Traveling through the Lotus Tower: Li Lianhua, you must live well

Chapter 408 Poisoning Case

Sun Yan is the third person to die from poisoning this month.

The first person to die was Zhao Hong, who was the owner of a local gold and silver shop. He died in a teahouse.

Zhao Hong likes to drink tea on weekdays, so when he has nothing to do, he will go to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to books.

On the fifth day of this month, Zhao Hong went to his usual teahouse to drink tea, and then nothing happened.

After the teahouse owner came to report the case, the coroner found poison in the tea he drank.

The second person to die was Liu Wei, a local antique dealer.

He died at home ten days ago.

However, although he died of poisoning, the coroner found no signs of poison in the food and tea around him.

Moreover, although Liu Wei and Zhao Hong knew each other, they did not have much interaction in their daily lives.

Both of them were businessmen who believed that harmony brings wealth, so they had never offended an enemy who needed to poison them to death.

This time, County Magistrate Ding Yuan was at a loss, and the two cases were at a standstill.

Until the third one happened today.

Just as Li Lianhua was stroking her fingers thoughtfully, Su Ci also finished taking notes.

Seeing that their statements were consistent, Ding Yuan let them leave the yamen, but they could not leave Qingyuan County until the poisoning case was solved.

Li Lianhua took Su Ci's hand and walked slowly on the street.

Su Ci shook their holding hands and said, "Hua Hua, have you eaten? I'm a little hungry, let's go eat."

Li Lianhua: "I haven't had time to eat yet. Why don't we go to Tongfu Inn? I wanted to go there this morning to buy you their dumplings, but I was unlucky enough to run into a murder case and didn't make it."

Su Ci nodded indifferently, "Sure, let's go eat there. But, they just had a murder, are they still open for business?"

Li Lianhua smiled and said gently, "Just go and take a look and you'll know."

After a while, the two arrived at Tongfu Inn.

The inn was deserted, without a single guest.

The shopkeeper was sitting on a chair sighing, and the waiter was sitting at the door in a daze.

When the waiter saw the visitor, his eyes lit up and he immediately stood up to greet him.

Seeing that the visitors were Li Lianhua and Su Ci, he threw the towel over his shoulders with some annoyance and hung his head, "Are you the guests? What would you like to eat?"

Su Ci: "Give me two baskets of xiaolongbao and two bowls of soy milk."

The waiter led them to the table and went to the kitchen.

Soon, the food Li Lianhua ordered was served.

Li Lianhua drank a mouthful of soy milk, ate a bite of the steamed bun, and praised the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, your steamed buns are really good. No wonder I heard others say that your steamed buns are delicious. This soy milk is rich and delicious."

When the shopkeeper heard Li Lianhua's praise, a smile appeared on his face, and he perked up to introduce his own dumplings to him.

Metacarpal bone: "If you like it, please eat more. Our dumplings are made of good ingredients, with plenty of ingredients, thin skin and lots of meat. They are famous in Qingyuan County for their delicious taste. The soy milk is also very particular..."

Li Lianhua ate while listening, nodding and agreeing from time to time.

Then, I asked the shopkeeper what fun and delicious things there were in Qingyuan County, as well as what local specialties there were.

The shopkeeper also answered them one by one.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Li Lianhua began to inquire about Sun Yan's affairs. The shopkeeper didn't think much about it and started chatting with him.

Finally, the shopkeeper said with regret: "Boss Sun is a man of little luck. His good days didn't last long before he passed away."

Li Lianhua echoed, "Who says it's not true? I heard from Captain Li that Boss Sun is a Buddhist and often goes to a nearby temple to pray, hoping that the Buddha will bless him to be reborn into a good family."

Su Ci raised his eyes and glanced at him, then continued to drink the soy milk slowly with his head down.

Li Lianhua asked again: "Boss, when did Boss Sun start to believe in Buddhism?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "It seems to have been four years ago. Speaking of which, Boss Sun, Boss Zhao, and Boss Liu went to a nearby temple to worship together.

At that time, the three of them had a drink at my place first, and then went up the mountain. It seemed that they had an argument during the meal. Is that right, waiter?"

As he said this, the shopkeeper asked his waiter with some uncertainty.

The waiter nodded. "Yes, I don't know what the three of them quarreled over at the time, and they even got into a fight. The tables and chairs in the private room were all smashed, and it took me a long time to clean up. I have a deep impression of it."