Only then did Ran Qiunian remember what she had just seen, and she turned her palm upward, revealing the thing she had been holding in her hand.

Xiao Yin fixed his eyes and saw that what Ran Qiunian was holding in the palm of his hand was a jade coin with an emerald green body and an ancient style, about the size of a copper coin, which looked very valuable.

The jade coin is still wearing a red string, which has been worn and broken, which may be the reason why this jade coin was lost here.

"I picked it up under that stove in the corner, and I don't know who dropped it there."

Ran Qiunian pointed to the corner, lowered his head and carefully looked at the jade coin in his palm. Jade of such good quality must be worth a lot of silver, and it is impossible for those cooks in the small kitchen to afford such a valuable thing.

She rubbed the jade coin again, the texture was warm, and it should have been kept close to her body for many years before it was cultivated.

Moreover, Ran Qiunian always felt a little familiar, but for a while she couldn't remember where she had seen this thing, her eyes looked at this jade coin with some distraction, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

"Nian'er? What's wrong with this jade coin? ”

Xiao Yin looked at Ran Qiunian strangely and woke her up.

Ran Qiu thought of a spirit, looked up at Xiao Yin, and shook the jade coin in his hand with some hesitation: "It's nothing, I just think this is a little familiar......

Without waiting for Xiao Yin to ask, Ran Qiunian took the lead in smiling at him, shaking his head, and putting these things behind him for the time being.

"Forget it, let's not mention these first, big brother, let's go to Dr. Chang quickly, and ask him to help us see if the red umbrella juice is in this pottery urn."

Xiao Yin looked at Ran Qiunian's hand holding his arm, his expression was a little stunned, and without waiting for him to say anything, Ran Qiunian pulled Xiao Yin out of the small kitchen.

The two of them soon found Dr. Chang in the medicine house and handed over the pottery urn, and Dr. Chang quickly identified the true face of the residual medicinal juice in the pottery urn, which was really the red umbrella juice that almost killed Ran Qiunian.

"That's true!" Ran Qiunian slapped her palms, she finally had some eyebrows, she pulled Xiao Yin's arm and shook it, "Next, as long as you ask who used this pottery urn that day, it is self-evident who the murderer is." ”

"The cook who cooked you lotus seed soup that day was still locked up in the firewood room, and you will find out when you bring her in."

After listening to Ran Qiunian, Xiao Yin nodded, and directly ordered someone to bring out the cook who was still locked in the firewood room.

Ran Qiu thanked Doctor Chang, and moved to the main hall with Xiao Yin, and the cook had already been brought over.

has been locked up for the past few days, although she has not been subjected to any hardship, but because of the uneasiness that has been lingering in her heart, this cook has lost a lot of weight by herself, and she is waiting for Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin's inquiries anxiously at this time.

"Miss, young master, if you have anything to ask, just ask, the slave and maid will tell you everything. Lord Qingtian is above, and the slave and maid will never dare to harm people in the slightest. ”

The cook lady's scared look that she tried her best to defend didn't look like she was pretending, Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin glanced at each other, and when they saw that Xiao Yin didn't speak, they consciously stood up and asked the cook.

"Okay, since you say so, I won't go around the bush with you."

Ran Qiunian glanced at the cook, stepped aside, and showed the pottery urn that Qingxi was holding in front of her eyes, but her eyes kept staring at her face, trying to distinguish the change in her expression.

"Have you seen this?"

The cook raised her eyes cautiously, and even her breathing involuntarily lightened, she swallowed her saliva and carefully looked at the pottery urn in Qingxi's hand.

"I've seen this urn, I remember, this is the urn used by Su Niang, I remember, miss, it's definitely right."

The cook pointed to the pottery urn and said loudly, her tone unconsciously a little excited. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and remembered many details of that day.

"By the way, I also saw Su Niang cooking something in this urn that day, because I was in a hurry, so I asked her to help me watch the fire, and she was boiling the things in this urn at that time."

Speaking of the back, the cook unconsciously felt a little weak, if she hadn't been lazy at that time, she wouldn't have given that Su Niang a chance to poison. But it's inconvenient to say it, but fortunately, Ran Qiunian doesn't bother to bother with her.

"Anyway, she must have poisoned me while I was out! This woman looked like a fox when she came back then, and she didn't look like a peaceful person, but she didn't expect to be so vicious......"

The cook swore loudly, feeling the gaze of Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin, and her voice weakened unconsciously. She smiled flatteringly at Ran Qiunian.

Ran Qiunian retracted his gaze thoughtfully, glanced at Xiao Yin, and saw the same thing in his eyes. Ran Qiunian put her mind at ease and continued to talk from the cook.

"Since you are so sure that woman is not a good person, why did you recruit people into the mansion that day? The Ran family has always had strict screening in recruitment, why would such an unidentified person be recruited? ”

Ran Qiunian pressed step by step: "Say, have you known each other for a long time." ”

When the cook heard this, she quickly got rid of her suspicion: "No, no, the young lady is aware that the slave has really never seen that woman." The slave maid is just a little cook, so can she decide who Zhuangzi recruits to come in? ”

"Su Niang is, she was recruited by the eldest brother." The cook hesitated for a moment, and immediately decided to confess the eldest noble brother, she had been locked up for so many days, and she had already been frightened, and the little thought she had about the eldest noble brother could not match the love for her own life.

"Big brother?" Ran Qiunian repeated the name strangely, "Who is this?" ”

"Miss Hui's words, the eldest brother is a small steward in the village, and he handles these things. If you don't believe it, just call someone to confront you, and the slave will never dare to hide it. ”

Ran Qiunian felt that the cook should not lie, and turned her head to look at Xiao Yin. Seeing this, Xiao Yin ordered someone to go directly to bring the eldest brother in the kitchen's mouth.

"Miss, I wonder what you are looking for?"

After Dagui was brought, he glanced at the troubled cook these days, and probably had some preparations in his heart, he trembled and saluted Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin, and waited for it to fall.

"That woman named Su Niang, you recruited her?"

Ran Qiunian asked directly.

Dagui nodded, and without waiting for Ran Qiunian to continue asking, he recruited all of his brains: "The little one should be damned, the little one looks at Su Niang, oh no, that woman has a poor background and is helpless, so she has compassion and recruits someone into the house to be a helper." ”

"So, do you know where the woman came from?"

Ran Qiunian raised her eyebrows.

Dagui was silent for a while, and then opened his mouth with a white face: "The little one should be damned, I only know that this woman is a widow in a nearby village, and the family is dead, so I came here to beg for a bite to eat." ”

In other words, this noble only relied on the words of the Su Niang to recruit people into the Zhuangzi, and asked her to help in the small kitchen, so that she could handle these imported things.

Ran Qiunian was almost laughed at by what Dagui said, and Dagui also knew that he was to blame, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

"Since you are a helper, have you signed the deed?"

Xiao Yin had been listening to their conversation silently, letting go of Ran Qiunian to do it. At this time, seeing that Ran Qiunian looked very angry, he stepped forward to take over the conversation, and looked thoughtfully at the noble who bowed his head and was silent.

"Yes, yes, in the small ones, they are all properly stored."

Ran Qiu Nian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and with the deed, he could follow the clues from the handwriting left on it, unless that person didn't write a word in his life, otherwise, sooner or later he would be able to follow the vine and catch the traces of this person.

But the next moment, Ran Qiunian had a headache again, which was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

No matter what Xiao Yin wanted to come to this deed for, the people who went to rummage through it according to the position Dagui said quickly took all the boxes containing the Su Niang deed.

"Young master, miss, what is in here is the deed of the Su Niang."

Originally, the deeds of the upper and lower Zhuangzi would be placed in the hands of the housekeeper for safekeeping, but Dagui made some selfish intentions and secretly hid Su Niang's deed without authorization.

Ran Qiunian came to Xiao Yin's side and checked what was written on the deed with him.

That Su Niang only signed a deed of sale for three months, and now it is less than a month, and the person has fled from the villa, if this deed is sent to the government, Su Niang can be charged with the crime of fugitive slavery, and the government wants it.

"This word ......" Ran Qiunian sighed strangely, frowned and looked closer, "Why is it so familiar?" ”

"Nian'er has seen this word?"

When Xiao Yin heard this, he turned his head and asked.

Ran Qiunian subconsciously raised his head, and the faces of the two people were very close to each other at once, and they seemed to be able to feel each other's gentle breathing between their noses.

Ran Qiunian only felt that his mind suddenly went blank, and the next moment his head was full of the delicious smell of cold plum on Xiao Yin's body, and he was suddenly dumbfounded.

"What to do? Distracted again. ”

Xiao Yin looked at Ran Qiunian, who was starting to wander again, and raised her hand to tap her forehead, the two of them were slightly separated, and Ran Qiunian's brain gradually regained its calmness.

She coughed dryly twice, a little weak: "No, it's nothing, by the way, what did you just tell me, big brother?" ”

Xiao Yin had no choice but to repeat what he had just said, and when Ran Qiu heard it, he hurriedly picked up the thoughts he had dropped before, and his face quickly became serious.

"I think I've seen this word somewhere, but I'm not sure ......"

"There are not many people who can write around Nian'er, and there should not be many people who have seen handwriting, so you can find a one-to-one correspondence."

When Xiao Yin heard this, he groaned slightly, no matter where Ran Qiunian came from, it was a new clue.

"That's right, but how could those people be the helpers who poisoned me in the kitchen?"

Ran Qiunian crossed her fingers and thought about it, the people around her who could write and wrote in front of her, except for her grandmother and aunt Xiu's brothers, were those classmates of the female school, but they were all noble, and no one looked like they would appear here.

"By the way, there's a guy!"