After they left, Zhuo Ruozhen carefully observed her sister, for fear of making her angry because of Geng Kan's glance at her.

"Niannian, are you uncomfortable?"

"Huh?" Zhuo Ruoning raised her head in a trance, "It's okay, it's just a little tired." I forgot that Zheng Guogong's mansion was Xi Rong's family, so I knew that I wouldn't be here. ”

"You be vigilant, I guess the county lord of Jiangdu is also here."

Zhuo Ruoning shook her head violently, remembering that the county lord of Jiangdu was the granddaughter of the old duchess, no wonder the Xi family sent her a post.

"I don't understand, what's so good about Geng Kan, the county lord of Jiangdu really took great pains for him."

Zhuo Ruozhen knew that she had amnesia and didn't remember what happened before, so she solved her puzzles: "I heard that the emperor originally liked Geng Kan and wanted Geng Kan to be the lord of Jiangdu." After the county lord knew the emperor's intentions, he looked at Geng Kan differently, and told the secret to the good little sister. Later, I don't know who passed on the secret, and everyone in the whole capital knew about it. At that time, the Marquis of Changxing was fighting in Yunnan with his son, and Mrs. Changxinghou made it clear through the crown princess that Geng Kan had a marriage contract, so the matter was stopped, but the lord of Jiangdu County couldn't hang up on his face. ”

Zhuo Ruoning understood: "This is a mortal enmity." ”

"This is not the reason why the county lord of Jiangdu is embarrassed for you."

"That's not the reason?" Zhuo Ruoning's forehead jumped, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know how the news reached Pujiang, and then you made a poem to mock the county lord......"

There was a "boom" in her head, and a chill climbed up from her spine, Zhuo Ruoning shook her body, and her predecessor did not disappoint her in the matter of death.

"I am the most wanton in my life, and I am pitiful and wrong. Why do you need to ask Jun Lang more, and he has no choice but to go to the grave. ”

Oh, it's quite rhyming!

There were already many guests sitting in the courtyard of the Duchess of Guo, and there were many people sitting or standing in the house. A group of people went in and took turns to pay homage to the old Duchess of the country. Because there were many people who came at once, Zhuo Ruoning saluted and stood by the door with her sister.

A girl came over and asked them: "Two young ladies, please sit in the backyard with the slave maid." ”

Zhuo Ruozhen asked the Lin family, and the Lin family saw that the other little ladies were also led out, so he told her to take care of her sister and not to cause trouble.

The girl led them through several corridors, and when they arrived in front of a row of houses, Zhuo Ruoning looked up and saw the words "Red Pavilion" hanging on the lintel.

There was a lot of noise in front of you, but it was quiet here. The door was open, the county lord of Jiangdu was sitting on a chair and drinking tea leisurely, and Xi Rong was sitting on the bed opposite her, her face was coated with thick powder, and she seemed to be a little haggard than the last time.

The girl lowered her eyebrows and said, "Miss Zhuo is here", and bowed out.

Zhuo Ruoning glanced at her sister beside her, Zhuo Ruozhen grabbed her hand tightly, signaling not to panic.

"County Lord Jin An." The two saluted the lord of Jiangdu County.

The county lord of Jiangdu didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and he didn't scream, but it was Xi Rong who suddenly rushed down from the bed.

The first thing she said was: "Zhuo Ruoning, did you spell me?" ”

Zhuo Ruozhen stepped forward to protect her sister, and said with a careful smile: "Miss Xi, what do you mean by this?" Nian Nian is not a goddess, how can she spell you? ”

"You ask herself, what did she mean by that last time she was at Da Bao En Temple?"

Zhuo Ruozhen glanced back suspiciously.

She didn't say that Zhuo Ruoning had forgotten about it, Zhuo Ruoning looked at her seriously, and saw that she was wearing a gold wire ruby headband, with the same ruby bracelet on her wrist, and saw that she had a red scar on her forehead similar to a scratch, and her hand was wrapped in gauze, which probably confirmed the conjecture in her heart.

"Didn't I tell you that if you feel unwell, you should wear simple clothes and vegetarian food?"

Xi Rong's face became even more ugly, "You, you take the ghost fetus away for me first!" ”

Zhuo Ruoning thought she had heard it wrong: "What kind of ghost fetus?" ”

"That's it." Xi Rong pointed to her stomach.

"Are you pregnant?" Zhuo Ruoning was surprised, and hurriedly waved her hand to deny: "This really has nothing to do with me." ”

"Miss Xi, you can't talk nonsense about this." Zhuo Ruozhen separated Xi Rong and Zhuo Ruoning, and said with an embarrassed expression: "Miss her, how can she make you pregnant?" ”

"And where did my baby come from?" Xi Rong asked.

"I have to ask yourself, have you ever eaten the forbidden fruit or anything recently?" Zhuo Ruoning stretched out half of her head and asked her.

"Zhuo Ruoning, you don't toast or eat and drink!" The county lord of Jiangdu suddenly attacked, and put the teacup on the table heavily. "Ah Rong hasn't met Yu Shizi recently, don't try to slander her!"

"Who is Yu Shizi?" Zhuo Ruoning asked in a low voice.

"The prince of the Weiguo Mansion, Xi Rong's fiancé." Zhuo Ruozhen replied to her in a low voice, and then said: "The county lord is angry, there must be a misunderstanding in this matter, I don't know that Miss Xi is pregnant, but I can ask the doctor to see it?" What did the doctor say? ”

"What kind of doctor?" Xi Rong stomped her feet anxiously and almost cried: "If people know, do I still want to live?" ”

"And how did you know you were pregnant?" Zhuo Ruoning pointed to her stomach.

"The second son of Yanwangfu has studied medicine for many years, and when he saw that I was often nauseous during this time, he diagnosed my pulse and said that I had a slippery pulse."

Zhuo Ruoning and Zhuo Ruozhen looked at each other, thinking that this thing was so weird.

The county lord of Jiangdu said coldly: "If you didn't do it, then what do you mean by threatening Ah Rong?" ”

This time, Zhuo Ruoning didn't dare to hide it, and quickly explained: "I see that her face is blue, her pupils are abnormally colored, and there are signs of hair loss, so I suspect that it is thallium poisoning." ”

The string of beads she played with that day was lighter than the ruby in color, and the refraction in the light was not the same, like red thallium lead ore, Zhuo Ruoning hated her to death at that time, and she couldn't be sure of her judgment, so she didn't say it on the spot.

"What poisoning?" The county lord of Jiangdu didn't understand.

Zhuo Ruoning was embarrassed how to explain to her, and a girl hurriedly came in and reported: "County Lord, Jinyi Wei Xu Jinchen asks to see you." ”

"What is he doing here, I don't see!" The county lord of Jiangdu didn't have a good airway.

"He said to look for Miss Zhuo."

"Looking for me? Where is he? Zhuo Ruoning's eyes lit up.

"It's right outside."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhuo Ruoning pulled out her legs and ran out.

The county lord of Jiangdu didn't have time to stop him, and said disdainfully: "I don't know what she's excited about!" ”

Xu Jinchen wore a black gauze hat, a silver-white trimmed blue-green brocade dress, an embroidered spring knife on his waist, and a green bamboo generally stood at the end of the corridor.

She staggered up to him, as if she had completely forgotten that she was sick.

"Captain Xu, what are you doing?" The county lord of Jiangdu stood at the door of the room and asked coldly.

"County Lord." Xu Jinchen saluted, and then turned to Zhuo Ruoning: "Regarding the case of the fire in the Fuller Academy, I need Miss Zhuo's assistance in the investigation, please follow me to the yamen." ”

"Okay, okay." Zhuo Ruoning nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice.

The county lord of Jiangdu frowned and said, "My grandmother's birthday is today, do you have to investigate the case at this time?" Let the guests meet and think that something happened to Zheng Guogong's mansion. ”

Xu Jinchen said in a light tone: "The villain has tried to avoid the guests, and he will leave through the back door in a while, please rest assured." ”

Zhuo Ruoning couldn't see that he was wronged, and hurriedly said: "County Lord, it's okay for you to be angry and scold me, don't scold him, he is performing official duties and can't help himself." ”

Xu Jinchen: "......"

Jiangdu County Lord: "......"

"If you have anything to say, just ask here, Ah Rong still has something to do with her, and I can't go with you." The county lord of Jiangdu put down his words and turned back to the house.

Xu Jinchen seemed unwilling to disobey the county lord, and he asked Zhuo Ruoning: "The situation was urgent that day, and I didn't have time to ask Miss Zhuo, how did you judge that there was a large amount of gunpowder hidden in the Fuller House based on the smell?" ”

"This is common sense, saltpeter has a large longitudinal explosive power, so the gunpowder component used for shooting is nitrate nine sulfur one. The horizontal burst of sulfur is powerful, and the gunpowder used for blasting is nitrate heptasulfidetrine, which can be judged by smelling the odor concentration of these two substances. ”

Xu Jinchen listened to her quietly, and his eyes became extremely serious: "Miss Zhuo, the secret recipe for the preparation of gunpowder, this is a first-class secret of the imperial court, not common sense, where did you get this secret recipe." ”

"Imperial secrets?" Zhuo Ruoning was dumbfounded: "Is this still necessary to be kept secret?" Then you don't know, you can't blame me, right? ”

Xu Jinchen stepped sideways: "Miss Zhuo doesn't want to say it here, so let's go to the yamen and say it." ”

Zhuo Ruoning hugged a pillar and said vigilantly: "Didn't the county lord not let me go?" ”

"Jinyiwei handles the case, and the county lord can't interfere."

Zhuo Ruoning panicked, and hurriedly said: "I remembered, I read a book before, what is the name, or you give me a little time, I'll look for that book." ”

"I don't know how long Miss Zhuo will take."

"A month."

"I'll go to Zhuo's Mansion to get it in two days."

"How can two days be enough," Zhuo Ruoning was about to cry, "My grandfather celebrated his birthday on April 20, and the family is going to have a big feast, and now it's messing around, and two days will definitely not work." ”

"Then I'll pick it up after Duke Zhuo's birthday banquet, if you can't find it, Miss Zhuo don't blame me for being on business."

"Got it."

In the room, Zhuo Ruozhen witnessed the noble and cold Jiangdu County Lord's face change instantly, and when Xu Jinchen couldn't see it, she leaned close to the door and went out to peep at the two of them.

"What do they say?" Xi Rong also joined the voyeurism.

"I can't hear clearly, don't you think Zhuo Ruoning is a little strange?"

"What's weird?"

"Look at her squirming and being happy."

Xi Rong observed for a while and said angrily: "She dares to covet Xu Jinchen!" "Rolling up his sleeves and catching the rape on the spot.

The county lord of Jiangdu grabbed her, pulled her back into the house, and said excitedly: "I heard the imperial doctor say that Zhuo Ruoning proposed to go to the temple to live, and said that he wanted to withdraw from the marriage, I didn't believe it at first, but now I understand what's going on." ”

Xi Rong didn't react: "You mean ......"

The county lord of Jiangdu was so happy that his eyebrows fluttered: "If they get together, wouldn't it be right?" ”

After saying this, the two suddenly realized something, and turned around together, only to find that Zhuo Ruozhen was still in the room.

She was completely stunned by the scene in front of her.