Chapter 98: The Moment of Death

  At this time, it was noon, and the mist in front of Yao Wang Cao's hut had already dispersed. Standing outside Yao Wang Cao's hut and looking out, one could just see the creek water in front of the door, with a gentle gurgling sound that seemed like heavenly music.

  The atmosphere in the mourning hall was even more awkward.

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long both agreed to let Hualang interrogate them, but they were somewhat displeased in their hearts. When Hualang questioned them, he also felt uneasy.

  In their hearts, they must be thinking that Master is so good to them, how could they possibly poison Master?

  No matter what, they must accept Hualang's interrogation.

  After everyone sat down, Hualang glanced at the crowd and then asked: "I want to know who found the body?"

  Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Murong Changqing. Murong Changqing stood up and said: "I was the first to discover the body, I remember it was yesterday noon, I went to call my master for dinner, but no one answered after knocking several times, I was worried, so I pushed open the door, after pushing open the door, I found that my master had fallen on the table and was already dead."

  Murong Changqing finished speaking and sat down again, his expression didn't show any abnormality.

  Then, Hualang continued to ask: "Where were the others at that time?"

  "At that time, I was in the room refining medicine with an apprentice, while other disciples were eating. We all have alibis to prove we weren't at the scene."

  After hearing Ximen Long's words, Hualang's eyebrows were tightly locked again, and he continued to ask after a long time: "Has anyone else come to your Medicine King's Hut?"

  "No, not at all. Yesterday was a whole day without any outsiders. Our Medicine King's Hut rarely contacts the outside world and does not allow anyone to enter casually. Because there are many herbs inside, if they get messed up and given to patients, it can be fatal. So we never let outsiders in."

  This also makes sense, Hua Lang thought for a moment and said: "If someone sneaks in secretly, will you discover it?"

  "Of course, we will find out. Our Medicine King's hut is not very big and there are many people. If someone sneaks in quietly, it's impossible for us to not discover." Ximen Long looked at Hua Lang and said with certainty.

  Although Hualang has been to Yao Wang's thatched cottage for a short time, he has already figured out the layout inside. In fact, it is true what Ximen Long said, if an outsider breaks in, they will definitely be discovered.

  But what if the intruder was in disguise?

  So, Hualang did not rule out the possibility that the murderer was an outsider.

  After inquiring like this, Hua Lang asked again: "At that time, when the Medicine King Ye Feng fell into his own room, did you hear any sound?"

  Everyone shook their heads and said they hadn't heard a sound.

  "Have you met any suspicious people?"

  Everyone shook their heads again.

  Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Huā Láng finally asked to go take a look at Yè Fēngluò's room, and this request was not excessive at all, so Mùróng Chángqīng and Xīmén Lóng led everyone there.

  On the way, Hualang found that Yaowang's house was a little far from everyone else's house, or it could be said to be isolated. This also created a possibility. If the murderer came to Yaowang Yefengluo's room to kill someone, others would not be able to hear any noise, and it was unlikely that they would see anything.

  Murong Changqing pushed open the door and invited everyone to enter. After entering, Hualang found that Yao Wang Ye Feng's room was very large, with various medicinal materials placed inside, and on the table in the middle of the house, there were also some unknown medicinal materials. Seeing this, Hualang asked: "Was the body of Medicine King lying on this table at that time?"

  Murong Changqing nodded repeatedly: "That's right."

  When he came to the table, Huā Lang picked up the herbs on the table and took a look. He found that many of the herbs had bite marks on them. He picked up those herbs and asked, "Is Medicine King tasting all kinds of herbs?"

  Ximen Long nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Master has always been adding medicinal materials to his book 'Baicao Jing' and verifying the properties of herbs. He will personally taste them."

  After listening to Ximen Long's words, Hualang couldn't help but admire this Medicine King. From ancient times to the present, a doctor who is willing to personally taste all kinds of herbs must be someone who has the sufferings of the common people at heart.

  In ancient times, there was Shen Nong who tasted a hundred herbs. In the Ming dynasty, there was Li Shizhen who also tasted a hundred herbs. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, Hu Lang discovered another king of medicine who tasted a hundred herbs, but unfortunately, this king of medicine had died.

  When he thought of death, Hua Lang's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he looked at the crowd and said: "You understand pharmacology, come and take a look. The herbs on the table are poisonous, or eating both will cause poisoning and death?"

  Everyone listened to Hualang's words and immediately understood that Yefeng, the Medicine King, had been poisoned while tasting a hundred herbs. Therefore, it was very likely that he had mistakenly ingested toxic medicinal herbs, which led to his poisoning and death.

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long, Gongsun Ce three people came to the table, carefully inspecting the medicinal materials on the table, and constantly saying out the names of those herbs and whether they were toxic or not.

  "Radish, pungent and warm in flavor, non-toxic, treats chronic wind in the head, coughing and belching."

  "Snake bed, bitter taste, flat, non-toxic, treats yang not rising."

  "Warm and fragrant, sweet in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Treats heart and abdominal pain and fullness, spleen accumulation and stagnation..."

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long, along with Gong Sun Ce, one by one, named those herbs, all of which were non-toxic. Just as Hua Lang was feeling a bit disappointed, Ximen Long suddenly said: "Xu Changqing, also known as Gui Du Yu, Bie Xian Zong, spicy and warm in flavor, non-toxic..."

  Ximen Long said up to here, Wen Meng and Hua Wannier etc. people then had some disappointment, another non-toxic one. Just when everyone was disappointed, Ximen Long continued: "Whether Xu Changqing is toxic or not has always been uncertain, many people think it's non-toxic. However, the famous doctor of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing, said in his book 'Shennong Bencaojing' that Xu Changqing is toxic. But since then, no one dared to try it, so whether it's toxic or not, nobody knows."

  After Xi Men Long finished speaking, everyone was extremely excited. If what Xi Men Long said was true, then Medicine King Ye Feng Luo might have just wanted to see if Xu Chang Qing really had poison, so he tried it out. But unexpectedly, Xu Chang Qing really did have poison, and after Medicine King Ye Feng Luo ate it, he suddenly died violently.

  Just when everyone thought that Medicine King Ye Feng had died from the poisonous effects of Xu Changqing's herbal medicine, Hualang shook his head and said: "I think it's unlikely that Medicine King would die from this Xu Changqing herb. I've also heard of this herb, although it may be toxic, its toxicity is not very strong. Moreover, using Xu Changqing 0.5 liang, mugwort root 3 fen, mutong, winter melon seed each 1 liang, talcum powder 2 liang, and pomegranate rind 0.5 liang, decocted in water, then adding 1 qian of cinnabar, can cure urinary retention. It seems that this kind of herb is not deadly."