Ah Yao came to the vicinity of Qin's house in the south of the city according to the address written on the food list.

The gate of Qin's house was closed, and the high walls were deep, so that you could not see the situation inside.

How do I get in?

Ah Yao walked around and glanced up at the restaurant next to her, it was three stories high, and if you sat by the window, you could just see the inside of the Qin Mansion. At this time, the lunch market has passed, because it is close to the wharf on the outskirts of the South Gate, and most cargo ships are berthed here, and there is no obvious lunch and dinner market in the surrounding restaurants, teahouses, and restaurants.

There were not many guests in the restaurant, so she easily sat down by the window, served a pot of tea, ordered melon seeds and mung bean cakes, and looked at Qin's house with her cheeks.

The window is facing the large garden of the Qin Mansion, which is purple and red, not losing their backyard flower garden.

The shopkeeper wiped the table for a long time, and the wooden table became shiny under his rag, and he noticed that the little guest by the window turned his head to look at the house next to him for a long time, as if his neck would not hurt, and the food on the table did not move, so he couldn't help but ask: "The little girl is interested in the Qin Mansion?"

"Well, I want to buy a big yard for my sister to live in, is that the master's family surnamed Qin live? Ah Yao replied and inquired about the situation of the Qin house next to her.

"The little girl is very filial, but when your sister gets married, she will naturally have a yard to live in, and you don't need to buy it. Xiao Er naturally interfaced, Ah Yao didn't listen to this, and continued to lead the topic to the Qin Mansion, "This Qin Mansion is very magnificent, and there are only a handful of Nanxun in the whole country, and after the Pei family's courtyard, he is elegant." It is rumored that the kitchen lady Mochizuki's house is very elegant, but even the prefect has never entered, and it is not clear whether their house is the legendary elegance, and the Qin house is a style that can be seen by standing by the window. ”

Ah Yao echoed him and nodded.

"Speaking of the owner of this Qin mansion, Mrs. Qin, she is a strange woman in our Nanxun County. The rouge and fragrance she made are particularly sought after by female guests, and the two 'Xiangse Pavilion' in the east and west of the city are crowded with guests every day, if you want to please your sister, it is better to buy her the rouge of the 'Xiang Se Pavilion' instead of buying a house. ”

Qin, ma'am.

Ah Yao thought silently in her heart, and at the same time she had a strange feeling, but she couldn't tell where she was strange.

"Is this the house she bought? What about her father-in-law?" Ah Yao pursed her lips and asked.

"Uh...... It shouldn't seem to be, it seems to have been sent by a merchant before?"

The shopkeeper raised his head downstairs and shouted to the shopkeeper to work, his departure made A-Yao really relieved, this party drank tea and planned to go to Zhou's house again to see, I heard the horse's hooves ticking on the road, and the coachman shouted at the old man to get out of the car.

She followed the sound and looked, there was a carriage parked in front of the Qin house, an ox cart, the ox cart was loaded with silk cloth and a large box, a man came down from the carriage, the little guy went to open the door, the man walked straight in, the little guy in the Qin house hurriedly ran out of the door, and assisted the coachman to move the things on the ox cart into the house. Then move your eyes to the garden, several maidservants dressed as girls surrounded a slender woman in the middle, she flew into the man's arms like a flower butterfly, the two of them talked and laughed and left the front garden, and also left A-Yao's line of sight.

She can't enter the Qin Mansion in a short time, so let's go to the Zhou family to have a look.

"Oh my God, it stinks!"

When passing through an alley, the sudden smell rushed into her nose, and she was stunned for a moment, and she gasped, and quickly pinched her nose and ran away.

When I left the alley, I saw a side door with white lanterns hanging under a series of high walls, and I could hear the wailing coming from inside the high wall a little closer to the high wall.

Opposite the side door is a board cart with piles of apples and plums, and magnolia flowers cushioned with lotus leaves.

It's better to come by chance than to come well, and if you need something to smell and deodorize, there will be magnolia flowers.

Ah Yao was surprised to go up and buy a lotus leaf magnolia, and by the way, she talked to the vendor.

Zhou's family is in the east of the city, the rich businessman surnamed Zhou went to Nanxun County for less than a year, before he did business in the capital, it is said that after a business, he felt that Nanxun was outstanding and had unlimited business opportunities, so his family moved to Nanxun.

"Truly iniquity. The fruit seller said to Ah Yao, "I heard...... Still in the Yamen, poisoned?"

"I guess I'm waiting for the result of the work. Ah Yao accosted him, this fruit stall sells sugarcane and seasonal fresh fruits at the side door of Zhou's house, facing Zhou's family all day long, maybe he will know something.

"I heard that it was made by a cook? If you want me to say, even if she poisoned her, she would not be the murderer behind the scenes. Ah Yao raised her eyes in confusion, probably because something happened to the Zhou family, the people inside didn't come out, the hawker was doing the business of the Zhou family, and it hadn't opened for most of the day, and now a little girl came, and she happened to be a little interested in this case, and she was willing to listen to his nagging, and his words were like a flood that opened the floodgates. "You think, the most important thing in the profession of a chef is word of mouth, word of mouth is ruined, no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it is for nothing. Even if she has great grievances, she will never do such a thing that will ruin her life. If you want to be taken back as a concubine by a rich master or guest, it is a wealth that is pouring into the sky, and most cooks are aiming for this goal, and it is impossible to make such a move. ”

“……”

"Besides, Master Zhou was a merry man when he was alive, and his wife was not a good person...... Hey, why am I talking to you about this? The hawker clicked his lips and looked around, but there was still no sign of the side door of the Zhou family, and it seemed that he had to set up a stall in another place.

After running two places in a row, the sun on her head was scorching, the ground was steaming, A-Yao was sweating, returned to her sweet cake shop, and poured two large bowls of sour plum soup before feeling that the heat dissipated. "Shu Tan~ How is our family's business recently?"

Ah Yao hadn't been to the sweet cake shop for a while, and during this time, she made pastries at home and had them sent to the sweet cake shop for Kiryu to sell.

"It's hot, and there are fewer pilgrims who go to the valutable. Few customers come to Wenfang Street around noon, and most of them are in the morning or an hour before the sun goes down. By the way, the boss, there are several shopkeepers who have come to say that they want to return the order at noon today, even if we don't refund the money, we must insist on returning the order, I haven't found the reason for the time being. Kiryu said that he felt a little guilty in the back.

Ah Yao knew what was going on.

"I don't blame you for this, I probably know why. She smiled reluctantly, "Maybe in the next day or two, or even three or four days, other shopkeepers may return orders one after another." Let them be, they will break the contract first, and we will not give any of us back. ”

"I haven't been able to make complicated pastries lately, and it's almost summer, so let's change all the water signs, and I'll make a menu and sell it first during this time. ”

Since it is summer, the drink is mainly to quench your thirst under the heat, lotus leaf tea, lotus core tea, sour plum soup, dessert is Cishi lily water chestnut, kelp mung bean paste, tangerine peel red bean paste, brown sugar ice powder, rose ice powder, almond tofu can do a lot of tricks, add pine nuts, rich layers, with the fragrance of pine nuts between chewing, if you add rose sauce, similar to rose ice powder, the taste is different, there is more floral fragrance of roses between the light, as if they are dyed with floral fragrance. The staple food is sugar porridge and cold noodles, and the snack is cucumber.

Drinks, staple foods, and snacks can all be served, and the dessert will be changed every day, and then she will think about some new tricks from the pastries when Mochizuki comes out.

After making the list, Yao began to draw the funnel chart.

At the bottom of the funnel, a line of small words is noted next to the rich merchant dog leash.

Then go back to the top and the widest place and draw a horizontal line - people.

The suspect is expected to be Yue, Mrs. Qin, the prefect and other two guests, the Zhou family. Ah Yao thought about it and added the names of Zhou Yu and Meng Qianxiu behind the Zhou family.

The place of the banquet is in the Qin Mansion, the relationship between Mochizuki and the rich merchant is the cook and the guest invited by the host's family, and the relationship between the rich merchant and Mrs. Qin and other guests is that of the guest and the guest, and the Zhou Yu family is husband and wife, but it is said that the relationship between the husband and wife is not good, and Meng Qian cultivates ...... The relationship is unknown.

Approaching the line of the rich businessman's dog, she drew a second line, and on this line A-Yao wrote about eating. That is, the factor closest to the dog leash of a wealthy merchant - food. Whether there were any ingredients in the menu that he was allerg to, and whether he had eaten anything since he got home.

Under the "personnel", she drew the third line on the top of the "eating", and hesitated for a moment Ah Yao wrote the "incident", what caused the rich businessman to take the dog, here is the biggest mystery.

The picture is drawn, and Ah Yao always feels that something is wrong.

Is it because of a lack of evidence?