The Lin Family of Gusu in the Red Mansion

"Daddy, Ke'er, why did you come back so late today?" Lin Su hurriedly served two bowls of calming soup to warm them up. It's already cold outside this autumn, "Did the emperor's wedding go well?"

"Eh? Is something wrong?"

Seeing Lin Qingze frowned, Lin Ke raised a deep smile that wasn't a smile. Could it be that he made a mistake and the emperor's wedding didn't go well?But she is a little gloating, let you break my brother's heart, see, something happened.

Lin Qingze briefly explained the matter, which caused Lin Su to sigh.This harem is really not for people, not only is it dark and dark, but it is also closely related to the previous court. One mistake will be a catastrophe.Look at the queen, she just entered the gate, and she has already been plotted like this.

After the two of them took off their thin cloaks and handed them to Yueying Huaying beside them, Lin Su urged them to go to rest after they had finished their soup, after all, they were busy these days.

She often has some doubts. Lin Ke is busy with the affairs of the Dark Night Pavilion most of the time, but this book is very good. Didn't she see that he won the exam last year? The geniuses are indeed mortals like them Unattainable!

The genius was bright, and a man in black clothes appeared in Lin Ke's room. He was tall and handsome, and he looked like a hero. This man was Lin Ke's right-hand man, Su Xiao.A few years ago, he had been sent by Lin Ke to Yun Miao's side to help Yun Miao pacify the north and gain military power, but today he came to report early in the morning.

"When you come back at this time, Yun Miao's side is coming to an end soon. His coming back will relieve a lot of my burden." Lin Ke breathed a sigh of relief. He was really overwhelmed by the past few years, and he matured rapidly. , "The Beihan side should have almost resolved it?"

Su Xiao lowered his head, his voice was a little low and hoarse: "Yes, the general had pacified the north a month ago, and the Northern Han Dynasty promised to take their third prince and the dead prince as hostages to our court, and the negotiating envoys will also arrive together."

When I first met this young man three years ago, Su Xiao's first impression was "green long gown, white scholar". So he shattered his pride with facts and made him willing to be his right-hand man.Goodbye today, I feel even more extraordinary. At that time, the master could be described as sharp-edged, but now he is really restrained and brilliant, like a peerless sword sheathed.A peerless sword without a sheath knows its danger at the first sight, and knows how to avoid it, but with a sheath, others will no longer be able to see its sharpness, and will kill with one blow.It seems that the master must have experienced a lot in the past three years.

"It's just a reconciliation?" Lin Ke didn't believe it. According to that man's personality, the Northern Han Dynasty was not destroyed. How could it be possible? The folk customs are aggressive and difficult to govern, but the princes and nobles there are very rich, and the iron ore and copper resources are also enviable, if it is just peace talks, even if the Northern Han can hand over a little, it is not all."

Su Xiao's mouth twitched. Sure enough, he couldn't hide anything from his master. Of course, the general is also very powerful, so he guessed early on that he couldn't hide anything.

Thinking of that incident, Su Xiao blushed. Fortunately, he has been in the Northland all year round, and his skin is dark.

"Ahem, in fact, when we hit the gates of Dadu in the Northern Han Dynasty, we cooperated with the people we buried in the Northern Han Dynasty. They are the people who were sent to different places by the master to spy on the truth and reality of various countries. The private affairs of the princes and nobles The treasury was almost emptied by us, and it was sent out through secret channels. The treasury of the Northern Han Dynasty has been dragged down by wars for many years, and there is no money at all. .So the Northern Han Dynasty hardly has much oil and water to fish for. Those resources will appear in the treaty anyway. Instead of letting our people work hard to mine, why not spend their own manpower to do it for us?"

"Oh, it's indeed Yun Miao. In short, you took away everything you could take away, and found a way to let others automatically send you what you couldn't take away. In the end, Bei Han was dragged to death slowly, and in the end, people still had to treat you Thank you Dade, because you have at least allowed the country to exist for a few more years."

"The general said that at least we can't ruin our country's reputation." Su Xiao said it confidently, anyway, it wasn't what he said.

Lin Ke is not in the mood to listen to Yun Miao's inconsequential theories here, he is already busy with his own affairs.

"It's just in time for you to come back, and now you have to deal with another difficult matter." Lin Ke then roughly explained what happened yesterday, and ordered, "I want you to figure out the Liu family in the shortest possible time no matter what. One day, the night was full of dreams. I sent Jiangcheng out last night. You can go to him to help. Our people have been guarding the Liu Mansion. Unless it was before last night, no one will escape from our eyes. Remember, I will check all the people who left the Liu residence within three days before this, and let me know if you have any questions."

Even if this Liu Mansion is a ghost hell, he can turn it over to figure it out.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it immediately."

"Master, someone from Mei Shangshu's family is here to look for you." Su Xiao just left, and Shuang'er hurried over, blushing, "It's a very important matter, please go to the household department immediately."

"I see, prepare chariots and horses, hurry up!" Could it be that the household department found something?

Lin Ke just got off the carriage with one foot and landed on the ground, and a person rushed out like the wind, dragging Lin Ke inside.

"Madman, are you really crazy today?" Lin Ke shook off the hand of the person in front of him, and Lin Ke was a little dissatisfied with his wrist being caught red, "Master will go by himself!"

Mei Yan picked up Lin Ke's hand again and rushed forward, the speed disrupted Lin Ke's steps.

"My lord, can I not be in a hurry? Since last night, my father's dark face is comparable to that of Mr. Bao on the stage. He asked me to pick you up. If it's later, I have to take care of my skin. You said Young master, can I not be crazy? I don’t want to be fined to copy the house rules hundreds of times.”

Lin Ke secretly rejoiced that he didn't have such a thing as house rules.

"Uncle Mei." As soon as he entered Mei Shangshu's room, he saw the bright red wedding dress in a conspicuous place, and Lin Ke's eyes ached. It was obviously the one worn by the queen yesterday.Since it will appear here, it can only explain one problem, that is, there is something wrong with this wedding dress.

Without waiting for Mei Shangshu to say anything, Lin Ke walked over immediately, unfolded the clothes, and observed from top to bottom, but found no problems, except for a little water stain on the corner of the clothes.

Some doubts turned to look at Mei Shangshu, waiting for his answer.

"This morning the queen mother took people to see the queen, and the wedding dress was hung in the bedroom. As a result, the cat in the queen mother's arms was frightened by something, and jumped on the dress, stuck out its tongue and licked it. He died within an hour. We immediately recruited the imperial physician to check the clothes, and found that the poison had penetrated into the clothes. More precisely, the silk used for weaving is poisonous. Most people are poisoned. It will happen in the next two days."

Mei Shangshu secretly resented that someone poisoned him so openly, but the poison was found, and the problem became more complicated.The cloth belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and when it was sent to Liu Xiang's mansion, it was inspected several times inside and out. It is impossible that such an obvious poison could not be found out?If it is said that someone entered the Xiangfu and was poisoned, but the poison is present from the silk thread, the entire cloth is poisonous, and the people in the Xiangfu can only put poison on the surface, how can it seep into the silk?

Lin Ke obviously thought of this too, and his brows became more and more wrinkled, obviously knowing it but not knowing why.

"Liuxian, isn't there a master in your family? Go ask him how he is? Isn't he the most proficient in this way?" Mei Yan stood next to Lin Ke and touched the clothes, "The best jade silk Ah, what a pity!"

Lin Ke smiled, indeed, how could he forget about this experience, isn't there an expert in the family who specializes in this.

"Uncle Mei, can I take this dress back to the Lin family and show it to my master?"

"Yes, but you must wrap it with a thick cloth, and don't touch it for a long time." Mei Shangshu nodded, and now he can only pin his hopes on that master.

Lin Ke brought the wrapped clothes back to Lin's house, and hurried to Lin Su's room without stopping.

"Sister, hurry up, I need your help!"

"Oh, sir, the girl hasn't gotten up yet, so take it easy!" Yue Ying stopped Lin Ke, although they were siblings, but she couldn't rush in before her sister got up.But what is the important thing that made the uncle so anxious.

"No need, I'm already up, let Ke'er come in, it's very important to think about it." Lin Su's refreshing voice came from inside, and it seemed that he had really woken up.

As soon as Lin Ke went in, he saw that Liu Ying was already waiting for Lin Su to wash up, and he recovered after a while.

"Liu Ying, you guys go down first." Lin Ke winked, Liu Ying and Yue Ying immediately understood, and they both went out while guarding the door. It seems that this time is really a big deal.

"Xifu?" Lin Su took the burden and shook it off, feeling a little puzzled, "Why is the smell of this spice so familiar?"

"Spices?" Lin Ke didn't have much research on these things, but hurriedly explained the matter clearly, "Sister, can you see what's going on? We're almost at a dead end."

"You wait first, let me think about it. Oh, hurry up and take a shower. You have touched this clothes just now, and the poison has already got on your hands. If you accidentally swallow it without washing it, you will be poisoned!" Lin Su ordered Lin Ke, and she was also secretly shocked. She has seen the secrets of the back house today.

Lin Ke's heart brightened when he heard this: "It means that the queen touched the clothes and then did something like washing her hands and taking something to eat, so she was poisoned. Unfortunately, it still can't solve the poison. Why? It came so strangely."

In the end, it was quite sad.

"Okay, leave the next thing to me. You go take a shower and wash off the stains on your body." Lin Su patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "There are a lot of strange poisons in this world, but the fundamental It's all the same. Don't worry, sister, I will help you, don't worry so much."

"Well, then please sister, I'll go to freshen up first." Lin Ke was obedient this time, because he knew that it was useless to be anxious now.

Just as Lin Ke put on his clothes, Jiang Cheng had already returned.

"What's the progress? What's wrong with Liu Mansion?"

A cold look flashed across Jiang Cheng's Qingjun's face: "Returning to the master, Liu's mansion has found nothing strange so far. But what surprised my subordinates most is that the two girls from Liu Xiang's mansion entered the palace together, and the first one to leave The first girl became the queen, and the second was the step-wife's daughter as a concubine. It is said that the two had been in trouble since they were young, but the two girls suddenly went to the queen's boudoir frequently a few days before their wedding, and their words were intimate. abnormal."

"Do you suspect that the second girl from the stepmother did the murder? But how could a boudoir girl think of such a wonderful poison?" Lin Ke pinched a lock of long crow-blue hair that was still dripping on his shoulders, frowning in thought, But not everyone is like his sister.

"Going to visit the Liu Mansion again, people must get to know the second girl clearly, and at the same time inform Su Xiao in the palace to keep an eye on the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"The subordinate will go immediately."