"Master Qiqi, there are many people who are related to the poison, the old slave has checked it roughly, and only brought these three people to talk back for the time being. Among these three people, one is responsible for the flowers and plants in the garden, called Chu Er; the other is in charge of the treasury, called Chen Da; The last one was a waiter in the main courtyard, named Jin Qiao. ”

Song Yan made it clear the origin of several people in a few words, among which the first two had few words, and the last Jin Qiao was a rare tirade.

"This Jin Qiao, although he was only transferred to the main courtyard a few years ago, is not a white man who was newly bought into the mansion, and he used to serve by Aunt Liu's side, mainly to help the little county lord's grandmother. At the end of last year, the little county lord had a cold, and Aunt Liu reprimanded the nurse, and drove Jin Qiao away under the pretext of improper service. The old slave saw that this girl was pitiful, so he asked her to do chores for a few days first. Then, seeing that she was diligent and didn't talk much, it was when there was a shortage of people in the main courtyard at that time, and there were not many suitable old people in the house, and they were all newly bought little girls about ten years old, so they also crossed this Jin Qiao together. It's just that there are a lot of gold and silver hidden in this girl's house......"

Qi Heng was like a mirror in his heart, and he connected these three people with those three things. Chu Er doesn't need to say much, that Chen Da should be related to tea, whether these two people are intentional or unintentional is still unknown, but the things in the book are clearly done by someone with intentions.

This Jin Qiao, an ordinary little maid, actually found so much gold and silver, it seems that most of her is the one who does things in the book.

"Say it."

This faint sentence seemed to open the floodgates of the suppressed emotions of the kneeling people, except for Jin Qiao, they all shouted injustice.

Song Yan said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, why are you so presumptuous? Chu Er, you say it first! ”

The short young man swallowed his saliva, and said with a wince: "Back to the prince, what kind of seven-star grass is, the little one really doesn't know." To be honest, if it weren't for Gonggong Song asking today, the little one wouldn't know that the grass was called this name. The small one is in charge of the flowers and plants in the garden, but the seeds and fertilizers of the flowers and trees purchased every month are recorded. The little one has never reported the seeds of this seven-star grass for people to buy, if the prince doesn't believe it, he can let people check it. ”

Song Yan naturally checked the records, and knew that there was no such item above, but he was not short of breath, and said coldly: "Although this grass seed is rare in Beijing, according to Imperial Doctor Zhang, it is sold very cheaply in the south. Even if you don't report it and take the account in the official, it is very likely that you will piggyback on it privately. Besides, you are in charge of the flowers and trees in the house, and the garden has to be walked over and over again every day, and there is a large patch of grass and flowers in the bamboo forest, how can you not know? ”

Chu Er shrank again when he heard this, his eyes were a little evasive, and he said, "This ...... The small one does know that there are more grass flowers there, at first I thought it was some grass seed blown by the wind, and I was a little uncomfortable at that time, so I was a little lazy, and I didn't care about it, and then it grew and grew, and the small flowers that bloomed were also chic, and the small one wanted to let it grow, and the left and right were also a landscape......

After asking Chu Er, it was Chen Da's turn to kneel in the middle.

The middle-aged man with slender cheeks looked sad: "Lord Qiyu, the little one doesn't know why there is a problem with the tea." Nabi Luochun is a new tea this year, and it is sent according to the quota in each courtyard. At the time of the tea, the princess had not returned to the house, and later, she still went to the main courtyard from the prince's place. At that time, it was Miss Bai Lu from the main courtyard who went to collect it, and the steward of the outer courtyard was also there, so he must have checked it correctly. As for who did anything after that, the little one really doesn't know. ”

Song Yan snorted and reprimanded: "Lies are repeated! Say that there is no tea in the warehouse, so where did the Biluochun under the cabinet in your house come from? Also, what did you do with a packet of powdered medicine in your lady's dresser for no reason? Do you want to come with you about the ingredients in the powder? ”

Chen Da looked shocked, it was impossible to go straight, and shouted that someone must be trying to harm him.

Qi Heng didn't say a word, only glanced at Song Yan lightly.

There was a chill behind the latter, and he was about to say something more, but when he heard it, Qi Heng turned to the maid kneeling next to him, and asked lightly, "Are you from the main courtyard?" What kind of servant girl is it? ”

Jin Qiao's shoulders trembled slightly, and he answered them one by one, and when he saw that there was no other words, he couldn't help but secretly raise his eyes and look. I saw that the prince sitting on the top had a pair of phoenix eyes as if frozen, and the gaze that shot at him was as sharp as a blade, and his knees, which were still kneeling, couldn't help but tremble even more.

"What? Do you still need this king to ask a question before answering? Qi Heng said coldly: "Among the three people, you are the only one who has not shouted injustice, I think you know that the death penalty is inevitable?" ”

Jin Qiao's thin body trembled even more: "Slave, slave and maid are guilty." That thing was sent before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the water soaked in medicinal herbs was sprayed on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. There are almost all books on it, and in particular, the princess's favorite books and travelogues are sprayed the most......"

Song Yan explained: "This Jin Qiao is one of the people who is responsible for drying books that day, according to another silver star, she suddenly had a stomach trouble that day for some reason, and ran to the toilet several times, and this Jin Qiao was the only one busy for a long time during the drying of books. Seeing that Qi Heng didn't speak, he turned his head and scolded Jin Qiao again: "Wolf heart and dog lungs, eat things inside and outside!" Who instructed you to do this, and you didn't invite you honestly? ”

Jin Qiao bit his lip, choked up a few tears, and suddenly kowtowed to Qi Heng.

"The slave knows that she is guilty, and she doesn't dare to expect the prince to spare her, but she just hopes that it will not affect her family, which is a blessing. Slave maid, slave maid was also forced to be helpless...... "After that, I don't know where the strength came from, and I slammed into the pillar next to me.

Song Yan had already prepared, but his movements were not as dexterous as the little girl, and he grabbed the corner of the other party's clothes alive, but when he dragged it back, he also broke a corner of his forehead, and the person was still awake.

The other two kneeling at the bottom of the stairs were shocked and frightened by this commotion, but Qi Heng didn't even move his brows, until Song Yan held the Jin Qiao again, pushed him and knelt down to the bottom, he suddenly burst out, and smashed the open book in his hand towards Jin Qiao, which happened to hit the wound on her forehead, so painful that she bared her teeth, but she didn't dare to say a word.

"Want to die? It's not that easy! If you commit such a thing, you dare to kill yourself here! It seems that this king is usually too tolerant of you people, and dares to give birth to such a subordinate, and plot to kill the master's mother...... Since you have hard mouths, this king has no need to worry about anything. Go, take these people to the secret trial, whatever he wants, just keep a breath. ”

For a while, the hall was crying and crying out for injustice.

The people took it away, but Song Yan stayed, pleading guilty with a guilty face.

Qi Heng didn't say anything more, only waved his hand and asked him to step back.

Song Yan didn't leave, and asked Qi Heng where he wanted to have dinner.

The back and forth searches and interrogations tossed for most of the day, and it was already night. However, there have been too many changes today, not only their subordinates, but even a few masters have not been able to take care of the meal. After careful calculation, it has been a whole day since the incident happened. It's just that these two masters are not very strong, how can they stand it if they survive like this~

Qi Heng didn't have much appetite, and he instinctively wanted to say "no", but his thoughts turned to Pei Bao'er, but when the words came to his mouth, he turned again.

When he returned to the front yard, the room that had belonged to him was lit early, and the whispered laughter of women and children could be heard in it, and the shadowy silhouettes occasionally swayed on the window paper, and the atmosphere was warm and warm, which was very different from the lonely and silent appearance before.

Even if he was deaf and clear, he could recognize from a distance that the smiling female voice was not from Pei Bao'er, but he knew that she was there, and this scene still added warmth to his heart.

"The prince is back!"

After Qi Qi's salute, Beiyan looked at each other and retreated very consciously to the door, leaving the family of three alone.

It's just that Beiyan is curious, standing outside the door, but his ears can't help but tilt towards the door, thinking if he can hear some of the latest information from the mouth of the prince. For example, who did it, who is behind it, and so on.

Although Bai Lu is introverted, today's matter is very important, and even she was interrogated by Gonggong Song with a dark face. Although her time as a housekeeper is short, she can't get away with it, especially the tea matter. If this matter is not good, it will come to her head again after going around and around, and it is still a trivial matter for her to be removed from her post and thrown out of the house, but she is afraid of smearing Pei Baoer's face. Therefore, she is also very concerned about the interrogation situation, and she also learns from Beiyan's appearance to eavesdrop, but it is more inconspicuous.

Unexpectedly, the two maids listened with their ears pricked up for a while, but they didn't hear any key information, but they heard the prince say something in a mocking tone that seemed to be funny.

Soon, dinner was delivered, and the two maids were overjoyed, and they didn't fake their hands to others, so they went into battle directly and led them in to decorate.

At this time, after Pei Bao'er listened to Qi Heng's words that she laughed at her because she was obsessed with the script, she was still full of anger, and she didn't even want to look at him. Xindao, I didn't see it before, this person is actually a crooked person, and when he encounters this kind of thing, he still talks nonsense with a straight face, which is annoying!

Qi Heng only mentioned one sentence, but she didn't say it completely, she was still scratching and scratching the kitten's paws in her heart, but she couldn't pull her face to ask him again.

It just so happened that the little fat man in Qi Tan was very considerate of his mother's intentions, and while clumsily picking up vegetables with chopsticks, he asked his father with a serious face: "Dad, I heard that there are bad people who harm Ah Liang!" Who is it! ”

At first, the little fat man pestered Imperial Doctor Zhang for a while, and finally got a "good news", that is, he Ah Liang did not have a little brother or little sister, and he could not worry about falling out of favor for the time being. However, there is also "bad news", that is, he Ah Liang is very sick. As for what this "disease" is, Imperial Doctor Zhang is not good at talking as a foreign minister, but when he came back from Imperial Doctor Zhang's place worriedly, he happened to hear Beiyan and others gossiping about it with him Ah Liang.

The little fat man was very scheming, and when he saw that he entered the house, they didn't say anything, so he was not very happy, so he went directly into Pei Baoer's bed, pretending to be sleepy and wanted to sleep. Beiyan persuaded him on the grounds that it was almost dark and he was about to use dinner, and he would definitely not be able to sleep at night when he went to sleep, but he just didn't listen, and after a while, he "fell asleep" over.

So, the little fat man "slept" and eavesdropped on some very key adult topics. This also created a subtle chemical reaction in his young mind, which is another story.

Hearing that his carrot-headed son suddenly asked such a sentence, with a little adult look on his face, the chopsticks in Qi Heng's hand couldn't help but pause, raised his eyes and glanced at him twice, and swept them over Beiyan and Bai Lu with some coldness.

The two Beiyan, who were in charge of distributing vegetables to Pei Bao'er (in fact, it was feeding rice), had their ears erected higher, and they didn't notice that they were being scrutinized at all, and the one who was being fed also stopped drinking soup for a while, and quietly stared at Qi Heng, just waiting for him to answer.

Looking at the vivid expressions on the faces of these people, Qi Heng had no choice but to smile helplessly.

Really, the main mother does not look like a main mother, and she lives like a child. Even the little fat man next to him who pretended to be an adult was more cautious than her.

It's just that these flowers are not good to say in front of his subordinates, he coughed lightly, and continued to move his hands as if nothing happened.

"Daddy, daddy, why don't you ignore me?" The little fat man who was ignored was not happy.

Qi Heng said with a straight face: "Eat without saying anything." ”

The little fat man sighed, took two mouthfuls of food sullenly, and then his eyes lit up and he began to gobble up.

Because of his young age and no weird sounds, although this food is not very good-looking, it is not vulgar and rude, and Qi Heng didn't care about him. Unexpectedly, as soon as the little fat man put down the chopsticks in his hand, he smiled at him shyly.

"Dad, I'm done eating, can I ask?"

Qi Heng glanced at Pei Bao'er, who was unable to move and had barely finished eating a bowl of soup, and said selflessly: "Your mother hasn't finished eating yet." ”

Pei Bao'er suddenly signaled with her eyes, asked Beiyan to put down the dishes and chopsticks, and made a mouth shape of "I'm done".

Qi Heng: ......

Just then, a teenager of medium stature came in and replied.

"Lord Qiqi, there have been two recruits on the dark one's side, only Chu Er, who is watching the garden, is still on trial. Secretly worried that his master would be in a hurry, he ordered his subordinates to come over first to tell him. ”

Well, this meal just can't be eaten well.

Qi Heng also put down his chopsticks as if he was resigned to his fate, took a cup of fragrant tea, and said lightly: "Anyway, who is it?" ”