Chapter 35: The Key (1)
"I said little stone, how about the trick I taught you last time, okay?" Walking on the street in the early morning, Nie Xiaohu asked Shi Yuning with a smile.
"Alas! Don't mention it! Shi Yuning shook his head and sighed.
"What's wrong? Doesn't work? ”
"I fell the cup, but I didn't think it was my daughter-in-law's favorite cup, and she chased me two streets with a kitchen knife, so she had to chop me!"
"Hahahaha!" , all four of them bent down with laughter.
"By the way, Xiaoshi, why did you marry such a spicy daughter-in-law?"
"Alas!" , Shi Yuning let out another long sigh.
"You can't look back on the past! I think I and my daughter-in-law are childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, when I was a child, once my family pig just got out of cubs, I went with her to see, see that the little piglets are very cute, I was a brain pump, said to her you go to pluck the pig's ears, it's fun, she really went to pull, pulled the piglet screamed, as a result of the sow annoyed, from the back to the pig to the pig dung heap. She yelled hysterically at the time, Shi Ruining, I will never let you go for the rest of my life...... and as a result, she really did it! ”
"Hahahaha!" , the four of them laughed so much that tears were about to come out.
"Hmmm! Your daughter-in-law is such a trustworthy person! ", Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.
"Here it is! Nie catches the head! ”
Just when the laughter of the four people had not stopped, suddenly two people dressed as subordinates ran towards the five people while shouting loudly.
Nie Xiaohu immediately put away his smile and looked at the two people who ran to him with a serious face.
"What's wrong?"
"Out, out of the dead!" , one of the subordinates said breathlessly.
"Where? Lead me there! Nie Xiaohu frowned and said loudly.
"Yes, yes!" , The two subordinates agreed, panted and turned around and started running again, and Nie Xiaohu and the five followed closely behind.
A quarter of an hour later, two servants stopped in front of a luxurious restaurant, one of them hunched over, pointed at the restaurant with his finger, looked at Nie Xiaohu, patronized and gasped, unable to say a word.
Nie Xiaohu didn't say a word, and strode into the restaurant, the first floor was a very wide banquet hall, and the hall was crowded with people at this time, people were talking about it, and the voices of people were noisy, and the five people felt that they had followed up the birdcage.
"Quiet!" , Shi Yuning roared.
"The official is here, it's Nie Catcher!" , Someone shouted, and suddenly the crowd quieted down, everyone's eyes were focused on Xiaohu and the others, and people automatically divided to both sides and gave way to a passage.
On the seat at the top of the hall was an old woman with gray hair, with blood on the corner of her mouth and a blood stain on her chest. Next to the corpse stood a young man in white, who looked to be about twenty years old, with a face full of grief and tears on his face.
Nie Xiaohu observed everyone's expressions as he walked, and when his eyes swept over the white-clothed young man standing next to the corpse, he suddenly found a trace of panic in the young man's eyes, and the corner of Xiaohu's mouth showed a weird smile, which flashed and disappeared.
Nie Xiaohu first stepped forward to inspect the corpse, the corpse was intact, and no hidden weapons such as poisonous needles were found, and the blood at the corners of his mouth and chest was a little black, which was a typical sign of poisoning.
"Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?" , Nie Xiaohu asked after examining the body.
"Nie Zhutou, in Xia Gao Yihang, is the cousin of Mrs. Jiang", an old man arched his hand at Nie Xiaohu.
"Old Madam Jiang?"
"Oh, it's the dead", Gao Yihang pointed to the deceased who was half-lying in the upper seat.
"Oh", Nie Xiaohu nodded slightly, "Tell me what happened, you can't leave any details behind!" ”
"That's the case, today is the ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Jiang, just above the birthday banquet, Mrs. Jiang ate half a peach, but she was poisoned and died, the fruit was picked by the maid from the orchard, a total of twenty pieces were picked, and the other nineteen and a half pieces were eaten by others, except for the half that the old woman ate was poisonous, the rest were not poisonous, and the matter was very strange."
"Half a peach?" , Nie Xiaohu repeated.
"Oh, I ate the other half," said the young man in white beside the deceased.
"You are?" , Nie Xiaohu looked this person up and down.
"Oh, in Xia Wang Yijing, it's my aunt's grandmother's nephew," said the young man in white, bowing slightly, with a sad face.
"Wang Yijing is the nephew of Mrs. Jiang, because the old lady has no children and no daughters, and his wife passed away a few years ago, so he passed him over as a son," Gao Yihang hurriedly explained.
"Then tell me what happened", Nie Xiaohu looked at Wang Yijing and said.
"Okay, today is the ninetieth birthday of my old lady, because the home is being renovated, so the birthday banquet has been moved here, everything was normal, but just now."
Wang Yijing's voice began to choke.
"What happened just now? Take your time. ”
"The old lady was happy for a while, saying that the peach tree she planted with her own hands had borne fruit this year, and she wanted everyone to taste it, so she asked the maid to pick a few plates of peaches, and after the peaches were served, the old lady first took one, and the rest were distributed to everyone, and the old lady said that the fruit was too big, and she couldn't eat one, so I cut it in half with a knife, half of me, and half of the old lady, but who knew that not long after the old lady ate it, she vomited blood and died!"
As he spoke, the boy hid his face and began to cry.
"Where's the knife you used to cut peaches?"
Wang Yijing was stunned for a moment and said, "Here", and then slowly untied a small knife from his waist, and a layer of gold leaf was pasted on the scabbard, which was very beautiful, Nie Xiaohu stared at Wang Yijing's hand closely, and found that his hand trembled slightly when he untied the knife.
Nie Xiaohu took the knife and played with it for a while, took out the blade of the knife and looked at it, and put it under his nose to smell it
"Wang Gongzi, did you cut the fruit that Old Madam Jiang ate with this knife?"
"Yes", Wang Yijing nodded, his expression a little unnatural.
"Hmm", Xiaohu nodded, turned back a few steps, and then turned around sharply.
"Tang Yibin!"
Tang Yibin was stunned for a moment, obviously not mentally prepared, but he quickly reacted, pulled a chair and put it behind Nie Xiaohu, and then set up a posture.