The housekeeper also felt very strange, but he still smiled and explained Lin Fanwei's doubts: "I also heard from the old people in Qingshui City about this matter, saying that this master's family has a confidant, and because he didn't wait for a confidant, he was reluctant to get married, so he had no heirs." ”

"It's a confidant," Lin Fanwei asked, "Is it a sweetheart?" ”

The butler's expression was already a little strange, as if he didn't want to talk about it, but said, "A confidant is a confidant." ”

Lin Fanwei saw that the housekeeper was really unwilling to answer, and she could only give up in her heart: "Thank you, you can go and get busy first!" ”

"Yes."

Wu Mansion at the moment.

When I went to the kitchen, I found that the kitchen had been cleaned, and the chef was still cleaning when I went.

Ming Jiashu hurriedly stopped him in the past: "Is it customary to clean the kitchen today?" ”

The chef was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, it's just that the second lady ordered today to clean the kitchen, saying that the dishes I ate yesterday were not clean, and maybe insects crawled over, and my stomach hurt." ”

"So coincidentally?" Gu Changan quickly sensed that something was wrong: "The leftovers have all been disposed of?" ”

The cook hurriedly shook his head: "Not yet, it's still in the swill bucket, and it hasn't been transported away yet." ”

The taste of the swill bucket is really a bit overwhelming.

Ming Jiashu looked at the swill bucket, silently took a step back, and then stretched out his hand to Gu Changan: "You invite first." ”

Did you invite me first at this time?

Gu Changan rolled his eyes, and then took a step forward, the smell was too strong, and he silently stepped back, looking at Ming Jiashu's disdainful eyes, he really didn't know what qualifications Ming Jiashu had to despise him.

He beckoned: "Call the servant." ”

Soon, he checked it out and took it, and ran over to report it excitedly, but was quickly stopped by Gu Changan: "You stop!" ”

He was taken aback, and subconsciously stopped: "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

Gu Changan covered his nose without concealing it, and didn't give anyone any face: "Just stand there and talk, don't come over." ”

He said that his heart was injured.

Said aggrievedly: "My lord, check it out." ”

"Really? The result? ”

He replied: "The swill bucket was indeed checked for arsenic toxins. ”

"That's right!" Gu Changan clapped his hands excitedly, and was about to walk over, but he was forced to retreat by the taste, and silently returned to his position in his expectant eyes, and then gave a thumbs up: "Not bad, not bad, very good, you go back to take a shower first and then come over!" ”

Aggrieved words: "Yes." ”

Gu Changan and Ming Jiashu analyzed: "Then it seems that the person who poisoned it is very likely to be the person in this house, either the chef or the ........"

"The chef is too obvious," Ming Jiashu said, "It's unlikely, but the second lady who suddenly asked him to clean the kitchen is a little strange, if she doesn't clean early or late, why is she cleaning now?" ”

Gu Changan nodded: "Actually, I think that son is also quite strange, his father died, you see that he doesn't feel much sadness." ”

So he called the people in the house, especially the people around Master Wu: "Who is here to bring food to Master Wu today?" ”

The person who was waiting next to Master Wu said: "This morning, Mrs. came to bring breakfast to the master, lunch was prepared in the kitchen, and in the afternoon, the second lady sent soup, and then the young master also sent pastries." ”

"Huh?" Gu Changan had a headache: "Why are so many people sending food today?" ”

The servant replied: "The master's health has been getting worse and worse recently, and the second lady and the young master are very worried. ”

"Did you send it every day before?"

"It's ....... It seems to be delivered today. ”

"It's all today?" Ming Jiashu was incredulous: "What kind of big day is today? ”

The butler shook his head.

I don't know.

"It's interesting, go and ask these three what a good day it is."

The first to come over was the second lady.

The age is indeed not big, looking at the age of Lin Fanwei, this young age can basically be a father like Master Wu, it is really uncomfortable in my heart, right?

The second lady looked a little nervous, and she was also a little restless when she sat in her position: "What do you want to ask?" ”

Gu Changan said with a smile: "Second lady, don't be nervous, I have a good relationship with Master Wu, and I have met the second lady a few times before when I came to the mansion." ”

The second lady smiled, still a little nervous.

Gu Changan asked, "Second Lady Qingshui City?" ”

The second lady shook her head: "I am from Shuizhuang." ”

Shuizhuang is near Qingshui City, it does not belong to Qingshui City, but it belongs to another boundary, but it is far away, it is a very poor place, the initial conjecture is correct, these two ladies are with Master Wu, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape the entanglement in money.

Gu Changan nodded and began to get to the point: "Today, you sent something to Master Wu to eat." ”

The second lady immediately raised her head and said nervously: "Although I gave it, there is absolutely no poison there!" ”

She was worried about this from the beginning, and sure enough, these people asked about it.

Suddenly he was very anxious: "If the master dies, it won't do me any good!" My family was poor, and when he wanted to sell me to the Qinglou, it was the master who saved me and married me. ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but reddened my eyes: "To be a man, you have to be grateful to you, although I haven't read any books, but I still know this." ”

This was a bit unexpected.

Ming Jiashu asked, "You married in voluntarily?" ”

The second lady took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears: "Everyone in the house knows that I am willing and willing to follow the master." ”、

Even if it has nothing to do with love, even if it's just repayment.

How can you take revenge on your savior?

"Then why did you say you wanted to clean the kitchen?" This biggest doubt is to be asked anyway.

The second lady was strange: "I ate a worm in my meal yesterday, and I am also angry in my heart, shouldn't I clean the kitchen?" ”

Really.......

When the second lady left crying, Gu Changan fell into a tangle: "I don't look like this second lady, but I feel very sincere, what do you think?" ”

"What she said can be investigated, it's really not the same, let's ask the next one!"

"Come on, go and call Young Master Wu."

At this moment, Lin Fanwei looked at the map and found that this place was not only renovated, but also much larger.

I couldn't find anything for a long time, so I simply followed the map and walked around the mansion.

As I walked, I felt that something was wrong.

"Yiyun, look, shouldn't there be a room here?" She asked, pointing to the room on the map.

Yiyun glanced at it: "It seems to be." ”

"Why is this room missing now?"

Yiyun pointed ahead: "Merge with that room, right?" ”

Lin Fanwei didn't turn her head, staring straight at the room: "You go and ask the housekeeper for me, what is the use of this room now, and what was it used for before." ”

"Yes."

Yiyun came back soon, and Qinggong walked on the ground in the mansion, and no one stopped him, so he quickly asked back: "The housekeeper said that this room is now a pile of miscellaneous items, because this place must be more remote and difficult to live, and Lord Gu doesn't like to keep guests on weekdays, so it should be a guest room, but now it is also a utility room." ”

"So what did you do?"

"The housekeeper said that it was also a utility room, and I couldn't see what it was doing, so some messy things were piled up very messy."

"I'll take a look." Lin Fanwei said, raised her feet and walked over.

The door of the room is very heavy, and there is a big lock, but it should have been opened recently, and then I forgot to lock it, the lock is very heavy, and it is indeed a utility room.

When you walk in, you feel a smell of rotten wood, accompanied by the smell of dust and rot that does not open the windows for ventilation all year round, and the smell of the whole room is really very unpleasant.

Lin Fanwei took a handkerchief and covered her nose.

Yiyun was worried: "Madam, there's nothing to see here, right?" Haven't you checked them all? ”

Lin Fanwei said: "I'm tired of hearing this sentence, Yiyun, you shut up for me!" ”

Yiyun resolutely shut up and didn't speak.

There were a lot of things in the room, there were three tables alone, then stools, and a long bed, which were stacked in a mess.

"Ask the butler, are these things left behind? Is there anything left over from this house? ”

"Yes."

On the other side, Wu Yiqing came over.

He also holds a fan in his hand like Ming Jiashu.

It's just that he is also holding a fan, and he feels quite a little rogue.

Therefore, although things are good, it also depends on whose hands they are, and friends who blindly pursue the same style should be sensible.

He was a little impatient and very rude: "I said Master Gu, my father is dead, big things, I have to be busy in front, why did you call me over?" Do you think I killed my father, I murdered my own father? ”

Gu Changan nodded and said bluntly: "It's not that this possibility is impossible." ”

I didn't expect Gu Changan to be polite at all, and he said it bluntly like this, which really startled Wu Yiqing, and he didn't pretend to be calm this time, he jumped directly in front of Gu Changan and said anxiously: "Isn't it, Lord Gu?" How could I have murdered my own father? That's my own father! What good is it for me to kill him! ”

Ming Jiashu's fan "snapped" and fanned the flames: "That's a lot, your father has to withhold your pocket money while he is alive, right?" The pocket money is deducted, so there is no way to go to the flower building to find the girl you like, right? ”

Wu Yiqing's face changed, and the whole person stammered: "What, what kind of girl you like, nonsense, don't slander my innocence!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Gu Changan slapped the table, and his face turned cold: "Do you know who you're talking to?" Dare to do this! ”

Wu Yiqing was also taken aback, knowing that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person, and he coaxed again: "I, I'm really not ......."

"The sachet on your waist was given by a woman, right? The fragrance on it is not light, although the fabric is not good, but it is also good, the embroidery is the mandarin duck playing in the water, and the fragrance is used in the flower building. Ming Jiashu said, and added at the end: "Although I haven't been to Hualou, I still know this." ”

This additional sentence was for Gu Changan, worried that it would be bad for him to go back and tell Lin Fanwei.

I'm very innocent!

Gu Changan knew his careful thoughts, and couldn't help but roll his eyes, you are a strict wife!

Wu Yiqing was a little embarrassed when he saw that he was exposed.

Scratching his head: "That's it, my father used to be more in charge of my money, and I was indeed a little unhappy, but you have to say that it is impossible to kill my father because of this!" ”

Wu Yiqing saw that the two of them still didn't believe it, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to ask me why I didn't give him food today because I wasn't very filial to my father before?" ”

Ming Jiashu changed his sitting posture: "Since you have said this, then you can say it, why." ”

Wu Yiqing pursed his lips: "Okay!" Actually, it's a bowl of inferior bird's nest. ”

"What?" Gu Changan didn't react at once.

Wu Yiqing said simply: "Actually, it's just a bowl of inferior bird's nest, I lied to my father and said that it was a good bird's nest, and I said that it was bought by the imperial city." ”

Gu Changan was still a little unable to keep up with his thinking: "But what does it have to do with you looking for your father?" ”

Wu Yiqing said: "Recently, he knew that I often went to Hualou to find my Yue'er girl, so he stopped all my pocket money, and I didn't have a penny on me, so I thought about buying some good things to please my father." ”

Ming Jiashu complained: "You have no money, and you still lied to your father that it was a good bird's nest?" ”

"So I didn't lie! Then he was kicked out," Wu Yiqing still feels very unlucky when he talks about it now.

The master has been standing conscientiously beside him, and when he heard this, he immediately picked up and said, "So you are angry from your heart and evil to the side of your guts, and you have murderous intentions towards Master Wu?" ”

Wu Yiqing hurriedly waved his hand in fright: "Master, don't talk nonsense, it's really nothing, I have to go back to my room to read books and work hard, I don't believe that if you ask the people in the house, they can testify." ”

"Fake hard work," Gu Changan laughed: "Okay, I'll check what you said, you go back first!" ”

Wu Yiqing still didn't give up: "It's really not me Lord Gu......"

"You go back first!" Gu Changan glanced at him coldly, and the frightened Wu Yiqing quickly turned around and ran.

He held his forehead: "How do you look at this Wu Yiqing?" ”

Ming Jiashu fanned: "I think if this is a lie, it will be easy to debunk." ”

"It's all like this, then ask Mrs. Wu next?"

"Okay."

Mrs. Wu was soon led over by the housekeeper.

Among the three people, she was the saddest one who cried, her handkerchief was half wet, her eyes were red, and she was about to collapse from crying, looking like a seriously ill person.

It's really distressing.

Gu Changan and this Mrs. Wu are obviously familiar: "Mrs. Wu, please pay your respects." ”

Mrs. Wu sat down opposite them and nodded, her voice still crying: "Thank you, Lord Gu." ”

Gu Changan couldn't bear to ask, after all, it was a friend's wife, so Ming Jiashu naturally took over the baton: "Mrs. Wu, let's just ask a few words according to the routine, and ask Mrs. Wu to cooperate." ”

Mrs. Wu nodded: "My lord, excuse me." ”

Ming Jiashu said: "This morning, what did you go to give to Master Wu?" ”

Mrs. Wu replied: "This is what the master said he wanted to eat yesterday, I remember what the master said, the master said that he wanted to eat yesterday, I asked people to buy it yesterday, and I got up early today to make it with the chef, if you don't believe it, you can ask." ”

Ming Jiashu nodded, and asked again: "Mrs. Wu and Master Wu have a good relationship?" ”

Speaking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Mrs. Wu's face: "Yes, I have a good relationship with my master, we grew up together, and when we grew up, the two families talked about marriage, and then later when the master did business, I have always accompanied the master." ”

"I see," Ming Jiashu looked at the look on Mrs. Wu's face, her eyes would not be faked, Mrs. Wu's eyes were indeed full of love for Master Wu.

He asked, "What does the lady think of the second lady?" ”

This sentence is to the point.

Mrs. Wu's face changed in an instant, the tenderness that had just appeared on her face disappeared, and the love in her eyes also faded in an instant, as if she had been beaten back to reality from the fantasy world in an instant, her voice calmed down a little, and she became a calm and calm lady in front of her outside: "I don't have any opinions." ”

Ming Jiashu smiled: "Madame has such a deep affection for Master Wu, she should not like the second lady very much, right?" ”

The master hinted in the back that this is a question, but you can't lie!

Madame's face changed several times, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "I really don't like that woman!" Why isn't she the one who died today! ”

Gu Changan cheered up.

Mrs. continued to grit her teeth and said: "I don't know what means she used to make the lord marry her, the lord said that he would only be with me alone in this life, but when he is getting old, he will marry another concubine, I really hate her." ”

Ming Jiashu asked: "You just hate her, don't you hate Master Wu?" ”

Madam was stunned: "What do I hate the master for?" She must have seduced the master! If I have arsenic in my hand, I'll poison her too!" ”

This sentence is true and real, without the slightest deception.

Ming Jiashu immediately believed it.

The interrogation of the three most suspicious people in a row yielded no results.

Gu Changan felt a little tired: "Conan is not good!" ”

Ming Jiashu said strangely: "You have been an official for so long, you have not encountered any homicides, and there are no clues?" ”

Gu Changan replied: "Everyone in my Qingshui City lives in peace and happiness, everyone in the city is friendly and does not close their doors at night, what can happen?" What I've dealt with the most over the years is some trivial matters between neighbors and things like land occupation, and a little bigger thing Dali Temple is coming, where can I be used to play Conan? ”

After a pause, he said, "I think you're Conan, right?" Qingshui City has not had any homicides for so many years, why did you commit homicides as soon as you came? ”

Ming Jiashu turned the fan in his palm, and looked at Gu Changan with a smile: "Lord Gu will try again?" ”

Gu Changan swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "We are all compatriots, you won't kill each other, right?" ”

"That's not either," Ming Jiashu said with a smile, "Anyway, I don't know you well." ”

Gu Changan was a little frustrated: "Why are you like this!" ”

Then he went to find wine to drink.

Life is boring! It's still delicious!

But Ming Jiashu didn't even want to give Gu Changan a drink, so he stopped him back: "Now the case is not clear, are you still going to drink?" Is there a parent like you? ”

Gu Changan replied: "My head is in a mess now, and I urgently need something to sort out my thoughts, I think wine is okay." ”

"I don't think so." Ming Jiashu said: "You should quickly send someone to search the mansion now to see who has arsenic in their hands." ”

Gu Changan was rarely a little proud: "You still need to say this, I have already asked people to find it." ”

Ming Jiashu felt that he wanted to hit someone.

Yiyun was suspicious of the trouble of finding the housekeeper for a while, so he simply found the housekeeper over.

When the housekeeper came in, he was really tired and panting, and when he came in, he was covered in sweat and dust, and the whole person could be said to interpret the words "gray and dirty" to the extreme.

Lin Fanwei was still studying the things in the room, and when she saw the housekeeper coming over, she asked, "Are the things in this room all the before?" ”

The butler replied, "No, ma'am, there was nothing in this room before." ”

"Nothing?" Lin Fanwei was surprised for a while: "Didn't you say it was a utility room?" ”

The housekeeper replied: "It's not clear that it's a utility room, but when I came to see the house before, there were indeed some messy things in this room, and they were all cleaned up before moving in." There is absolutely no wine that adults say, not even a thing to hold wine, just some tables, chairs and benches or something, and you can't install a bar? ”

Lin Fanwei frowned: "Then in this room, there is nothing else?" ”

The butler replied, "Then I felt that this room was a little small, and there happened to be two pillars in front of the door of the room, so I enlarged the room a little by the way, and put those two pillars in." ”

"Pillars?" Lin Fanwei asked strangely, "Why are there two pillars at the door of this room?" ”

The housekeeper was also a little confused: "It's really a bit strange in that place, of course, maybe it's the unique aesthetics of the previous owner." ”

"What did you adults learn about aesthetics?" Lin Fanwei asked funny.

The butler scratched his head embarrassedly.

Lin Fanwei walked to the position by the door and looked at the two pillars: "These are these two?" ”

"Yes."

She walked around the pillar again and again, and suddenly reached out and tapped lightly on the pillar.

Then he started banging on the pillar back and forth, up and down.

Lin Fanwei's movements were a little strange, but Yiyun saw through it at once, and began to help Lin Fanwei start knocking on the pillar, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Madam, it's here!" ”

Lin Fanwei shouted happily: "Okay, open it." ”

Yiyun took out a dagger and began to poke.

The butler couldn't stop it, but he saw that the hard pillar was easily inserted by a dagger, and soon began to be chiseled out of sawdust, and there was a secret compartment in it, and the secret compartment was a piece of paper.

It turned out to be a letter.