In the courtyard where the flowers and leaves are shaken red, the cups and plates in the corner pavilion are in disarray, the man is bleeding and lying on the dining table, a wine glass is poured horizontally, and the wine stains are stained on the sleeves of the vermilion brocade, with an abrupt bright red.

Yu Xiang bent over, trying his best to blind his brother's bloody eyes with anger, tried many times, finally gave up, straightened up and sighed, looked around at the servant woman who was far away outside the corner pavilion, and looked inside in a panic, and shouted majestically: "Don't talk to each other, don't hurry up and get ready, there is such a big event, you are still idle?" Hurry up and ask the foreign steward, if my mother has come back from the palace, watch the door tightly, and wait for idlers not to enter or leave. ”

Yu Zhou's side stepped forward with courage, wiping the sweat on his face: "Erlang, Da Lang, this is poisoned...... Where...... Report to the police immediately. ”

"My father is in the palace, so I have to wait for my mother to return to preside over the overall situation, and take care of all the people in the kitchen first, and there will be murderers among them." Yu Xiang said with a dark face.

The corners of Chang Sui's lips twitched fiercely - he had just asked the maid who served the meal for details, and the eldest man was clearly ...... After eating the slice of duck that Erlang bought from Baozhenzhai outside, even the eldest lady, there was this smell sent by Erlang on the lunch table, and even Xie Yiren didn't let it go! However, Xie Yiren recently suffered from illness and couldn't eat greasy things, so he rewarded Erlang's "good intentions" to two maidservants, and as a result, the two poor maids became substitutes for the dead.

It is clear who the real culprit is, Erlang is blatantly poisoning his brother and sister-in-law, and he wants to let them carry the black pot!

But Chang Sui suddenly touched Yu Xiang's cold eyes, only to feel that the soles of his feet were cold and cold, where did he dare to question it.

Yu Xiang was also very stupid at this time, secretly slandering the cousin of the Xie family for her life, and she survived, but she was a concubine, and she had no heirs, she was like a rabbit in front of her mother, as long as her mother spoke, she didn't dare to criticize anything.

What happened on this day?

The matter has to start from Yu Xiang's humiliation in the peony garden and being pulled aside by the third master to "comfort him".

From the mouth of the third master, Yu Xiang knew that he had already been looked down upon and excluded, no wonder all prostitutes dared to insult him in person, thinking that his reputation for being stingy and lonely and cold spread all over Fireworks Alley, a wave of anger rushed to the heavenly spirit, and under the guidance of the third master, he naturally complained about the injustice of his parents, and only valued Yu Zhou partially when he was a child, as if he was not their own child.

The third master sighed: "Who made you the second son, although you also occupy the concubine, in the end you can't compare to the eldest lang, some things you still hide in the dark, the second master has actually planned for a long time, and the plan is the throne!" In his eyes, Da Lang is a person who will inherit the throne in the future, so he naturally has to pay attention to eccentricity. ”

Yu Xiang was suddenly suspicious, and pulled the third master Xie to find another wine shop to ask carefully, when he knew Yu Dong's scheme, Yu Xiang was even more unwilling: "Why, just because Yu Zhou is older than me, the family property is also his, and the throne is also his, what am I!" A brother of the clan who looks down on even a prostitute! Why can Yu Zhou sit back and enjoy it? Daddy and Auntie always say that I don't fight for weapons, compare Yu Zhou with me, which point is he better than me? It's not Daddy, can he enter Xishanwei? Have the ability to make a mess yourself! Why does Yu Zhou say that I am idle and do not do my job, I can't find an envoy, how did his envoy come about, it's not that Daddy is biased. ”

After complaining for a while, the more Yu Xiang spoke, the angrier he became, the green face gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists and sleeves.

Third Master Xie naturally wanted to add fuel to the fire and provoke Yu Xiang to be angry.

Only then did he sigh: "This is your life, who let you not take the longest, if you are the eldest son, isn't everything in Yuzhou yours." ”

As long as Yu Zhou dies, who else can compete with him for glory and wealth, Yu Xiang's fist loosened, and he tightened the arm of the third master: "Good uncle, as long as you lend me the Miao family, when I gain power, I will not forget your love." ”

This remark hit the heart of the third master, and the two hit it off.

However, what Mrs. Xie thought was that Yu Xiang would use the chronic poison to make Yu Zhou die silently, but Yu Xiang didn't want to stretch the battle line at all: "I can't wait, and I don't need to be so troublesome, it's not too much to cover people's eyes and ears, as long as Yu Zhou dies, I am an only son, can Daddy and Auntie still kill their relatives in righteousness?" It's just a substitute for the dead. ”

As soon as he heard that the third lady Xie opened his mouth to ask for a whole ten thousand taels of silver, Yu Zhou jumped up: "Uncle also dares to speak?" It takes such a large amount of money to make people die, it is nothing more than a few portions of arsenic, three or five hundred taels can be obtained, my uncle did not give the medicine first, and when I inherited the family business, I can't give it much! ”

How could Third Master Xie believe empty promises, he had to drag the cash in his hand, and he also smiled coldly: "Erlang, don't say that I didn't remind you, poisoning your brother is a big crime, and you are not afraid of falling into the hands outside?" After all, we are our own people, if you call me uncle, will I still hurt you? It's not that I don't believe you, but you also know your uncle's current situation, and he is really short of money in his hand, and he has no choice but to do so. ”

Yu Xiang then realized that he was handing the handle to someone to hold, and he gritted his teeth for a while, but thinking of the glory and wealth in the future, he didn't take it in his eyes, if he wanted to act, he should first block the mouth of the third master, if he publicized this matter, even if his father and mother had the intention to hide it, the Zongren Mansion would not tolerate it.

Moreover, it is true that buying drugs in the hands of outsiders is not as safe as the third master.

Since she wants to poison Yu Zhou, of course she can't let go of her sister-in-law, otherwise it won't be a bad thing for her to go out, so she will be poisoned together, and Cousin Xie, although it is only a concubine, it will not hinder the glory and wealth, it is better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and it is not bad for her to be poisoned.

As soon as these people die, they can persuade their mothers to plant the crime on their sister-in-law or cousin, because they secretly hate Yu Zhou's partiality in order to compete for favor, so they poisoned their husbands and committed suicide by taking poison.

As soon as the greedy and evil thoughts moved, Yu Xiang only felt like his heart was burning, and it was easy to hope that Gu Qiuyue was relieved, agreed to borrow money, and immediately acted according to the plan.

At this time, he only felt that if God helped, his father actually entered the palace and was not at home, but his mother had always connived at him, and he would be able to persuade him almost without a lot of words.

Immediately, he bought three servings of sliced duck in the well-known Baozhen Zhai, and added the colorless and tasteless venom respectively, two of which were handed over to the servant woman, and one he personally took to Yuzhou to drink.

Although Yu Zhou has always disliked Yu Xiang, he thinks that his parents are partial, and he treats himself harshly but indulges his younger brother excessively, and he does not notice that Yu Xiang actually has the evil idea of killing him, and he was persuaded by Yu Xiang to say that he has to wait for most of the day to buy the delicacies, so he can taste a bite, and he can be regarded as a brother of the "courteous and generous", Yu Zhou also knows that Bao Zhen Zhai's stewed oven roast duck is not small, and it is sold in limited quantities every day, and it is not possible to grab it from non-famous families, although it is not rare for the dignified clan, it is rare that Yu Xiang has a heart.

At the same time, Yu Zhou felt very uneasy, and his appetite was not good for a few days, looking at the plate of crispy skin and tender meat and delicious sliced duck, it really made people's appetite move, so he tasted it, who knew that it was only in his mouth, swallowed with wine, and felt abdominal pain like glue in a moment, and his eyes were dark red and faint, but he could clearly see Yu Xiang's smiling face.

No one knows about the last conversation between the siblings, because the maid serving outside the pavilion witnessed the drastic change, and was so frightened that she dared to get close, and she didn't hear what Yu Zhou, who was exhausted, and Yu Xiang, who deliberately lowered his voice, said at all.

Yu Xiang saw Yu Zhou breathe, so he took advantage of his wish and sent a group of servants for the time being, and waited leisurely for Xiao Xie to return to clean up the mess for him.

After waiting for half an hour, Yu Xiang finally saw his colorless mother being helped into the small courtyard by two handmaidens with their arms, coughed lightly, reached out to take Xiao Xie's family, glanced at the handmaid fiercely, and shouted "Go out".

Xiao Xie almost half leaned on the second son, staggered forward, witnessed the tragic death of the eldest son, only had time to let out a short hoarse cry, then rolled his eyes and fainted, was pinched by Yu Xiang, only to wake up involuntarily, his eyes were blank for a moment, until his vision was clear, and once again he saw Yu Zhou's angry but obviously angry face, and a cry rushed out, pushed Yu Xiang away, and pounced on Yu Zhou's body to caress the corpse and cry bitterly.

Yu Xiang simply stood up, and coldly watched Xiao Xie hugging Yu Zhou's cry of "son, life", and after a while, he finally got a little impatient, and then moved to help his mother who was sitting on the ground: "Mother's Day mourning, it's important to discuss the future." ”

Xiao Xie only heard Yu Zhou and his wife "fell down" in the palace, and then he saw that his son died of poisoning, grabbed Yu Xiang's shoulder and shook it vigorously, and asked what happened in no order, which god killed the poisonous hand, but got a neat sentence "My hand", Xiao Xie was stunned, his eyes were wide open, and his throat just made a gasp of "drink", and he couldn't speak at all.

It took half a moment to come to his senses, and he screamed and slapped Yu Xiang in the face: "What did you say!" What did you say! He's your own brother, what nonsense are you talking about! ”

The slapping and scratching on the head and face also stimulated Yu Xiang's anger, and he got up suddenly, but he jumped like thunder: "Yu Zhou once regarded me as a brother, and he knew how to scold and humiliate me when he was a child, saying that I was a wreck, I only knew that I was nonsense and willful, and I waited for death!" Because of his provocation, how many boards I suffered! I don't know, he is the only son in your eyes, and he only wants to leave him alone to enjoy it! Am I not my father's mother? ”

"Daddy only knows that it's not that I'm picky, what did I do? Why does Yu Zhou have to acquiesce to Mingyue and Lang Xing when they mess around, my pet maid has become a big rebel, and he should be scolded and punished! ”

"Yu Zhou teased Third Cousin Xie, you all protected him, not only did you punish him, but you also married Third Cousin Xie in and made him a concubine, if it was me, I would have been beaten to death!"

"He is the eldest son, you are taking the title for him, I don't fight with him, you should always inherit the family property to me!"

"As a result, even when I went out to entertain, you held on to the money, which made me lose face, be ridiculed and looked down upon, and even dare to humiliate a prostitute in person."

"Yu Zhou, how can he be virtuous, in the final analysis, he is also sitting back and enjoying his success, why do I have to put up with him being picky and scolded? In the future, when he takes the throne and gets his property, how can I be safe? I just starved to death in front of the door, and he wouldn't give him a mouthful of clothes! What's wrong with me fighting for myself? No poison is not a husband, wealth is sought in danger. ”

On the verge of collapse, it became Yu Xiang, who picked up Yu Zhou's body and pushed it to the side, held Xiao Xie's shoulder, and looked at each other with hideous eyes: "Uncle and Daddy are not brothers?" Daddy and Auntie don't just want the lives of his father and son, why say I'm ruthless! ”

"You! Rebel, rebel! Xiao Xie's eyes were blood-red, only to feel that his chest was about to burst, his fingertips trembled towards Yu Xiang, tears were like bursting embankments, and he only had the word "rebel" who was weak and powerless.

Yu Xiang sneered: "Mother wants to watch me, a rebel son, get convicted and pay for the death of Yu Zhou, who is already dead?" Watching his father marry someone else, or looking for a beautiful concubine outside, and giving birth to an heir to inherit the family business? The son thinks about it, the uncle and the father and son should be happy to see our family ruined and killed...... Mother, if you don't want your relatives to hurt your enemies quickly, you should cheer up immediately, think about how to end it, and find someone to blame...... Mother, the son thought that this could only be the sister-in-law's viciousness, dissatisfied with the brother's snubbing of her, spoiling the concubine and pressing his wife, bribing the servant woman to poison and kill people and take poison to commit suicide, Sister Xie San was lucky and escaped, but the poor eldest brother was unguarded and fell into the plot. ”

"Mother, if you don't help me, my father should know that the slut and wild seed outside have been poisoned by you...... Our mother and son are dead. After Yu Xiang used Third Master Xie to harvest 10,000 taels of silver, this secret that was given as a dagger to force Xiao Xie's decision.

Xiao Xie's waist weakened and he completely collapsed to the ground.

Yu Xiang let go of his hand, sat firmly in the chair, and gently touched Yu Zhou's body with his toes, but closed his eyes slightly to recuperate.

After a long silence, he finally heard Xiao Xie's footsteps, and Yu Xiang sneered and watched Xiao Xie stagger.

Xiao Xie, who had no choice, could only compromise and keep his only son, Yu Xiang.

"Huang! The poisonous woman who killed a thousand knives ......" Xiao Xie's sharp cry sounded outside the courtyard: "I will break your body to pieces!" ”

Yu Xiang looked at his brother's death without blinking, and smiled even more: "Yu Zhou, you rest in peace, remember to be more benevolent and righteous in the next life, and don't easily underestimate others." ”

The mother and son did not know that the crime could no longer be concealed.

The father and son of the King of Chu and his entourage were entering the corner gate of the General's Mansion.