Lu Zhongyuan immediately beckoned for someone, but An Shaohua pressed his hand down.After giving him a wink, Lu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at him, and it took him a while to react. He quickly stepped forward and pointed to the woman in the kitchen and whispered to Qiao Lai, "Ma'am, the maid she mentioned is about the tenth day of the lunar new year."

Qiao Lai gave him a cold look, intending to choke him, and felt that her husband should not be shamed in front of others, so she could only turn her face away and whispered instructions to the servant girl.After turning around, he pulled a forced smile at An Shaohua.In order to ease the relationship between their fathers, An Shaohua worked hard, and Qiao Lai was not a person who didn't know what to do.

When husband and wife get along, they know how warm and cold they are. No matter how good the relationship is between husband and wife, they are still outsiders. An Shaohua feels that he has done enough.I will not say more.While waiting for the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, An Shaohua asked if he could hold another banquet in the Lu Mansion in the afternoon and invite Mao Zhou.This time, Lu Zhongyuan learned to behave himself, not daring to be good at it, so he glanced at Qiao Lai.

Qiao Lai just said two words: "I'm afraid it's..."

Hearing the meaning of Qiao Lai's words, if he consciously rejects others, he should say it himself, so Lu Zhongyuan cut off the conversation, "Wei Qing, you don't know. It is the custom in Cangzhou that after the death of the father, one does not eat hot food for seven days, and one month does not eat hot food." Clean face, don’t drink tea, wine or meat for three months, don’t shave for a year, and don’t marry for three years. It’s really not suitable for entertaining guests if you don’t eat hot food, don’t clean your face, and don’t drink tea, wine or meat. After speaking, he glanced at Qiao Lai, who nodded, and Lu Zhongyuan also heaved a sigh of relief.

"To be honest," Gao Xinli took over the conversation, "Master Lu, Mr. An and I disagree with Mr. Mao's statement about your father's case. Moreover, various details are quite strange, and many mysteries have not yet been solved. It's too early."

"Weiqing?" Hearing this, Lu Zhongyuan stepped forward and grabbed An Shaohua's hand in two or three steps, his breathing became chaotic, "Do you know something?"

"We have discovered some suspicious points." An Shaohua looked at Lu Zhongyuan, "but only suspicious points. The suspect is very smart, and many people have unknowingly become accomplices. We can't startle the snake, we can only ask you to cooperate and find the suspect Weaknesses in the layout are defeated in one fell swoop."

Lu Zhongyuan nodded, "Please, but it's okay."

"Huan Lang, Mrs. Sister-in-law," An Shaohua called Lu Zhongyuan and his wife to sit down, and Gao Xinli and Gu Cheng immediately surrounded them.After a few people discussed it, it was already time.

Going to Mao Mansion for a banquet at noon is the hottest time in the day.The heat today is different from the previous few days, it was a bit stuffy in the morning, but it was still unbearably hot at noon, the poisonous sun was scorching hotly on the top of his head, even Gu Li felt a little difficult to breathe, and he had to take a deep breath from time to time, others even more so. Needless to say.

Although Mao Mansion's banquet was well prepared, the people who came to the banquet were not focused on eating, and naturally no one appreciated the best dishes.During the meeting, Mao Zhou proposed to drink several times, but An Shaohua pushed him away.After repeating this two or three times, Mao Zhou's expression didn't improve.

"Master An, but the food is not to your taste?"

"Ah, no, Lord Mao is overthinking. It's hot weather, and I don't have a good appetite." An Shaohua looked at Gu Cheng with a smile. "This time I have been away for a long time, and the youngest son in the family is also a little homesick."

There is another advantage of having a child, and many things can be pushed to the child.For example, at this time, Master Mao took the trouble to prepare the family banquet, but they didn't like it, so they wanted to push it on the child, saying that the child was homesick.Where to follow.

But chatting with smart people, in this way, the other party can understand and naturally accept it. "That's true. Originally, there were many interesting places to go in Cangzhou, but it happened to meet the Lu family. These days, the Lu family is under strict supervision. No one except the public can go in and out. The young master is trapped in the Naturally, I feel bored in a small space and want to go home. Children. Hehe, but it’s not good to go out. I’m afraid I can’t stand the heat. It’s better to come back in August and autumn. There will be delicious food then. , some fun. Fortunately, the case is closed today, and General Gu can bring Young Master Ling back to Yonganjing first, and those guests who were locked up in the Lu Mansion can move freely."

It was rare for Mao Zhou to talk so much at one time. An Shaohua played with his teacup with his head down, and glanced at Gao Xinli slightly. Farewell to Lord Mao's wine, Lord Mao..."

"Hey... Don't worry, Mr. Gao. This case is over. Why don't you hand over the case to Mr. An and Mr. Gao?" After finishing speaking, Mao Zhou waved his hand, and someone immediately presented a stack of case files.

An Shaohua quickly rinsed his mouth and hands, stepped forward to take the case file in two or three steps, and sat aside to read it.

Seeing this, Mao Zhou was too embarrassed to take things too seriously, so he quickly followed up with his hands clean, waiting for An Shaohua to ask questions.An Shaohua had a rough look at the case file, and he had a better idea.

Seeing An Shaohua's confident appearance, Gu Cheng stood up and said goodbye.

Mao Zhou sent them out, and during the chat on the way, An Shaohua asked casually, "Are the two witnesses from yesterday in the government office?"

Mao Zhou thought that they were going to retry, so he said, "The facts of this case are solid. The suspect has committed suicide. There is no need to go to court for a trial. After the verdict, the witnesses have been released."

An Shaohua nodded and changed the topic.

At the time of parting, An Shaohua suggested that Lu's residence hold a banquet in the afternoon. Although Mao Zhou was a little surprised, he readily accepted it.

Back to Lu's mansion, it's Shen Shi.

Yu Liang said that Mr. Li, who lived in the same courtyard as Qi Ran, had been here before.Also, Deputy General Zhao sent a lot of seasonal food and fresh gadgets to Yangyang Yard, and gave them to General Gu by name.

Seeing the various gift boxes on the table, Gu Li frowned.

"There is one more letter."

What a shit-stirrer, Gu Yu scolded Zhao Baihu's family through the family tree and scolded his ancestors in his heart, but he had to pretend not to know the content of the letter, open the letter in front of An Shaohua with an open mind, and motioned to read it together.Unexpectedly, Zhao Baihu only said in the letter that he saw some things on the day of Lu Quan's death. He thought it was irrelevant, but after thinking about it these two days, he always felt that there was something hidden in it. Being in the barracks and unable to come out often, I asked Gu Cheng to meet at the bell tower at Xu o'clock tonight.

Gu Li snorted, and was about to throw away the letter, but An Shaohua said, "Liu Guang, you... can you send him a message, in the name of General Xianwu, to invite his two brothers to come to Lu's residence for a banquet this afternoon."

Seeing that Gu Li was noncommittal, An Shaohua explained in a low voice, not knowing what Zhao Baihu saw, nor whether what he said was true or not.What he meant by this was indeed unclear, but what if he actually saw it?

I cursed a few idiots in my heart, but I still wrote a post.An Shaohua felt his eyes hurt when he saw his pen-holding method and the words with missing arms and legs. He still couldn't hold back and wrote a post by himself.It was still early in the sky, and I wanted to teach Gu Cheng how to write.Unexpectedly, Gu Cheng made a sharp sound, picked up Jing He and ran away.

An Shaohua smiled and shook his head, seeing that Xianchun picked up the water bag and chased him out.An Shaohua returned to the house, calling for someone loudly, and was about to order someone to call Li Cun, when he suddenly remembered that Li Cun and Qi Ran lived in the same yard, so he got up and went to the scene to take a look.

Although Li Cun and Qi Ran are in the same courtyard, Li Cun is at the gate of the courtyard.In front of the house, a sycamore tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, and the shadow of the tree is mottled.Li Cun was playing chess with someone under the tree. Seeing An Shaohua approaching, the man greeted him, exchanged some greetings and left.

Looking at the chess game, Li Cun is really good at this.

"Why did my cousin call me here?"

An Shaohua called her cousin immediately, Li Cun was slightly surprised when he heard this, and then bowed his head and smiled again.

"Weiqing, I heard from the Wang family in the yard that Cangzhou Mansion has settled the case of Master Lu. Is that true?"

"To tell you the truth, my cousin, the case closed by the prefect of Cangzhou is now on my desk."

"Oh."

"My cousin seems to have something to say."

Li Cun looked at An Shaohua, thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "The case has been concluded, and now the murderer has given his life for his life, which is considered complete."

"If my cousin really felt consummated, I'm afraid he wouldn't look for me today."

Li Cun looked at An Shaohua, and suddenly said after a while: "Weiqing, I heard that Master Mao, the prefect of Cangzhou, thinks that Qi Ran committed suicide in this case?"

"Exactly, that's because," An Shaohua looked around, took two steps closer, and whispered the cause of Qi Ran's death.

At that time, there were two kinds of wine on the Qi Ran table, ordinary rice wine and Chengxian wine.Although Qi Ran had asked for Chengxian wine on purpose, not a single drop of it had been touched.And the rice wine that was drunk was placed in a small jug with a set of four cups and a jug, and only one cup was poured out. The other three cups were non-toxic, and the wine in the jug was also non-toxic.So the prefect of Cangzhou decided that Qi Ran committed suicide.

Hearing this, Li Cun bowed his head in thought for a moment, then stood up abruptly and said, "Weiqing, come here."

An Shaohua followed Li Cun into Li Cun's room. On the way, Li Cun told An Shaohua that the food and tea in this yard were served by junior 11 people, and they were very busy.Yesterday afternoon, around the end of the hour, wine containers and bowls and chopsticks were delivered from room to room on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

An Shaohua nodded.

"The Lu family has always been very considerate in hospitality. Regardless of whether the guests drink alcohol or not, each room has a set of wine vessels."

While talking, the two entered Li Cun's room. Li Cun looked left and right, opened the door wide, turned his head and whispered, "Weiqing, look." He pointed to the wine vessel on the table, "Do you know the little girl from the day before yesterday?" Why did the girl burn her hand?"

An Shaohua looked at Li Cun, seemingly not understanding why he suddenly brought up this topic.

Li Cun didn't really ask him, "I heard that it's because the tea set in his room is four-line poems. And he hates poems and books the most, and he wants four beautiful poems."

When Li Cun was talking, An Shaohua was also carefully looking at the drinking utensils that Li Cun had shown him.This is a set of blue and white, with four seasons, and there is nothing special at first glance.An Shaohua was about to pick them up one by one, but Li Cun stopped his movement with his hand.

"Weiqing, take a step to the left and look carefully."

An Shaohua was full of doubts, and carefully looked at what Li Cun said, a flagon, four cups, and matching tea trays, and the cups had faint water stains on the tea tray.

Water stains, a set of four cups, three of the water stains do not match the cups.

An Shaohua looked up at Li Cun, and Li Cun said, "I don't like drinking in my life. I don't drink at all unless I have to socialize, so I have never touched the wine set for four seasons in my house." Suddenly picked up one of them, "Although I don't drink, if there is a difference in the set, I can still tell at a glance."

When An Shaohua slapped the table, it really didn't take much effort!

It turned out that they had always been suspicious of the murderer's method of poisoning Qi Ran.

It wasn't in the wine, because it was busy on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, all the wine was in a wine jar, and the wine jugs were filled one by one in the yard and sent to the room. Many people saw this process, and the wine jugs were sent to the burning room After Qi Ran's body was discovered, no one had entered Qi Ran's room.

Not in the wine, is it on the wine vessel?But there was no poison in the jug, nor did the other three wine glasses.If it was poured into the wine glass in advance, how can the murderer be sure which poisoned wine glass Qi Ran will use?

Now suddenly enlightened, An Shaohua only felt that the sweltering weather was cool and comfortable, and the boredom disappeared.

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