The shopkeeper said: "I don't know much about the little one, he came alone, and after he came, he was accompanied by Miss Zuo, and he ate and drank in the private seat on the second floor for about an hour, and left when it was almost dark." Miss Zuo knows the specific situation. ”

When it's getting dark? Meng Tianchu's heart moved, this was consistent with what Governor Ke said about the time when Ke Chou returned home, and the meal that Miss Zuo ate with him was very problematic. It can't be the poison under Zuo Jiayin, right? Meng Tianchu felt a little in his heart, this woman who made her a little excited, if she was a murderer, it would really be a great irony for herself.

Meng Tianchu returned to the table, the food was already ready, and he started eating first.

Feiyan looked around curiously: "What day is today?" So many people? "Call a shopkeeper and ask. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Business has been very good recently, the first few times Meng Ye and Mrs. came here, they all delivered meals to the private room, so you may not know very well." ”

"Oh! That's great! But there seem to be a lot of people today. Xia Fengyi said.

"That's it! Our girl Zuo recently launched a special dish, and many people came to pay for the new dish. ”

"You girls are really capable! So busy, there are still fantasies of new dishes. Xia Fengyi said.

"This is the rule of our perception of taste, as long as it is an old customer, it should be known, our girl Zuo has to produce a new dish in three months."

"How about giving us a portion of this new dish?" Meng Tianchu said.

"It's on!" The shopkeeper pointed to a plate of fish in the middle of the table, "This is the dish, 'Xizi Nishang,"

"Oh?" All four looked to the middle of the table. This dish is made with red fish from West Lake, plus a wild grass called "fish herb", and there is a special crab roe sauce in West Lake, it looks like the dish is red and green, very good-looking, taste a bite, the taste is also extremely beautiful.

"It tastes superb! The name is better! Meng Tianchu couldn't help but sigh while tasting it, "'Laughing alone and smoking the wind is more important, and forcing Xizi to dance neon clothes.'" , haha, good name! ”

The shopkeeper praised: "Meng Ye is really talented. Our girl said these two things when she was cooking this dish! I think it was these two sentences that gave me this name. ”

"I'm just reciting it, you can go about it."

The shopkeeper walked away.

Feiyan stood behind Xia Fengyi. Hearing this, he smiled and leaned down in the ears of Xia Fengyi and Meng Tianchu and said, "The slave maid found out that our master and Miss Zuo are really smart!" ”

Meng Tianchu dropped the head of the chopsticks. Gently tapped on Feiyan's head: "What are you talking nonsense again?" I'm not afraid that people will hear the joke! Then he buried himself in his meal.

At this time, Meng Tianchu smelled a strong aroma again, this aroma was so familiar, he didn't need to look up to know that Zuo Jiayin was here.

Sure enough, Zuo Jiayin's crisp bell-like voice sounded in his ears: "Meng Ye, I'm really embarrassed." Jiayin went out with something and didn't take care of it. ”

Meng Tianchu put down his chopsticks, slowly raised his head, saw Zuo Jiayin's gorgeous face, his heart twitched, and he smiled reluctantly: "Actually." The contemptible people came to find Miss Zuo because they had something to ask. ”

Zuo Jiayin still smiled and sat down on the bench next to him: "Oh." Okay, Meng Ye has something to say, just say hello. ”

"Can you take a step and find a quiet place to talk?"

"Well, can you get to my room?" Zuo Jiayin didn't look at Meng Tianchu, but glanced at Xia Fengyi.

Xia Fengyi smiled faintly, with a nonchalant look.

Meng Tianchu didn't think about it so much, nodded, and asked Xia Fengyi and them to wait here, and followed Zuo Jiayin to her boudoir on the second floor.

Pushing open the door, there was a burst of aroma, which made people feel comfortable, Meng Tianchu couldn't help but praise: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Zuo Jiayin let Meng Tianchu sit down on the guest seat, covered the door by himself, and said with a smile: "This is what I use to take a break when I take care of business in the restaurant on weekdays, I'll take you to my house to see the room where I live, okay?" ”

This was said very ambiguously, Meng Tianchu's heart jumped suddenly, and at a glance, he saw Zuo Jiayin's big watery eyes full of tenderness, and he hurriedly dodged away.

Zuo Jiayin chuckled and sat down on the main seat next to Meng Tianchu: "Master Meng, don't you have something to ask Jiayin?" ”

"Yes!" Meng Tianchu coughed, and when it came to the topic, he suddenly came to his senses, "Let's get straight to the point, did you come to your Zhiweiguan on the afternoon before the prefect's son, Ke Chou, died?" ”

Zuo Jiayin nodded, his big watery eyes still looking at Meng Tianchu deeply.

"You had dinner with him, didn't you?"

Zuo Jiayin shook her head: "Not every man with money and status is qualified to eat with me," Speaking of this, she paused, her eyes rolled, and she smiled charmingly: "Not to mention the meals I cook myself." ”

Of course, Meng Tianchu knew that he was referring to the scene of Jiayin Villa, and remembered the delicate flowers all over the mountains and fields, and the curling figure of Zuo Jiayin among the flowers, Meng Tianchu felt that his face was a little hot. Glancing at her, he quickly lowered his eyes and continued to ask, "Then what's going on?" Can you tell us about it? ”

"It's very simple, he came to eat, in the private room on the second floor, he is the son of the prefect, of course I have to go to say hello, and after a conversation, Xiao Er came to Ru Han and asked me for something. I left the private room and brought Ru Han to this room to talk, and when I was talking about things, Ke Gongzi made a noise and said that the food was not good, and hit Xiao Er, I rushed to deal with it, and Ru Han was already gone. When I returned to the private room, Gongzi Ke was gone, so I went downstairs and asked the shopkeeper, saying that I had just left, and that I was going to the West Lake Yinyue Flower Boat to drink. ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"Yes."

Meng Tianchu's face was flat: "You lie!" Ke Chou left your Zhiweiguan and did not go to the West Lake Flower Boat at all, but returned directly to his home, which can be attested to by both the Flower Boat Bustard and the Geisha. He died at home that night. After a contemptible examination, he died of poisoning! And his last meal was at your place, and he made a noise that the food was not good. How does Miss Zuo explain this? ”

Zuo Jiayin's face was already very calm, and he said slowly: "Meng Ye suspects me of poisoning Ke Chou?" ”

"Who are you not?"

"If that's the case, why didn't Meng Ye tie up Jiayin Wuhua and escort him back to the yamen for interrogation?"

"I... Don't think I dare! Meng Tianchu made a vicious look, "Just because the last meal he ate before he was poisoned and died was eaten at your place, I can arrest you and interrogate you severely!" Don't think that I will pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, I advise you to explain honestly, so as not to suffer from the flesh and skin! ”

Zuo Jiayin got up with a smile, walked to the door with curling steps, and opened the door. Turning around, he smiled faintly: "Master Meng, the head catcher of your yamen is downstairs." Call up and kidnap Jiayin, I want to see how Meng Ye interrogated Jiayin. ”

Meng Tianchu stood up with a sigh of relief. walked up to Zuo Jiayin and stared at her big watery eyes viciously.

Zuo Jiayin didn't have any panicked expression in his eyes, and still looked at Meng Tianchu with a sweet smile.

After looking at each other for a moment, Meng Tianchu was defeated in the end, after all, he did not get the real evidence of Zuo Jiayin's poisoning, and the so-called torture extorted confession. That's it, it's used to scare people, if he really wants him to torture this flower-like flower girl, he can't bear it, not to mention, Zuo Jiayin can scare everyone in Dongchang away. If you are serious, I don't know who will be unlucky. Before figuring out the situation, impulsiveness is to be punished.

Meng Tianchu lowered his eyes: "Girl Zuo." If it was really you who did it, I hope you can explain it truthfully, and there may not be no room for recovery, otherwise, when I catch your handle and come to you with the catcher, it will be too late. ”

"Really?" Zuo Jiayin took half a step forward, almost sticking to Meng Tianchu's body, I don't know if it is the fragrance of flowers or the body fragrance of **, refreshing, and said in that sweet and greasy voice: "I have been waiting for the day when you come to me." ”

No matter how this sentence sounds, it is like an infatuated woman praying for the arrival of her sweetheart.

Meng Tianchu could only flee in the wilderness, returned downstairs, and took Xia Fengyi and others out of Zhiweiguan, not even sitting in the carriage, just bowing his head and walking forward, walking out of the old distance, his earth was still beating in the thunderbolt.

Wang Zhutou asked, "Master, where are we going now?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and asked, "Wang Zhutou, will you fly off the wall?" ”

Wang Zhutou's old face flushed: "This... I don't, I'm practicing foreign exercises, and my body is too heavy, so I have to step on the roof to go to the house. ”

Meng Tianchu was a little disappointed, thinking to himself that it would be good if he had a kung fu master like Zhanzhao, and asked, "What about the other catchers in our yamen?" Who knows how to do this? ”

Wang Zhutou shook his head and said with a smile: "Master, to be honest, most of us have the strength to catch fast, it's okay to move a stone and carry a piece of wood, if you want to talk about flying eaves and walking walls, don't say that you know, I haven't even seen it." ”

Damn, a bunch of stupid big guys. Meng Tianchu shook his head, turned around and left. Wang Zhutou caught up a few steps and said, "Master suddenly asked what is this for?" ”

"I want to find someone to follow this Zuo Jiayin, she is suspected of poisoning and killing Ke Chou, but she refused to confess just now, so I need to send someone to sneak into her house to find out the news and find evidence. This Zuo Jiayin has martial arts, so he must find someone who can fly the eaves and walk the wall with a flexible body, so as not to be discovered by her. ”

Wang Zhutou sighed and said: "This kind of master will have nowhere to find it for a while, according to me, Song Xiangyu, this little guy is quite flexible, although it may not be possible to fly the eaves and walk the wall, but I think it is barely okay to climb over the wall and climb up and down the house or something, I think it is barely okay, why don't you ask him to try?" ”

Jumping up and down? What about monkeys? Meng Tianchu smiled bitterly in his heart, now he can only choose the tallest one among the short, or let him try, it's better than no way, nodded and said: "Okay, you go to arrange it immediately, pay attention, you must change into civilian clothes and follow him, if something happens, rush in and snatch people out of me, don't let him out of danger." When there is news, they will come to the yamen to find me. I am waiting for you in the Yamen. Go for it. ”

"Yes!" Wang Zhutou turned around and walked away quickly.

At this time, Xia Fengyi asked, "Husband, is Miss Zuo really the murderer who killed Ke Chou?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head: "I can't say that yet, but she is the most suspected of committing a crime." ”

Feiyan had a good impression of Zuo Jiayin, and hurriedly said: "Young master, Miss Zuo should not be a murderer, how could this good person be poisoned." ”

"Hehe, I hope she's not, but I don't know the face."

The three of them were speechless and continued to walk slowly in the direction of the Yamen of Renhe County. The carriage of the Yamen followed them.

Meng Tianchu lowered his head and recalled Zuo Jiayin's words just now, and suddenly, a thought flashed: Zuo Jiayin said that when Ke Chou left Zhiweiguan, he went to the West Lake Flower Boat again, is this sentence true? There is no need for Zuo Jiayin to make up such a lie to deceive himself, because this can be found out, and it is useless to deceive. Could it be that the old bustard and the ripples of the moon flower boat are lying?

Meng Tianchu stood up suddenly, his eyes lit up, if Ke Chou really returned to the flower boat and ate and drank there, then it was entirely possible that he was poisoned in the flower boat! It wouldn't be Zuo Jiayin's poisoning.

Somehow, after discovering that it might not be Zuo Jiayin's poisoning, Meng Tianchu was unspeakably happy, and then he found that the name Zuo Jiayin didn't know when it had fallen into his heart.

Meng Tianchu said: "Let's go, let's go to the West Lake to cruise the flower boat." ”

"Husband..."Xia Fengyi bit her lower lip.

"What?" Meng Tianchu looked at Xia Fengyi with a smile.

Xia Fengyi originally wanted to say what to do in that dirty place, but with the lesson of the last time, Xia Fengyi didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, it is very likely that Meng Tianchu will still go to investigate the case this time, otherwise, he would not go on a cruise in the scorching sun at noon. Hurriedly changed his words: "The concubine and Feiyan haven't changed their clothes, so go like this..."

It doesn't matter, Meng Tianchu beckoned to the Yamen carriage that followed behind him, called the carriage up, and then said: "The sun is poisonous at noon, there shouldn't be any guests on the flower boat, so it's good to go like this, it won't take long." Let's get in the car. ”

The three of them got into the Yamen carriage and took the car to the West Lake, where the big moon boat was still lying lazily on the lake, like a big buffalo taking a nap.

Meng Tianchu and the others got out of the carriage and walked towards the Yinyue Flower Boat with a folding fan.