After listening to Xia Xiaodong's question, Eunuch Du immediately turned his head to look at Eunuch Ge.

Eunuch Ge looked at Xia Xiaodong expressionlessly, and replied in a flat voice: "The Lu family has paid a total of twelve boxes of pepper. At the time of warehousing, the gross weight of each box is about 31 to 32 catties. ”

This box is quite accurate. That is to say, the net weight of each box should be about thirty catties. Twelve boxes, that is, three hundred and sixty pounds.

Xia Xiaodong quickly pondered, and Eunuch Ge continued to say: "Before the Jiaofang Palace took it, only one box was opened. It was divided into 30 small packets, each about a catty. Two of them were taken from the imperial kitchen. ”

"Because of the warm and spicy taste of pepper, it can be used to make soup in winter. The Imperial Kitchen used it twice to make soup for use, but fortunately it was never drunk. Later, during the summer resort draft, there were some past, and three show girls were selected, but there was no record of the eater feeling unwell. ”

"It's just that we went to look for the pepper left over from the Imperial Kitchen and the Summer Cottage, but we didn't find it." Eunuch Ge said coldly: "The people in the imperial kitchen said that they all went to the summer resort. The people at the summer resort said that there were a lot of ingredients in those days, and the remaining peppers were missing. ”

Eunuch Ge snorted coldly as he spoke: "If you didn't have the intention to cover it up, how could it happen to be gone?!" Someone must have done it. ”

I also visited it very carefully.

Xia Xiaodong nodded slightly: "It's just that this person who does tricks and feet may be the same party of the poisoner, trying to destroy the evidence; But it may also be someone who wants to crucify the queen's mother, leaving her speechless. ”

Eunuch Du and Eunuch Ge glanced at each other, and their eyes flashed in unison.

There are many people who can think that it is the destruction of miè evidence, but there are not many who can think that it was the other party who did it.

"Actually, I happen to recognize one of the girls who used pepper." Xia Xiaodong smiled: "She was next to me that day, as if she was ...... There is nothing wrong with those who have used the soup she makes. ”

That day, I originally wanted to add some pepper to the egg drop soup, although it didn't work later, but Miss Qiu used it and always remembered it.

Eunuch Ge nodded: "Do you mean Qiu Lanqin?" Only she and you are on the same day in the peony salon. We asked her. A total of 24 people had used her soup that day, and it was true that no one had ever felt unwell. ”

Xia Xiaodong was a little dumbfounded.

Don't underestimate the Criminal Division, they are professionals.

When I first thought of Miss Qiu's pepper soup, Xia Xiaodong actually felt a little proud in his heart - maybe you can't find something you can find, let's know. In fact, some of them have been moved to summer resorts for show girls to perform cooking, and if you don't check that piece, you will miss it.

Who knows that people not only checked, but also investigated quite carefully.

"So I later thought that the poison might need a considerable amount to make it uncomfortable." Eunuch Ge continued to explain the investigation as follows: "Those who drank Qiu Lanqin's soup that day were limited to one bowl per person. The bowl was not much bigger than a teacup, and it was estimated that on average, the amount of pepper that each person could drink was two or three. ”

"With so little, even if it's all arsenic, it's not necessarily going to be okay." Eunuch Ge obviously thought that those children of the clan who drank the soup were fine, but it didn't mean that there was no problem with the pepper.

"We also asked about those clan disciples," Eunuch Du looked at Xia Xiaodong with a smile: "They said that the taste was a little weird." I don't know if it's because they're not used to pepper soup, or if there's a real problem. ”

Yes, even the follow-up was done.

Xia Xiaodong dispelled the idea of continuing along the pepper line.

"Is there anything else the girl would like to ask?" Eunuch Du's attitude was very good.

"I also want to know the specific production method of this pepper paste, as well as the process of painting." Xia Xiaodong smiled: "It would be nice to see all the materials that need to be used." ”

Eunuch Du blinked: "This is easy, it's just that everything is in the Shen Punishment Division." If the girl wants to see it, she can only go over and see it. ”

It's always inappropriate to show evidence.

"Okay." Xia Xiaodong immediately agreed.

……

……

Although Xia Xiaodong stayed in Jianheng Palace, the other show girls still had to go back to practice the Huxuan dance as usual.

Because there is one less person, the teacher in charge of the rehearsal dance simply adopts the method of bye to practice, that is, one more person is subtracted, and the original eight people become six people to rehearse, and the one with a bye rests, so that everyone takes turns to rest, so there is no need to arrange another time for a break in the middle.

When Shen Shi was about to run out and finally finished the rehearsal of the day, Miss Qin Si found that there were several show girls who didn't look at each other very right.

Miss Qin Si looked around and immediately leaned over to one of them: "Sister Wu, is there something wrong?" ”

After staying in the palace for a few days, Miss Qin Si is young among the show girls, her mouth is sweet, and she often has news to share, so she has a good relationship with everyone. This Wu girl is one of the few ladies in the capital among the show girls, and she usually knows the fourth girl of Qin.

Miss Wu hurriedly pulled Miss Qin Si aside, looking a little nervous: "The Xia girl who was in the same room with you was not left behind by Emperor Chen's concubine." ”

"Uh-huh, yes." Miss Qin Si nodded, and then realized the problem: "Is something wrong with her?" ”

Miss Wu quickly looked left and right, and said softly, "I heard that not long after we left, someone from the Shen Criminal Division also passed. ”

What? Penal Division? Why doesn't that sound like a good thing?!

"The past is still Du Gongzheng." Miss Wu said.

Although Eunuch Du was only the deputy Gong Zheng, no one would habitually wear the word 'deputy' - unless the real Gong Zheng was next to him.

"But ......," Miss Qin Si frowned and thought bitterly, "I look at Emperor Chen's concubine's appearance, it doesn't seem to be anything wrong." Didn't she say that she should let Sister Xiaodong stay and gossip with her? ”

"Excuses." Miss Wu disagreed, "And what! Later, the people of the Shen Criminal Division took Miss Xia away. ”

"Taken away?!" Now Miss Qin Si couldn't calm down: "Where did you take it?" ”

"It should be the Department of Punishment." Miss Wu guessed.

Who would dare to follow Gong Zheng of the Shen Criminal Division to take a look? was taken away by the people of the Criminal Division, and the natural idea was to be taken to the Criminal Division.

Miss Qin Si is a little bit of a master: "Sister Xiaodong has always been good, what can be taken away by the people of the Shen Criminal Division?" ”

She unconsciously looked up in the direction of Miss Jiang.

If anything, it was only on the day I first moved in, because of the change of house, there was a small conflict with Miss Jiang.

This is not enough to go to the Criminal Division.

(To be continued.) )