Chapter 534: Poisoned Tea
That night, Miss Chu asked, "What do you plan to do when you return to your hometown?"
Li Haotian sighed and said, "Alas, I can only find a Mongolian hall to teach and be a child king." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Miss Chu said with a smile: "Xianggong, you are a dignified person, how can you say that this is not productive, depending on the concubine's humble opinion, why don't you give some money to donate to a Beijing official vacancy with the wind, and worry about no bright future?"
Li Haotian was embarrassed and said: "I am a poor man, where can I get a lot of money to donate to officials?"
Miss Chu said: "Although you and I are not married, we are already a real husband and wife, and although the family property left by my father is small, it is more than enough to donate a small official to the minister." It's just that the prime minister will really become an official one day, and he will not live up to the hard work of the concubine. ”
Li Haotian saw that Miss Chu was so affectionate and meaningful, and he was so happy that he almost knelt down and kowtowed.
Miss Chu said again: "Since the prime minister has this heart, I will try to find a job for the prime minister."
The next day, Li Haotian and Miss Chu will temporarily store the coffin in the Tianqi Temple outside Chang'an City. In the remaining days, Miss Chu asked people to inquire about Li Haotian's job.
Miss Chu said to Li Haotian: "Once the prime minister becomes an official in Beijing, relatives and friends in your hometown will ask you to do things, according to the concubine's opinion, it is better to change your name to report the donation, so that you can be quiet."
Li Haotian felt reasonable, nodded and agreed immediately, and changed his name to Li Wen.
A few days later, Miss Chu found a way to donate the oblique seal official to Li Haotian, and invited some friends to her home as guests.
On the evening of sending off the guests, Miss Chu said coquettishly: "Xianggong, you often go out to socialize in the future, and the concubine also wants to walk around with the relatives of your officialdom friends, so that they can blow the pillow wind for Xianggong's promotion in the future, what does Xianggong think?"
Li Haotian was already obedient to Miss Chu at this time, and praised him again and again at the moment.
After dawn, Miss Chu freshened up and dressed up, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find clothes and jewelry, but she didn't pick a favorite one, she sighed and said: "Xianggong, the clothes and accessories of the concubine are outdated, Xianggong, you are the head of the family, buy a few decent clothes for the concubine."
Li Haotian said: "A while ago, the lady was busy for me, and the official donated a lot of money, so it was time for me to buy a few decent clothes for the lady."
Miss Chu took out a few pairs of old golden hairpins and golden Chu'er beads, and said to Li Haotian: "Xianggong takes these pairs of jewelry to the jewelry store to remake them, this string of beads is tied into the most fashionable style, and the pearls need to be selected from Taihu Lake, and a few more need to be added."
Li Haotian took the jewelry and happily complied with them one by one.
A few days later, the clothes and jewelry were all retrieved.
After seeing it, Miss Chu said: "This clothing is good, the cut is also very decent, and the jewelry is even more exquisite."
When she saw the string of beaded flowers, she looked at them over and over again for a long time, frowned and said unhappily: "What kind of Taihu pearls are these, they are obviously pretended to be fakes, Xianggong, which business did this beaded flowers come from?"
Li Haotian was shocked and said: "No, this beaded flower is ordered in the most prestigious store in Chang'an Jewelry Market, can it still be sold as a fake?"
Miss Chu sneered and said, "Xianggong is really a nerd, don't you listen to the common saying that the shopkeeper bullies customers, how can this foolish deed be able to hide the concubine?"
Li Haotian listened to it and was going to find the jewelry store theory.
Miss Chu said: "It's noon, the meals are cooked, it's not too late to go back after eating."
As he spoke, he went to cook for Li Haotian in person.
After a while, the maid brought a fragrant meal.
Miss Chu sat on the side and watched Li Haotian eat before she was relieved.
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Ma Ming, disguised as an ordinary passerby, was silently looking at Yan Gu beside him at this time.
Ma Ming has been the chief catcher in Chang'an for many years, but he has never seen Yangu. Yan Gu doesn't look very old, but he is quite old, which makes people feel a little mysterious. The Red Fox Hall news catchers have not been able to find a single clue for so long, but he can provide accurate information, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
Yan Gu stared at the courtyard gate of Li Haotian's house tightly, although he didn't look back, he could feel Ma Ming's thoughts, and he said lightly: "Ma Zhutou, you are so uncertain, how can you solve this case for adults?" ”
Ma Ming sneered and said, "This little brother, are you sure that the hostess of this house is the master of the Red Fox Hall?" ”
Yan Gu nodded.
"Can you guarantee that the Red Fox Hall Master will take action in the next two days?"
"I can't guarantee it!"
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After that, Yan Gu quietly followed!
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After eating, Li Haotian rushed to the jewelry store, took the beaded flowers and shouted: "Don't say how much you sell, why can't you use fakes to fool people?"
The shopkeeper took a look at the beads and said: "Our store is a century-old brand, and it will never be shoddy.
Li Haotian was furious, and for a while, the two of them were at loggerheads.
Noisy and noisy, Li Haotian suddenly felt that his throat was burning and his thirst was unbearable, so he pulled his collar and shouted: "Thirsty, thirsty to death?"
A young man was kind enough to bring him a cup of fragrant tea to moisten his throat, Li Haotian didn't raise his head, and drank it in a few sips.
Who knew that the work was not big, he suddenly turned pale, covered his chest with his hands, pointed at the shopkeeper and scolded intermittently: "What a ruthless shop...... Lord, is there...... Tea in the ...... Poison ......"
With that, he fell headlong to the ground. The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to sniff, and he had already lost his breath.
As soon as Li Haotian died, many neighbors were immediately alarmed, and the jewelry store was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.
Yan Gu and Ma Ming in the crowd glanced at each other: Li Haotian, who was still alive just now, suddenly died at this moment, if there is no cat in this, I won't believe it if I kill them.
The shopkeeper didn't know what to do, a small green sedan chair stopped at the door of the store, the maid opened the sedan curtain, and Miss Chu stepped off the sedan chair.
The maid helped her to separate the crowd and came to the shopkeeper, and the maid said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, this is my young lady, my lord went to your store to change beads, and I haven't seen my home for a long time, and the young lady is not at ease, so I specially took a sedan chair to come and see."
Before the words fell, Miss Chu saw Li Haotian lying on the ground at a glance, she suddenly rushed forward, hugged his body and cried: "The business is not benevolent, not to mention the authenticity of this pearl, how can you put my husband to death?" Heaven is intolerable, let's find a place to reason?"
After that, he took his maid and left in a sedan chair.
The shopkeeper panicked and found someone to perform an autopsy, saying that it was clearly a poison and died, he couldn't help but be afraid, thinking to himself: the person died after drinking the tea in the store, and now he can't wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River. If you really go to the lobby, you won't be able to win this lawsuit anyway, not to mention the bankruptcy, and if you don't get it, you have to take your life, so it's better to discuss with the bereaved family and discuss your privacy.