Chapter 158: Poison
After the rain, the sky was clear, and yesterday's torrential rain washed the ground, with a faint smell of earth and grass. There is no heat from the past, with a hint of coolness.
Yang Yinglong left after the rain stopped when he was ugly, and Aunt Tan was wearing a blue dress covered with a layer of tulle.
Sitting in front of the gilded bronze mirror, fiddling with the small blue jade bottle left by Yang Yinglong yesterday, the blue and white willow eyebrows frowned slightly.
picked up the tea on the side, opened the jade bottle, sniffed the bottle closer, stretched his eyebrows slightly, and then lightly tapped twice on the tea cup.
Plucked a silver hairpin from his head and stirred it gently in the blue tea, only to watch the tea leaves on it rise and fall.
"Auntie, it's time for dinner."
Banxia's voice rang out at the door, followed by the smell of food.
Aunt Tan's eyes quickly crossed a streamer, put the bottle into the cuff, and quickly took out the silver hairpin, which was as bright as new.
Only then did he hook the corners of his lips, took the teacup, opened the pearl cui and walked out, looked at Banxia and said:
"This teacup is old, go and throw it away, Ming'er will find a new set in the warehouse."
"Huh? Auntie, isn't this the ice glazed jasper cup that was only changed last month, the master's friend specially bought it from Jingdezhen, and it's still new. ”
Banxia asked suspiciously, holding the cup full of tea.
"I said throw it away, you want to refute me?"
Aunt Tan raised her head, looked at Banxia, and asked with a hint of coldness in her voice.
"The slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and the maid will throw it away."
Banxia was stunned for a moment, and her face changed suddenly, she seemed to be in a good mood because of her aunt recently, she was too presumptuous, and after speaking, she ran out of the door as soon as she finished speaking.
Raised his hand to pour the water in the cup directly into the flowers on the side, and with the sound of the water splashing on the ground, two white doves flew out of the ridge.
Gently shook the feathers twice, and flew directly out of the yard.
Banxia looked down at the ice glazed teacup and shook his head regretfully, this thing is worth dozens of taels of silver.
But my aunt said that she threw it away, so she naturally wanted to throw it away, so she raised her hand and threw it into the garbage on the side, turned around and walked back.
After Aunt Tan had breakfast, she sat in the house embroidering until noon.
"Where is the lord now?"
Banxia, who was busy directing the maid to clean the courtyard in the courtyard, heard the voice, hurriedly opened the curtain and walked in, and said:
"The master went to the barracks early in the morning, and half an hour ago the slave and maid went to ask the housekeeper, and the housekeeper said that he would be back soon."
"I'll ask again, and if you come back, tell me that the weather is getting colder, and I'll tell the kitchen to make some tonic soup in a while."
Aunt Tan nodded, just one morning, she had already made up her mind, the lord wanted to let Ma Qiancheng inherit the family business, she had nothing to hesitate, she had to pave the way for Si'er.
"Yes, the slave will go now."
Banxia nodded, turned around and walked out.
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"Sister, this Shizhuxuan's military camp is really different from the eldest brother's military camp, it's much more difficult."
Jiang Li wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, looked at Jiang Zhi, and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Jiang Zhi on the side looked at Jiang Li, full of smiles, and her sturdy body was already a head taller than her.
Wheat-colored skin is very healthy, and she has a hearty smile, this is the brother she wants, no worries, no resentment, just an ordinary teenager.
"Tired or not? If I wanted to eat something at noon, I asked Qingyan to go to the kitchen and give an order. ”
Jiang Zhi stretched out her hand, gently wiped the beads of sweat on Jiang Li's head, and asked.
"I'm so hungry, I want to eat duck with eight-treasure sauce today, as well as spiced pig's trotters, jade and white jade soup."
Jiang Li rubbed his stomach, looked at Jiang Zhi, and said with a smile.
"Yes."
Jiang Zhi nodded, and was about to give orders to Qingyan, when suddenly there was a fluttering sound above her head, and the white feathers fell.
"Who owns this pigeon and how did it fall? Who made someone shoot by mistake? ”
Jiang Li said as he picked up the two pigeons that had fallen on the ground, but he didn't find any wounds, which became more and more strange.
"Is there a letter on the leg?"
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but be puzzled, looked at the pigeon's legs, and sure enough, she found a letterbox underneath and hurriedly opened the things.
A line of ink-colored small characters came into Jiang Zhi's eyes, making her pupils constrict in an instant, as if she had been stimulated.
"Sister, what's going on? Did my brother-in-law have an accident? ”
Jiang Li looked at Jiang Zhi's expression and hurriedly asked.
"Go and find out which yard this carrier pigeon flew from, especially Xiyuan, and who is it connected to."
Jiang Zhi turned to the Lantern Festival on the side, and said with a hint of coldness in her voice.
"Madam, is there something wrong with the master?"
Lantern Xiao was startled, and hurriedly asked, Yuanhua has been in the capital for the past few years, and he is not by his master's side, should it be true......
"Not now, Feng Chen escaped, but it is difficult to guarantee that something will happen next time, someone wants to use this battle of Wanlong Mountain to borrow the rebels to deal with him, it is difficult to guarantee that he will be hit by a hidden arrow, you should investigate this matter quickly."
A trace of coldness flashed in Jiang Zhi's eyes, if you want to say that in the mansion, the only one who can think of harming Feng Chen is Aunt Tan in Xiyuan.
Although Ma Douhu doesn't like Feng Chen very much, but in the end, tiger poison does not eat children, Feng Chen is not a big mistake, and he will not be a killer.
Hearing this, Lantern Xiao didn't dare to be careless, and walked in the direction of Xiyuan with light skills.
Jiang Zhi watched Lantern Festival leave, then turned her head to look at Qingyan, and said:
"You go to the kitchen and tell the cook to cook something that Xiao Li likes to eat."
Qingyan nodded, and left in the direction of the kitchen, Jiang Zhi looked at Jiang Li and said:
"Let's go, let's go back to the house first and wait, this matter is in a hurry."
"Sister, are you going to Wanlong Mountain to find your brother-in-law?"
Jiang Li knew that her sister's temperament had always been so strong, and she had never been like an ordinary boudoir woman, so this time Feng Chen was in danger, she was likely to pass.
"Let's get things done first, I won't go over recklessly, it will only add to the chaos."
Jiang Zhi said this, but did not deny Jiang Li's words.
The two of them returned to the courtyard all the way, and Qingyan and Taoyao returned to the courtyard, empty-handed, with a hint of frowning.
"What's wrong? What about meals? Is there something going on in the kitchen? ”
Jiang Zhi looked at Qingyan's appearance and asked with some doubts.
Qingyan glanced at Tao Yao and the two nodded, and said:
"Just now, the slave maid went to order the kitchen to cook, and I saw Aunt Tan carrying a bowl of soup and walking towards the master's room."
"The slave remembered what you ordered the Lantern Festival before, it was a little strange, so let Tao Yao follow and take a look."
"As a result, halfway through, Aunt Tan took out a jade porcelain bottle from her arms and sprinkled some medicine into the soup, and Tao Yao didn't know what the medicine was, so she hurried back."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhi frowned, but she didn't understand what Aunt Tan wanted to do, Ma Douhu has always loved Aunt Tan, so it shouldn't be poisoned.
"Sister, it won't be poisoned, it won't be a good thing anyway, otherwise how to put things behind people's backs, it's better to be careful."
Jiang Lijian on the side frowned, and said with some disgust, this person reminded him of the third aunt at the beginning.
"Madam, my subordinates just went to check, these two pigeons flew out of Aunt Tan's yard, and after the doctor's investigation, they were poisoned."
Several people were speculating in the house, and Lantern Xiao walked in from outside, still holding a jasper clear teacup in his hand, looking at Jiang Zhi's puzzled gaze, and explained:
"The subordinates found it next to the garbage in Xiyuan, and I heard people say that it was thrown out by Aunt Tan's personal maid this morning, and it was poisonous."
"Go to the study room in the east courtyard and invite the lady too."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhi stood up from the chair, no matter what Aunt Tan thought, she must have poisoned Ma Douhu today.
"Tao Yao, you go and catch a living thing, anything, take it to the study."