The winter in the capital is much colder than in Lingzhou, it is only October, the window is already full of frost flowers, there is no charcoal pot in Achan's house, and her cheeks are red from the cold.

I don't know if it's because of excitement or cold, Ah Chan trembled lightly, and she still had to put on an arrogant look.

Hu Xianxian saw that she was very inward-looking, and she was already weak-hearted, but she really had no choice but to withdraw her sharp gaze.

No longer being stared at, Ah Chan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her tense facial muscles relaxed a little, and her facial features looked much more coordinated.

Hu Xianxian looked at her, her appearance was delicate, her eyebrows were slender and good-looking, she was wearing a green jacket and a dark green long skirt, she was a smart and pretty girl.

After sighing twice, Hu Xianxian turned around and went out, since he couldn't ask anything directly, he could only find another way.

Even if it is concluded that Ah Chan is related to the tragedy of Ah Skirt's mother and son, what can it be? At best, the current evidence proves that the arsenic used is most likely provided by Achan; It can't prove that she poisoned her, let alone prove that she was the mastermind.

Ah Chan was arrogant, Hu Xianxian was extremely depressed, knowing that she was very ambitious, and the Zhang family house fight was all provoked by her, but it didn't work, and she couldn't rescue Du Wanlan with these circumstances.

returned to the fairy garden and sat for a long time, and by noon, Hang Wuyi came back and brought back even worse news: Du Wanlan was scheduled to be beheaded at noon on October 19 to show the public!

The reason why the two children of the Zhang family died of poison has not yet been clarified, and the reason why the sentence is so hasty is because the case of the Zhang family is rich and has attracted attention, and the number of people involved will increase after a long time; Second, because this is a tragic case related to etiquette and morality, it is necessary to give a result as soon as possible to reduce the pressure of public opinion.

"It's October 16th, right?" Hu Xianxian asked Hang Wuyi in a trance.

"At mid-afternoon on October 16, we still have about forty hours, and we must be in time." Hang Wuyi's eyes were firm.

Hu Xianxian smiled bitterly and nodded, there has been no substantive progress in the case, and there are no full-time subordinates available to handle the case, so it may be too late to clear Du Wanlan's grievances......

Walking around the house, still not coming up with a good solution, Hu Xianxian anxiously pushed the teacups on the table around, is there only one way to rob the prison?

It was very easy for Hu Xianxian to take Du Wanlan away, but she couldn't show her true face from now on, and she had to bear the big crime of jealousy and murder, and she couldn't wash away the stigma until she died.

Moreover, if they leave, it will also have a bad impact on Zhang Ruijuan and Gu Sizhe, how can a young talent in the Ministry of Rites marry the daughter of a vicious woman? But if Gu Sizhe resigns for the sake of his sweetheart, it will be difficult to realize his ambitions.

didn't come up with a good way, Hu Xianxian blamed herself, in order to match her and Cheng Haofeng, Du Wanlan gave them porcelain dolls wearing bride and groom dresses, although Cheng Haofeng did not accept it at that time, but it was the first time that Hu Xianxian directly expressed his heart in front of Cheng Haofeng. Du Wanlan was enthusiastic to help her, could she only watch Du Wanlan die unjustly?

Hang Wuyi didn't feel good either, and he didn't have much contact with Du Wanlan, so it can be seen that he was always amiable to her. Her mother was cowardly and died early, and the two masters she worshipped mainly taught things about conduct and cultivation, and did not care much about her, but it was Du Wanlan who made her feel the warmth of maternal love.

"Auntie, do you remember when a group of us were playing shuttlecock and I sprained my foot?" She paused, and after seeing Hu Xianxian nod, she said, "Only Aunt Lan comforts me and treats me like a daughter, no matter what, I will overturn the case for her." It's really not good, I caught Ah Chan and tortured her, I would rather be a wicked person than have to understand this case. ”

"It's useless, Ah Chan recruits it, and it can only prove that Ah Skirt is not caused by Sister Wanlan. Although Ah Chan is cunning, she can also deduce from her words and deeds that she is not the mastermind of the two children of the Zhang family, and there is no way to completely find out the truth. Hu Xianxian's brows twisted into a pimple.

Hang Wuyi was deflated, and his arms were pillowed on the table in a daze.

After a while, she seemed to have figured out something, and her eyes suddenly flashed, "Auntie, we may not have the right idea to solve the case, so it is so difficult to investigate!" ”

Hu Xianxian looked at her and motioned for her to say what she thought of, she pursed her lips and cleared up what came to mind before speaking.

"Because the two children of the Zhang family have not found out what poison is in them, and the bodies have been cremated, we think it is easier to find out the murderer of Ah Skirt first, and we focus all our attention on things related to arsenic. Moreover, a lot of evidence and testimony point to Ah Chan, and we only focus on Ah Chan, hoping to find a breakthrough from her. But all this may be a trick by the mastermind to divert attention! The root lies in ......"

Hu Xianxian understood what Hang Wuyi meant, and answered excitedly: "The root cause is that the mastermind has given the two children a **** about two years ago, and we have to start investigating the relevant things at that time!" ”

The master and apprentice looked at each other and smiled, their spirits were greatly lifted, and they immediately took action.

Hang Wuyi went to ask where the small courtyard where Ah Skirt and the child lived about two years ago, Hu Xianxian went to ask the little Taoist aunts of Bixi Palace to check together, and after asking where the small courtyard was, they set off together.

Because that small courtyard was the place where Zhang Dunjinwu hid Jiaojiao, the original owner died again, and the small courtyard was abandoned.

After Hu Xianxian and the others went, she carefully inspected the utensils related to food and drink, and the others went to inquire about the situation when the mother and son lived here.

Using the aura to inspect the pots and pans one by one, Hu Xianxian did not sense the residual toxicity. She sat in the courtyard disappointed, waiting for Hang Wuyi and the others to come back and report the details.

After they came back, they said what they had heard, because Du Wanlan did not accept Ah Skirt's mother and son, and Ah Skirt herself was a person who did not like to swagger, there were only two servants in this small courtyard who lit the fire and cooked, sprinkled and cleaned the laundry, and the children's diet and daily life were taken care of by Ah Skirt herself, and Ah Skirt had almost no contact with outsiders, and it was not easy for others to poison their diet.

The two servant women were from nearby villages, and nothing unusual had happened in the past two years, and the possibility of them being poisoned was very small.

It was easy to figure out the direction of the investigation, but no useful clues were found, and everyone sat in silence in frustration.

Hu Xianxian couldn't help but suspect that the old imperial doctor was lying, what kind of poison would not be poisonous for two years, and it would take so long to die?

After thinking about it, I thought that the old imperial doctor was not lying, and then I thought about it, people who are chronically poisoned must be in poor health, only because they are sick all year round, and at the beginning of the poisoning of the two children, Ah Skirt will think that they are sick.

So, Hu Xianxian asked Hang Wuyi and the others to ask which Langzhong in the neighborhood had treated the children of the Zhang family, and where did the Zhang family buy food and drink.

In the early winter, it was already dusk when he first arrived in Youyou, looking at the gray sky, Hu Xianxian tried his best to calm himself, eagerly looking forward to Hang Wuyi and their inquiries to find useful clues, to avenge the dead, and to show the snow for the wronged.

Hang Wuyi and the others came back, and they heard that many doctors in the vicinity had seen the two children of the Zhang family, and they all said that the pulse was stagnant, but they couldn't see what the disease was.

The two children often complained of dizziness and stomach pain, and although they were not stupid, their eyes often looked dull.

Hearing this, Hu Xianxian was even more sure that the old imperial doctor had told the truth, and the two children of the Zhang family had been poisoned about two years ago!

But how did the murderer poison him? Inhaled by mouth and nose? Food? Drunk?

Hu Xianxian guessed, and thought that Ruan Wenyue and the others asked that the rice and grain eaten by the Ah Huan family were all brought by Zhang Dun, and the vegetables, vegetables and meat were all bought from the nearby market, so there was no reason to poison the two children alone.

If it is said that incense is poisoned, items are smeared with poison, well water is poisoned, etc., how can other people not be poisoned?

Just thinking about it, Hu Xianxian looked at the well, and the pupils of his eyes suddenly shrank, and there was a gray and black scratch on the edge of the well, which was obviously not stained with dirt or a scratch from a bucket.

Hu Xianxian jumped to the edge of the well in one step, wiped some gray and black powder from the scratches, and felt that it was lead ore after a closer look. Why are you throwing lead ore into the well?

This scratch must have been left after Ah Skirt and they moved to Zhang's Manor, otherwise they would not have left traces by drawing water every day.

She immediately instructed Hang Wuyi and Ruan Wenyue to visit the village, who had ever been here after they moved out.

Asking door to door until almost midnight, Hu Xianxian asked a few people who had come, and then asked in person about two villagers who had gone down the well.

The two villagers said that about 20 days ago, a small servant of the Zhang family asked them to fish for stones from the well in the courtyard and gave them five taels of silver.

One of them got three taels of silver, and went down to the well, and the other got two taels of silver, and they met it by the well, and fished out five stones in all.

The big watermelon was the size of a goose egg, but it was heavier than any other stone of the same size.

The little man wrapped the stones in a sack and carried them away in a carriage.

Based on the powder and the villagers' descriptions, Hu Xianxian determined that the stones were lead ore, and although she did not understand why there was lead ore in the well, she deliberately took them, which she thought had to do with the poisoning of her two children.

She asked the two villagers again if they knew when the strange stone was and who threw it into the well, and they couldn't tell if they could tell.

They said that it was from this village, and they only went to Zhang's house a year ago to be a small servant, but they had left Zhang's house a few days ago, and after returning to the village, they asked their neighbors to take care of their parents, and the day before yesterday they went to other places.

Hu Xianxian asked Hang Wuyi and Ruan Wenyue to track down the whereabouts of the little guy, and then check where the lead mine was lost, and she hurried to find the old imperial doctor.

She knew that absorbing too much lead was not good for people's health, but she didn't know if it would cause death, so she asked the old imperial doctor.

I found the old imperial doctor's house, and waited for him to get up and freshen up, and it was the end of October 17.

After briefly talking about the lead mine, the old imperial doctor immediately went to inspect the medical code, and asked his peers, and told Hu Xianxian that lead could cause death.

The old imperial doctor said that young children are delicate, and if the lead ore contains high lead purity, it will damage health, and the impact on adults is not obvious.

If you often consume lead water, it is completely possible that you will die from lead poisoning caused by specific items.

The old imperial doctor sighed, he has been practicing medicine for many years, and he has seen a lot of poisons, but he didn't expect it to be so harmful, no wonder he couldn't find out what poison he had in.

After discussing with him, Hu Xianxian thought that the lead mine in the well water would not let the two children die, and there must be something else that induced it, so Hu Xianxian went to Zhang's manor again.

I don't know when they will wait for Hang Wuyi and the others to find that little guy, hoping to find direct evidence to prove Du Wanlan's innocence as soon as possible.

In Zhang's manor, the courtyard belonging to Ah Huan has been sealed, and he doesn't want to alarm Zhang Dun anymore and interfere with the investigation of the case, so Hu Xianxian stealthily entered the house.

If you look carefully, you can't see anything that may increase the release of lead, or increase the toxicity of lead, and there are many daily necessities.

The slightly peculiar thing is an incense burner, which is different from the common incense burner and more similar to the ding of alchemy.