Chapter 547: He Is the Real Murderer of Old Lady Jiang!

The so‑called witchcraft, witch and poison.

Like a scale weight.

A scale cannot be without its weight, nor can the weight be without the scale.

MiaoJiang's witchcraft is largely inseparable from poisonous toxins.

Thus, MiaoJiang witchcraft and poison never separate.

Although there are stranger witchcrafts such as the Lightning‑Summoning Technique, they require favorable timing, terrain, and harmonious people to wield, and demand the practitioner expend massive Qi and stamina, so in MiaoJiang this method is rarely used.

At this moment, Li Qingluo is still using witchcraft.

But the actual effect remains to be verified.

"Just let him swallow this insect, and he'll truly tell the truth?"

A Duo asked curiously.

Li Qingluo: "Anyway, that's how the master taught it at first."

"Just wait."

After a while, Jiang Yanzhi suddenly had a nosebleed.

Li Qingluo immediately stepped forward and asked, "Jiang Yanzhi! Old Lady Jiang, your mother—was she killed by you?"

Jiang Yanzhi: "Yes… I put poison in the soup medicine I sent her…"

"If she drinks it, she'll just sleep a night, and then the poison will take effect at dawn the next day, killing her."

Li Qingluo's expression changed upon hearing this.

"Are you sure your poison will only take effect after she sleeps a night before killing her?"

"What kind of poison is this?"

Jiang Yanzhi: "I don't know… that doctor… has already disappeared."

Li Qingluo: "Then are you certain of your mother's cause of death?"

Jiang Yanzhi: "She was poisoned to death."

"She died at the third quarter of the Chou hour."

Li Qingluo let out a heavy sigh.

She turned to A Duo and said, "Bring out the poisonous insect."

A Duo, looking confused, asked, "Why? Uncle, didn't you say we should use the obedient poison to make him go to the magistrate office and surrender himself tomorrow morning?"

"Now how…"

Li Qingluo: "Old Lady Jiang, perhaps she truly did not die from his poison."

A Duo was shocked, "Not his poison?"

"But didn't he just admit it?"

Li Qingluo: "First, draw out the insect."

"We'll talk after we go out."

A Duo had to hurry and obey.

As soon as the poisonous insect crawled out of Jiang Yanzhi's nose, he immediately closed his eyes and fainted.

Li Qingluo and A Duo quickly left the study, and after meeting up with Sha Si, the three of them silently slipped away from the Jiang family.

Back at Nan Gong Fu, A Duo did not return immediately.

Instead, full of curiosity, she tugged Li Qingluo and asked, "Little Uncle, just tell me. What on earth is happening?"

"Weren't you originally swearing with certainty that Jiang Yanzhi was the murderer?"

"How come now he's not?"

Li Qingluo tapped her forehead and said, "If I don't tell you, you won't be able to sleep tonight?"

"I was indeed certain he was the murderer."

"But actually, I fell into the preconception trap."

A Duo: "What do you mean?"

Li Qingluo: "The bowl of medicine he gave Old Lady Jiang was indeed poisonous, and she definitely drank it."

"But before the poison could take effect, Old Lady Jiang died first."

"Therefore, Old Lady Jiang actually died from another poison."

A Duo took a sudden deep breath.

"You mean someone else also poisoned Old Lady Jiang?"

"She died at the hands of another murderer?"

Li Qingluo: "You could say that."

"Jiang Yanzhi couldn't have lied. So he is indeed the murderer and set a killing, but another murderer beat him to it, killing Old Lady Jiang first."

A Duo: "Who… was so eager?"

Li Qingluo looked at A Duo without speaking.

A Duo suddenly realized, "Jiang, Second Lord Jiang?"

"So it really was a fratricide? He also killed his mother?"

"What heinous crime did Old Lady Jiang commit that both sons would poison her to death?"

"How pitiful…"

Li Qingluo sighed.

"Old Lady Jiang adored the youngest son."

"Minister Jiang wants to preserve the Jiang family."

Jiang Second Master had been neglected and ignored his whole life; he did not want his daughter, Jiang Seventh Miss, to sacrifice herself for his third younger brother in the second half of her life.

That's why such a tragedy occurred.

Perhaps the truth is indeed like that.

Both sons of Jiang Old Lady wanted to kill her, but she ended up dying first at the hands of her second son.

Neither of the two brothers is innocent.

Li Qingluo shook his head, picked up a pen, and personally wrote a letter to Jiang Seventh Miss.

She only needed to hint at a few things; Jiang Seventh Miss, being smart, would understand the truth on her own.

She sealed the letter.

The next day, Li Qingluo handed it to Zheng Mama, asking her to personally go to the Yang Manor.

Jiang Seventh Miss never replied.

However, just two days later, word came that Jiang Second Master had hanged himself in the prison of the Nan'an Prefecture office.

With Jiang Second Master's suicide, the poisoning case of the Jiang family's Old Lady was also closed.

The Jiang family suddenly lost one Old Lady and two masters, a total of three masters.

It was said that Minister Jiang's hair turned half-white overnight.

The Jiang family also fell into a long silence.

Only later did the scandal surrounding the marriage of the Jiang family's third branch's legitimate daughter, Jiang Thirteenth Miss, bring the Jiang family back into the view of the people of Nan'an...

Speaking of which, Duan Rongshi was busy in the Imperial Forest Army for five full days before returning home.

Upon his return, the Jiang family was secretly holding a funeral.

The coffins of the three masters were taken out of the city together.

Paper money was scattered all along half the street.

Gradually, the street filled with onlookers, spreading the Jiang family's affair more strangely than any tale in the Strange Stories.

When Duan Rongshi returned home, Li Qingluo was lying in bed, sleeping in.

Bao Xia and Dong Er were busy in the courtyard; upon seeing Duan Rongshi return, they hurriedly knelt to pay their respects.

Duan Rongshi furrowed his brow slightly: "Get out."

The two hurriedly fled as if escaping.

If only I had known the son-in-law liked a cold face.

I heard that besides smiling in front of the young lady, he treats everyone else the same.

Now that he has been ennobled as a General, his bearing looks even more intimidating.

What does it matter that he's good-looking?

He's hard to approach, making people truly terrified.

As soon as they went out, they bumped into Que'er.

They hurriedly asked: "Que'er elder sister, the son-in-law has returned. Should we prepare breakfast and have you bring it in later?"

Que'er: "Get it ready."

Also, have the servant granny boil the water, in case we need it later.

Bao Xia and Dong Er both looked astonished.

This, this early morning, in broad daylight, we need hot water?

Que'er: "There are only the two masters in this household; the masters are our heaven—why should we follow anyone else's rules?"

Just attend to the two masters well; that is our duty as servants. Go.

The two hurriedly obeyed, daring not to delay further.

Li Qingluo was awakened by a scent.

She rolled over and sat up, "What's that smell?"

She lifted the bed curtain and saw that breakfast was already set on the table.

Li Qingluo wondered why breakfast had already been brought in when she hadn't even gotten up yet.

They turned their head and saw Duan Rongshi sitting by the window, drinking tea while reading a book.