When Zhou Yue came back from Xu's house, he saw a lot of yacha standing in front of Kong's house.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yue saw the steward beside Li Xu and immediately asked.

Steward Sun was familiar with Zhou Yue, and immediately stepped forward and said, "The Ninth Master suspects that the eldest lady has eyeliner around her, and he brought the Yacha to check on the people of the Kong family. ”

Zhou Yue couldn't help but be happy, although he believed in Jiulang very much, but before the matter was settled, he couldn't help but be a little nervous in his heart, he didn't expect to see such a situation when he came out of the Anyi Hou Mansion, and the whole person suddenly felt relaxed.

Zhou Yue immediately raised his feet and entered the Kong family.

The subordinates of the Kong family were taken for interrogation one by one, and there was a tense atmosphere in the courtyard.

"It really has nothing to do with us," a subordinate suddenly shouted, "The officials should go and ask Mother Zheng, the persimmons didn't enter the big kitchen after they were bought, and Mother Zheng kept them." ”

The people in the courtyard all looked into the house, and the mother Zheng was obviously in the house.

Zhou Yue's eyes flashed slightly, Li Xu took the Kong family for interrogation, and the one who could still stay in the house should be the right-hand man by the side of Second Grandma Kong.

In the room, Mother Zheng stood aside with her hands down, looking very calm on the surface, but she still couldn't help but quickly raise her head and look at Miss Li and Li Xu.

Li Xu looked at Miss Li: "Did the eldest sister specially ask someone to buy the persimmon?" ”

Miss Li nodded.

Li Xu asked Zheng's mother with a calm face: "You have been keeping the persimmons since they were bought?" ”

"Yes," said Zheng's mother, "the slave doesn't know when the eldest lady wants to eat, so she stays in the house." ”

As soon as Zheng's mother finished speaking, the yacha immediately brought the maid in.

The maid knelt on the ground immediately after entering the door: "The slave maid serves in the house on weekdays, watching Mother Zheng lock the persimmons she bought in a small cabinet, the slave and maid also wonder why they are not sent to the big kitchen, there are earth dragons here who are not suitable for these food ......"

The maid said and glanced at Zheng's mother tremblingly, with a look of fear on her face, if it wasn't for the official interrogating her, she wouldn't dare to say this.

The maid swallowed and continued: "The key to the small cabinet is only owned by Mother Zheng. ”

Mother Zheng subconsciously clenched her hands when she heard this: "After the persimmons are bought, they are indeed taken care of by the slave maid, how will the slave know that the persimmons have been poisoned." ”

Speaking of this, Mother Zheng immediately looked at Miss Li: "The slave maid is the second grandmother's companion, and the second grandmother served in the house when she was still in the boudoir, and the slave and maid are loyal to the second grandmother and will never harm the second grandmother." ”

The maid who was kneeling on the ground glanced at Li Xu, bit her lip and continued: "On the night of the second grandmother's poisoning, the slave maid also saw Mother Zheng go to the yard alone with a lamp, standing under the pear tree and looking out of the wall.

When Zheng's mother saw it, she immediately turned around and walked back, and after a while, the second grandmother began to have a stomachache. ”

Mother Zheng looked at the little maid fiercely: "What is your purpose in making up these words to frame me?" Did you be bought to poison the second grandmother? ”

The little maid had the courage to say this, but when she was frightened by Mother Zheng, the whole person was trembling: "Second grandmother, Li Jiuye, slaves don't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Li Xu stood up and looked at the yacha: "Take Mother Zheng down for interrogation." ”

Before Zheng's mother could speak, Miss Li immediately stopped: "Is it too hasty for the ninth brother to do this, it is better to ask others carefully." ”

Mother Zheng also knelt down: "The slave maid's family is all on an errand in the Kong family, without Grandma Kong, we will not have any good results, and the slave and maid will never do such a thing." ”

Li Xu's eyes were cold: "I asked the imperial doctor, the amount of poison is just right, and it won't let the eldest sister and the child in her womb have anything to do, how can ordinary people take care of these when they are poisoned?" In addition, the only person who served the eldest sister that night was Mother Zheng, and she had to poison it at the right time to achieve her goal. ”

When Zheng's mother heard this, her legs immediately weakened, and she almost knelt there.

After saying this, Li Xu looked at Miss Li: "I heard that the eldest sister has a bad appetite in the past two days, and she doesn't like sweets very much, is it the meaning of the eldest sister to eat persimmons at night, or did Zheng's mother mention it to the eldest sister?" ”

Miss Li and Li Xu looked at each other, only to feel that his eyes were deep, as if he could see through everything, Miss Li had not yet spoken, only heard a voice from the courtyard.

"What's going on?"

Miss Li immediately looked out the window, and then the Kong family came to say, "Second grandmother, the fifth master is here." ”

Hearing Kong Wuye, Mother Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, shuddered unknowingly.

The steward invited Kong Wuye into the door, and when he saw the situation in the house, Kong Wuye looked dazed: "Second sister-in-law, ninth brother, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Xu stood up and greeted Kong Wuye.

Miss Li pursed her lips and couldn't help but say, "Fifth brother, what about your second brother?" Did he arrive too? ”

"The second brother went to greet General Shen and ordered me to come to Beijing to wait for him," Kong Wuye looked at Zheng's mother and the maid, "Are these subordinates unhappy with the second sister-in-law?" After sending them away, our Kong family has no subordinates who can deceive the master. ”

As soon as Kong Wuye's words fell, Zheng's mother suddenly got up from the ground and threw herself forward.

Kong Wuye, who was closest to Zheng's mother, reacted first, and immediately stepped forward and kicked Zheng's mother's heart, Zheng's mother snorted, and the whole person immediately flew out and hit the wall hard.

It was too sudden, and it wasn't until Zheng's mother's body fell to the ground that everyone came back to their senses.

The maid screamed in surprise, and Miss Li also covered her mouth with her eyes wide open.

Li Xu had already walked to Zheng's mother to check the situation, Zheng's mother's blood kept gushing out of her mouth and nose, her eyes were staring closely in the direction of Kong Wuye, and her mouth opened and closed as if she had something to say.

"Quick...... Come on," Miss Li turned pale and shouted loudly, "Please come to Lang Zhong...... Look, Mother Zheng, she ......"

Li Xu straightened up and instructed the yacha: "Carry the person down!" "Zheng's mother's chest collapsed, and the broken bone pierced into the heart, and there was no way to save it.

"Fifth master, why are you so heavy-handed." Miss Li's eyes were red and she didn't know what to say.

Kong Wuye stepped forward with a calm face and picked up a hairpin from the ground: "I saw that this person was holding a sharp weapon in his hand, and I was afraid that she would hurt my second sister-in-law, so I didn't think much about it...... Is it too much force...... It is not a pity for such a slave to die, and the second sister-in-law does not have to be sad for her. ”

Mother Zheng's body twitched a few times and soon stopped moving, Miss Li looked at all this, and suddenly felt a wave of nausea, and couldn't help bending over and vomiting.

The subordinates of the Kong family immediately stepped forward to serve.

Zheng's mother died, and Miss Li looked like this, obviously not suitable for asking the case again, Li Xu got up and walked out of the room.

Kong Wuye immediately chased after him: "Ninth brother, don't blame me for being rude, it will inevitably be like this after being in the army for a long time, what happened, you tell me carefully." ”

Li Xu stopped and turned his head to look at Kong Wuye.

Kong Wuye's eyebrows stretched and let Li Xu scrutinize.

Li Xu said lightly: "Why did Fifth Master Kong come to Beijing?" ”

Kong Wuye stretched out his hand and patted Li Xu's shoulder: "Let's find a place to talk slowly, it is about our Kong family and the Li family, if we can grasp this opportunity, our two surnames will definitely prosper in the future." ”

Li Xu said: "If the Kong family wants to gain a foothold in the southeast through Shen Congrong, I'm afraid it won't be easy. ”

Kong Wuye said with a smile: "As long as you can hold his handle, you will have to be windy and rainy," he said with a slight pause, "Ninth brother, do you know whose relationship Shen Congrong borrowed to have today's status?"

I went to check on Shen Congrong and accidentally discovered a secret, it was a chamberlain in the palace who raised Shen Congrong, and the reason why that chamberlain did this was probably related to King Wei's rebellion.

The ninth brother is so smart, why waste time on a subordinate, it is better to investigate this case. ”