The mother-in-law dresses simply, looks very inconspicuous, and speaks with an obvious Fengxian accent. Because the old house of the Zhao family is a prince, the servants in the family are generally prevalent in speaking official language, even the old mansion is no exception, and those who can wait in front of the master can speak fluent official language. This mother-in-law also spoke the local dialect in front of the Qincha, and was obviously the lowest and most inconspicuous rough mother-in-law in the house.

Jiang thought to herself, why did such a mother-in-law, who had never been taken seriously by her, become the biggest obstacle to the success of her plan?

The woman had already told her what she had seen three days ago in the night. Gao Cheng, under the guidance of the girl next to the grandmother, quietly entered the courtyard of the grandmother, and it took more than an hour before he came out of it. Before that, he was sick and temporarily returned to his residence to recuperate, and it was also the eldest grandmother who prepared medicine for him to drink. The subordinates who knew about this matter were all discussing in private, why didn't the eldest grandmother summon him over during the day, and at night, he stayed for so long, and no one was left to guard the gate of the courtyard, could it be that there was some personal affair?

Jiang's face was already as white as paper, she knew that she had to explain things clearly, now it was not a matter of whether the plan could go smoothly, if she didn't give a convincing enough explanation, she would immediately be arrested by the clansmen for the crime of unchaste fornication! Her children will be looked down upon for the rest of their lives, and her mother's family will not defend her.

She said in a hoarse voice: "I asked Gao Cheng to ask how my father-in-law's health is and what he lacks. If I had summoned him to inquire during the day, and had known to the Lord, he might have suspected that I was going to send something in private, so I resorted to this roundabout method, lest people would see it. I didn't expect someone to see it, but they made up such a ridiculous rumor. ”

This explanation sounds somewhat credible, but unfortunately since she returned to the old mansion, she has only visited her father-in-law once, and it doesn't seem that she cares about him very much, and she doesn't even bother to do superficial work, so this kind of talk can only deceive people who don't know. If she really cares so much about her father-in-law's body, when can't she call Gao Cheng over?

Qin was almost silent, but he must have already had an idea in his heart. Zhang asked Wang Siping directly: "Since Gao Cheng went back to his residence three days ago to recuperate, what did he eat at that time?" What did you drink? Which doctor was called in for treatment? And who has been to his house? ”

Wang Siping called the servant of Gao Cheng's neighbor's house to ask, although the man did not know what Gao Cheng ate and drank, but also confirmed that he had not invited a doctor, but a girl sent him medicine, food and clothing, everything was good, wine, food, fish and meat, Gao Cheng had no appetite because he was "sick", and he also forwarded a few things to the neighbors to eat. The master was in mourning, and the person in charge of the house was Zhang's, so the servants boiled the soup for several months, and were very impressed by this unexpected meal.

asked him if he could recognize the girl who delivered the things, and the man directly pointed out a third-class little girl brought by the Jiang family to the south.

Jiang's suspicion was a little heavier.

She gritted her teeth secretly, in order to wash away the suspicion on herself, she poured the sewage back on Zhang's head again, she had to take the initiative to say the prepared evidence to divert everyone's attention: "Gao Cheng is a person next to his father-in-law, I have no reason, what do you want to do with him?" He is not young anymore, and he looks ugly, and it is even more of a joke to say that I have an affair with him! Now what we need to find out is not the whereabouts of a mere servant three days ago, but who caused the poison in this porridge! Someone is going to murder my father-in-law, that's the most important thing! ”

Qin Cha looked at her with a calm face, and asked his subordinates slowly, "What did you find when you went to the kitchen?" ”

There are really a lot of things found by his subordinates, except for the daughter-in-law who claimed that the mother-in-law in Zhang's courtyard had a conflict with Gao Cheng, they also found out that Gao Cheng was alone in the kitchen when cooking, and the others were at least a few feet away from him, but because it was far away, no one knew if anyone had secretly contacted him at that time, and if anyone had really contacted, it must not be someone from Zhang's courtyard. Because she is very guarded, she will stay in the courtyard and wait, except for the autumn leaves brought from Beijing, they are all very trusted old servants, the number is very small, and they are measured in their work, knowing that it is Gao Cheng in the kitchen, they will only turn around and leave, and will never take the initiative to approach.

Therefore, the daughter-in-law, under the pressure of the soldiers, finally confessed that she had deliberately lied, and it was her husband who made her do it. Her husband had taken money from others and asked his wife to give false testimony, and as for those who had made them do so, they were masked and tall and skilled in several contacts.

With the help of the words "inadvertently" revealed by a mother-in-law under the Jiang family, the people under the Qin Cha also found out that the ingredients used in Gao Cheng's cooking were all specially sent, and the people who sent the things were originally fixed, but today there was a little girl who took leave on the grounds that her mother was sick, and there was no shortage of people who sent the dishes. They felt that something was wrong, so they went to catch the little girl and asked, it turned out that her mother's illness was fake, she also received money from others, went home and hid for a long time, and asked who the person who gave the money was, and it was also a tall man with a covered face.

Who could this man be?

Seeing that one of the important "evidences" arranged by Jiang Shi had been invalidated, he was afraid that if they continued to track it down, they would find out about him, so he hurriedly gave Hong Aya a look.

Hong Aya pretended to remember suddenly, and said to her loudly: "Grandma, this person will know the people waiting in the house, either from our family, or from our family, and often come and go." He loves masks, most of them because he is afraid of being recognized, right? But there aren't many manservants in our family who are tall and martial? Only Mr. Lu from Brother Wei'er's side is still a little similar. ”

In the Zhao family's old mansion, there is indeed one person who fits this description, and the servants are not familiar with it, that is, Mr. Xi Xilu, who the Zhang family invited to teach martial arts to his grandson Zhao Wei. And this Mr. Lu, who was so coincidental, left the Zhao family's old house this morning. According to the gatekeeper, he went out for a walk, no one knew where he went, and he has not yet returned, and there is no way to prove that he has not bought the daughter-in-law in the kitchen and the little girl who delivered vegetables.

Qin Cha immediately vetoed this suspicious candidate, others may suspect that there is something wrong with this Mr. Lu, but he is a person from the palace, so he naturally knows that this Lu Yunpeng is the personal guard of the King of Guangping, who specially stayed to protect the ancestors and grandchildren of Mrs. Zhao, and when they left in the morning, they also greeted him - he did not go out to wander, but went to Songjiang Mansion to "visit friends". Since people are not in Fengxian, how can they buy people to give false testimony?

Qin Cha suspected that the Jiang family and Hong Aya deliberately made them suspect Lu Yunpeng, and no longer tracked down who really came into contact with the daughter-in-law and the little girl. If he really believed them, and didn't know Lu Yunpeng's identity and whereabouts, he would only think that the martial arts master of Zhang's grandson had bribed the little girl and infiltrated poison in the ingredients he sent, intending to poison Zhao Jiong, right?

But if this person really bought the little girl on Zhang's order, pretending to be poisoned by the person who delivered the ingredients, how could he bribe the people in the kitchen to give false testimony against Zhang? This is obviously a contradiction and a flaw.

He squinted his eyes a few times unceremoniously, glanced at Jiang Shi again, and said with a gloomy smile: "Grandma Zhao rest assured, in broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, people who have done bad things can't hide it, who is the person who is responsible for poisoning, our family will definitely find out and give the old lady an explanation!" ”

He ordered the accompanying soldiers to immediately search the Zhao family's old house and nearby streets, inns, and houses, and said hello to the Zhao clan and asked them to cooperate, and they must find out this suspicious person. When searching for people, we should focus on the search for the male and female servants brought by the Jiang family.

Jiang Shi was shocked, and smiled reluctantly: "What does the palace envoy mean by this?" ”

"Grandma, don't get me wrong, our family just thinks that the person who wants to harm Zhao Jiong will not do it sooner or later, and he will not do it until you come to the old mansion, maybe he will go all the way south as a servant of the Zhao family." Qin Cha glanced at her lightly, with a bit of contempt in his eyes, which made Jiang's heart full of anger, but he didn't dare to vent it.

Seeing that she still hadn't understood what she had done wrong, Zhang couldn't help but sigh: "The poison of 'Little Peach' is not common, and it appears in one place, and the one who poisoned Gao Cheng must be the murderer who wants to poison your father-in-law." You can't explain why you called Gao Cheng to your yard overnight three days ago, the person who is most suspected of poisoning him. What else are you pretending to be innocent? Think about how you can excuse yourself! ”

Jiang Shi hurriedly defended: "Daughter-in-law Sun is wronged! How could the old lady slander me like this?! Why should I poison my father-in-law? Why poison a little servant? There's no reason for that at all! As he spoke, he cried aggrievedly.

"It's to kill the mouth, right?" The sound of milk sounded at the gate of the courtyard, and everyone was stunned, and turned their heads to look, but it was Qiu Ye holding Zhao Xiu in one hand and Zhao Wei in the other. Zhang's brows furrowed: "Nonsense! What are you guys going to do?! ”

What Zhao Xiu said just now, she hurriedly said: "Grandmother, my brother and I are afraid that you will be bullied, so we came to help you!" She motioned for Qiu Ye to let her go to the ground, ran steadily in front of Zhang, took the other party's hand and said, "Grandmother, isn't this Gao Cheng the henchman of the sister-in-law in the lobby?" You've told us about it before. ”

Zhang glared at her, looked up at Qin Cha and said, "I did say it." Gao Chengyuan was a close confidant of Zhao Jue's wife, and he was promoted by Zhao Jue's wife from a small follower to the position of steward. Before going south, he was suddenly transferred to Zhao Jiong's side, I was also surprised, I heard that he was slandering Zhao Jiong all the way, and let Zhao Jiong poison Xiao'er. ”

Qin Cha suddenly realized, looked at Zhao Xiu with some curiosity, and had a little smile in his eyes: "What Miss Zhao means is that your sister-in-law instructed Gao Cheng to slander in front of your uncle, and she was afraid that he would reveal the secret, so she wanted to kill her?" "How did such a young child come up with this?

Zhao Xiu nodded vigorously, ran to Jiang Shi again, and looked at her with his head held high: "Why do you have to kill us?" When you were in the capital, you obviously begged my grandmother and my father and mother to come, you knelt in front of them and begged them not to tell them about your son killing his brother, and my grandmother agreed, and you were obviously very grateful at the time, and said that you would say good things for us in front of your uncle and aunt, so that they would stop embarrassing us, why did you send someone to harm us later? ”

Jiang never expected that the biggest secret in his heart would be revealed by the child on the spot, and he was caught off guard for a moment and looked at Qin Cha in panic.