The next day, Cao Tong was not awakened by Xi'er until the third pole of the day.

Cao Tong looked at the busy Xi'er and said with a smile: "Xi'er, what time is it now?" ”

"Back to Lang Jun, it's already noon.

Lang Jun should hurry up, the slave has already brought food from the back kitchen. ”

Hearing Xi'er's words, Cao Tong was a little puzzled.

According to Lu Yijian's inference, those literati should have come to block the door!

"Xi'er, can someone come to the house to make trouble?"

Seeing that Cao Tong asked about this, Xi'er shook her head and said, "Lang Jun, everything is normal in the house today, and no one has come to visit.

By the way, Liang San just came to report.

said that it was the third son of the Han family, and invited Lang Jun to attend the literary meeting in four days. ”

When Cao Tong heard that it was Han Qi's special instructions, he already understood their plan.

Okay, he originally thought that those literati were letting themselves go for Lu Yijian's sake.

I didn't expect it to be accumulating strength and doing that delaying tactics.

This did Cao Tong a great favor.

After all, the eldest sister will enter the palace tomorrow to participate in the selection.

If those literati really make trouble in Cao Mansion today.

It's likely that there will be some gossip in the streets.

"Xi'er, go and help me invite my eldest sister here." Cao Tong commanded.

"Lang Jun, this... This is somewhat unreasonable.

Eldest sister, now that you have a special identity, you still have to go and see it in person. ”

Hearing Xi'er's words, Cao Tong also felt very reasonable.

After all, after tomorrow, even if they are sisters and brothers, they will have the difference between kings and ministers.

However, Cao Tong has something to discuss with the eldest sister.

If you miss today, I'm afraid it's hard to have another chance.

Cao Tong didn't dare to delay, hurriedly ate a few bites of food, and rushed to the eldest sister's courtyard.

Sure enough, at this time, the eldest sister's courtyard no longer had the decadence of the day.

There were no less than dozens of maids who sprinkled and cleaned the courtyard alone.

It seems that Cao Xi and his uncles listened to his words.

Although it is not known how much dowry they have prepared for the eldest sister, the attention they have received is definitely much better than before.

In order not to be rude, Xi'er has passed the word one step ahead of him.

Otherwise, with the degree of attention that the eldest sister is now paying attention to, it is really unknown whether Cao Tong can see it smoothly.

Cao Tong did not alarm everyone, and took Xi'er to the main hall.

But he and Xi'er waited for a long time, but they never saw the eldest sister.

"Xi'er, go and ask what happened to the eldest sister's maid." Cao Tong said.

Hearing this, Xi'er's face showed a rare hesitation and said, "Lang Jun, but the eldest sister holds her own identity and is expensive, and she deliberately..."

Cao Tong knew what Xi'er wanted to say.

But since the last time he met his eldest sister, Cao Tong has been sure that his eldest sister is a rare smart person.

"Forget it, I guess something is delayed.

Anyway, it's all here, and it's not a big deal to wait a little longer. ”

But at this moment, a slightly older maid with Xi'er rushed into the main hall in a panic.

When Cao Tong saw her anxious look, he knew that something was wrong!

Xi'er was obviously familiar with this maid, and said comfortingly: "Sister Ping'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Lang Jun, go and see the eldest sister.

Everything was fine.

But as soon as the eldest sister learned the news that you were coming, she didn't start to hiccups, and now she began to cough up blood. ”

Cao Yan didn't dare to delay when he heard this, and followed Ping'er directly to the eldest sister's boudoir.

I saw that the house was in a mess, and the eldest sister's face was even more pale and colorless.

Seeing this, Cao Tong hurriedly checked her pulse.

But now it's Cao Yan's turn to be dumbfounded!

Because his eldest sister did not suddenly have a serious illness, but was poisoned!

"Go get me some old ginger!" Cao Yan said with a bit of ruthlessness.

Fortunately, there was a small stove in the courtyard of the eldest sister, and after only a while, Ping'er hurriedly handed it to him with a piece of old ginger.

Cao Tong vigorously broke the old ginger, and then kept rubbing the eldest sister's acupoint with ginger juice.

It took a long time to toss for half a cup of tea before I finally stopped hiccups.

"Eldest sister, have you felt any discomfort in your body lately?" Cao Tong said with a solemn face.

"No... I feel that it is different from the usual.

Brother, but what do you see? ”

Hearing the eldest sister ask, Cao Tong nodded and said, "Eldest sister, you are poisoned..."

As soon as these words came out, all the maids in the house knelt on the ground.

Cao Tong didn't like this, and waved his hand to signal them to get up.

But instead of moving, the maids began to kowtow to him.

"Lang Jun, you just let them kneel.

The eldest sister's poisoning, even if it was not their hands and feet, was guilty of negligence.

It's okay to suffer a little now, but if you wait for the master to find out about it, you can beg for mercy.

Even if they don't die, they have to be sold. ”

Cao Tong knew what it meant to sell the mansion cheaply, but he was a little sympathetic to these maids.

But Cao Tong did not excuse them, but checked the items commonly used by the eldest sister.

Fortunately, with the persuasion of the last time, the eldest sister has thrown away all the rouge gouache that she had treasured before.

In addition to the cream he had made himself, there was only a bottle of osmanthus oil for hair on the dresser.

Cao Tong first checked the cream he had concocted.

After finding nothing wrong, I picked up the bottle of osmanthus oil and sniffed it.

But just this simple action made Cao Tong find a problem.

Osmanthus is warm, and it is a rare good product to maintain hair.

But although the bottle of osmanthus oil used by the eldest sister has a strong aroma, as long as you smell it carefully, you can feel a sense of coolness.

Cao Tong felt that something was wrong and poured out some of it.

I saw that this osmanthus oil was mixed with many brown particles.

At this time, Cao Tong already knew why the eldest sister was poisoned.

Because this osmanthus oil was actually mixed with strychnine [1]!

Nux nux can generally be produced in the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, and in the Great Song Dynasty, where the transportation is not developed, this thing is more expensive than gold.

"Eldest sister, who serves you to freshen up on weekdays?" Cao Tong said.

"In the past, Ping'er was in charge of these things.

It's just that Ping'er has been busy helping me get my makeup in order recently, so she handed over these things to Caixia in my house. ”

Cao Tong slapped the table violently when he heard this: "Xi'er, take that Caixia to Ben Langjun!" ”