Chapter 12: The Culprit of Poisoning
"Auntie, auntie, are you awake?" Gu Qing opened his eyes dizzily, and the figure of a cherry came into his eyes. "What's wrong with me?"
"Auntie, did you forget that you were sick?" Cherry helped Gu Qing sit up, and thoughtfully put a cushion behind Gu Qing. "Yesterday, you frightened the slaves, you don't know how horrible your face was."
"Huh? Is it? Gu Qing felt that he was in a trance, and he couldn't remember what happened yesterday clearly, "Did the prince come yesterday?" ”
"Here, you're sick like that, the slaves and maids have to invite the prince over to sit in town, otherwise it will be a big mess." Thinking of Yan Ze's expression of wanting to eat people yesterday, Cherry was still a little afraid, "So, auntie, you can't eat indiscriminately in the future, your stomach is bad and tossed, the slaves and maids are nothing, but you are uncomfortable!" ”
"Really? Did the doctor say that? ”
"That's not what the doctor said."
Gu Qing was a little strange, this time her stomach hurt was not the same as before!
"Auntie, are you hungry? The slave and maid called for breakfast to be brought over. ”
"Hmm."
Cherry covered the quilt for Gu Qing and withdrew.
"What, Sister Cherry, does my aunt have any suspicions?" Maruko, who was waiting anxiously at the door, asked, "I'll just say it, my aunt herself will be a little aware of it, obviously she was poisoned, but she can't say ...... yet."
"You damn girl, keep your mouth shut, don't you want to die?" Cherry covered the ball's mouth, "If you leak this matter, it will ruin the prince's business, and it will be sold when the time comes, but no one can help you." My aunt is also sick right now, but no one will care about your life or death. ”
Seeing that Cherry was really angry, Maruko carefully hugged Cherry's arm and begged for mercy, "Good sister, I know it's wrong, I must keep my mouth closed." ”
"You'd better do what you say." Cherry is still a little worried that Maruko will leak her mouth, "Our aunt is a blessed one, and it is good to treat us subordinates, as long as we follow our aunt well, it will not be bad in the future." ”
"Got it, housekeeper." Maruko grimaced at the cherry, "Auntie wants to drink porridge, right?" I'll go to the end. ”
Sitting on the bed, Gu Qing enjoyed the feeling of being fed.
"Auntie, you can't scare the slave in the future, the slave was frightened yesterday." Maruki said while feeding Gu Qing: "Think about it, your body is your own, if you don't cherish it, you are the one who is sick and uncomfortable, you know?" So you have to be nice. ”
Gu Qing looked at the girl in front of her, who was one year younger than her current identity, and couldn't laugh or cry, it was also rare to be taught a lesson by such a little girl.
"Uh-huh, I see. Well, where did the cherries and herbs go? Looking at the balls, Gu Qing suddenly remembered that he usually eats with herbs, why didn't he see anyone today.
Hearing Gu Qing mention these two people, he paused for a moment, after all, they were children, and his words were a little unnatural, "They?" I don't know, maybe I've gone to dinner, right? ”
Dine? Gu Qing thought back, if she remembered correctly, the rule of ancient people was that the master didn't finish eating, but the maid couldn't eat, didn't these two serve all night last night, too tired? Forget it, forget it, don't worry about them, who made me a magnanimous little fairy? Hee-hee.
Seeing that Gu Qing didn't ask, Maruki also breathed a sigh of relief, I don't know what happened to Fangcao and Cherry......
At this time, Fangcao and Cherry were hiding in the kitchen, waiting for the poisoner to be caught.
"Fangcao, do you think that person will really come?" Cherry asked nervously.
Fangcao: "I don't know, but we have already done what the prince instructed, and told the aunt outside that she just had a bad stomach, and it was not a big deal." The doctor also said that the poison is a chronic poison, and it must be exposed a little bit every day, and it cannot be stopped for a day, and if the amount is less, the effect of the poison will not be enough, so today, the person who poisoned must come back. We just have to wait. ”
"Okay."
The two of them hid in the corner of the kitchen, which was a dead end, and they could see the medicine stove boiling over there, and the people outside could not easily see them, it was really a good place to wait for the rabbit.
The two of them have been squatting since the morning, and they were still a little scrappy at first, but it didn't take long for their legs to go numb, and they could only sit on the ground, and the waiting time was boring, but the two did not relax their vigilance at all.
Finally, the one who should have come still came.
"Mother Huang, are you helping your aunt decoct medicine?" It was Huang Min, a rough maid in the yard, who came in.
Huang's mother is the Huang family who is in charge of the kitchen, "You girl, have you finished your work, running around." ”
"Of course it's done, it's Brother Huang over there who asked me to call you over, and he bought a lot of fresh food and came back." Huang Min spoke to Huang carefully.
"Really? How's that good? I'm making medicine for my aunt here. Huang said anxiously: "Min girl, you are free, then you can help me take a look?" ”
"This, this is not good, this is my aunt's medicine ......" Huang Min said in embarrassment: "Besides, I'm just a rough maid, and I won't ...... anything."
Huang Shi stuffed the fan into Huang Min's hand, "I've got this ready, you just need to wait for the fire to burn out, I'll thank you in advance!" ”
Looking at the back of Huang's hurried departure, Huang Min smiled proudly, at this level, it is really not difficult. Huang Min sat in the place where Huang was sitting just now, and gently fanned the fire. Without noticing it, her every move had completely fallen into her eyes.
"Fangcao, should we go out now?" Cherry whispered beside the herb.
Fangcao shook her head and whispered: "No, if we want to arrest the person, she won't admit it, and if there is no evidence, it will be in vain." ”
The two waited quietly, and finally, Huang Min took action.
Huang Min saw that there was no one around for a while, and after looking around to confirm it, he carefully took out the things in his pocket and was about to pour them into the medicine, when suddenly a hand stretched out.
"Okay, you Huang Min, you dare to poison."
Huang Min looked at the two people who suddenly appeared in front of him in shock, "You, you, what are you doing?" Let go of me, let go of me. ”
"I tell you, you can't escape, follow me to see the prince." Fangcao and Cherry restrained Huang Min to prevent her from escaping.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand, let me go. Huang Min struggled desperately, she couldn't admit her guilt, and if she did, she would not be able to escape death.
Seeing that Huang Min refused to admit his guilt, Fangcao was also very angry, "You have been stolen by us, and you still want to deny it." ”
Looking at the medicine bag in Fangcao's hand, Huang Min thought about it, snatched it down, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"What are you doing, you spit it out for me." Fangcao and Cherry didn't expect that Huang Min would swallow the poison so desperately. "Quick, break her mouth open."
In the end, the two still didn't snatch the poison from Huang Min's mouth, and Fangcao was bitten because she put her hand into Huang Min's mouth.
"Niangniang, princess Niangniang, the slave is wronged!" Huang Min knelt at Gu Ning's feet and shouted that he had been wronged.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Huang Min said: "These two people rely on the favor of their aunts to bully people, and today they are still pulling the slave maid, saying that the slave and maid are poisoned, you can see that the slave and maid's mouth is cracked." ”
"If you lie, it's clear that you poisoned it, and we caught you right, and you swallowed the poison yourself and destroyed the evidence." Cherry couldn't be angry with Huang Min's nonsense.
"Princess Niangniang, the slave is not stupid, she knows that it is poisonous, but she dares to eat it, is it possible?" Huang Min cried pitifully.
For a while, there was only Huang Min's cry in the room, and Cherry couldn't find the words to fight back.
"Okay, there is no need to say more, the prince has already instructed the princess to do this, once the person who was poisoned is caught, you don't have to listen to his explanation, and there is no need for any evidence, someone will pull it down for interrogation, ask the mastermind behind the scenes, if she says it, she will be spared a life, if she doesn't say it, she will be beaten to death!"
"Yes, sissy."
"Niangniang, no, Niangniang, the slave is wronged, the slave is wronged...... No, sis......"
Huang Min was dragged down and tortured.
"You two are loyal to the head of the household, your courage is commendable, and Luohua will give them two some medicine."
"It's a sissy."
"Thank you, Princess."
Standing aside, Luohua carefully medicated the herb, "You see that your wound is too deep, and it may leave a scar in the future!" ”
"It's fine, as long as your hands can still be used." Fangcao said nonchalantly.
"You really don't know what to say about you." Luohua smiled and shook her head, "You remember, your hands can't get wet for ten days." ”
"Okay, thank you."
After these herbs were medicated, Huang Min's interrogation over there also came to fruition.
"Niangniang asked."
"Tell me."
"It's Aunt Liu."
Gu Ning took a beating on his hand, "Jump, she really ate the gall of a leopard, and she is so restless when she is confined." ”
"Mother's anger."
"Report this matter to the prince and ask the prince what to do?" Thinking that it was Gu Qing's business, Gu Ning felt that it was better to ask Yan Ze.
"Yes."
Mama went for half an hour and came back.
"What did the prince say?"
"The prince said, it's all sold."
Yan Ze's approach is similar to what Gu Ning thought, this kind of person who loves to find trouble is also a scourge to stay in the palace. "Mama Liu!"
"The slave is here."
"I'll leave this to you! Now it is. ”
"Yes, sissy."
Mama Liu is a quick worker, and she went to Aunt Liu's yard with a burly figure.
"What are you doing? Do? Liu Zihan didn't know what was going on or why a group of people rushed into his yard.
Mama Liu said without changing her face: "Aunt Liu poisoned Aunt Gu, the evidence is conclusive, the prince ordered it to be sold, and he left immediately." ”
"What? Impossible, impossible, the prince won't, I want to see the prince, let me see the prince......"
"You, I don't have a chance to meet the prince anymore." After Mama Liu finished speaking, she ordered someone to drag Liu Zihan out, and after a while, the courtyard returned to its former quietness.