Chapter 30: Yu Rong (Part 2) (2)

"So, what did Xu Changshi take the night before the incident? According to the testimony of the Xu family housekeeper, Xu Changshi served the porridge and medicine the night before, and the maid guarded him to take Yangrong Mie Pills that he used all year round. And these three things were taken every night after Xu Changshi fell ill. Would there be any problems with them?"

Di Renjie stopped again, picked up the teacup from the desk, and took a sip. The room was still silent, and he slowly swept everyone's face with the light of the corner of his eyes. Obviously, because he mentioned himself, Xu Jingzhi stared at Di Renjie with wide eyes, without showing any timidity, but a little provocative. On both sides of her, Yu Rong's face was still covered tightly by the filial hat, while Xu Yanping looked dull and didn't know what to think about. On the opposite side, the three concubines all looked at Di Renjie with dumbfounded eyes, as if they were all stunned by his remarks.

Di Renjie smiled slightly and pulled out the box of Yangrong Mi Pills taken from Xu Sihan's room from his sleeve. He first signaled Qi Sheng to take it carefully, then held it up to everyone, and said, "Mr. Qi, everyone, this is the box of Yangrong Mi Pills taken by Xu Changshi when I was investigating the crime scene. A box of honey pills totaled twelve. Coincidentally, this box of honey pills happened to be taken the last one the night before Xu Changshi died, so there was only an empty box left here. After taking the soup, there was no way to check it. The leftover porridge the night before was still in the kitchen. I also checked it, and there was no problem. Therefore, I turned to honey pills."

"Xu Quan!" Di Renjie called out, and Xu Quan jumped in shock and quickly stepped forward and asked, "Master Fa Cao?" Di Renjie nodded: "Well, Xu Quan, come and tell me where did the Yangrong Mi Pills your master take come from?" Xu Quan replied tremblingly: "Oh, because... because the master takes Yangrong Pills for many years, Renjitang in the north of the city will send five boxes every two months. This has been the case for the past seven or eight years." "Okay, are there any remaining Yangrong Pills sent this time?" "Yes, there are still two boxes in the warehouse." "You have to pick them up." "Yes." Xu Quan agreed to ask Xu Yanping for the warehouse key and send someone to pick them up.

Xu Quan stepped down, Di Renjie walked to Xu Jingzhi and bowed gently: "Ms. Xu, before taking Yangrong Pills, I have a few more words to ask you." Xu Jingzhi raised his bright eyes and bowed slightly on the chair: "Master Fa Cao, please ask." "Okay. The first question is, how did Miss Xu think of serving Xu Changshi's diet in person?" Xu Jingzhi replied without hesitation: "It's just because my father fell ill, he vomited every day.

The stomach was full of anorexia, and the illness was heavy and painful, but the doctor couldn't tell me what happened. I think before Yu Rong was beaten, she served her father's diet and had been doing well. Perhaps the food prepared by the servants was not as clean as Yu Rong? That's why I decided to serve my father myself." "Well." Di Renjie's eyes flashed and he asked meaningfully: "But Miss Xu personally served Xu Changshi, but he failed to improve his condition?"

Xu Jingzhi shook his head and showed a sad look: "It's useless. My father's illness is still as severe as he goes..." Di Renjie asked: "The doctor still has no choice?" Xu Jingzhi burst into tears: "The doctor said that this disease is strange, and he also said that his father is old, so it may be a lot of danger if he continues like this, so... So that morning I heard that my father died, and I thought it was caused by the illness, but I didn't expect it to be poisoned." Di Renjie asked again: "That's it."

Did Miss Xu tell Miss Yu Rong about her concerns about the condition of the Changshi?" "Of course. Yu Rong and I are good sisters who can talk about everything. In those days, she was beaten by her father and couldn't get up. In addition to serving her father every day, I always find time to accompany her." Di Renjie then asked: "So Miss Xu suddenly left the house the night before the incident, and only told Yu Rong one, and asked her to serve Xu Changshi on your behalf when you didn't have time to rush back to the Xu Mansion the next morning?"

Xu Jingzhi's pale face flushed, but he still answered calmly: "Yes. Yu Rong has been recuperating for more than ten days and her injuries have improved greatly. That's why I entrust it like this." Di Renjie sighed with satisfaction and said, "The last question, Miss Xu, you just said that Xu Changshi's condition is very strange. Can you tell me the reason for this?" Xu Jingzhi frowned and thought, "The doctor can't tell me the cause of my father, this is one; it has no effect after taking the medicine, this is two; the condition repeats every day, this is three." "The condition repeats every day? How do you say this?" Xu Jingzhi hesitated for a moment, and said, "My father's condition is the most serious every morning, so he usually can't take a few bites of porridge in the morning, and even cannot swallow it. But it will get better at noon and evening. It's too painful to repeat it again and again..." She choked and couldn't continue.

Di Renjie waited silently for a while, and waited for Xu Jingzhi to calm down, and said, "Miss Xu, I asked again, did Xu Changshi's condition be like this from the beginning?" Xu Jingzhi was stunned: "It seems that it was not the first day or two, but it has been like this since then." "Oh." Di Renjie pondered, moved a step to the side, and stood in front of Yu Rong. Since the incident, he had never faced her head. He knew that he was deliberately avoiding this moment. Before he was fully sure of everything, Di Renjie found that he had no confidence to stand in front of Yu Rong, especially... he did not dare to face those eyes. But at this moment, he was surprisingly calm. At the critical moment, all the weak and hesitant emotions were gone without traces, and all the remaining ones were the most clear-headed reason and the determination to reveal the truth.

"Miss Yu Rong." He called out softly. When Yu Rong heard the sound, she raised her head and looked directly at Di Renjie. He had to avoid those eyes a little, but his mind was not stirred up. He just followed his own thoughts and asked calmly: "On the morning of the incident, how much porridge did Xu Changshi use?" Yu Rong spoke, and her clear and moist voice seemed to be calmer than Di Renjie's: "When I cooked the porridge and brought it to his adoptive father that morning, he had just eaten a few bites and suddenly rolled and struggled, knocking the bowl to the ground, and soon he died." Di Renjie raised his voice: "Oh, how many small bits of porridge did Xu Changshi eat?" "Yes."

Di Renjie was pondering, and Xu Yanping, who was beside him, suddenly interrupted, "So what about a few small puffs of porridge? Just a few small puffs of arsenic will be enough to kill people!" Di Renjie smiled at him, "Please be careful not to be impatient, I have not finished asking." He nodded to Yu Rong and asked again, "When did Miss Yu Rong enter Xu Changshi's room, when did she serve Xu Changshi with porridge, and when did she call everyone to come?"

Yu Rong answered clearly: "I arrived at my foster father's room before Chen Shi that morning. Juxiang, the maid who was watching the night, left after I arrived. Then I started cooking porridge, and it only turned a little cold after cooking. About half a bowl of porridge was just after Chen Shi 2, I served half a bowl of porridge and served it for my foster father. But after he had just eaten a few bites... I was shocked and scared, and immediately started to scream. Because there were maids and family waiting outside the door, they immediately entered the room when they heard my screams." Di Renjie looked at Xu Quan: "Is that true?" Xu Quan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, when I heard the next report that when I rushed to the master's house, it was less than Chen Shi 3, and the leftover porridge in the bowl was still hot."

"Very good!" Di Renjie suddenly raised his voice, his face filled with a firm and high-spirited excitement. Everyone here stared at him in a little surprised, and then Di Renjie said calmly: "Based on these interrogations just now, I can conclude that Xu Changshi was not poisoned by arsenic in the porridge. And Miss Yu Rong was not the murderer who poisoned Xu Changshi!"

The room was unusually quiet, mixed with strong tension and doubts. Qi Sheng couldn't sit still and muttered softly behind Di Renjie: "Huaiying, you, you must have a basis for your words!" Di Renjie turned his head and bowed to Qi Sheng, with a tough tone: "Mr. Qi, I am a law master to decide the case, so I naturally made a conclusion when the evidence was cleared and the evidence was correct! Lord. Qi, everyone!" He took the front half and looked around the people present and said: "Why is this sure that Xu Changshi was not poisoned by the arsenic in the porridge? The reason is very simple: there is not enough time!"

Several people asked together: "Time?" Di Renjie said: "Yes, it's time! I have just talked about it. People will not get sick immediately after taking a poison like arsenic. It is common sense that the poison must wait until the poison passes through the stomach and intestines and seeps into the blood vessels before it can cause death. This period takes at least two quarters of an hour. But everyone has heard that Yu Rong has entered Xu Changshi's bedroom until Changshi's poisonous hair, and everyone has entered in. It takes less than three quarters of an hour. It takes two quarters of an hour just to cook porridge, so Xu Changshi will never die immediately after swallowing a few small mouthfuls of porridge! Therefore, whether the arsenic in the porridge is invested before or after the incident, it is not the reason why Xu Changshi died!"

"But..." Qi Sheng asked hesitantly: "Maybe Yu Rong was feeding Changshi poison as soon as she entered Xu Changshi's bedroom? For example, cheating him to drink water? Add poison to the water? Then wait until Chen Shier passed and the poison was just right?" Di Renjie sneered: "Mr. Qi, from the perspective of time, the possibility of this being said exists. But another problem has emerged. The night watch maid Juxiang is also the one who has time to commit the crime! Why can't she drink Xu Changshi with poisonous water before Yu Rong enters the house? The time for poison is about the same!" Qi Sheng frowned and couldn't speak. The maid Juxiang stood by the door from the beginning, and heard this, "Wow!" He knelt down to the ground and shouted tremblingly: "Big, Master, Juxiang is not...I, I..." He was already communicating with tears.

Di Renjie walked up to her and whispered: "Juxiang, don't worry. I haven't convicted you, I'm just analyzing the case. You're ready, I'll ask you later." Juxiang kowtowed to the ground with a sob. Di Renjie turned around, and his sharp eyes swept across the audience again, and his tone changed from calm to anger: "Since there is another poison that killed Xu Changshi, how can there be arsenic in the porridge? If as Lord Qi said, Yu Rong poisoned Lord Qi in other ways, we have not found this method yet, which shows that it is very hidden, why did she still poison the porridge bowl in a noble way? Isn't this augmented? More importantly, she did this to make the crime that could have been avoided in broad daylight. Is there such a fool in the world?!"

After a pause, Di Renjie said in a decisive tone: "To sum up, we have every reason to determine that no matter how Xu Changshi was killed or who was harmed, it has nothing to do with the arsenic in the porridge bowl. At the same time, we also found that the only function of the arsenic in the porridge bowl is to put the suspect of murder on Miss Yu Rong! This is why this official also introduced that Yu Rong would definitely not be the murderer who killed Xu Changshi. The reason is very simple. There is no such criminal in the world who commits crimes deliberately and then exposes himself deliberately. As long as it is a human, he will not do this!" He suddenly turned around and pointed at Qi Sheng: "Mr. Qi, what do you think?"

Qi Sheng was caught off guard and instinctively responded: "That's natural." As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yanping asked with a pale face: "Two sirs, what do you mean? I think this Lord Fa Cao is not here to give his father a justice; but to clear Yu Rong of guilt! Lord Fa Cao, what are you thinking?"

Di Renjie was calm and contented: "As a law master, my duty is to determine the case and enforce the law, and to arrest the murderer. Therefore, Mr. Xu does not need to worry. Since I have already made the injustice for the innocent Miss Yu Rong, of course I have to find out the culprit of poisoning Xu Changshi!" He raised his hand to Xu Quan who was standing by the door: "Xu Quan, has Yangrong Mi Pills been taken?" "Oh, early, early!" Xu Quan agreed to come forward, holding the box of Yangrong Pills with trembling hands.

Di Renjie placed the box later side by side with the empty box before, and opened the two identical lids in an orderly manner, and then called out: "Juxiang, come and see, is it the Yangrong Mi Pills you take every night when you serve the master every night, right?" Juxiang looked at it and then nodded and said: "Yes, it is the Yangrong Pills from Renjitang." Di Renjie said: "Juxiang, can you tell me how you serve the master to take pills every day at night?" "Yes." Juxiang's voice trembled unstoppable: "I melt the honey pills with warm water before the master sleeps every night, and give it to the master to take."

"No," Di Renjie smiled encouragingly at Juxiang and pointed to the empty box: "Did the twelve pills in it be taken twelve days before your master died?" Juxiang lowered his head and stammered in a vague way: "Yes...yes." Di Renjie said again: "Juxiang, I ordered you to use the process of transforming warm water into Yangrong Mi Pills as usual."
Chapter completed!