[Seven Five] Sword Que Merry

After the Waking of Insects, the weather gradually warmed up.

The Minister's Mansion has experienced a tense atmosphere for more than a month. By the end of February, there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate him on his promotion.Because he said that an old friend was coming to visit, taking advantage of the spring break, Mu Xian simply invited the theater troupe and put on a banquet. He also invited Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao by the way.

Knowing that this was to thank Kaifeng Mansion for disturbing them during the Shangyuan Festival, but Bao Zheng was busy with official duties and didn't like to socialize, so he simply sent Bao Qingcheng and Zhan Zhao to come.

If it was in the past, Zhan Zhao would definitely find a reason to shirk, but this time he unexpectedly went willingly.

It was just after Si hour in the morning, and there were several carriages parked at the gate of the mansion, Mu Xian stood inside the gate, and greeted the visitors.

"Brother Mu, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here to be safe."

The person who got out of the car was a bloated middle-aged man, about 40 years old, exuding a golden smell of copper. The woman beside him was a little younger, also dressed magnificently, with jewels and emerald hair.

Mu Xian clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Brother Yin is busy with business, so willing to take the time to come to my place will make my house flourish."

"Where is this called? With the relationship between you and me, let alone the little money, it doesn't matter if we don't talk about business."

"I'm flattered to hear Brother Yin say that." After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mu Xian saw a young man with an unfamiliar face standing beside him, and hurriedly asked, "This is..."

"This is Yin Shi, Mr. Yin, don't look at him as a young man, he is very easy to start a business." Yin Zheng nodded solemnly, "I said I have admired your name for a long time, so I have to come to see you .”

When Mu Xian heard it, he immediately said "Ah yo", clasped his fists and said, "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

Yin Shi smiled politely and said, "Master Mu's name is like a thunderbolt, and Wansheng admires it."

It is rare for someone to admire him so much, Mu Xian was quite proud, and raised his hand to get out of the way:

"In that case, everyone, please go to the inner courtyard of the humble house. The stage is set up in the garden, and the show will start in half an hour."

After sending Yin Zheng and the others away, Mu Xian just turned his head and saw Zhan Zhao and Bao Qingcheng coming this way, and immediately went up to them with a smile.

"Master Zhan, Miss Bao, you have worked so hard..."

The Mu family has a small population and not many houses, but what Mu Xian is most proud of is this garden in the mansion. There are flowers and plants blooming in spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are pavilions, pavilions, flying bridges and wooden stacks. The small lake, with corridors on both sides, is really admirable.

The stage is in the garden, and the sound of flute music spreads melodiously in the green scenery in spring.

Nian Yi didn't like to watch these kinds of dramas. The gongs and drums were loud and noisy, which made people panic.The most important thing is that Zhan Zhao also came today. Ever since the coal incident last time, she has been feeling uneasy, and will always subconsciously want to see him.

Fortunately, there are three members of Yin Zheng's family between them, otherwise, with Zhan Zhao's insight, he would definitely find the clue.

There was ping-pong-pong on the table, and there was a girl at the bottom bringing tea, which was scented tea, and there were a few petals floating in the teacup from time to time.The youngest son of the Yin family was only about ten years old. He stared at the cup for a long time, then raised his head and said to Wang:

"Mom, I don't want to drink this."

Because his voice was too loud, Wang couldn't help scolding in a low voice: "Where can you be so picky when you're away from home?"

"I want your cup, exchange it with me."

"It's all poured out of a pot of tea, what can I change?"

Guessing that he didn't like the petals floating in the water, Qiao'er hurriedly said with a smile: "Master Yin, why don't I pour you another glass?"

"I don't want it!" He lifted the stool, "I want that cup! I don't care, I want that cup!"

"You doll..." Seeing that all the female family members around were looking in this direction, Wang felt very embarrassed, let alone reprimand him, so he had to switch the cup with his, and Yin Yu held the teacup before drinking happily Take a sip.

"I'll tell you." Mrs. Wang lowered her head and said sharply, "If you mess around again, go home and I'll clean you up!"

"Hmph." The latter looked away indifferently.

"What's your attitude? Have you ever talked to your mother like this?"

……

Bao Qingcheng raised her eyebrows and listened to their quarrel, she just thought it was more interesting than singing on stage, she watched it with relish for a while, then turned to ask Zhan Zhao.

"Brother Zhan, do you like drinking scented tea?"

"I can do it." He said and took a sip. He has never paid much attention to tea.

Bao Qingcheng scratched his head: "Is there no tea you particularly like?"

"……should not."

There was nothing else to say, she reached out and picked up an orange, "Shall I peel the orange for you?"

Zhan Zhao secretly sighed: "No need, I'm not hungry yet, you can eat by yourself."

The gongs and drums on the stage rang, and his mind was unusually messed up.In fact, he has long since lost his mind on watching the theater, his mind is full of what he saw in front of the grave under the jujube tree on the Lantern Festival.

The moonlight is like water, the lights are dim, and on the desolate tomb, someone is kneeling on the ground, sobbing softly.

It's a pity that he didn't dare to walk for too long, and couldn't hear if she said anything else.

Zhan Zhao looked sideways, but unfortunately Mrs. Yin and the young master of the Yin family blocked his view, so he couldn't see Mu Ci sitting there.

"Brother Zhan? Brother Zhan..." Bao Qingcheng waved his hand in front of his eyes twice, Zhan Zhaofang came back to his senses, still lowered his head and picked up the teacup to prepare to drink tea, but he didn't want to drink it for a long time before realizing that the tea was gone ...

"What are you thinking about?" Bao Qingcheng thought it was funny, and lifted the teapot to fill him up, "You're so focused, why don't you tell me?"

"I……"

"ah--"

At this moment, the little girl serving the tea screamed, and then the tables and chairs were overturned. Mrs. Yin slipped from the chair and fell to the ground almost in full view of everyone, and the teacup in her hand shattered.

"Ma'am, ma'am, are you all right?"

The servant girl hurried up to help her, but Wang's hands were weak, his eyes were wide open, and soon blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.The girl was frightened out of her wits and let go of her.

"The lady is bleeding!"

They were all women in a big mansion. How often have they seen such a scene? Soon there were screams all over the place, the surroundings became a mess, the sound of teacups being knocked over, crying, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as lively.

As soon as Bao Qingcheng heard someone talking about bleeding, his scalp immediately went numb. He was about to ask Zhan Zhao, but he suddenly stood up and hurried forward through the crowd.

"Brother Zhan? Where are you going?"

Surrounded by a group of girls in front of him, he couldn't see clearly what happened.

Nian Yi frowned and stood up, "What happened?"

"I don't know either." Qiao'er shook her head and looked around, "It seems to be Mrs. Yin's side..."

Suddenly she saw Zhan Zhao walking over in a panic, and before she could speak, she heard him frown and ask:

"Are you OK?"

Nian Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head after a while: "I'm fine."

"Give me your hand."

As soon as the words fell, he clasped her wrist to feel her pulse...

A vivid pulse was beating in his palm.

Nianyi's heart beat like a drum, and he kept looking at his expression.

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao let go of her, Youyou breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes softened, "There is no poison."

"Um……"

"I took the cup away first, if you feel any discomfort, please tell me as soon as possible."

She lowered her head and replied, "Okay."

It had long been expected that Mrs. Wang would die from poisoning. After carefully examining her body, the answer became even more certain.

"The tooth hall is black, and the tongue is purple. It should be the crane's top red." Zhan Zhao took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe his hands, stood up, and looked at Yin Zheng. He was killed on the spot."

"What did you say?!" Yin Zheng almost couldn't stand still, and lamented, "How could such a thing happen!? This... Is this someone deliberately poisoning? Who is going to make things difficult for me, Yin!"

The spearhead was directed at Mu Xian, and the entire Mu family seemed a little nervous at this moment.

"Brother Yin, don't be impatient. Master Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion is here, and he will definitely find out the truth of the matter."

"Wait..." Yin Zheng waved his hand, as if thinking of something, "You said that my wife died of poisoning. Before that, she drank tea and ate snacks... Could it be that the murderer poisoned the tea?"

"So, wouldn't everyone who drank that pot of tea die?"

For a while, the atmosphere became strange again.

Zhan Zhao secretly sighed.

"Everyone, don't panic. If it's true that the tea is poisonous, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive now." He brought up the pot of tea Wang had just drank, poured a cup of it under his nose and sniffed it lightly.

"Don't worry, there is no poison in the tea."

Hearing this, everyone relaxed.

Mu Xian pondered for a moment, and was a little puzzled: "Since it's not the poison in the food, then where will the poison... be deposited?"

"If Zhan's guess is right, it should be a teacup."

"cup?"

He leaned over to pick up a broken piece from the ground, and stroked the mouth of the cup with his fingers, "The man must have put the poison on the mouth of the cup, so that even if there is no need to poison the tea, the tea drinker will die Undoubtedly... this will be known after the test is over."

"If it's really on the teacup." Yin Zheng raised his voice and glanced around, "It must be done by the servants of this mansion."

"You can't speak too early." Zhan Zhao smiled lightly, "What a servant can do, the master may not be able to do."

Hearing that there was something in his words, Mu Xian rubbed his hands uncomfortably, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Zhan, this case will trouble you, we must find out the murderer quickly, otherwise my side..." He was embarrassed He winked in Yin Zheng's direction, and said in a low voice, "It's hard to explain."

"I understand." Zhan Zhao turned sideways, "Even if Mr. Mu doesn't say anything, I will investigate this case."

"The murderer might still be at the mansion, it seems that some of you will be invited to stay at Mu's house for a few more days."

Yin Zheng was dissatisfied immediately: "Even I want to stay here?"

Zhan Zhao looked back at him: "Not bad."

After all, knowing his identity, Yin Zheng didn't dare to speak out even though he complained, so he had to obey obediently.

It was a good feast, but it was cut in half before it even started. It was rare to wake up early in such a good mood, but now it was completely ruined. Mu Qing broke a green willow branch and shook it in her hand.

"It's unlucky!"

She threw the willow sticks into the pool angrily, "It's only been a while since someone died, what should I do in the future?"

The girl at the bottom persuaded softly: "Miss, please be quiet..."

"Is this anger so easy to dissipate?!"

Mu Qing stomped her feet, then went to ask Nian Yi again, "Hey, why didn't you respond?"

"Reaction?" She didn't quite understand, "How should I react? Ah... so scary, like this?"

Mu Qing bit her lip: "You!...Aren't you worried that there will be some dirty things at home in the future?"

"I don't do bad things, even if I do, I won't be found." After Nian Yi finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "You are so afraid, is it because you have done a lot of bad things?"

Unexpectedly, her complexion changed drastically, and she shook her hands and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about! I don't have one!"

"Then why are you nervous?"

"I'm not nervous!"

As soon as Nian stepped onto the wooden bridge, he wanted to provoke her: "Those things you and your mother have done to me, even if I am not dead, I am afraid that if I go to the underworld later, you will not have good retribution. Are you afraid ?"

"Wh, what the underworld..." The cold spring breeze blew cold sweat all over her back, Mu Qing insisted, "There won't be such a thing, don't scare me."

"Well, there is no such thing, and I just heard about it." Nian Yi continued nonchalantly, "I heard that there is a ghost in the underworld called the ghost without food, who lives in thirst every day. If you go to the river to get water, the river will dry up immediately. If you go to the well to drink water, there will be stick ghosts, and they will beat their heads with a three-foot-long barbed iron rod...It's miserable .”

Mu Qing swallowed her saliva: "Then, so what!"

"Do you know who will become this kind of ghost after death?" Nianyi approached her calmly, and said with a smile, "He just pushes people into the water and drowns them..."

Hearing the word drowned, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Mu Qing gasped, her face was pale, and she breathed heavily.

Seeing her being frightened like this, Nian Yi felt quite happy, but he didn't bother to scare her anymore, and walked sideways.

Mu Qing stood there for a while, and it took a long time before she realized that she had swayed her. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She saw the deep lake beside the bridge from the corner of her eye. Before she could think about it, she went up a few steps and pushed Nian Yi down. bridge.

There was only a "plop" sound, and the water splashed everywhere, and all the girls in the surrounding area were stunned.

No one expected that the eldest lady would repeat her tricks half a year later, even under such blatant circumstances!

"Miss!" Qiao'er was the first one to come back to her senses, and quickly threw herself on the railing, "Miss, how are you doing?!"

It is well known in the family that Mu Ci does not know how to swim. Sure enough, seeing the rippling water in the lake, she struggled a few times, and soon began to sink, and soon did not even float her head out.

"Miss, Miss!" Qiao'er cried with tears streaming down her face, and knelt down at Mu Qing's feet with a thump, "I beg you, please save Miss Er, she is weak in the first place, how can she stand up to this?" Make a fuss, miss, I beg you!"

She kowtowed heavily on her head a few times, Mu Qing just coldly shook her hand away and snorted coldly.

"Miss..."

Seeing that she was unmoved, Qiaoer had no choice but to stand up and run and call for help.

"Miss fell into the water! Someone come here! Woooo... Come here... Someone..."

All the servants in Mu's mansion remained silent. The scene was exactly the same as before. She ran all over the mansion, and no one would help her even when she was hoarse.

Qiaoer cried and walked to the shore, looking around for branches, trying to pull her up.

"Miss, wait a moment...I'll save you right away..."

Suddenly, someone from behind asked her loudly, "Who fell into the water?"

Qiaoer raised her head with tears in her eyes, and she saw a red dress as bright as blood. She was stunned for a moment, crying while wiping her tears:

"Master Zhan, it's Miss, Miss, she fell into the water, hurry up... hurry up and save her!"

Zhan Zhao paused for a moment, then suddenly looked at the lake, at the center of the lake under the bridge, waves pushed away round and round, and a dark shadow under the water could be vaguely seen.It's just that she didn't even have the slightest struggle, she must have lost her strength, if she doesn't save her, her life may be lost.

Zhan Zhao tensed up suddenly, and told her, "Hurry up and find someone in the front yard, the arresters from Kaifeng Mansion are all there."

"Oh, oh!" Qiao'er nodded hurriedly, then stumbled towards the main entrance.

Mu Qing, who was watching the excitement on the bridge, silently led the girl down the bridge, pretending to be concerned and waiting.

The front yard was far away, it was already too late for a girl to run over, and it would take an incense stick of time for her to run back.

Hey, if he had known this, he should have gone by himself.

Zhan Zhao stood beside the lake anxiously, his hands were covered with sweat.

It's early spring now, the lake is freezing cold, ordinary people will freeze to death even if they know how to keep the water, how long can she last?

Seeing that the movement on the lake gradually weakened, he gritted his teeth and jumped into the water.

The author has something to say: Mr. Zhan, you are jumping hairs, you can't swim. . . . . .

Daily life of Mufu:

My lady jumps into the lake every day

Don't hit me! ! !I will definitely do it in the next chapter. . . .Let the two of them do it! !

If I can't do it, I will live broadcast and eat a catty! ! !