Gui Yuan

When Wei Yao and Ning Qing arrived at the posthouse, the third prince was about to go out, and bumped into him at the door, the third prince asked strangely, "Aren't you going to meet at Juke Zhai?"

Ning Qing told her thoughts, and went to the guest room of the dead guard with the third prince.When they entered the room, there was a person packing things. The third prince introduced, "This is Thirteen, and he is my attendant like the dead Eleven."

Thirteen looked haggard. It seemed that he and Eleven had a good relationship on weekdays. He bowed sadly and said, "This subordinate is about to pick up Eleven's belongings and send them back to his family."

The third prince nodded to understand his intention: "Okay, we still have something to do now, you go down first, and then slowly clean up."

Thirteen withdrew respectfully.

Ning Qing looked at the whole room, it was not a big place, but everything was placed in an orderly manner.There were only a few sets of clothes in the cabinet, and it looked empty, so you didn't need to think too much about it if you could see everything at a glance.Ning Qing paced and thought, how can a poison like Qingqianzi be drunk silently?Especially the hidden guards like Eleven, who are more cautious than ordinary people, how could they be tricked so quietly?

Ning Qing glanced at the teapot on the table, feeling blessed, she stretched out her hand to open the lid, and it was empty.Ning Qing thought the same thing, it's been two or three days, and if there was something, it would have been dumped long ago.Just to be on the safe side, he took the teapot up to his nose and sniffed it. It was a surprise that there was still a little fragrance left.

"Is there a problem?" Wei Yao walked to his side and asked.

"I can't tell, but I haven't found anything else yet, so don't let go of the clues." Ning Qing told Zhao Min, "I have to trouble General Zhao to invite a doctor to come over."

Wei Yao nodded slightly in agreement, and Zhao Min went out.

"You don't have to be so polite with him."

Ning Qing said with a smile: "How can this work? Those are your subordinates and not mine. Besides, how old are I, how can I call them by their names?"

Wei Yao looked at him with a faint smile, without much emotion in his eyes.

Tao Ji felt a little interesting watching them go back and forth like this: "Grandpa and Lan Yu have a deep relationship, and it's fascinating to watch."

Ning Qing choked on his own saliva when he heard the words, and coughed earth-shatteringly. Wei Yao stretched out a hand and patted his back lightly, and said with a smile, "Third Prince, thanks."

Ning Qing was secretly indignant, coughed a few more times and finally calmed down.

Zhao Min walked fast, and he brought the doctor here not long after, the doctor just saw that it was a post house of the government, and now when he saw these young men in extraordinary clothes, he took them as some high-ranking official or dignitary, behaved Respectful, afraid of something wrong.

Ning Qing didn't beat around the bush, and directly handed the teapot to the doctor: "I wonder if the doctor can distinguish the smell in this pot?"

The doctor didn't care about the purpose of doing this in a leisurely manner, and he would do whatever people asked him to do.He sniffed it carefully, felt strange and smelled it again, and then figured out why these people invited him over.

"Mr. Hui. There is a faint sweetness in the pot. It should be licorice. The bitterness in the sweetness is white chrysanthemum. There is also a very light special smell." The doctor put down the teapot, "It's Qingqianzi."

The third prince glanced at Ning Qing in surprise: "It's actually in the tea, but isn't it so obvious that you're not afraid of revealing your secrets?"

Before Ning Qing responded, the doctor continued: "It's not obvious, when the green pennies grow on the tree with their roots, they are blue in color, but after being roasted, they will turn pale, and it is very difficult to distinguish them when they are mixed with white chrysanthemums."

Ning Qing saw that the doctor hadn't finished talking, and said with a smile: "Do you have anything to say, but it's okay to say it."

Only then did the doctor say in fear and trepidation: "Also, green money seed is highly poisonous. It takes about half an hour for the poison to be released. If it is supplemented with licorice, the toxicity can be delayed. After one or two hours, the green money seed is bitter. The licorice just covers the bitterness."

"It turned out to be so." It seems that it is exactly as he expected. The murderer originally planned to let people die in the posthouse, so he deliberately delayed the poison. Diffusion died in Jukezhai.From this point of view, Jukezhai has nothing to do with this matter, the only ones who can poison the pot are the servants around the third prince, except for the servants in the inn who were bribed.

Ning Qing thanked the doctor quietly, and Zhao Min sent him out again.

When Wei Yao heard the doctor's words, he thought the same as Ning Qing.

The third prince asked: "What shall we do now?"

Ning Qing was thinking about this, seeing the two of them staring at him, avoiding, "What are you doing looking at me?"

"Lan Yu is extremely intelligent, and I'm also curious about your thoughts." Wei Yao smiled at him, looking as gentle as a jade gentleman, but Ning Qing felt that he had something wrong with him.

Ning Qing smiled dryly, and said to Tao Ji: "Now we can only investigate and inquire the people in the post house first, and the third prince's attendants are no exception."

The third prince naturally agreed, but afterwards he thought that Wei Yao was really cunning. If Wei Yao said this in person, he might not be very happy. Wei Yao saw Ning Qing's friendship with him these days, so that's why. Ning Qing said it instead.

The people in the post are all under the name of the government. If something goes wrong, the government and even the court will not be able to escape. Emperor Xiangfeng ordered a thorough investigation and promised to the third prince that he would deal with it fairly and would never tolerate it.The people from the top and bottom of the posthouse entered the Ministry of Punishment one by one, and were questioned and investigated by the subordinate officials, and they could only return if there was nothing wrong.

The people in the post house checked for more than half an hour, and Huang Jun sent someone to report that the investigation by the third prince's attendant had made some progress.

When they arrived, there was a man half-kneeling on the ground with his arms chained to a torture rack. There were not many injuries on his body, but he was already fainted from exhaustion. Upon closer inspection, it was the man who seemed to have a lot to do with Shi Shi. Thirteen.

The third prince received Huang Jun's gift, sat down at the table and asked, "What did Mr. Huang find out?"

"The lower official asked the people in the post house, and after a lot of trouble, he learned that this Thirteen was the last person to enter the Eleven Room. Later, he went in again after the person died, saying that he was packing things. The other attendants and the Ten The first relationship is mediocre, and the relationship is not deep in the past, only he and Eleven can talk a few words." Huang Jun saw that the third prince's face became more and more serious as he listened, and his heart was a little trembling, but he still braved up, "So I'm going to be an official. I think he is the most suspect."

Eleven and Thirteen were together with the third prince for several years, one died and the other became a suspect. Tao Ji had mixed feelings in his heart, but he knew that what Huang Jun said was reasonable.

"Then, let me ask the prince himself." Tao Ji is usually friendly, but the sudden change of face has the effect of not being angry.

"Of course." Huang Jun hurriedly asked his subordinate to wake him up, and the subordinate hurriedly took a ladle of water from the water tank and splashed it on Shisan's face.

Thirteen woke up drowsily, and after finally seeing the person clearly, he heard Huang Jun say: "Now the third prince is interrogating himself, I advise you to come here quickly, and stop struggling to your death."

Thirteen naturally didn't take Huang Jun seriously, but he couldn't be rude to the third prince. After struggling twice, he lowered his head and bowed to the third prince with a weak voice: "Prince."

The third prince frowned almost imperceptibly, nodded and said: "Okay, my prince asks you a few words, and you tell the truth."

Thirteenth said: "Prince ask."

"You were the last one to enter the eleventh room, was that person still fine at that time?"

"Yes."

"Eleven doesn't have a good relationship with other people. Only you can be called friends with him. Mr. Huang also checked, and the other attendants have never entered Eleven's room. If it wasn't for you, it would be the one who served Eleven on weekdays. servant?"

As soon as Huang Jun heard about the servants of the posthouse, he was about to explain, but was stopped by the third prince. Seeing that Shisan didn't reply, he asked again: "Is that what you mean?"

Thirteen's chapped lips seemed to be a little difficult to speak, and it took a long time before he said: "This subordinate dare not, it's just, it's not the subordinate's doing."

The third prince ignored him, thought for a moment and called Ning Qing over, and asked softly, "Do you think what he said is true?"

Ning Qing stretched out her hand to calm the third prince, and said to Thirteen, "I ask you, did you throw away the contents of the teapot?"

Shisan was obviously stunned for a moment, Ning Qing didn't wait for him to quibble, dragged a stool and sat down beside him: "Don't deny it in a hurry. I asked the servants, and there was no one in the room after Shishi died, so the servants would not Hurry to clean up every day. You happened to be in the house when we went two days ago, and the teapot was empty at that time, and there was no trace of tea left, so it can be seen that it was poured out a few days ago."

Ning Qing stared at his face and said, "How did you empty the teapot as soon as you returned to the posthouse not long after the death? Unless you put the green coins in the teapot."

Wei Yao came in and felt that Ning Qing seemed like a flirtatious and unrestrained person, but when he was serious, his words and deeds revealed the style of a nobleman.Wei Yao looked at him with some appreciation and scrutiny.

After hearing what he said, the third prince had an epiphany. This is indeed a huge flaw. If Thirteen can't explain it, no one can save him even if he complains.

Ning Qing thought he had caught his lifeline, but unexpectedly Shisan raised his head and sneered, opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at him and said, "Now you don't believe what I say, so let's not talk about it for now, I just ask you, Mr. What about the poison?"

Ning Qing paused.

"Sir, you might as well send someone to look for it. If you can find the poison, it's not too late to question me. I still say the same thing. I haven't done it. Even if I try my best, I don't want to be tortured." He closed his eyes and glanced casually at Huang. Jun's glance scared Huang Jun into a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Ning Qing was not annoyed, she stood up and said, "Okay, I will help you so that you die clearly."

When Ning Qing walked in front of Huang Jun, his heart was already beating all over the place. Seeing his demeanor, Ning Qing couldn't shame him in public, so he just smiled and said: "Master Huang still needs to take care of his subordinates, otherwise the subordinates will The person was already killed when we came here, who should we ask?"

Although Ning Qing was smiling, her eyes were filled with coldness. She looked at Huang Jun in a panic for a moment, and said yes again and again, waiting for them to kick the subordinate in front of her: "You bastard, your subordinates didn't take it lightly." It's nothing serious, if you dare to do this again, I will definitely peel your skin off!"

Everyone was too lazy to watch him act, so they said hello and left.

The third prince got into the carriage of Duke Anguo's mansion and asked Ning Qing, "What should we do now?"

At this moment, Ning Qing completely lost the decisiveness to kill just now, and regardless of being rude in front of the third prince, leaning on the thick cushion, his expression finally looked better.

"Go to the post house, dig up Shisan's house three feet into the ground, and turn the world upside down. Believe it or not, there is no clue."