When the plaintiff saw Xue Qinglian appear, a moment of panic flashed under his eyes for a second. He finally forced himself to calm down so as not to show any difference.
However, that look of certainty was nowhere to be seen, and he was tense all over.
“Mr. Xue is a divine doctor. Having you perform an autopsy would be overkill,” the governor said.
“Your Excellency loves your subjects as if they were your own children. I’ve seen outside that Your Excellency is at your wit’s end about this case. If there is anything I can do to help, I am willing to help once. A healer’s heart is benevolent.”
These words have gained innumerable curses behind him.
Healers were benevolent, benevolent my ass!
The most heartless person in the world would be the Death No Cure, Xue Qinglian!
How many people in the upper class circles didn’t know that!
“Since Mr. Xue is willing to help, please agree with him, Your Excellency. This is a matter of right and wrong. One side must be innocent!” Someone in the crowd interjected.
Although they detested Xue Qinglian, no one dared to offend him because they might one day beg for his help.
Moreover, they also wanted to know exactly what results could Xue Qinglian verify.
The case has reached this point yet nothing was made clear. It really boggles the mind.
“Your Excellency, please allow it. Mr. Xue’s medical skill is out of this world, and he may really be able to find out what the coroner couldn’t!”
“Indeed, this case should be closed as soon as possible! There is no need for dissection now, nor will the deceased be insulted!”
There was no way to refuse.
The governor could only nod in the end. “Then I’d trouble Mr. Xue to help out.”
“It’s no big deal, not at all.” Xue Qinglian smiled, walked to the corpse lying on the ground, and uncovered the white cloth covering it.
Then he took out several silver needles from himself and stuck them in the throat, stomach and abdomen of the corpse.
Next, he took out a medicine bottle from his pocket, sprinkled the powder in the bottle on a handkerchief, and then one by one took out the three silver needles. Then he all wiped them on the powder.
Soon, one of the three silver needles slowly turned black!
Even people who knew nothing about medicine know that once a silver needle turned black, it meant there was poison on the needle!
The crowd was in an uproar.
“This…” The coroner was speechless for a moment.
He also tried with the silver needle, but when he took out the silver needles, there was no change.
So at the beginning, he rejected the possibility that the deceased was poisoned to death.
Now that he saw the blackened silver needles in front of him, it resembled a public slap on his face. It was particularly painful.
The few people on the plaintiff’s side were even more excited. “How is it possible? It’s impossible! How can it be poisoned! Is there something wrong with your powder! What Divine Doctor? You are simply here to help the Qians wine shop!”
“Why is it impossible?” Xue Qinglian raised his brows and glanced at the several people sarcastically.
“There are too many poisons in the world that silver needles can’t detect. If you have any doubt about my powder, please let His Excellency find someone to inspect it on the spot.
I, Xue Qinglian, only act depending on my mood. I’ve never bothered to resort to trickery. It’s even more nonsense to say that I’m partial!
I don’t understand. It is a good thing to find out the real cause of death and let the deceased rest in peace. Why do you seem upset?”
“Did you report to the magistrate to deal with the liquor store, or to seek justice for the elder in your family? It’s really impossible to tell.” Liu Yusheng chimed in breezily.
“This is clearly a failed ruse. Rabid dogs biting people,” Qian Wanjin snorted.
“The discovery of poison in the corpse has proven the innocence of our wine shop. I just wonder who is so vicious to do something as poisoning an old man. Can you find out what kind of poison this is?”
“In terms of poison, if I, Xue Qinglian say second, can anyone dare to say first?”
Xue Qinglian looked at the silent governor, “Your Excellency, if I am not mistaken, this poison is the Drunken Dragon Grass.
Drinking drunken dragon grass is the same as getting drunk, and it will kill anyone within a quarter of an hour. The body will emit a strong alcoholic smell, but it is totally indistinguishable on the outside.
It happens that silver needles can not detect this kind of poison. Even if the body is cut open, it also does not help.”
“Then how did Mr. Xue make this toxin visible?”
“Although the Drunken Dragon Grass is colorless, it will be exposed if it touches Fengqi.”
“So that’s how it is. There is no way to prove that there is no problem with the Xinghua Village wine. Mr. Xue’s move only revealed that the deceased died for another reason.”
Liu Yusheng lightly looked at the magistrate and seconded, “Your Excellency is quite right.”
Not only the magistrate and the people around, even Qian Wanjin and Xue Qinglian were surprised with her response.
Lucky Nannan, we can’t keep up a tacit understanding with what you just said!
Now that the case is about to be closed, what are you doing?
Liu Yusheng turned to face the restless crowd and spoke.
“Even if the case finally cleared our winery, it will ultimately affect the reputation and word of mouth of Xinghua Village wine.
Even the magistrate has doubts about our wine, so the people in the city must be the same.
In that case, let the people of the city see what kind of wine the Xinghua Village wine is!
Is it worth all the money you’ve spent over the years?!”
Qian Wanjin’s heart and soul shook, while Xue Qinglian’s eyes lit up.
Almost everyone in the lobby was shocked by the girl’s remarks, and a different outlook rose in their hearts.
A person’s self-confidence could, at some point, resonate with others. Even if things have not yet unfolded, it also attracted people to lean toward her.
“Yuzheng, I beg you to do me a favor,” the young girl said towards the crowd.
Fu Yuzheng stepped forward, and the young girl whispered a few words in her ear. Fu Yuzheng nodded and left the government office under everyone’s eyes.
“Please also wait for a moment, and may I also ask Your Excellency to stay calm. Things will soon be clear.”
The magistrate nodded and did not speak. His eyes deepened, and it was a wonder what he was thinking.
On the contrary, the plaintiffs have lost the case, but because of the young girl this time, the magistrate did not rush to announce his verdict. They couldn’t leave.
They stood uneasily.
Soon, the woman who had left came back.
The crowd looked towards her and saw that she was carrying a cage of rabbits in her hand and handed it to the young girl. At the same time, she handed out two paper packages.
For a spell, they could not guess what the girl wanted to do.
“Your Excellency, can you provide a few bowls?”
“Someone, bring a few bowls!”
When they were ready, Liu Yusheng brought over the wine jar in the hall, which still had half a jar of wine left in it.
She poured the wine into three bowls one by one, and opened the two small paper bags in her hands at the same time.
” I asked someone to buy these two packets from the pharmacy.
One packet is arsenic, and one packet is the Drunken Dragon Grass that killed the dead.
You can let the coroner and Mr. Xue together to verify whether there is fraud.”
The coroner and Xue Qinglian both checked them and then nodded in unison, proving that the girl’s words were true, and that they were indeed two poisons.
The crowd buzzed with a start, and even the magistrate also subconsciously sat up straight, watching the girl’s movements closely.
They saw her pouring the two packs of poison into two bowls with wine!
“What is Lady Ruyi trying to do? You’re not going to mix these two poisons in the wine and feed them to the rabbits, are you?”
“Most likely, this should be an experiment! But what is the purpose of using poison as a test? Whoever takes those two poisons will certainly be dead!”
Peek-Aboo 
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