Neither Mo Jiuye nor Fifth Elder Brother expected that Mo Chuhan would bring a group of doctors back to Xi Ling Village. At present, their search range was still limited to within Yun City.
It could be said that Mo Chuhan bringing a group of doctors back to Xi Ling Village happened by coincidence.
He had just entered the village when he saw over a dozen members of the Cui Family rushing over in a panic.
Seeing the bundles they were holding in their hands, it was obvious they wanted to flee after committing a crime.
Without saying a word, Mo Chuhan stepped forward to block the path of the dozen or so people.
After living in Xi Ling Village for a long time, it was inevitable that there would be occasions to run into members of the Cui Family. The dozen or so people in front of Mo Chuhan were not strangers to him.
"You want to run after doing bad things?" He said sarcastically.
After exchanging glances with each other, the members of the Cui Family were somewhat at a loss.
Back when the Mo Family had just arrived at Xi Ling Village, it was this Mo Chuhan who first jumped into the Li Family’s yard. His agile skill was something a few people had witnessed with their own eyes.
In the face of Mo Chuhan, no one wanted to stand out. If they said the wrong thing, they would definitely suffer a beating.
The most important thing now was that there were many of them and only one of him. Even if Mo Chuhan wanted to catch them, it was impossible for him to grab everyone.
As for the doctors Mo Chuhan had brought back, they had failed to keep up with his pace and were still behind, not yet arriving at Xi Ling Village.
With this in mind, the members of the Cui Family wanted to escape by their own means.
When Mo Chuhan was not looking at him, one person took large steps and ran towards the village entrance.
Mo Chuhan did not give chase at all. He quickly bent down to pick up a small stone from the ground and threw it at the escaping person.
It was seen that the person stumbled over something in front of him as if he had tripped over something. With a cry, he fell forward flat on his face.
Seeing this, the other members of the Cui Family thought it was their chance. They scattered and ran towards the village entrance.
Mo Chuhan picked up a few more pebbles and threw them out accurately, hitting each person's ankle.
None of the Cui Family members were spared, and they all fell to the ground.
The most miserable was the Cui Family's only elder. He was older in age and did not have the quick feet like those younger ones. Mo Chuhan was closer to him and threw the stone with greater force.
Therefore, he fell with even greater force. His remaining few teeth were all knocked out.
Mo Chuhan ignored the cries of the Cui Family and efficiently took off their belts to tie them up one by one.
The commotion at the village entrance was not small. The remaining members of the Cui Family who had not escaped had a guilty conscience and did not dare to come out and see what was going on.
The Zhou and Zhao Families were different. Since the Cui Family had been taught a lesson to behave themselves, there had not been any major disturbances in the village for a long time. Now there was some excitement to watch, so idle people ran out to watch.
Coincidentally, the patriarchs of both the Zhou and Zhao Families were present.
Mo Chuhan said to both of them, "Please help watch these people for a while. I will go to the foot of the mountain to take a look and will be back soon."
Now that Mo Chuhan was a government officer, the Zhou and Zhao Family members would naturally not be ambiguous about watching the people he had caught.
Moreover, they were reluctant to let slip the opportunity to show off their power in front of the Cui Family.
"Alright. Constable Mo, go ahead with your work. We will keep an eye on them.”
After Mo Chuhan gave his thanks, he rushed towards the foot of the mountain.
He wanted to see what the poisoning situation of those workers was.
As a result, when he arrived at his family's home site, what he saw was completely different from what he had imagined.
The workers were orderly doing their own work, showing no signs of poisoning at all.
That’s not right. Didn’t younger brother say that the Cui Family members had poisoned their soup?
How come these people were fine?
Just as Mo Chuhan was puzzled, Hu Cong, who was directing from up high, discovered his arrival.
Hu Cong immediately walked over, "Eighth Young Master, didn't you go to your post today?"
Mo Chuhan was completely baffled.
"Elder Brother Hu, my younger brother said that the Cui Family came here to poison people. Is that true?"
Hu Cong didn’t know what Mo Chuhan had misunderstood. He nodded slightly and said indifferently, "That is indeed the case. The poisoner has already been sent to the yamen by the young masters."
Mo Chuhan was still confused.
"But these people are clearly fine without any signs of poisoning!"
Only then did Hu Cong realize that Mo Chuhan had misunderstood something.
"Fortunately, Ninth Young Master came just in time to catch the poisoner on the scene, otherwise a great disaster would have occurred."
Shouldn’t it be a disaster? Just now, He Zhiran couldn't help coming over to take a look.
She determined on the spot that there was arsenic in the soup.
Who doesn’t know what arsenic is? That’s an extremely toxic poison.
Hu Cong knew Mo Chuhan had an irritable personality. He was afraid that he would act impulsively and hurt someone, causing unnecessary trouble. Therefore, he did not say it clearly.
Anyway, Mo Jiuye had already taken some of the poisoned soup to the yamen. Although the sale of such a toxic poison like arsenic was restricted in Da Shun, ordinary doctors would be able to identify it.
When the time comes, the yamen will ask the doctors to identify it, and the Cui Family members can be convicted accordingly.
After listening to Hu Cong’s words, Mo Chuhan came to his senses as if awakening from a dream.
Just now when younger brother told him to invite a doctor to come over, it was to go to the yamen instead of here.
Fortunately, he had misunderstood, otherwise he would have given those sinister Cui Family members a chance to escape.
Knowing that he had made a false alarm, Mo Chuhan was about to rush back to the county government immediately.
He had just walked to the village entrance when the doctors he had found and the officers sent by Meng Huaining arrived as well.
The dozen or so Cui Family members who had just been caught showed signs of trying to escape again. It was obvious that they were involved in the poisoning incident. Now there was no need for Meng Huaining to issue another order. Mo Chuhan directly instructed that two officers stay to guard the Cui Family while the rest escorted those few escaping Cui Family members back to the yamen.
After leaving the county yamen, Mo Jiuye and Fifth Elder Brother went separate ways to look for Mo Chuhan.
He asked around a medical hall in the city and was told that Constable Mo had indeed been there to invite doctors, saying he was going to Xi Ling Village to save people.
Mo Jiuye understood in his heart that it must be his rash eighth brother who had misunderstood something and brought those doctors back to the village.
So he quickened his pace towards Xi Ling Village, hoping to catch up with him on the way back.
Halfway there, he happened to meet Mo Chuhan and the others who were escorting those Cui Family members back to the county yamen.
The two brothers escorted those Cui Family members back together.
By now, it was nearing dusk. The yamen would normally not handle official business during this time.
But since it was the Mo Family’s business, let alone dusk, even if it was the middle of the night, Meng Huaining would still go all out.
There were no doubts about the case itself. After getting doctors to identify it, it was confirmed that the poison in the soup was arsenic.
As for the source of the arsenic, Meng Huaining soon inquired it out.
This stuff had been given to them by Deputy Magistrate Cui, to get the Cui Family members to help out with some shady business whenever needed.
After Deputy Magistrate Cui’s downfall, there was no use for this stuff, so it was left with the Cui Family in Xi Ling Village.
Today, they actually wanted to use such a deadly poison to kill those workers. It can be seen how malicious their intentions were.
Fortunately, the incident was discovered in time by Mo Jiuye, otherwise a great disaster would have occurred.
Even so, Meng Huaining would not let the Cui Family members off easily.
The Yun City he governed would never allow the existence of such malicious people.
