"How dare you all go and be lazy! Say, how many times have you done this lazy thing? Ji Yan's face was gloomy, and the sword rested on the guard's neck, and he asked angrily.

Long Wuwei is a Beijing teacher, raising the children of the nobles of the scholar clan, there are often things to dodge, and the soldiers are also slippery after a long time, it seems that Ji Yan has seen a lot of drunken things on such cold nights, and he doesn't think it's unusual, but he never thought that these soldiers dared to drink, and there was no one on duty!

I'm afraid of this matter, the murderer only killed one person last night, and it can be regarded as their fate.

The guard trembled and kowtowed, "No, no, only this time!" General, this, along the way, the brothers didn't sleep all night, last night the wind and snow were too big, freezing people, the brothers thought that they had arrived at the border of Yuezhou, the royal forest guard was in the city, General Yuan's personal guard was also in the city, and there were 50,000 troops outside the city, what could happen? Originally, I hid in the kitchen just to bake the fire, but then I saw some wine and food, so I used it to fill my stomach, but I drank too much......"

Twilight suddenly turned around and went to the backyard.

When the incident happened in the morning, Xiao Er ran out of the inn, and the guards galloped out to report the news, and then all the people arrived in the lobby, and the wine and food in the kitchen must not have had time to clean up!

Yuan Xiu followed out and entered the kitchen together, and saw that there were many plates on the kitchen stove cutting board, in addition to chicken, duck and fish bones were some leftover soup bases, the wine jugs were empty, and the wine jars were also rolling to the ground. He scooped up a jar and sniffed it, then raised his head and drank the rest of the wine.

He has been in the army for ten years, and when he wants to drink, he drinks only water, but today in order to find out the murderer, he broke the military rules that he had guarded for ten years.

Twilight saw him toss the empty jar aside, and scooped one from the ground, one jar after another. In a trance, she remembered the General's Mansion, in the roof pavilion, under the old tree, the man held the wine jar, drank water, and the pride between the eyebrows seemed to be clear, reminiscent of the clean and refreshing wind on the grassland outside the Saiwai.

At this time, he carried the wine jar and really drank the wine, but there was a haze between his eyebrows, and he was not hearty.

He really doesn't want the murderer to be his own soldier, right?

Twilight watched, suddenly turned around, scooped up an empty flask, and poured the bottom into her mouth.

Yuan Xiu shook her wrist after throwing the wine jar, took the wine jug away, and frowned, "You don't drink alcohol?" ”

"I don't want my hands to shake during the autopsy, but it's okay to have a little bit of it, it's just the bottom of a pot." Twilight glanced at Yuan Xiu's hand, and Yuan Xiu realized that she hurriedly let go of her hand and turned her gaze to the side.

Twilight Qing took the opportunity to fish out another wine jug and drank the bottom of the jug, Yuan Xiu saw it and wanted to stop it, but he didn't dare to do it again several times, watching her drink all those wine jugs, and listening to her: "If you turn around and lead the army, the general will take mine too, I'm not interested in suffering from that flesh and skin." ”

Yuan Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Okay! ”

He deserves to be cheerful, with a soft color in his eyes. He once thought that one day he would not be at the border, and he would definitely ask her to accompany him to drink and have a good time, but he didn't expect that the first time the two of them drank was in the kitchen of this inn, drinking this cold wine. But for some reason, the bitterness of the wine in the jar just now entered the throat, and the aftertaste was a little sweet, and the haze in my heart gradually faded, only the softness of Fang Cai's grip remained in the palm of my hand.

The two drank wine and waited for a cup of tea in the kitchen, and Yuan Xiucai said, "It seems that there is no sweat medicine." ”

"Hmm." Twilight nodded, they had waited long enough.

Menghan medicine is produced in the southwest of Daxing, it is made by mandala, it is an anesthetic drug in the army, if the murderer is a person in the army, it is not difficult to get this medicine. Meng's sweat medicine generally takes an hour of tea to be effective, but what they drink is the foundation, if there is medicine in the wine, there will be precipitation after a night, and it can be effective without a cup of tea, but after waiting for so long, the two are still sober, indicating that the wine has not been drugged.

There is no medicine in the wine, and there should be no medicine in the dish. Meng's sweat medicine and wine are a perfect match, under the wine, the medicinal properties and the wine properties are added, and you can pour it when you go out, and you can sleep when you turn your head upside down. If the murderer is drugged, the wine and food are all there, and there is no reason not to drink the food.

But Yuan Xiu didn't want to let go of a qiē possibility, he even tasted the leftovers on the plate one by one, and the result was still sober and fine.

"Looking at the number of wine jars on the ground, there is enough medicine to sleep a lot of people." Twilight Qingdao, those guards of the Dragon Martial Guard probably drank most of the wine in the inn last night.

"So, the murderer didn't drug the guards in the inn, but the guards got drunk and gave the murderer the opportunity to kill?" Yuan Xiu asked, he always felt that this was too coincidental.

"Apparently it was too much of a coincidence." Twilight said and left the kitchen and went to the firewood room.

Yuan Xiu followed up the firewood room and saw two firewood knives on the firewood pile, and Dusk Qing was picking them up to look at them, so he asked, "Are there murder weapons in these two?" ”

"No, the sharp blade in front of the knife used by the murderer is two inches long and sharp. Both of these are short, with blunt angles and rounded angles, which do not match the wounds on the deceased's neck. "These knives are all beaten in the blacksmith shop, handmade, each is different, whether the murder weapon only looks at the shape of the wound does not match, you know," and, there is another point, the murderer cut the carotid artery of the deceased with a knife, and the blood spurted out will definitely splash on the handle of the knife, and the handles of these two knives are very clean, so they are not murder weapons. ”

Twilight searched the firewood room again, and after making sure that there were only these two firewood knives, she walked out, "You can go back to the lobby." ”

A group of people were waiting in the lobby, and as soon as Twilight lifted the curtain, she saw Hu Yanhao wandering impatiently behind the curtain, two royal forest guards guarding the curtain, holding long knives, blocking the way to the backyard. Obviously, the peace talks have not yet begun, and although he, the king of the enemy country, can enter, he does not go wherever he wants.

"Let this king wait for so long, but he actually went to drink?" Hu Yanhao's eyes were like knives, and he scraped Twilight.

"King Di doesn't want to wait for a long time, so he can go back to the post house." Yuan Xiu said in a deep voice.

Twilight Qing didn't want to pay attention to people, but when she saw that Bu Xihuan was also looking at her, the smile on her lips was a little sour, she suddenly frowned, and said, "Yes, let's drink." ”

Bu Xihuan raised her eyebrows, when she encountered a case, her mind was all about investigating the murderer, he had learned it when he was in the palace, drinking should be for investigating the case, and he did not suspect her. It's just that he is not suspicious, and he is not allowed to be sour? She hadn't drunk with him, and when she had this taste, she didn't know when. That's good, after a glance at her, she thought he was suspicious of her, isn't it annoying?

"I don't drink unopened good wine, I drink the bottom of the pot left over by others, I have a habit of really heavy taste." Twilight said, she could see that he didn't suspect her, he believed her, and she was willing to explain to him what she had just done.

Bu Xihuan frowned when she heard it, it was rare that she had a conscience and knew how to comfort him, but why did he feel sorry for him when he heard it?

"Did you go to the kitchen to find the wine yourself last night, or did someone encourage you to drink it?" Twilight asked, looking at the kneeling guards at the entrance to the lobby.

"Uh...... "The guards are stumbling.

Twilight's eyes were cold, and she said, "Don't think that you can get away with the crime by saying that someone instigates it, and if you make a false confession, the crime will be added to the crime!" ”

The guard swallowed his saliva, and then said, "Go by yourself!" ”

Twilight frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked, "When did you go to the kitchen to drink?" ”

"Three watches, before and after the hour."

Twilight said, "Take them down and pass them to the store." ”

Ji Yan was holding a sword at the door, and he didn't listen, and if he didn't listen, a team of royal guards came in and took people down.

The shopkeeper came in and shuddered and asked St. Ann, then knelt on the ground and listened to Twilight's question.

Twilight asked, "Is there a hatchet in the inn?" ”

That shop is not Long Wuwei's soldier, the emperor replied, how dare he talk nonsense? When he replied, "Yes, in the firewood room." ”

"How many?"

"Two!"

"The backyard of this inn is full of small servants? Do you have a family? Can there be thick needles and twine in the house? ”

"Coarse needle twine?" The shopkeeper thought for a while and shook his head, "The little one has a house in the city, and the family can't live in the inn, and there are only three small servants living in the backyard of the inn, one running the hall and two doing odd jobs. ”

"Where's the cook?"

"Oh, the cook is a cook, a son and two daughters in the family, and she doesn't live in an inn. Yesterday, I only started in the kitchen, and the magistrate invited the famous chef of our Yuezhou to cook the dishes. ”

"There were so many people living in your inn last night, and there must be a shortage of manpower, can you ask for help?"

"Not invited. When I heard that you were coming a few days ago, I wanted to ask for help, but ...... The magistrate said that the people who were temporarily invited did not know the roots, and he was afraid of chaos, so the little one dispelled this idea. Last night, a county official came to help for a while, and the little one called his family members again, but he was also busy. ”

"Did you deliver meat, vegetables, wine, or firewood in the store yesterday?"

"Yes! Chai He had prepared it a long time ago, but the meat and wine were all newly sent, and the magistrate said that he wanted the freshest meat and vegetables and freshly beaten wine. The little one asked the cook a few days earlier, made a list and came out, and agreed with the butcher shop and the farmer in the city, and sent it when the day came. ”

"Who knows about your wine in the kitchen?"

"Everyone in the inn knows."

"Do you know the tolerance of the people who came to help in the yamen?"

"I know, those officials are helping, and the little ones will say where they put everything. Again...... Help with the serving, in and out of the kitchen, and the wine jar is placed on the floor, and you can see it. ”

Twilight nodded and let the shop go down.

"General Yingrui has asked so much, but what can be determined?" At this time, Liu Huai asked impatiently.

Twilight glanced at her coldly and asked lightly, "I've asked so much, what can Master Liu hear?" ”

Liu Huai was choked by the words and couldn't answer for a while.

"I'm stupid, can I not ask others to be smart?"

"You!" Liu Huai was so angry that he turned around, not wanting to look at Duqing again.

Twilight didn't bother to look at him, but shocked the lobby with one word, "The murderer is among the people I just asked!" ”

Liu Huai suddenly turned around and came back, only to be so angry that he didn't want to look at Duqing anymore, but he still looked at her.

"The innkeeper, the little guy, the cook invited by the county, the person who delivers wine, meat and vegetables, and the county government officer, the murderer is among these people!" ――

Off topic -

Two days ago, a few girls left a message to guess the murderer, and there are really a few reliable ones, let's not say which girls they are, and then we will find out the murderer tomorrow.