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After hearing this, Zhang Junze turned back and asked Xie Zhichan, "Does the Crown Prince's Consort have any records? I need to check to confirm whether his wife really bought lip balm from Qianyuan Pavilion yesterday."

After hearing this, the man took out the box of lip balm from his sleeve and said, "This lip balm clearly has the logo of their Qianyuan Pavilion. How can it be fake?"

Zhang Junze said, "Although the items belong to Qianyuan Pavilion, I still need to verify whether the time of purchase is true."

Xie Zhichan turned around and told Madam Yu, "Go get the sales record book."

After Madam Yu took out the sales booklet, Xie Zhichan handed it to Zhang Junze and said, "Master Zhang, all the items produced by Qianyuan Pavilion have a number on the bottom of the box. You can look at the number on the bottom of the box in that person's hand and compare it with this sales record book to see if it was sold from the store yesterday."

Zhang Junze took the booklet, asked someone to bring the lip balm box from the man's hand, turned to the bottom and showed it to him. He then turned to the page of yesterday's sales records and saw the same number there.

He handed the sales record book to the official holding the box and said, "Take it and show it to the people around. I will let the people take a look at all the evidence today."

The officer agreed and held up the lip balm box and the sales record booklet for the crowd of onlookers to see.

Zhang Junze then said to Xie Zhichan, "Princess, what this person said is true. The lip balm was indeed sold from Qianyuan Pavilion yesterday."

The man immediately yelled, "See, I didn't lie. My wife was poisoned to death by their lip balm!" He cried again, "My poor wife—"

The onlookers were also in disbelief. Could it be that the things in Qianyuan Pavilion were really poisonous?

Zhang Junze's expression was calm as he said to the man, "Even so, what poison killed your wife? Is there any poison in this box of lip balm? I need to ask the coroner from the Dali Temple to come and perform an autopsy before I can be sure."

The man immediately stretched out his hands to protect his wife's body behind him, and shouted: "I brought my wife's body here to seek justice for her and let her rest in peace. Don't think I don't know that you said to ask a coroner to perform an autopsy to open her stomach.

The coroner was someone you hired. No matter what you say, we ordinary people won’t understand and won’t even know we’ve been fooled by you.

You are a good official, but you are obviously afraid of the Prince of Yan's Mansion and are intentionally biased towards the Prince of Yan's Mansion."

When the onlookers heard that the stomach was going to be cut open, they found it horrifying and immediately felt sympathy for the man. After all, who wouldn't want their deceased relatives to be buried in peace as soon as possible?

If his stomach is cut open, his soul might be at peace.

Besides, what the man said made sense. Ordinary people like them didn't know anything about autopsies.

It is impossible to supervise even if you want to.

In this situation, Zhang Junze was a little hesitant. If the coroner came and forced an autopsy, with so many people watching, not only would his reputation as an official, but even the reputation of the court would be damaged.

Seeing that he was in trouble, Xie Zhichan decided to help him and said, "Sir, why do you have to go through so much trouble to perform an autopsy? You don't have to ask for a coroner. Just go to any reliable clinic in Kyoto and ask for a doctor who is proficient in pharmacology. Then you can solve the case."

The man was panicked when he heard this, and immediately started to make trouble, shouting: "My wife was clearly poisoned to death by their lip balm. The people from the Dali Temple came but didn't catch the murderer. They just stalled for time. Our lives are miserable. Who will help us?"

Xie Zhichan sneered after hearing this: "Why? You refused to ask a coroner to do an autopsy, so you refused to ask a doctor to do an autopsy? Or do you not dare?"

When the man heard this, he knew that things were bad and was about to run away. Zhang Junze was quick-witted and stepped forward to stop him. He tripped the man, twisted his arm and grabbed him. He threw him to the officer next to him and said, "Lock him up first and gag him."

The man finally couldn't make any noise and could only whimper.

Zhang Junze then ordered two runners to go to two clinics respectively and invite two doctors over.

Not long after, the officials who went to ask for the doctors brought back two old doctors with white beards. One was Doctor Xin from Huichun Hall in the east of the city, who was best at pharmacology, and the other was Doctor Yu from Miaoshou Hall in the west of the city, who was best at medical theory. Both of them were famous in Kyoto.

They are also famous for not getting along with each other. If their statements are consistent, then it can be basically confirmed to be the fact.

Zhang Junze said to the two doctors, "Please help me find out what poison this lady was poisoned with and when she died."

The two doctors usually treated living people, and today was the first time they saw a dead person. Although they were not quite used to it, they had seen patients die from useless treatments, so they were not afraid.

After squatting down, he checked the poor woman's mouth, nose and eyes.

Doctor Xin stood up first and said, "Your Excellency, this woman died of madder poison. This madder poison is an instant death poison. This woman's body is not yet stiff, so she should have died an hour ago."

Doctor Yu also nodded and said, "It seems to me the same."

Zhang Junze nodded and sent two officers to escort the two men back to the clinic.

He said to the onlookers, "According to Doctor Xin and Doctor Yu, this woman died of madder poisoning an hour ago. It is noon now, which does not match what the man said about her being poisoned and dying at breakfast this morning."

The crowd of onlookers also suddenly came to their senses. In that case, it wasn't just the things from Qianyuan Pavilion that were poisonous.

Zhang Junze immediately ordered the officers: "Take this man back to the government office for interrogation, and also take back the woman's body and the evidence."

Afterwards, he said goodbye to Xie Zhichan and took his men back to the Dali Temple.

The onlookers gradually dispersed.

Madam Yu saw that although the man had been taken away and the commotion in front of the store had subsided, she was worried that the rumors were bad and the business in the store would be greatly affected.

He then told Xie Zhichan about his worries.

Xie Zhichan smiled and comforted her, "Since it is a rumor, let the facts overshadow the rumors."

After that, he instructed He Yi: "Compile what happened today into a story and send a copy to the storytellers in the restaurants and teahouses in Kyoto for free."

Madam Yu clapped her hands and laughed, "Today's story has such a wonderful twist. If we tell it to storytellers, they will surely make it more exciting and dramatic. It will soon spread throughout Kyoto, and the rumors will naturally be dispelled. How could I not have thought of such a good idea!"

Xie Zhichan smiled and said, "It's not that you can't think of it, it's just that your mind is not on it."

Madam Yu smiled and then settled down to wait for business to improve.