Chapter 120: Find the One First
"Why are you here?" Lin Hui finally withdrew his hand and asked softly.
Yan Gu also put his hand back.
It's not good to get an inch.
"I've been keeping an eye on this." Yan Gu didn't dare to look at Lin Hui's face, he was afraid that he couldn't help it.
The delicate face with reddish circles under the eyes that had just cried made people's hearts soft, as if they were about to melt, and they just wanted to hold it in the palm of their hands.
"Eunuch Zheng made a big move, I'm afraid that you will be implicated, so come and have a look." Yan Gu explained what happened outside while Lin Hui was asleep.
With strict skills, not to mention coming and going freely, at least bigger things can still be found.
Zheng Qiu had actually already started to act before he got the order of the fourth prince.
The four princes of the King of Dongjing suddenly fainted, whether it was due to illness or murder, and an investigation must be conducted.
After the fourth prince woke up, he even issued a request for a thorough investigation.
Anyone who had been directly or indirectly related to the Four Princes was taken into custody.
There are so many people that it's impossible to isolate them all individually.
Zheng Qiu's method was simple: find two large rooms, and everyone should be separated from each other according to men and women, and gather in one room. The crowd sat in a circle at a distance, and they could see each other.
Except for those who want to relieve their hands, they can raise their hands to signal, and it is convenient to walk away under the guidance of a special person, all people are not allowed to speak or move. Otherwise, no matter what you say or do, you will be punished as guilty.
Somebody has to do something. If you are not seen, you must move in and out of two or more people and are not allowed to go back to your residence. Wait until the search is complete and you will get permission.
The place where the four princes were stationed was not a post station, but a large inn near Weishui requisitioned by the local government.
Weicheng is near Weishui, and Weishui leads to the world.
Weishui naturally has a huge wharf, people come and go, and it has always been a place where treasures gather from all directions.
This large inn was originally dedicated to the high-roller business, and the houses were elegant and well-equipped, so it was chosen for the use of the four princes. Fortunately, it was the end of the year, and there were no guests, limited three or two. I didn't dare to touch the prince's tiger whiskers. They all obediently changed places.
The guards of the four princes were originally inhabited, but now many officers and soldiers have been added to surround this place.
Zheng Qiu personally led the team and searched everywhere.
Secretly raise a snake. It's not an easy thing to do.
Judging by the wounds of the four princes. This snake is not big. But even a small snake. Likewise, eat, drink, and sleep. The food and medicine fed to the snake will have heels. Containers for snakes, and even for handling snake feces. will leave clues. And snakes will also have a special smell, and if you have the heart to look for them, these are all clues.
The container containing the snake was the first to be found.
It is a bamboo tube two inches wide and less than a foot long.
Bamboo tubes are thrown in baskets for kitchen waste.
If you want to throw away something, where should you throw it away?
The first thing that comes to many people's minds is to throw them in the garbage.
The bigger the garbage dump, the better.
There is so much garbage, and this one thrown away by yourself must be inconspicuous. If the garbage is dumped or pulled away, it will be even more difficult to find.
This is actually a stupid thing to do.
Because there are too many people who think this way and do this, and the people who search are not stupid, as long as they have a little experience, they will go to the garbage heap as soon as possible.
Whether something will be found or not depends not on whether the garbage pile is big enough, but whether the investigation is strong enough.
As long as the pressure is strong enough, no matter how big, smelly and chaotic the garbage heap is, it will all be turned upside down.
The basket for kitchen waste was not very large, so the bamboo tube for keeping snakes was quickly discovered.
The bamboo tubes were stuffed in the middle of the garbage, mixed with the radish skins and bamboo shoot shells.
Because the lid is covered, the inside of the bamboo tube looks clean and there is no garbage in it. As soon as the lid was opened, there was a fishy smell peculiar to snakes, and the guards who found it couldn't help but vomit it all at once.
At that time, Zheng Qiu was not far away.
Zheng Qiu was not far from all the searchers.
In fact, he found a stool to stand taller.
Zheng Qiu did not do it himself, but asked all of them to search within their line of sight.
The bamboo tube was quickly presented to Zheng Qiu.
He carefully examined the inside and outside of the tube, including the lid and the few snake-like debris inside.
The person who threw the thing was in a hurry...... It's also stupid.
Zheng Qiu thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it.
Hurry, of course. It would be nice to be able to throw it, and there is not enough time to clean the traces of the snake.
Stupid, of course, because it was thrown in the wrong place.
The best place to hide something is...... Let this thing be with its kind.
For example, Zheng Qiu could immediately think that if he threw this bamboo tube himself, it would be stuffed with firecrackers, and maybe he could get mixed up. After all, it's the Chinese New Year, and there are still some firecrackers in the inn.
If you can't find the location of the firecracker, you can also confuse it by stuffing it in the firewood, and the shape is almost the same, isn't it? Moreover, there is a lot of firewood in winter, and there is no reason for a special person to guard a place like a firewood house, so it is not difficult to put it in.
But the person who threw the things was thrown in the garbage in the kitchen, and although it was stuffed in the middle, it was quite conspicuous in the eyes of connoisseurs.
So...... Is it really stupid? Or is it just to find the bamboo tube? Zheng Qiu didn't jump to a conclusion right away, he didn't hesitate to ask people to go in and out of the kitchen to investigate further.
Follow the vine and touch the melon.
Let's see what melons you touch first.
The face of the eunuch in charge of the meal was very ugly.
Aunt Qi, who was in charge of the kitchen, almost collapsed.
Kitchen errands, big oil and water. The master will never think of it and ask how much pork costs a catty, or how much an egg costs a penny, and the purchase is even more confusing. Successive stewards tacitly took over the succession and passed on to the next one. No matter which house you have, the kitchen is beautiful.
However, the responsibility of managing the kitchen is also very heavy, taking into account the tastes of the masters, and always having hot water for use. It is also necessary to be careful to prevent the stove fire, to prevent rats or people under their heads from stealing their mouths, and even to prevent someone from poisoning and so on.
It can be said that fire prevention, theft and anti-virus prevention are essential daily homework in the kitchen.
But what Aunt Qi never expected was that she had to guard against garbage.
Food waste naturally smells good, so the garbage basket is kept outside. It's so cold, there's going to be someone there.
Although it is not clear what the matter is, anyone with eyes and ears knows that it must be a great event.
Aunt Qi was sweating under her feet, sweating on the top of her head, shouting in a hoarse voice, gathering more than a dozen people in the kitchen together, in front of Zheng Qiu, even threatening and begging, asking the big guys to think about who had touched the garbage outside. (To be continued......)