After entering the book, I emptied the warehouse of my foster mother's house to farm

In the flower hall, Yueying and Xiangling stayed by the table without moving an inch.

After Jiang Hao came back, he quickly found the source of the poison among the dishes on the table - the roast duck that was packed back from Zuixianlou.

Yueying's breathing suddenly stagnated, and then he knelt on the ground, bowed his head and apologized: "I failed in my duty and let the thieves take advantage of the opportunity. Please punish me, County Lord."

She took the roast duck back from Zuixianlou, and it only passed through her hands from the waiter to her and then to the table. In other words, the duck was poisoned before it was handed over to her.

The person who poisoned the duck could be the person who roasted the duck, or someone else in the kitchen, or even the waiter.

But no matter who it was, it was her fault.

Xiangling shuddered with fear and knelt down following Yueying.

After repeated poison tests, Jiang Hao discovered something interesting, and it was this discovery that made her have other suspicions.

This roast duck is completely poisonous.

To be more specific, the other party was worried that the poisoned part would not be eaten, so he painted the entire duck with poison in the hope of killing it with one blow.

Was Ji Zixuan’s poisoning due to accidental ingestion?

If it wasn't a mistake, why did the other party deliver the roast duck to Yueying so accurately?

Or, even if Yueying didn't go to Zuixianlou, this roast duck would appear on her dining table?

If this is the case, who will be the unlucky one who triggers the incident?

Questions popped up in her mind one after another. Curiosity made her feel an unprecedented anger rising in her heart.

"Miss....."

Xiangling saw that Jiang Hao's face was terribly gloomy and couldn't help but shout out in a low voice.

After Jiang Hao took a deep breath, he saw the two of them kneeling on the ground, and then he asked them to stand up.

The poison can't be from both of them!

"Yueying, go investigate Zuixianlou's kitchen immediately, starting with the roast duck chef. Also, check which people I know are eating at Zuixianlou today."

"Yes."

Yueying was not pretentious. She thought that there was no need to rush to be punished. The most important thing right now was to find out who wanted to harm the county lady.

The eldest son ate it first, and the county lord protected him and saved his life.

But what if it was the county lady who was poisoned? Who could save her in the first place?

Even though this was the most horrific outcome, Yueying didn’t dare to think about it any further.

"Miss, what can I do?"

Xiangling's heart was still beating wildly. Although she was still frightened, she still mustered up the courage to share some of the burden with Jiang Hao.

"Go dig a hole in the garden and bury this plate of duck meat."

“Dig deeper.”

Upon hearing this, Xiangling swallowed nervously, put the duck meat into the food box, and ran away with it.

-

"Master, it's all done. No one will suspect me."

In Zhima Hutong behind Zuixianlou, a middle-aged man with a hunched back was looking at the man in a thick cloak in front of him with a smirk, rubbing his dark and thin hands continuously.

The man's cloak covered most of his face. He stood with his back to the light, in shadow, and it was impossible to see what he looked like.

But the hunchbacked man didn't care what he looked like, as long as the other party paid the remaining fifty taels of silver.

"Yeah, well done."

The man's voice was very low, and his right hand was groping for something at his waist. The hunchbacked man looked at him with envy, and was eager and burning for the fifty taels of silver that was about to be in his hands.

But the next moment, he felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and something cold scratched his neck. Before he could see what it was, he fell heavily to the ground.

"Secrets... can only be kept by the dead."