I heard that a subordinate official sent by the prince came to find Xue Ne, Xue Chuyu hurriedly took Liu Yu to greet him, only to see a thin young man standing under the hall, wearing a silk round-necked robe, a hairpin with a green jade crown, and a crow nine swords on his waist, a pair of clear eyes calm and bright, very dignified, it was Fan Ning who came in disguise.

Fan Ning grew up with Xue Ne, almost watching Xue Chuyu bully Xue Ne for so many years, he had long wanted to beat him up and be discouraged, but he couldn't show it at this time, and bowed in a thick voice: "Dare to ask if this is Xue Xiaolangjun?" ”

Xue Chuyu bowed his hand and saluted back: "It was here, the official came at night, I don't know what the matter is." Brother...... Suddenly feeling unwell, I am resting in the room, if there is no urgent official business, can I ask this official to run again tomorrow morning? Or if the official is willing to believe Chu Yu, Chu Yu can pass the word to his brother on his behalf......"

"Oh? Is Xue Yushi unwell? The official is not at ease, it is better to go and see Xue Yushi in person", Fan Ning said, and took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back.

"Official, official, stay here", Liu Yu came forward with a smile on his face, saluted first and then said, "Even if you are a subordinate official of the East Palace, it's not good to trespass on my Pingyang County Mansion?" It is already rude to come uninvited, and seeing that it is approaching curfew, if this official does not go back, I am afraid that the Wuhou in the workshop is not a vegetarian. ”

Fan Ning stuck his waist, looked Xue Chuyu and Liu Yu's master and servant up and down, rubbed his thumb on his lips, tilted his head and smiled: "A few days ago, Xue Yushi told the official that someone in the family was writing blood in the kitchen, I am afraid it is to be unfavorable to him, let the official pay more attention, if there is any trouble, he will come to the rescue." If someone has anything to do with the suspect, in vain attempt to disadvantage the ad hoc supervision of the imperial history, the official should draw a knife and behead him, and then ask His Royal Highness for guilt! ”

As he spoke, Fan Ning pulled out the Crow Nine Sword and struck it across Xue Chuyu's throat. Her movements were so fast that Xue Chuyu didn't have time to react, and when she came back to her senses, she could only smile awkwardly in front of everyone: "It's Steward Liu's gaffe, and he has no intention of stopping Your Excellency from investigating the case, come on, take this official to see Brother A......."

Fan Ning put away his sword, clasped his fists and saluted as if he were a timid girl, and walked towards Xue Ne's Shensi Garden.

Mrs. Liu was still guarding Xue Ne's side with Na Langzhong, and when she heard that a subordinate official of the East Palace was coming, she had to get up to greet her.

Fan Ning entered the room, checked Xue Ne's situation up close, and saw that although he was sweating profusely, his lips and complexion were normal, he breathed a sigh of relief, first saluted Mrs. Liu, and then asked Lang Zhongdao: "Xue Yushi's body is important?" ”

"The old man has performed the acupuncture technique for Xue Yushi, and fed the medicine, Xue Yushi's symptoms have been alleviated a lot, but there are still people here, and we have to see how his symptoms are, and then do further diagnosis and treatment......"

"Are you worried about your life?"

"It's not life-threatening, it's just ...... If it is said that it is poisoning, Xue Yushi's symptoms are too mild, and if it is said that he has eaten something bad, some reactions are too violent. ”

"Do you know what kind of poison Xue Lang is?" Fan Ning asked.

"This ...... Xia Guan's medical skills are shallow, and he only knows that the symptoms are spleen and stomach disharmony, suffocation and laryngeal edema, if he is not saved in time, he will also have life-threatening worries, but if he is diagnosed and treated immediately, there will be no difference. ”

"What is it that contains poison, and this Lang Zhong can test it?"

"I have briefly tested it, and it should be poisonous in fish soup."

"What about the fish soup that everyone else eats?" Fan Ning asked again.

"Other people's have also been tested, all of them are ordinary fish soup, only the one eaten by Da Langjun is poisonous, and no one else has it."

"This is strange," Mrs. Liu said, turning the beads, "and everyone's fish soup is boiled in the same pot and then served separately in a bowl." Today's ancestral banquet in the house, I have to go to the back kitchen to see, this fish soup out of the pot and on the plate, from the back kitchen to the banquet hall, until the table table, all by my own eyes to see, there is no difference. ”

When Fan Ning heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. If what Mrs. Liu said is true, then it is impossible for anyone to have the opportunity to poison Xue Ne alone, but the facts of the case are clear, and Lang Zhong is also conclusive, could it be that Mrs. Liu is lying, and it is Mrs. Liu who poisoned her? Or is it that the blood characters that appeared in the house before were also her handwriting? Fan Ning couldn't help but be wary of Mrs. Liu, and arched his hand: "Madam Wan'an, can the lower official go to the crime site to see." ”

"Come on, take this official to the main hall to have a look", Mrs. Liu inadvertently ordered her subordinates, and when she saw Fan Ning turn around, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and the hand that turned the Buddha bead left a long scratch on the red sandalwood bead.

After Fan Ning left, Mrs. Liu sighed silently, silently put away the Buddhist beads, and ordered: "If there is an accident in the mansion tonight, I will not leave the general's brothers and nephews to spend the night, and while there is no curfew, I will send them home." ”

When Fan Ning came to the lobby, the criminal officer of Jingzhao Yin Mansion had already arrived at the scene with his work, Fan Ning was stunned when he saw these officials, but he didn't lose a lot, he pointed at the country with his finger behind his back, and then began to look around quietly.

After inspection, the poison in Xue Ne's fish soup was puffer fish poison, but the dosage was very small, so Xue Ne did not have any major incidents. Fan Ning knew that the poison of the puffer fish could kill in small amounts, and he had palpitations, and he was even more puzzled: At today's family banquet, the food on everyone's plate is exactly the same, and it is placed randomly, why is everyone not poisoned, but Xue Ne will suffocate and faint?

Fan Ning pondered for a moment, and said to the criminal officer: "Your Highness's attention to Xue Yushi, a few people know it, Xue Yushi is responsible for the important case of Hongwen Pavilion, but he is bizarrely poisoned, no matter what this matter is, I must always explain it to His Highness, lest His Highness ask early tomorrow morning, we have not done anything, which will make His Highness angry." ”

"Adjutant Ning said it very well", the criminal officer agreed, and also thought that he would come up with an investigation direction tonight no matter what, but the Wuhou and the criminal officer present were at a loss, except for the fish soup that Xue Ne ate, other food and wine had been tested, and there was no poison at all, so how could he investigate?

Fan Ning expected that they would be so embarrassed, and he was happy in his heart, but his face was silent, frowning with long eyebrows, and he asked the little maid in the house: "Since the banquet, after the food is served, who can walk around the banquet?" ”

The little guy was stunned, thought hard, and stumbled: "It's just ...... Only our Xiaolangjun toasted with everyone, and no one else moved. ”

After everyone listened, they were all thoughtful, Fan Ning took the opportunity to fan the flames, and said to the criminal officer: "If so, should the official first invite Xue Xiaolangjun back to the yamen for questioning, although there is no tangible evidence, but the questioning is a direction, and it will not be until tomorrow morning His Highness asked, we didn't do anything overnight, I don't know what the official thinks?" ”

The meaning of this criminal officer was to catch a little minion and go back and ask, but now only Xue Chuyu is active here, and it is reasonable to take him back for questioning, not to mention that Xue Chuyu has no official position, there is no taboo in the end, seeing that it is almost curfew, the criminal officer does not want to delay any longer, so he instructed his subordinates: "Then go and invite Xue Xiaolangjun to go back to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion with us." ”

Fan Ning forcibly suppressed the urge to laugh out loud, and after a few words of greeting with the criminal officer, he returned to Shensi Garden to visit Xue Ne.

Xue Ne had already woken up, persuaded Mrs. Liu to go back to the room to rest, leaving only a few maids to serve on the side, hearing that "Ning Chungong" was coming, he tried to open his eyes, and said in an extremely weak voice: "I just heard that Brother Ning came to see me, and I can't greet him, it's really rude." ”

Fan Ning thought that Xue Ne was really not stupid, and it was estimated that she had heard what Mrs. Liu said, and her mind turned around, she bowed her hand and said with a smile: "Seeing that Xue Yushi is fine, the lower officials are relieved." There are some clues about the case of the Hongwen Pavilion Annex, I want to discuss it with Xue Yushi, can I hold back? ”

Xue Ne bowed slightly, and the maids and maids in the house all withdrew from the Shensi Garden and closed the door gently. Fan Ning breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Xue Ne with a smile: "Xue Chuyu was taken away, although he can't be convicted, he will have to stay in Jing Zhaoyin for a while, which is enough for him to be uncomfortable." ”

Xue Ne looked at Fan Ning, smiled doting and helpless, and said slowly: "You are the most clever, no matter how capable Chu Yu is, he can't count you as ...... I just scared you, and somehow, I suddenly felt that my chest was so tight that I couldn't breathe, and I lost consciousness. Ben wants to protect you, but it makes you afraid. ”

"Hey, what kind of friendship do we have, you still need to talk about this", Fan Ning sat cross-legged on Xue Ne's couch and said quietly, "However, this thing is really unusual, I just went to the lobby where you have dinner to check, tonight's fish soup is cooked in the same pot, and it is served out by your mother's eyes, and then passed to the banquet hall." After the feast, you never left the table, but you were the only one who found puffer fish poison in the fish soup, don't you say strange? The blood book was so exaggerated before, I didn't believe it, I didn't expect it to almost poison you to death, and now I'm going to investigate, and the most suspicious person is your mother, where is it really reasonable? But I thought about it again, although your mother is a little eccentric, she still loves you, and she won't be a killer. ”

Xue Ne's helpless smile was a little desolate: "Yes, no matter how my mother is, Chu Yu is even more impossible, he has been operating for many years, and what I hope is that I will suffer a dumb loss unconsciously and never do it myself." This matter has made such a big fuss, I am afraid that it will soon spread all over Chang'an City, and I don't know how many people are waiting to see the drama of the persecution of the eldest son, which is not conducive to Chu Yufeng's evaluation......"

"According to you, the person who did this is not trying to harm you, but is still going to help you? How is this possible, don't forget, your life was picked up", Fan Ning looked at Xue Ne's gray face, and sighed quite distressedly, "Speaking of which, when you were in the Taoist temple in the past, you were often sick, but now that you are such a big person, is it possible that I need to take care of you like when I was a child?" ”

Xue Ne shook his head, his face was very haggard, but his eyes were still very bright, giving people an inexplicable sense of handsomeness: "You don't have to take care of me, I'm fine, but I'm afraid that there will be intensive exchanges between Langzhong and servants in the past two days, and you can't live at home, so you might as well go to Xishi to find a better inn to live in first." Recently, there was a case of the 'Princess Anding', and the criminal department has distracted a lot of attention, coupled with the testimony of Famen Temple, all point to the case that there is another hidden story, and there are many fewer Wuhou who are searching for you, and the hotel should be fine. But even so, you still take the silver sachet, and I have adjusted the fragrant leaves in it to cover the smell of you. ”

"I don't want it, don't it be the love object that Li Yuanyan gave you?"

Xue Ne was stunned, and the anger came up, his face turned red, and he coughed and wheezing: "The county lord is my old friend, how can I say that I am a love object...... You just have to take it, and when you save your life, you will be limited to who sent it. ”

Fan Ning still sat still, and said, "I want to hide outside the kitchen tonight, maybe I will find something, and I don't have to go to the hotel." ”

"Whether it is to help me or harm me, I will only commit the crime, and I will definitely not dare to show up immediately, it will take a day or two. You just have to rest well tonight, and now that it's curfew, go and grab my purse. ”

Hearing Xue Ne say this, Fan Ning was no longer polite, picked up the money bag on the table, only to feel heavy, she opened it and looked, sure enough, there was a lot of money, and there was no problem in staying in the best inn in the city for three or two months. Xue Ne said again: "I didn't sleep well last night, and I haven't had dinner until now, you go quickly, try your best to spend all this money, and it can be regarded as ruining my wealth and avoiding disasters." ”

Fan Ning smiled sideways, bowed his hand, picked up the sachet and money bag and left the Pingyang County Mansion, and went to the West Market, wanting to live in his favorite Donglin Pavilion, and walked to the door, but he still felt sorry for Xue Ne's money, and finally stayed in the narrator's clean and elegant restaurant.

The store here is not big, and there are not many guys, but the shopkeeper is very kind and diligent, and the inside and outside of the store are clean. Fan Ning paid the silver money for two days, walked into the room, removed the dough and washed well, and then lay on the couch and was stunned.

She has known Xue Ne since she was five or six years old, and it has been more than ten years so far, and she has also watched Xue Chuyu bully Xue Ne for ten years. In the past, I thought that Xue Ne didn't understand, but now it seems that he doesn't bother to fight with Xue Chuyu at all, no matter whether the person who is doing things with the food today is to help Xue Ne or harm Xue Ne, the cause of all this is Xue Chuyu's step-by-step pressing.

Fan Ning clenched his little fists, he just hated to beat Xue Chuyu and let him be honest, what kind of juncture has he reached now, the case of the Hongwen Pavilion is colluded, it may be related to the Tang Dynasty, how can Xue Chuyu only consider his own selfish interests. Today's trapping him to Jingzhao Mansion is just the beginning, if he doesn't know what to do, Fan Ning plans to clean him up for his brother and let him learn a lesson.

Early the next morning, Tianfang polished Fan Ning's dough, and planned to go to the Pingyang County Mansion to report to Xue Ne immediately after breakfast. When he got out of the inn, he saw Gao Min sitting at the noodle stall in front of the store eating Hu cake oil tea soup, the two looked at each other, and Fan Ning had no choice but to greet him: "Master Gao, what a coincidence, you came back from Famen Temple?" ”

"Yes, I just entered the city, and I haven't had time to report back to the Criminal Department. Brother Ning hasn't had breakfast yet, has he? Come and join us! ”

Fan Ning wanted to refuse, but was warmly invited by Gao Min, so it was really difficult to get out, so she had to sit next to Gao Min and order the same breakfast to eat. Gao Min asked while eating: "I heard that Xue Yushi had an accident when I entered the city, Brother Ning has gone to see him?" Okay? ”

I didn't expect Gao Min's ears to be so well-informed, and he heard about last night's incident so quickly, Fan Ning paused for a moment before replying: "Ah, it's almost fine, how did Master Gao hear about it as soon as he entered the city......

"In this Chang'an City, the affairs of the Xue family spread very quickly, in addition to General Xue's outstanding achievements, it was mainly Xue Yushi who recruited people. You say, he is close to the crown, his status is noble, chic and extraordinary, he has not yet decided to marry, and he is friendly with the prince, which girl would not like it? If it weren't for the past few days, the news of the side would be uproaring, and I am afraid that there would be dozens of people gathered outside the Pingyang County Mansion to watch the excitement. ”

Fan Ning guessed that the "side matter" that Gao Min said was the case of Princess Anding, and wanted to help Xue Ne with a few words: "By the way, Director Gao has heard about the princess's case?" On the way back to Chang'an, Xue Yushi and I saw that many sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls had fled with their families, which made people panic. ”

"Isn't it," Gao Min held Fan Ning's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "I heard that the Emperor ordered the recovery of Princess Anding's bones, but the Queen of Heaven secretly ordered Junchen to look for the girl who was born in the fifth year of Yonghui and was raised...... What does this mean, there is no need for Gao to say it, Brother Ning should also understand, so people with a way are looking around, which makes people panic. ”

Gao Min spoke in Fan Ning's ear, and the hot breath made her very uncomfortable, and she took a step back and asked, "But what kind of high-ranking officials did the queen of heaven promise?" The big case of the Hongwen Pavilion a while ago, I don't see them so concerned? ”

"Haven't you heard of 'marry a wife and get a princess, and give birth to a government on the ground'? If you look at how much the Emperor and Queen of Heaven pamper Princess Taiping, you can guess what kind of treatment Princess Anding would have if she was really alive. If anyone can find the princess one step ahead of time and get the princess's blue eyes, do they still need to worry about it in this life? However, in my opinion, there are few good-looking people in our criminal department, and even if the princess is blind and stupid, she can't look down on them, only I, Gao, still have some hope. ”

Fan Ning remembered that he had seen the two main things last time, one tall and one short, and felt that Gao Min's words were reasonable, so he pouted and laughed twice, ate a few bites of Hu Biscuits, and got up to resign: "It's not too early, and if you want to come to the high director, you are in a hurry to return to the Criminal Department, so Ning will not delay, and immediately go to the Pingyang County Mansion to find the chief officer of my family." ”

"Brother Ning is polite, remember to bring it to Xue Yushi for Gao."

After the two bowed and said goodbye, Fan Ning drove his horse to Chongrenfang, and only then did he enter the gate, and saw Liu Yu, who was a thief with eyebrows, standing in front of the landscape mountain to give a lecture to a group of servants.

Fan Ning saw such a scoundrel in Xiaoduo, his face was expressionless, and he slapped the saber on his waist heavily, which immediately frightened Liu Yu to shrink his neck like a king, and he didn't dare to make another attempt.

Since Fan Ning left last night, Xue Ne has been lying on the couch thinking, and he has not been able to sleep all night.

The case is really complicated, leaving Famen Temple and encountering a fire, which almost killed him and Fan Ning in the fire, and now there is this incident in Xue Mansion, which almost poisoned him to death. If ordinary people must think that someone is chasing and killing all the way and putting themselves to death, but Xue Ne always feels that there are some places that cannot be explained, and what happened in Xue Mansion yesterday seems to have nothing to do with the previous situation.

Most of the fire cases at the Fengxiang Inn will be closed by local officials in the name of "cooking and draining water". If the murderer in this case is really the same person in the Hongwenguan case, it means that the murderer can be like Fan Ning, relying on kung fu to sneak into Xue's mansion and poison him in the back kitchen. But if this happens, the poison will appear in everyone's fish soup, not only your own fish soup; And the maid who passed the food didn't know in advance which fish soup would be put in front of him, and it was impossible to poison it in the process of serving the food; After the food was served, he never left his seat for a moment, and it was impossible for anyone to poison him.

Thinking about it and entering a dead end, no matter how calm Xue Ne's temperament is, he can't help but be irritable, somehow, starting from the big case of the Hongwen Pavilion Annex, he has always hit a wall frequently recently, and he has no clue, and if he goes on like this, he will not only live up to the trust of the prince, but also fail to clear up his grievances for Fan Ning.

Xue Ne sat up, suppressed his irritability, closed his eyes, and tried to concentrate himself, going back to the time of last night's crime.

Like an invisible bystander, Xenne stood in the banquet hall that existed only in his mind. Not far away, his mother, Mrs. Liu, sat in the main seat in the middle, several uncles were in the second seat, and he and Xue Chuyu sat opposite each other across the aisle, just like the scene when the banquet was just held.

"There is still a month, if Brother can't catch the murderer again......" Xue Chuyu sneered.

Not here, Xue Ne shook his head and skipped this paragraph.

"It was Liu Yu's family who paid the fine, brother, don't spew blood......"

Not here, Xue Ne shook his head again and skipped this paragraph as well.

"The food is cold, don't just talk, let's eat," Mrs. Liu sighed.

This is it! At the thought of Xue Ne, everyone in the banquet hall stopped moving, except for himself, including the self who was picking up the spoon and putting the fish soup into his mouth. Xenne walked up to himself who was eating fish, carefully compared everyone, and found a detail that he had never noticed before.

Of all the people, only one of them eats the fish directly, while everyone else is doing the same thing: scooping ginger juice into the fish soup.

Xue Ne came back to his senses, regardless of his own body, he sat up from the couch suddenly, and wanted to go to the kitchen, but before he went out, he heard Li Yuanyan's shout: "Xue Lang! Xue Lang! ”

Xue Ne was in a hurry, but he had to treat Li Yuanyan politely who pushed the door and walked in: "The county lord ......"

Li Yuanyan was carrying a large pile of mountain ginseng bird's nest in her hand, looking at Xue Ne's haggard face and feeling extremely distressed, and asked, "Are you okay?" I heard that something happened to you early this morning, so I hurried here, and I didn't have time to eat breakfast. ”

This Xue Ne was stopped by Li Yuanxi, and Fan Ning walked to Shensi Garden, and only when he entered the garden gate did he hear a female voice, Fan Ning thought it was Mrs. Liu, but after knocking on the door, he found that it was Li Yuanxi. The two looked at each other, and there was a bit of hostility in Li Yuan's eyes, so frightened that Fan Ning raised his hand and touched his face, thinking that Li Yuanyan, a fool, couldn't he see his true face?

Unexpectedly, Fan Ning also came early in the morning, Xue Ne was inexplicably nervous, and hurriedly greeted: "Brother Ning is here...... This is the county lord of Li. ”

Fan Ning hurriedly pretended to meet Li Yuanyan for the first time, and saluted respectfully: "Ning Chungong has seen the county lord. ”

Li Yuanyan's gaze did not improve in the slightest, staring at the sachet on Fan Ning's waist, and said angrily: "This sachet was given to Xue Lang by me, how is it on you?" ”

Fan Ning was embarrassed, hurriedly untied the sachet and put it on the table, retracted his hand and took a few steps back, and said: "Xue Yushi borrowed it from me, I don't know if it was given by the county lord, it was rude, and it was rude......"

Li Yuanyan glared at Fan Ning, no longer paying attention to her, and when she turned her head to face Xue Ne, she tried her best to suppress her temper and said kindly: "I heard that your unlucky brother was taken to the Jingzhao Mansion last night, and he hasn't come back yet." Since the spearheads are all pointed at him, why don't you reprimand His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, just say that Xue Chuyu plotted the title to frame the eldest brother, and took the opportunity to let His Highness punish him, so that he would never have this idea from now on? ”

"There is no evidence pointing to Chu Yu now", although Xue Ne's temperament is humble but also upright, he has clues, he just wants to solve the case as soon as possible, and he doesn't want to slander others at all, "Wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you should be able to get to the bottom of the ......"

"Oh, why are you so stupid", Li Yuan was annoyed, and when she saw Fan Ning here, she stopped talking.

Fan Ning saw what Li Yuanyan meant, and hurriedly said, "Oh, that, the next official went to wait for Xue Yushi outside the door." ”

Without waiting for Xue Ne to stop her, Fan Ning strode out, Xue Ne looked at her back, unspeakably anxious and helpless. Li Yuanyan didn't care about this, and she was a little anxious in her shyness: "Xue Lang, I'll make it clear today, I'm nineteen years old this year, Grandpa said it a few days ago, it doesn't matter if you have any merits now, as long as you can inherit the Pingyang County Duke in the future, then, I will agree to our marriage......"

"Our marriage?" Xue Ne was stunned for a moment, frowned and smiled, "Wasn't the previous incident a joke of the elders?" Don't ...... the county lord."

"Jokes?" Li Yuanyan couldn't believe her ears, and looked at Xue Ne in disbelief, "Who said it was a joke?" Our family has decided that you have been tacitly acknowledging you all these years, just waiting for you to make a little achievement, why did it suddenly become a joke? ”

Xue Ne knew that Li Yuanyan was interested in him before, but he didn't want everyone in Li Yuan's mansion to think so, so he hurriedly got up and apologized to Li Yuanyan: "I don't know that the British Duke also misunderstood, it was all the fault of Shen Yan, and I didn't dare to ask for forgiveness...... If the county lord allows it, early tomorrow morning, Shen Yan will come to the door to apologize and explain the misunderstanding. ”

Xue Ne's words were sincere and straightforward, without the meaning of twisting Qiao, Li Yuanyan's face turned pale, her heart suddenly ached, tears couldn't stop rolling in her eyes, she raised her hand to wipe it away, and she didn't want to fall into Xue Ne's eyes with this pitiful appearance: "Xue Shenyan, I, Li Yuanyan, don't care about those false names, I just like you, and I don't dare to say it." With my great-grandfather here, no one in the court will dare to bully you, and if Xue Chuyu wants to move you, I will be the first not to agree. We grew up together, you may not be able to tell what is in mind for me, I can wait......"

"County Lord", Xue Ne rarely interrupted others' words, and looked straight at Li Yuanyan, her eyes were full of determination, and there was a little tenderness that had nothing to do with her, "Be cautious...... I already belong in my heart, and I have made up my mind a few years ago, if she doesn't marry, I still ask the county lord not to waste his efforts on me, lest I lose my old friendship......"

Such a gentle and polite person, he didn't want to say ruthless words, but he would never leave any room for it, no matter how strong Li Yuanyan was, she couldn't help it, she burst into tears on the spot, turned her head and ran away.

Fan Ning stood outside the courtyard and was shocked when he saw Li Yuanyan running out crying, and wanted to go back and ask Xue Ne what was wrong, so he saw Xue Ne hurriedly walking out.

"Hey, chief, Lord Li is going over there", Fan Ning didn't know why, thinking that Xue Ne was going to chase Li Yuanyan.

"Come with me to the kitchen," Xue Ne said hurriedly, "If you don't hurry up, the evidence will be gone!" ”

In the kitchen office, the maids are working carefully under Liu Yu's command. There was such a big thing at the family banquet last night, which disturbed people's hearts, and everyone was afraid that they would not be able to do a good job in any link, and they would be pulled to the top bag, and at this time they saw Xue Ne hurrying over with a face-to-face adjutant, and they couldn't help but shrug their shoulders, full of horror.

"Is the iron pot used to make fish soup still today?"

An older maid heard Xue Ne's question, and hurriedly made a gesture of invitation: "Still in the kitchen, Lang Jun will come with me......"

Xue Ne and Fan Ning strode into the spacious kitchen with the maid, only to see that there should be an order from the criminal officer of Jingzhao Mansion, and the kitchen had not yet cleaned up, trying their best to retain the appearance before the family banquet last night, and only cooking today's meal in the abbot's place near the door. Xue Ne walked to the stove, only to see that the iron pot for fish stew had not yet been cleaned up, he hurriedly picked up the iron pot, and looked carefully at the noon light, and sure enough, there were still some traces of unknown residual liquid left on the side of the pot.

Puffer fish poison is insoluble in water, yesterday a little floating in the fish soup, the guests checked the dinner plate is non-toxic, all because of the ginger juice that was served, Xue Ne has not eaten ginger since he was a child, and the suspect in this case is to catch Xue Ne's habit to succeed in poisoning.

Xue Ne gestured, Fan Ning immediately handed over a piece of gauze and silk handkerchief, Xue Ne wiped off the liquid from the pot little by little, sealed it properly, and walked out of the kitchen to everyone: "Last night, I accidentally ate the wrong thing and collided with the ingredients at the night banquet, which is why there is some poisoning, and now it is fine, it has nothing to do with everyone, you don't have to be nervous...... In addition, Brother Lao Funing told Liu Yu to go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to bring Chu Yu back. ”

Mo said that everyone present stood on the spot, and even Fan Ning was really stunned for a while before replying: "Oh, okay, the next official will do it." ”

Fan Ning strode away, and the doubts in his heart came like a tsunami: Xue Ne came in a hurry, he must have discovered the secret, and he should have even guessed who the suspect was, but why did he suddenly say that he had eaten something bad and had nothing to do with others?

Fan Ning pretended to resign and left the Xue Mansion, and then took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to fly the eaves and walk into the Shensi Garden. Xue Ne was leaning on the couch reading a book, he seemed to have guessed that Fan Ning would come back immediately, and said with his hand: "Look at your mouth is dry, pour water on the table, drink it first and then speak." ”

Fan Ning picked up the cup, drank it, and sat beside Xue Ne: "What the hell is going on?" I felt like a cat scratching in my heart, and quickly told me that I didn't have to sell it. ”

Xue Ne put down the scroll and sighed softly, his eyebrows and eyes were full of inexplicable feelings: "In another three or two days, the truth will be revealed." I'm all right, tonight...... Yes, no one should come again, don't, don't go back to the inn. ”

Fan Ning turned his head to look at Xue Ne, and saw that his face was red and white, thoughtful. Xue Ne was stared at by her and hairy on her back, just wondering if her words were too explicit, and this girl saw through her thoughts, she saw Fan Ning come forward, pursed her lips and smiled: "Are you ...... Scared? ”

"Huh?" Xue Ne thought that Fan Ning was going to ask if he was interested in her, but who knew that her words suddenly changed, so that he didn't react for a while.

Where did Fan Ning know Xue Ne's Xiao Jiujiu, and said with a heartfelt voice: "I thought you were so bold, seeing that the sky was playing with those dead people, now that the matter is on you, you know that you are afraid, right?" Okay, okay, I'm not going to leave tonight, I'm still here to guard you, okay? ”

As long as Fan Ning stayed, Xue Ne didn't care about the rhetoric, and even unconsciously curled up, as if he was really afraid: "Then thank you......"

"By the way, what's wrong with Li Yuanyan today?" Fan Ning put on a gesture of inquiry, and she was two points similar to Li Hong, "I think she seems to be crying?" ”

Speaking of this, Xue Ne was very helpless and sighed: "I'm afraid that the county lord misunderstood the relationship between me and her, and thought that the joke was true." ”

"Oh...... You rejected them, I'm really curious, who do you like that girl, but does she have three heads and six arms? For her sake, you even refused to be the county lord of the British public. You must know that her grandfather is Li Tao! The person the emperor relies on the most! How many young talents in the entire Chang'an City want to kiss his family! ”

Listening to Fan Ning say this, Xue Ne didn't know whether he was happy or sad, he lowered his eyes, his eyes were full of affection, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little bitter: "She doesn't have three heads and six arms, and she is not a famous lady, she ...... It's just her......"

"How about you take me to meet her when you have a chance in a while? As your best friend, I should also help you check the gates! ”

Xue Ne raised her eyes and smiled lightly, her words were gentle but firm: "Don't worry, when the dust settles, I will take you to see her immediately......"