Although Wang Meng wanted to capture Lin Jingzhi as soon as possible, he couldn't directly decide the case and have someone take him to jail like he did with ordinary people. He had no choice but to nod and indicate that he could be questioned.
The Lin family also bears a certain responsibility for the reason why those four Luo City people were poisoned. After all, if Wang Meng had not dealt with the Lin family, these people would not have lost their lives.
Lin Jingzhi felt guilty, but a pair of fists were hidden in his long sleeves, and he still clenched them hard. To save the Lin family, I have no choice but to wrong a few of you.
"Do you think these deceased people were poisoned to death after taking Jishengtang's pills?"
After Lin Jingzhi said this, the common people quickly responded: "Yes, they died just because they took Jishengtang's pills."
There was a middle-aged woman wearing shabby and patched clothes, crying, and said in great detail, "My Dahu is only sixteen years old. He caught a cold last night. I heard that the pills in Jishengtang are not only cheap, but
And the effect was very good, so the woman gave him a few copper coins and asked him to go to Jishengtang to buy some pills to take.
But I didn't expect that not long after he walked on the front foot, a familiar neighbor came to tell the woman that my big tiger had died after taking the pills prescribed by the doctor in Jishengtang!"
"It's a pity that the son of a peasant woman didn't even marry a wife, so he just went away like this. Oh my god, Mr. Qingtian, you must make the decision for the peasant woman!"
Hearing the middle-aged woman's sorrowful cry, the remaining common people shed tears involuntarily and started talking to each other. Without exception, they all died outside shortly after going out.
Wang Meng pointed at the people in the hall who were crying and crying, and pretended to be sad: "Lin Jingzhi, this is the good thing your Lin family has done. Now that things have come to this, what else do you have to say?"
"Woo..."
"Master Wang, you must make the decision for the little people!"
"The son of a commoner woman died miserably..."
These common people who had lost their loved ones did not know the grudge between the Lin family and Wang Meng. When Wang Meng opened his mouth to accuse the Lin family, they all cried loudly.
When Lin Jingzhi saw two government officials, under Wang Meng's secret instructions, holding iron chains and trying to take him down, he suddenly snorted coldly. The Lin family guards stepped forward in unison, and with a 'clang' sound, they pulled the clothes off their waists.
The steel knife was half withdrawn.
Dozens of steel knives flashed with cold light, and the two government officials were so startled that they quickly backed away and fell to the ground with a plop.
"Bold! How dare you draw a knife to commit murder in the lobby? Do you want to rebel?" Wang Meng took the gavel in his hand and slapped it hard on the desk. The sound of 'Pop!' scared the timid people.
Shivered.
It would be a lie to say that the guards of the Lin family are not afraid at this time, but they are the slaves of the Lin family. If the master is in trouble, they will not have good fruits to eat. Therefore, if they are not the master, but just for their own sake, they have to grit their teeth.
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"Master Wang, you have such a loud tone, and you immediately branded the Lin family as a rebel!" At this time, Lin Jingzhi said, "Dozens of the Lin family's ancestors were officials in the court, and they were loyal to the Daqian Dynasty.
, I dare not bear such a big charge!"
"Hmph, if you are truly loyal to the emperor and patriotic, let them step aside and confess their sins honestly." Wang Meng shouted.
"It's a joke, Lin is not guilty, why should he admit it?" Lin Jingzhi waved his hand behind him, and the Lin family guards quickly put away their steel knives upon seeing this.
Turning his head, Lin Jingzhi looked at the common people again, "If Lin heard it correctly, you all just said that your relatives died outside, not at home. Then let me ask you, how do you know that your relatives died outside?
You must have taken Jishengtang’s pills and died of poisoning?”
Several people were startled when they heard this, and an old man replied: "They all went to Jishengtang to see a doctor, and they all died at the gate of Jishengtang. Naturally, the pills in Jishengtang were poisonous and killed them."
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"Unless they are seriously ill and unable to walk, Jishengtang does not care about the need for warm water when taking medicine, so I wonder, how can they swallow the pills without water? And most people who are sick and buy medicine will return home and take it again.
Taking medicine, why did they take the medicine as soon as they walked out of the gate of Jishengtang?"
The points Lin Jingzhi mentioned are all common sense. The pills are very big. Although they can be swallowed without water, the throat will be very uncomfortable. Ordinary people will not swallow them dry, and the sick people will be mentally exhausted and exhausted.
If you feel tired, most people will go home, take medicine, and go to bed. Few people will take medicine outside the home.
Wang Meng did not allow Lin Jingzhi to make any excuses, and replied: "Without water, the pills can be swallowed, and there is no provision in Wang's law that you must return home before taking the medicine. Lin Jingzhi, stop making excuses!"
If you agree happily, I can give you a lenient sentence because of my familiarity with you, but if you still persist in persisting, then I will use instruments of torture!"
Several common people were indeed suspicious when they heard Lin Jingzhi's question, but after hearing what Wang Meng said was very reasonable, they once again believed that the Lin family had killed their relatives.
"Lin has no excuses. In addition, Lin also discovered a problem!" Lin Jingzhi ignored Wang Meng's threats and spoke again.
"What's the problem?" Wang Meng was startled and asked instinctively. He had done something to the Lin family several times before, but only the poisoning was successful. At this time, he was really afraid that Lin Jingzhi could find out the flaw.
The few people who heard this also looked over.
Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Jingzhi said: "It's very simple. Since they all died outside the door, it means that no one saw it with their own eyes. Did they take Jishengtang's pills?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the lobby was startled. Several people looked at each other and fell silent. Indeed, they did not see their family members swallowing Jishengtang's pills with their own eyes.
If no one saw it, there would be no witness, and without any witness, even if the clerk in the Yamen could prove that several people died of poisoning, it cannot be said that the poison these people were poisoned had anything to do with the pills from Jishengtang.
This question hit the nail on the head, causing Wang Meng to lose his sense of proportion. After all calculations, he wanted to miss this point. At this moment, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man kneeling in the hall. He turned his eyes and shouted:
"Who said no one saw it? When I was investigating the case earlier, this person said that he saw several people swallowing pills and then falling to the ground. Moreover, I also sent people to search the location of the case carefully.
"Fan, I didn't find the pills these people bought at Jishengtang. If they didn't eat them, could those pills still fly by themselves?"
After saying that, Wang Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
That middle-aged man was arranged by Wang Meng earlier, with the purpose of inciting the people to cry and make the people angry. Otherwise, if the people in Luo City do not dare to sue the officials because they are afraid of the power of the Lin family, then his work will be in vain.
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The middle-aged man trembled slightly when he heard this, kowtowed in the direction of Wang Meng, and said: "Yes, the young man happened to be wandering at the entrance of Jishengtang at that time, and saw with his own eyes that they swallowed the food they had just bought.