Lu Qingjin sat on the chair and drank tea quietly, and Zhang Dequan, who was kneeling on the ground, wiped his sweat tremblingly: "Niangniang already knows, this matter is not a slave who doesn't help, it's really a charity mage who doesn't trust me anymore, even if I go, it's useless." ”

Qin Zhao found a stool at the round table and sat down with some disgust: "You also saw it, although this person knows that he is wrong, but he just doesn't get in the oil and salt, and you and his efforts are in vain." ”

Lu Qingjin took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Presumably you can't bear to deal with your former friends, I don't have anything to do with it, but it's just to find someone else to trouble a little bit, and those old friends of yours will be different, if you go in person, we may open the net, otherwise what you hear is everyone's death." ”

The expression on Zhang Dequan's face froze suddenly, and he spoke after a while: "Niangniang is so sure that I am for others, maybe it's just that I am greedy for life and afraid of death!" ”

Lu Qingjin smiled indifferently: "That's even simpler, after those brothers of yours die, you will be the next one, you people always say that I am a terrible person, if I am not terrible, I am sorry for your words." ”

Zhang Dequan let out a long sigh and lowered his head and said, "I agreed to this matter, but there is one condition I still hope you will satisfy me." ”

Lu Qingjin sat up straight and looked at him fixedly, Qin Zhao narrowed his eyes behind her.

Concubine Li was looking at the report sent by the people below in the palace, and Xiao Cui hurriedly came in and said: "Niangniang is not good, the slave maid only heard this morning that the new garden over there in the cold palace is a thief, and several radishes have been ruined, and there is not a single cabbage left." ”

The teacup in Concubine Li's hand was almost spilled, so you stood up and walked around and said, "What the hell is going on, why haven't I heard about it at all!" Isn't it already a lot quieter in this palace, where did the thief come from? ”

Xiao Cui sighed helplessly while following her: "The slave doesn't know, it's just that the vegetable garden has been turned upside down overnight, and what's even more terrifying is that no one outside has heard the sound." ”

While speaking, the two of them arrived at the vegetable garden, and met the lady who came to hear the sound, and Concubine Li said hello and hurriedly walked in, only to see that the vegetable garden was full of dead branches and leaves, only a few radishes and mustard greens were good, but the garlic was intact.

Concubine Shu frowned and looked at it for a while and asked strangely: "If it is an ordinary mess, it will trample on all the dishes, which looks more like stealing, but there are no extra footprints, which is very strange." ”

Concubine Li nodded and suddenly asked, "Are there many mice in this palace?" ”

Concubine Shu shook her head and said affirmatively: "I have never heard of any rats, the entire palace building is smeared with tung oil, not to mention rats, even there are very few ants,"

Concubine Li sighed helplessly: "I will send someone to investigate this matter, but I still have to tell the queen mother, after all, she worked hard to plant it." ”

The two of them calmed down their emotions and walked to the queen's palace left and right, and Concubine Shu also said helplessly: "Fortunately, garlic is fine, otherwise our loss will be great." ”

The two of them were busy talking, and they didn't pay attention to the little eunuch who flashed behind them for a while, and an invisible turmoil slowly approached the imperial city.

Lu Qingjin finally arranged Zhang Dequan's affairs, he just brought something here and planned to dig a well in the vegetable garden, after all, it was too troublesome to carry water back and forth, and he met two people who came over as soon as he walked to the door, Concubine Li coughed embarrassedly: "Niangniang, this is going to the vegetable garden!" What a hard work! ”

Saying that, she also scolded Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu sighed and said slowly: "Niangniang, you must be calm!" In fact, something happened in the vegetable garden, and there was nothing left in it except garlic, and we are looking for the murderer."

Lu Qingjin almost turned his back on his breath, almost rushed over, Concubine Li and Concubine Shu glanced at each other and sighed at the same time, and when they arrived, they saw Lu Qingjin standing at the door of the vegetable garden in a daze, Concubine Shu couldn't bear to persuade: "There are still other leftovers of this, we might as well plant it again!" It won't take more than a few days. ”

Lu Qingjin glanced at her and asked suspiciously, "Aren't there no rats in this palace?" As she spoke, she picked up the scattered vegetable leaves on the ground, and saw that the leaves of the radish were already old, and the leaves of the cabbage were also yellow, and they were stolen when they were almost ripe.

Lu Qingjin said to the guards behind him: "You guys are digging a well near the corner of the wall, I want to see how this group of rats survived." ”

Concubine Shu sighed and said helplessly: "Niangniang must have seen it wrong, there can't be mice in this palace, the walls of this palace are coated with tung oil, even if people eat too much, they will die, not to mention other animals." ”

Lu Qingjin shook his head: "Although I don't know how it could be, this is obviously a nest of rats, and they must find it quickly before they have time to eat something." ”

The sound of the well clanging sounded, and even the concubine did not agree with it, and after a while, she heard the guards in the distance shouting: "What a lot of mice! It's a rat's nest! ”

Lu Qingjin hurriedly ran over, and saw that almost the entire corner of the wall was full of lost vegetables, and there were many half-dead mice, she looked at it before she spoke: "Did you run away?" ”

The guard hurriedly replied: "There are quite a few, only half of us were killed, and the rest ran away." ”

Concubine Li covered her mouth in surprise, and Lu Qingjin said helplessly: "It seems that these mice are smart, they don't know how many years they have lived relying on these radish mustard greens. ”

The guard agreed and began to carry the radish and cabbage, the best radish is still fresh even if it is buried in the soil for a long time, and the cabbage does not have that luck, the leaves outside have been broken, and only the heart inside can barely be eaten.

Lu Qingjin suddenly said loudly: "When you eat these dishes, you must wash them more, especially in the places where rats have bitten them." ”

The three of them tossed for a long time before they were about to transport all the dishes out, and Concubine Li patted her shoulder and said, "This work is too tiring, I don't even know if such a large output is good or bad." ”

Concubine Shu smiled and leaned over to look: "Of course it's good, we're just a little tired, and you can eat the sweetness when the business of the restaurant improves." ”