I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

According to the recipe given by Cui Tao, Ping'er brewed lamb wine, and today happened to be the day to unseal it and drink it.

The aroma of the wine is clear and sweet, and when you smell it, you can't help but want to get drunk.

Wang Siniang happily took out the bad goose palm from the food box, and asked Pinger to fill up the wine quickly.

Ping'er was holding the wine jar in a daze.

"what happened?"

"This is my first time brewing lamb wine, should I give it to Mrs. Cui?" Ping'er blinked and looked at Wang Siniang questioningly.

Wang Siniang thought for a while, then put the bad goose palm back into the food box, picked it up and called Ping'er.

"Where are you going?" Ping'er asked puzzled.

"Let's go find Mrs. Cui for a drink."

Pinger happily agreed and immediately followed.

Like last time, the two sneaked in from the side wall of the Han residence. Before reaching Cui Tao's room, Ping'er suddenly remembered something and grabbed Wang Siniang.

"Why did I forget, I didn't buy official tunes for my wine, so it's considered private brewing, breaking the law! Let's bring it to the official house, don't we take the initiative to send it to the door?"

"Two sips of wine, nothing more."

"Why are you all right? Let me ask you, between us and Han Tuiguan, who will Mrs. Cui choose?" Ping'er stared at Wang Siniang.

"Of course it's Han Tuiguan!" Wang Siniang didn't hesitate.

"That's it." Ping'er pulled Wang Siniang back with a mournful face, otherwise the best sisters reported to her fiancé, and they would be very miserable.

After Wang Siniang followed Ping'er for a few steps, she suddenly pulled her back: "Then let me ask you, who would Mrs. Cui choose compared to Han Tuiguan and gourmet food?"

Ping'er's eyes lit up, and she smiled at Wang Siniang. The two quickly turned back and knocked on the door softly to call Cui Tao.After waiting for a long while and seeing no response, the two decided to go into the room and wait.

The oil lamp in the room was still on, and there was a bowl of half-drunk tea on the table. It seemed that something happened, so I went out temporarily.

There are two charcoal basins on the ground on the left and right sides of the table, and there are two more in the corners of the east and west walls.Logically speaking, with so many charcoal basins, it should feel warm, but Pinger always feels that there is a cold wind blowing.

Wang Siniang didn't notice anything, and was happily putting food and wine on the table.

Ping'er walked into the inner room hesitantly, and at a glance saw that the quilt on the bed was opened, but there was no trace of covering, it should be that she was going to sleep but hadn't had time to go to bed.The coldness in this room was even greater, Ping'er felt the wind blowing on the back of her neck, turned her head and saw that the north window was opened.

Ping'er wanted to close the window, but found that there were traces of dust on the window sill. She wiped it with her hand, and then used another finger to touch other places on the window sill, but they were all clean.

Ping'er looked out of the window, and saw the bare branches of the sycamore tree that had lost all its leaves, showing a strange black shadow in the night.Except for the rustling north wind, everything was quiet.

Ping'er closed the window and went back to the outside room.Wang Siniang had already arranged the food and drink, and she was about to bring the unfinished bowl of tea to her mouth.

"and many more."

Ping'er glanced at the cup of tea in Wang Siniang's hand, and then at the teapot.

"The courtyard is paved with bluestone slabs. It won't get much mud when you step on it, but it's also dirty. If you step on the window sill, there will be more or less dust."

"What are you talking about?" Wang Siniang suspected that Ping'er was hysterical and was talking nonsense.

"Get a living creature!"

"Where can I find live animals at night?" Wang Siniang suddenly remembered that there were two tanks of fish in the middle of the courtyard, "Does the two tanks of fish count?"

Without saying a word, Ping'er took the half bowl of tea and poured it directly into the fish tank. After a while, all the fish in the tank turned upside down and floated up.

Wang Siniang was shocked, "Is there... Poison?"

Ping'er's face turned pale, and she said her inference: "There is poison in the tea, the back window is open, and there are traces of being trampled on the window sill... Could someone discover the identity of Mrs. Cui and take the opportunity to poison Mrs. Cui to death? Take the body of Mrs. Cui—"

"Impossible! Mrs. Cui is so clever, she pretended to be dead in the case of the mission last time, and dealt with it so well, she must be fine this time."

"When it is forbidden to hide with a false identity, it is easy to think that you are safe and sound, so you are negligent. Besides, who would have expected such a thing to happen in the official residence in South Korea?" Ping'er asked Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang opened her mouth, and then kicked Pinger's ass, "I don't think you are looking forward to Miss Cui!"

Ping'er screamed, and explained with tears and grievances: "I just estimated the worst situation, so that we can force everyone to think of a better way to save it. Otherwise, we all think that Mrs. Cui is smart and it must be fine, we are slack , what will Mrs. Cui do if something really happens!"

Wang Siniang thought about it for the same reason, so she hurriedly apologized to Pinger and asked her to kick her feet.

The noise of the two disturbed others, and Ping'er sent Wang Siniang to deal with it, while she followed the traces of the rear window to find someone first.

Fortunately, everyone in the Han family knew Wang Siniang, and after hearing Wang Siniang's lame explanation, they didn't go into details, and even told Wang Siniang where Han Qi was going.

Wang Siniang hurried to the Eight Immortals Building with her servants to look for Han Qi, but was told that he was not here at all.Now she didn't know where to find someone. If she could report to the officials before and ask Kaifeng Mansion to use the power of the military patrol shop, she would be able to find him soon.But now that Cui Tao is in a state of suspended animation, it is not easy to disclose her disappearance to outsiders casually.Wang Siniang had no choice but to disperse the few domestic servants and ask them one by one.

……

Outside the Guangxian Building, women's sumo wrestlers were fighting fiercely, which aroused applause from the audience.

"Zhigui made a great contribution in Quanzhou, and I haven't formally congratulated him yet."

Zhao Zongqing raised his glass to Han Qi.

Han Qi raised his glass in return, and when he was about to drink, Zhang Chang stepped forward to dissuade him.

"Look, I forgot. You have residual poison in your body, so you can't drink alcohol." Zhao Zongqing ordered his followers to exchange fruit soup.

"I just drank a bowl of detoxification soup before coming here." Han Qi implied that he couldn't drink any water at the moment.

Zhao Zongqing said with a smile: "The lychee ointment water in Guangxian Building is the most unique. Why don't you try it?"

"I've tasted it earlier, it's nothing rare."

"Look, I forgot. You have been in Beijing for a few years, so you should have tasted it long ago. But I always stay outside, and I feel that everything is new when I come back this time."

After Zhao Zongqing finished speaking, he turned his eyes to look at the two women who were fighting fiercely in the ring, and couldn't help expressing emotion.

"One looks like a jackal and the other looks like a tiger and leopard, but I don't know if the jackal or the tiger or leopard will win?"

Han Qi casually glanced out the window, then looked away.

The two women fighting in the arena were dressed in blue and white, and they looked evenly matched.But at the next moment, Tsing Yi suddenly rushed down, trying to catch Bai Yi by surprise, but unexpectedly, Bai Yi was prepared for it, flexibly dodged sideways, threw Tsing Yi from behind, and threw Tsing Yi head down, causing Tsing Yi to be thrown hard , can no longer turn over.

Zhao Zongqing snorted and laughed.

"In this world, it is better to pretend to be stupid than to be smart. Otherwise, you will hurt yourself if you disturb others."

Zhao Zongqing then smiled and asked Han Qi if this was the case.

Han Qi smiled and said yes.

After Zhao Zongqing heard the words, the smile in his eyes deepened.

After a while, Han Qi found an excuse to say goodbye to Zhao Zongqing.Zhao Zongqing's behavior today was a bit strange. He thought that Zhao Zongqing would say something different when he invited him this time, which was deeper than last time.But Zhao Zongqing seemed to be just congratulating him this time, but there were two sentences that seemed to point him at being smart.

After leaving the Guangxian Tower, Han Qi rode back to his residence without saying a word.Before he could inquire about any abnormalities, he saw Ping Wang Siniang rushing over, guessing that something had happened.

Hearing from Wang Siniang's mouth that "Ms. Cui" was separate from each other, Han Qi suddenly felt that his heart was emptied in an instant, and his soul was torn apart. Only by keeping calm can we respond in a timely manner, do our best, and avoid all negligence.

"What should I do now? What should I do? What should I do..." Wang Siniang was circling in the middle of the room anxiously while Han Qi was surveying the scene.

After checking the places mentioned by Wang Siniang one by one, Han Qi stood by the north window and looked around the other places in the house, checking for any missing clues as usual.When his eyes fell on the spread quilt on the bed, Han Qi found two pillows.Cui Tao lives here alone, in order to keep her identity secret, there is no maid to serve her personally, and no friends to accompany her, why use two pillows?

Han Qi flipped through the pillow and found a piece of paper folded in half under the pillow.There was a love poem written on it, and it was so poorly written that Han Qi couldn't help but read it twice.

"Being unjustly sent to the court, Bianjing springs cold.

Seeing the government official with tears in his eyes, amnesia is complicated.

The dark day changes to the bright day, and this emotion will not change. "

When Han Qi walked out from the inner room, Wang Siniang immediately asked how Han Qi was doing, did she find any important clues, or maybe it wasn't her and Ping'er thinking too much about it.

"Could it be that Mrs. Cui has nothing to do and is just going out?"

Han Qi looked at Wang Siniang, "Pinger's deduction is in line with the situation at the scene."

Wang Siniang took two steps back in shock.

At this time, Ping'er ran into the house out of breath: "I didn't find any useful traces! The streets outside the house are paved with stone slabs, and people walk on them without leaving any traces. It can't be traced either."

Han Qi looked at the tea in the pot, "Is this tea definitely poisonous?"

"If half a cup of tea is poured into such a big tank, all the fish will die, so it must be poisonous." Wang Siniang said.

Han Qi ordered the teapot to be taken away for reexamination, and was told that the pot contained drugs.

"If it's just drugged, why did those fish die?" Wang Siniang asked puzzled.

"Fish are not like people. Fish can't bear many things that are harmless to people." Han Qi explained.

"So Mrs. Cui is still alive?" Luckily, Wang Siniang heaved a sigh of relief.

"Being caught in the hands of the enemy is alive, and I'm afraid that he will be tortured alive. I should hurry up and find a way to find him. I'm so uneasy." Ping'er frowned, worried and worried.

Han Qi summoned Wang Zhao and immediately ordered him to use the entire Kaifeng mansion to find Cui Tao.

"But this will expose Mrs. Cui's fake death."

"At this time, I can't take care of these anymore." After Han Qi sent Wang Zhao to act immediately, he went to report to Lu Xiang, asking him to help.

Lu Yijian was kept in the dark like everyone else at the beginning, and always thought that Cui Tao died in the negotiations to save the Liao mission.Suddenly hearing that Cui Taoren was still alive, before she had time to rejoice, she heard that she was in danger again.

Lu Yijian pointed at Han Qi angrily.

"Tomorrow, the fact that she faked her death will be known all over the capital, and the officials have made an order for her—" Lu Yijian suddenly reacted, and hurriedly asked Han Qi, "Could it be that the officials also participated in your drama?"

Han Qi nodded.

Lu Yijian lingered for two steps, then turned around abruptly, rushed to Han Qi, pointed at him again, and scolded him in a tone of hatred for iron and steel: "It's so nonsense! You know that the king cheats, and if he doesn't keep his word, it will bring you a lot of trouble." What are the consequences? Even for the purpose of eradicating traitors, if you use deceit to accomplish things, you will definitely be despised by the scholar-bureaucrats! Thinking of you, Han Zhigui, a dignified detective, extremely intelligent, and amazingly talented, how could you make such a mistake! Now only I'm afraid I can't wait for you to save her, and I will be impeached by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty! Even the officials are the same, I can't escape!"

After Lu Yijian finished shouting, he turned his back to Han Qi angrily for a long while, and turned his head after a long while to see Han Qi keeping his head down silently, becoming even more angry.

"This is a big mistake, and you have even cheated the officials! How dare the officials value you in the future? Even if he dared to use it, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree! Han Zhigui, you are destroying your own future and digging your own grave." !

"Lu Xiang, it's important to save people first." Han Qi bowed and saluted.

Lu Yijian took a deep breath, his hands began to shake, and Han Qi seemed calmer than himself.He was so angry that he didn't know what to say, but human life was at stake and he had to save, so he had to arrange people to dispatch to Han Qi.