Ji Yunli returned to the yamen to clarify the case, and stepped forward into the chamber, his face slightly stunned.

Bai Zhou took a cross-backed chair and sat in front of the window, staring deeply at the stamen of an iron begonia, and a smile appeared on the corner of his blue stubble mouth.

He wears a crown on his head, a satin robe embroidered with silver threads on the purple moire placket, and the tips of his leather boots are slightly upturned as if he is beating the beat, leisurely not like a person who has been up and down in the sea for ten years.

The official should be steady, and secondly, the appearance is inconsistent. Either it is deep and introverted and makes people dare not get close, or the smile is warm but makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts. Bai Zhou is not, he did not inherit Bai Xiangye's old scheming, he used to be just a bastard in the pile of nobles, and then he mixed up the official position, and gradually embarked on the right path.

But the folds at the corners of his eyes and forehead betrayed his age of thirty.

"How?" Seeing him enter the door, Governor Tong asked anxiously first, and suddenly realized that Ji Yunli was not his subordinate, so he pulled on a gentle smile and raised his hand to invite him to sit down first.

Ji Yunli knew that this was a false courtesy, so he stood and arched his hand at him and said, "Back to the prefect's mansion, the eldest son of the Cai family was poisoned and died." The cook who cooked Wang Ji had been brought back to the yamen, and the poison in the place had to be carefully examined. ”

"Did the cook do it? What kind of grudge does he have with Grand Prince Cai? Governor Tong pinched his long beard and asked curiously.

"I don't know. I just feel that it is necessary, and I can't assert that the cook is the murderer. Ji Yunli replied truthfully.

Governor Tong was so embarrassed by his words that he quietly looked sideways at his master.

- Can the official go back?

- Your Excellency, you can't.

Bai Zhou's ears moved, and he moved his butt against the chair. turned back to them and said, "Don't worry, Governor Tong, this case will be handed over to Yunli." He's always been reliable, but there's a glitch. I don't want to talk about it with anyone when I investigate the case, and I hide all my thoughts in my stomach. ”

Governor Tong nodded with a smile, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, I listen to Lord Bai's arrangement." The official is afraid that Mr. Ji will be polite, and he doesn't know what he needs. ”

Ji Yunli's eyes flickered, and he went up the pole and said: "Thank you for the kindness of Governor Tong, in this case, can I be seconded to send me freely?" ”

Governor Tong immediately choked, and said with a dry smile in his throat: "Is it all for the purpose of investigating the case, what do you say about secondment, Mr. Ji can use it." ”

~

At this time, Cai Wenjing took Wang Yangang to sit in a sedan chair and left. When he left, he frowned, saying that many trivial matters at home had to be done urgently, so he hurriedly said goodbye.

At this time, what can be done is nothing more than his eldest brother's funeral. Zhao Qingmiao was deeply sympathetic, and he couldn't think of any other words with a dry sentence of vulgar comfort.

"Miss, shall we go back too?" After Chang Xi finished speaking, he stroked his chest and couldn't help sighing, lowered his eyebrows listlessly, and his whole heart was always worried, and he waited until the officials were gone, and then he eased up a little.

Zhao Qingmiao looked at her so lost her soul, and said in her heart that she didn't blame her, who would have expected such a thing to happen to ordinary people? So, I first instructed the shopkeeper to close the shop from today, and as for the room where the accident occurred, it was left aside first, in case the government came to investigate.

It was only late afternoon, the sky was still blue, and the late autumn wind whistled through the treetops, sweeping away the lonely yellowing leaves of the branches.

As soon as the hand was released, the curtain slid down. Zhao Qingmiao sat in the sedan chair, stroked his forehead with his hand and pressed it, closed his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt bored.

- The eldest son of the Cai family died in Wang Ji, not to mention, but there was still a wall apart. At present, I hope that Ji Yunli can find out the facts of the case as soon as possible, return justice to the deceased, and innocence of the living. I'm afraid that this matter will reach the Wang family, and my grandfather is old, so it's terrible to be shocked again......

The sedan chair walked out of the road unhurriedly, and heard Chang Xi suddenly shouting in front of him. "Shen Jiu!"

"Are you alright?" Shen Xiao hurried over with a calm face and collided with them.

Zhao Qingmiao's eyes opened, his hand lifted the curtain, and saw that Shen Xiao also happened to poke his head sideways, his eyes were deep and concerning. His heart moved slightly, and he nodded.

"Something's wrong! The eldest son of the Cai family died in Wang Ji. Coincidentally, my lady and I were in the next room at the time, and we were really scared to death! Chang Xi couldn't help but babble when he saw Shen Xiaolai.

Shen Xiao saw that they were fine, and his raised eyebrows were also relaxed. "I came out of Old Man Huo, and I heard about it along the way."

"So fast?! Sure enough, good things don't go out, and evil things go thousands of miles, and Wang Ji is afraid that he will close the door this time. ”

Chang Xi blurted out, took a slow beat to react, quickly covered his mouth, and turned his head to look at Zhao Qingmiao embarrassedly.

Zhao Qingmiao had long been accustomed to her open-mouthedness, but after a slight glance, she had no intention of pursuing it.

"Let's go home."

~

Cai Wenjing is exhausted today. First go and kneel down in my father's room, listen to the second old man crying dead and alive, and point to the government to get the body back. Cai Wenjing naturally couldn't let the two old men go to the prefect's mansion to make trouble, so he called Wang Yan to comfort them one by one, and finally stabilized the second elder first.

He rushed to kneel down to the sister-in-law in the east chamber again, and his voice was dumb before he said a word. Fortunately, the sister-in-law came out of the scholarly family, and she didn't blame Cai Wenjing too much while grieving, but just told him to hurry up and go to the official school to bring Cai Chunan back.

Speaking of his nephew Cai Chun'an, who was young and vigorous, as soon as he heard that his father was dead, his eyes turned red, and he was about to rush to the yamen on the spot and say that he was going to tear the cook.

Fortunately, Cai Wenjing patiently explained that the government has not yet pronounced the verdict, and the cook may not be the real murderer. That's when he coaxed people back.

When they made a commotion, Zhao Yanjiu happened to come out of Yushu Academy. I listened to it from a distance, and I didn't have time to go up or say anything, so I watched people leave.

When Zhao Yanjiu returned to Zhao's house, he saw Zhao Qingmiao sitting in his room waiting for him. A pair of eyes are heavy, and the heart is heavy.

"Brother."

"Brother Cai Wenjing is dead?" Zhao Yanjiu made a cup of tea for himself, and took a sip after speaking.

Zhao Qingmiao was slightly stunned, thinking that he must have heard about it on the road, so he nodded.

"I haven't been to Wang's house yet, so I don't know if this matter can reach my grandfather's ears." After all, this happened, and Wang Ji Restaurant could not escape the disaster. But Wang Ji is the brainchild of his grandfather, and he can't see it collapse.

Zhao Yanjiu licked his lips and frowned: "Don't worry too much, there is still an uncle." Has the government checked it? How so? ”

"I just said that I was poisoned, but I arrested Li Gui, who was cooking." Zhao Qingmiao sighed lightly. Tell me about my business with Cai Wenjing, as well as the death of the eldest son of the Cai family next door.

Zhao Yanjiu's eyebrows were raised, and his eyes were floating and heavy: "It's weird." Don't blame my brother for being too kind, I heard that the Cai family brothers are at odds with each other. The Cai family spoiled the eldest son even more, but the eldest son was a gentleman. Cai Wenjing is a good hand inside and out, and he takes charge of the Cai family's business. Do you think it will ......?"

When he analyzed it like this, the more people listened to it, the cooler it became, and the hairs stood up in broad daylight.

Zhao Qingmiao pinched the back of her hand, as if to comfort herself: "No, I talked about business with Cai Wenjing, I proposed to make an appointment with Wang Ji, and my cousin also came later." ”