Chapter 381: His Highness Arrives
Wen Zhen's face was not very good-looking, and he asked the jackdaw: "Why didn't you see it?" ”
The jackdaw lowered his eyebrows and said, "Those things are extremely hidden, such as the flying needles are inserted along the embroidery traces of the hydrangea, it is difficult to detect if you don't look closely, and because it is hooking, the hydrangea has been shaking, and it is difficult to see clearly......"
Wen Zhen nodded. Because of Jun Ke, she knew that the claireye could not see through everything all the time, and she had to concentrate on her eyes when she had a goal, otherwise she would be tired of her eyes. The jackdaw didn't know that there was a problem with the hydrangea, so naturally it was impossible to check it specifically.
Pan Hang carefully gathered the hydrangea and those things, spread it out in front of her, and also let everyone check it together, with the most flying needles, the color is blue in the sun, and they are all poisonous. Wen Zhen picked up one and sniffed it, the poison was not powerful, but it was rare and weird, and when he picked up another one, he changed it to a poison, which was still a rare poison.
She frowned, sneering in her heart.
What a deep calculation.
This hand is not anyone's life at all, whether it is hers or those young men who are hooked.
The group at the forefront of the hook is either elite students or children of wealthy families, these poisonous needles are very light, a lot, and the purpose is to get as many people as possible injured.
And she was standing in the middle at the time, bearing the brunt, it is said that she was the first to clear the suspicion, but the various strange poisons on this needle have put greater suspicion on her, everyone knows that she came to Huzhou, and the two classes of scholars and rich families who ridicule and ridicule her the most, and they all know that she is good at poisoning, at this moment everyone can't help but wonder, is this a bitter ploy to assassinate Lord Shi, deliberately arranged this one, or coercion, or mercy, so as to solve the hostility of the scholars and gentry to her.
She stood in the middle, and it was usually a powerful self-evidence, but at this moment, she would be seen as wanting to cover up, in order to clear her own deliberate arrangement after the accident.
With her identity, no one dares to question it face-to-face, so she will lose the opportunity to defend herself, so this thorn will always be planted in the hearts of the scholars and gentry.
At that time, if she does not detoxify, she will certainly offend these two classes, and if she detoxifies, no one will be grateful, and she will be even more convinced that she did it.
This is two eagles with one stone, maybe there are three eagles, four eagles...... Wen Zhen sighed, feeling tired.
A hand behind her suddenly pinched her wrist gently.
The slender fingers were not very hot, and the movements were very light, but they seemed to carry electricity and light, which were instantly injected into her meridian skin, she trembled slightly, and a small burst of fire stirred up in her heart, and the whole person seemed to be hot.
She sighed and said softly, "Finally no longer hiding with me?" ”
This tsundere guy didn't come out until he saw her showing fatigue, didn't he?
With anger in her heart, she pinched the finger with her backhand, and the skin of the tentacle was slightly cool as jade, and she pinched it again jealously, before she reluctantly let go and continued her battlefield.
At this time, everyone exclaimed and asked, gossiping, and the Huzhou officials came forward to offer condolences, and their faces were ugly.
There was a problem with the hydrangea, Lord Thorn Shi was assassinated, but the rest of the officials did not end up, and none of them could escape the suspicion at this moment, and they were afraid that Lord Thorn Shi would take advantage of this opportunity.
Suddenly, a few people were clamoring and shouting, and in the middle there was a young man pushing around, and a man dressed as a servant stumbled aside, and said urgently: "How do you tie people up! How do you tie people up! Let go of my young master! ”
Wen Zhen saw that the people were all dressed as state school students, and the young man who was tied up in the middle was pale and full of shock, but it was the young man who vomited because of the pig before, and the students said loudly: "Lord Shi!" This person is suspicious! The rope that was hooked was sent by Mao Zhiyi! ”
The servant said angrily, "What if we sent it?" It was you who said that there was a lack of long ropes, and my young master was kind enough to help. Besides, we do it ourselves in the things we send because we are afraid that no one will know about it? You idiots, if you don't let people go quickly, my young master is ......."
The young man named Mao Zhiyi suddenly said: "Changxi! ”
The servant Changxi didn't dare to scold anymore, but he couldn't stop shouting that he was wronged, and stopped in front of everyone and didn't let him go, but the students of the state school were all tall and strong, and they pushed the servant away, and the servant stood unsteadily, and fell backwards, the young man saw that he had a very good relationship with the servant, and hurriedly wanted to pull him, but was pulled by those students and stood unsteadily, and slammed him to the ground, and the students didn't pull him up, but simply stepped on his shoulder, and Wen Zhen clearly heard the creaking of the fragile bones.
She frowned and said, "In front of this official, do you want to use lynching?" ”
The student put down his feet and said respectfully: "Back to Master Shi, we and the others are all at the forefront, and we were almost stabbed to death, I am really angry." ”
Wen Zhen took a few steps forward, looked down at Mao Zhiyi's palm, and said lightly: "If you are angry, you will go to take the real murderer, what kind of man is it to be angry with innocent people?" ”
The students looked at her in surprise, and Mao Zhiyi looked up in surprise.
"Books should be read well, and practice must also be understood. Look at this rope, with this hydrangea, plus the flying needles and thistles in this hydrangea, how much weight should this pile of things add up? Such a weight of hydrangea and rope, if taken out of the box to hook the process, if not handled carefully, it is easy to burst, then it will not achieve the effect of exploding and hurting people when hooking. And before you are ready to hook up, it is easy to mess around and ruin other people's plans. Therefore, the real murderer must personally move the hydrangea and adjust the hydrangea to the most suitable position of the rope. I didn't notice who was responsible for moving the hydrangea before, but I saw that Mao Zhiyi only helped move the end of the rope because of his small strength, which was the farthest away from the hydrangea. ”
"It is also possible that he deliberately moved the end of the rope in order to get rid of suspicion, and arranged for his own people to carry the hydrangea!" Someone retorted unconvinced.
"Of course it's possible. But have you ever asked Mao Zhiyi, since the rope was sent by him, was there a hydrangea when the rope was sent? ”
Mao Zhiyi was stunned, obviously he didn't notice this himself, and said in a snort: "...... This was prepared for me at the behest of my father, and I haven't opened it...... Changxi? ”
Changxi was stunned and said: "I didn't see it, this matter was arranged by Changfu, young master, you said don't bring so many people to serve, Changfu is still waiting outside......"
Wen Zhen looked at the rope, this eight-strand rope with cow tendons, with fire marks on the edges, is generally used for training in the army, and the army does not advocate fancy style, and will never add such a hydrangea in one fell swoop.
"Get that Changfu."
However, soon Wen Zhen was rewarded, and Changfu died, killed with a knife, in a small ditch where Changxi and he agreed to wait.
Changxi cried and shouted, and said in a loud voice: "This is to murder our young master!" This is murder! There was certainly no one in this hydrangea box at first! This kind of bells and whistles, not to mention not in the box, is our entire army...... In the entire house, there will not be a single one! ”
Wen Zhen stared at the hydrangea and said: "The hydrangea is very exquisite, and the hidden weapon inserted in it is very concealed and exquisite in order to avoid being discovered by capable people such as Tianyantong, which is destined to be careful all the way to escort, so Changfu has a problem, the rope is arranged by him, and in the process of sending the rope, someone sent the hydrangea, he took care of the box all the way, sent it to the lake, and was wiped out after leaving." Because Mao Zhiyi didn't ask Changfu to follow and serve, when the hydrangea was taken out of the box later, the murderer still needed to take action to protect the hydrangea. ”
Everyone was silent, and after a little thought, they understood that if this hydrangea was really Mao Zhiyi's arrangement, he wanted to deliberately put himself into suspicion and then clear his name, and he didn't have to go to such great lengths, let alone kill Changfu to extinguish his mouth.
So who is the murderer?
Everyone looked at Wen Zhen with burning eyes, although the female thorn Shi was young, she still had a delicate and unreliable face, which made people always suspect that she was just a delicate flower that needed to be cared for, but once the wind and rain hit, this delicate flower would swell its branches and leaves, stretching vigorously, and the thorns under the flowers and leaves flickered, it was a man-eating flower with hidden murderous intentions.
Wen Zhen, who was watched by everyone's expectant gaze, looked very leisurely, clapped his hands and said: "Okay, let the person go, the murderer doesn't have to be found, the person who is destined to die, what do you do with so much effort?" ”
Everyone was shocked, Huzhou Mansion had the responsibility of arresting criminals, and Bai Lin immediately asked, "My lord, what do you mean?" ”
"There are different poisons on these many flying needles, in order to be able to burst in all directions, the flying needles are tightly attached to the edge of each fold of the hydrangea, when moving the hydrangea, it will inevitably be invaded by the poison on those needles, but in order to make it difficult to detoxify, the toxicity is extremely many and very complicated, so even the people who make this poisonous needle hydrangea mechanism do not necessarily know that the toxicity of these many poisons mixed together, as long as there is a slight contact or inhalation, you will die within an hour, unless you use blue ......" Wen Zhen seemed to be shocked and speechless, swallowed the words behind him, and smiled.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the murderer was going to die later, and felt relieved, but thinking that someone in their group would fall silently, they felt creepy when they thought about it, and everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Wen Zhen wrapped his hands in a cloth, and extremely carefully sorted them to collect those poisonous needles and hidden weapons, while instructing: "In this case, the crowd gathering together is not conducive to identifying the murderer, everyone disperses, why should you go, but don't go out of the mountain pass, all roads back to the city have been blocked." ”
The crowd also dispersed, and some of the state students glanced at each other, and they all saluted Wen Zhen, thanking Lord Thorn Shi for his life-saving grace in discovering the hydrangea mechanism in time.
Wen Zhen glanced at their slightly ashamed and secretly unwilling expressions, and waved his hand indifferently.
The crowd dispersed, Wen Zhen put away his things, reached out and grabbed it backwards uneasily, and grabbed the belt of the person behind him, and a chuckle came, curling up in his ear.
Wen Zhen let out a breath, knowing that his appearance was inappropriate, but when he caught someone, he still felt at ease for the first time.
Isn't this guy supposed to go back to Beijing, or travel around the world to find medicine? Why do you still have to go around to her?
But this is not the time to turn back and recount the situation or settle accounts, and today's business is not over.
Her fingers grabbed the jade belt hook around his waist, hooking and pulling his belt one by one, his fingers gently caressing her knuckles, with a slight force, as if she had a little annoyance in her heart.
Wen Zhen pinched his fingers without being weak, and then rubbed his index finger and thumb before withdrawing his hand.
Behind her, someone laughed too, learned her gesture, and shook it at her back.
After the two finished the lawsuit behind them, Pan Hang came not far away and gestured to Wen Zhen, Wen Zhen nodded, and after a while, the miscellaneous servants of the government rang the gong and signaled everyone to gather.
The crowd gathered in a daze, and someone asked, "Did you find out that the murderer was dead?" ”
Wen Zhen nodded: "Yes, I found the murderer, but it's not dead yet." ”
In the midst of the discussion, Wen Zhen said: "Please stretch out your hands." ”
People were even more stunned, but Lord Assassin Shi spoke, and he didn't dare to disobey, so they all lined up, stretched out their hands one by one, and Pan Hang led people to check them one by one.
Soon, in a corner, a sudden chaos broke out, and Pan Hang shouted: "Where to run!" Then there was the sound of struggle, fist and foot fighting, the frightened people around ran away, but more people rushed over, Wen Zhen shouted: "Everyone is not allowed to move in place!" The official of Huzhou Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to suppress, and after a while, Pan Hang walked over with a person who looked like a scholar, the person was dressed as a student of Zhouxue, tall, and his face was pale, Pan Hang grabbed his hand tightly, showing a faint blue light between his fingernails.
Wen Zhen smiled and asked the state school students present: "This is a student of your state school?" ”
Xuezheng looked at it for a long time, and said in amazement: "I have never seen this person." ”
Someone exclaimed: "Hey, I saw him just now, he helped move the boxes, I thought he was some kind of classmate." ”
The students of the state school all thought it was a classmate, but when they asked each other, no one knew this person.
The man sneered: "I'm wearing a state school student's clothes, that's just what I like, who is in the way?" How can I be accused of being a murderer? ”
Wen Zhen smiled: "This brother, may I ask if you have blue miscanthus in your fingernails?" ”
The man looked at it and said, "So what?" I'm washing my hands by the lake and accidentally touching the blue miscanthus, can't it? ”
"Blue miscanthus can detoxify, most of them are born near the water, but the plant is extremely short, extremely difficult to find, the possibility of washing hands and touching is none, unless you specifically dig the grass to find the soil, then you are good to dig the grass to dig the soil, to find the blue miscanthus grass to do? Is it because I heard me say a blue word, and guess that the only blue herb that can be found in the vicinity is blue miscanthus, so I came to find your mixed needle poison? ”
There was a bang all around, and everyone took a few big steps back, looking at the soldier in the middle in disbelief.
The scholar's face changed slightly, and then he became calm again, and said, "I don't understand what Lord Thorn Shi is saying. ”
Wen Zhen looked at him, saw that his face changed again and again, and then said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, everyone can understand." Actually, those needles are mixed together, they won't be poisoned at all, I said that blue word, just to lure you to find blue herbs, Huzhou this territory, the only blue herbs that can be produced, only blue miscanthus grass and blue membranaceus root, and only these two blue herbs, have a strong dyeing ability...... Otherwise, you really leaked my mouth when I was talking about that blue word? ”
As soon as her voice fell, the scholar whose face had changed greatly had already pursed his lips, but he was still a step late, and Pan Hang, who had been grabbing his hand, suddenly stuffed his hand into his own mouth, and there was a click, and the person who wanted to bite his tongue bit his palm fiercely, screamed, blood burst out, and the guy's eyes rolled and fell backwards.
Everyone screamed, thinking that the person was dead, Wen Zhen said lightly: "It's okay, the entrance of the blue miscanthus has a strong paralyzing effect, he is stunned, Pan Hang, you don't have to remove his chin, eat the blue miscanthus, he won't want to bite his tongue and kill himself within three days." ”
Everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, and then thought that since there was still this one, did the "blue" word of Lord Thorn Shi not only think that the herbs with blue characters were easy to dye, but also paralyzed? Thinking back to the realistic "oops, I accidentally said more" look of Lord Thorn Shi at that time, no one suspected that there was anything wrong with that sentence, and Lord Thorn Shi's ability to pit people with his mouth......
Everyone shuddered.
Wen Zhen said again: "His collar and cuffs." ”
Pan Hang drew his sword and amputated the man's collar, sleeves, belt, and all the places where he might have committed suicide. With Lord Wen here, it is not so easy for the murderer to commit suicide.
Wen Zhen looked at the man's blue nails and smiled sarcastically, he is a dead soldier, and he still regrets his life, this is human nature.
She asked this person to be brought down, and this person would not be the mastermind, and she had to ask carefully.
Mao Zhiyi stepped forward by the servant and thanked her gratefully, after all, she not only helped him clear his grievances, but also when the hydrangea burst open, he was not far away, with his frailty, if he was injured and poisoned, he might lose his life.
Wen Zhen looked at his belt, unfolded a very kind smile, and soothed him with a few kind words, Lord Thorn Shi has always had the ability to make people feel like a spring breeze, Mao Zhiyi quickly relaxed a lot, hesitated for a while, and had the courage to invite Lord Thorn Shi to have time to go to his villa, his villa is in the suburbs, and the scenery is acceptable.
Wen Zhen agreed, seeing that he looked sad, and ordered someone to escort him back to the house to rest earlier, seeing that the young man and his servant left with a thousand thanks, a smile flashed in his eyes.
This boy should have been the third pit that the secret enemy had dug for her, but now, she was going to use this pit to jump over a moat that she didn't know how to cross.
Yan Jue stood with the officials in Huzhou, and saw Wen Zhen lightly deal with another assassination incident that should have been a big deal, and his expression was a little complicated for a while.
Yan Jue looked at the officials around him, everyone lowered their heads slightly, no matter what thoughts they had in their hearts, the expressions on their faces showed just the right amount of respect, which made his eyes flash, thinking that this woman had only been here for a few days? As soon as he came, he got rid of the other car and took away the county order of Dai County, and today he will pick the Spring Festival, and the things are endless, but this one can take advantage of this endless thing to kill the chicken and show the monkey.
After dedicating these few days of diligence to no avail, he was already a little irritable, seeing the awe-inspiring expressions of everyone, his chest became even more dry, and suddenly said: "I said Master Wen, how do you know that there is a problem in this hydrangea?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. Eyes are on the exploded hydrangea, indeed, the hydrangea tied with red silk is very ordinary, how did Master Wen determine that there is a problem with the hydrangea? Acting so decisively, it's like knowing that something would happen to the hydrangea.
Immediately, he saw Yan Jue's slanted eyes and smiled: "Could it be that Lord Wen has the ability to predict the future?" ”
"Xia Guan just knew a little about the poison, and he smelled the wrong smell in the hydrangea." Wen Zhen looked at him with a smile, "But the ability of the unknown prophet is actually a little bit clear, for example, the lower official knows now that His Royal Highness is about to be beaten." ”
"What ......"
Before Yan Jue's words fell, suddenly a stick stretched out and struck him hard, knocking on his lonely crutch.
It happened to be his broken foot, Yan Jue screamed, jumped up holding his foot, jumped up after a long time, and was about to scold, suddenly turned around and saw a face, and was stunned.
One person carried a jade stick, and walked out of the crowd without hurrying, and before he walked out, he also gently took the hand of the honorable Lord Thorn Shi from the jade belt hook around his waist.
This action is very hidden, Wen Zhen has been holding one hand behind his back before, everyone's mind is on the case, and they didn't pay attention to the mechanism behind it, only Yan Jue's angle can see clearly, and then look at that face, gasp, and then said angrily: "Yan Sui!" ”
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