Mother Yi went to Xinglinlin to discuss with Xiao Ming for a while.
"This girl's plan is a bit risky, and the person behind the commotion must be hiding, making it even harder to find." Mother Yi expressed her worries.
"It doesn't matter. I also know that it's impossible to catch him out like this. The other party who dares to do this must be prepared. I just want to use this matter to scare Sifang Xiaoxiao. Xingzi has a shallow foundation and a big tree that attracts wind. In the past few months, he has been attracting attention. caught the eyes of countless people.”
Mother Yi nodded. She also knew that the girl's way of running Xinglin was unique and had indeed helped many people. At the same time, it would inevitably block other people's financial paths.
In fact, for the Xiao family, the income from Xinglin's treatment of diseases and saving lives is minimal. The main income of the family is the annual canned fruit wine and the monthly supply of medicines to the Northwest Army, followed by the income from the seed shop, and finally scented tea and snow tea. There are also a few rare items such as ginseng pills and mud.
As for Xinglin, the girl gives medicines to the poor every day, but the money she gets back is not enough to cover the cost. Calculating the income from running Xinglin, I am afraid it will be a loss-making business.
But it is the low-level job that cannot be ranked in the Xiao family that makes many people hate it.
Isn’t this called: taking someone else’s path and leaving others with no way to go?
There are various forces in the capital, and the master behind each party may have a powerful backer. It is unknown who is behind the person they offended. I only hope that the girl can scare some people with her one move.
Just as he was talking, Mingsheng came in from outside.
"Girl, Aunt Yi, this is the person who went to the pharmacy to buy arsenic in the past few days."
He said and handed a roster to Xiao Ming.
Arsenic can only be sold in drug stores. According to the laws of this dynasty, all medical clinics sell lethal substances such as arsenic in certain quantities. Where they are used or to whom they are sold must be recorded and recorded, and the government will inspect them from time to time.
Arsenic can be used as medicine, but overdose can be life-threatening.
Most of them are bought to make rat poison, and the price is not cheap, so only a few people buy it.
Ming Sheng was smart. After sending Jiang Xiangyuan away, he went to the Ministry of Punishment and asked Zhou Chaoyang to go to major medical hospitals to investigate.
Zhou Chaoyang was from the Ministry of Punishment, and because he wanted to see the records in the name of investigating the case, the medical clinic naturally did not dare not to give them to him.
This is what Ming Sheng transcribed.
Xiao Ming nodded. Ming Sheng was becoming more and more methodical in doing things. He often took one step at a time and thought ten steps ahead. This was good. He was already a qualified manager in the Xiao family, and his status was only lower than that of Yi Feng.
The name, age, home address and time of purchase of each person who purchased arsenic were recorded in detail on the list...
Mother Yi looked at the names drawn out in red pen on the roster, and the corners of her mouth raised. This Ming Sheng was reliable and careful, and could be of great use.
"Hu Changgui?" Xiao Ming asked Ming Sheng, is this person?
"This person is the patient's second brother. It was he who bought a piece of arsenic at Huichun Hall the day before yesterday. The Hu family is a farmer outside the city. Hu Changgui is the second son of the family. He has been studying since he was a child and often walks around the city." Ming Sheng replied. He said that he had done a lot of homework on the patient's family.
It’s easy to check these out, but it takes time to go deeper.
"Yeah." Xiao Ming didn't say anything, just handed the roster to Yi's mother.
"Girl, now that there are witnesses and physical evidence, do we want to call the police to catch the person behind this?" Ming Sheng asked.
"This matter is not easy. The patient has been ill for a long time and is plagued by illnesses. He may have thoughts of committing suicide. Hu Changgui can definitely bite back and say that he was entrusted by his brother to buy medicine on his behalf." Yi's mother analyzed.
"This evidence is useless. It did not catch the person behind it. At most, it only cleared Xinglin's suspicion."
Xiao Ming nodded and said: "Mother Yi is right. The other party can completely characterize the incident as being unable to bear the pain and wanting to die, and the family reluctantly bought poison and fed it to him."
Even sending him to the hospital was a complete accident. There were many excuses for this.
Ming Sheng's eyes darkened. He could only find this out in such a short period of time. The patient's family lived outside the city, and it took more than two hours to go back and forth. If he checked carefully, it would not be possible in a short time.
"Wu Fang, my intention is not to be the patient's family." Xiao Ming said, her family is poor, what's the point of embarrassing them?
"This Hu Changgui is a clue. You can secretly check to see what kind of sexual hobbies he has and what kind of people he has been in contact with these days. Pay close attention especially in the past two days. It is very likely that he will interact with the person behind the scenes. People connect.”
The two elders of the Hu family are just countrymen. If the people behind the scenes had status, they would definitely not lower themselves to find them first. Instead, they would find the sons of the Hu family who are more receptive to new ideas.
Then go to the Hu family's parents through him, show them affection, and move them with courtesy.
The reason why the Hu family agreed was just for money or profit.
As long as the stakes are high, family ties don't matter.
"Yes." Shi Sheng nodded and asked hesitantly, "Where is Master Han?"
"Wu Wei, we have sent people to look for him. One more of you is not more, and one less of you is not more." Xiao Ming said, thinking of Xiao Han, her heart tightened again.
"Then I'll go do some work first." Ming Sheng bowed and walked out of the room.
"I think we still manage the reporting well. I don't know how Brother Han is doing now." Yi's mother suggested, with a rather worried tone.
I had been away from home for four years without any incident, but I didn't expect that something happened at the doorstep. This thing is really worrying.
"I know, if I can't find it tonight, I will report it to the official tomorrow morning." Xiao Ming nodded and calmed down. She was no longer so anxious about Xiao Han. Xiao Han had been traveling abroad for four years, and what happened during that period There must be a lot of things going on, and they are certainly not as plain and happy as what he expressed in his letter. There must be a lot of ups and downs involved.
If he couldn't be allowed to grow up for so long, then the fact of being close to the capital would be a severe beating to him.
Mother Yi was not a talkative person, so when she saw Xiao Ming acting like this, she didn't say much. Thinking of her mission, she stood up immediately.
"Old slave goes first."
"Okay, next is Lao Yi's mother." Xiao Ming nodded and smiled trustingly at Yi's mother.
"Don't worry, girl, I will definitely live up to my expectations."
After Yi's mother left the house, she had a more important thing to do next, which was how to make a humble person stand up and face the court.
This task has a long way to go.
As for whether the other party is willing? hehe! Her husband-in-law's life was in the girl's hands, what other option could she have?
As for how to inspire a person to have a strong heart to fight back?
Looking at the shivering woman in front of him, her face was full of sorrow and vicissitudes of life, her clothes were simple and old, and the bruises on her wrists had not dissipated. His two daughters were also equally thin and thin, looking like they had been abused for a long time. .
It can be seen with the naked eye that this is a poor man.
Mother Yi sighed softly. It is said that a mother is strong and a mother is strong, but after being oppressed for a long time, she no longer remembers to resist.
A person who is used to being enslaved will unconditionally accept any kind of abuse from others and accept it without any resistance. In their opinion, they can continue to endure it as long as they can live.
Xiao Ming doesn't control what Yi's mother wants to do, she only cares about the results.
Xiao Ming got up and went to the ward again, and took a look at the patient named Hu Changxing. He was still sleeping and his body was slowly recovering.
After asking Doctor You to take care of Hu Changxing, she walked out of the ward. Seeing Bai Xiaoyu and Wang Yunling surrounding her, Xiao Ming told them to go home with Yi's mother.
And she herself got on Xinglin's carriage and went outside the city.
At this time, it was almost dusk.
