Master Qingyuan called the novice outside to come over and let him take the chess pieces, and saw that Xue Shizhu's demeanor was natural, and he no longer had the appearance of suffering from gains and losses when he first came, and said to him: "You can have the heart to play a game of chess pieces with Lao Wei," Xue Qianxun was at ease, so he naturally agreed and played against Master Qingyuan.

This night, Xue Qianxun stayed in the temple, and before dawn the next day, he returned to the house, everyone in the house did not know that the young master went out of the house last night, he went back to the room to change his clothes, and went to his grandmother's for breakfast.

When Xue Qianxun arrived, Master Xue, Shen and several sisters had already arrived, it seemed that they were waiting for him, he calmly asked his grandmother and father to say goodbye, Mrs. Xue looked at him with a smile, waved him to sit in front of him, and then said to the people at the table Let's eat!

When the Xue family rules are eating, the elders move the chopsticks first, and the others can then start eating, and they are not allowed to talk during the meal, they can't knock the bowl with chopsticks, don't pick and subtract from the bowl, and clean the chopsticks before picking up the vegetables, so it can be said that they are silent at the dinner table, and even after the meal, they gently put the chopsticks on the table.

After the meal, Mrs. Xue didn't let everyone go back, no one dared to move first, looked at Xun'er carefully, if he was a little dazed last night, then this morning he can be said to be in good spirits, and asked in surprise: "Xun'er is in a good mood?" ”

"Grandma, I received a letter from my second uncle this morning, saying that Cousin Jun had a son,"

"What! Jun's daughter-in-law gave birth! Boy or girl! Old Lady Xue got up from the stool excitedly, grabbed Xue Qianxun's arm tightly and asked.

"At three o'clock the night before yesterday, it was a boy," it takes a day to get here from the capital, and you have to hurry up, Xue Qianxun said slowly, and carefully helped his grandmother to make a back stool, took out the letter in his arms, and said to him: "Mother and son are safe,"

After Mrs. Xue saw it, her eyes flashed with tears, and she clasped her hands together and said, "Amitabha...... Amitabha...... Thanks to my ancestors, I, an old woman, were able to see my great-grandson when she was dying, and she died without regrets! ”

Mrs. Xue was so excited that she forgot Xun'er who was still on the side, Xun'er was three years older than Jun'er, Jun'er had become a father, Xun'er was still alone, she was afraid that he would be sad, so she hurriedly comforted: "Xun'er, grandma is happy for a while, don't take what you say to heart." ”

Xue Qianxun said with a calm expression: "Grandma, how can I think so, I am happy for Cousin Jun now, and the second uncle also said in the letter: After the full moon of my brother and sister, I will personally bring Cousin Jun's family back to visit you,"

"Yes, my wife has to live well, and I have to watch Xun'er marry a wife and have children in the future?" Mrs. Xue has loved her eldest grandson the most since she was a child, she has been raised by her side and grown up in front of her, and now Xun'er has not yet become a family has always been a pain in Mrs. Xue's heart, Shen and Old Man Xue felt sour, and they stood up to congratulate the old lady.

"Good...... Good...... Today, I am happy, so that everyone in the house is happy, the eldest daughter-in-law, after a while, I will tell the housekeeper to give each person half a tael of silver, you must know that the Xue Mansion from the gatekeeper to the kitchen, there are more than 40 servants, this is a whole twenty taels of silver, Mrs. Xue is really happy, she doesn't care about money at all, and the Shen family is busy.

With the light of the second master of the capital, everyone in the house received half a tael of silver from the housekeeper, and they couldn't close their mouths happily.

Xue Qianxun took advantage of no one's attention to come out of his grandmother's house, and when he saw Sanshun coming over in a hurry, he said with a tense expression: "What's wrong?" “

Sanshun looked at no one around and whispered: "After someone ate in the restaurant, he was poisoned and died in our restaurant." “

Xue Qianxun didn't expect the matter to be so serious, and asked with a stern face: "Go back to the study and tell me everything you know about the Dao," Sanshun followed closely behind the young master.

After arriving at the study, Xue Qianxun stood by the window, looked at the window and said, "Where is the corpse now?" "The shopkeeper reported to the government and was carried to the government."

Seeing that the young master was distracted, Sanshun straightened out his thoughts and said: "According to Xiao Er: Around the time, this passing foreign guest went to the restaurant to eat, and ordered sake lees carp, white-cut lamb, sauce pork, peanuts and two catties of daughter red, the first three are all the signature dishes of the restaurant, and Xiao Er was busy greeting the cold and warm. “

Sanshun eased his breath, saw that the young master's back was straight, and continued: "This guest officer quickly swept all the dishes and wine on the table, took out ten taels of silver from his arms, and beckoned Xiao Er to settle the bill, after a while, Xiao Er handed him the remaining two taels of silver, who knew that he waved his hand and said, the rest of the silver money to Xiao Er rewarded, Xiao Er saw that this guest officer was so cool, he was overjoyed to put it in his arms, and personally sent him out of the house, just three steps, he saw that the guest officer was foaming at the mouth, trembling all over, Xiao Er was so frightened that he hurried to call the shopkeeper, When the shopkeeper came, he was also trembling with fright, his face turned pale, and he was so shaken that he was sent to the hospital, and before the guy in the restaurant could touch the guest officer, he convulsed and died. I didn't see the young master's squeak for a long time, and looked at the young master's back hesitantly.

Xue Qianxun pondered for a while and said to Sanshun: "You go to the restaurant and call the shopkeeper, and tell him to call all the guys who have been in contact with this deceased, and I will inquire about it." The situation was urgent, and after Sanshun's voice, he ran quickly towards the restaurant.

Xue Qianxun walked from the window to the desk, sat on the stool, knocked his fingers on the edge of the table, recalling what Sanshun said, and always felt that there were some things that he had overlooked.

Two quarters of an hour later, Sanshun came over with the shopkeeper of Huibin Building, knelt down for Xue Qianxun to admit his mistake, and the shopkeeper said with an expression of blame: "Young master, I was negligent and didn't notice the difference in that guest officer, but I promise that the things in our restaurant will definitely not be poisonous." “

Xue Qianxun said in a deep voice: "Now is not the time to investigate who is right and who is wrong, you are telling me everything from beginning to end,"

Next, all the guys who had contact with the deceased told Xue Qianxun in detail, and he also asked a few questions appropriately, and after asking all the questions in his heart, he gave Sanshun a look, rubbed his eyebrows in annoyance, Sanshun sent the people in the study away, and let people make a pot of Biluochun for the young master to drink, Xue Qianxun took a sip, frowned and didn't drink the second sip, he suddenly thought of the chrysanthemum tea he drank at Tang Qing'er's house, so he put down the teacup in his hand and closed his eyes to think about things, Sanshun didn't dare to speak on the side, for fear of disturbing the young master's thoughts.

Just when Sanshun was drowsy, Xue Qianxun spoke: "Find the beggars in the town and ask if any of them know the deceased, remember that all the beggars in the town have to ask, and no one can be left behind." “

Sanshun didn't know why, this young master knew that Lu Dao gave him hard work, there were about more than 200 beggars in this town, and they took them to the government to recognize people.

Xue Qianxun called the housekeeper again and wrote a letter, asking him to give the letter to the county master, hoping that the county master could give him a few days to investigate the matter.

Within five days, Sanshun's body was dirty, his eyes were shining, and he asked Xue Qianxun with a happy look: "Young master, I have taken all the beggars in the town to the yamen to recognize people in the past few days, but I didn't expect that there was really a beggar who knew the deceased." “

Sure enough, as Xue Qianxun expected, someone was deliberately scaring him behind his back, he held his breath and said, "You go back and rest for the night first, and bring the beggar who recognized the deceased over tomorrow,"

Sanshun has been exhausted in the past five days, listening to the young master say this, he didn't thank him, and hurriedly turned around and walked out, for fear that the young master would regret retracting what he had just said, and went back to his room to lie down, even if he had doubts in his heart and wanted to ask the young master, but his eyes were really sleepy and couldn't open them, thinking that he must ask the young master tomorrow, how did he think that the beggar in the town knew the deceased.

On the morning of the first day, Sanshun got up early and brought the beggar to the study, Xue Qianxun asked the beggar with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "Do you know the deceased of the mansion?"

Where did the beggar know such a big person, he didn't dare to raise his head, and said angrily: "I know," "When did you start to meet," "Five years ago, on a snowy day, the deceased didn't eat for two days, and couldn't beg for any food, and fainted in a broken house, I just begged two steamed buns from others, and boiled water in the broken house to eat steamed buns, and saw that he was a beggar like himself, and was about to starve to death, so I couldn't bear to share one of the steamed buns with him, so the two of us begged together, Not bullied by other beggars, but he hasn't returned to the broken temple for several days, and I was also worried, thinking that he didn't come back when he hid in trouble, but I didn't expect to see him again Yin and Yang. When the beggar had finished speaking, he knelt there motionless. Do you know that some time ago there were people with whom he was in close contact," "Lately there was a man in plain clothes, who came to him often, and every time they spoke, they carried me behind my back, and I asked him what was the matter, but he would not say, until he said that he would be rich in some days, and that he would take me to eat meat when the time came, and I did not ask again. “

Xue Qianxun waved his hand and asked Sanshun to take him out of the city, Sanshun followed behind the beggar, and when the beggar came out of the backyard door, he stopped him and said, "Don't look at our young master's cold speech, in fact, he has a very good heart," without waiting for the beggar to speak, he took out five taels of silver from his pocket and said: "This is what our young master gave you, seeing that you are not young, you can take these silver, do some small business, marry a daughter-in-law and live a good life, don't continue to beg, make a hungry meal,"

Where did the beggar think that such a good thing would fall on him, a beggar like him didn't know what to offend the young master of the rich family, and he couldn't be justified if he was killed, he thought that this time he entered the Xue Mansion, there was no way out, who would have thought that this Young Master Xue would be so bodhisattva-hearted.

In the afternoon of the same day, Sanshun saw that the young master had been writing with a brush, and he didn't dare to ask what he was disturbing in his heart, so he could only wait for the young master to ask when he was free.

The next day, Sanshun got up early, waited in front of the young master's door with water, and heard a voice coming from inside, so he knew that the young master got up, waited for a quarter of an hour, and heard the person inside say, "Come in,"

Sanshun went in with water, served the young master to wash, and when the young master came out from behind the screen refreshed, he patted his ass and said, "The young master is really handsome and extraordinary today,"

Xue Qianxun squinted at him, and Sanshun turned his head around and asked, "Young Master, the little one is a little puzzled, how did you guess that the beggar in the town knew the deceased," "Do you remember the question I asked those people in the restaurant yesterday?" “