The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1117: Will There Be a Scapegoat?

Chapter 1117: Chapter 1117: Will There Be a Scapegoat?

However, within the county office, there was only one forensic doctor, who inevitably found himself somewhat overstrained. The county magistrate, sympathizing with Forensic Doctor Zeng, thus instructed him to simply select a few corpses each day from all the bodies for autopsy.

Of course, this was also because the cause of death for the bodies that were brought in was always the same, Miss Lin. That wouldn’t count as the county magistrate... violating regulations, would it?"

He looked at Lin Caisang warily as he asked.

"Do you mean to say that before I arrived, the corpses sent to the county office have always been examined by Forensic Doctor Zeng, without a single day of neglect?" Lin Caisang raised an eyebrow.

That made things somewhat interesting.

"Yes, Miss Lin."

Constable Jin nodded, having no objections to Lin Caisang’s words.

"Originally, the Eldest Prince wanted his accompanying imperial physician to take over, but the imperial physicians only know how to treat the living and have no experience in conducting autopsies. This matter has therefore always been handled by Forensic Doctor Zeng, who can be considered a rare good man.

At that time, no one knew that these people had died from poisoning. He wasn’t afraid of a possible plague either, and went to the mortuary every day... Uh, Miss Lin, what do you mean? Don’t tell me you think Forensic Doctor Zeng..."

"Hmm?"

Hearing his suspicion, Lin Caisang narrowed her eyes sharply, warningly sweeping them over him.

"Constable Jin, I hope that the events of today, apart from you and my sister here, will be known to no one else. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, yes, I understand," Constable Jin hurriedly nodded.

In fact, he was already sweating coldly at the thought of that possibility.

He had thought it strange before; the case had already come to a close, so why did Miss Lin still come here?

When she inquired about the autopsies, he hadn’t thought much of it, but upon further reflection, he began to taste the hint of something more.

After Lin Caisang had arrived, among those ’corpses’ delivered to the county office, so many had been found alive. If Forensic Doctor Zeng had been conducting autopsies every day, it was impossible that he had not encountered even one of them, right?

Could it really be such a coincidence?

The answer was, of course, impossible. That left only one possibility: Forensic Doctor Zeng knew well that those people were not dead yet, but he kept silent and watched them being treated as the already deceased, slowly dying.

To think of it, that was even more terrifying than killing someone with a direct stab.

This Forensic Doctor Zeng... could he really be the poisoner?

"Miss Lin, if there is anything you need me to do, just give the order. I guarantee that, apart from myself, not even the county magistrate will hear another word about it," Constable Jin assured, making a zipping motion over his lips.

"Good."

Lin Caisang nodded in satisfaction.

"Constable Jin, go and check for me where Forensic Doctor Zeng was when those dozen or so suspects were brought into the county office," she commanded.

The two individuals found with poison on them were certainly suspicious, but the fact that she had given the Eldest Prince so much medicine and still, it was all used up in three days, made her even more doubtful.

If it wasn’t for someone knowing in advance about her presence, poisoning more people to exhaust her supply of medicine, there wouldn’t have been those three days where more people than ever were sent to the county office.

However, she had to admire the daring of the poisoner, who, despite knowing that they were aware of the poison, not the disease, still dared to take the risk to poison again!

Perhaps, he was thinking that there would soon be a scapegoat?