Chapter 6 Poisoning
As soon as Xiao Yu heard Xiaolu talk about cow milk cheese, she suddenly remembered that it was true that Qi Heng was the only one who had eaten this milk cheese today, but it was obviously her own milk cheese, and there was no one else in the whole process! Oh no! And others! Xiao Yu remembered the back that flashed by!
It's the figure! There must be something wrong with that sneaky figure!
Xiao Yu calmed down, stared at Xiao Lu and said slowly: "Sister Xiao Lu, it's not the first time I've made this milk cheese, and the young master is not the first day to eat it, if I wanted to harm the young master, then something would have happened a long time ago, why would I wait until today?" ”
Xiao Lu paused for a moment and shouted: "Who knows what you think, this crisp cheese is only you and the young master have touched, not you!" ”
Seeing that Xiaolu was so brainless, Xiao Yu couldn't help but say angrily: "The person who started to harm the young master is just hoping that we will mess up first, and before we figure out what is going on, you will start to suspect people!" ”
After speaking, Xiaoyu said to Duan's mother: "Mom, no one can cover this matter, you go and report to Mrs., hurry up and find a doctor to take a look", and instructed Xiaolu: "Sister Xiaolu, you will listen to Mrs. Hou's fate with me now." ”。 When Duan's mother heard this, she hurriedly reported to her wife, "You stay away from me, don't think about any more poisonous actions!" Xiao Lu sat on the edge of the bed and held Qi Heng, who was weak, with one hand, and stared at Xiao Yu with a vigilant expression.
Xiaoyu couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to stand aside and think to himself. She quickly recalled the afternoon's situation, who was that petite back? She has only arrived in the Hou Mansion not long ago, and there are few people who are familiar with her, and the back looks familiar, it must be someone she is familiar with.
Xiao Yu silently thought of a few of the maid rings she was more familiar with in her heart, but she ruled them out one by one. Not like! Not like! It shouldn't be them!
Ay! Wrong! And one more! And the little finch! Xiaoyu's eyes widened suddenly, she had never doubted Xiaofinch, so she subconsciously excluded Xiaofinch. But now I think of it, that back, that height, who else is not a little finch! But why did Xiao Que do this, thinking of Xiao Finch's simple smiling face and clear eyes, she really couldn't connect Xiao Que with medicine.
After a while, the lady arrived. "The doctor will be here soon, Heng'er, you hold on. Come on, tie up these two girls first. Madame first looked at the weak Qi Heng, and then said sharply. The surrounding mothers-in-law rushed up and tied the small fish and the small heron aside.
Xiaolu kept struggling and shouting grievances, but Xiaoyu didn't struggle or shout, but just said to his wife: "Madam, please send someone to keep the pots and bowls in the small kitchen where I made the cheese today, and wait for the doctor to come to check whether it has been drugged." Madame turned her face to Zi Yan and said a few words, and Zi Yan nodded and left.
The doctor came soon, asked Qi Hengwang about it, and inspected the pots and bowls with crisp cheese that Zi Yan brought, and then asked Xiaoyu and Xiaolu to explain the whole situation, then nodded, and said to Madame: "Madam, the young master is poisoned, and the symptoms should be poisoned by oleander, fortunately, the young master doesn't eat much, I will prescribe a little medicine to clean the stomach and eliminate toxins, and you can be cured after taking three servings." ”。 After the lady heard what the doctor said, she was relieved.
Seeing off the doctor, the lady said to Xiao Yu who was kneeling beside him: "Just now you both said that this cheese is made by Xiao Yu yourself?" Have you ever left halfway through? Xiaoyu, you have a good memory, you saved the young master, I believe you were wronged. ”
Xiao Yu became more and more grateful to Madame for her trust, and she said to Madame: "Madam, the slave saw a figure when she was making cheese in the afternoon, and the slave didn't see this person's appearance clearly. But the slave had a way to find out the man. ”
"Oh, you say come and hear it." Xiao Yu looked left and right, and said to Madame, "Please Madame, gather all the people who have been in and out of Canglang Ju this afternoon into the courtyard." ”
The lady looked at the little fish and said, "Let them both get up." Mother Duan, you and Zi Yao take good care of the young master", and then said to Xiao Yu: "Although I believe in you, I will only give you this one chance, if you can't find out who gave the medicine at night, then you are the only one who bears this sin." ”。
Xiaoyu bit her lip and said firmly: "Madam, if you haven't done it, you haven't done it, the slave believes that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded, and God has eyes." ”
"Then gather everyone", after speaking, the lady took Xiaoyu to the center of the courtyard, and then instructed Zi Yan to gather all the maids and daughters who had been in and out of the main courtyard today. Xiao Yu muttered a few words to Zi Yan, Zi Yan's eyes widened in surprise, and Mrs. said to Zi Yan: "You can prepare whatever she wants." Zi Yan nodded, and then went into the house to prepare what Xiao Yu wanted.
After more than half an hour, the suspicious Yahuan mother-in-law was all gathered together, and the things that Xiaoyu wanted were also ready. Looking at the maids and daughters who were standing quietly and with their hands down, Xiaoyu found the little finch in the crowd with flickering eyes and hiding from her.
Xiao Yu suddenly had mixed feelings in her heart, a person who regarded herself as a sister framed herself, or the first person she regarded as a friend when she came to this world, she didn't mention how sad she was. She looked at the little finch with complicated eyes, and wanted to immediately pull the little finch out and ask her why, but the little finch avoided her eyes with a weak heart.
Xiao Yu took a deep breath, stood in front of the crowd, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, someone gave the young master oleander poison today, fortunately the young master is fine, now we have to find out the person who poisoned him." The crowd exploded with a "boom", and everyone was so frightened that they all knelt on the ground and shouted grievances.
"You may not know that oleander juice has a characteristic, if it gets gold pollen, it will turn red, and this color can't be washed off. It doesn't matter if the person who poisoned it has already washed his hands, this gold pollen is originally colorless, but it is very sensitive, and even a little residue in the crack of the nail will be revealed. Now everyone is lining up to let Sister Zi Yan test her hands. Xiaoyu said loudly.
Everyone trembled and got up and lined up in front of Zi Yan one after another, and there was a box with two holes open in front of Zi Yan, just enough for everyone to put their hands into the hole and touch the powder inside. After everyone touched the powder, Xiaoyu asked everyone to stand in several rows, stretched out their hands, and she checked them one by one.
The little fish slowly inspected one by one, and saw the little finch standing in the back row, the little finch had a dark face and flickered his eyes. When she walked in front of Xiao Finch, she looked at Xiao Finch's slightly trembling hands, and suddenly pulled out Xiao Que and said sharply: "Sure enough, Xiao Finch, I didn't expect it to be you!" Xiaoque panicked and struggled to pull his hand out of Xiaoyu's hand, while defending: "It's not me, it's not me, I haven't been hit with cow's milk today."
Xiao Yu pinched Xiao Finch's wrist and said: "It's not you who poisoned it, how do you know that it was in the cow's milk, I just said that the young master was poisoned, but I didn't say that the young master ate the poison in the cow's milk!" Xiaoque's face turned white, and he looked at his wife in horror, shaking his head desperately while shouting, "It's not me, it's not me."
Xiao Yu held back the tears in his eyes and the anger in his heart, raised Xiao Finch's hand and said, "You still don't admit it, those powders just now are not gold pollen, just ordinary phosphors, everyone puts their palms flat into the phosphor, so there are traces of phosphor in their palms and fingernails." And only you, because of the weakness of your heart, because you are afraid that there will be residual oleander juice between your fingernails, so when you put your hand in the powder, you clench your hand into a fist. Only you don't have phosphor in your fingernails! After speaking, she motioned for Zi Yan to put out the lights a little. Sure enough, in the dark, the phosphor on everyone's hands emitted a little green light, but there was no light on the tips of the little finch's fingers.
The little finch's lips trembled, tears flowed down her face, and she couldn't say a word. Xiaoyu stared at Xiaoque sadly and asked, "Xiaoque, why are you framing me?" Why? I've always thought of you as my best friend. ”
"Why, you still have the face to ask me why!" , the little finch suddenly erupted, "Why? Why are you a wild girl, you can climb the branches as a second-class girl. And I, I've worked so hard for so long, I can't think of being a third-class girl in the main courtyard! After speaking, the little finch fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Que suspiciously, she felt that things were not so simple. From her understanding of the little finch, how could the innocent little bird do such a heartbreaking thing out of jealousy. And the toxicity of oleander is not clear to most people, how did she know about it?
She crouched down, looked at the little finch and asked, "Little finch, tell me, who made you do this, and whether you were threatened." The little bird shook her head sadly and cried, "No, no one, it's me who has been confused for a while. Then he raised his head and begged his wife: "Madam, madam, this matter was done by the slave and the maid herself, and they don't know about the slave's family. ”
The lady, who had been sitting and watching all this coldly, slowly spoke: "You now know that you begged me to be gracious, why didn't you let my Heng'er go when you were poisoned." poison the master, behead according to the law, and I will not let go of your family. After listening to this, Xiao Que muttered: "I don't know, I don't know, he said that the most he said was to be beaten by the board." Then the little finch shouted like crazy again: "Mother, mother, I'm sorry for you", and then the little finch became quieter and quieter, and fell to the ground and did not move.
Xiao Yu felt that something was wrong, and pushed Xiao Finch, and found that her face was blue and black, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding, and she was out of breath. "Little Sparrow! Little Sparrow! Xiao Yu shouted loudly, and the tears that she had endured for a long time finally came out of her eyes, watching her friend die in front of her, and she didn't know why, the feeling of powerlessness made her feel very painful. Xiao Yu felt more and more that there was a pair of huge black hands, quietly reaching out to this Hou Mansion.
The lady was silent for a while, and then said, "Let's all disperse, the little finch murdered the master and committed suicide in fear of sin, and let her family come and take it back, and then the whole family was thrown out." In the future, if there is such a plot to kill the master's family, he will be sent to the official. ”
Everyone dispersed silently, and the lady stood up and said, "Xiaoyu, Ziyan, you two come with me." Her voice was low and hoarse, revealing a thick sense of weariness. The three of them entered the inner room, and the lady stopped and asked, "Xiaoyu, what do you think about the matter of Xiaoque?" Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Madam, the slave maid thinks that the little finch was instigated by others, and with the slave and maid's understanding of the little finch, she herself can't think of such a harmful way." It's just that the slave can't think of who wants to harm the young master. ”。