Shen Tianshu thought that shouldn't be the case. This poisonous fungus is not very toxic. Those who work in the palace's back kitchen must be in good health. How could it be possible that there was so much poisonous fungus in a bowl of fresh mushroom and tofu pot? He died of poison.
"Your Majesty, can I go see the cook?"
Li Zian looked at Shen Tianshu in surprise when he heard this.
Fan Yuru couldn't help but said: "Miss Shen, the body is not well-groomed, why not give it to a widower for examination!"
Li Zian suddenly said: "It just so happens that I'll go take a look too."
Chef Zhou Ying was imprisoned in a separate room. As soon as the door was opened, a peculiar smell came out of the room.
Both Li Zian and Fan Yuru subconsciously raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses with disgust on their faces, and at the same time looked at Shen Tianshu's reaction.
Not only did Shen Tianshu show no signs of strangeness, he actually smelled the smell carefully, then raised his head and looked into the room.
This is an empty room with only one chair, which has fallen to the ground. There is a person tied to the chair, who has turned into a corpse.
Zhou Ying was now lying on the ground along with the chair, with a pool of vomit on the side of his head, and filth on the ground behind him, which may have been caused by incontinence before death.
The peculiar smell in the house must have come from this.
While Li Zian and Fan Yuru were still hesitating, Shen Tianshu had already stepped into the house.
They looked at each other and walked into the house together not to be outdone.
In her previous life, Shen Tianshu studied medicine with her grandfather since she was a child, and was exposed to many kinds of corpses. Sometimes she would go to Yizhuang to dissect unknown corpses. Scenes like this were nothing to her.
She checked the condition of the body and his vomit, then stood up and said, "It should be arsenic poisoning, not poisonous fungus."
"Have you searched people before locking them in?" Li Zian immediately turned around and asked the guard guarding Zhou Ying.
"Reporting to the Crown Prince, we started to lock him up alone because he ate something secretly and was poisoned. We were afraid that others would panic and leak the news. We didn't expect that this incident was actually related to him, so we just locked him up and Not searched.
"The reason why we tied his hands and feet was to prevent him from scratching his cheeks. We were waiting to call the doctor to take a look at him. Unexpectedly, when the doctor came and we opened the door, we saw that the man was already dead."
Shen Tianshu had already used a handkerchief to cushion him. He opened the mouth of the deceased and examined it. He stood up and said to Li Zian: "This person should have hidden the wax pills filled with arsenic and frost in his mouth. There are still wax pills between the teeth." of crumbs.”
Fan Yuru said: "After the accident, Zhou Ying may have thought that he could escape suspicion by being poisoned, but unexpectedly he was detained in solitary confinement. Later, the prince personally came to investigate. He must have thought that he had been exposed, so he simply bit the wax pill. suicide."
Li Zi'an also felt that Fan Yuru's guess was accurate, but in this way, the matter stopped at Zhou Ying's place and there was no way to continue the investigation.
But the follow-up matters are all the matter of the palace, so there is no need to trouble Shen Tianshu anymore.
Li Zian left the aftermath to Fan Yuru and accompanied Shen Tianshu back to the concubine.
"I wonder when Miss Shen plans to go to Jiang's house?"
"If it is convenient for the prince to make arrangements, I would like to leave tomorrow." Shen Tianshu was really eager to return home and didn't want to delay any more.
"Okay, I will ask someone to prepare it." Li Zian said, "This is a thank you gift for Miss Shen's help today. When I come back and treat my father, I will reward Miss Shen separately."
Shen Tianshu was stunned by what he said at first, and then he thought for a moment before realizing what he meant.
Previously, Li Zian asked her what her requirements were for treating Prince Rui. She made two requests at that time, one was to get a set of golden needles, and the other was to go to the Jiang Mansion for a visit.
Today, he helped the prince, so he would send him to the Jiang family as a thank you gift. If he wanted to treat the prince, that would be another matter.
After Shen Tianshu figured it out, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. This prince looked like a romantic young man, but he didn't expect that he was quite rigid in doing things.
However, after today's incident, Li Zian's guard against her has indeed become less guarded.
After Li Zian finished speaking, he didn't hear Shen Tianshu's response and subconsciously turned his head to look. He happened to see the smile on her lips and couldn't help but be stunned.
Shen Tianshu didn't notice and said as he walked forward: "I don't know how many of the Jiang family's medical records have been preserved. If you can take a look, you might be able to find something that will be helpful to the prince's condition."
She had easily told Li Zian that she was going to Jiang's house. Although she had the intention of confessing that she could not hide it, she actually wanted Li Zian's help.
With her identity, if she rashly went to the Jiang Mansion, she might be taken as a thief before she even found anything, and she would have to take advantage of the power of Prince Rui's Mansion.
Li Zian came back to his senses, took three steps at a time to catch up with Shen Tianshu, and said: "The Jiang Mansion is now specially guarded by people from the imperial court, and a separate courtyard has been set aside for visitors to worship. All affairs are kept as they are, with dedicated personnel taking care of them.”
Shen Tianshu was overjoyed when he heard this. He turned to look at Li Zian and asked, "Master, can I go in and check the medical books and medical records?"
Li Zian met her eyes at such a close distance, and his breath was suffocated by her pair of black eyes.
Although Shen Tianshu always smiled in front of others, Li Zian always felt that there was always a look of sadness in her eyes that could not be concealed. This was the first time he had seen her look so cheerful.
When Shen Tianshu turned around, he realized that he was so close to Li Zian. He quickly took two steps back, lowered his eyes and said, "My lord, I'm rude."
"It doesn't matter, there is no problem in arranging for you to enter the house, but nothing is allowed to be taken out of the house. Whatever you need, you can only copy it." After Li Zian said this, he said very considerately, "I will help you arrange more. When the time comes, if you need to copy anything, you can just hand it over to them."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Tianshu said thank you, but in fact, what she was thinking about was not the medical books and medical records at all, but the things in the secret compartment of Jiang Sui's study. If the things in Jiang's house were not moved, then her grandfather's notes were probably still far away. , there might be clues to the family’s demise.
As for whether it can be taken out, we can only decide by ear when the time comes.
If it doesn't work, I can only memorize it by myself, and then write it down slowly after I get back.
After the two of them talked about the business, they were speechless for the rest of the journey.
Returning from the back door to the palace where the concubine was, she saw that Princess Rui was not in the palace, and Concubine Fengrong's face was also a little dark.
"Grandma, what happened? Could it be father..." Li Zian's heart suddenly tightened, and he didn't even care about etiquette. He took a few steps forward to ask.