Chapter 169: Splashing dirty water on me

Lin Qingshuang, however, wasn't so optimistic. That Du Shi wasn't a fool, what if she found out something...

"Mother, you didn't leave any traces, did you?" Lin Qingshuang leaned over and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear.

Lin Shenzi patted her daughter's hand. "Don't worry, Shuang'er, I guarantee it was done without anyone knowing, no one will suspect Mother."

Lin Qingshuang's heart finally settled a bit.

At this time, the crying in the house became even louder, heart-wrenching.

Immediately after, the Jiang Clan Head walked out leaning on his cane, his expression sorrowful, his eyes red.

Following behind him was Du Ruo. Du Ruo looked like she had lost her soul, her steps were unsteady, and her beautiful little face was covered in tear stains.

"Uncle, how is it?" someone asked with concern.

Everyone was staring at the Jiang Clan Head with eager eyes.

The Jiang Clan Head sighed and shook his head. "The situation is not good, I'm afraid..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood.

I'm afraid they won't make it.

Although they had been mentally prepared, suddenly hearing this news, many people still couldn't accept it and followed with red eyes.

A few women who were on good terms hurried forward to comfort Du Ruo.

Only Cao Shi muttered disdainfully, "Deserved, burning money, only picking good things to eat, now it's good, ate themselves to death, right?"

Du Ruo suddenly opened her eyes wide, rushed over, grabbed Cao Shi's collar, and shook her like crazy. "Was it you? Was it you who put rat poison in our water vat and killed my mother? I'll beat you to death, beat you to death!"

Rat poison? Not ate the wrong thing?

Everyone was shocked and began to whisper to each other.

Cao Shi's big bump from being hit by Zheng Jiumu the day before hadn't faded yet, and it would hurt when she moved, so how could she withstand Du Ruo shaking and beating her like this? She almost vomited.

"Let go, let go! It has nothing to do with me, my family doesn't even have rats, why would I buy rat poison?" She explained while struggling.

"Not you?" Du Ruo let go of Cao Shi in a daze, her gaze sweeping over the people in front of her. "Then who could it be? Who has a grudge against our family and wants to kill us?"

Everyone felt their hair stand on end from her gaze and couldn't help but take two steps back.

The Jiang Clan Head spoke up. "This matter is indeed suspicious. Several people seem to have been poisoned, as for whether it's rat poison, it's not certain yet, we have to wait until someone from the Ya Men comes to verify it."

Lin You Tian's pupils shrank suddenly, squeezed to the front, and then put on the posture of a village head.

"Old Uncle Jiang, I don't think we need to report to the officials, right? Maybe they accidentally ate something poisonous, like those colorful mushrooms on the mountain. It's just an accident, why make everyone panic."

The Jiang Clan Head hummed. "That's not how you say it, these are living human lives, how can you just brush it off as an accident? Even if it's an accident, we have to figure out what kind of mushroom can't be eaten, so no one else will be poisoned by it in the future, don't you think so, Village Head?"

Lin You Tian moved his lips, but couldn't say anything to oppose it.

"Not reporting to the officials is fine, perhaps there is another way." The Jiang Clan Head hesitated and said.

Lin You Tian's spirit lifted. "What way?"

The Jiang Clan Head said, "The dog from the Second Branch has a very keen nose. Within a certain range, as long as it's stained with the same scent, it can find it. Why not let it try?"

Lin You Tian: "..."

The Jiang Clan Head glanced at him. "If the dog finds mushrooms or something, it proves it's really an accident; but if the dog finds a person, it proves that person is the murderer, you have no objection, right?"

Lin You Tian's eyeballs turned rapidly, and he twitched the corner of his mouth. "This, not necessarily..."

"Then it's decided."

The Jiang Clan Head interrupted him, waved his hand, "Tie Dan, go!"

Gouzi had been impatient for a long time. Getting the order, it rushed into the crowd with a *whoosh*, sniffing everyone's body with its nose.

The villagers had all seen Tie Dan's capability; not to mention anything else, just the fact that it could plow the fields was enough to amaze people.

This was enough to show that Tie Dan wasn't an ordinary dog; maybe it could really find the murderer.

Everyone wasn't afraid, but instead watched it like a curiosity.

Except for Lin Shenzi.

Lin Shenzi had a guilty conscience and wanted to slip away.

Unfortunately, she was fast, but the dog was faster. It pounced and gave her a paw, knocking Lin Shenzi to the ground.

It's you, it's you, it's you, you have the smell of rat poison on you!

Lin Shenzi let out a miserable scream. "Get away, get away, you dead dog, what do you want to do!"

Lin Qingshuang hurriedly stepped forward to help her mother up. "Mother, are you okay?"

Lin Shenzi spat out the mud in her mouth twice and shouted angrily, "Du Shi, did you deliberately let your dog chase only me? Just because our two families have a grudge, so you frame me like this, right?"

Du Ruo walked up to her and slapped her twice hard.

"I use my mother's life to frame you? Are you even worthy?" Her eyes were icy cold. "Poisonous woman, in order to help your daughter grab a man, you harmed the innocent, killed lives, and used every possible means; you will definitely fall into the eighteenth level of hell."

Lin Shenzi was slapped until she staggered, her face swollen.

By this time, she finally had some panicked emotions, but she didn't know how to argue, so she simply lay on the ground and made a scene.

"Someone beat me, I don't want to live anymore, the Bu Tou's wife is bullying people! Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Three Saints Lord, please open your eyes and look, someone is forcing dirty water on me..."

Lin Qingshuang stood in front of Du Ruo, her pretty face full of anger. "Jiang Eldest Sister-in-law, don't go too far!"

Lin You Tian also walked over, sighed pretentiously, "Jiang Li's wife, I know you're sad right now, but no matter what, you can't frame a good person, right? You say my Shuang'er's mother killed your mother, what's the evidence? Where is the evidence? It can't be just because of a dog, right?"

Looking at the vicious faces of this family of three, Du Ruo turned around expressionlessly and looked at the Jiang Clan Head.

The Jiang Clan Head called a few men from the clan, pointed to Lin Shenzi on the ground, "Lock her in the house, watch her closely tonight, don't let her leave the house, wait for the people from the Ya Men to come."

Lin Shenzi's scene-making stopped abruptly.

Lin You Tian and Lin Qingshuang's expressions changed suddenly, Lin You Tian was furious, "Let's see who dares!"

The steps of the few men hesitated.

"Village Head, are you feeling guilty?" Du Ruo sneered, "Today I'll put my words here, if it turns out in the end that it has nothing to do with Lin Shenzi, I'm willing to kowtow and apologize, and compensate your family one thousand taels of silver!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

One thousand taels, they couldn't earn that much in dozens of lifetimes!

"How about it, Lin Shenzi, just wronged for one night, I think you won't refuse, right?" Du Ruo tempted her.

Immediately, some people from the Lin clan advised: "That's right, Xiuhua, anyway, you didn't put the poison, what are you afraid of? Agree to her!"

Others followed suit, "Agree to her! Agree to her!"

Lin Shenzi: "..." ===== CHAPTER 170 =====