"Where did you eat breakfast?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"It's in the living room," Wei Ruxue replied.

"What about the dishes?"

"It's all packed up in the kitchen," said one of the servants.

"A few of you maintain order", Nie Xiaohu glanced at Shi Yuning and the others.

The four of them understood, consciously or unconsciously, scattered around the living room.

Nie Xiaohu walked out of the living room and went straight to the kitchen.

"Where is the lotus seed porridge that I boiled in the morning?" As soon as he entered the kitchen, Nie Xiaohu asked a maid who was washing dishes and chopsticks.

"Official", the maid hurriedly bowed down.

"Let me ask you where is the lotus seed porridge you boiled in the morning?"

"It's gone, and the pot is brushed," said the maidservant, a little nervously.

"The pots are all brushed? Who brushed it? ”

"I... I brushed it, how can I ......", the maid looked at Nie Xiaohu as if she had made a mistake.

"The dishes and chopsticks haven't been brushed yet, how can I brush the pot first? I also threw away all the rest of the porridge, why is it so wasteful? Nie Xiaohu accentuated his tone.

"I don't want to either", the maid hurriedly explained, "It's the second lady, she said that the lotus seed porridge is not clean, let me quickly pour it, brush the pot first, and tell me to brush it a few more times, I just finished brushing the pot, and the dishes and chopsticks haven't had time to wash it!" ”

Hearing this, Nie Xiaohu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Where is the bowl where your eldest lady drinks porridge?" ”

"I'll look for it," the maid looked at the pile of chopsticks.

"This is it," the maidservant said, pointing to a blue and white porcelain bowl.

Nie Xiaohu reached out and picked up the bowl, and there was still a little lotus seed porridge left in the bowl.

"Who cooked the porridge?"

"It's me", the maid looked at Nie Xiaohu with an uneasy look on her face.

"Did anyone come into the kitchen while you were cooking porridge?"

"I want to think about it," the maidservant thought for a moment, frowning.

"I remember, the second lady has been here before."

"What is she doing in the kitchen?"

"I said I came to see how the lotus seed porridge was boiled."

"Were you in the kitchen at the time?"

"No, the second lady asked me to pour the swill bucket", the maid pouted and said, "The job of pouring the swill bucket was supposed to be Xiaolan's, but when I went to ask her, she actually said that the second lady asked her to clean the room, I don't believe it, she must be lazy!" ”

"Oh?" , The corners of Nie Xiaohu's mouth curled slightly.

"Tell me about the living room in the morning!"

"Yes, sir!" , the maid nodded, "In the morning, I boiled the lotus seed porridge, and then took two bowls to the living room, and then I heard the cry of the second lady in the living room, and I knew that the eldest lady was sick, so I hurriedly ran over."

When I arrived in the living room, I saw the eldest lady slumped on the chair, unconscious, Liu Dongxu was serving beside her, and the second lady was standing in the courtyard shouting loudly. ”

"Liu Dongxu? Who is Liu Dongxu? ”

"Oh, he is the personal servant of the eldest master, this morning the eldest master went out for something, and he didn't let him follow, he served the two young ladies in the living room."

"Oh, that's him!" The maidservant pointed out the window with her hand.

Nie Xiaohu looked in the direction of the maidservant's finger, and at the other end of the garden outside the window, a manservant was hurrying towards the living room.

"It's okay, you're busy!"

Nie Xiaohu walked out of the kitchen with the porcelain bowl and walked around the yard.

"Whose place does this live?" , Nie Xiaohu pointed to a small two-story building next to the garden and asked a maid who was watering flowers.

"That's my second lady's boudoir."

Nie Xiaohu nodded, came to the door of the building, gently pushed open the door, and walked in.

The first floor was arranged like a study, with a row of bookshelves on one side of the room, and the shelves were filled with all kinds of books, one of which seemed to be unplaced, and most of it was exposed, slanted into the gaps on both sides.

Nie Xiaohu stepped forward and pulled out the book, the cover of the book was written with the words "New Materia Medica", and a green leaf was exposed on the upper side of the book, which looked like it should be a bookmark or something.

Nie Xiaohu gently opened the page where the leaves were located, and roughly browsed the contents of the book: "Oleander, also known as Jiazi peach, bears fruit once in sixty years, its leaves can be used as medicine, bitter taste, cold, return to the heart meridian, the effect is diuretic, expectorant, asthma, analgesic, and stasis." The sap of its roots, stems and leaves is highly toxic, which can paralyze the heart, and the amount is roughly dead, so use with caution. ”

"Oleander? Can paralyze the heart? Nie Xiaohu gently closed the book and repeated it silently a few times, the corners of his mouth slightly curled.

Nie Xiaohu walked out of the small building, came to the garden in front of the building, and carefully looked at the flowers and plants in the garden.

In the northeast corner of the garden, there is a small patch of oleander, which is in full bloom at this time, and the red and bright flowers are blooming, which is very beautiful. Nie Xiaohu suddenly noticed that on one side of this piece of oleander, several plants had been broken, leaving only a small half of the pole exposed on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Nie Xiaohu couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

When I returned to the living room, I saw Wei Ruxue and Pang Sen still sitting there, Wei Ruxue kept wiping her tears, and Pang Sen had a painful look on his face, and there was almost despair in his eyes.

"Nie Shen Catch", Pang Sen saw Nie Xiaohu walking in, hurriedly stood up, and came to Nie Xiaohu in a few steps.

"Nie Shenzhuo, how did the inner man die?" , Pang Sen looked at Nie Xiaohu expectantly.

"It's hard to say yet, we won't know until the investigation is clear," Nie Xiaohu said.

"Got it, thank you Nie for catching the head," Pang Sen said with a gloomy expression.

"Three days later, in the evening, come and eavesdrop outside my bedroom," said Pang Sen in a sudden and inaudible voice, and then turned and sat back in his chair.

Nie Xiaohu's brows moved slightly, and he returned to normal in an instant, and then said: "Let's get here today, we should go back too, and when the matter is investigated, we will notify you, and please mourn and change!" ”