243. Seek the beginning
And then, at this momentβ
With the sound of "bang", a team of officers and soldiers with knives broke in!
"the Mo family, return my daughter's life......" A lady in her forties rushed in with her hair disheveled, her eyes were red like blood, and there were tears on her face, but it was more hideous and distorted, as soon as she entered the door, she rushed up, grabbed Mo Liuye, and shouted, "You are all murderers, you are all murderers......
Mo Liuye was immediately stunned, he was still holding the silk cloth in his hand, and he didn't know how to react for a while.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man dressed in an official mansion and a mustache stepped in, he waved his hand, signaled the two of them to pull the lady up, and when he looked back, he saw that the eldest prince and the king were actually there.
He was taken aback, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and said, "Zhang Sheng of the Lower Officials and Criminal Department has seen His Royal Highness and the prince. β
King Xiaoyao nodded his chin and drank to himself, and the eldest prince Mingyue frowned and said, "Lord Zhang, don't be polite, dare to ask why?" β
Zhang Sheng didn't dare to hide it, and immediately said, "Back to His Highness, it is the Qin Mang Qin family, the captain of Yilu, the beloved daughter of Lord Qin, who died suddenly this morning, and after investigation, she died of poisoning." β
Mingyue's brows furrowed even deeper, "What's the matter with this dry Mo family?" β
Hearing this, Zhang Sheng hesitated slightly, "I want to say that Lord Qin's beloved daughter was poisoned by using the Mo family's bloody rouge ink pills. β
"Slander, this is slander!" Mo Liuye said angrily, as soon as he waved his sleeves, he bent down and saluted and said to Mingyue, "Please also ask Your Highness to correct the name of my Mo family, my Mo family has been making ink for a hundred years, and no one will be allowed to slander the reputation of the mansion!" β
"Yes. Your Highness, please do justice! The other masters of the Mo family immediately stood up and shouted in unison.
Mingyue waved her hand, "Right and wrong." Master Zhang of the Criminal Department is here, so he will naturally make it clear. β
"Yes, yes, what His Highness said is very true." Zhang Sheng hurriedly said, he straightened up and ordered, "Please do it." β
As the words fell, a short, thin old man came in through the door. The old man's back was slightly hunched, and his hands naturally drooped. It seemed that his arms were longer than ordinary people, and he approached, went to the center of the platform, and said to Mo Liuye. "Please let the old man take a look at this ink pill."
Mo Liuye snorted coldly, took the tray with his own hands, and motioned for the maid to go down first, and presented a set of square ink pills on the plate.
He squinted his eyes, picked up an ink pill, looked at it carefully, sniffed it again, and even scraped some powder with his fingernails, dipped it in his mouth and tasted it. "Dare to ask Sixth Master Mo, does this ink pill contain cinnabar, male alumite, etc.?"
The matter of the formula is not in the hands of Mo Liuye, and Mo Sangongzi stepped forward. replied, "Exactly, this ink is called blood rouge, which is cinnabar colored ink, and the formula naturally contains cinnabar and other substances." β
He nodded and put down the ink pill. Xiang Zhang Sheng replied, "Go back to your lord." The daughter of the Qin family died through this ink pill poisoning. β
The people in the Mo family were stunned, and the third prince of Mo even shouted, "Impossible, so far, the Mo family has sold countless blood rouges, and there is no problem, how can something happen to the daughter of the Qin family, this plan will definitely not be the reason for my Mo family's ink pills." β
He glanced at him and said lightly, "If it is an ordinary person, even if cinnabar is mixed with realgar or alum, as long as it is not often contacted, there will naturally be no big problem, but the daughter of the Qin family was born with heart palpitations, she has this blood rouge, and she likes it very much, not only grinding and writing from time to time, but also crushing the ink pill into powder, mixing it with fragrant flowers, and adding ten nails of the spring breeze. β
Mo San Gongzi stood on the spot, where would he have thought that someone would take cinnabar to forge and dye nails, isn't it usually used to dye nails with fragrant flower juice?
"Since that's the case, it can't be considered my Mo family's fault." Second Master Mo was the only one who was still sane, and he said with a calm face.
He shook his head, "Even so, with the body of the daughter of the Qin family, she is often exposed to blood rouge, and it is only a matter of time before something goes wrong." β
Second Master Mo's face sank even more, and for a while, the entire second floor was silent.
Only the lady of the Qin family was still crying bitterly, and almost all of her whole person knelt on the ground, extremely sad, "My hard-working son, why did you go so early, ruthlessly willing to give up your father, but I don't know that the murderer is still alive, how can you make your father and mother feel at ease......"
Zhang Sheng pondered for a moment, this kind of thing is not easy to deal with, he had an intersection with the Qin family in the early years, at first he thought that although the Mo family is a century-old family, in the final analysis, it is just a merchant heirloom, he came over, threatened it, let the other party suffer a little, and forget it, but he never thought that the eldest prince and the king of Xiaoyao were there, and he felt that it was tricky.
"Where are the Mo pigs and dogs?" At this moment, there was a thunderous shout from downstairs, followed by the sound of banging upstairs, "Come out and die, and bury my beloved daughter!" β
Before the words fell, a tall man with a big beard and a man in soft armor appeared on the second floor, and when he saw the people of the Mo family, he was full of murderous intent, and he would almost immediately raise his fist to kill him.
Zhang Sheng was surprised and exclaimed, "Stop him!" β
The person who came was Qin Mang, he was a military attachΓ©, so he naturally knew how to use some fists and feet, and four or five people stepped forward, and it took a lot of strength to stop him.
Everyone in the Mo family turned white, and what's more, the third prince of Mo was trembling all over.
Zhang Sheng turned around and asked, "Excuse me, where did the formula for this blood rouge come from?" The official heard that it was an ancient recipe of the Mo family. β
Mo Sangongzi swallowed his saliva, he didn't dare to look at Qin Mang at all, and said in an unsteady voice, "It was given to the little one by the ancient saint master." β
Second Master Mo's eyes flashed, and he immediately added, "Yes, it was a few days ago, the ancient saint master was silent, saying that she figured out the recipe and let it be made for the Mo family to use as a faΓ§ade." β
At this point, no one saw it, and the corners of the mouth of the King of Ease, who had not spoken all the time, curled up in ridicule, and the wine cup was blocked, so he didn't hide it at all.
Zhang Shengyi touched his upper lip and short beard, "Is it convenient to take a look?" β
Mo San Gongzi nodded hurriedly, he raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, "The formula is next door, go get the little one." β
As he spoke, he walked out, and when he passed by Qin Mang's side, he was intimidated by Qin Mang, his legs and feet were weak, and he almost didn't kneel down on the spot.
After a while, Mo San Gongzi brought the formula. Zhang Sheng twisted it up and looked at it, and in an instant, his brows furrowed. "As mentioned in this formula, there is realgar and alum, but it doesn't say that there should be cinnabar?"
He handed the formula to the prince, and after reading it, he saw the eldest prince staring at him, and presented it to the eldest prince.
The third son of Mo is like falling into an ice cellar. He instantly remembered that the formula given to him by Gu Fei was no cinnabar. And he also made a dark ink pill for him to see, cinnabar was originally his whim, the main ingredient pine smoke was replaced with cinnabar, with the skill of color ink.
His hands and feet were shaking. He fell to the ground with a pop and couldn't get up again, "Yes...... It's ......"
"It was the ancient sage master who later said that the cinnabar made is more delicate and beautiful than the pine smoke one, and the appearance is excellent, and then the ink master used cinnabar." Second Master Mo came over, his eyes were dark, and the people half-hidden in his sleeves were clenched.
The rest of the Mo family heard this. They all turned their heads to look at him in surprise, and then they each lowered their heads. Say no more.
Zhang Sheng saw the clue, and he snorted coldly at Mo San Gongzi, who was kneeling on the ground, "Is there really such a thing?" β
Mo Sangongzi's lips moved, he grabbed the hem of his robe tightly, and slowed down his strength for a long time before he spit out a word. "Yes."
The guests who were still on the second floor were in an uproar, looking at the rows of blood rouge. It's like seeing a ghost, far away, and secretly decides that after going back, all the ink pills that the family bought in the Mo family before will be sealed, and those who are not sure will be thrown away, where do you dare to take them out from time to time to play and taste.
Seeing that the truth was very clear, Zhang Sheng said to the eldest prince Mingyue, "Your Highness, what do you think should be done?" β
Mingyue didn't move, he couldn't see the extra emotions on his face, "Zhang Dacai is not an adult of the Criminal Department, judging the case, naturally Lord Zhang is better than the main hall, why ask the main hall?" β
Zhang Sheng laughed twice, and when the eldest prince said so, he was relieved, "Come on, come to ......"
"The people of the Mo family come out to this son!"
However, before Zhang Sheng's words were finished, he broke into the second floor again, pushed aside the official errand who was blocking him, and walked in without stepping, and there were people behind him who carried an unconscious old man on a wooden frame.
Zhang Sheng's face was pale, and he recognized the person, "The son of the Li family, but you want to hinder the official from handling the case?" β
The young man was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, he saw that not only Zhang Sheng was here, but also the eldest prince and the king of Xiaoyao were there, and in the blink of an eye, he said with a sad face, "Please Your Highness, the prince and Lord Zhang are the masters of the little grandfather!" β
Zhang Sheng was surprised, he and the eldest prince glanced at each other, "What grievances do you have to say?" β
The boy straightened up, pointed at the Mo family and said angrily, "It's the blood rouge ink pills of the Mo family, the villain's grandfather loves ink and is obsessed, a few days ago he got a blood rouge, and he took it out every day to taste, and when he got together with friends, he also had to grind and write, but this morning he got up, his grandfather studied the ink as usual, and he wanted to paint a painting, but he never thought that he was halfway through the painting, and he fainted. Especially when I was young, my grandfather was old, so how could I stand it. β
He stepped forward, opened the old man's mouth on the wooden frame, looked at it carefully, and then opened his eyelids, straightened up and nodded to Zhang Sheng.
At this time, even the eldest prince Mingyue was moved, such a thing, where is a simple murder case, he thought about it, and still felt that this kind of thing was not quite like what Gu Fei did, and immediately said, "Lord Zhang, at the critical moment of human life, this hall will go to the Mo family with you to see what the ancient sage master said." β
Zhang Sheng can't wait for it, there have been two cases of poisoning right now, who knows if there will be more later, so with the eldest prince, he can share a little bit of pressure.
"So," the voice of the King of Freedom came faintly, with a weak cold air, which made people feel inexplicably chilled, "This king is also reluctant to walk. β
After speaking, he glanced at the Mo family a few times lightly, and there was a contemptuous sneer in his raised eyes.
"Come on, bring the Mo family with you." Zhang Sheng spoke, got out of the way, and led with a false hand, first asked the eldest prince and the king of Xiaoyao to invite out, and then he followed.
Looking at the blood rouge that had not been sold, and the guests who had gone away with disgust in a few clicks, the people in the Mo family only felt that disaster had fallen from heaven, if there was really a problem with the blood rouge, then so much blood rouge had been sold before......
After thinking about it deeply, everyone shuddered, and the masters of the Mo family were even more heartbroken, and suddenly felt that the Mo family was completely finished this time.
(Grandma: Go out and buy some desserts and come back to continue the codeword.) (To be continued).