Leng Xuan was placed by Duan Rufang to Chasing Wind and Zhuyun, and the two of them guided Leng Xuan to practice martial arts, Duan Rufang was able to be at peace for a while, and the things in the cloth bag aroused Duan Rufang's interest, according to Duan Rufang's speculation, this matter should have little to do with Duan Ruhua, of course, if Duan Ruhua was in a hurry to get rid of her, it was also possible to design this matter, but compared to Duan Ruhua, she was still more suspicious of Duan Jiuyang, the woman with unknown origin and unknown intentions.

And who is the dead man, the person who designed this thing will not risk replacing human blood with pig blood, and judging from the smell last time, it is definitely human blood, so who is the dead person? Duan Rubian once asked Chasing Feng and Zhuyun to investigate, but there is still no progress, if he can steal his jewelry, it must be the person who sneaked in after a few days of coma, who is it?

With the passage of time, the Hanlin banquet is close at hand, and the post invites people from all over the capital, from the emperor and grandson to the county order, all of them have come to congratulate Duan Qingxuan on his admission to the White Horse Academy, and the congratulatory gifts have been filled before the day arrives, and Lin Xiu and the old lady are very happy in this section, only Duan Langyi has been closed for a few days, and Duan Ruhua often goes to Duan Qingxuan's courtyard.

On the day of the Hanlin banquet, there were a lot of people coming, Duan Rubian, as Duan Qingxuan's sister, had been standing at the door to greet the guests, with a hypocritical smile on his face, which lasted for several hours, and several luxurious carriages came not far away, Duan Rubian squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the people who got off the carriage.

Should it be said that Duan Qingxuan's face is big or they have another purpose, but the concubine of a nominal general was admitted to the White Horse Academy, and so many princes came.

The leader is naturally the crown prince Xiao Yanchen, wearing a black python robe, a golden crown and bundled hair, with a graceful demeanor, followed by the third prince Xiao Lanshu, the fifth prince Xiao Yuqing, the eighth prince Xiao Muyang and the princess Xiao Lei of Yuanjiang.

Duan Rufang raised his lips, it seems that there are still a lot of people here.

Xiao Yanchen strode to the door of the mansion and arched his hand to Duan Linxiu, "Congratulations to General Duan, both sons have been admitted to the White Horse Academy, and they are my future talents in Xiliang!"

"Thank you for the prince's appreciation, Weichen is panicked" Duan Linxiu returned the salute with a smile, ordered someone to take the congratulatory gift, and welcomed a cadre into the house, Duan Rubian stood silently behind Duan Linxiu, and suddenly felt a fiery gaze cast on, Duan Rubian raised his head slightly, and Xiao Yuqing's eyes were full of smiles, everyone went in, only he stopped in front of Duan Rubian, and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Miss Duan San"

"Thank you" Duan Rufang saluted, and stretched out his hand expressionlessly, "Fifth prince, please"

Looking at Duan Rufang's appearance of not waiting to see himself, Xiao Yuqing's heart was very uncomfortable, his face was a little distorted when he turned around, and he clenched his hands, the queen mother once said that what he couldn't get would rather be destroyed than fall into the hands of others, looking at Duan Rufang's attitude, it seems that it can only be destroyed.

People arrived one after another, Duan Linxiu also left to enter the house to entertain guests, Duan Qingxuan was stopped by a group of sons, invited him to drink, Duan Rubian told Qingxuan to take care of Duan Qingxuan, and stood alone at the door and waited for a long time, but the person still didn't come.

Duan Rubian sighed faintly, originally she thought that he would definitely come on such an occasion......

There was a cold wind blowing outside, Duan Rubian was wearing thin clothes, and after waiting for a while, he turned around and wanted to go home, the sound of horses' hooves sounded not far away, looking at the bewitching red as always, Duan Rubian was inexplicably a little relieved.

Rong Qi came late because of some things, and as soon as he got off the sedan car, he saw Duan Rufang waiting at the door, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he stepped forward, his voice was smiling, "Why don't you go in yet?"

"Some of the guests haven't come yet, my father asked me to wait here, it just so happened that the prince arrived" Duan Rubian turned around and walked into the house, making an indifferent appearance with his back to Rong Qi, afraid that he would see the blush that flashed on his face, Qinghe waved his hand at Rong Qi, and smiled very brightly.

Rong Qi smiled and kept up with her and raised his eyebrows, "Then why don't you wait now?"

Duan Rubian opened his mouth, couldn't say why, glared at him angrily, walked into the crowd, Rong Qi smiled helplessly, and motioned for Qinghe and Qingtian to hurry up and follow.

There were many people gathered in the lobby, everyone was talking and laughing, Duan Qingxuan was surrounded by a group of people, either pouring wine or composing poems, and he was very helpless to watch, Princess Yuan Jiang didn't bring a male pet when she went out this time, she sat in her position and drank in a boring way, her eyes were charming, Duan Ruhua was still sitting at the banquet with a reserved smile, maintaining her usual demeanor.

Duan Rubian held his forehead, with a slight headache, Qinghe and Qingtian stepped forward to support the crumbling Duan Rubian, and said with concern, "What's wrong with Miss?"

"It's just a little dizzy, it's too noisy here" Duan Rubian shook his head and replied lightly.

"It's better to find a place to rest for a while" Qingkong proposed, Duan Rubian nodded and agreed, and the three of them walked towards the direction of Loulan Pavilion together, and the woman sitting in the banquet quietly swept the direction of Duan Ru's departure, raised her lips, found the maid beside her, and said in a low voice, "Is there a problem with the matter?"

"Don't worry, miss, make sure it's foolproof"

The "good" woman hooked her lips and drank the wine in her glass.

Qingkong and Qinghe helped Duan Rubian back to Loulan Pavilion, poured a cup of tea for Duan Rubian and then withdrew, Duan Rubian felt dizzy, and after drinking the tea, he fell on the bed and fell asleep.

Qingkong and Qinghe stood guard outside the door, and it didn't take long for a little maid to walk quickly, and when she saw the two of them, her eyes lit up, and she immediately stepped forward, "The main hall is short of manpower, you two, come with me!"

"No! The third young lady is not feeling well and is falling asleep, how can we go with you!" Qingkong refused sharply, and the little maid looked a little nervous, "It's okay, you can just hold on for a while, the third young lady won't have an accident, isn't there still a guard guarding outside the courtyard?"

"This ......" Qinghe and Qingkong glanced at each other and licked their lips tangledly.

"Or ...... Let's go" Qinghe said lightly, Qingkong gasped, "What about the third young lady?"

"It's okay," Qinghe pretended to be unhappy, "Why are you afraid of this, afraid of that!"

"Okay, then let's go" Qingkong pretended to be persuaded and sighed, the maid saw that the two agreed, smiled from ear to ear, and the three of them walked towards the lobby together, the lights and candles in the room flickered on and off, and there was no sound outside the door, Duan Rubian suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the carved bed board and raising an indifferent smile......

Half an hour later, Qingtian and Qinghe returned to Loulan Pavilion, and helped Duan Rubian, who had woken up leisurely, to the back garden, the evening breeze blew his cheeks, and the clear sky pressed Duan Rubian's arm, and said in a low voice, "Miss, the slave has investigated, the maid just now was the former maid of the fourth miss, and now she is by the side of the seventh miss."

"Hasn't that body been found yet?" Duan Rubian asked with a frown.

"Found it," Qinghe replied, "Just behind the rockery in the back garden, the body has rotted a lot, it looks like it has been dead for at least three days, and the specific time will depend on the autopsy, and there is ......."

"Hmm, what else?" Duan Rufang saw that Qinghe stopped talking many times, and was a little impatient, Qinghe bit his lower lip, "Miss, there is more than one person who died!"

"What!" Duan Rubian stopped his steps and glanced at Qinghe in surprise, Qinghe looked at Duan Rubian's eyes and nodded vigorously, "There are two people who died, one is a man and the other is a woman, and they are brightly dressed, not like a subordinate."

Duan Rubian took a few breaths and took a slow step.

All of them are watching the play in the back garden, Duan Fu invited the best opera troupe in the capital today, today is singing Farewell My Concubine, there are many female relatives in the audience wiping their tears, Duan Rufang saw Duan Xiang sitting in the front row at a glance, staring at the stage with a pair of eyes, even if she can't see anything.

She is wearing a bright red skirt and combing a married woman's bun, not only has she not lost weight but also gained a lot of weight these days, Duan Rubian has to say that her scheming is still strong, and her status in the Qu family can be so glamorous, on the other hand, the main room and the side room are slightly inferior.

As if feeling that he was being watched, Duan Xiang slowly turned around, and the maid beside him leaned down, "Madam, it's the third lady"

"Third sister?" Duan Xiang raised a smile and looked ahead, "Third sister, why don't you sit down when you're here?"

Duan Xuan sat not far away, watching the play intently, but her heart never stopped, hearing Duan Xiang's voice shouting Duan Rufang, she felt almost collapsed, called the maid Su'er, whispered for a while, and the master and servant turned around and left the table.

Duan Xiang was still wearing a mask on half of her face, and the little finger part of the hand she was in was already a bone, her smile was weird, with this deliberate action, Duan Rufang knew that she was provoking, and the lady of the main room sitting next to Duan Xiang saw her hand, and turned her head away with a cold breath, not only disgust but also fear in her eyes.

Duan Rubian stepped forward with a smile and sat next to Duan Xiang, "Seeing that the fourth sister's complexion is getting better and better"

"It's all the old man's care, so that it can be like this" Duan Xiang mentioned Qu Yang, covered his mouth and smiled, looking shy, but his face was frosty, Mrs. Zhengfu bit her lower lip, seemed to be a little panicked, and the chair under her ass creaked.

Duan Xiang turned his head with a smile, "Madam, are you feeling unwell?"

"No!" Liu hurriedly denied it, got up and walked away, Duan Rubian stared at Liu's back, frowned, it seems that Duan Xiang has made a lot of trouble in the Qu family these days, this main house from a green building heard that he has a domineering personality, and he is a shrew in the market, so he should be very contemptuous of Duan Xiang, but now it seems that her fear of Duan Xiang is no longer a star.

Duan Rubian looked at the woman with the same smile in front of him, and a sudden chill in his heart appeared...... It was she who underestimated Duan Xiang and looked down on Qu Yang.

"What do you think about the third sister?" Duan Xiang suddenly asked, staring at Duan Rufang with empty eyes.

"This play is well sung," Duan Rubian said quietly, even though he had never seen the stage at all.

Duan Xiang smiled lightly and did not answer.

"Oh no! Oh no!"

Just as the scene was at high tide, a subordinate not far away ran over without even lifting his pants, and the women present all turned their heads, Duan Xiang couldn't see it, but lowered his head and raised a deep smile.

"Master Qu is dead!"