Chapter 1435 - 1434: Poison on the Bowl Lid

Chapter 1435: Chapter 1434: Poison on the Bowl Lid

Chapter 1434: Poison on the Lid

Uncle Leng examined the lid, suddenly becoming interested in the animals painted on it.

On the inside of the lid, the eyes of the little chicken were particularly vivid.

He instructed the testing personnel, "Scrape a bit of powder from the eyes and test it."

The testing personnel followed the command, picked up the knife, and just started scraping, when Uncle Leng suddenly stopped them: "No, clean the bowl thoroughly, then pour half a cup of milk into it, cover it, and heat it."

The testing personnel found it strange; can’t detect poison, but heating will perhaps show poison?

Nonetheless, they complied, first rinsing the bowl, added half a cup of milk, and used an alcohol lamp to heat it from beneath.

When the water boiled, Uncle Leng ordered, "Take the lamp away, let the bowl cool while covered, then test the milk inside."

The testing personnel followed the instructions to the letter.

Half an hour later, the bowl had cooled down—this was exactly the process An Zhi had used to cool goat’s milk for her son in the past; at this point, the milk would have been ready for Zilong to drink.

"Now, test whether the milk is poisoned."

The testing personnel inwardly chuckled, thinking how normal milk, once boiled, could become poisoned milk?

Yet they obeyed.

The test results shocked the testing personnel: "It’s really turned into poisoned milk! Where did the poison come from?"

He was certain he hadn’t added any poison, and Uncle Leng hadn’t touched this bowl either, so couldn’t possibly have added poison—how could simply heating the milk make it poisoned?

Uncle Leng picked up the lid, flipped it over, and stared at the vivid chicken eyes: "Now test these chicken eyes."

The testing personnel complied, testing the chicken eyes where steam had condensed, becoming even more astonished: "The water from the chicken eyes is poisoned; the poison in the milk seeped from these chicken eyes!"

Indeed, after heating the bowl, the toxins actually seeped from the eyes of the animal painted on the lid, and they were the same toxins that Zilong was affected by.

The one who poisoned was quite meticulous!

Normally, how would one check? The lid of this porcelain bowl would not be considered since it was used daily; when Eldest Aunt Leng heated milk with it, she’d wash it beforehand, and clean it after use—any poison inside the porcelain bowl would be washed away before use.

Furthermore, washing afterward would eliminate any trace of poison.

No one would have guessed that the poison was hidden within the eyes of the painted animal, unable to be washed away with thorough cleaning, only released through heating, captured by the steam, and dropped into the goat’s milk, which Zilong then drank.

Whoever poisoned it, their thinking was truly intricate.

Uncle Leng immediately took the poisoned milk to find Grandpa Leng and also called for Second Uncle Leng, revealing his discovery.

"It’s clear, Lin Xiang knew long ago the reason for Zilong’s poisoning was this porcelain bowl. However, after Zilong was poisoned, she assumed we wouldn’t discover the secret of this porcelain bowl, so she hadn’t moved it. Of course, this was also because I started the investigation as soon as I returned, keeping a close watch so she dared not act.

Today, when the whole family mobilized to investigate, Dad mentioned having Anan inspect the milk boiling equipment, and she panicked, wanting to remove this poisonous bowl for destruction, but happened to be caught by me. At that time, several servants living on the first floor were alerted."

Although Uncle Leng didn’t directly say Lin Xiang was the one who poisoned, he only mentioned that Lin Xiang knew the source of poison was the porcelain bowl, yet when everyone was unaware that the bowl was poisoned, she quietly wanted to take it away.

But Grandpa Leng and Second Uncle Leng were already convinced that Lin Xiang was the one who did the poisoning.