This comparison surprised everyone present, only to see that the two star anise were larger than the mangweed, the tips were blunt and straight, and the shells were slightly open to reveal the core inside.

On the other hand, the grass has twelve horns, each of which is thin and hooked, and the core of the fruit will be encased in it, and some of them are even completely closed and not exposed at all.

"This weed was found in the kitchen?" Mo Jinhua asked with a sinking face.

Mo Li pointed to the spread out handkerchief: "These were found in the pot of meat that Mama Li was stewing, but fortunately, the meat has not been stewed yet, and Mama Li has only tasted the soup, so it should be fine." ”

"Did Mama Li say where the manggrass came from?" Mo Jinhua asked.

Mo Li packed the star anise and the manggrass separately, handed them to the little maid to hold, and said, "It was bought back by the old King Kong, and the guards have already taken care of him, so he is waiting for his brother to dispose of it." These can be used as evidence, but I don't think Lao Jin may have known about it. ”

"Qingxuan, bring Lao Jin to the front hall!" Mo Jinhua commanded.

It's called Qingxuan, and the little guy got the order to trot out to spread the word.

"Xi'er, how did you know this mangweed?" Mo Jinhua just wanted to go out, but suddenly stopped and turned his head and asked.

Mo Li rolled his eyes: "When Mama Lin and I lived in the ruined temple, there was grass growing behind the temple, and it was the woodcutter in the village who told me to stay away from that thing, it was poisonous." ”

Mo Jinhua sighed lightly, and before he could speak again, Mo Li said, "Brother, I'll go with you to hear what Lao Jin has to say." ”

"Xi'er, it's better not for you to be involved in this kind of thing."

"Brother, I found out about this, so of course I have to be there. Brother ......" Mo Li shook Mo Jinhua's arm and coquettishly.

Her words were not unreasonable, and Mo Jinhua said helplessly: "Okay, okay, if you shake my arm again, it's going to fall off." We have to say it in advance, you can listen, you can't come forward. ”

"No problem." Mo Li responded happily and pulled Mo Jinhua out of the house.

Lao Jin was gagged, tied hand and foot, and threw on the floor of the front hall, squeaking and speechless. Yi Cheng didn't know what was going on, and he knelt outside the door trembling and didn't dare to go in, but he didn't dare to leave.

Mo Jinhua sat on the top of the middle with the hem of his brocade robe, Mo Li sat on the side, and Ruoping and Qingxuan stood behind the two of them.

The guards stepped forward and picked up Lao Jin and knelt on the ground, and tore off the rags in his mouth, and Lao Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted inarticulately: "My lord, you are wronged! ”

Mo Jinhua's face sank like water: "Old Jin, the official asked you where this reckless grass came from?" ”

"Mangweed? What is Mangweed? The villain doesn't know! Lao Jin looked dazed, Qing Xuan walked in front of him in a few steps and spread out the handkerchief: "This is the thing." Say, "Where did it come from?" ”

"This, isn't this the star anise, I bought it in the town, and the small one also bought bay leaves and cinnamon together. Adults can ask the shopkeeper of Mi Kee Oil and Salt Shop. Lao Jin said anxiously.

Mo Jinhua was just about to raise his hand to call someone, Mo Li pulled his sleeve and whispered a few words in his ear. Mo Jinhua also seemed to agree with Mo Li's opinion, raised his hand to summon Qing Xuan back to his side, and commanded in a low voice, Qing Xuan nodded again and again, and then walked out of the front hall.

"What did you do when you went out today? Who have you seen? Mo Jinhua looked at Lao Jin on the ground coldly and said.

Lao Jin didn't dare to delay, and while reminiscing, he started to talk about one thing after another, and he didn't even miss a hand at the corner of the street.

When he said that he went to Chunmanlou to invite a cook, Mo Li's eyebrows raised slightly and looked at Mo Jinhua, the two glanced at each other, but they didn't interrupt Lao Jin, until he finished saying all the words, Mo Jinhua said: "You just said that you went to Chunmanlou to invite the cook, and the shopkeeper said that the master went back to the small courtyard to rest, and asked you to go back and get people again, but then the two cooks found you on the street, do you know those two cooks?" ”

Lao Jin shook his head: "Originally, I didn't know each other, but the two said that the shopkeeper of Chunmanlou Sun asked them to come out to find the little one, and the little one didn't think much about it." ”

While speaking, Qing Xuan entered the front hall and nodded at Mo Jinhua, meaning that his errand was finished.

Mo Jinhua pondered for a moment, asked Lao Jin to take him down, and by the way, he also took the kneeling post at the door and took care of it, and raised his hand and waved it back.

Qingxuan took out a few paper bags from his arms, opened one of them and said, "Master, this is a small star anise bought from Miji Oil and Salt Shop, there is no problem." And the paper used by Mi Ji to wrap things has the seal of the shop, and the small one went to the kitchen to bring cinnamon and bay leaves, and this paper also has the logo of Mi Ji, but the bag of star anise that Lao Jin bought did not. ”

"I was transferred by those two cooks." Mo Li said, "Brother, what should I do about this?" ”

"What does Xi'er think?" Mo Jinhua did not answer the rhetorical question.

Mo Li thought for a while and said, "It is said that the cook in a small county town should not have such courage, it is estimated that someone is pretending." Judging from the current situation, this is not accidental, I am afraid that we have been targeted for a long time, but we have not found a chance to start before. Since we have already started to do it, if we don't dig people out, we don't want to stop along the way. It's better to plan and see what they want to do next. ”

"Xi'er has grown a lot away from home, and she is not as scheming as before." Mo Jinhua smiled and said, "I'll arrange it, let's watch a good show tonight." ”

When the lamp is in hand, everyone finishes their dinner as if nothing happened, and what they should do and what they should do. At night, a guard hurried to Mo Jinhua's courtyard to report that several of the guards were sick, vomiting and leaking, and some were still unconscious.

Mo Jinhua sent Qing Xuan to check, Qing Xuan came back and said that more than half of the guards, entourage, and small servants had fallen, and the rest of the situation was not much better, and even Mama Zhao and Mama Li began to run around the thatched house, and there was chaos in the post house for a while.

Mo Li wanted to go outside to take a look, but Ruoping just refused to let her out, so anxious that she paced back and forth in the room. Ruoping looked like an old god was there, sitting cross-legged on a chair at the door and meditating.

When Mo Li turned to the tenth lap, Ruoping took his breath and slowly exhaled and said, "Miss, you just rest in the room peacefully, and don't worry about anything else." ”

"Listen to what's going on out there."

"It has nothing to do with Miss, don't go out and make a mess."

Mo Li crossed her waist and looked at Ruoping who was blocking the door, this girl is good at everything, but she is too stubborn, if she doesn't agree, it's useless for you to say anything. It doesn't make sense, it can't be beaten, Mo Li feels that she is really aggrieved as a young lady at this time.

Just as Mo Li was thinking of a way, the sound of weapons striking faintly sounded outside, Ruoping jumped down from the chair, pushed Mo Li down on the kang, sat on the edge of the kang himself, and listened vigilantly to the movement outside.