At this moment, both of them were silent, and no one dared to speak easily. The reason was simple. The face of County Magistrate Chen was obviously very ugly. He even sent his men to summon Liu Fu's newlywed wife Zhang to the county government.

Not long after, Liu Zhang was brought to the lobby. However, what she didn't expect was that she saw Liu Fu, who was supposed to be dead, standing there alive. This sudden change shocked her and she was stunned for a moment. The whole set of words she had prepared to explain Liu Fu's death to others was stuck in her throat and she couldn't say it no matter what.

She could only stammer and speak incoherently: "He...he...ate their tofu pudding...and then he fell down..."

"I have just investigated this matter. It was not done by Su Yu's family at all. With their financial resources, they cannot afford such expensive and rare medicine."

However, at this moment, Liu Zhang suddenly interrupted and said, "It's just a mandragora, how rare can it be?"

This sentence was like a flash of lightning that broke through the night sky, shocking everyone. Su Shian immediately grasped this key clue, stared at Liu Zhang with sharp eyes and asked: "What did you say? How do you know that this poison was made by Mandragora?"

Liu Zhang was frightened by the sudden questioning and her face turned pale. She stammered, "No...no...I don't know anything. I don't know..."

Her words were evasive and she obviously had something to hide. This not only proved that she knew about Liu Fu's poisoning, but also made people wonder if she was the one who poisoned Liu Fu.

At this point, the truth seemed to have gradually surfaced. The original accusation that the Su family made poisonous tofu pudding now seemed to be true. County Magistrate Chen was also furious. He never expected that there would be such a heartless and immoral person in his jurisdiction.

So he made a prompt decision and ordered that Jiang Liucai and Liu Fa be beaten with 30 sticks each as a warning. However, Liu Fu was seriously ill and had just recovered from the datura poison. County Magistrate Chen spared him the punishment for the time being.

As for Liu Zhang, who obviously knew the inside story, County Magistrate Chen originally planned to take a relatively gentle approach to handle the matter considering that she was a woman.

However, unexpectedly, Deng Qi Yue suddenly interrupted and said: "Sir Chen, not only have they slandered my reputation, but look at this woman, she is dressed so seductively and flamboyantly, she really looks like the kind of person who would find a mistress for Liu Fu! Sir Chen must interrogate her strictly..." Although Deng Qi Yue's words were a bit of judging people by their appearance, they were indeed suspicious.

When County Magistrate Chen heard this, he immediately thought of what had just happened, and he personally hated women who did not observe women's virtues. So, Liu Zhang was punished with fifty strokes of the cane.

Meanwhile, Liu Cai and Liu Fa were being caned according to the order of County Magistrate Chen, and Liu Fu did not react much. But when he heard that his wife was also to be caned, he begged County Magistrate Chen to spare her, saying that he would rather bear the pain of caning on his wife's behalf.

At this moment, Su Yu thought to himself: Although it is rare to be loyal and righteous, should we also distinguish right from wrong? Deng Qiyue, who was standing by, wanted to watch the fun and asked sarcastically: "What do you like about her? Do you like to be cuckolded?"

County Magistrate Chen ignored his request and ordered the yamen runners to beat Liu Zhangshi. However, after a few beatings, Liu Zhangshi told the truth.

As expected, the deadly mandragora was created by her. She was dissatisfied with Liu Fu and thought he was extremely incompetent. At the same time, Liu Cai also expressed his willingness to confess his crime; however, surprisingly, Liu Fa had extraordinary endurance and endured the severe pain and endured the full thirty strokes of the lash.

Originally, everyone might think that all this was planned by Liu Zhang, but the truth is far from that. Who could have expected that she would have an affair with the much older doctor Liu Cai. According to Liu Zhang, the mandragora was given by Liu Cai because she longed to be with Liu Cai legitimately. And Liu Cai's confession undoubtedly proved this point, they did have the intention to murder Liu Fu.

However, the matter did not end there. Liu Cai suddenly changed his words and said that he was unwilling to get involved in this matter at first. The reason was that a few days ago, when he took advantage of Liu Fu's absence from home to go to Liu's house for a tryst with Liu Zhang, he was intercepted by a mysterious man when he was leaving. It turned out that their dirty deeds had been seen by this person. The man in black promised Liu Cai that as long as he was willing to blame the Su Yu family for Liu Fu's death, he could help him eliminate Liu Fu, the stumbling block between him and Liu Zhang.

So, yesterday, Liu Zhang suddenly shouted that she wanted to eat the tofu pudding made by Deng Xian's family, which prompted Liu Fu to rush out to buy it. However, all this was just a conspiracy carefully planned by Liu Zhang! When Liu Fu was not paying attention, she quietly poured the mandrake powder into the tofu pudding and kept giving it to Liu Fu to drink. At the same time, she also desperately poured a lot of wine into Liu Fu's mouth.

That person once told Liu Cai that although Datura would only cause a person to fall into a long-term coma, if taken with alcohol, the person would die within a day or two. And this was exactly what Liu Zhang wanted to achieve - to make Liu Fu cause trouble in a few days, and to ensure that he would die!

Unfortunately, the plan was discovered by Liu Fa. You know, Liu Fa has always been impatient. When he heard Liu Cai say that Liu Fu was beyond help, he immediately lifted up Liu Fu, who was still alive, and went to the Su family to ask for an explanation. What was the result? By mistake, Liu Fu was saved by the chief clerk. Liu Fu could not accept such an ending.

Now that the truth has been revealed, Liu Fu has finally come to his senses. He never dreamed that his wife, who was always doted on by him, would actually want to take his life away every moment!

County Magistrate Chen looked at Su Yu and Deng Qiyue, who were eager to try and couldn't hold back, and thought that it would be more convenient to let them ask questions directly instead of letting them guess randomly in their hearts. So he waved his hand and signaled the two to ask on their own.

After getting permission, Su Yu immediately turned his gaze to Liu Cai and asked, "Liu Cai, describe the appearance of the person who gave you the medicine. Does he have any obvious characteristics?"

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