The servants of Dali Temple wrapped the body of Master Fang in oilcloth and walked out, Xiao Shu looked sad and asked in a low voice: "My lord, is it Brother Fang's...... The corpse will be dissected again? ”

"Well, according to the procedure." Liansheng wrapped the red bean paste in oiled paper.

"It's ...... What's wrong? What happened? ”

A young man who seemed to be Xiao Shu's age walked over, carrying a food box in his hand.

"Brother Li, you're back, it's Brother Fang, and you've passed away."

Xiao Shu said gloomily, it turned out that this young man was Li Xinkui, who was partnered in the dormitory of the Ministry of Rites, this person was awarded the county order of Pucheng County, and he was going to take up his post in a few days.

"Brother Fang? He's dead? ”

Li Xinkui still didn't believe it, walked to the side of the messenger, looked down at the oilcloth, and just saw that Fang Zhishi's face was bruised, and he screamed in fright, and the food box in his hand also fell to the ground, and the lid fell off, revealing a few dishes, and bursts of aroma appeared.

"I was thinking that I was going to leave soon, order a few dishes, and a few of us would have fun at noon, but I didn't think of it...... Brother Fang actually happened to this, how did he die? Wasn't it good yesterday? ”

The handyman Li San was very discerning, saw that the food box had landed, hurriedly came up to put the food box away, and said to Li Xinkui: "My lord, I will send this to the kitchen and give it to the adult at noon." ”

Li Xinkui waved his hand weakly, and Li San went to the kitchen with the food box.

"Have you finished your check?" Xiao Zihui, who was waiting outside, couldn't wait, and strode in and shouted.

"Dad, be quiet." Xiao Shu was dissatisfied with the sentence.

Xiao Zihui was embarrassed to grab his hair. Hehe laughed dryly, and suddenly saw Li Xinkui, the smile on the corner of his mouth froze, his hand was slowly lowered, and his eyes turned to Liansheng and said: "Since the punishment is busy here, Xiao will go back first, and then visit the punishment another day." ”

"Hou Ye Xiao, you don't have to be so polite, everything the lower officials do is to be loyal to their duties, and the Hou Ye is really ashamed to make the lower officials like this."

"Huh. It's too polite to raise the sentence. ”

Then Li Xinkui heard the three words of Marquis Xiao. Suddenly raised his head and stared at Xiao Zihui a few times, Xiao Zihui lowered his head the whole time, as if he was hiding from something. Nor do I talk to my son. Just turn around and leave.

"Daddy. This is my year, Li Xinkui, Brother Li. Awarded the Pucheng County Order. Xiao Shu hurriedly introduced his friend to his father.

Xiao Zihui didn't even look back, waved his hand and said I know, I know. As he spoke, he continued to walk.

"Li Xinkui has seen Hou Ye, Hou Ye is fine."

Xiao Shu was stunned: "Brother Li, do you know my father?" ”

Xiao Zihui's footsteps paused, and he heard Li Xinkui say: "Marquis Xiao once inspected our Guanzhong Academy back then, so I have seen it from afar, and I have seen Marquis Xiao in his youth and prosperity for more than ten years, and he will be relieved to be in the future." ”

The four words of Guanzhong Academy, listening to Liansheng's ears, couldn't help but move in his heart. That Guanzhong Academy happened to be the property of the Chen family, and it was through this that the Chen family became a great Confucian in the world, so Liansheng pretended to be curious and asked, "Hou Ye Xiao is very familiar with the uncle of the Chen family." ”

"Huh?"

Li Xinkui spoke, Xiao Zihui could rely on the old man and sell the old man without saying anything, Liansheng asked, he had to turn around and look at her with a puzzled expression.

"Dad, you're confused, Dean Chen and Master Shangshu have the friendship of Uncle Lang." Xiao Shu hurriedly explained to him, then looked at Liansheng with his fists and said, "My father's memory has not been as good as before in the past few years, please bear with me." ”

Lian Sheng deliberately called the Chen family uncle, just to see the reaction on Xiao Zihui's face. Sure enough, he smiled a little embarrassedly: "At that time, it was sent by the imperial court, how can I have a relationship with the Great Confucian, hehe, Dean Chen is afraid that he will forget which one I am." ”

"How come, Hou Ye is really modest, Li was still a child at that time, but he remembered that Hou Ye and our dean were called brothers, and they had a good relationship." Li Xinkui said on the side.

Xiao Zihui's face became more and more ugly, and he smiled awkwardly: "I'll go back first, you're busy, you're busy." ”

"Hou Ye go slowly, it turns out that Hou Ye is Brother Xiao's father, and Li will go to the house to visit Hou Ye another day."

Li Xinkui saluted Xiao Zihui very respectfully, but Xiao Zihui ran away in a hurry as if he had run away.

"My father has become more and more childish over the years, and please mention the punishment and Brother Li." Xiao Shu was embarrassed to explain: "My father turned out to be a well-known gentleman in Beijing, but later his family fell into the middle of the road, he was depressed, and he became more and more unable to lift his heart, and he has been much older over the years, his memory is not as good as before, and his temperament is also a little weird. ”

"Understandable, understandable." Liansheng was chatting beside him, but he always felt that something was strange.

"Master Hou, this is a pure heart." Li Xinkui looked at the direction Xiao Zihui left thoughtfully.

Liansheng and the messenger of Dali Temple walked to the entrance of the ceremonial department, and Fangsheng hurried to hear the news.

"Sister, I heard that something happened to Master Fang?"

"Yes," said Rensheng, his gaze on the tarpaulin carried by the messengers.

Fang Sheng's face darkened when he saw the oilcloth: "How can this be, Director Fang was extremely happy yesterday, we were still drinking together last night." How can this man say that if he doesn't, he's gone? ”

"You drank together last night, where are you?"

"Just outside the building, it is Director Fang who treats guests, well, counting him, there are five people in total, we are a department, Director Fang is the supervisor, everyone contact the feelings."

"Brother Fang has always been stingy, it's really not easy for him to be treated."

Xiao Shu added on the side, he and Fang were in the same year, so they seemed to know each other better.

"Yes, Brother Fang's family is not very good, and he saves all the money to send home, I have known him for many years, and he has never invited me to dinner." Li Xinkui also said on the side.

"Have you known each other for a long time?"

"Well, Brother Fang and I are actually classmates, we have been studying together in Guanzhong Academy since we were teenagers, and later we were promoted together, so we are really like brothers."

Li Xinkui's gaze couldn't help but slide to the corpse carried by the messenger, and his eyes dimmed, and he could see that it was indeed sadness from the heart.

"Director Fang was very happy yesterday, and some people are probably very familiar with him, and laugh at whether Director Fang has made a fortune recently, how can he think of inviting everyone to dinner, he said that he will indeed make a fortune." Fang Sheng sighed when he said this: "It was good yesterday, I really didn't expect it, sister, why did Brother Fang die." ”

"The preliminary judgment is that it may be poisoning."

"Huh? He was killed. ”

"It should be, there was no suicide note at the scene, I heard you say that he was in a good mood yesterday, and he could still invite guests to dinner, and in the middle of the night he also instructed the handyman to go to the kitchen to get his beloved red bean snacks, it is impossible for such a person who loves life to seek death by himself."

"Alas, it's really a blessing and a curse."

Hearing this, Xiao Shu let out another long sigh.

"Okay, I'm going to send the body back to Dali Temple. Good bye. ”

Lian Sheng quietly pulled Fang Sheng over and whispered, "Don't eat at the Ministry of Rites recently, go out to eat at noon, don't be afraid of spending money." ”

Fang Sheng didn't know what this meant, but he always listened to his sister's words, so he nodded.

After Liansheng left with the people, Li Xinkui asked casually: "Brother Gu, what did Sister Ling tell just now?" ”

"Oh, my sister told me not to go out to have a drink with anyone tonight and to come home early." Fang Sheng stared at each other's eyes and told lies seriously. This trick is taught by Liansheng, and when telling lies, you must have an indifferent look and a firm gaze, so that you can deceive others.

Lian Sheng walked to the street, and suddenly thought of why he had a strange feeling just now: Li Xinkui, who was grief-stricken when he knew that his friend was dead, seemed to have completely forgotten the death of Master Fang the moment he saw Xiao Zihui, his eyes kept staring at Xiao Zihui, and his words were also very strange. But Xiao Zihui inspected Guanzhong Academy more than ten years ago, what intersection can he have with Li Xinkui, who was still a child at that time?

However, Li Xinkui revealed useful information: for a period of time, Xiao Zihui and the Chen family were quite close, he was the uncle of King Qin, and the Chen family had always been in Qin, and the relationship was close and excusable, maybe this is the reason why Xiao Zihui and the Chen family intersected back then? It would be great if they dug out the private affairs of the two of them along this line, and it would definitely make Gu Shangshu collapse. (To be continued......)

PS: The deceased Fang Yunsheng, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and the cause of death was poisoning

Fang Yunsheng lived diagonally across the door from his classmate Li Xinkui in the same year, the county magistrate who did not go to the post, and seemed to have known Xiao Zihui once.

Xiao Zihui's son is called Xiao Shu, and he is currently a polite young man.

Xiao Shu, Fang Yunsheng, and Li Xinkui were all in the same year, and they were raised in the same year.

Li Xinkui and Xiao Zihui, it seems a little strange for the old people to meet, let's look down.