Chapter 885 Everyone, Mr. Zhao pays the bill

Author: Rensu

Chapter 885 Everyone, Mr. Zhao pays the bill

Zhao Teng choked and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

What? There’s something wrong with the tea, Huai Guzi, you can’t be so upright if you harm me.

Zhao Teng turned to glare at Huaiguzi, who glanced at Zhao Teng and gave him a comforting look.

Li Shui said to Xiangli Zhu, "What's going on?"

Xianglizhu continued: "I just tested the blood in Butler Wang's body tissue and the tea cup he used, and found the same thing in them?"

Zhao Teng asked hurriedly: "What is it?"

Xiangli Zhu rolled his eyes at Zhao Teng and thought: Why are you in such a hurry? It seems that you can understand what I said.

Xianglizhu said slowly: "It's borneol."

Zhao Teng really didn't know, it was the first time he heard about it.

Borneol was very common in Li Shui's previous life. It was used as a medicine and had the effect of clearing away heat and relieving pain. However, it was also highly addictive and had the danger of excessive excitement.

In this life, Li Shui had heard from the alchemists before that a little borneol was added to some elixirs to refresh the mind.

Li Shui looked at Li Xin and Zhao Teng who were puzzled, and explained: "A little bit of this thing will be added to the elixir, which has the effect of refreshing the mind."

"But taking a large amount or overdosing can easily lead to overexcitation and convulsions, which is extremely harmful to the body."

Zhao Teng nodded and said: "It seems that Steward Wang took this stuff, which caused him to become overly excited, lose consciousness and eventually die."

Xianglizhu continued: "There is another discovery. I also tested the tea cups of ordinary drinking water and found no such ingredient."

Li Shui frowned.

Zhao Teng thought for a while and said: "Only the aphrodisiac tea cups have this thing, but not other ordinary tea cups."

"If Steward Wang put the borneol in it himself, why would he just put it in the aphrodisiac tea."

Li Xin slapped the table: "Someone must have poisoned it deliberately."

Zhao Teng thought for a while and said: "When Butler Wang drank aphrodisiac tea and something happened, the first thing people thought of was that there was something wrong with the aphrodisiac tea."

"Hey, Brother Huai, it seems someone wants to target you."

Li Shui smiled: "Aiming at me? I'm afraid you can only draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain."

Zhao Teng looked at Li Shui's relaxed look and asked in confusion, "Does Brother Huai already know that someone is deliberately trying to harm you?"

Li Xin smiled proudly and said, "To be honest with you, Brother Huai had guessed this step on the way back just now."

Zhao Teng was quite surprised in his heart. The servants of the Qi Mansion did not interrogate, and the evidence was not tested. However, after looking at the body of Butler Wang, he could think of this. Huai Guzi would not accept it.

Zhao Teng said: "Butler Wang and that Xiao Lezi live in the same room. Xiao Lezi seems to be the most suspicious."

"How about I order someone to arrest Xiao Lezi and torture him now?"

Li Shui waved his hand: "As far as I know, it was Xiao Lezi who was the first to find out that Butler Wang was dead."

"If Xiao Lezi deliberately poisoned Butler Wang, would he still stay in Qi Mansion waiting to be caught? The poisoner must be someone else."

Zhao Teng nodded and said: "When I interrogated Xiao Lezi, I said that Butler Wang's diet and daily life in the past few days were not abnormal. If he secretly poisoned him, his guilty state would definitely be noticed by me."

"When I interrogated Xiao Lezi again, the confession was indeed the same as before. Butler Wang wanted to defect and even took Xiao Lezi with him. Xiao Lezi was unwilling, so he hid in a corner of the yard for the night."

Xianglizhu snorted coldly and said, "If the same question is asked several times, as long as the person is not stupid, he can sing it."

Zhao Teng felt very uncomfortable when a little girl doubted his ability to solve cases, but he only thought that the other party was a young man, young and energetic, and ignorant, which was understandable.

Zhao Teng smiled and said: "I have been solving cases for several years, and I still have the ability to observe people's emotions."

Xianglizhu said: "Oh? Sir, can you guess what I am thinking?"

Zhao Teng took a sip of tea and said, "The girl must be denying my ability to solve the case."

Xianglizhu shook his head and said, "No, I am denying your character. I am very pedantic."

Zhao Teng stared and said, "You!"

As an important minister of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Teng had never been criticized like this by a little girl.

Li Shui hurriedly said: "Brother Zhao, let's have a cup of tea, why should we behave like a little girl?"

Zhao Teng snorted.

Li Shui continued: "Besides, what Xiangli Zhu said is right."

Zhao Teng put down the tea cup and stood up, his face flushed with anger: "Huai Guzi, what do you mean?"

"His Majesty asked us to investigate the case together. He didn't ask you to come here to mock me."

Li Shui smiled and said, "I know it."

Li Shui waved his hand, and Xiangli Zhu went back.

After Zhao Teng sat down, he said to Huaiguzi: "Where did you find this person who talks so annoyingly?"

Li Shui smiled and said: "Brother Zhao doesn't know something. Although her words are not pleasant to listen to, her ability is still very strong."

"If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be able to find out the problem in the tea."

Li Shui continued: "As far as I know, this little Lezi was tortured by Mr. Qi after he found out that Butler Wang was dead, and was later interrogated by you twice."

"And the questions are almost all the same. It's no wonder that Xiangli Zhu said you. If the interrogation continues, I'm afraid Xiao Lezi will be able to sing your answers."

Zhao Teng was also helpless and said, "What can we do?"

Li Shui thought for a while: "I heard that Master Qi also bought fairy wine in order to interrogate Xiao Lezi. He wanted Xiao Lezi to be fascinated and tell the truth after drinking?"

Zhao Teng said: "Yes, that is what happened."

"Master Qi is too stingy. He only bought one cup, thinking he could drink Xiao Lezi down. Who would have thought, Xiao Lezi seems to be a big drink. After a glass of fairy wine, he just burped and nothing happened."

Li Xin stared and said, "A servant who doesn't usually drink alcohol can still have such a good drinking capacity?"

Zhao Teng said: "Who can say otherwise? Master Qi didn't give Xiao Lezi any more fairy wine after that. Maybe he was afraid that Xiao Lezi was a drinker and it would cost too much money."

Li Shui nodded and said with squinted eyes: "He is afraid of spending money, but we are not afraid. There is plenty of wine, no matter how strong it is."

"Brother Zhao, why don't you bring the little music to Shang Jun's Courtyard and see how good this little music is."

"In Shang Jun's Courtyard, are you still afraid that he won't tell the truth after drinking?"

Li Xin and Zhao Teng laughed immediately, and Li Xin said: "Brother Huai, please give me a thumbs up."

Zhao Teng also said to Li Shui: "There is no need to torture, to avoid being beaten into submission and to make people drunk, Zhao admires him."

The craftsman who came in to deliver tea felt very uncomfortable when he heard that he was offering to drink for free.

He couldn't help but said: "Sir, if this person can drink several drinks in a row, wouldn't we be exaggerating and we will make a lot less money?"

Li Shui nodded: "What you said is indeed a problem."

Zhao Teng looked at the craftsman and Li Shui with disdain, thinking that the Shangjun Courtyard was indeed a group of people who were only interested in profit. Huaiguzi never suffered losses in his calculations, and the servants he taught were also so greedy and stingy that they never left money.

Seeing Li Shui's hesitant expression, Zhao Teng couldn't help but remind him: "The investigation is the most important, these are all trivial details."

Li Shui smiled and said to the craftsman: "Now that Mr. Zhao has spoken, go and see how much that little boy drank in a while. All of it will be recorded on Mr. Zhao's head."
Chapter completed!