Fertile land

Chapter 311 The truth comes out
"Gu Yi, tell everyone what you found out!" County Magistrate Fang glanced at the coroner.

"Yes, my lord."

"Before his death, Yao Dingyuan was convulsing, nausea and vomiting, with constant abdominal cramps and a blurred consciousness. Upon examination, there was vomitus and milky white lumps in his mouth, a metallic taste in his mouth, intestinal bleeding in his digestive tract, lesions in his kidneys, liver and other organs, and severe brain damage!"

"I extracted two substances from Yao Dingyuan's body. One is mercury, a common dye used to dye red."

"Everyone will understand once I say this, this mercury is a banned item!"

The former Emperor Fengmian once asked someone to make a pill for immortality, but after taking it, he did not become immortal but died of poisoning. Later, it was found that mercury was added to the pill, which caused the poisoning. Therefore, it was listed as a banned item.

Everyone nodded and said, "Since it is a banned substance, how dare they add it to the glassware? These unscrupulous merchants are really evil and will do anything for the sake of profit!"

Li Xier looked at everyone's reactions and knew that they were trying to scold her, so she responded calmly:

"Because they can't produce the colorful colors in my glass lamp. Mercury is also called mercury. It is a dye that can dye red, so they added this thing!"

Seeing that he was so confident, the people immediately lowered their heads and started to talk and whisper, "So that's it! Could it be that we were really fooled by fake goods?"

Coroner Gu Yi: "As for the other substance, the one with a bit of clear white color, I think it is also a poisonous metal mineral, which comes from the powder of black gold stone. But strangely, it was not extracted from the glass lamp."

Li Xier remained calm, "It was not extracted, that's right."

County Magistrate Fang was confused and asked, "What does this mean?"

"Sir, the metal mineral the coroner mentioned is called lead powder. Drinking it in large quantities for a long time can indeed cause organ failure. The obvious symptoms are liver pain, abdominal cramps, brain damage, etc."

"How did you know?" County Magistrate Fang stared at her!
"We at Hengcan Liuli pay great attention to the functionality of the added substances when making these products. Naturally, we cannot allow toxic substances to circulate in people's hands. These things must be studied. After all, we are a merchant who provides royal utensils to the palace. If we dare to forge and add toxic substances regardless of the consequences for the sake of profit, wouldn't we be destroying our own reputation in vain and sending ourselves to the guillotine?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent!

"Sir Fang, since the coroner did not extract the substance from the replica glass cup, then this person must be someone who knows his living habits. Sir, can I ask Madam Yao a few questions?"

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Ma could no longer hold back. He stood up, his head buzzing, "Reporting to County Magistrate Fang, how can Li Xier investigate on your behalf..."

This time, someone in the hall coughed loudly at the top of his lungs, so loud that it seemed as if he was coughing out his lungs.

It turned out to be Xie Ajin.

This attracted the attention of Ma Chengxian and the people around him. Xie Ajin bowed politely to those around him and said, "I'm sorry, I've had a bit of a cold lately!"

But the corner of his eye shot a cold sword towards Ma Chengxian, and only Ma Chengxian noticed it.

Chen Jinhui went even further and made gestures of chopping the arms and feet of the second-in-command.

Ma Chengxian jumped in fright!
"What's the matter?" Lord Fang turned around and saw that it was County Magistrate Ma, who was startled. He asked again, "County Magistrate Ma, what can I ask you?" He was a little impatient...

"This, sir, they..." Ma Chengxian stammered.

"Who?"

"No, it's okay."

"If you have nothing else to do, then leave!"

"Sir, I must get to the bottom of this matter. You know, this involves royal utensils. I will not let the bad guys get away with it!"

"Yes, this matter concerns the royal utensils and we cannot be careless. Li Xier, I allow you to ask whatever you want to ask!" Lord Fang's face turned ashen.

"Yes, Madam Yao, I wonder if your husband has a habit of drinking?"

County Magistrate Fang: "Tell me everything without reservation and don't lie!"

Madam Yao said, "Your Excellency, it is true. My master has to drink before going to bed every night. This has been his habit for many years, ever since I married him."

"But sir, this has nothing to do with poisoning, right? If he was poisoned, he would have been poisoned long ago!"

Li Xier scoffed, "Yes! If it was like before, you wouldn't be poisoned, but what if someone deliberately poisoned your wine utensils?"

"What? Poisoned wine vessels?" Mrs. Yao couldn't believe it. Why would they do this? For the property?

"impossible……"

"Liu Duwei, please send someone to the Yao residence to bring back the drinking utensils that Yao Dingyuan usually drinks with for inspection."

"Yes."

"Master Fang, in order to prevent Liu Duwei from running away again and again, I suggest that it is best to invite Yao Dingyuan's personal servant to come along!"

"Yes, this is something I haven't considered carefully enough. Just do as you are told, Director Liu." County Magistrate Fang felt embarrassed for a moment. He had already determined the case was done by Hengcan Liuli, but who knew there would be such a big reversal. Now with so many people watching, he didn't even investigate such a small matter. He felt a little uncomfortable for a moment as there were so many doubts.

This matter was all Ma Chengxian's fault, mainly because he misled him.

"Madam Yao, may I ask if your master has done anything unusual recently? For example, has he made any new friends, and often drinks and talks with them?"

"grown ups!"

Ma Chengxian spoke up again to stop him.

"Ok?"

County Magistrate Fang was already a little annoyed with him and glanced at County Assistant Commissioner Ma. Why was he speaking rudely again?

Didn't he realize before that he was such a person?

But at this time, Prime Minister Ma was terrified. He saw Chen Jinhui opposite him making a gesture of wiping his neck with a fierce look!
"Ah! No, no, I'm fine!"

"Ma Chengxian, what's wrong with you today? If you continue to disrupt the trial, don't blame me for being rude! Humph!"

Gavel shot!
Ma Chengxian kept apologizing! He shrank his head, "Yes, yes! I was wrong!"

His face was full of embarrassment and he looked quite frightened.

"Friend?" Mrs. Yao thought secretly about what Li Xier had just said, and found something strange about it.

In the past half month, the master often came home late, drunk, and always looked mysterious. Last time, he brought back a glass cup and said it was from Hengcan Glass. He showed it off like a treasure and used it to drink soup every day to show that he was living a superior life.

She thought he had another woman outside, or had a mistress, which was why he was so attractive. Before, she was quite worried and tried to test him a few times.

Yao Dingyuan was a bit of a nouveau riche. His family used to own a house outside the imperial city, which was in a central location.

After his parents passed away, he sold it and bought a street along Xuanwu Street. At that time, Xuanwu Street was a remote old street, but now due to the economic development and expansion of Fengjing City, it has developed very well.

The land in Fengjing City is very valuable, especially in recent years, the prices of houses and land have skyrocketed. He sold several houses here, and his family became very wealthy.

Now we can make money by collecting rent from the remaining houses!

He likes to show off and act like a big boss when he goes out, and he enjoys being flattered by others.

Li Xier thought, if the wine in the mansion was poisonous, then who poisoned it?
If the wine utensils in the mansion were not poisonous, the lead must have been poisoned by someone who often interacted with him, so he would ask this question. "This, this seems to say that he has recently made friends with several big bosses, who want to invest in some business, and also said that our good days are coming, and we will move to a higher level from now on."

As Mrs. Yao was talking, she started crying again, not knowing that she was going to die.
It was pitiful for those around her to see her crying, but some people felt that Mrs. Yao was really thoughtful.

For example, Aunt Wang beside me, who had a hint of contempt in her eyes.

This Yao Dingyuan was as fat as a pig. She knew that he was not good to his wife at all. He always messed around outside. Why was she crying about it? Now that he is dead, all the property will be hers. Isn't it wonderful!
"Oh? What are the names of these bosses? Have you heard of them?" Li Xier struck while the iron was hot.

"I think his last name is Meng, and there's another one called Song."

After saying this, County Cheng Ma was frightened to the core, fearing that Mrs. Yao would suddenly say his name!
"Is his name Wang Zhangsong?"

"Yes, that's right, it's this Wang Zhangsong. The master calls him Brother Wang every day when he comes back. Brother Meng will help him make a fortune!" said Mrs. Yao.

Hearing this, Aunt Wang was so scared that she secretly stood up and tried to find a chance to slip away, but some people in the crowd had already slipped away.

"Alas, after all this talk, I still don't understand how you can prove that yours is the authentic product and ours is a fake?" said someone who bought the fake product with a depressed look.

"I don't believe it, this is a fake. Even if it is a fake, it was deliberately made by you, Hengcan Liuli. You have to compensate me!"

"Yes, compensate for the losses!" someone echoed!
"Okay, big brother, if you don't believe me when I tell you about the flaws, then I will make you believe it wholeheartedly!" Li Xier walked over calmly, picked up the glass lamp in Lingling's hand and held it up to the sunlight!

A magical scene happened.

"Look, isn't there a colorful little star in it?"

"What? Where?"

"Why didn't I see it just now?"

Immediately, many people wanted to come forward to watch!

"Don't be anxious, take your time. I made a special mark on this glass lamp when I designed it. It's just that it's usually invisible because it's transparent. But as long as it's under the sun, the little stars will appear!"

"There must be no fake ones. Big brother, if you want to know whether what you have is genuine, try taking a picture!"

When the man heard it, he immediately ran to the yard and held the lamp up to shine through. Others holding glass lamps also rushed out and tried to shine the lamp through.

"Oh my god, I don't have any!"

"Neither do I!"

"Damn! I got cheated, it's a fake!"

Sigh, why didn't they know this before?

"Your Excellency, I have a witness who can prove that the damaged colored glass that was about to be destroyed fell into their hands. As long as it is proven that it was them, Your Excellency can immediately send the yamen runners to search, and they will surely find many fake, inferior and poisonous colored glass lamps!"

"Okay, let him come up."

Anyway, just use any evidence you have now as a reference.

A moment later, everyone saw a man with bloody arms and legs who was beaten and was carried in wailing and groaning!
I don’t know who arranged this, but I was shocked by his miserable condition.

"This is the traitor of our Liuli Society. His name is Wu Dong. The defective products produced by our Liuli Society passed through his hands when they were destroyed, so he hid them!"

Wu Dong was thrown to the ground, gasping for breath, and confessed everything honestly.

"You hit him?"

Seeing his expression, County Magistrate Fang asked with disapproval.

"That's right. You stole my Hengcan Liuli's things and I caught you red-handed. You still refuse to admit it. You are bound to suffer for it!" Li Xier continued calmly.

The people around were also scared to death. Who would dare to steal other people's things so blatantly? It would be useless to beat them. They deserved it!

He said everything exactly as Li Xier had told him when she beat him in the morning, word for word.

"Yes, it was Wang Zhangsong, and also Boss Meng from Meng's company. They were jealous... The colored glaze lamps made by Hengcan Colored Glaze can be sold at a high price, so they came to me privately and asked me to find an opportunity to steal defective ones and give them to them so that they can use them to make imitations!"

With Li Xier's reminder in the morning, Wu Dong was out of breath and spoke honestly.

"Then why did you agree?" Lord Fang grasped the key point!
Wu Dong shrank back...

"Hurry up and tell me!"

"Sir, this is the commission he gave him a few times before he succeeded. It's two hundred taels. It was found on him."

Li Xier handed it to Lord Fang, and the people below started to discuss.

"Two hundred taels?"

"No wonder he took such a risk. How much money can he make as a boiler operator in a year?"

Wu Dong felt that it would not be safe anywhere he put it. Moreover, he had received so much at once. He had never seen such a large amount of banknotes in his life. How could he bear to leave it with him?

Such a large sum of money suddenly came out, which seemed unusual at first glance.

"Wu Dong, tell the truth!" Li Xier stared at him with a half-smile...

"After the deal is done, I will get a share of the profits."

That’s a sky-high price!
"Tsk tsk, no wonder!"

"The poisonous colored glass lamp was made in Meng's workshop based on the one I stole. They produced quite a lot of it, at least 200 to 300 pieces in total, and they are now on the market, including the previous batches."

"How dare you!" County Magistrate Fang was so angry that he didn't even need to look at the stars under the sun, because he knew that the one in his house was a fake!

Anyway, he hit me, and I regretted it just now!

I regret nothing! No wonder it was so easy to buy. I am so angry! The price is quite expensive!

These profiteers!
"Sir, I suggest you seal the gate of the yamen and don't let anyone here get out and tip off the police. Otherwise, when we search later, those fake things will disappear!"

The person who was trying to slip away earlier had been intercepted by Buwei, and there was no way he could inform anyone!

Liu Duwei, who had gone to look for wine utensils earlier, also came back. After examination by coroner Gu Yi, there was no lead substance on them, which proved that the poison was administered outside!
From some information learned from the servants around Yao Dingyuan, it was found that Yao Dingyuan did have a mistress, but she was a girl from a brothel, and that Wang Zhangsong and the boss of Meng's company met there!

In other words, there were two kinds of poison in Yao Dingyuan's body, one was mercury and the other was lead. He drank the mercury from a fake glass cup, and the lead was deliberately poisoned by someone!
Want to put the blame on Hengcan Liuli.

On this side, Boss Meng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Why hasn't the person who went to inquire about the news come back yet?

Seeing Wang Zhangsong, he became even more furious, "Have you contacted Wu Dong? Things seem a little abnormal. It would be best to find him..." He made gestures to him!

What he didn't know was that Wu Dong had already revealed the place where they made fake goods. After all, he had been there personally. This was also the reason why Li Xier deliberately allowed him to steal defective products to deliver goods several times in order to get inside information.