Day and night alternate, and the sun rises and dawns.

Two figures walked on the street that was already lively, and the hawkers shouted one after another.

"Cookbread...... Cookcake ...... Crispy and fragrant cookcake ......"

"Buns...... Freshly baked buns ......"

"Bean curd...... Fragrant and attractive, white and tender bean curd ......"

Xiao Gu stood in front of the hawker stall selling bean curd, his eyes glanced at the bean curd, and then at Li Xinming next to him, this bean curd is the famous snack tofu brain in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Li Xinming tasted a bowl yesterday, the bean flavor is rich, extremely delicious, and the taste is more authentic than the tofu brain in the previous life.

Li Xinming raised two fingers and said, "Two bowls." ”

"Uncle is so nice."

Xiao Gu's eyes lit up, and he looked at the vendor and shouted, "Two bowls, two big bowls." ”

There was still some time before Mao Zheng painted Mao, Li Xinming and Xiao Gu squatted on the side of the street like this, sucking up the bean curd while taking out the oily paper bag in the package, which was full of all kinds of pastries, and ate them deliciously.

"Uncle, the master mother instructed that the five-spice cake is for you to replenish your blood, Xiao Gu must watch you eat it." Xiao Gu took out a piece of pastry of five colors and handed it to Li Xinming, and then looked at him with stubborn eyes.

"Understood."

Li Xinming took the five-spice cake and threw it into his mouth, this five-spice cake was used to replenish blood, and when washing, Chen Huixian also smeared some cool and lubricating ointment on the scar on his forehead.

Chen Huixian said that within a few days, the scar on Li Xinming's forehead will completely disappear, and the scar removal effect is more effective than rubbing alabaster.

"Uncle, is it delicious?" Xiao Gu took a bite of the honey cake and asked cutely.

"You'll know if you can't eat it yourself." Li Xin understands the vision.

"No, the lady said, this five-spice cake Xiaogu can't eat." Xiao Gu said.

Li Xinming took a piece of spiced cake, put it in the little hand of the strange girl, and said, "It's okay, I won't tell the lady." ”

"Really?" Xiao Gu blinked his eyes, looking at the five-spice cake in his hand, looking like he wanted to eat it.

"Really, if Xiao Gu is worried, this matter is a little secret between my uncle and Xiao Gu, and my uncle will say everything he wants, and it will be difficult to chase after him." Li Xinming said.

"My uncle has said everything, but it is difficult to chase the horse." Xiao Gu corrected.

"Is something fast with four horses, or something like ten horses?" Li Xinming asked.

Xiao Gu replied directly: "Ten horses." ”

Li Xinming pointed to the spiced cake, and Xiao Gu's face smiled.

After drinking the bean curd in one gulp, Li Xinming stood up and returned the bowl.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

A man with a black scarf on his head and a blue robe with a red round neck and blue robe hurriedly ran from a distance, shouting as he ran, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

Bang!

When the man in red round neck and Tsing Yi turned the corner, he didn't have time to stop his steps, and suddenly crashed into the vendor selling cooking cakes, and the cooking cakes were scattered all over the ground, and the cooking cake seller was about to speak.

"Don't blame the edict, if there is an emergency, these broken silver will be used as compensation."

The man struggled to his feet, apologized, and hurried away, throwing down some pieces of silver.

……

When I went to work at Mao Shi and got off work at Shen Shi, I cut out the time for breakfast and lunch in the middle, and the working time of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty was about eight hours.

The 633 work mode, plus 36 days off, 76 days off statutory holidays, a total of 113 days off in a year, in addition to the monthly salary is received from the father-in-law, it is said that it is good to work in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Li Xinming and Xiao Gu came to the Jiangning County Yamen on time, and as soon as they entered the Yamen, Li Xinming saw his father-in-law, Li Yutang, hurriedly walking out with a group of fast arresters.

There was also a man wearing a red round neck and a blue robe next to the fast arresting officer, Li Xinming saw that this was not the man who had just knocked over the cake stall on the street.

"Seven nights, no need to paint, go to the Lin Mansion with this official." Li Yutang saw Li Xinming coming, gave an order, got on the black horse, followed by the fast arrester, and galloped away.

"Xiao Langjun, so-and-so will take you to the Lin Mansion, look at what you bring, so-and-so will help you get it." The man who stayed, the red crewneck Tsing Yi stepped forward and said.

"What happened to the Lin Mansion?" Li Xinming asked.

The man in red round neck and green clothes sighed and said sadly: "There was a murder in the house. ”

"You wait here, I'll go into the Ya to get something, and I'll go to the Lin Mansion with you." Li Xinming took Xiao Gu into the county government and came to the county office.

Li Xinming opened the toolbox, took out the lancet inside, rubbed it, and said in his heart: "Li Xinming, for the rest of your life, you will be a fish for seven nights." ”

……

Jiangning County, the backyard of Linfu.

The richest man in Jiangning, the brother-in-law of the prefect of Jiangning, Lin Jiu'an died in his own bed.

Lin Fushun, the chief housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, arranged for servants to protect the scene as soon as possible, and then sent people to the Jiangning County Ya to report the case non-stop.

The death of such a wealthy figure is not a small thing, no wonder my father-in-law's expression changed when he came.

"The deceased, Lin Jiu'an, had blisters all over his body, blue and black, his eyes were prominent, small blisters on his tongue were bursting, his lips were cracked, his ears were swollen, his abdomen was swollen, his anus was swollen and ruptured, his ten nails were blue and black, and purple and black blood flowed out of his ears, nose and eyes."

"Final cause of death: arsenic poisoning."

"Time of death: last night."

Yu Qiye took Lin Jiu'an's autopsy record and handed it to Li Yutang, and continued: "My lord, the doors and windows are locked, the roof is closed, I found some water traces and a broken teapot in the outer room of the forester, the silver needle is poisonous after testing, it should be a utensil containing arsenic, this should be an arsenic poisoning homicide case." ”

"Hmm."

Li Yutang nodded, turned around the landscape screen, came to the door of the room, and looked into the courtyard.

In the courtyard stood Xiao Gu, several ladies of Lin Jiu'an, servants and maids of the Lin Mansion, and the ladies covered their mouths with silk scarves and handkerchiefs, crying sadly and silently.

Li Yutang's eyes fell on an old butler who was sixty or seventy years old, and asked, "Lin Fushun, you first tell me about what happened at that time." ”

Lin Fushun's old housekeeper said sadly: "At three o'clock, two maids in the house came here to serve my lord to wash up and get up, they called a few times, my lord did not answer, and they couldn't open the door, so they came over to call the old slave."

The old slave also called a few times after coming, but my lord still did not answer, and then the old slave was worried that something had happened to my lord, so he asked the servant to kick the door open.

When the old slave came to the house, he found my lord dead in his bed. ”

Li Yutang continued to ask: "Lin Fushun, the people who patrolled the Lin Mansion last night, can they find any suspicious things or suspicious people?" ”

"No, when the county government caught the quick officials just now, the old slave had already asked the night patrol and other servants one by one." Lin Fushun said.

Li Yutang turned his head to look at Yu Qiye, his expression was calm, and he looked like he wanted to give the younger generation a chance to perform, and said, "Qiye, what do you think?" ”

Yu Qiye understood and said, "My lord, I want to ask a few questions?" ”

Li Yutang nodded.

Yu Qiye looked at Lin Fushun and asked, "Old housekeeper, which lady did you sleep with outside the forester last night?" ”

There is a large bed in the room, which can be used for six or seven people.

Yu Qiye has a sensitive nose, and he smells at least three different fat powder fragrances on it, some light and some rich.

"Four ladies, last night it was the four ladies who waited for the lord to rest."

When Lin Fushun said this, he only heard another cry in the courtyard.

Yu Qiye looked at Li Yutang, and Li Yutang said: "The fourth lady outside the forester also died last night, and I am waiting for you to check the forester, you can check the fourth lady again." ”