Since I met you, people are dying every day

"Murder? You..." Ye Sirui was momentarily at a loss for words.This question was somewhat unexpected.Has he ever killed someone?Of course I did.But Ye Sirui used to be a frail scholar, but now he is a county magistrate in charge of government affairs, how could he kill people?

His silence made Ye Fu think he understood the answer.Ye Fu picked up the teapot and poured tea, almost tipping over the cup.Ye Sirui held down the teacup and teapot to stop him. "That's right, how could you have killed someone? At most, you'd be sentenced. You don't need to do it yourself, and you won't watch them die..." He asked himself, and finished the tea that Ye Sirui had poured for him. up.

"Have you ever killed someone with your own hands?" Ye Sirui asked.

"That was really a nightmare..." Ye Fu murmured.

Ye Sirui was extremely curious, but Ye Fu sighed several times, but he still refused to say what was going on, and he couldn't force him to ask.

Ye Fu poured another cup of tea, supported the round table with his elbows, and buried his head between his hands.Ye Sirui walked around the room, but couldn't find anything useful, and went out again, just in time to stop a maid who was passing by in a hurry, "Why is there no water in the room? Bring a basin of water to wash your face!"

The servant girl seemed to be frightened by him, she stepped back abruptly, and ran away in a hurry after hearing what he said.Ye Sirui didn't know if she understood her instructions, so he could only go back to the room depressed.

Ye Fu seemed to be borrowing tea to relieve his worries.Ye Sirui saw that he was drinking cup after cup of tea, and the pot of tea was about to run out, and he couldn't help regretting that he didn't ask the maid to prepare another pot of tea.What is he grieving about?Killed someone?If it was just an ordinary execution of a prisoner, he would not feel so guilty.So what is it that makes the county magistrate kill someone himself?Ye Sirui couldn't imagine, and didn't understand why Ye Fu was in such pain.Is it hard to kill?Stabbed ~ go in, blood comes out, a life disappears, is it difficult?Most of the government servants around him are well-trained, let alone Xia Shu.Xia Shu killed someone, he had never seen it before, but he could imagine it, probably without blinking his eyes - even though he said he would not take someone's life easily.

You do not understand.he reminded himself.He has killed many people, and announced the death of many people himself, but after all, he has never experienced this feeling, the white knife goes in, and the red knife comes out.

"My lord, here comes the water." Ye Sirui went to open the door, and the maid really came over with a basin of hot water, with a face towel on her arm.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Sirui thanked her.The water basin was slowly breathing, and the servant girl smiled shyly, "Your Excellency is serious. It was originally a slave's job, so I can't afford to thank you."

"Yu~feng, come here." Ye Sirui called out.Ye Fu stood up slowly, his face still pale.He took off the black gauze hat, cleaned his face with the basin of water, rubbed it well with his hands, and finally took the face towel from the maidservant's arm and wiped it dry, finally his face was a little bloody.He returned the face towel to the maid and thanked her again.The little maid looked speechless.Ye Sirui asked her: "Are you in charge of serving the guests?" She hummed. "May I have your name?"

"Xiao He." The servant girl said, raised her head boldly, and looked directly at him. "Forgive me, my lord. The surprise in my servant's heart just now disturbed my lord."

The name is simple and catchy. "What surprises you?"

Xiao He said joyfully: "Just now, this servant went to ask the doctor to cut the pulse, and he was not poisoned."

When they left, the butler had already organized people to gather for a pulse diagnosis, Ye Sirui asked casually, "How about the other servants?"

Mentioning this, Xiao He's expression darkened again, "Some were poisoned, and some were not... Those who were poisoned were all brothers and sisters who were serving in the garden."

"Xiao He, I need to trouble you one more thing. Go to the kitchen and get us a pot of wine... Forget it, let's get a pot of tea." Although Ye Fu may need to drink some wine now, it's not an excuse to drink too much. When wine drowns sorrows. "Get some more food, whatever you want. Call my servant again, his name is Guanyan, his father's surname is Qi, and he works in the kitchen." No matter how good Xiaohe is, she is a member of the Hou's mansion, and only her own people are there. Only when you have him by your side can you rest assured.What's more, the ability to watch words is clever, maybe it can come in handy.

"Make a pot of tea, bring some food, and then call your boy, he is Lao Qi's son." Xiao He repeated his meaning in a few words without blinking her eyes.Ye Sirui was amused, "Yes, let's go."

When the people left, Ye Sirui looked at Ye Fu, "You can always say something now, right?"

Ye Fu smiled miserably, "No need, I'm much better now."

Seeing that he was indeed in better spirits, Ye Sirui stopped asking.He began to think about the poisoning again.There is no problem with food and drink, so how did these people get poisoned?Among the male guests, only he and He Ying were not poisoned.What did the two of them do differently from others?

When he recovered, Ye Fu was no longer in the room.Ye Fu went out very lightly and didn't disturb him.

"My lord." He recognized Xiao He's voice. "My lord!" This excited call must have come from Guanyan.He walked out the door, and sure enough, Guanyan and Xiaohe were holding the leftover peach cakes from the birthday banquet, as well as a cup of porridge, a few dishes of side dishes, a pot of wine and a pot of tea.The two entered the door neatly, and placed the same on the drum table, with two pairs of bowls and chopsticks at the end.Guan Yan was still muttering: "My lord, the little one was really frightened, thanks to your kick that woke the little one up. This is also a blessing in disguise, right? If it wasn't for being poisoned, I was taken to the main hall to answer the question. I don’t have the good fortune to meet my father.”

Ye Sirui said: "You know a lot."

"Are you poisoned?" Xiao He exclaimed.

Guan Yan had already calmed down, and instead laughed at her: "What are you making such a fuss about? Many masters in this mansion have been poisoned. My life is very cheap, and I won't lose it easily. Besides, our lord is famous far and wide. My detective, he will definitely find the poisoner and save us all."

Xiao He believed him and looked at Ye Sirui with admiration.Ye Sirui couldn't laugh or cry, and gave Xiao He a little reward to let her go down.He hardly touched anything at the birthday banquet, he was so hungry, and he didn't care about waiting for Ye Fu to come back, so he started eating.

After eating and drinking enough, I went on to think about the case.Those who were poisoned were all the people in the garden, and the female relatives were fine in the gazebo.This poison has a limit.He and He Ying were not poisoned, what did they do... The scene at the banquet replayed before his eyes, and Ye Sirui suddenly put down his chopsticks.

"What's wrong, my lord?" Guan Yan asked him.

"You wait in the room first." Without further ado, Ye Sirui immediately walked out of the room and called, "Is anyone there? Xiao He?" He prayed that Xiao He hadn't gone far.

"Do you have any orders?" Another maid came over and saluted. "Where is your Marquis?" After asking, he hesitated. "I don't know." The servant girl said.

When he left the main hall, Marquis Anshun had gone back to rest, but did he want to rush into the house to find Marquis Anshun?

"Where is Lord Hou's bedroom?"

The servant girl leads the way.Marquis Anshun must live in the main house.Ye Sirui secretly remembered the way along the way, and prayed that he could find his bedroom without the maid to guide the way later.

When we got to the main room, the servant girl said goodbye.Ye Sirui knocked on the door of the house, "Master Hou, please see Lin County Magistrate Ye Sirui." This was extremely impolite.He wondered if Marquis Anshun would mind.Normally not, but this time is different, the hat of "poisoner" has not been taken off on his head, who knows if Marquis Anshun is suspicious?

"Come in." An Shunhou's voice came from inside the room.

He bowed his head and pushed the door open, entered the room and bowed.Marquis Anshun changed into ordinary clothes and sat on an official hat chair.Sitting on the two chairs next to him were He An and He Ying, two people he didn't want to see now.

"What's the matter with Ziqi coming here suddenly?" He Quan asked him.The tone is friendly, and the title is still the same, but I don't know if Ye Sirui is careless, or if he hears the meaning of questioning. "Master Hou, I would like to ask, where is the antique chiseled silver incense burner for Master Cen's birthday gift?"

"Oh? It should have been registered in the warehouse. Did you ask about this?"

"I'm not sure yet." Ye Sirui admitted, "I just have some ideas, and I want to use the incense burner to have a look."

Marquis Anshun did not answer immediately.He An suddenly said: "There is a fixed number of birthday gifts registered and stored in the warehouse. Besides, people are in a hurry at the moment, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. If Master Ye has any ideas, you may wish to speak directly, so that we can listen to them."

Ye Sirui didn't want to waste words with He An, so he bypassed him and went directly to Marquis An Shun, but right now he couldn't get around, and Marquis An Shun didn't refute after He An spoke out, obviously he also wanted to hear what Ye Sirui was going to do.Ye Sirui had no choice but to tell the truth, he cupped his fists and bowed and said, "My lord, I suspect that there is something wrong with the incense burned in the censer."

"Where did you start talking about this?" Marquis Anshun asked.

Ye Sirui said: "I went back and thought about it. The only difference between me and Mr. He Ying and other adults is that we left the banquet halfway. Mr. He Ying left after the banquet. I chatted with Mr. Cen for a while and then left. Mr. Ying talked with him before. If the poison is in the incense, it makes sense that the two of us were not poisoned because we stayed away from the incense."

"Ying'er, is this true?" Marquis Anshun asked.

Ye Sirui looked down at him secretly.He just used a very polite address, but He Ying was not moved. He would be asked by Lord Hou about this, and He Ying would simply answer: "Master Ye's words are true."

"But it's absurd." He An immediately answered, and said to An Shunhou, "Father, forgive my son for talking too much. There has never been a record of poisoning in incense. I don't know if it is feasible or not, and there is no record. There is no evidence, it's just Master Ye's wishful thinking. Besides, such a guess would slander Elder Cen." Ye Sirui felt that he was looking at him, full of hostility. "My son still thinks that the subordinates are now in a hurry to allocate and rotate people. At this time, when they open the warehouse to get things, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will do something with floating thoughts and dirty hands and feet. Besides, Mr. Ye's guess is too absurd. Unbelievable and not desirable.”

What he said was well-founded, seeing An Shunhou showing three points of conviction.Ye Sirui was already discouraged and ready to find another way, when suddenly someone said:

"The son doesn't agree with what the elder brother said."