Misty clouds and rain were pouring in, and the chill of early winter was starting to worsen.

On the official road leading to Zhang's manor on the outskirts of the capital, a pair of pedestrians are particularly eye-catching.

BMW driving, carved incense car, among which sat Hu Hairong, who was richly dressed; In front of them were two sturdy guards on horseback; He was followed by four maidservants in a modest carriage; At the end, four servants rode horses to follow.

Compared with the pomp and circumstance, the woman walking by the incense cart is more eye-catching.

She was wearing an azure robe, shrouded in a hazy blue light, wind and rain, it can be seen that the wind blows her clothes, and she does not see the rain and wet her hair. Her steps were calm, and her unhurried steps were always parallel to the speeding carriage.

Of course, she is Hu Xianxian, it is very simple to be parallel to the carriage, and deliberately showing off like this needs to deter the real murderer, and only in a panic will the horse's feet be exposed.

Hu Hairong has gone through so many things, and she has long understood that the health of her family is the most important thing, and whether her son Gu Sizhe's life is happy is a big matter for her.

After the tragedy of the Zhang family, she also sent someone to understand the case and found out that Du Wanlan was wronged, so she asked Hu Xianxian to take care of the matter.

At the end of October 14, the servants of the Zhang family welcomed Hu Xianxian and his party, although they were in mourning, Zhang Dun personally entertained Hu Xianxian and them out of politeness.

After Hu Xianxian and they politely put incense on the skirt, Zhang Dun drank tea and sat with them in the small hall not far from the mourning hall.

Because he knew that Hu Xianxian and Du Wanlan were good friends, and Hu Hairong and Du Wanlan got along well, Zhang Dun was afraid that they would question Du Wanlan about being sent to prison, so he took the initiative to briefly introduce the case.

On the afternoon of the second day of October, a son and a daughter born to Zhang Dun and Ah Skirt shouted that their stomachs hurt, and everyone in the house went to see what was wrong, but they were helpless, and they recommended the doctors they knew to come to see the doctor, but a few came and did not see the cause.

Later, a doctor who had been a royal doctor arrived, but before he could take his pulse, his three-year-old son had already died. He hurriedly examined the five-year-old daughter and found out that she was poisoned, but the child was weak and died before he could find out what the poison was.

The two children were poisoned to death, but they never found out what the poison was, Zhang Dun was in pain, and he was reluctant to bury the child, but he thought that he could have another child in the future, so he still held back his grief and buried the child.

At that time, rumors arose, and all the spearheads were pointed at Du Wanlan, suspecting that she was the murderer, but because she didn't want to have another accident at home, her daughter Zhang Ruijuan tried her best to protect her mother and did not sue Du Wanlan.

Unexpectedly, on the tenth day of October, not long after Du Wanlan escaped from the room under house arrest, Ah Huan was poisoned and died.

The poison in Ah Skirt was quickly found out, and it was the poison of arsenic.

Zhang Dun wanted to beat Du Wanlan, but after Zhang Ruijuan stopped him, he defended his mother: Why are the younger brothers and sisters suffering from strange poisons that many famous doctors have not seen? But arsenic is common in Aunt Skirt? If the mother had premeditated the murder of them, it would be impossible to get two different poisons, and it must have been a conspiracy to harm the Zhang family.

After chaining Du Wanlan into the firewood room, the servants of October 12 cleaned the room and found a dead mouse in Du Wanlan's room.

The mouse dragged out a corner of paper, and when he died, he was pressing the paper, and the servant saw that the death was strange and reported it to Zhang Dun to know.

Someone suggested that Zhang Dun come to examine the rat corpse, and it was found that the rat was poisoned and died, and there was arsenic on that piece of paper!

Everyone deduced that Du Wanlan must have bought arsenic, and then threw away the paper containing arsenic, and the unlucky mouse inadvertently licked the paper and died of poisoning.

It seems reasonable and there seems to be ironclad evidence, Zhang Dunsheng beat Du Wanlan with a blue nose and swollen face, and sent her to the government to ask for her to be sentenced to death.

was afraid that Zhang Ruijuan would make trouble, so he locked his daughter in the boudoir, only delivered food and water, and guarded her stricter than criminals.

Hu Xianxian and Hu Hairong listened silently, without saying anything, and when Zhang Dun finished talking about the matter, Hu Hairong wanted to comfort Zhang Ruijuan first, and secretly asked for details, and Hu Xianxian went to the mourning hall to observe.

There are many people who come to worship in the mourning hall, after all, the Zhang family is rich and rich, and they all have to stammer.

Hu Xianxian asked about the two children, although they had been buried, she wanted to conduct an autopsy, it was obvious that the poison in the two children was not a common poison among the people, she thought that Qin Mufeng might know.

But when asked about the two children, everyone present squeaked and didn't want to say more, Hu Xianxian picked up a pie and threatened them, and a distant neighbor who came to worship quietly told Hu Xianxian that the two children were all cremated.

The reason for the cremation is that it is rumored that the child who died prematurely and died will become a ghost, in order for the child to be reincarnated smoothly, Zhang Dun asked the monks of the Pufu Temple to do things, and also buried the two children according to the Buddhist funeral rites.

Hu Xianxian frowned, this is strange, no matter how you look at this case, it is not like a bloody case caused by the fight for family property, but more like someone has been carefully planning against the Zhang family for many years.

Because she was going to make a seven-day dojo for Ah Skirt, and Ah Skirt had not yet been buried, Hu Xianxian took a closer look at the environment of the mourning hall, and wanted to find an opportunity to test whether she died of arsenic poison.

This saw that in addition to Ah Skirt's younger brothers and sisters crying, and some relatives were welcoming the guests, there was also a maid crying bitterly.

The maid was still muttering, "Aunt Skirt...... I'm sorry for you...... Blame me for being cowardly and afraid to help my wife harm you...... I didn't expect her to kill you...... I just want to drive you away, why did I think it would kill you......"

Hu Xianxian looked at her suspiciously, and asked others, only to know that this maid was Du Wanlan's most trusted Achan, Zhang Dun asked her to kneel here and cry to atone for Du Wanlan's sins.

When the housewife is convicted and imprisoned, it is not inappropriate for the maid to cry and help atone for her sins, in this case she is often very dissatisfied and cowardly, but Ah Chan seems to have no fear, no worries and no sadness, as if she should sing this play perfunctory.

Hu Xianxian looked at her carefully, only to see that she was full of vegetarian, but there seemed to be jewels on her body, and when she looked at it again, she saw that she was wearing a necklace, although her coat was half-covered, it could still be seen that there was an emerald pendant on the necklace.

Crystal clear, turquoise and flawless, this pendant is worth a lot of money, and it is obviously not something that a maid can afford.

Hu Xianxian lowered her voice and asked her, "Where did the necklace come from?" "

"Necklaces? Someone else sent it. Ah Chan's eyes flickered, and she tucked the chain pendant into her clothes.

Hu Xianxian told the housekeeper of the Zhang family that he would take Ah Chan out to ask a few words and walk under a big poplar tree behind the mourning hall.

There were fewer people coming and going, and Hu Xianxian asked Ah Chan again vigorously, who gave the necklace of the emerald pendant.

Ah Chan said in a voice: "Yes, it was sent by Madame." "

Hu Xianxian looked at her with a blade, she was so frightened that her legs fell to the ground, "This is my idea to take my aunt away, and Madame is happy to reward me...... I only said that I would take her away, and I never had the intention of killing. It's true...... I didn't expect Madame to poison them......"

There was fear and remorse in her eyes, and she seemed to be quite sincere, but Hu Xianxian had resentment in her eyes.

"Well, I believe you." Hu Xianxian glanced at her faintly, raised his hand, and motioned for her to stand up.

Back in the mourning hall, Hu Xianxian tried to recruit Ah Skirt's soul to ask, but because there was a conflict in the practice, and he wanted to ask Ah Skirt to ask, he may not know the specific situation of poisoning, so he decided not to summon the soul.

But when Hu Xianxian pinched the trick, he sensed that Ah Skirt's soul had a grudge against Ah Chan, maybe it was only because of the fight that the resentment had not disappeared, or maybe the death was related to Ah Chan.

Hu Xianxian intuitively felt that the murderer was still hiding in the shadows to be unfavorable to the rest of the Zhang family, so she didn't stay too long so as not to let the murderer notice that she was talking to Ah Chan and went to find Hu Hairong to go back to the city.

Back in Xianyunguan, Hu Xianxian did not enter the Xianyuan Garden, and sensed that Cheng Haofeng was in Yihexuan and went to talk to him.

After listening to Hu Xianxian's explanation of the situation, Cheng Haofeng frowned and pondered for a long time.

then told Hu Xianxian: "It is difficult to find someone to help with this case from the surface, and the imperial court attaches great importance to the matter of etiquette and religion."

You know that when the emperor first ascended the throne, for whom to be the queen mother, in order to establish Shen Zhujun as the queen, he was criticized by Mr. Sour and Rotten Taoism, and later everything was done according to the etiquette system.

Let's talk about governing the family first and then talking about governing the country, now the atmosphere and everything are in line with etiquette, this sensational case in the capital has become a typical big case, and it is necessary to treat a woman like Du Wanlan who does not obey her husband and is jealous and vicious to all women.

Afraid of being implicated, Qiao Jishi will not allow Gu Sizhe to interfere, and I can't interfere openly, even if Zhuo Que Village is in the Criminal Department, it is difficult to help, and it is difficult to find evidence to prove Du Wanlan's innocence with the help of friends who are not in the official. "

Hu Xianxian understood what he meant, it was better to cast a spell to rescue Du Wanlan, and let her live incognito from now on, don't bother to find evidence.

"I want to try and find ironclad evidence to clear Sister Wanlan's grievances, so that those old diehards can understand how stupid and terrible it is to decide the case with prejudice! I also have to let those guys who think that the instability of the house is all about women being jealous that many things are caused by men in the final analysis, and have nothing to do with women! Hu Xianxian stubbornly raised his eyebrows.

Cheng Haofeng sighed softly and took her into his arms, and scratched her nose with a smile.

The next day, Hu Xianxian asked Ye Guanying to send someone to check the transportation of various poisons and pharmaceutical raw materials, and Ye Guanying, who was in charge of the Ma Di Shop, was much more convenient than Hu Xianxian checking the warehouse next to him.

Then let Ruan Wenyue and a group of Dao Gu of Bixi Palace go to the pharmacy to ship, and all arsenic sold will be recorded.

and asked Ruan Shaolun and Piaoman to check the contacts of friends in the shopping mall who had dealings with Zhang Dun, they had a wide range of contacts and knew many people, so it was easy to check these.

At the same time, Hu Xianxian also arranged for Tang Caier to secretly protect Zhang Ruijuan, worried that the murderer would kill her next.

In the name of reciting scriptures to eliminate Du Wanlan's iniquities, Hang Wuyi went to the prison to inquire about what he had done in the past half a month, what he had mentioned and discussed with the people around him.

After arranging these, Hu Xianxian sent a spirit talisman to Du Wanzhi again, informed Du Wanlan of the matter, and at the same time let her not worry about it in the undersea holy realm, and reminded her to try to hide it from her father Du Chuan.

At night, Hu Xianxian flew alone to the cemetery of Zhang Dun's two young children, and even though they had been cremated, he still hoped to find clues from the ashes.

There are many tombs of Zhangjia ancestors, and the tombstones are stacked on a small hillside, but the two children are still too young, and they are buried according to the Buddhist burial customs, so there is no tombstone.

At the bottom of the hillside, far from the many graves, there were two small mounds that were apparently new, each with an ever-bright lotus lamp in front of the mound, which was supposed to be the place where the two children were buried.

Hu Xianxian was about to fall down, when he suddenly sensed that someone was coming, and immediately fell to the ground and hid behind a big cypress tree, stealing a look at who the person was and what he was going to do.