Chapter 33: Angry at the crown
"At that time, this matter aroused our suspicions and discussions, and the prince also asked me several times for verification......" Liangchen lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice, "We have not been able to figure it out. If the murderer wants to kill Jinzhi's sister, he can directly poison her, and such a little anesthetic will not play a key role at all. Moreover, there are many colorless and odorless poisons in the world, and there is no need to use anesthetics to do such useless work. ”
"But what if the drugging person is not the murderer, but someone else?" Liangchen suddenly looked up at Qianmist.
"You're saying that the person who drugged him didn't want to kill him." Qianwu and Yoshichen looked at each other.
"Later, the prince checked all the food that Sister Jinzhi had eaten, and found nothing abnormal." Liangchen frowned, "Even the walnut powder that Aunt Qinghe handed over to Xiao Er at the inn, you also interrogated it personally, and Xiao Er admitted that he had secretly tasted it, which proved that Aunt Qing He gave him walnut powder, not anesthetic." At this point, the clue to this anesthetic was broken. ”
"But today I was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but I suddenly figured out one thing." Liangchen lowered his head and recalled, "That night, Senior Sister had a fever, I decocted medicine for her in the kitchen, and I did see Xiao Er secretly taste walnut powder, which proved that it was not anesthetic. But did the prince think about it, if the dose of anesthetic is only a little bit, ordinary people can't detect it if they only taste a little bit. ”
"Do you suspect that Qinghe mixed anesthetic powder with walnut powder?" Thousand Mists is straight to the point.
"Yes. And more than once. Liangchen bit his lip and replied, "Sister Jinzhi often said that her limbs were weak on the way back, and I am afraid that she also had a cold. The senior sister was sick, and she was afraid of infecting the senior sister again, so she would sleep in the next room. This also makes a lot of small things that I couldn't figure out before. ”
"But all this is just my speculation, in a few days Aunt Qinghe will come to the palace to pick up the girl, no matter what the truth is, then the prince can use this information to test a thing or two." Liangchen got up and said, "I'll go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up Miss Tiyun." ”
"I hope the prince can find out about this. Whenever I can get closer to the truth, I want to take it. Liangchen stopped again and shook at Qianwu, "After all, I can't let my mother and my brother die blindly. With that, he strode out.
Her mother followed Jinzhi to death in that murder, and her brother Wenli died in the raging fire. All these are scars that she can't erase from her heart. She has followed Qianwu for many years and has always been loyal, also because she believes that Qianwu will definitely find out the truth.
Chiki sat at the table, his hand under his sleeve clenched into a fist. Liangchen is right, in the past, when she was outside, but everything that was in the entrance, Jinzhi was extremely careful, but if it was sent by Qinghe, she would definitely not doubt it.
In the afternoon, Tiyun returned to the palace, and Qianwu's whole person was very heavy and hazy, looking preoccupied. Tiyun didn't know what was wrong with him, and Liangchen said that there was just something wrong with politics.
Three days later, in the early morning, Qinghe finally arrived at Nanwangfu in a hurry.
Tiyun was sitting on a swing at this time. Qinghe turned over and dismounted, walked into the Nanwang Mansion quickly, and as soon as he saw Tiyun, he took her hand and said, "You go back to the villa with me!" ”
Qinghe came to the palace at this time, indicating that she set off in the middle of the night and came on horseback overnight. Tiyun looked at her, her hair was disheveled, her clothes were crumpled and a little messy.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Tiyun realizes that things are not simple.
Qinghe ignored her and pulled her to continue walking, Tiyun broke away from her hand and said, "Auntie, aunt! What happened to you? Master agreed, why did you insist on bringing the Extractions back? ”
"Kyoto is the land of right and wrong, you will have to fall on your head sooner or later, Tiyun, you listen to me, go back with me!" Qinghe took her hand again, but Tiyun stood still.
"Auntie, since I have promised to be the prime minister's daughter, it is equivalent to agreeing to the fox to stay by his side, auntie, don't embarrass Yun'er......" Tiyun Zhengse said, once again breaking away from her hand.
"Tiyun! You'll regret it if you don't come with me today! Qinghe seemed to be angry, his eyes were bloodshot, "Do you know how hard it took me to run down the mountain to find you?" The reason why your master agreed to let you stay in the Nanwang Mansion is to use you to deal with Qianwu! ”
Ti Yun smiled and said, "Auntie, are you tired and confused, and Master is using me?" Master never interfered in the affairs of the mountain, let alone the imperial court. Even if Master really wants to meddle in the affairs of the imperial court, I'm just a little girl, what can he do with me? ”
"You don't know, he wants to use you to check Xiao Jin...... "Qinghe became even more angry when he heard it, "Forget it, you don't know if you say it...... Anyway, you listen to me, will you come back to the villa with me? ”
"Aunt Qinghe!" Liangchen stood at the end of the corridor and interrupted Qinghe's words in a loud voice, "The prince said that he has thought of an answer for you, and asked my aunt to go to the study." ”
Qinghe looked at Liangchen, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then let go of Tiyun's hand and followed Liangchen to Qianwu's study. Tiyun breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly pulled his skirt and ran all the way, hiding there.
Qinghe arrived in Qianwu's study, and Qianwu motioned for her to sit at the table.
"Whatever you say today, I'll take it back." Kiyowa stared at Qianwu directly, "I won't let you hurt her." ”
"Earlier, you asked me what I thought of the extractions, and asked me to give you an answer. Now I want to ask you, what do you think of the extractions? Why are you so protective of her? Is it because you really love her, or because ...... "Chiki poured a cup of tea," because you feel guilty. ”
"What guilt?" Qinghe's spirit was not good, and he listened to Qianwu with a sloppy gaze.
"Did you kill Jinzhi back then?" Qianwu didn't want to go around in circles with her.
Qinghe's whole person tensed up when he heard this, "What killed Jinzhi?" What are you talking about? ”
"Tiyun and Jinzhi look so similar, are you guilty of Jinzhi, so you do your best to protect Jinzhi?" Chimist moved the tea to her.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What do I have to feel guilty about? Qinghe's trembling hand didn't take the teacup, but still stared straight at Qianmist.
"You don't say? Then I'll tell you ......," Chimisi took a sip of tea.
"At that time, you, Jinzhi, the boss, the third, and Aunt Wu went down to Jiangnan to play together. On the way back, Jinzhi suddenly felt a terrible headache, and then you took your walnut powder and gave it to her, telling her that walnut powder mixed with medicinal powder can relieve the headache, and told her to try it. Of course, the walnut powder is indeed effective, because it is mixed with anesthetics. Chiki said.
"I didn't, it's not ......me," Qinghe muttered and shook her head, she dreamed of Hibiki day and night the other day, and now her mind was full of memories of the past.
"You let Jinzhi take it a few times, and Jinzhi became dependent. So that night, you did it again, you told Xiao Er that it was the best walnut powder, and lured Xiao Er to taste some secretly, in case Jinzhi found out, someone could also testify for you and prove that there was no anesthetic in it. That night, after taking Jinzhi, he fell into a deep sleep, who knew that in the middle of the night, there were assassins in the inn, and you wanted to escape, but Jinzhi was very weak because he took anesthetics, and he couldn't run at all. So ......"
"So you left her behind and ran away." Qianwu blurted out, observing Qinghe.
"I didn't leave her, she ...... herself" Qinghe blurted out, and then denied it, "I don't know, I don't know anything, I ran away separately from Jinzhi, I don't know ......"
"You deny it? That's good too...... I've been idle for the past few years, I've been to all the places you have passed, I've met everyone you've met, and all the evidence of the truth is here, and guess what I've found lately? ”
"When you visit Jiangnan, there are more than dozens of inns where you stay, and I have asked the second shopkeeper of each store carefully. You were careful, but I found the clue anyway. Chiki looked at the teacup in her hand.
"Xinxian Fushui River to and from the inn, I don't know if you remember." Qianwu glanced at her again, "Does the second child of that inn say that his wife loves walnut powder the most, but the best walnut powder is too expensive, so I asked you for some to bring back to your wife at home?" ”
"So what?" Qinghe pursed his lips.
Coincidentally, the wife of that family happened to be pregnant. Soon after the shopkeeper took your walnut powder back, his wife had a miscarriage and died of depression. Qianwu said, "At that time, they didn't know why, although it was a despicable house, everything was in order, and the food was carefully looked for by someone......
"No, it can't be, it can't be...... I obviously ......," Qinghe muttered, "There is no such thing at all, it is you who lied to me, and you made up a lie to cover my words!" ”
"Meng Qinghe! I never joke with human life! Qianwu suddenly became angry, "Don't you still want to say it?" Do you have to get the stolen goods before you admit it! ”
"That's okay...... Qianwu laughed angrily, "Earlier, my people in Jiangnan accidentally found Xiao Er in that inn and asked about the package of walnut powder. Xiao Er said that it should be her wife who thought that the package of walnut powder was very expensive, so she secretly hid some in the jade dew bottle of the Guanyin statue, and it was also in the past few days that he and his family had to move elsewhere before they accidentally found it. ”
"I have ordered someone to send it to Kyoto as soon as possible, and it will arrive in Kyoto in a few days, when do you have to wait for the inspection...... Or do you want me to send it directly to Bexiao? Qianwu looked at Qinghe coldly.
"No, it can't be! I obviously only put one percent of the medicine in that package of walnut powder, how could it cause a pregnant woman to have a miscarriage......" Qinghe suddenly grabbed Qianwu's arm, with tears shining in his eyes, "Qianwu, I beg you, I beg you, don't let my brother know about it, I beg you......"
"Meng Qinghe! How much did you hide back then, and how long are you going to hide it?! Qianwu grabbed her hand and dragged her to him, "You have explained everything to me one by one today!" ”