"There is really no problem with porridge and steamed buns!" Hu Kejian watched the two prisoners in front of him swallow the porridge and steamed buns in front of him, but after a while, there was no abnormality, in order to avoid the difference between people and dogs, Wu Mengming simply found two death row prisoners from the cells in the Shuntian Mansion to confirm that there was no problem with the porridge and steamed buns. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I also said that this deceased person was not poisoned!" Wu Mengming was also full of sadness, the Son of Heaven was just going to solve the case within half a month, but the case had no clue, but the prisoner died, how could he explain!

"Now the only way to do this is to step up the search!" Hu Kejian said in a low voice: "Also, let people draw this person's appearance and reward him with a lot of money!" Lord Wu, I can buy you two days for this matter, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Yes, yes, I will give you a satisfactory answer in two days!" Wu Mengming immediately understood what Hu Kejian meant, and hurriedly agreed: "If Wu can pass this level this time, he must thank his father-in-law heavily!" ”

"Don't talk about thanks, you and I are all on errands for the emperor, and you thank me for doing your errands well!" Hu Kejian patted the other party's shoulder, turned around and walked out, Wu Mengming hurriedly sent Hu Kejian out of the door, turned around and quickly gathered his subordinates, stepped up the search without mentioning it.

Hu Kejian returned to his mansion outside the palace, and just changed into comfortable clothes, he heard a report from outside, saying that someone asked to see him. He took the famous thorn he visited, swept his eyes and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a guest of Liu Zhentai in Ningxia, okay, okay, invite him to come to the study to see me!" ”

"Yes, old man!"

Hu Kejian came to the study, just cleaned his hands, he heard footsteps outside, he turned around and saw the housekeeper brought in a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old sturdy man, with a Chinese face, red and black skin, and a slight beard under his chin, and bowed to him twice when he entered the house: "In Xia Xu Hecheng, meet Grandpa Hu!" ”

"Hmm!" Hu Kejian nodded reservedly: "You are a person sent by Liu Zhentai, I heard that he just broke the East with Lingle, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Not bad!" Xu Hecheng took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Hu Kejian with both hands, and said respectfully: "This is Liu Zongbing's handwritten letter, he asked me to hand it over to you personally!" ”

"Oh?" Hu Kejian took the letter from the housekeeper's hand, opened it and read it in a hurry, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said to Xu Hecheng: "Oh, Mr. Xu, you are Liu Zhentai's sworn brother, why didn't you say it earlier?" Come on, quickly show Mr. Xu a seat and serve tea! ”

After learning Xu Hecheng's true identity, Hu Kejian's attitude changed greatly, not only made people watch the tea on the seat, but also had a lot of affection between the words: "Our family and Liu Zhentai once fought together against Hutu Ketu Khan in Ningxia, and they can be regarded as friends in distress. ”

"The matter of Gonggong Hu has also been heard from General Liu in Xia, he said that Deputy General Du was injured at that time, it was you who inspired the soldiers in the city and held on for more than a month, if it weren't for this, he would not have been able to defeat Hutu Ketu Khan!"

"That's all in the past!" Hearing Liu Cheng praise his exploits in front of others, Hu Kejian also showed a smug look on his face: "But this time Liu Zhentai has made such a great achievement, and the Son of Heaven is also very happy, maybe he will be crowned a marquis!" ”

"Then rely more on my father-in-law's kind words!" Xu Hecheng was overjoyed when he heard this, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Hu Kejian with both hands, and said with a smile: "These are a little local products, Mr. Liu, he asked me to bring them to you, send goose feathers for thousands of miles, and talk about my heart!" ”

"Oh, Liu Zhentai is doing this!" Hu Kejian took the gift list, his eyes swept over the entries above, Liu Cheng sent another generous gift this time, but he had something to worry about at this time, and his face showed a look of not being very happy, Xu Hecheng saw it in his eyes, thinking that the other party thought that the gift was light, and hurriedly smiled: "Father-in-law Hu, these are his intentions, and there is another one to send in the future, please accept it!" ”

Hu Kejian was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that the other party had misunderstood, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Mr. Xu, you have misunderstood, what kind of friendship our family has with Liu Zhentai, how can you think his gift is light?" It's just that I have something on my mind, but I'm slacking! ”

Xu Hecheng thought that Hu Kejian was pretending to resign, and sent it twice, but when he saw that the other party still insisted on not accepting it, he believed that Hu Kejian was not pretending. He asked carefully: "Dare to ask, why is my father-in-law troubled?" Let's see if you can do something in the future? ”

Hu Kejian wanted to casually say two perfunctory sentences, but after thinking about it, this matter would spread all over the capital in two or three days at most, and he couldn't hide it, so he smiled bitterly: "Well, this matter will spread all over the capital in two or three days at most, if you don't know it from me, you can know it from the teahouse restaurant, and I won't hide it from you!" After that, he recounted a series of events such as Wen Tiren being assassinated by a madman on the way to the court this morning, the emperor was furious, and the murderer died suddenly and inexplicably, and finally said with a wry smile: "Look at this thing, isn't it strange, a big living person died suddenly in the edict prison for no reason, how do you explain it to the Son of Heaven?" ”

Xu Hecheng listened to Hu Kejian's words, with a thoughtful look on his face, and asked in a low voice after a while: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, is that murderer a little strange when he assassinates, as if he was drunk and half-asleep?" ”

"Not bad?" Hu Kejian was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "How do you know?" ”

Xu Hecheng didn't answer, but continued to ask: "Then did he have a lot of strength at that time, and after being caught, he suddenly became groggy again, as if he was asleep?" ”

"That seems to be the case?" Hu Kejian came back to his senses when he heard this, and asked excitedly: "Do you know what's going on?" ”

"I know that there is a sign of this after eating, but I'm not sure it's the reason this time!" Xu Hecheng replied in a low voice, but the expression on his face was quite strange, like sadness and joy.

"What, you know?" Just like a person who fell into the water encountered a life-saving straw, Hu Kejian instinctively grabbed it: "Mr. Xu, tell me in detail!" ”

"Yes, Grandpa Hu!" Xu Hecheng hesitated slightly, and explained in a deep voice: "This is a kind of medicine, called Shenxian San, if you take a little, people will be in a half-conscious, and the feeling will become sluggish, and the strength will increase greatly. ”

Hu Kejian has been in the deep palace all these years, and he is also ignorant of what Xu Hecheng just said, but the key point is to hear it clearly: "What if you eat too much?" ”

"If you eat too much, you will become a madman at that time, and at most half a day, you will vomit blood and die!"

"Yes, it's good!" Hu Kejian slammed his palm excitedly, stood up and paced back and forth in the study, and said to himself: "In this way, everything makes sense, the person hiding behind first let the man take the medicine and let him attack Lord Wen who was passing by, and the man injured Lord Wen, and he died soon after." Speaking of this, Hu Kejian suddenly stopped and said to Xu Hecheng: "Mr. Xu, I have an important matter to ask you for help, and I bother you to accompany me to a place!" ”

Xu Hecheng hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said, "Father-in-law Hu has something to do, so he should accompany him below!" ”

Beizhen Fusi, Imperial Prison.

Xu Hecheng stood up straight, leaning over for too long, and his waist was a little sore. Hu Kejian, who was on the side, asked in a low voice, "Mr. Xu, how is it?" ”

"It's taking Shenxian San!" Xu Hecheng nodded, his tone was very affirmative, he pointed to the round eyes of the corpse on the wooden bed, and said to Hu Kejian: "Father-in-law, look at the eyes of this deceased, the blue-black circle, people who overdose on immortals and die will look like this!" ”

Hu Kejian probed over and looked at the corpse on the bed, and sure enough, as Xu Hecheng said, the deceased's eyes and eyes had a deep circle of blue-black, as if he had been punched hard. Seeing that Hu Kejian was still a little suspicious, Xu Hecheng said in a low voice: "You can ask him to come and ask him if all the corpses have this!" ”

"Good, good!" Xu Hecheng's words hit Hu Kejian's heart, he raised his head and called out to the man outside, pointed to the corpse and asked, "Let me ask you, do all the dead people have such a blue-black circle next to their eyes?" ”

The servant looked at the corpse on the wooden bed cautiously, and replied cautiously: "Tell Grandpa Hu, not all the dead have such a black circle!" ”

When Hu Kejian heard this, he immediately became anxious, and said angrily: "Then why didn't you tell me and Lord Wu at that time?" ”

"Damn the villain!" The servant was yelled at by Hu Kejian, and hurriedly knelt down in fright: "The villain thought it was the traces left by the capture, so he only checked the mouth and stomach of the deceased!" ”

Xu Hecheng saw that Hu Kejian's anger was still unsubsided, and hurriedly persuaded: "Gonggong Hu, this immortal powder is an extremely rare medicine among the people, and it is even rarer to kill people, so I can't blame him!" ”

"Okay, I'll spare you this time!" Hu Kejian snorted coldly, and then said coldly to a brocade-clothed guard Baihu on the side: "You hurry up and tell you Lord Wu that this murderer died after taking a drug called Shenxian San, let him follow this as a clue and arrest him!" ”

"Wait!" Xu Hecheng stopped the hundred households, and said in a low voice to Hu Kejian: "This drug is very rare among the people, if it is searched like this, it will not only be difficult to catch the people behind, but it may also startle the snake!" ”

After what happened to Fang Cai, Hu Kejian already trusted Xu Hecheng very much, he called out to the brocade guard, and asked Xu Hecheng with a smile: "Then what does Mr. Xu think he should do?" ”

"Gonggong Hu, it is not common to know that there are several kinds of dispensing drugs in this immortal powder, so it is better to send competent people to go to the major pharmacies in Beijing to check who has bought these drugs recently, and then follow this clue to find Ji according to the map, it is the best policy!"

"Good, good, good!" Hu Kejian praised three good words in a row, and said to the brocade guard: "Then ask Mr. Xu to write out those kinds of dispensing!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Hecheng answered, and went outside to write. The brocade-clothed guard looked at Xu Hecheng's back vigilantly, took two steps forward and bowed to Hu Kejian and said, "Grandpa Hu, this person knows so much about that immortal san, could it have something to do with this matter, why don't you put him in prison and torture him severely?" ”

"How daring!" Hu Kejian snorted coldly and interrupted the words of the hundred households: "Mr. Xu is a friend of our family, you said that he has something to do with this matter, then I can't take off the dry cleaning, don't you even have to tie up our family to torture?" ”

"Damn the villain, damn the villain!" When the hundred households heard Hu Kejian's words, they couldn't help but be scattered, and hurriedly fell to the ground and kowtowed, and they didn't dare to stop with blood flowing on their foreheads. Hu Kejian looked coldly at the hundred households and kowtowed thirty or forty heads, and then sneered: "That's it, if I hear about Fang Cai's matter from other people's mouths, then it must have come out of your mouth, and you should know what the consequences are!" ”

"The villain understands, the villain understands!" The hundred households are already in their forties, and they naturally know the majesty of the factory officials back then, and eunuchs like Hu Kejian can make themselves die in unspeakable misery with just one sentence. He took a few steps on his knees, and when he was almost at the door, he got up and ran away.

Soon Xu Hecheng came back, holding a piece of paper in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's all written on it, father-in-law, please look at it!" ”

"Good, good!" Hu Kejian said hello twice, put the paper in his sleeve but didn't look at it, and smiled at Xu Hecheng: "Mr. Xu, you can stay at my house in the next few days, so please benefit sooner or later!" ”

Xu Hecheng heard Hu Kejian say this, knowing that the other party was stabbed for Wen Tiren, he also had some thoughts in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate!" ”

Chongfu Temple.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu!" Chen Zhenhui shouted loudly, and rushed into the house quickly, looking excited, he saw Xu Wanqian sitting at the table pouring himself a drink, looking leisurely and complacent, and rushed forward: "You are still drinking here, but you know that the big thing is not good!" ”

"Chen Gongzi, it's not too late to sit down and talk about something!" Xu Wancheng made a gesture to the chair opposite, Chen Zhenhui glanced at him, sat down and said, "Right now, Jinyiwei is all over the city, looking for someone with suspicious appearances, are you still in the mood to drink here?" ”

"Why aren't you in the mood to drink?" Xu Wancheng smiled, he pointed to the snow scene outside the window and said: "Such a good scenery, such leisure, even bad wine is good to eat, not to mention such a good wine, come, Chen Gongzi, you can also have a drink with me!" ”

Chen Zhenhui watched the other party pour himself a glass of wine, he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Do you know? The murderer has been caught by Jinyiwei and is being tortured, you are still in the mood to drink, I advise you to find an opportunity to escape from the city immediately, and I will also go to Uncle Zhou's to avoid it! ”

"Why should I run away? It's not me who is going to assassinate that Wen Tiren, I also advise you not to go to Zhou Yanru's place, this will be a bad thing! Xu Wanqian took a sip of wine and said with a sneer. (To be continued.) )