Wang Yi: "When I went back to Meng Ye, I looked for it, but I didn't find it, so I left my four brothers to continue looking, and I should find it soon." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, and after Wang Yi retreated, Meng Tianchu said, "Then why did Xiaocui come to you to report to you, your relationship is very good?" ”

Liu Banxian thought for a while and said, "No, I am not familiar with Xiaocui, but the third lady was alive..."

"How was the third lady alive?"

"The third lady often came to me when she was alive, and we got to know each other well."

Meng Tianchu sneered: "I can't see that your mental quality is not bad, and you can even get acquainted with others when you give someone a life-threatening job." ”

Liu Banxian said curtly: "Actually, the third lady... She knew, she knew that the one I prescribed her would die if she ate it! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Cai Zhao said: "You're talking nonsense again!" ”

Meng Tianchu asked someone to take off the jacket on Liu Banxian's body, and Liu Banxian seemed to have found his soul back, inhaled calmly, and then said: "The grass people don't say a word of lies, they are telling the truth. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You mean that the late mother knows that the herbs you give her will make her fatal?" ”

Liu Banxian nodded.

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, and Cai Zhao said: "Since she knows why she continues to eat, do you think you, Diao Min, are you talking nonsense?" ”

Meng Tianchu interrupted Cai Zhao's words and asked, "Then when did she know?" ”

Liu Banxian: "It was about ten days before she died. Meng Tianchu's face became solemn, his fingers habitually tapped lightly on the table a few times, and then stared at Liu San'er and said, "How did she find out?" ”

Liu Banxian shook his head and said: "That day, she brought Xiaocui to my stall, and after sitting down, she said how long she could live, and I still wanted to fool her. Then he said that if I still want to continue to eat here, I have to tell her how long she can live. At that time, I didn't know how long she could live, because the fifth lady asked me to open the weight wider, and I saw that the third lady's face was very haggard and her complexion was very bad. His face was pale, so he said that he would not survive this year. ”

Meng Tianchu said sharply: "Is this how you gave people's lives to the ground?" You're too... What a bastard! ”

Cai Zhao also echoed angrily: "What the adults said is that you Diao Min is indeed a bastard!" ”

Liu Banxian was furious when he saw Meng Tianchu, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head.

Meng Tianchu: "What else did the third lady say?" ”

Liu Banxian: "No, she gave me five taels of silver when she left, I didn't dare to ask for it, who would have thought that she would say that she was used to seal my mouth, saying that she was not allowed to tell anyone about her seeing me, including the fifth lady." If I did, she would have sued me to the official yamen, and said..."

Meng Tianchu: "What else to say?" ”

Liu Banxian said: "She also said that she used to be the nurse of the young master of the master family of Renhe County, and said that she could easily kill me." ”

Cai Zhao and the officials on the side all snickered when they heard this, and Meng Tianchu had no choice but to cough twice and said, "Then you really didn't tell the fifth lady and others?" ”

Liu Banxian: "I went to inquire later, and the third lady did work as a wet nurse in the house of the master of Renhe County and Yadi for a period of time. So I didn't dare to tell anyone, including the fifth lady! ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then why did Xiaocui come to report to you." Besides, the third lady is dead, and she is no longer a maid in the Zhao family, so this matter has nothing to do with her. ”

Liu Banxian: "I really don't know, that Xiaocui has always respected the third lady, and I see that the third lady is also generous to Xiaocui." Probably the master and servant cherish each other. I really don't know. ”

After retreating, Xiaonuo and Dragon Slayer came out of the back hall. Seeing Meng Tianchu frowning, sitting alone on a chair thinking about something, the two glanced at each other, Cai Zhao didn't dare to say anything on the side, and the officials all retreated, leaving only Cai Zhao and Wang Yi still waiting.

Xiao Nuo stepped forward and was about to speak, when Meng Tianchu suddenly stood up from his chair and said, "Let's go, let's go and see the murderous knife." ”

Xiao Nuo followed Meng Tianchu and said, "Big brother thinks it was Xiao Cui's doing? ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and didn't speak, several people followed Meng Tianchu away, Cai Zhao didn't follow, didn't follow, just hesitated, Wang Yi stepped forward and said, "You better follow, after all, this case is still in our Renhe County." ”

Cai Zhao thought about it, so he had to follow quickly.

Meng Tianchu entered the room, but locked everyone out of the door, Xiaonuo was about to knock on the door, Cai Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, and said: "Miss Xiaonuo, let's just wait outside, God..., oh, no, it's Lord Meng who likes to think alone in the house when he encounters any case on weekdays." ”

As he was talking, the door opened, Meng Tianchu called Xiaonuo and Slayer Long in, and the door closed again.

Cai Zhao said to Wang Yi: "Do you say that Lord Meng has time in the evening?" ”

Wang Yi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't you know, sir, do we still know?" ”

"Don't give me a poor mouth, I ask you seriously!"

"Hehe, I don't think there's any time available."

Cai Zhao nodded and said, "I think so, that..., then it's better to wait, by the way, I found that Master Meng likes to drink Longjing, why didn't I find out before, you can send him some later, and send the best, you know?" ”

Wang Yi nodded in agreement, but muttered in his heart, have you ever drunk your good Longjing to others in the past, and you are really not an official, I don't know if anyone is still worried about it.

Xiao Nuo and Tu Long met the room and saw a few things on the table, a knife, a jar, a plate buckle, and a bowl.

Meng Tianchu: "Xiaonuo, just these few things, you have collected them together, do you think this case seems to be complete until now, if these things are formed into a chain to solve the case?" ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Xiaonuo was at a loss, so he said again: "If it were you, would you see who the murderer was?" ”

Xiao Nuo came to his senses and walked over to these things and looked at them carefully. said: "I also listened carefully when Brother Meng interrogated Liu San'er in front of the hall just now, I always thought that Wang Wu was the murderer, and I thought that he had the motive for the crime you said. But just now I found out that it wasn't Wang Wu. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You go on." ”

"I can't say who the murderer is, but I think there's something strange about it."

Meng Tianchu: "Do you think the murderer is Xiao Cui?" ”

Xiaonuo nodded, but quickly shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." If it was Xiaocui, she would have no motive to commit the crime. ”

Dragon Slayer said: "Wrong! Xiaocui happened to have a motive for committing the crime. ”

Xiao Nuo looked at the dragon slayer in surprise, and Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Then let's talk about the dragon slayer." ”

Tu Long: "The third lady is the housekeeper in the Zhao family, Xiaocui knows better than anyone else, and Wanniang also believes that Xiaocui often gives her some benefits, which are even more generous than Xiaocui's monthly salary, so she knows that she can get benefits in Wanniang's place, but as soon as she heard that Wanniang will die soon." Naturally, there are not many good days, so she has to make a lot of money, kill Wanniang and take all the property of Wanniang, take advantage of the disagreement between Wanniang and the fifth lady, kill Wanniang and blame the fifth lady, and then wait for the opportunity to escape. ”

Xiao Nuo was very surprised and looked at Meng Tianchu. "Is it possible?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "It's not that this is not possible. ”

Xiaonuo: "That's what you mean. Is Dragon Slayer right? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled but didn't answer, walked to the knife ground, put on gloves and lifted the tip of the knife, took it to the front and looked at it carefully, Xiao Nuo and Dragon Slayer were staring at him. I don't know what this Hangzhou prefect is thinking.

For Meng Tianchu. The most pleasant thing in the hot city of Hangzhou is to sit by the lotus pond in your back garden on a quiet night. A pot of wine, a few dishes of side dishes with wine, the bright moon is in the sky, the breeze is coming, the confidante is confidant, raising a glass to invite the moon, this is the most perfect life.

But now, his yard is still being expanded indefinitely, Lao He Tou comes over every now and then to report the situation over there, Xia Fengyi also goes back regularly to take a look, Meng Tianchu himself is so busy that he has no time to land on his heels, so he has no mood to take care of these trivial things at home, but fortunately, several ladies have made him very worry-free.

It was rare to have a good night, Meng Tianchu only sat at the stone table under the rose trellis in the east courtyard, there was a bright moonlight, a cool breeze, but there was no red face, no wine, only he was alone.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting here with his hands on his cheeks, until Gentleness had chopped a coat on his body, and he returned to reality from his thoughts, turned his head to look, and took Gentle's little hand in his hand, and gently hugged her in his lap.

"Tianchu, your injury hasn't healed yet, I'm still sitting on the stool."

"No, I didn't hurt my leg, besides, it's been so long, it's almost better."

"What are you thinking?"

"..., I think a lot, but it's also like I don't think about anything."

"Or is it a case?"

"Hmm"

"Still no eyebrows?"

"Yes, but I can't find a reason or motive."

"Tell me about it?"

Meng Tianchu smiled, gently swept the gentle green silk on his cheeks, and he smelled a burst of fragrance.

Seeing that Meng Tianchu didn't say anything, Wen Rou knew that he didn't want to talk to himself, so he changed the topic and said, "Why don't we have a bar?" ”

Meng Tianchu suddenly came to his senses, he hadn't drunk with the four ladies for a long time, counting the days, at least he hadn't been in the Governor's Mansion since he came.

"Okay, you go and ask Feiyan to make a few refreshing side dishes in the kitchen, and then call Fengyi and Jiayin too."

Gentle smiled and got up, "I'll go now." ”

After taking two steps, he stopped, turned around and said, "I heard from people that Miss Jian Ning was also with Xiaonuo in the front yard, do you want to call them together?" ”

Meng Tianchu likes to be lively the most, and since he has met it, wouldn't it be even more lively to get together, so he nodded and left gently and happily.

The breeze is clear and the moon is clear, how can the beautiful scenery of a good day be fake?

After a while, everyone arrived, and the food and drinks were also on the table. When everyone saw that there were many people, they asked their subordinates to change to a spacious place and lit lanterns. After smoking the wormwood and packing everything up, everyone sat down.

Feng Yi sat next to Meng Tianchu and said with a smile: "I feel like I haven't been together so happily for a long time." It's rare to have such good weather tonight, it's really beautiful. ”

Jian Ningwan said: "Today is fifteen again. ”

Feiyan: "There is still a month to go before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and time flies so quickly." ”

Meng Tianchu: "In this way, the little grandson of the Zhao family seems to have been dead for a whole month, alas, we don't even have any eyebrows." ”

Zuo Jiayin saw that Meng Tianchu was involved in the case again, and was afraid that he would be unhappy, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "We have to talk about wine-related topics when we drink tonight." If there is no alcohol in the words, you will be punished for drinking. ”

Everyone said yes, Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Then take wine as the theme, and say a poem or a word is okay." ”

Feiyan didn't do it, and said, "I can't make it up myself, I just learned some ready-made sentences from the eldest lady and the third lady, if you want to make it yourself." Then I won't participate, I'll go to sleep. "Finished. got up and left, Meng Tianchu hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her, and said with a smile: "Grandma, everyone is just trying to be happy and find an excuse to drink." Where would you really do it yourself? Naturally, it is possible to use ready-made sentences. ”

Everyone hurriedly said yes, for fear that Feiyan, an elf ghost, would leave. It's not interesting.

The maid poured everyone full of wine one by one and retreated, Xiao Nuo said: "Let's start with Brother Meng, and then Sister Fengyi will come down in turn and take a turn?" ”

Everyone thinks it's very good, so they start with Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu actually said to Feiyan just now, what he said to himself was actually to himself, although he liked these poems of the ancients very much, but let himself make it up now, then he is definitely weak, a group of women, he can't lose such a person.

Meng Tianchu hadn't thought about it yet, everyone started to coax on the side, Feng Yi snickered: "I think Tianchu is handling the case in his head, or I'll come first, can it be regarded as throwing bricks and leading the way?" ”

Xiaonuo: "I don't want to do it, I said that it was Brother Meng's, and Sister Fengyi couldn't help, didn't you all say?" ”

Everyone nodded, Feng Yi was about to speak, Meng Tianchu smiled: "I said yes, but there are too many poems about wine in my head, and I don't know which one to say for a while." ”

Everyone deliberately made a look of disdain, Meng Tianchu couldn't help laughing, and was about to open his mouth, but he heard someone behind him calling him, and when he turned around, it was Lao Hetou.

Xia Fengyi got up and asked, "Didn't you just come to the place in the morning?" Why is it here again? ”

Lao He stepped forward pantingly and said, "No..., no, yes..., something happened at home." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately became nervous, and Meng Tianchu said, "What's going on at home?" ”

Gentleness: "Didn't you say that your home was fine when you came in the morning?" ”

Meng Tianchu asked Lao He Tou to sit down, Feiyan handed Lao He Tou a glass of water for him to drink, and after Lao He Tou rested for a while, he said: "It's dinner, the foreman in the front yard asked the servant to drink a few cups, and I went, who would have thought that he would eat something in the dishes he bought, you can take a look." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Nuo said: "Old Hetou, you are here to relieve Brother Meng, pretend to be nervous, what should Brother Meng say after a while, I have already remembered a lot, it is you Lao He Tou, so I was so scared that I forgot everything." ”

When everyone saw Xiao Nuo talking and learning from Meng Tianchu's appearance, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Lao He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Miss Cheng, it's not what you said, the slave really has something to report to the master." ”

Meng Tianchu motioned for everyone not to laugh, and said to Lao Hetou: "Then tell me, what did you eat in the dish?" ”

Lao He took out a handkerchief from his bag in a trembling manner, and then opened the handkerchief to Meng Tianchu, and when Meng Tianchu saw it, it was actually a large piece of people's fingernails.

Everyone stepped forward to take a look, and Xiaonuo said: "It seems to be a human fingernail, it's so disgusting, how can you find it in the dishes you eat?" ”

Feiyan covered her nose in disgust, as if she could smell something disgusting.

Feiyan said: "Actually, it's normal, so I don't let Tianchu eat in the restaurant outside, people won't wash you as well as at home, but if you put in the water, you won't even get into the pot without water, isn't it just a nail, not necessarily, sometimes you can meet..."

Wen Wen felt a wave of nausea in her stomach, and hurriedly said: "Feiyan, you hurry up, I..."