He Angelica and Guan Lin hurriedly ran into the house, and saw Mrs. Guan, who was full of black blood, half-sitting on the couch, staring at He Angelica with bulging eyes, which was full of clear hatred, which could be seen even at the end of her life.

"Don't go over." He Angelica stopped Guan Lin from moving forward, "The old lady is dead." ”

"Dead?"

"Yes, I can't save it anymore." He Angelica pulled Guan Lin out of the door, closed the door and said, "The old lady's appearance is not very good-looking, and she said such a last word, and she died very suddenly...... Anyway, leave it to the government to deal with, and it just so happens that the people from Dongchang are also there. ”

"Oh." Guan Lin nodded.

He Angelica took out the fireworks and arrows in his sleeve and put them in the sky, which was given to her by Bai Yang Baisai just now. Not long after, the Fake Immortal Grass County Lord, Song Zhihua and Master Li led a group of people to come in a mighty manner.

Song Zhihua asked in horror: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

He Angelica got out of the way, pointed to the house and said, "The old lady has passed away, and Miss Guan and I were not in the house when she died, so I don't know what happened." Let's go in and see. ”

Pushing the door in, the old lady's death frightened the county lord of Xiancao, only to hear "her" exaggeratedly shout: "Poisoned to death, what a tragic death!" ”

Guan Bai then arrived, and when he heard this gloating voice, he was almost about to have a seizure. For some reason, I endured it. Master Li stopped the others outside the house, went in alone to investigate, doused the incense in the incense burner with cold water, and came out and said, "The specific cause of death is still unknown, but it must have been poisoned." Finding Xue Meitu is still the top priority, and the murder case here will be handed over to the prefect's yamen for handling. ”

Hearing that the death of the old lady was not as important as finding a picture, Guan Bai finally couldn't hold his breath, gritted his teeth and said: "No need, my mother's matter, let the Guan family solve it ourselves." ”

Song Zhihua stabbed her husband from behind and asked him to be polite to the envoy of Dongchang.

"Whatever you want." Master Li squinted a pair of cold eyes, changed his words, and said, "If you delay the search for Xuemeitu, our family has its own area." ”

The fake county lord and true dao saint who had calmed down suddenly held his cheeks and asked innocently: "That old woman was poisoned, and that poison can be put into her mouth by someone else or by herself, right?" When people are old, there will always be times when they are tired and crooked. ”

Guan Bai and Song Zhihua dared to glare at her angrily, He Angelica coughed lightly, and quietly persuaded: "Sister Xiancao, this is Guanfu, we are guests, you should be less naughty." "How can anyone call his dead wife an "old woman" in front of his filial son, this Bai Yangbai.

Although Guan Bai planned to deal with it himself, the cause of the old lady's death was suspicious, and the prefect Han Fei came immediately.

After a preliminary investigation, the old lady was poisoned to death, and it was not an ordinary poison, and it needed to be investigated slowly. But Guan Bai couldn't wait for the yamen to "investigate slowly", and impulsively pointed at He Angelica and shouted, "Why don't you arrest her?" The last medicine my mother took was handed by her, who else but her? ”

"What Guan Xianggong said is the truth?" Han Fei looked at He Angelica.

"It's basically true," He Danggui said flatly, "but it was only me and Miss Guan in the room at that time, and there was no fourth person present." Uncle Guan can be so sure that I handed the medicine to the old lady, not Miss Guan, it's really ...... Mother and son have a heart. ”

Guan Bai was stunned, and said angrily: "You are a doctor, of course you have to give the medicine to my mother." ”

"In other words, if someone wants to poison the old lady, as long as they put the poison in a medicine bottle and send it to this room, then they can kill people by the hand of the county lord."

When he didn't see him, he heard his voice first, Han Fei turned his head and saw that it was Feng Yang, the real underground king of Yangzhou, and immediately echoed him: "Feng Shao is reasonable, this case is full of suspicions, and it must be investigated slowly." Guan Xianggong, this government understands your grief for losing your mother, but once the case is hastily decided, doesn't it give the real murderer a chance to escape? The implication is that there is a great chance that Angelica will be wronged.

Guan Bai snorted coldly and turned around in silent protest.

Han Fei frowned, Mrs. Guan died of strange poison, there are no eyewitnesses, and there are few clues, how to investigate this case? In a deep house with many secrets like Guanfu, even if you work hard to dig out the truth, it may be thankless.

At this time, Guan Lin, the only one who was present and was not suspicious, spoke. She said, "I don't think the county lord will harm the old lady. When the old lady fainted, her condition was already very bad, and although I didn't know medical skills, I also saw that the old lady would not be able to do it if she didn't save her. If the county lord had any unfavorable thoughts about the old lady, she didn't have to save the old lady. ”

Bai Yangbai and Feng Yang laughed together: "Listen, the voice of justice has sounded." ”

Guan Lin blushed and lowered her head.

Han Fei arranged for the experienced servants to conduct an autopsy overnight, and turned around and said: "Miss Guan and the county lord of Qingning are important witnesses, and they need to be accompanied and lived with the right people until the murder is ......found out."

"Me! I live with them! Bai Yangbai volunteered.

"You? Who are you? "Han Fei came late, I don't know how big the girl with the purple scarf is.

Bai Yangbai told him: "I am also the county lord, and my title is Xiancao, and the powerful and bad-tempered princess Lin'an in the capital is my mother." ”

Han Fei spent a quarter of an hour digesting Bai Yangbai's words, and then agreed to all the requests made by the other party. This made Guan Bai and his wife very embarrassed, the relationship between the Guan family and the prefect's yamen has always been good, I thought Han Fei would help, but I didn't expect it to be useless.

Back in the room, Guan Bai glanced at Song Zhihua and asked, "My mother finally closed her eyes this time - she must have told you everything before she died, right?" ”

Song Zhihua said coldly: "Don't put the responsibility on me, you also know everything, and you didn't stop my mother from doing that." In fact, you know earlier than I know, half a year ago, Dr. Hua was diagnosed with an incurable disease, every time he was injured, even if he was just pricked by the tip of a needle, the blood that flowed out could fill a bowl, so you kept telling Xiao Tao a few people not to let her mother take a needle. ”

Guan Bai clenched his hands into fists, and the joints were blue and white, acquiescing to what Song Zhihua said.

Song Zhihua said: "In the past, they said that the Guan family 'protects the short', but I don't understand what it means. Tonight, I saw Guan Lin's little slut eating inside and out, helping He Angelica speak, and afterwards you and your father were reluctant to even scold her, and I knew the true meaning of 'protecting the short'. ”

Guan Bai said: "Lin'er is young and simple-hearted, you shouldn't have involved her from the beginning." ”

Song Zhihua shouted uncontrollably: "Okay, that's really good, she is simple-hearted, I deserve to be vicious and participate in your shameless plan?" Let me guess, you want to kill He Angelica, blame the Luo family, and sit back and watch Meng Xuan go to the Luo family to take revenge, right? Because Sanqingtang and Luo Maitong didn't come to see their mother-in-law, they were also hated together, right? ”

Guan Bai gritted his teeth and said, "Don't go too far, my mother just passed away." If Lin'er makes a mistake, she will naturally have a family law to deal with it in the future. I'll take care of my sister myself, you just have to do your part. ”

"Is this the highest level of 'protecting the short'? As long as the surname Guan is correct, you can talk about it in the future, and people other than the surname Guan will die unforgiving. ”

"That's enough."

Thinking of the sin he suffered last time, Song Zhihua was still angry, shook his head and sneered: "Hmph, what a Guan Da filial son, because you pretended to be so similar last time, knowing that Niang stabbed her body, she wanted to blame He Angelica." You can persuade your mother not to do that, and she will only listen to your advice in the whole family. Am I a fool? You want to take over the weaving workshop and Renshutang as soon as possible, and quickly sit in the position of the head of the family, so you acquiesced to your mother's approach. In turn, make me angry, are you a man?! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Guan Bai slammed his fist on the table, and the wenge wood long table collapsed, and he roared weakly, "Mother loves Yun'er the most, I think it was He Angelica who harmed her, and I want to pull He Angelica to death, what can I do?" If you dare to say half a word nonsense in front of your father, I will send you to the nunnery to accompany Yun'er! ”

Song Zhihua sneered twice, and said cool words again: "It's really pitiful, the bamboo basket is empty." Niang's biggest failure is that she underestimated He Angelica. ”

"What do you mean?"

"He Angelica is well-informed and smart, she only tasted a sip of cold green tea, and then said 'Kunlun Snow Chrysanthemum'." Song Zhihua twisted his lips and said, "What Han Green and Xue Ju have in common is that it has a strong medicinal property that cools blood and defeats fire. Giving it to a person like Prince Yiwen who is afraid of cold is a deadly tea, but giving it to her mother-in-law can save her life and make her bleed less when she is injured. There is also a snuff bottle, not because my mother-in-law likes to smell it, but because it is used for blood clotting. All of this, He Angelica saw it all, she already knew that her mother-in-law was sick! ”

"Shut up, how can you grow up others to destroy your own prestige!"

"Then we'll see."

The second day, the death of Mrs. Guan was not yet clueless, but Xue Meitu had been found. Master Li fell asleep, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the precious embroidered picture lying quietly on the pillow.

It looks very much like the real thing, but the layman can't understand the embroidery, so he still has to let the knowledgeable person identify it. Otherwise, if you return to Beijing and give the emperor a fake picture, it will become a crime of bullying the king. Lord Li squinted his eyes and thought, the old lady of the Guan family knows embroidery best, she just died last night, and the rest of the Guan family doesn't understand, and those embroidery girls don't have weight in their words. So after thinking about it, it's still ...... What Angelica!

"It's the handiwork of the master of Lu Tan...... The embroidery thread on the plum blossom is old and new and has been repaired before...... In response to what Mrs. Guan said, the embroidery was destroyed by the cat and was repaired with the help of the Guan family. This should be the relic of the former queen. He Angelica took a Western magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.

Master Li immediately took out the prepared golden silk brocade box and reached out to grab the embroidered picture laid in front of He Angelica.

"Slow!" He Angelica said in a low voice.

Master Li's hand seemed to have caught an electric jellyfish, retracted suddenly, and asked nervously, "What's wrong?" ”

He Angelica explained slowly: "Adults don't know that the sweat on people's hands will damage the embroidery and make the fabric fade. It may not be seen in a short time, but the things of the first queen are so precious that they usually don't take them to wash and dry, and after a long time, the cloth will rot. Especially for martial arts practitioners like adults, they sweat more than women, so they can't touch it. ”

"I see!" Master Lee was taught.

"You should find another piece of clean silk cloth and wrap it up before taking it." Bai Yangbai added from the side.

As he was talking, Lord Li's deputy arrived and asked, "My lord, now that we have found the embroidery map, can we go back to Beijing to make a business?" ”

"Not yet!" Master Li received the embroidery and categorically vetoed.

"Why? Isn't the holy decree explained, once you find the things of the former queen, you must immediately return to Beijing to restore the decree? ”

Master Li lowered his hand, narrowed a pair of slender eagle falcon eyes, and sneered: "But this embroidered picture was not 'found' by our family, but suddenly appeared in front of our family in a night's work." In other words, the thief is still at large. We really want to see who has the courage to sneak up on our room at night. ”

"What do you mean by ......"

"Until the thief is punished, our family will not leave Yangzhou." Lord Li turned around and looked at He Angelica, "Thank you for the county lord's help in identifying the embroidery map." ”

"Your Excellency is gracious."

"Farewell."

"No."

Seeing Master Li walking away, He Angelica glanced at Bai Yangbai and snorted, "What should I do?" Eunuch Li is carrying you, if you don't catch you as a thief, he will live in Yangzhou. What's not fun, run to steal a rag from the Queen of Horses. ”

"So what do you say?" Bai Yangbai asked with a drooping face.

He Angelica spread his hands: "Speaking of which, Mrs. Mao was indirectly killed by you, and if you let Dongchang investigate, I don't know how many people will be implicated." It's better for you to turn yourself in, anyway, your mother is Princess Lin'an, and Queen Ma is your grandmother, so it doesn't hurt to steal her things and play with them. ”

"What? You ungrateful stinky girl," Bai Yangbai said angrily, "The poor road is not to save you!" Old Lady Guan's plan is to set a fire in the embroidery room, burn Queen Ma's rags, and then throw your shoes on the fire, so that you can blame everything for everything. If it weren't for the fact that he put out the fire and cut your shoes to pieces with scissors, Eunuch Li wouldn't be polite to you now! ”

He Angelica pointed out: "But you kept the soles of your shoes and didn't cut them, and let them keep my footprints as evidence of catching thieves." Sooner or later, Dongchang will find out about me, and I will confess you at that time. ”

Bai Yangbai blushed and shouted thickly: "That's because the soles of your shoes are very hard, and the scissors can't be gnawed at all." You deliberately let someone bury your shoes and let the other party catch you, is it a pre-arranged move, right? Now that you've given the shoe house to Mrs. Guan, there must be a back-up move - yes, it must be so! ”