Chapter 74: Retrial (3)

It turned out that after the yellow-haired cat let out a cry, it lay silently on the ground, seemingly lifeless, which was indeed chilling. No one had expected this paper to be so toxic.

Xiaoxiao, who was prepared in her heart, was also shocked, watching Head Sheriff Tian excitedly: “Head Sheriff, look, just a little residue of powder on this paper is so poisonous. Moreover, if an entire packet was given to your mother, the consequences would be fatal!”

At this point, Magistrate Jing Tangmu quickly slammed the gavel to draw everyone’s attention to her and intervened firmly, “What evidence do you have to prove that the Head Sheriff’s mother was poisoned by this? This person looks like a poor commoner, how could she have a poison worth a hundred taels of gold? Moreover, they had no grudges, why would they want to poison the Head Sheriff’s mother? Also, just because you say someone is the culprit, does that make them the culprit? It’s also possible that you pushed her out to be a scapegoat, isn’t it? With so many loopholes, Head Sheriff, don’t let her deceive you!”

At this point, the crowd found Magistrate Jing Tangmu’s words very reasonable and nodded frequently. The balance slowly began to tilt toward Magistrate Jing Tangmu’s words, and they began to question Xiaoxiao as well.

To Chen Xin, Magistrate Jing Tangmu’s words sounded like Magistrate Jing Tangmu was really experienced, and every question was sharp.

However, the Head Sheriff beside her remained silent. She felt like she was on an emotional rollercoaster, sometimes high, sometimes low.

She couldn’t take it anymore and calmly asked Xiaoxiao, “Magistrate Jing Tangmu is right in what she says. What do you have to say?”

Kneeling on the ground, Xiaoxiao heard Chen Xin’s words. She looked around, left and right, pretending no one else heard, then turned back to the high platform, her expression full of uncertainty, and answered, “Head Sheriff, don’t forget, the coroner hasn’t done an autopsy yet.”

The profession of coroner required knowledge of medicine and was considered versatile but lowly. People usually found coroners unlucky and tried to avoid them to prevent bad luck. But once there was a death, they couldn’t do without the clues provided by the coroner, which was the heartache and helplessness of most coroners since their existence.

As Xiaoxiao spoke, both the Head Sheriff and Magistrate Jing Tangmu were stunned. The Head Sheriff was stunned because she had forgotten about this matter, and Magistrate Jing Tangmu was stunned because she didn’t expect anyone to remember this.

Hearing this, Head Sheriff Tian pondered for a moment. The thought of her mother being autopsied in public made her somewhat uncomfortable.

But the culprit had to be caught to comfort her mother’s spirit in heaven. By now, Head Sheriff Tian herself had gradually begun to believe Xiaoxiao.

“Go, bring my ancestors to the funeral hall at the mansion. Be careful, you understand?” Head Sheriff Tian ordered solemnly to the guards standing behind her.

“Yes.”

Meanwhile, Magistrate Jing Tangmu on the high platform broke out in a cold sweat again, not knowing how to stop it. If it weren’t for a little greed for money, she wouldn’t have ended up in this dilemma. She couldn’t! She mustn’t let Head Sheriff Tian discover the truth. She refused to believe that she couldn’t outsmart a commoner.

Thinking of this, she glanced secretly at the chef who had poisoned and realized that she had left the poisoned paper on her. What was she thinking? Keeping the poisoned paper on her? It’s one thing to cause trouble, but this was beyond foolishness.

The female chef had long collapsed on the ground, panicked and terrified. She was just an ordinary commoner who didn’t understand anything. If someone hadn’t threatened her this morning, she wouldn’t have dared to do such an outrageous thing.

Now, she only hoped for her family’s safety and hoped that the Head Sheriff would give her a quick death, without torment, because she had always been most afraid of pain since she was a child.