"Madame is wrong, the lower officials are not for nothing."

"Oh?"

"The nurse did have a steel tooth, and no matter what method the lower official used, he couldn't pry it open, until the lower official sent someone to find the whereabouts of the nurse's own daughter. This person is selfish, no matter how much he is the master, he will still take care of his own flesh and blood more or less. ”

"Lord Xue, is this admitted? Admit that you used the fake Ma Jue to kill Jing Chun, who was imprisoned in prison by you, and those who participated in the collaborator case. ”

"Yes, the lower official admitted it, but this is the emperor's secret decree, and the lower official is also forced to do so." Xue Dong said, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Su and asked: "This is a secret letter from the emperor to the lower officials, Xiangye is the emperor's predecessor, the truth of this letter, Xiangye will know at a glance." The lower official just took advantage of Ma Jue's psychology to harm the lower official, except for the few lives named by the emperor, the lower official did not hurt the innocent. Ma Lian's death happened before this incident, and he had nothing to do with the lower officials. As for this fake Ma Jue, please rest assured that the lower officials will definitely try their best to arrest him. ”

"What about the Lin case?"

"Whether General Lin has been wronged or not, this needs to be further investigated, if the lady feels that there is something else strange about this matter, she can ask the prospective emperor to investigate. As for what Mrs. Fang just said, the matter of the former household department Shangshu letting his henchmen murder General Lin, in addition to the records in the letter held by Mrs., is there any other circumstantial evidence? This letter was written by the person who wrote the letter, how can Madame be sure that what is written in this letter must be true, and not that the other party is deliberately framing the official? As for the past eight years ago, there was indeed a person who claimed to be a descendant of the Lin family who came to Jingzhao Mansion to beat the drum and voice his grievances, but she did not have the evidence written in the wife's letter, and the lower officials did not take her into custody. The people who came to shout injustice were all plaintiffs, and the lower official was the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, how could he know the law and break the law and detain the plaintiff? If the lady doesn't believe it, she can ask, the servants in this Jingzhao Mansion are also old people, and they know best whether the lower officials have done it or not. ”

"Lord Xue is really thoughtful."

"Don't dare, don't dare, just sit in this seat, there are some things that should be considered, and you have to think about it more." Xue Donglai raised his hand: "Madam, and busy, the lower officials are going to arrest the murderer Ma Jue, or the descendants of General Lin." ”

Seeing the back of Xue Donglai leaving, Yan Suwen was a little depressed. From his many performances, it has been confirmed that what is written in the letter in his hand is true, but there is no way to convict Xue Dong with such a letter alone. The original household department Shangshu is dead, Xue Donglai's father has already become a skeleton, Jingchun's case, even if it was designed by Xue Donglai, he also said that this was secretly signaled by the emperor, and the reason why he was relaxed was to figure out what was going on here. If Yan Suwen continues to pursue unrelentingly, in the end, it may all go around to the emperor.

This is not the king's land under the whole world, if the emperor wants to kill people, does he still need to give an explanation to the prime minister's wife? Naturally, it is not used.

Xue Donglai's final attitude has already made it clear that he hopes that this matter will end here, and the murder of Jingzhao Mansion is on the fake Ma Jue. Whether it is the case of collaborating with the enemy in the palace or the old case of the Lin family before, this is the end. As for the conspiracy hidden behind Jing Chun, the emperor must have some insight, otherwise he would not have used this method to kill people in such a hurry.

Yan Suwen stared at the two letters in his hand, feeling that he and Gu Changfeng were also characters designed by Xue Donglai. Also, this case of collaborating with the enemy has the evidence of the prime minister's wife's autopsy, and the record of the prime minister personally helping to arrest the murderer, what else can happen except for the dust falling.

This Xue Donglai really underestimated him in the past.

Yan Suwen handed over the letter she was holding in her hand to the people of Jingzhao Mansion, since this matter could not be investigated, she didn't bother to pay attention to the follow-up matters. Since the emperor has granted her husband's vacation, no one dares to say anything when she goes out of the city at this time. They can't control the affairs of Yecheng, so it's a big deal.

I returned to Xiangfu with a stomach full of unhappiness, found a map, and began to carefully study the route of going out. Before Gu Changfeng could return to the house, the old man Yuan from the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion came to the door.

"What do you say? Xue Donglai is dead! How could this be, just an hour ago...... Oh no, look at the sky, it must have been two hours ago. Two hours ago, I met with him, and he also said that he was going to arrest the murderer Ma Jue, why did the kung fu man die after a while. How did this man die? Where did you die? ”

"Mrs. Hui's words, this Lord Xue was accidentally injured." Old man Yuan shook his head and sighed.

"Accidental injury?" Yan Su asked the map in his hand: "What happened to be a mistake?" ”

"Madame is right, this Lord Xue is indeed tracking down the whereabouts of Na Ma Jue, but this investigation is not something that can be concluded in a moment. According to the people around the adult, this Lord Xue stopped to drink tea when he passed by the tea house by chance, and he never thought that when he was drinking tea, he happened to meet two groups of people arguing. Somehow, this dispute turned into a brawl. Both of these groups are extremely bad at fighting, but the more they are not good at fighting, the more they fight in an unorganized manner. Lord Xue, as the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, how could he see this commonness, so he got up to stop it, who would have thought that he would be involved. By the time the entourage found out that something was wrong, Lord Xue had already been beaten to death. There were many people involved in the fight at the scene, and no one knew which Lord Xue was beaten by and who was killed. This court official died in such a daze, this matter is not easy to handle. ”

"No matter how difficult it is, there is a place to deal with this matter. Even if this Jingzhao Mansion is not under the control of the Ministry of Officials, it is also under the control of the emperor. What are you doing all the time in our prime minister's house? Our family has already taken leave from the emperor, and he will not pay attention to what happened in this city for the time being. ”

"Then ......" Old man Yuan hesitated: "Then I'll go to the Ministry of Officials to ask." Alas, Madame, tell me what this is called. The old man, I am a fool, and I have actually mixed up with the affairs of other people's court officials. ”

"Uncle Yuan, doesn't this Lord Xue have a wife? This kind of thing, even if you want to come forward, it should be Mrs. Xue who comes forward. ”

"Madam is right, it stands to reason that Mrs. Xue should indeed come forward in this matter, but this Mrs. Xue has been absent from the mansion for a long time, and I am afraid that no one can be found to come back now."

"Mrs. Xue is not in the mansion?"

"Don't you know, ma'am? This Lord Xue took in a concubine two years ago, and he doted on this concubine. Mrs. Xue couldn't stand it, so she gambled and moved out of the Xue Mansion in one go. It's been two years since I started, and I haven't come back. ”

"Two years ago?"

"Yes, that's when Yecheng was making a lot of noise. Lord Xue met the girl when he went out on an errand, the girl was beautiful and very delicate. Lord Xue couldn't bear to see her living on the streets alone, so she took her back to the house, and she became an aunt in a few days. This Mrs. Xue was a person who couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes, and seeing that Lord Xue was treating that woman better day by day, she left home in anger and didn't come back until now. ”

"What about Lord Xue's concubine?"

"Nowhere to be found." Old man Yuan touched his nose: "If you can find that aunt, the people around the adults will not use to find the old man and me." ”

"In that case, then work hard, Uncle Yuan, you can make a trip. This matter of Jingzhao Mansion, Xiangye and I don't want to get involved anymore. ”

"The old man understands, the old man will run away." After walking a few steps, Old Man Yuan turned to Yan Su and asked, "This Lord Xue has been poisoned, if this poison is not triggered, it will be fine for a lifetime, and once it is triggered, it will be poisoned and killed immediately." ”

"What poison?"

"Tea poison." Old man Yuan stroked his beard and said.

"Tea poison? I've never heard of this poison. ”

"This poison, like the flower-faced spider venom, is an extremely rare poison. Old man, I have a book here, called "The Book of Poison", which I got from a person in the rivers and lakes. As for who wrote the "Poison Sutra" and where the records in the book came from, the old man didn't know. Don't hide it from Madame, the old man has been looking at this thing as a relief for boredom in the early years. This tea poison is recorded in it. If it weren't for the fact that when he looked at Lord Xue's symptoms, he felt a little familiar, and the old man wouldn't have remembered this book. ”

Old man Yuan said, took out the "Poison Sutra" from his arms and handed it to Yan Suwen.

I saw that the book was in tatters, and there were a lot of things on the pages. There were tea stains, rice stains, soup and some black, unrecognizable things. There is also a very clear table mark on the surface of the book, which indicates that this book has been used as a table for a long time, which also confirms Old Man Yuan's previous statement that he used this book as a relief for boredom.

"How this tea poison is refined, this book does not say, but it mentions the symptoms of the poison, and what kind of tea triggers the tea poison."

"This tea poison needs to be introduced with tea?"

"Yes, so the old man guessed that the reason why this tea poison is called tea poison is because it is related to this tea, and as for the poison itself, it may not have anything to do with the word 'tea'. By the way, what triggers tea poison is thundering tea, which is thick and round, purple and red in color, and can cause chronic diseases. If it's just this poison, it's no problem, and it won't kill anyone. If it's just tea, it's no problem, but drinking more is good for the body. But if this poison meets this tea, it will be terrible. ”

"Did this poison come down when you drank tea?"

"No, tea poison is a chronic poison, and it takes a while to be led out by thundering tea. According to the old man's inference, Lord Xue was poisoned by this tea for at least a year and a half. Xu is unlucky, this Lord Xue drank just this thundering tea in the tea house today, if it weren't for this tea, according to Lord Xue's physique, he would definitely not be killed. There is this external injury, but what really makes Lord Xue's soul return to the underworld is tea poison and Lei Ming tea. However, this kind of case is not easy to decide. Madame can neither say that the murderer is the murderer, nor can she say that the owner of the tea house is the murderer, let alone that those who beat people are the murderers, because only one of them is not enough to kill Lord Xue. But to say that they are colluding is a bit far-fetched. Therefore, the old man estimated that even if this case reached the Criminal Department, it could only be a confused case. ”