The mansion of the Golden Mansion is large, and the kitchen is naturally large.

The kitchen of the Golden Mansion is located in the southwest corner, opening up the original six rooms into a large room, and there is a large drying area at the door, which can be used to dry goods or something.

After breakfast, lunch was still early, and it was time to be idle in the kitchen.

A room full of mothers-in-law and maids were bored and began to whisper and gossip.

"The young lady is back, thank God."

"Have you heard, the person who killed Xi'er wears a ring on his hand..."

"Rings?" When a maid heard this, she immediately became excited, leaned over and asked, "What ring?" ”

"I also heard that Steward Liu just lost a ring recently."

"Everyone is rumoring that the ring belongs to Steward Liu."

"Shhhh......hhhh There are many rights and wrongs in big families, don't involve yourself. ”

"Yes," the guy nodded, "Xi'er probably knows too much, and she is being by—" As he spoke, he put his hand on his neck and made a head-killing gesture.

"Ahem!"

A dull cough sounded, and everyone was immediately startled.

Liu Wenzhao approached the kitchen with a gloomy face, his eyes like ice.

"Willow ...... Chamberlain. The servants were troubled.

Liu Wenzhao paused, his face slowed slightly, and then smiled indifferently, as if nothing had happened, it was still the kind and kind Liu Wenzhao, "At noon today, Mrs. is going to have a banquet in the side hall." There can't be the slightest sloppiness, the menu has come down, hurry up and arrange someone to buy it. There is also Master Kong's sweet taste, you should pay attention to it. ”

"Yes......"

Everyone dared to say anything, only Nono's response.

After Liu Wenzhao finished explaining, he walked out of the kitchen and walked away, and after he walked away, everyone gathered together and pointed at Liu Wenzhao.

"It's the same as the one who doesn't have trouble."

"That said, it's weird."

Liu Wenzhao walked back to his room with a heart full of concern and sat by the window. Looking at the light and shadow in the shade of the trees outside, his brows became deeper and deeper.

He habitually touched his bare fingers, as if he was talking to Agui behind him. It was like muttering to himself: "Thousands of calculations, or a hundred secrets, I finished my work that day, and I always felt that I missed something." Unexpectedly. The gold ingots still found this clue. It seems that I still underestimated him. ”

Hearing this, Ah Gui stepped forward and said with relief: "Even if you find that ring, it won't mean anything." Who hasn't lost a lot? ”

"Lose three and lose four......" Liu Wenzhao thought thoughtfully.

He sat by the window and pondered for a moment, then turned and walked to the desk, sat down, picked up his pen and wrote on the paper.

A few strokes, a moment later. He drew a pattern of a ring.

He handed the pattern to Gui: "Find a craftsman to make another ring according to this pattern, and hurry up." Do it right away. ”

"Yes."

In the middle of the night, after several days of sunshine, it was drizzling.

Ah Gui walked into a subordinate house with his hands behind his back.

The subordinate Zhao Si greeted him, "Agui, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

Ah Gui closed the door with his hand and said with a kind smile: "Ah Si, you've done a good job lately!" ”

"Thanks to you." Zhao Si naturally knew that Agui was a celebrity in front of Liu Wenzhao, and he was also taken care of by him a lot on weekdays, so of course he was polite to him.

"Who else is there in my hometown?" Ah Gui sat down at the table as if unintentionally, and his eyes fell on the tea set on the table.

"There is no one else in the family, I have a bare pole, and thanks to the care of Steward Liu, I went into the house to do some chores." Zhao Si smiled innocently.

"No one is good, no worries. Steward Liu saw that you have been working hard recently, and asked me to reward you. Agui Yin Yu smiled.

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Si's eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "Thank you Steward Liu, thank you guards." ”

Ah Gui raised his hand to lift the teapot, poured tea into the teacup, and then took out a medicine bag from his arms, opened it, shook the medicine powder into the teacup, picked it up and shook it twice.

"Well, drink it." Ah Gui smiled and raised the teacup to Zhao Si.

The water in the water cup is bubbling out, like poison!

Zhao Sisi was startled, and before he could react, Ah Gui had already walked in front of him with an arrow, restrained him, raised the teacup in his hand, lifted his chin with his hand, squeezed his mouth, poured water into Zhao Si's mouth, and threw the water cup away.

The teacup fell to the ground with a "snap" and shattered.

"Expensive...... ...... "Zhao Si stuck his neck, his body twisted, the expression on his face turned painful, and suddenly with an "ah" sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth......

As soon as Ah Gui let go of his hand, Zhao Si's body fell to the ground softly.

Looking at his corpse, Ah Gui smiled coldly: "Anyway, you are also bare, and helping you get out of the sea of suffering is the reward of Steward Liu." ”

Immediately, Ah Gui began to look around the room, rummaging left and right, he spotted a box, ran over and opened the box, which was full of clothes and shoes.

He carefully removed the clothes, and after leaving a space at the bottom of the box, he took out a ring and a stack of papers from his body, put them in the box, covered the clothes, took a shoe from the inside, and then closed the box.

Suddenly, there was a sound of walking outside the door, and Amu, who lived in the same room as the deceased, stretched his waist and walked to the door. Ah Gui glanced at the figure, and immediately jumped out of the back window to escape, Ah Gui had just closed the window from the outside, and Ah Mu had already pushed the door in.

As soon as Amu entered the door, he saw Zhao Si fall to the ground, glanced at it, and said casually: "Drunk again?" ”

However, he immediately found that there seemed to be blood stains on the ground, so he nervously walked over and pushed Zhao Si...... When he saw it clearly, Amu screamed!

A scream pierced the sky, and the gold ingots put down the book in their hands and looked at the sky outside the window with some astonishment.

At this time, Liu Wenzhao pushed the door and walked in, smiling and saying, "Yuanbao, are you here?" I also think that the young lady has just been wronged, and you haven't seen it for many days. You probably didn't have time to accompany the beauty, but I didn't expect that you were still studying hard at the desk. ”

Seeing that it was him, Jin Yuan buried his head in reading again. Said lightly: "What's the matter with Steward Liu?" Go ahead. ”

Liu Wenzhao was choked by his indifference, quickly concealed his faint displeasure, sat down and said, "There are rumors in the house that Xi'er's death is related to a ring?" ”

Jin Yuan subconsciously looked at Liu Wenzhao's hand, and Liu Wenzhao's hand subconsciously shrank: "I found a strangulation mark of a men's ring on Xi'er's neck, which excludes the possibility of Xiaoxuan committing a crime, as long as the ring and its owner are found." The truth will be revealed. - Why does Steward Liu have a clue for me? ”

Seeing this, Liu Wenzhao smiled quietly and said, "I know what I know." The ingots deserve to be the first god to catch ......" and then said straight to the point: "I have a ring that I often wear on my hand accidentally lost, and I haven't seen it for many days, I don't know if it has anything to do with this case." ”

Gold ingots are mentally concentrated. But he asked quietly, "When did you last see the ring?" ”

"It should be the night of the birthday party. That night, I put the ring in the study, and when the birthday party was over, I returned to the house and was about to put it on, but I found that it was missing. ”

"This ring is an heirloom of your Liu family, what you wear on your hand every day, you didn't find it until you lost it for so long?"

"It's exactly what you wear on your hands every day. I was so used to it that I didn't immediately realize that it wasn't in my hands. In addition, from the beginning of the lady's birthday banquet to the imprisonment of the young lady, there are constant things in the house, and I am so busy all day that I have no time to take care of anything else. It wasn't until today that I heard people talking about this matter, and I knew that this matter had been rumored. ”

"What do you mean......" Jin Yuanbao narrowed his eyes, "Someone entered your study, stole your ring, and killed Xi'er while wearing it?" ”

Liu Wenzhao just smiled indifferently and said: "I can only say that the ring will not run away with long legs when it is placed on the bookcase, as for whether the person who stole the ring is the murderer of Xi'er, it is up to you to find out the ingot." ”

"This is not very easy to do...... Jin Yuan Bao looked at him, "There are not a hundred but dozens of people who come in and out of your yard every day, and if you say so, I am afraid that the whole house will be suspicious." ”

"I also took this into account, so I didn't make a rash announcement."

"Do you have any witnesses to prove that you took the ring off?"

"Nope." Liu Wenzhao shook his head, "At that time, I just took it easily, and no one was present. ”

"Since there are no witnesses, it is difficult to clear your suspicions."

"yes, God knows I know you don't, how should this be?" Liu Wenzhao looked regretful.

"This matter involves Xi'er's death, and the stakes are very high, and I will not let go of any suspicious person or thing." The gold ingots stared at him quietly, as if trying to see some clues from his face.

"You're going to be impartial as a arrester, and you can even go to jail for your own wife - of course I understand." Liu Wenzhao smiled indifferently, without any abnormality on his face.

Jin Yuanbao's face sank, Liu Wenzhao smiled innocently and looked back, and the room was silent for a while.

At this time, Ah Fu ran in from outside in a panic, and shouted with a pale face: "Report ...... Report Childe, something is wrong! Zhao Siqi, who was in charge of the horse, bled and died! ”

"What?" The gold ingots were taken aback, "Take me quickly." ”

"How so!" Liu Wenzhao was stunned and said, "I'll go too!" ”

The three of them walked quickly to Zhao Si's room, and at this time, Zhao Si's body had been turned over by Amu, lying flat in the middle of the room, his face was distorted, bleeding from his seven orifices, and it seemed to be very painful, next to it was a broken teacup porcelain and a trace of water on the ground.

The gold ingots were solemn, and when they looked around the room, they found no signs of a fight or the destruction of the room. When I walked under the windowsill and found that the window was not locked from the inside, I couldn't help but stare at the window a few more times.

Jin Ingot frowned, and continued to check, but found that there were several potted plants planted by the window, and when Jin Ingot touched it with his hand, there was still wetness, obviously just watered.

He turned to look at Amu and asked, "You planted this?" ”

"It's not me!" Amu waved his hand again and again, and said, "It's Zhao Si's, and he has to serve every day." ”

Jin Ingot looked around the room and said: "There is no chaos in the house, which means that it is either suicide or an acquaintance who committed the crime." Then he squatted down again, put on gloves, carefully inspected Zhao Si's body, and muttered: "The seven orifices bled to death, and his face was distorted, he should have died of poison." However, the specific ones have to be tested before they know the way. With that, he sighed lightly. Slowly stood up and looked around the room.

Liu Wenzhao stood at the door and took a look. He asked, "Yuanbao, is there anything I need help with?" As he spoke, he walked in.

"Wait!" Jin Yuan waved his hand and pointed at Liu Wenzhao's feet, "Don't come close at a step." ”

Helplessly, Liu Wenzhao slowly pulled back the foot that had stepped out.

"The young master handles the case, and he doesn't like anyone to disturb him." Ah Fu hurriedly explained to Liu Wenzhao in a whisper.

The gold ingots searched the corners of the room, and finally landed on the box in the corner. He walked over. Carefully open the lid of the box, pull it a few times, and a jade carving ring will roll out! He frowned. Immediately I found the shackles that were pressed under the box.

The gold ingot stretched out his hand and held the ring in front of his eyes to look at it carefully, then walked slowly to Liu Wenzhao and handed the ring to Liu Wenzhao.

"This! Isn't this my ring? Liu Wenzhao looked surprised, "How could it be hidden in Zhao Si's house?" ”

The gold ingots were silent. Then he took out the IOU again. Look through it carefully. "On the day of the month of Ding Mao, Zhao Si borrowed five taels of silver from the ox and five taels of silver, which was used as a basis. On the day of Ren Shen in the year of Ding Mao, Zhao Si borrowed ten taels of Hu Liu's silver, and used this as a basis...... "After reading the IOU, Jin Yuan Bao looked down at the dead corpse, and his face was solemn.

When Liu Wenzhao heard this, he sighed and said, "It seems that Zhao Si owes a lot of foreign debts." ”

Ah Fu asked casually: "Could it be that you have a lot of debt before you think of stealing Steward Liu's ring?" ”

Liu Wenzhao is here. Naturally, I wish someone would give him steps, even if he climbed up the pole. "There is this possibility, do you want to make money temporarily?"

"Long enough? Do you want to do this catch? The gold ingots glared at Ah Fu sharply.

Ah Fu stuck out his tongue and quickly retreated to the back.

"You mean to say that Zhao Si stole your ring?" The gold ingots looked at Liu Wenzhao.

"Why else would my ring be here? I suddenly remembered that the death of Xi'er and Zhao Si's front and back feet was related to property, I wonder if Lu Dao has anything to do with Xi'er's death? Liu Wenzhao was stunned.

Jin Yuan Bao frowned: "Ah Fu, go and ask Xi'er and Zhao Si if they have any contact on weekdays." ”

"It's the young master, I'll go and find out."

"I can't imagine it......" Liu Wenzhao looked at the corpse on the ground regretfully, and said, "Hey, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds." ”

"At this time, I am afraid it is too early to make a conclusion, why did the deceased just steal and kill Xi'er?" The light in the gold ingot's eyes loomed.

"It may be that Xi'er witnessed his crime."

Jin Ingot looked up at him, his eyes burning, "This is just your speculation, and there is no substantial evidence or witnesses to prove it. ”

Liu Wenzhao couldn't refute Jin Yuanbao's questioning, and turned his head to look at Ah Gui, who understood, and stepped forward and said, "Young Master, there is one thing I didn't think about at the time, and now it seems that it should be related to this case." ”

The gold ingots raised their eyebrows: "Oh, you speak." ”

"On the day of my wife's birthday, I patrolled as usual, and when I passed outside Steward Liu's study, I saw Xi'er walking into the rockery in a panic. I wanted to come forward to ask, but there was another news from the front that His Royal Highness had arrived, so I could only go back to the front hall to arrange security matters, and then it seemed that I never saw Xi'er again. ”

Hearing this, Liu Wenzhao made an expression of sudden realization, "In this way, the matter is reasonable, Xi'er saw the deceased who stole outside my study, so the deceased pushed her into the river to kill people." ”

Jin Yuan Bao glanced at Liu Wenzhao and moved his gaze to Ah Gui: "Are you sure?" ”

"It's a matter of human life, and Agui doesn't dare to say anything."

The gold ingots frowned tightly and were speechless.

Seeing this, Liu Wenzhao said politely: "This case is confusing and complicated, if there is a place where I can be useful, just command." ”

"I never need help from others when I handle cases." Gold Ingot looked at him coldly.

"Then it's inconvenient for me to ask the young master for mercy to handle the case, so I'd better leave first." Liu Wenzhao said, hugged his fists and left, and Agui followed closely and left.

Jin Yuan Bao looked at the corpse on the ground, and then looked at Liu Wenzhao's back, thoughtful.

After arranging for Ah Fu to deal with the rest of the matter, Jin Yuan Bao returned to the new house tiredly.

The jade qilin stood at the gate of the courtyard and waited, and when he saw him, he anxiously greeted him: "The murderer has been caught?" ”

"Hmm." The gold ingots nodded weakly.

"Why did he kill Xi'er?" Jade Qilin asked urgently.

"Xi'er broke him on his mother's birthday and stole his belongings, so he killed people. But I think there are still doubts in this case, Agui said that when your mother arrived, Xi'er hid in the rockery in a panic, which is really unreasonable. Shouldn't Xi'er go to the front room to greet you when your mother comes? ”

The golden ingots told the jade qilin about his psychological doubts, and he didn't see that the jade qilin was already pale.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault......" Jade Qilin was deeply shocked and muttered to himself.

Seeing the fragility in her eyes, she felt distressed for a while, stretched out her hand to grab the jade qilin, and said with relief: "I know that Lu Dao Xi'er's death has hit you hard, but this matter really has nothing to do with you." ”

The jade unicorn was stunned and let the gold ingots hold him, and his ears kept echoing the words of the gold ingots just now.

"When your mother arrived, Xi'er panicked and hid in the rockery."

Troubled ......

The jade unicorn broke free of the gold ingot, walked to the inner room, and lay down on the bed with his clothes closed.

Looking at her gloomy figure, the gold ingots were left with deep helplessness.

The jade unicorn lying on the bed burst into tears, and kept muttering "I'm sorry" in his mouth.

He couldn't bear it in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, lay on her side, reached out and stroked her back, and said, "Don't do this, this is not something you can control." ”

"If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have died." Perhaps it was because the bitterness in his heart had been suppressed for too long, and the jade qilin suddenly broke out and shouted.

Seeing her almost crazy appearance, Jin Yuan couldn't understand it at all: "How can I blame you, what are you thinking about all day long, and such things are also taken on yourself." ”

"You go out of the way, leave me alone." The jade unicorn said and pushed the gold ingots out!

The moment the door was closed, Jin Yuan only felt as if she was also locked out of her heart. (To be continued......)