Regarding the cause of death of Ye Guangming and others, Wang Hao did not believe the rumors about the poisonous milk incident.
In his opinion, someone must have hated Ye Guangming and others, so he poisoned Ye Guangming.
It's a pity that no clues about the poison have been found.
At this time, two yamen servants walked past Wang Hao carrying a large box from the inner courtyard of the yamen, which inevitably aroused his curiosity.
"What is in this box?" Wang Hao stopped the two people carrying the box and asked.
The Yamen servant Deng Tong bowed and replied: "Reporting to the Censor, the contents in this box are the relics of the former county magistrate Mr. Liu. Since Mr. Liu was killed by the evil thief Li Feiyu, Mr. Zhou asked us to seal up Mr. Liu. relics."
"Now Lord Zhou has found Magistrate Liu's fellow villager, and that person is about to return to his hometown, so he is going to bring Magistrate Liu's relics with him!"
Wang Hao nodded, and when he was about to let Deng and Tong go, the idea that he had when he first came to Pingliang County to investigate the case popped into his mind, so he stopped Deng and Tong again.
"Wait a minute, open the box and let me take a look."
Deng Tong followed the instructions and opened the big box containing Liu Datong's relics.
Wang Hao glanced around and found some account books and clothes inside. Wang Hao took out an account book and looked through it. This look really surprised him.
On the 25th day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Baoheng, in order to absolve himself of the crime of killing his servant Wang Erxiao with a stick, he specially invited Gong Quan, the magistrate of Jing'an City, and Ye Guangming, the prefect, to a banquet in Lichun Court, and presented him with three thousand taels of silver.
On the sixth day of July in the fifth year of Baoheng, there was a new brand Cui Nong in Li Chun Court. The prefect Ye Guangming wanted to explore the secluded path first, so he spent one thousand taels of silver to win the first night bonus of Cui Nong.
On the seventh day of August in the fifth year of Baoheng, the prefect Ye Guangming suffered from kidney failure, so he sent someone to buy two Xiyu Dali Pills as gifts, which cost 300 taels of silver.
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You wouldn't know it without looking at it, but at first glance you will find that it is full of records of such dirty deeds.
Wang Hao looked through other account books and found that there were not only records from the Baoheng period, but also records from the Gaoyuan period.
The two reign names of Baoheng and Gaoyuan are both the reign names of His Majesty Chen Guo today.
His Majesty Chen Guo ascended the throne at the age of 33. It took 10 years for the first reign title of Gaoyuan to be changed to Baoheng, and now Baoheng is only the sixth year.
Wang Hao hurriedly looked through the account books (diaries) for this year, Liu Datong Baoheng's sixth year.
Wang Hao casually turned to a page of records that stung his eyes.
On May 24th, the sixth year of Baoheng, I finally understood what it means to have a threesome with me. I learned many postures from Magistrate Gong and Magistrate Ye at Lichun Court, all of which I had never tried before. , the only regret is that this study cost another one thousand taels of silver.
"Hmph! Vulgar, really too vulgar! It's no wonder that Ye Guangming and Gong Quan, both of whom are imperial officials, hang out in brothels with such stinky businessmen every day!" After seeing this record in the account book, the emperor Shi Wanghao cursed directly.
Wang Hao still continued to search patiently.
Sure enough, he found a clue on the last page of the notebook.
It records that Liu Datong bribed Ye Guangming one hundred thousand taels of silver to obtain an official position, which coincides with Ye Guangming's own account book.
But there is one more thing recorded in Liu Datong's account book.
On July 15, the sixth year of Baoheng, when I was about to take office in Pingliang County, I suddenly met a merchant from the Western Regions in Jing'an City and purchased two bottles of colorless and odorless highly toxic Shixiang Ruanjin Powder and Ye Guangming Suxi Wine, So he added some ingredients to the Dukang wine presented to him to cheer him up.
Naturally, Wang Hao would not be so naive as to think that what Liu Datong added to the wine would be some aphrodisiac and nourishing ingredients. You must know that from that moment on, Liu Datong's title for Ye Guangming changed from the prefect to the dog thief.
"I knew that the deaths of Ye Guangming and the others were not caused by poisonous milk at all. How can there be such a powerful milk that can poison ten officials with one milk?" Wang Hao was overjoyed after finding out this.
Suddenly he thought of something again and hurriedly rummaged through the box again.
Sure enough, Wang Hao found a small porcelain bottle in the middle of a piece of clothing. The name of this small porcelain bottle was Shixiang Ruanjin Powder.
Wang Hao uncorked the bottle and went to the small porcelain bottle to examine it carefully. Sure enough, it was colorless and odorless.
"Why is this poison called Shixiang Ruanjin Powder when it has no smell?"
"Isn't this Shitongmi? It should really be called Shixiang Ruanjin Powder!" Wang Hao murmured in a low voice.
At this time, an impatient voice came from outside the Yamen, and it was Zhou Yi's voice.
"Why are you all taking such a long time when I ask you to do something? Mr. Liu's fellow villagers have been waiting outside for a long time. You haven't packed up Mr. Liu's belongings yet? How do you do everything!"
Zhou Yi walked into the yamen and saw Liu Datong's relics that had been turned over by the censor Wang Hao. He pretended to be shocked and asked: "Master Wang, this is..."
Wang Hao looked indifferent and even said with some joy: "Does Xingjian know about the case of a poisonous official in Jing'an City not long ago?"
Zhou Yi nodded slightly and said: "Our Pingliang County is located in a remote area, and the news is not available. I only heard about it the day before Mr. Wang came to our Pingliang County. It is a pity that more than ten colleagues were killed in vain, and the court also lost a man. Approval of talents for pillars!"
"But what does that case have to do with Mr. Liu's relics?"
Wang Hao showed Liu Datong's account book (diary) to Zhou Yi. After reading it, Zhou Yi pretended to be shocked and said: "Master Wang, could this be someone framing Liu Datong and putting the blame on Liu Datong?"
The account book is not fake, but the last record about Shixiang Ruanjin Powder is fake.
That record was written by Zhou Yi, who had no hands or feet but was extremely good at writing, imitating Liu Datong's handwriting.
Zhou Yi pretended to be angry and angrily scolded the county government officials: "Didn't I ask you to seal Mr. Liu Datong's room? Why do you still let people sneak in and secretly change the ledger?"
Deng Tong pretended to be aggrieved and said: "Master Secretary, as per your instructions, the young men have locked the doors and windows of Master Liu's bedroom a long time ago. No one has ever entered."
Wang Hao patted Zhou Yi's hand to signal him to calm down.
"Xingjian, I know you are a kind-hearted person, and I can't bear to have Liu Datong be stigmatized after his death. But Liu Datong, that thief, not only deceived the emperor, but also tried to extract the people's wealth and anointing. Such a person will die when he dies, and there is no need to keep it for him. What a famous festival!"
Zhou Yi sighed: "Alas! Even though Mr. Wang said so, there are still many doubts in it. Who can keep a ledger and a diary?"
Wang Hao chuckled and said, "Xingjian, you are right. Serious people really don't keep diaries. The key is that neither Liu Datong nor Ye Guangming are serious people!"
"Now, I have found the clue to Liu Datong's poisoning - this Shixiang Ruanjin Powder. I will wait for my work to verify its toxicity. As long as it matches the poison poisoned by Ye Guangming and others, the truth will naturally come to light."
Zhou Yi slightly cupped his hand and complimented: "Master Wang is really aware of everything. I am ashamed of myself. I almost lost this evidence due to a momentary mistake."
