Just as Lin Wanwan sent a letter to Xiao Chong to report the case, several informed elders of the Lin Family Manor were planning to send their children and nephews to invite a witch from the neighboring village to perform a ritual.
The mass death of ducks and their daily egg-laying were both unusual events for the clan's elders, easily linked to supernatural causes. It was not surprising that they thought of inviting a witch to perform a ritual.
After all, ritual performances were very popular during the Great Tang, and there was even a special class of witch doctors among physicians who performed such rituals to ward off evil.
Solving a poisoning case is not easy, especially one involving indiscriminate poisoning, which in modern times would rely on surveillance to solve.
Someone like Xiao Yixun, who could quickly identify the source of the poison, would be considered a master even today, with skills rivaling those in provincial laboratories.
