LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 64 Just a few dead chickens
Yuan Chuyi looked at Uncle Yang's anxious look and wondered if something had happened at the breeding farm.
Sure enough, when Uncle Yang saw her, he anxiously said that one or two hundred chickens in the farm suddenly died, which was very unusual, and asked her to go and have a look.
The breeding farm was built not far from the foot of the mountain, far away from the villagers and Yuanchu's family. More than three acres of wasteland were surrounded by stones and bricks, and there were pig pens and open chicken sheds inside. There are more than a dozen pigs in the neatly cleaned pigsty. The chickens are free-range. There used to be more than 500 of them, jumping around, but now there are only 200 to 300 of them alive.
Uncle Yang pointed to a corner of the farm, where more than two hundred chickens had died.
"Ms. Yuan, I, I don't know what happened. They were all fine when I went home for lunch, and I just saw this when I came back! It was less than half an hour before and after I left. I really don't know what happened. You know what's going on!" Uncle Yang was so anxious that he almost cried.
So many chickens died. If Mrs. Yuan wanted to compensate him, how could he pay for it?
"Uncle Yang, don't worry, I'll go take a look first!" Yuan Chuyi walked to the dead chickens to check the situation, Xuan Yue and Yun Xuan followed her.
These chickens all died next to a water tank. Yuan Chuyi knelt down to check the state of their deaths. When she saw that the combs of the dead chickens were all purple, she couldn't help but sneer at the corner of her mouth. Xuan Yue asked Xuan Yue to take out the crops of several chickens and cut them open. Sure enough, there was fluid inside, and there was a medicinal smell.
"Xuan Yue, let someone report to the official. These chickens were poisoned by arsenic. Please ask Magistrate He to send someone to help check!" Yuan Chuyi stood up and said. These chickens had been raised for almost two months and already weighed two kilograms. If so many died at once, her loss would be at least twenty or thirty taels of silver. There was no way she would let go of such a bad incident.
Xuan Yue immediately asked Xuan Feng to ride a fast horse into the city to report the crime, and then she and Yun Xuan tried to search for clues nearby, but were stopped by Yuan Chu Yi. She said not to move around, so as not to damage the crime scene. She wanted to keep everything as it was until the people from the Yamen came to check. She just asked Uncle Yang and the Huang brothers to use meadows to surround the water tank half a mile away to prevent those people from entering the water tank. Chickens that are not poisoned will be poisoned if they come to drink the water.
People in the village knew that something had happened to Yuan Chuyi's breeding farm. Many people came to watch the excitement. Many people wanted to enter the farm to see what happened, but they were all stopped by Xuan Yue Xuan Ying and the four of them.
The village chief who led the people to build the inn knew that something had happened here, and hurried over to find out what happened. When Yuan Chuyi said that he suspected that the chicken had been poisoned, he was surprised.
"Ms. Yuan, in all these years, no one in our village has ever done such a shameful thing. You must find out and don't wrong everyone!"
Zhang Yongfu didn't believe that anyone under his eyes would dare to do such a despicable thing so boldly.
"I have asked people to report it to the officials. I believe the officials will find out." Yuan Chuyi said, if the officials couldn't find out, she would do it herself.
"Isn't it just a few dead chickens? Why do you have to report it to the official and have someone come and check it out!"
"That's right, whoever raises chickens wouldn't make a fuss if a few of them die! Maybe her chickens got chicken plague and died on their own!"
"No, that old Yangtou is guarding the place every day. Who dares to poison her chicken here?"
"Oh, what do you know? Her identity is different now. I heard that the father of the child in her belly belongs to Mr. Xiao. I also heard that Mr. Xiao came to recognize her and the child last night. She is now an official wife."
"Oh, that's right. I heard that Mr. Xiao is a high official!"
"No, otherwise how could she do this? Even after several dead chickens were reported to the official, she was not trying to show off and show off her power in front of ordinary people like us!
"But I heard that Mr. Xiao just recognized the child and had no intention of taking her back. I guess he wanted to keep her as an outhouse."
Listening to the whispers in the crowd, Yuan Chu was furious. More than two hundred of his chickens died. Does the fact that the reporter asked the government to handle this matter had anything to do with whose wife she was? Could it be that because she is an official's wife, the poisoner gets away with it, and she suffers the consequences of being mute! Besides, when do you need them to make irresponsible remarks about your own life? Who do they have to make judgments about themselves?
Just as she was thinking about it, Yun Xuan's voice came. She looked over and saw Yun Xuan standing in front of those people with her hands on her waist, cursing fiercely: "What does our wife's business have to do with you? There is no need for you to be here." This is irresponsible! If anyone dares to speak ill of Madam again, be careful and I will pluck out his tongue! Also, if you think so, is it possible that our chickens were poisoned to death by you guys?"
The talkative women who had just spoken took a few steps back in panic and subconsciously covered their mouths.
Yuan Chuyi was amused by Yun Xuan's fierce look. It turned out that she was so cute even though she was fierce! These people really deserved scolding, and they really became quieter after being scolded like this by her.
The village chief was also dissatisfied with this group of women who only talked nonsense all day long, "How did Mrs. Yuan's chicken die? The official will find out on his own. There is no need for you old women to make irresponsible remarks here! I think!" If the official comes and needs to question you, it won’t be too late for you to tell him then. Now go home and work!”
The group of people dispersed angrily, but the whispers about Yuan Chuyi continued. Although Yuan Chuyi was angry, she felt that these people were just a bunch of crazy dogs who were jealous of her, and there was no need for her to be acquainted with them. When Yun Xuan was about to rush forward, she stopped her.
"Take out your marriage certificate and I'll throw it in their faces! Look at them talking nonsense!" Yun Xuan was really angry.
Yuan Chu smiled and said, "They have to be literate! If we argue with ignorant people, they will feel that we are in the wrong! It's not worth the trouble!"
Fucheng Yamen.
Xuanfeng rushed to the drumming station to report the crime, and He Yutang immediately sent the prosecutor Luo Yecheng to check. But Luo Yecheng felt that it was just a few chickens that died, and it was no big deal.
"Sir, my wife concluded that our chickens were poisoned by arsenic. Do you think you could ask Mr. Luo to send someone to check for clues about the arsenic?" Xuanfeng said respectfully to He Yutang.
He Yutang thought the proposal was good, and immediately asked Luo Yecheng to send people to various drug stores to find out who were buying arsenic. Luo Yecheng responded repeatedly to He Yutang, but after leading the people out of the Yamen, he did not let them investigate, but walked slowly around the street.
Xuanfeng thought they were looking for a pharmacy or a medical clinic, but he was very puzzled when he saw them walking around the street for a long time without going into a pharmacy or a medical clinic. I couldn't help but ask him, was he investigating a case? Luo Yecheng said coldly and arrogantly:
"If your wife really knew how the chicken died, would she still use it to report it to the officials and ask me to find out the truth for her? She couldn't have just checked it out herself!"