The king was wrong

"That day, my concubine sent her to the Ningxiangfang in the south of the city to buy some water and rice for my concubine. Because I didn't want to disturb other people, I let her go out through the back door behind the princess's yard. Who knew this When the girl passed by your yard on the way back, she happened to meet the dispatched girl and called someone to give orders at the back door. She was curious and hid behind the rockery to listen. Then she heard a vague idea and ran back Report to the concubine. At the time, the concubine was not very sure, just thinking that it would be bad if the concubine made a mistake. That's why the concubine would do it when sister Linglong came to invite the concubine to pay her respects to the concubine. Followed to Wangfei's courtyard and said those few words to Wangfei."

She spoke clearly and logically, and she explained very clearly the reason why she knew that there was something unusual in Qi Yaoqing's meal, and it sounded like it was true.

As for whether what she said was true or false, or half true or false, Qi Yaoqing did not give a conclusion on the spot.He just nodded after listening, changed the topic and said a few insignificant words with Wu Ranyue, and then got up to leave.

"Young master, why are you so nice today? You talked so much to Wang Ji, but the servant girl thinks it's useless. We still have no way of judging whether she did it or not..."

On the way back, Meng Qi talked to Qi Yaoqing in a sullen voice.

No wonder she felt aggrieved. She thought that following the young master to Wang Ji's courtyard today would be a majestic one. After all, the young master is a super first-rank concubine. Now that she has won the favor of the prince, she would never have the chance to show off to a Wang Ji. OK.Who would have thought that the young master not only showed his kindness, but also kindly thanked others, learned from them, and asked them to help me more in the future, it is really letting others lose their prestige...

Qi Yaoqing didn't care about her dissatisfaction, and asked with a smile: "Why, in your opinion, should I just rush in and grab her by the collar and ask if you did the poison?"

"Of course!" Meng Qi nodded solemnly, but after a pause, she smiled embarrassingly, and said, "Uh, hehe, it seems that you can't be so domineering. But young master, this servant just thinks that you have the support of the prince now, Why bother to take care of them to make a good face."

Qi Yaoqing was depressed when he heard this, and it was fine if he didn't understand the play Meng Qi had played with Wu Ranyue for a long time, and even said that he was in a hurry to accompany him to make a good face?I really don't know what's going on in this girl's mind.

"I'm not keeping my face together."

Qi Yaoqing shook his head helplessly, and the appointee explained to her: "I used to live in seclusion, the only few times I met was when she followed Xue Hanxue and Linglong to greet me, or the prince called us all to the main courtyard for orders. As for Counting the last time she reminded me to pay attention to my body, it was probably the first time we had a conversation."

"That being the case, today I came to visit without warning and chatted with her for a long time. She must have doubts in her heart, and she doesn't understand the meaning of my visit, so she is always on guard against me. If you don't show me a little bit, you When she would tell me the truth of that day so easily?"

"Oh! So the young master is trying to lure her to relax her vigilance, so that she can get out of her words, isn't it? Wow, the young master's trick is really good!"

The innocent and innocent Meng Qi finally understood what the young master meant, she immediately admired her and gave Qi Yaoqing a thumbs up without hesitation.

It's a pity that this excitement didn't last long, and the smile on Meng Qi's face was soon replaced by a sad look.

"But young master, this servant doesn't understand. What did you say to her? Why does this servant feel that you have been talking to her about insignificant things for a long time, and you can't even tell if she did it."

Qi Yaoqing had no choice but to help her forehead, it was rare for her maid to change her mind so quickly.

"I chatted with her a lot, but didn't she say later that she only knew about it because the maid happened to bump into the person Xue Hanxue sent. I think Xue Hanxue made a mistake. I didn't expect that this matter would be broken by accident. , negligent."

"Oh, so that's the case!" Meng Qi suddenly realized and nodded, but just when Qi Yaoqing thought she was finally okay, she suddenly said again: "Oh, but young master, I remember that when Meng Han came yesterday, didn't he say side... ..."

"Meng Qi!" Before Meng Qi finished speaking, Qi Yaoqing interrupted her loudly this time, "Okay, it's getting late, let's go back quickly."

He patted her on the shoulder perfunctorily, signaling her to stop talking, and it would be true to go back to the main courtyard with him, but his eyes passed Meng Qi's hair without warning, and looked at the person in the corridor not far away. corner.

I saw a corner of the goose-yellow dress that was not conspicuous, and after hearing Qi Yaoqing tell Meng Qi to go back soon, the corner of the dress disappeared quickly.

Qi Yaoqing sneered at the corner of his mouth, ignored the rest, turned around and led Meng Qi back to the main courtyard quickly.

Wu Ranyue is also true, sending such a person to eavesdrop on what she said, I don't know whether it is too smart or not too smart.The words she said today seem to be watertight, but in fact they are not. Some of the secrets may have been exposed without her realizing it.If Qi Yaoqing had only suspected Wu Ranyue before, now he is sure that she must have something to do with the camphor matter.

Thinking about it this way, it would be good for her to hear his conversation with Meng Qi right now, at least now she should be able to feel at ease.

Glancing at Meng Qi who was following closely behind her with a dizzy expression, Qi Yaoqing couldn't help but laugh. This girl, who usually sees her bluffing, never thought that she would be useful at critical moments.I don't know if she was beaten up today or something, but the questions she asked became more and more accurate. In the end, if I hadn't stopped her in time, I'm afraid the play would not be able to continue.

There was no further delay along the way, Qi Yaoqing led Meng Qi back to the main courtyard very quickly.And inside the house, Meng Han was already waiting there.

"What did Yaozi say?" Qi Yaoqing asked her after taking a sip of the tea poured by Menghan.

"Just like what the young master thought, young master Zhu read the letter, and without further ado, he pointed out five people over, but the servant girl felt that we were in the palace, so we should keep a low profile in everything. Originally, I only planned to borrow three people from young master Zhu. The young master refused, so he insisted on adding four more, and almost lost his temper with the servant over this matter."

Thinking of Zhu Yaozi's performance at that time, Menghan still finds it funny until now.

"Three? How can three be enough! As for the big palace, it would take several sticks of incense to finish the run, so what's the use of throwing three people inside? No, no, no, four, at least four! Otherwise Don't talk about anything!"

Just like that, Young Master Zhu waved his hand boldly, and the four guards who were carefully selected by Mr. Zhu to guard the house were thrown to Qi Yaoqing by him.

"Oh, that's really his personality. No matter, four or four, you can find a way to arrange them well, and entrust them to do whatever you want in the future."

Qi Yaoqing knows his friend's personality very well, so it's not surprising to hear Menghan vividly describe Zhu Yaozi's appearance at that time.As long as these four people hide well and are not discovered by the prince, then everything is easy to talk about.

"Well, the servants and maidservants have been settled properly. Don't worry about this, young master. The people selected by Young Master Zhu can't be wrong. They are all first-class experts, and there will be no mistakes."

"That's fine." Qi Yaoqing nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked Menghan: "By the way, I asked you to check the situation at Linglong's place that day. How did you go?"

Although after today's trip, Qi Yaoqing has been able to roughly confirm that the camphor incident is most related to Wu Ranyue, but because of the heartbroken grass incident, there is no clue as to who did it, so Qi Yaoqing is not willing to let go of any suspects. people.

"Ah, about Miss Linglong," after Qi Yaoqing's reminder, Menghan finally remembered that someone like Linglong was still there, and hurriedly said, "I have tried to ask about Miss Linglong a few days ago. It seems that she I spent a lot of time alone in the courtyard recently, and I haven't seen anyone outside, so it shouldn't be a big suspicion. However, I still asked a dark guard brother to continue to investigate today, and I will report when I have the results. Master."

"Well, okay, then you can figure it out."

Qi Yaoqing was always at ease when Menghan handled things, so he just nodded when he heard the words, and didn't ask any more questions.

Time passed slowly, watching the sun move from the east to the center, and then slowly to the west.

When Wei Yanxi left in the morning, he said that his affairs in the Ministry of Officials had not been finished, and he would come to see Qi Yaoqing in the evening.Qi Yaoqing naturally believed him when he said this, but what he didn't know was that Wei Yanxi had already dealt with the trivial matters of the official department, and the reason why he didn't show up was purely because Liang Wei came to talk to him not long after he came back. Something new to check today.

"What, it's her? Are you sure?"

After listening to Liang Wei's explanation, Wei Yanxi raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Yes, my lord." Liang Wei took a step back and bowed his head and said: "Today, according to the lord's order, I took the small steel ball embedded in the spout and quietly went to various medicine shops and iron shops in the capital to ask about it. They all said they had never seen it before, only the Jisheng medicine shop at the west end of the city said that someone had asked them to help refine the heartbroken grass, saying that it was to refine a bag full of heartbroken grass into a very small amount, which would be very useful. I heard from the shopkeeper there that they spent a lot of effort on this matter."

The Jisheng medicine store at the west end of the city is small in scale, located on the border of Kyoto, close to the official road, and although it is not sparsely populated, it is far from dense. At least the terrain and income are completely incomparable with those medicine stores in the center of Kyoto.

Choosing this small, unremarkable pharmacy to help refine poison, it can be seen that the person who did it was very careful.

"And, my lord, it's not just heartbroken grass."

Here Wei Yanxi was thinking about what Liang Wei said just now, but Liang Wei hesitated for a moment, then spoke again.

"Yingsan reported back that it wasn't just heartbroken grass. The pharmacy owner said that the person who came also bought a large bag of... arsenic."