"I'm fine. Maybe I caught a cold last night."
As she spoke, she coughed a few more times, feeling hot all over and dizzy in front of her eyes.
"Lianlian, did something happen? Are you in such a hurry so early in the morning?"
"Ouch! What can I say if you're like this!?" Qin Lian hurriedly helped her back to the bed to rest. She was shocked when she touched her forehead, "Why is it so hot?"
"I don't know either, cough!"
The more he spoke, the more uncomfortable his throat became. Su Liuye pointed to the table and said, "Lianlian, please bring me a cup of tea. My throat feels so bad."
"Tea?"
Qin Lian looked in the direction she pointed. After being stunned for a moment, she quickly went over and touched the teapot. It was still warm. Qin Lian was surprised and said, "A Liu, your tea is still warm. Have you had tea this morning?"
"No...ahem." Su Liuye said with difficulty, "I just boiled the tea last night."
The restaurant kitchen would boil a pot of hot water every night, and Su Liuye would occasionally make tea in advance. In the morning, the tea would still be warm enough to drink.
"This...A Liu, wait here for me! I'll call Brother Chu and Granny Duan over right away!"
After saying that, she ran out quickly.
Su Liuye wanted to chase him, but as soon as he stood up, the strong soreness hit him again.
She lost strength and fell back on the bed, feeling that the disease was menacing and unreasonable.
Qingzhou County belongs to the south. The weather has been neither hot nor cold recently, and she has no habit of kicking the quilt. Why did she suddenly fall ill? It's so unreasonable to be so sick.
"Where is the doctor? Where is the doctor! What do you mean by cyclamen? Can't you even afford a doctor?"
"Come on, help me! My husband can't hold on any longer!"
"..."
A burst of noise suddenly flooded into the ears, and there were also a few words of women's wails and cries.
Su Liuye's heart tightened when she heard this. She endured the discomfort all over her body and walked to the window. When she looked outside, she saw several people helping each other into the backyard. Some people's faces were very ugly. After taking a few steps, they said "Wow" The sound of spitting out shocked the others.
There was another man who had fallen to the ground, his face was blue, his limbs were twitching, and white foam was pouring out of his mouth as he twitched.
The woman next to him slumped down beside him, howling and yelling.
"Ah... cough!" Su Liuye wanted to ask what happened, but her throat was already swollen and uncomfortable, and she couldn't even say a word.
"A Liu, why are you up? Close the long window quickly, don't let them see you!"
Qin Lian ran back and saw Su Liuye at the window, and was so frightened that she quickly pulled her back.
"Lian Lian, outside - you, who did this?" She was about to ask what happened, but she saw a scarlet slap mark suddenly appeared on Qin Lian's face, and her clothes were wrinkled by scratches. Yeah, it’s completely different from just now!
"Lianlian, what happened outside?" she asked despite the pain in her throat.
Qin Lian didn't know how to answer, so she had to help her to the bed quickly.
Su Liuye sat down and saw that Granny Duan was also in the room. Her face was covered with sweat, her silver hair was messy, and she looked very embarrassed.
"Grandma Duan, you..."
"Madam, please stop talking now. Let me help you see if you are also poisoned." Granny Duan quickly stepped forward to check her condition.
Poisoned?
Su Liuye caught this word keenly, and just when she was about to ask, Granny Duan looked at her with a serious face, "Madam, please don't speak for now. If I read it correctly, you have also been poisoned."
"I……"
"A Liu, when did you make this tea?" Qin Lian asked immediately.
"Zi...Zi Shihou."
She swallowed, and the swelling and pain became more intense, as if it was blocking her breathing.
"Madam, you shouldn't have drank much tea, right? Although you have been poisoned, your symptoms are not serious." After Granny Duan finished speaking, she turned to Qin Lian and said, "Miss Qin, hurry up, go to the kitchen to get mung bean soup immediately. Come, Madam, the poisoning is not serious, drinking more mung bean soup can detoxify her."
"good!"
Qin Lian went out immediately.
"Ahhh!"
Su Liuye wanted to speak, but her throat was completely speechless.
"Madam, I know what you want to ask." Granny Duan looked solemn, "If I guessed correctly, the water in the restaurant must have been poisoned!"
"this--"
"Madam, don't worry. Mr. Chu has already gone out to find a doctor. At present, the condition of the diners is relatively stable, except for a few people who keep vomiting. The Yamen was also alarmed, and there were Yamen officials watching outside. "Grandma Duan helped her cover her with the quilt and said worriedly.
"Early this morning, the restaurant was open as usual. The first diner who ate pastries started vomiting. I searched around the restaurant. If I guessed correctly, the source of the poison was the well. Now that you have been poisoned, I am even more sure. .”
well?
Su Liuye immediately looked at the tea on the table.
She had to sort out her bills at night and often couldn't fall asleep until after midnight.
It was the same last night. She drank some tea before going to bed. She didn't eat anything else until Qin Lian woke her up.
Thinking about it this way, the source is indeed water!
Yesterday the restaurant was fine, but today the well water was poisoned?
Su Liuye was thinking about it. She brewed her tea after 1 hour. It should be safe before 1 hour, but what about after 1 hour? !
She reacted suddenly, grabbed Granny Duan's hand and said "ah ah ah" before she realized that Granny Duan couldn't understand her.
She struggled to get up and find paper and pen.
"Madam, don't move yet, let me do it. What do you want to say?" Granny Duan pulled her.
Su Liuye pointed to the table with "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh on" on it. In addition to tea, there were also pens and paper for her to settle accounts.
Grandma Duan was a smart person and understood what she meant immediately. She quickly went over to get the pen and paper, "Madam, what do you want to say?"
Su Liuye took the pen and paper and wrote down his guess on the paper.
Granny Duan frowned and looked at it for a while before she understood, and asked suspiciously, "Madam, was it the well water that was poisoned after you were born? But when you were born, the restaurant was closed, and the well was in the backyard. The person who poisoned me—Madam, do you think the person who poisoned you is from the restaurant?"
Su Liuye frowned and nodded after a moment of delay.
Although it's not 100%, it's very likely.
She took another pen and paper and continued to write a paragraph.
"People from outside crawled in?" Granny Duan read her words.
As if thinking of something, Granny Duan glanced at the wall outside. The wall is indeed very high, and there is no way for ordinary people to climb in, but what about Lian Jiazi?
Granny Duan was not sure, but Qin Lian came back. She made Su Liuye drink several bowls of mung bean soup, which made her vomit it out, but she felt much better.
"Lianlian... report to the official!" She grabbed Qin Lian's hand hard.
