Chapter 314 Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce (3)

"When did this stomach upset start? It's hard to find out because I didn't pay attention to it. But it's intermittent. It's obviously better, but it starts again within a few days. It's really puzzling." Wei Fu said, "It happened that a man from the neighborhood who was having a stomachache at the same time was in a hurry and wanted to go to Xianyang, which is nearby for a few days. He was in such a hurry that he didn't even bother with the stomachache, so he hurried on the road. When he came back two days later, even though he had gone out, he was in less energy than when he was there. The whole family who was resting at home was better. After smelling it, I realized it was because he hadn't had a stomachache in the past two days after going out, so I knew the problem must be with the food in his mouth."

Because they had doubts about the food at the market, the neighborhood family had hardly eaten anything from the market these days. All they ate was porridge made from rice at home, which was grown by the old parents in Xianyang. , after the man returned to Xianyang, he ate the food stored by his parents’ family, which was grown in the same field, which showed that there was no problem with the food.

So... the only problem is water, but how can there be a problem with this water? It’s not surprising that a family was drugged into a well, but many people in Chang’an City fell into the trap. Even the rich and powerful families who have bodyguards patrolling day and night also fell into the trap. Could it be that they were the guards at home? , All the servants have eaten dry food, right?

What kind of drugged thief has such vast magical powers that he can attack everyone in the city?

"It is true that there are thieves, but the thieves did not personally administer the medicine," Wei Fu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It was not others who administered the medicine, but the people themselves."

The water that the people of Chang'an City drink is well water. After a small-scale epidemic caused by unclean well water in the past few years, the government has always attached great importance to this, and will go door to door every few months to distribute dogwood leaves, realgar, and Alum and other substances were thrown into the well water to keep it clean.

"Some time ago, the government happened to distribute a batch of water purification products," Wei Fu said, "and sent them to each house for the people to purify their own water."

"It seems that before my family had a stomachache, they lost some alum and other things to purify the water in the well in the backyard," Wei Fu said, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Although the water purifier was stained with medicine, the amount of medicine was small due to the large amount of water in the well. , even if everything we eat in a day comes from the water in the well, nothing big will happen. It seems that I spend most of the day in the yamen and only drink a few cups of tea at home. I can’t notice anything anymore.”

In this way... some situations that seemed strange at first can be explained.

"The people had a stomachache, so they asked the doctor to prescribe medicine. Because they suspected that they had eaten something bad, they were more careful about what they put in their mouths. While checking and being careful about the food, they..." Wei Fu said this and helped him. Holding his forehead, he sighed and said, "Throw more water purifiers into the well water, so... the faded laxative properties in the well will increase again, and this cycle goes back and forth. , the stomach upset has been intermittent and non-stop!"

Therefore, the people suspected that the water was unclean and tried to purify it, but they did not know that the real source was the water purifier distributed by the government.

After finding the source, it was easy. Wei Fu no longer asked his family to throw water purifiers into the well water. Sure enough, he had no more stomach upsets since last night.

In this way... Wei Fu collected the water purifiers distributed by the government at home and prepared to send them to Dali Temple for inspection on another day. At the same time, he found the person who distributed the water purifiers.

"The people who deliver water purifiers to each door are all government officials and people like Li Zheng. There are too many and mixed people, and there are people from all walks of life who are upset. It is impossible to bribe them all." Wei Fu Said, "So, I think this problem probably lies in the source of this thing."

"The water purification products distributed by the government yamen to the people are provided by the internal affairs yamen," Wei Fu said, looking at Liu Yuan and others whose expressions changed slightly, and nodded in a subtle tone, "It's the internal affairs yamen again."

It seems that there is a hand merging two seemingly unrelated cases together.

"I found out that the person in charge of this matter was a steward surnamed Niu from the Internal Affairs Office, so I went over to pay him a visit." Wei Fu said, looking at the crowd, his face slightly condensed, "Unfortunately, I heard that some time ago , this boss has taken leave of absence and returned to his hometown."

so coincidental? One of the internal affairs yamen stewards involved committed suicide, and a great steward took leave and returned to his hometown?

Years of experience in handling cases made Wei Fu know that there must be something fishy about this matter, but Manager Niu was not like Manager Mao. With Feng Tong's body and the old city order's confession, he could directly let the people from the Yamen pass, and all he needed was those cleansers. After the results of Shui Zhiwu's investigation were obtained, Dali Temple Yamen could take action.

Although he could not get the Dali Temple Yamen to take action, his trip could not be in vain. Wei Fu spent money to hire some servants from the Internal Affairs Yamen, and those servants actually took him directly into the courtyard where Manager Niu lived.

The two stewards of the Internal Affairs Yamen were assigned a courtyard, but Steward Niu was assigned a room alone. This was not because of Steward Niu's extraordinary powers, but because the "inmate" who originally lived with him had moved out.

When he heard this, Wei Fu's heart skipped a beat, and a subtle feeling arose spontaneously. He immediately asked the "inmates" who were in charge of the handymen and cows. Sure enough, when he heard the name of the "inmates" , Wei Fu's heart suddenly froze.

After hearing what Wei Fu said and seeing the expression on Wei Fu's face, Liu Yuan, who was the most impatient, immediately blurted out: "That inmate is none other than the dead manager Mao, right?"

Wei Fu nodded, looked at the expressions on Lin Fei and Bai Zhu's faces saying "Sure enough," and then said again: "When I heard this, how could I dare to hesitate? I'm afraid if I don't go in for a look this time, I'm afraid if I go in next time The scene in the house was about to change, so naturally he immediately gave the money to the servant and went into the cattle steward's house to have a look."

When Liu Yuan said the words "I'm afraid the scene in the house will change next time I go in," Liu Yuan couldn't help but snorted coldly.

The death of Manager Mao was so strange that Old Wei's worries were not certain and he thought it would come true.

"Manager Niu's house is very clean. All the money and daily clothes have been taken away. However, the beds and quilts are still neatly stacked in the house. This is very similar to 'visiting relatives in one's hometown'. It matches." Wei Fu said, "Looking at the clean and tidy furnishings in the house, this manager Niu must be a very organized person. This was also confirmed by the handyman, and this manager Niu didn't like having people help him clean the house. , I mostly clean up the house myself, and even if I occasionally have someone do it, I have to watch from the side, being meticulous and cautious."

For such a meticulous and careful person who kept the house spotless, he left something in the house.

Wei Fu pointed to the charcoal basin with a lot of ashes left in front of Lin Fei and said, "This is what was left in the house of the cattle steward."