out of the way and make a way for Zhao.

The body hadn't moved yet, only other prisoners were taken away.

Facing the gazes of several people, Zhao walked to the body, and just one look gave up the idea of ​​allergy. He really had never seen an allergy that could cause black blood to flow from all seven orifices, pale skin, black lips, hand and toe nails, and even eyes covered with black bloodshot.

This was clearly poisoned to death! He still knew the poison, and in order to verify it, he decisively pulled open the clothes on the chest of the corpse. Sure enough, there was a black spot shaped like a flower on the heart.

Tang Sect's strange poison: empty broken branches.

"Sure enough, poisoned to death..." Zhao murmured.

Then he waved his hand to let Jiang Qianhu come over, "Go to the pharmacy to buy licorice, magnolia bark... one liang of each medicinal material, add water and boil for two quarters of an hour, add atractylodes powder and swallow it, this poison can be cured."

"Today, all those on duty will unsheathe their swords and official uniforms, and go to the torture room to wait, I will interrogate them personally! Especially those who distribute food, as well as the cooks and stoves, take them all to the torture room. Jie Lin, please go out and buy some food, you can't eat the food in the kitchen today."

"Okay."

In the torture room, Zhao sat opposite the small flag that distributed food. He was not in a hurry to interrogate him, but first looked at his fingernails, eyes, nose, teeth and heart.

No black appeared anywhere. Then a trace of true energy was passed into his body, unimpeded.

The most obvious sign of a person who was hollowed out and broken branches is that there are black spots and blocked true energy on his body. But the small flag had neither sign, and it was clear that he was not poisoned.

"Strange..." Zhao couldn't figure out the trick, so he tapped the table with a gloomy face.

Xiaoqi swallowed in panic, "Sir, I really didn't poison him. The food was taken from the kitchen, and I was only responsible for distributing it..."

"Did they let them stand against the wall?"

"Yes, yes! It was all done according to the rules!"

"Was there any commotion when distributing the food? The cell where the body was and other cells."

"No! I guarantee it with my life, there must be no!"

"Did the lid of the food be opened during delivery?"

"No..."

Zhao nodded and waved to the outside of the torture room, "Come on, take him away, don't lock him up in the cell, find an empty room to lock him up. Go buy three meals a day from different places outside, go."

"Yes."

After a round of interrogation, it was already dark. When he arrived at the duty room on the second floor, Yu Jielin was the only one inside.

"How was the interrogation?" Yu Jielin, who was drinking tea, asked first.

"To be honest, I don't have a clue. None of these people seemed to have the opportunity to poison and kill. There were no traces of poison on the prisoners in the same cell. Moreover, the incident happened suddenly and they were discovered after they had died." Zhao said. With an expressionless face, it can be said that nothing was gained from the interrogation.

He turned around and said, "Have you taken all the medicine?"

"have eaten."

"Has anyone had a reaction?"

"None."

Both sides looked at each other in astonishment. The huge Zhao Prison was actually so precise that it only poisoned a specific person, leaving the others completely unharmed. Zhao racked his brains and couldn't figure out this method.

But the most important thing, what puzzled Zhao the most, was why he wanted to poison the minister? He will be executed in a few days. Is there any difference between dying two days earlier and dying two days later?

In Zhao Ju's opinion, this is a big waste of time.

"Why don't you wait for me to try it again?" Yu Jielin asked carefully, and he was also a little curious about how it was done.

"Let's go, one of us can be the bad guy, and the other can be the red face."

After smiling, Yu Jielin asked, "Do you want to talk to Mr. Wu?"

"Ventilation is definitely needed, but let's finish the trial first. If anything comes out of the trial, it might as well be reported together." Zhao just drank tea, feeling a little helpless.

What an eventful time...

Soon Yu Jielin returned to the check-in room with a tired look on his face. Before Zhao could ask, he said, "Like you, I can't figure out a clue..."

Zhao patted him on the shoulder, brought him a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile, "I'm tired, drink tea. I'd like to trouble you to keep an eye on him tonight."

"I'll go and talk to Mr. Wu. I'm familiar with the road, so many times. Hahaha"

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