Walking in the garden of Qinzhai, Mo Xingle seemed to have entered the Grand View Garden, his eyes were useless, and he exclaimed from time to time: "Madame's garden is really full of flowers, fluttering butterflies and fluttering fireflies in her spare time, it is really enviable to think about it - but with so many flowers, is there a honeycomb nearby? Could there be a lot of bees?"

“…… No. Mrs. Qin was veiled and supported by the maid, she led the way in front to introduce Mo Xingle and the fast arresting officer, unwilling but helpless.

The male owner of the Qin Mansion was not here today, and the porter looked at the saber catcher and the official brought by Mo Xingle, and trembled and hurriedly sent someone to invite Mrs. Qin, and secretly asked the little maid to inform the master, who knew that Mo Xingle saw through his small movements, and said with a smile Your master was invited to drink tea by the prefect, and he was afraid that he would have to go to the prefect's mansion to find talent.

Mrs. Qin was tasting new tea at the time, and when she received the news, she put the tea cup on the coffee table, and let go before she got to the coffee table.

"Why did you suddenly check the door?"

She hurried to the door, and as soon as she stepped out of the hall door, she instructed Liu Er beside her.

Therefore, everyone saw Mrs. Qin from a distance who was blown by the wind and outlined her slender waist.

Mrs. Qin wore a plain dress with a veil to cover her face, saying that she occasionally felt cold, and it was inconvenient to show her real face, for fear of infecting the official.

Mo Xingle seemed to believe Mrs. Qin's statement, indicating that the magistrate gave him full authority to investigate the Zhou Qing poisoning case, hoping that Mrs. Qin could cooperate with one or two, so there was the opening scene.

Inside and out, not letting go of any corner, Mrs. Qin couldn't help but wonder if this was her home, how could it be so big, and there were several places where she hadn't been there.

The big guys are panting, and Ah Yao beats her legs, she takes advantage of her energy at a young age.

"We were a little tired from walking, so we went to the banquet on the day of the incident and sat down. Mo Xingle looked around and said.

"This way, please. Mrs. Qin's face stiffened with a smile, and she introduced it for a long time, keeping her vigilant state and tensing her body, Mo Xingle's words seemed to give a signal to relax, and she was staggering with a sigh of relief, supported by the maid Liu'er.

The banquet was held in a half-pavilion near the right side of the main hall, and from the half-pavilion you could see a large field of flowers, with green leaves setting off flowers of different colors. There is a small spring in the ground at one end of the half pavilion, so the craftsman dug a ditch around the front of the half pavilion, and the spring water finally flows into the small pond, and the bluestone slab is used to build the word "zhi" between the flower field and the half pavilion, and it is intended to make a curved bridge.

Everyone rested in the half-pavilion, and the maid brought cakes and tea.

"Half a pavilion to see the colorful glow, listen to the flowing water at night. There were five people at the table, the prefect had his back to the wall, sitting in the main seat, on both sides were Boss Zhou and Cao Dangjia, Zhou shopkeeper sat next to Cao Dangjia, and I sat near the curved bridge to facilitate the serving. Mrs. Qin introduced.

A-Yao took out the paper and charcoal she brought and wrote it down, and after recording it, she felt itchy teeth, and touched the pastry on the stone table to grind her teeth.

Mo Xingle was so active, it didn't take a while to stand up again, and propped his hands on the railing: "There is a wind blowing on the face, the fragrance of flowers is bursting, it is indeed a good place to entertain people, Madame is so elegant, these flowers are planted by you?"

"Exactly, I like flowers, I like to take care of them, and seeing them bloom is the greatest satisfaction. ”

Ah Yao broke the cake, and just as Mrs. Qin finished speaking, she saw the dark red filling under the puff pastry, and sniffed suspiciously, it was the fragrance of flowers: "Mrs. also made flowers into cakes." ”

Mrs. Qin said: "Yes, in the morning, pick the petals, add sugar and honey and knead them, retain the floral fragrance and remove the bitterness, so that it can be made into a filling." The pie crust is exquisite, it is not easy to make the pie crust and puff pastry, this is the pastry in the southwest, the recipe that my husband bought when he was in business, I think Nanxun should be relatively rare. ”

"I've eaten steamed locust flowers and fried peonies, but this is the first time I've tasted Madame's flower cakes, not even in the capital. Mo Xingle listened, and also twisted a flower cake and chewed it.

A-Yao took a small bite and took a bite, the skin was crispy, and the inside was a rose-pickled sugar filling, sweet in the mouth, thinking of that menu, no wonder there were several cauliflower dishes on the menu, of which daylily accounted for two, it turned out that the hostess liked flowers...... Hmm, that doesn't seem right?

Ah Yao couldn't grasp the fleeting little tail of spiritual light, meditated hard, and wrinkled herself into a bitter gourd face.

Mrs. Qin asked, "It's not delicious?"

"Aang. Ah Yao came back to her senses, "It's delicious, the first time I ate it, it's too sweet......"

"What kind of flower is that, can you eat it?" Mo Xingle pointed to the small flowers on the side of the curved bridge, light yellow, blooming just right.

Mrs. Qin glanced over, and her expression under the veil was unnatural: "It's a wild flower, I can't say it, I shouldn't be able to eat it." ”

The servants and the catchers came back quickly, saying that the kitchen had not been found.

"Did you search my kitchen?" Mrs. Qin's eyebrows were vaguely angry, and there was a hint of hidden panic.

It turned out that when A-Yao asked for flower cakes, Mo Xingle took the opportunity to signal them to go to the kitchen to have a look.

"I thought Madame had agreed to let us in. The officer said with a big grin.

"The case is serious, I only let them go to see the kitchen, and didn't go anywhere else, I don't believe you ask your family. Mo Xingle pouted, and had a hippie smile, which meant that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water. "Next, ask a few big brothers to help, bring people one by one, and you will keep a record. ”

"Liu'er!" Mrs. Qin watched her maid take away Banting and send her to the flower field, she glared angrily: "Brother Poor, what do you mean?"

This sentence should also be written down, and don't miss our word for word. Mo Xingle was still instructing the literate catcher, stretched out his head to look at it and make sure he wrote it down, and replied to Mrs. Qin's words: "Madame, all the facts of the case are important, this is also for your innocence, people are here to eat the banquet, so you can't escape suspicion." ”

"Now tell me about that day from beginning to end. ”

"That day ......"

When Mrs. Qin said that her mouth was dry, she wiped the sweat on her forehead, "I have said everything I know." ”

Ah Yao was about to cry when she watched the quick copy, the font was crooked, but she could understand it. Mo Xingle flipped through the records and pulled the corners of his mouth, "This word is really ugly." He took out a box of cinnabar from his bosom, "Madame, please put your thumb on these confessions, nothing else, just to keep a proof." ”

Mrs. Qin wanted to go through the confession, read it from beginning to end, and pressed her own handprint.

"Next. Mo Xing Lego shouted, and a few people lined up outside the flower field one after another, "Don't let those who have already talked come into contact with those who haven't talked yet!"

"So many people ???" copied the catch quickly counted the people outside the flower field, copied every sentence, when did it have to be copied, the eyes were dark, and I wanted to pick a pick, "My lord, I'm just a fast catcher, I don't often take a pen, why don't I go to the master?"

"Why don't I try?" Ah Yao volunteered, her copying is also good for memory, maybe there will be clues.

"You?" Mo Xingle frowned, and quickly shook off his eyebrows, like playing a knife flower, and the nine rings shook together. "Okay, over there, change to the old one, and the maid will stay first. He told Ah Yao that if this copy is not good, he will be replaced.

Ah Yao nodded seriously and went all out.

Think about it, simply write your name, occupation on a piece of paper, and the rest is the conversation format.

The old man was a fireman in the kitchen, and his memory was a little confusing, so he soon asked the old man to draw a charge.

"Not bad, not bad, the handwriting is also good. Mo Xingle praised, "Okay, then you continue to write, don't shout, you stay and continue to listen, follow and think together." He said to the catcher again.

When it was Liu Er's turn, Ah Yao moved her wrist and cheered up.

After asking a round of irrelevant questions, Mo Xingle suddenly changed his style and became aggressive, urging Liu Er to answer quickly.

"What were you doing on the day of the feast?"

"The slave maid followed the lady and cooked the vegetables for the lady. ”

"How many kinds of food have passed through your hands, and how many dishes are there at the feast?"

"Yes...... I don't remember either. Liu Er hesitated, and Mo Xingle shouted: "Report the name of the dish directly!"

His eyebrows were furiously raised, like a big knife dancing in the air, and the knots in his muscles could be seen through his clothes, as if the clothes would be torn and torn in the next moment.

Liu Er was so frightened that her legs trembled: "Yes, there are daylily lean meat soup, peony lettuce, acacia flower sauce, cold duck gizzard, lotus pond moonlight, three fresh assortments, perilla roast duck, glutinous rice eggs, honey sauce fire party." ”

can match the revised food list.

A-Yao thought while copying.

"How many dishes are there, and how are they served?"

"Yes, there are ten dishes, acacia flower sauce, cold duck gizzard, three fresh assortments, perilla roast duck, lotus pond moonlight, daylily lean meat soup, honey fire party, peony lettuce, glutinous rice eggs. Liu Er trembled.

"Obviously there are nine paths, but you say there are ten, what is the tenth way! Say it quickly!" Mo Xingle slapped the table.

"Woo, it's nine, I miscounted. ”

Mo Xingle: "You lie! The mother-in-law who cooked the rice said that she also made Chuanbei stewed pears on the stove that night, where did this go and who ate it!"

"It didn't go to the feast. Liu Er was aggrieved and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Master Zhou came early, Mrs. has always been kind-hearted, listening to his cough, he asked the kitchen to stew Sichuan Bei pear for him, Mochizuki said that she still has loquat paste, and let one be taken by Master Zhou, and changed the menu, not to use ginseng chicken soup and green onion venison, God knows if the loquat paste she brought was poisonous......"

Ah Yao pursed her lips, snorting coldly in her heart, the strange feeling was getting stronger and stronger, but she couldn't say it.

"Did you drink anything at the feast?"

"No, the prefect wants to drink, but Mochizuki said that Cao Dang's family ran away the next day, Master Zhou was sick, and Mrs. was a woman, and the high shopkeeper would have a rash on her face when she drank, so she didn't serve wine at the table. The prefect can't lose face, if it weren't for my wife, she would have offended the prefect on the day of Mochizuki. ”

"Did you drink after the feast?"

Liu Er hesitated for a moment and shook her head.

Mo Xingle asked a few more questions, and finally asked coldly.

"How does Madame Qin resolve the contradiction between Mochizuki and the prefect?"

"Madame finally drank some wine with the prefect. ”

Before leaving Qin's house, Ah Yao glanced at the small yellow flowers by the curved bridge, the wild flowers were tender and yellow, waving in the wind.