Zhou Peng said: "Since the snow fungus has only been cooked once, can you bring the rest?" ”

Zheng Hangsu said: "Brought it." Uncle waited, let the nephew go back and take it. ”

He hurried to his next room, and soon he returned, with a wooden box in his hand.

The wooden box is about two feet long and one foot wide, with a potholed appearance and a charred black face.

Zheng Hangsu put his hands on the wooden box and said: "Uncle, this is the snow fungus that Prince Xiao brought when he went to my house that day, the box was burned by fire, but because the place where it was placed was on the ground, it was hit by the falling tiles when it was not completely burned out, and it was buried, so it was only burned outside, not inside." ”

Zhou Peng took the wooden box and found a few half-burned words on the pitted surface of the box: Huaguo tribute snow fungus.

He frowned.

This is indeed something that only a royal palace can have. Tributary foods are often elaborate on the outside and have the word "tribute" on them.

He opened the box and saw that it was snow-white fungus. Different from the ordinary white fungus in Dali, this snow fungus is whiter and more compact.

"It's poisonous?" He looked at the snow fungus and frowned.

"Uncle can find a mouse and try it." Zheng Hangsu replied.

Zhou Peng shouted to the soldiers guarding the door: "Qi Sheng, Zou Qiao, go find a mouse!" ”

The two soldiers named Qi Sheng and Zou Qiao, who were ordered by him, immediately went to look for the mouse.

Finding rats is not an easy task. The rats that haunt the room on weekdays seem to disappear when they want to look for them.

They borrowed a rat cage from the master of the house, placed it on the ground in the middle of the house, and put bait in the cage.

In order to let the rats enter the cage actively, the two changed several baits.

Use peanuts, pastries, meat, and so on.

In each way, stand outside the door and wait for the rat to take the bait.

As a result, I was busy for a long time, and I didn't see the shadow of half a mouse. In the end, the two of them asked the master to fry a few mice's favorite oil cakes to lure the rats into the cage.

In order not to let the rats eat enough, the two quickly took out the oil cake in the rat cage, and then closed the rat cage.

Carrying the rat cage, the two returned to the study where Zhou Peng and Zheng Hangsu were located, and put the rat cage on the floor of the study.

Zhou Peng took out a piece of snow fungus from the box and put it in the rat cage, and saw that the mouse stepped forward to bite a few bites, and after gnawing it, after a short time, he lay down in the rat cage and died of foaming at the mouth.

Seeing that the rat had eaten a few bites and lay down in the cage and died, Zhou Peng said angrily: "In this way, they can't be poisoned and burned with fire!" ”

If it weren't for the snow fungus that happened to be paid tribute by the Chinese Kingdom, he would still have some suspicions, and now that the physical evidence is there, there is no reason to suspect that the Zheng Mansion was not burned by the royal family.

Zheng Hangsu said: "Exactly. Maybe they've wanted to do it a long time ago. ”

"What a deception! I, Zhou Peng, am ashamed to be loyal to the emperor with such a small belly! Virtuous nephew, don't worry, your uncle will never ignore your hatred! ”

After that, he went out of the door in a huff.

Before leaving, he took the box and the rat cage with him, and he wanted to show his wife the evidence.

After all, Madame is too cautious.

Zhou Peng came to the house of his wife Ming in the back building, and told her the results of Qi Sheng's investigation and the fact that he used a mouse to try snow fungus today, and finally threatened to raise the Zhou Ziqi to rebel tomorrow.

Ming persuaded him not to be impulsive, but he couldn't persuade him no matter what, so he could only shake his head and sigh.

Inside the study.

After Zhou Peng left, Zheng Hangsu still stayed inside, picked up a book from the bookshelf casually, and sat on the chair next to the table where Zhou Jing had sat before and read it.

After a while, Zhou Jing came to the study and saw him sitting at the table reading a book, so he subconsciously wanted to dodge.

As soon as he took a step outside, he heard Zheng Hangsu's voice behind him: "Miss Zhou, please stay ......"

So she stopped, turned around, looked at him and asked, "Zheng Gongzi has something important?" ”

I heard him reply: "I'm very sorry for yesterday's incident......"

"Zheng Gongzi doesn't have to feel sorry, Gongzi was drunk yesterday, that's why he ...... Do that. ”

"Miss Xie Zhou is not to blame." He got up as he spoke, "If Miss Zhou wants to read in the room, give up a seat below." ”

She shook her hand and said, "No...... No. ”

She looked at him as she spoke, her eyes sparkling.

He looked into her eyes and said, "This is Miss Zhou's study, Zheng can't occupy the magpie's nest." ”

Zheng Gongzi laughed, how can there be any magpie nest dove? Your father and my father were brothers, and we should be brothers and sisters, if we weren't too far apart, we would have known each other a long time ago......"

I heard him reply: "It's good that Zheng is twenty years old, and he can still have a sister." ”

Thinking of his drunken words yesterday, she decided to treat him warmly, so she replied to him: "I am also very happy, I have no brothers and sisters, and now I have a brother, it is good." ”

When they said this, the two didn't know what to say to each other, so they both fell silent.

The autumn wind blew in through the window, and a few yellow leaves drifted in from the window. She didn't realize it, and she looked at him like that.

Suddenly she realized that she was a little unreserved, and whispered, "I...... Went back......"

This time, as if he didn't realize what she was saying, he watched her back in silence.

She ran downstairs with a bang, and when she got out of the building, she inadvertently turned to look up, only to find him standing at the window, looking at her condescendingly.

His eyes were fixed on her beautiful face.

She saw the corners of his lips slowly curl.

She smiled in return.

When I turned around and walked forward, I felt that everything was just right.