The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the tranquil Moon Lake, the twilight gradually fades, and the Moon Lake slowly becomes lively.

In the banquet hall of the ship's boat, a sturdy man with a gorgeous crown sat on the main seat, looked around for a week, and then stood up solemnly, "Feast!" The man's voice was deep and deep, and the words were round.

"This is the city lord of Yancheng, this lake tour is here over the years, and the city lord is doing it for the selection of capable people." Lin Xiao saw that Yu Zijin was puzzled, so he explained beside him.

A group of maidservants rushed in, holding delicacies in their hands, and in front of everyone, they arranged the food on each person's table in turn, and then retreated in an orderly manner. Then, seven graceful dancers entered the venue and danced with a wave of their sleeves.

"Didn't you say that the selection of talented people is different, why is the song and dance performance at this time?" In Yu Zijin's view, the poetry meeting of the lake should be the kind of poetry meeting, where the literati gather together, everyone plays the piano and writes poems, and occasionally sends out a few sentences of "wonderful, wonderful" of the common interest exchange meeting. It's not like this, to make a pomp and circumstance of a palace banquet, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a bluff.

"It's just vassal." Lin Xiao didn't seem to be surprised by this kind of scene.

On the other hand, on the field, the dancers are still dancing. The lord of the city sat in his position, and after a short time, he opened his mouth to announce the beginning of the poem.

Several scholars in the audience stood up one after another, expressed their own views and opinions, and talked eloquently.

In Yu Zijin's view, the whole poem will be like a scene of a teacher asking questions in a Chinese class, which is really boring.

After a few rounds, it was still calm, not as expected, and strange things happened.

"Well, there's something unusual." Yu Zijin asked in a low voice.

"Too calm." There was something unusual in the calm.

Bang –

The change came suddenly, and the city lord of Yancheng, who was sitting in a high position, fell down in response, and everyone got up in a panic, all of them were terrified, for fear that they would be the next one to fall.

"Someone, call the doctor!" The middle-aged man in black, who had been sitting beside the city lord, got up and said to maintain order, "Don't be anxious, don't be impatient, you might as well sit down quietly, and when the doctor comes, the truth will be revealed." ”

After all, they are all scholars who have seen the world, and after the middle-aged man spoke, he quickly sat back in his place quietly, waiting for the arrival of the doctor.

A quarter of an hour later, the doctor arrived in the dust, and after a hurried salute, he stepped forward to diagnose him. Half an hour later, everyone heard the doctor's exclamation: "The city lord is poisoned!" ”

After hearing this, everyone was terrified, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, and the city lord of a city was poisoned and comatose in public, which was by no means a trivial matter.

"Alcohol is poisonous!" The most direct way to poison is to take food as the medium, so after diagnosing that the city lord was poisoned, the doctor stepped forward to check the city lord's food, but unexpectedly, when the silver needle penetrated deep into the wine, it turned black in an instant.

Poison in wine? After hearing these four words, the group was shocked, and the conversation was even louder. Everyone has drunk the wine of the feast, so it means that it is likely that everyone has been poisoned. Who is it, whose means are so despicable, that he should poison people with wine?

Poisoning? Lin Xiao frowned slightly, today Baili Shu lured them to come, it was already strange, and at this time, the poisoning of the city lord happened to happen......

"This son has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." Bai Lishu, who was sitting not far from Lin Xiao, got up and said at this time.

"Speak, please." After the city lord was poisoned and unconscious, only the deputy city lord who had been following him all along, the younger brother of the city lord, that is, the middle-aged man in black who sat beside the city lord at the banquet, had the right to speak in the town.

"Alcohol is poisoned, everyone drinks alcohol, and there are more or less toxins in the body. If the person who poisoned him is still on the field, he must have taken the antidote beforehand, and he has not been poisoned, and as long as he finds out who has not been poisoned, he can know who is the poisoner."

Yu Zijin also frowned at this time, this banquet, he and Lin Xiao were both guarded, so the wine served by the maid had not been drunk, if it was really to be investigated, the two of them were not poisonous, and they would definitely be speechless.

It's just that Bailishu went to great lengths to attract the two of them, was it to charge them with poisoning the city lord? It's too strange, if he and Lin Xiaozhen are caught, it won't necessarily do Bailishu, who is the son of Nanyue Qingwang.

Now that the person who poisoned is unknown, the tail of the Bailishu fox has not been revealed, and Lin Xiao can't see through it for a while, what he wants.

Besides, the two of them have no grievances with Bailishu, and they have never seen each other before yesterday, why did they suddenly approach and set up blame. Among them, the piles and piles are all incomprehensible.

"What the prince said is very true." When the deputy city lord heard this, he also agreed, and immediately ordered it to be executed, "In order to find out the person who poisoned me, I hope you will cooperate." Come on, lock off the scene immediately! ”

But the facts are not as Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin expected, although the two have not drunk alcohol and cannot find out the toxin, and they are suspected of poisoning people, but those who have not drunk alcohol at the scene have also been investigated, in addition to Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin, there are six people, among them, including Bailishu.

If you want to set up a blame, there are many people who are not poisonous at this time, and Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin do not have the so-called residual poison on their bodies, and they can use the saying that they have not drunk alcohol to eliminate suspicion, and the crime of poisoning the city lord will not fall on the two. From this, it is certain that Bailishu's purpose is indeed not here, or rather, he did not use this method......

"I wonder if a few nobles can allow a body search?" The deputy city lord saw that there were as many as eight people who had not been poisoned, and he also had a headache. However, now, after some investigation, the scope of the person who poisoned has been reduced a lot, and for today's plan, as long as the body is searched for evidence, the truth can be revealed.

"Nature." The first to agree was Bailishu, and after speaking, he took the initiative to search his body first. He is "generous and calm", Yu Zijin said in his heart.

The subordinates searched one by one, and when it was Yu Zijin's turn, the person who collected evidence was a servant girl of a similar age, who came with both hands and his head hanging down, "This young lady, offended." ”

"Someone, catch him!" The maidservant was about to search for Yu Zijin, but was interrupted by the deputy city lord's shouting. What's going on?

I saw that the banquet hall was close to the seat of the lord, and seven or eight guards swarmed up, surrounding a man in a dark red robe.

"You talk nonsense! This is a planting! Why should I poison the city lord! No way! The man looked angry, broke free from the guards who were holding him, and hurriedly defended.

"The physical evidence is here, what do you have to say!" The deputy city lord held a miniature white porcelain vase that had just been found from the man in the long robe, and asked sternly.

"The city lord treats me like a brother, what reason do I have to murder the city lord!" The man in the long shirt was clasped by the two guards again, but he still kept shouting, "It's you! It was you who framed me, you must have wanted to sit in the position of the city lord, so you got rid of the city lord in my name, so that you can not only become the city lord, but also reduce my hindrance! ”

"It's a bunch of nonsense, come on, bring it down!" After hearing this, the deputy city lord's face changed slightly, but he quickly regained his expression and ordered the guards to detain the man in the long shirt who was still pleading loudly.

"You wicked man! Vain city lord's hard work! The man's voice faded away, but it still echoed in the banquet hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's situation is special, and I am afraid that this banquet will not be able to continue, so I will make amends here." After speaking, the deputy city lord bowed down to everyone and said respectfully.

"What about the poison on our bodies!" Some people questioned that the city lord was poisoned and unconscious, and everyone still remembered it vividly, obviously they were interested in attending the banquet, but they returned in disappointment, and they ended up with poison.

"You don't have to worry, the doctor just said that it is not a big problem to be contaminated with this poison, and it can be detoxified after a few days of rest." Seeing that everyone looked annoyed, the deputy city lord immediately spoke comfortably.

How many days of rest can I detoxify? But the city lord is poisoned and unconscious, and he is also drinking, what is the difference, if you only use this as an excuse, it will inevitably be full of loopholes. Could it be that there is another hidden reason for the poisoning of the city lord? Yu Zijin said in his heart.

As if reading what Yu Zijin was thinking, Lin Xiao leaned over slightly and said, "Let's go back first, this matter is not so simple, and it is useless to stay here." ”

"Okay." Yu Zijin nodded.

The main hall of the Lin Mansion.

After Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin left Moon Lake, they rushed back to Lin Mansion directly.

"Lin Xiao, what do you think about this matter?" At this time, Yu Zijin's mind was already in chaos, and everything that happened today was too unbelievable.

Lin Xiao didn't immediately answer Yu Zijin's question, but sat down and thought for a while before he slowly spoke: "I heard that the city lord has no children under his knees, and if he dies of poisoning, it stands to reason that his brother will be the next heir." However, it is rumored that in fact, the city lord and his younger brother do not get along, but have a very good personal relationship with a subordinate, and even seem to have the meaning of passing on this person.

Look at tonight, the city lord was poisoned, his subordinates were arrested, the position of the city lord was vacant, and the only one who had the ability to inherit his position was this younger brother. If it is said that the deputy city lord wants to use this to take the throne and frame the blame, there is nothing wrong with it.

But the strange thing is that everyone was poisoned, but only the city lord was in danger. Obviously, either the person who poisoned the person did not want to hurt the innocent, or there were people in the room who did not want to harm.

Also, when the drug test was carried out, apart from the two of us, the prince of Qingwang had never drunk. You and I are vigilant, so what is he for? ”

"He probably knew that wine was poisonous!" Yu Zijin suddenly realized, "If Bailishu helps the deputy city lord seize the throne, it can be regarded as attracting the power of Yancheng." I also want to pass this poison by the way, and get rid of us by the hand of the deputy city lord. But we don't have a grudge against Bailishu, and we met for the first time yesterday, so why does he want to get rid of us? ”

"You have to know where Bailishu came from. The identities of you and me are not particularly hidden, when he first saw us yesterday, he already knew that I was the second son of the Lin family, naturally, his identity as the county lord may not be able to be found.

The deputy city lord and Bailishu joined forces for the position of the city lord, so he didn't want to hurt the innocent, so he privately replaced the poison in everyone's wine. And although Bai Lishu is likely to have guessed the identities of you and me, he probably didn't want to take advantage of this to get rid of us, he probably could expect that if you and I attended the banquet, we wouldn't necessarily drink, so the poisoning would not be possible.

But in fact, Bai Lishu still invited us to the banquet ......", Lin Xiao frowned even more.

What he didn't tell Yu Zijin was that at the moment, the Northern Barbarians intended to attack, and the king of war secretly returned to Beijing, and he had to personally send troops to suppress it. At this time, Bailishu wanted to be unfavorable to Yu Zijin, and most likely wanted to use this to contain the war king, so that Bailishu was involved with the Northern Barbarians, and things would be much more complicated.

In addition, when he came to Yancheng, the mysterious man in black appeared......

"Go to bed early, don't think too much." Lin Xiao saw Yu Zijin yawning again and again, and at this time, he couldn't discuss the result for a while, so he proposed.

"But ......" Although Yu Zijin was sleepy, he also knew that things were prioritized.

"Not so much, but, only when you get enough sleep will you have the energy, and the rest will be talked about tomorrow." Lin Xiao said softly.

"Hmm." Yu Zijin replied obediently.

Lin Xiao smiled dumbly, this little girl, when she is not energetic, she is obedient like a rabbit, she can say anything, she is still like a child.

The stars in the night sky kept blinking, and the moon stayed silently, listening to the whispers of the stars.