Zhang Yunbao said that if there is an afterlife, I hope I will never be Cao Xiulian's son again!

Everyone sighed for a while, and they all said that a loving mother has many defeated children, and this child was born without good or bad. It only depends on how the parents raise and how well they are raised. A doting connivance like Cao Xiulian is indeed no different from killing him.

Habitual sons are like killing sons, this is not false at all.

From Zhang Yunbao to the time he was beheaded, Cao Xiulian never appeared.

On the contrary, the old lady couldn't bear it, so she ordered someone to collect Zhang Yunbao's body and find a place to bury him. Just a few days after Zhang Yunbao was buried, the old lady suddenly fell ill.

Chu Qingruo hurriedly went to Qingsongyuan and asked Yan's mother about the condition of the old lady. Yan's mother said: Xu is old, his appetite is not good, and he vomits after eating something. Growsy and drowsy all day. In addition, there have been a lot of things in the house recently, and my body is a little unbearable.

Seeing that the old lady didn't wake up, Chu Qingruo didn't disturb her to rest and went back.

After some time, the old lady's illness became more and more serious. The doctor has changed several times, but they all shook their heads to indicate that they could not do anything, but they were afraid that it was because of the old lady's advanced age.

Chu Qingruo was so anxious that he called Kang Zi and handed a letter to Fu Lingyun, telling him to think of a way to see if he could ask the emperor to send a doctor to check the pulse of the old lady.

Fu Lingyun went to the palace without hesitation to beg the emperor, and turned around and brought a white-bearded old lady to the Chu Mansion.

After the old lady finished checking the old lady's pulse, her expression was a little vague.

Chu Qingruo hurriedly asked him to have something to say. The Imperial Physician hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and told the truth. The old lady is not sick, she is poisoned! And he is too old to return to heaven. Chu Qingruo was taken aback, and when he heard the words "powerlessness", his heart was even more like being hammered with a heavy hammer, and his heart hurt deeply.

The imperial physician said that the name of this poison is Jiqing Huanxisan, and it is made from the seeds of auspicious dates in the north and Huanxi flowers in the south. These two kinds of grass are one in the south and one in the north, one is hot and the other is cold. If you eat it, you will have abdominal pain, vomiting, drowsiness, and a problem that looks like a cold stomach, and it is generally not easy to detect that it is poisoning. But it will not be fatal immediately, it will only leave the poisoned person on the sickbed for several years before slowly dying.

It's just that the old lady is too old, and with the previous serious illnesses, her physical foundation is not good. Now that I have been poisoned again, I am afraid that it will be ......

The Imperial Physician stopped at this point. Everyone knows in their hearts that the old lady is afraid that there will be only a few days left.

Chu Qingruo looked at her grandmother who was about to die, and her heart was sad. Who was so cruel as to cause such a kind old man to die?

Fu Lingyun also knew that the old lady was good to Chu Qingruo, although she hadn't had time to officially meet this old man, she had always respected her very much, and she had already classified her as her family in her heart. Now seeing the old lady like this, Chu Qingruo was so sad again, and a wave of anger rushed to the top of his head.

Supporting the sad Chu Qingruo out of Qingsong Garden, Fu Lingyun called Lian Feng and Kang Zi and ordered them to investigate! No matter what method is used, the person who poisoned must be found out!

Chu Qingruo asked her father to investigate the matter, Chu Wenxuan looked at the fierce Xu Yong and reluctantly agreed. So she called all the people in the family to the open space in the Chu Mansion compound.

After the housekeeper counted the number of people, she began to speak: "Who has been on an errand in the old lady's room these days?" "Stand up two maids Yunxiang, Yunjuan and three family members Zhang Cheng, Niu Er, and Liu Wu.

Let them stand aside, and then ask, "Which ones are responsible for delivering the food in the old lady's room these days?" Then two mothers-in-law Wang Ma and Qu Ma came out.

Finally, he asked: "Who are the rooms responsible for the old lady's food these days?" "Stand up a mother-in-law, Mother Liu, and two husbands, Uncle Li and Uncle Ma.

After leaving these people and the people of Qingsong Yuan to identify each other, Chu Qingruo dismissed a group of other unrelated people and others, and let them return to their respective errand houses, and Lian Feng led Fu Lingyun's Zhenyuan relatives to carefully search their rooms.

Through confronting, Chu Qingruo confirmed that on the day the old lady was poisoned, Uncle Li and Mother Liu were on duty in the kitchen, Mother Qu was responsible for sending them to Qingsong Garden, Yun Xiang was serving the old lady to eat, and Zhang Cheng was on errand in the courtyard.

Xu Yong patted his chest: Just leave the interrogation to him. Chu Qingruo nodded, handed them over to Kang Zi and Xu Yong, and took them to the now empty Bifang Garden for careful interrogation.

After a while, Kangzi came over and replied: "On the day the old lady was poisoned, Uncle Li made the food, and the Qingsong Garden, which was sent by Mother Qu, was eaten by Yunxiang waiting for the old lady. In addition, it should be Wang's mother who sent food in Japan, but that day she said that she had something at home and changed the time with Qu's mother on an errand. ”

Chu Qingruo and Fu Lingyun glanced at each other, and took Mother Wang across the courtyard and knelt in the middle of the courtyard. I saw that she was about forty years old, dressed in a washed white coarse cloth shirt, her hair was neatly combed, her face was large, her face was slightly yellowed with a few unforgettable freckles, her eyes flashed, her face was pale, and she knelt there without saying a word.

Chu Qingruo asked her why she changed the time of her errand with Mother Qu. She said that the child at home was sick and unattended, and she had to go home to take care of the child, so she changed days with Qu's mother on an errand.

Chu Qingruo called the housekeeper again and asked who introduced Mother Wang.

The housekeeper checked the personnel login of the house, and it was Mother Li of Bifang Yuan before. Fu Lingyun immediately glanced at a pro-soldier, and the pro-soldier understood, and immediately led a small group of people out of the Chu Mansion.

Soon, Lian Feng came back with a depressed face and shook his head at the two of them. I didn't find it, I searched all the corners, and I didn't find anything.

After waiting for a while, the team of soldiers came back with Li's mother, and said that Wang's mother had no children by her side, and she had no family in the capital.

There is no doubt that this Wang's mother is lying, she must have changed shifts, and then quietly sneaked back and secretly poisoned the old lady's food. I thought I was smart and changed shifts, I'm afraid I thought that no one would suspect her in this way.

Mother Li knelt down as soon as she entered the courtyard, and without waiting for Chu Qingruo to ask, she said first: "Miss, this Mother Wang was introduced by me at the beginning, but I was entrusted by Mrs. Cao and received her reward of five taels of silver, so I made this guarantor." ”

Suddenly, Mother Wang's body, which was originally lying on the ground, suddenly stood up like a cobra, and shouted to Chu Wenxuan with a sad face: "Master, the old lady's food is my medicine, but I am also instructed by others!" Why don't you ask someone to search Miss's yard, and it's not too late to convict me~"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Zhou's mother said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, the old lady loves Miss very much, but you should tell me why Miss poisoned the old lady!" ”

Mother Wang looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water and said: "I am a subordinate, just do things according to orders, how do I know what grievances and hatreds the master above has?" You should ask Miss this question~ How can I know? ”

Chu Wenxuan and Fu Lingyun's faces were all pale, the former was a rebel for his daughter to poison his grandmother, and the latter was for Mother Wang's blood to spew people to frame his sweetheart.

I heard the mother Wang say: "If the master doesn't believe it, you can go to the young lady's room and search, and you will know that what I said is true or false." ”

Mother Li, who was kneeling next to her, only thought that Mother Wang had stolen something in the house and was caught and questioned, and when she heard her talk, she couldn't help but be startled, and she knelt on the ground and didn't dare to come out.

After Chu Wenxuan heard Mother Wang's words, his face flickered brightly and darkly, and he couldn't see joy or anger. After a moment of silence, he summoned the family and ordered them to search Jiexiang Yuan thoroughly.

If Chu Qing asked himself if he was innocent, he let them go to his courtyard. Ling'er couldn't help but step forward to stop her, but she also reached out to stop her.

Not long after, the family came back with a bag of things, and Chu Wenxuan sent someone to invite the old lady to examine it. The old lady doctor said bluntly: "This is exactly the auspicious celebration and joy, that's right." ”

Chu Wenxuan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he came up and slapped Chu Qingruo without thinking, and shook the weak Chu Qingruo to the ground: "You are a big rebellious brute!" How dare you do such a disobedient and unfilial thing! You, you! Holding his heart, he staggered two steps. Aunt Qin and Aunt Fang, who were newly carried up, immediately came up and supported him one left and one right.

Fu Lingyun also quickly hugged Chu Qingruo, who had fainted, and said angrily: "Shan Chief Chu, the matter has not yet been clarified, why did you convict Qing Ruo without asking clearly, if it is someone else's intention, isn't the mountain chief in the arms of others?" After speaking, he angrily hugged the person in his arms and sent her back to Yuxiang Yuan and put her on her bed.

Lying on the bed, Chu Qingruo was in a daze, as if he was on the edge of two worlds.

In a trance, while hearing the sound of Zhou's mother and Ling'er in and out of the crowd, a blue sky appeared in front of me, and there was no cloud.

A snow-white path leads to the sky, and the sides of the path are covered with half-human-tall golden wheat, which looks peaceful and peaceful.

At the end of the path, there is a misty mountain, which is not tall or low, but it feels far away in the sky, but it seems to be close in front of you.

Not far from him, there was a familiar figure walking on the path, looking like a grandmother's figure.

"Grandmother, grandmother!" , Chu Qingruo called. The figure stopped, but didn't turn around.

She shouted, "Where are you going?" At the same time, he took a step forward to catch up.

"Go back, this is not the place you should be, go back." It was the old and kind voice of my grandmother.

Chu Qingruo shouted anxiously: "Grandmother, where are you going, I'll go with you." ”