This grand event is actually a social gathering of Yizhou officialdom, so all the famous people in the city participated, including their relatives, men and women, and it was very lively. At the beginning, it must have been introduced to people I didn't know.

After listening to the introduction, Xiao Jiading learned that the concubine who had a very good amount of alcohol brought by Li Ke, the king of Shu, to participate in the competition was his princess, surnamed Yang, and the granddaughter of a famous general in the Sui Dynasty. No wonder the amount of alcohol is so good. During the banquet, Li Ke also brought his other two side concubines, one surnamed Sun and the other surnamed Lu. When the princess surnamed Lu was introduced, Xiao Jiading immediately thought that the Zhishui master of Emei Mountain had shown off, and she had interpreted a dream for a princess in the Shu Palace. That princess is surnamed Lu, and this princess Lu has also been to the Emei temple Qingfeng Nunnery in Yizhou to incense.

Xiao Jiading asked Lu Zhaolin and learned that Li Ke, the king of Shu, only had three princesses. It was certain that Princess Lu said by Zhishui Master Tai was the one in front of him. I saw that she looked quite delicate, but there was a faint sadness between her eyebrows. I can't figure out why she is already a princess, why she still has such a heavy heart.

Princess Yang is talking and counting, and she fought with Xiao Jiading for wine at the beginning, not because she drank hard, but because of the wine order, which was related to poetry. This princess is good at poetry, and although Xiao Jiading has a belly of famous poems, he will not do such a drinking order, so he almost always drinks. The princess was also righteous, and seeing that Xiao Jiading was really not good at such poems, she changed the wine order and fought directly with Xiao Jiading, that is, a fist. This is Xiao Jiading's strong point, and the win-loss ratio is reversed immediately. Most of the wine was drunk by the Princess.

Li Ke, the king of Shu, would not deign to make a fist, so he talked and chatted with Pan Beijia, Geng Changshi, and Tang Lin.

Princess Yang lost in a row, and her face was already flushed when she drank, and at this time someone came to toast, so she found an opportunity to dodge.

Xiao Jiading also wanted to stay sober, and there was still business waiting for him to do.

He staggered with a wine bottle and squinted at the people in the peach forest, many of whom were drunk and talking loudly, and it was already dark by this time. However, there are several bonfires. I don't think it's dark.

Huang Shiyun and Su Yunxia have been pestered by more than a dozen noble ladies, and they are just doing their own things. His eyes were finally locked on his target.

He walked over with a slight sway, came to several women, and said with a smile: "Grandma Gengsan." Can I give you a toast? ”

This Geng San grandmother. is Geng Changshi's third concubine. Last time Geng Changshi invited guests to dinner, she once came out to toast and played the guzheng to cheer up. She is a multi-talented woman.

I saw Xiao Jiading coming. Her fancy face suddenly showed a bright smile, smiled sweetly, and her voice was a little shy: "Our new No. 1 talent in Yizhou is here to toast, and the concubine doesn't dare to be a concubine." ”

Xiao Jiading smiled and said: "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, the piano is ranked first, and the third grandmother's piano skills, if she claims to be ranked second in Yizhou, then no one dares to rank first." ”

Grandma Geng San smiled and threw him a wink: "You don't mean what you said. Which concubine in your house is crazy Mei, her name is Manyizhou, and her piano skills are not under me. ”

Hearing the two of them speak, the other women smiled and walked away.

Xiao Jiading mysteriously leaned into her ear, lowered his voice, and slowly said word by word: "Grandma not only plays the piano and talks well, but also has the ability to tell lies and deceive people." ”

The smile disappeared from Grandma Geng San's face, she heard what Xiao Jiading said, stared at Xiao Jiading, and said slowly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"What do I mean, doesn't the third grandmother know the way? The third grandmother deceived Ding Zhao out, but she didn't show any flaws, can a lie be made up like grandma, can it be regarded as the first? ”

A flash of panic flashed on Grandma Geng's face, but it was fleeting. He regained his sweet smile, but turned his back to the campfire, looking weird: "It's so noisy here, can we talk in a different place?" ”

"Okay. Where does Grandma want to go to talk? ”

Grandma Geng San pointed to the stone tower: "It's quiet in there, where can I go to talk?" ”

Xiao Jiading squinted at her: "Lonely men and widows are in there, I'm afraid it's not good, right?" ”

Grandma Geng San ate and smiled: "There are so many people here, is the son afraid that the concubine will eat you?" ”

"If you really eat me, it's fine, if you pour on me, then you can't tell."

Grandma Geng San laughed even more: "Look at what the son said, you are the first genius in Yizhou, how dare the concubine do such a thing to kill the scenery." Since Childe cares, let's talk outside the stone tower, so Childe won't have any scruples? ”

Xiao Jiading glanced back at the outside of the stone tower, the terrain was open, but because it was not the main place for the banquet, there was no one. Others can see what is happening, so they don't have to worry about what she's doing. He nodded.

At that moment, the two slowly walked to the bottom of the stone tower and stood still.

Grandma Geng San asked: "Now, you can say, why did you say that I deceived Ding Zhao?" ”

Xiao Jiading took a sip of wine to himself, and then said: "According to Ding Zhao's wife's statement, it was said that last night, a person who claimed to be the yamen of the state capital came to inform Ding Zhao to go to the yamen immediately, saying that there was urgent business. That person, who was wearing a Yamen soap costume at the time, was leading an official horse, and the horse's butt had the imprint of an official horse. We highly suspected that the person who spread the word was the murderer, so we conducted an investigation around the official horse. There are a number of officials and horses in Yizhou, except for the public use of the yamen, the rest are scattered in a few governors' mansions. Our people have already investigated, and last night, none of the official horses of the Yamen or other prefects were dispatched, only the official horses of your house went out for about an hour, and the time of leaving was exactly the time when Ding Zhao was killed! This has the testimony of the person in charge of raising the official horses in your house, and the testimony of the porter to prove the time when you were gone. How do these grandmothers explain? ”

Grandma Geng San was a little flustered, but immediately calmed down again and said, "I'm going out to walk the horse, can't I?" ”

"Walking a horse in the middle of the night? Is grandma trying to cheat a three-year-old? ”

"Can't you? Who says you can't walk a horse in the middle of the night? I went to see a friend, didn't see it, and came back, isn't that okay? Grandma Geng San was very happy that she had caught such a convincing reason, and her heart was a little calmer.

Xiao Jiading changed the topic and said slowly: "The third grandmother's piano is very good, I paid special attention to it, grandma's fingers are slender and slender, and they are very powerful, which is very suitable for playing the piano and plucking the strings." At the base of the wall at the murder scene, we found a bloody handprint, and likewise, the bloody handprint was slender and slender. Very similar to grandma's! I'd be interested in making a comparison to see if my grandmother left it behind. ”

Grandma Geng San's face finally changed completely, and she became bloodless.

Xiao Jiading continued: "In addition, I also found a very critical piece of evidence,—— the paper ball in the deceased's vomit, but unfortunately, the handwriting in the paper ball has all been scattered, and the handwriting cannot be distinguished at all. However, I didn't give up, I asked the head catcher to take this piece of paper and look at it to the master of the calligraphy and painting hall in the city. As a result, several masters proved that this is a kind of paper produced in Liuji, Jiangzhou, because it has the characteristics of half-baked and half-cooked, and has characteristics that other places do not have, and it is easy to identify. This kind of half-cooked rice paper is most suitable for painting splashed ink landscapes with the taste of gongbi. And the master of the calligraphy and painting Xuan said that this kind of paper is only produced in Liuji County, because the paper is more expensive, and this half-cooked characteristics of many calligraphers and painters will not use, so the market is not large. It is not sold in Yizhou City. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jiading stared at Geng San's grandmother's bloodless face, and said slowly: "I happened to hear that Geng Changshi once worked as a county magistrate in Liuji, Jiangzhou, and Geng Changshi is best at this kind of splashed ink landscape with Gongbi techniques!" So I believe that Geng Changshi's family must have such Liuji rice paper! ”

When Grandma Geng San heard this, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xiao Jiading.

Xiao Jiading breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Now, I am sure that the person who killed Ding Zhao is you, and your motive for killing is to kill your mouth,—— you wrote a note on Liuji rice paper, threatened her with her son's life and made her commit suicide, the note was wrapped in arsenic, and Ding Zhao asked him to follow Zhong Facao into the death row to inspect, and secretly threw the paper bag into the prison cell of Zhishui Shitai. After reading the note, she committed suicide by taking poison. - She committed suicide, which can be explained by the fact that she couldn't find out that outsiders had poisoned her, but she had martial arts, but she didn't resist, she didn't call for help, and she didn't say the reason for the poisoner after she was discovered. I know that you instructed Ding Zhao to poison him, and I also know that you killed Ding Zhao, but why did your aunt want to kill a nun who had already been sentenced to death? I haven't found out about this yet, so please ......."

Xiao Jiading had just said this, and suddenly, Grandma Geng San's weird delicate body suddenly rushed up, and her slender hand turned into a steel claw, grabbing Xiao Jiading's throat directly!

This move was very sudden, without any warning, before Geng San's grandmother looked very scared, Chu Chu was pitiful, who would have thought that she would suddenly make a move? And the shot is a lethal move?

It's a pity that this claw fell short!

Xiao Jiading dodged lightly, and the ferocious claw of Grandma Geng San could have slashed through his neck!

Grandma Geng San was shocked, she really couldn't imagine that Xiao Jiading, a weak scholar, could avoid her claws!

Immediately, Grandma Geng San rose into the air, and with a move of a fierce tiger up the tree, her knees crashed into Xiao Jiading's lower abdomen with a strong wind!

Xiao Jiading wanted to know if his body's ability to resist blows had been enhanced after absorbing the internal forces of the two masters of the Emei faction, so he took a deep breath and took the hard blow of Grandma Geng San. (To be continued......)