The sky was still very gloomy.

Such gloomy weather can make people feel very bad.

For example, now, Jiang Li is a little inexplicably irritable.

"My lord, you use some honeydew melons." It was the voice of the snow, "Or kumquat, or cherry?" ”

I don't want to answer.

"My lord, do you think this Biluochun may be the entrance? The slave maid brought the big red robe and the West Lake Longjing that adults love to drink. Rin Frost asked softly, "The slave and maid mixed it with hot cow's milk, and the adult's mind can be calmer." ”

After a while, the seat slowly spoke: "Frost, I want to eat ginger and plums......"

"Yes." The maidservant dressed in a smoky robe made a quick salute and ordered the little palace maid below to fetch it. In less than two minutes, a plate of six-colored preserved fruits was served.

Ginger fragrant plums are placed in the center, and freeze-dried grapes, honey cherries, rock sugar hawthorn, air-dried honeydew melons, salted bayberry and so on. The color is red, red, green, and green, which is very beautiful.

"Alas, you still have a heart! ......" twisted a few preserved fruits with a small silver fork, Jiang Li was like a well-fed kitten, and put down the sitting figure a little with satisfaction, and nodded with satisfaction.

Jiang Xue is young and has always been biased, and Jiang Li has always treated her as a sister. Seeing that Jiang Li, who was still high up just now and behaved dignified in every word and deed, was so tired, she shouted: "I'm tired, I'm about to get out of my body when the carriage is upside down, my lord, you can rest quickly." ”

"There's no time to rest, and I'm going to continue to investigate the case." The index finger lightly tapped the smooth forehead of Jiang Xue, who was kneeling in front of him and holding the fruit plate, Jiang Li smiled softly.

"My lord, I don't know why, why didn't Lord Lu Wu come just now?" Rin Shuang asked softly on the side, "According to common sense, Lord Lu should come with Lord Shen to meet him." ”

Jiang Li shook his head: "I don't know." It's just that I'm always a little uneasy in my heart, and I don't know if it's good or bad that he doesn't show up at the moment. I don't want him to get involved......"

"Heh, with what kind of person he is, doesn't he still want Princess Shangrongguo?" But it was Jiang Xue who pursed her lips and turned her head to look at Rinshuang,

"Go, find a clever little girl, pull a stunned young man and ask, how noble is this Lord Lu, now that our adults are here, won't he see him?"

Jiang Xue pointed out a second-class maid named Han Bi, and assigned her to find an inferior palace maid from Huangli Palace to inquire.

"I'm even bolder, you're getting bolder." Jiang Li pretended to twist Jiang Xue's slightly fleshy face fiercely, "It seems that this seat is going to punish you for not eating snacks for three days." ”

"Your Excellency, spare your life! The slave doesn't dare anymore! Slaves must keep their mouths shut! Slaves and maids don't talk nonsense anymore! Jiangxue pretended to beg for mercy, but Rinshuang, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but laugh first.

Han Bi's legs were fast, and after a while, he replied: "Lord Lu didn't come early this morning, and his colleagues thought that he had taken leave and returned home to rest." But I never heard that he had anything to do with the events of the night before, probably because of the dinner that day, and Lord Lu did not attend. ”

I just felt relieved suddenly. Jiang Li couldn't help but laugh at herself for being useless. Since childhood, I have been raised to have fewer emotions and six desires, let alone joy and sorrow. And he is invisibly breaking the rules......

I can't cry out in my heart. After a moment of composure, he commanded in a more mellow tone: "That's it." Call the people you just now, one by one, and I want to ask questions. ”

There are four people in total, and Rin Shuang is clever, and he arranged the eldest son of the right prime minister family in the last place.

"Have you ever attended a dinner party and entered the Bonus Courtyard?"

"Who else is at the dinner?"

"When does the dinner end?"

"When was the last time you saw Wang Zicong? What's he doing? ”

"Have you ever seen Cai Ping's wife?"

"When will she play?"

"Who did she talk to?"

"When will Cai Ping's lady leave, and will she go back to the room?"

"When are you leaving?"

The first three people are surprisingly consistent, I don't know if they colluded in advance or really didn't know. A few questions were asked several times, and their answers were natural and fluent, but they were not rigid and never carefully choreographed.

They all said that there were only five people who participated in the dinner, all of them were the children of wealthy families in Yangdu, either rich or noble, and they were all colleagues of the Hanlin Academy, and they saw each other every day on weekdays. When everyone was slightly drunk, Cai Ping Niangzi appeared. didn't say much, only played two songs quietly on the stage and then withdrew.

Just because Zhang Gongzi was there, everyone didn't dare to mess around. After only half an hour, she went back to her room. They only said that they were happy, and they left not long after.

Everyone said that they didn't pay attention to Wang Zicong's whereabouts when they left, but there was no one in the hall of Huahong Courtyard, and they drank a lot of wine and became dizzy, so everyone went their separate ways, and they were helped on the horse by the servants in a delirious sense, and slowly sent back to the house.

After listening to the words for more than two hours, Jiang Li didn't have lunch, just rubbed his temples and lowered his head in contemplation. In the blink of an eye, it was already night, and only the right prime minister, Zhang Tingyun, did not speak.

Not long after the palace maid went to spread the word to Zhang Tingyun, he arrived. Thinking that he had rushed all the way over, his forehead hair was a little loose. When Rin Shuang asked, he spoke excitedly, and without waiting for her to finish asking all the questions, he gave a general explanation of the matter:

A few days ago, I wanted to accept her as a concubine, but she declined, only saying that although she was a woman who was in the dust, she was a clean man who did not sell her body, and only thanked me for my kindness. She also said that she already has a sweetheart, and if she has the opportunity, she is willing to go to his house to be a rough slave.

"I was going to ask her who this person was, but she admired it so much. But when she said this, her face turned a little red, and there were tears in her eyes. I felt rude, so I didn't say anything more and took my leave.

"When I saw her again yesterday, she was much haggard...... For some reason, she obviously played the joy of seeing each other, but I didn't feel a little joy. Between her eyes, I only felt sad, dark clouds, and I couldn't see her usual bright appearance at all.

"It's just because of Yang Duli that there have been rumors about me and her for a long time. I didn't want to say anything more to her, so I only asked Brother Zicong if there were rumors elsewhere in Yang Capital recently, which disturbed her quietness. Zicong said that he didn't know, so I didn't ask again.

"That night, when I talked to Zicong about Cai Ping's wife, he was no different, and even wanted to go home early, only saying that his mother was unwell a few days ago, and she was afraid of worrying her parents when she returned home too late.

"Before this, he had rarely even seen Cai Ping Niangzi, and most of his understanding of Cai Ping Niangzi was from me. If you say he...... I really don't want to believe it, and I can't believe it. Brother Zicong is as gentle as jade, such a move is ......

"Lord Huangli, Weichen only knows so much. If you still want to ask for details, please go to the right minister's mansion to find me with this token, and my Zhang Mansion will definitely be full of brilliance. ”

Zhang Tingyun kowtowed, and presented a piece of unicorn white jade jade pendant to Jiang Xue.

Jiang Li didn't have a clue for the time being, so he waved his hand to let him retreat, and after a few words of command, he took his servants and returned to the house wearing stars and moons.