Seeing this, Hua Zhen's eyes couldn't help but shrink slightly, and immediately glanced at Lu Wei.

Lu Wei glanced at Xia Zhu and Jiang Fu, bowed down and said, "If the county lord doesn't have an order, I will go down first." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and was about to leave, but was called by Hua Zhen: "Mr. Lu stays, you can listen to it together." ”

Hearing this, Lu Wei paused.

Hua Zhen sat on the chair next to her and looked at Jiang Fu and Xia Zhu, her brows furrowed slightly: "What's wrong?"

Hearing this, Xia Zhu glanced at Jiang Fu, then knelt on the ground and said very carefully: "County master, the slave maid just watched Mother Wu holding a crockpot and throwing it in the pond in the backyard, looking panicked, this jar should be the one given to her by the second lady." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen's face turned a little colder, and she immediately instructed Lu Wei: "When is it?"

"Just now, when Mother Wu came to pack her things, she saw a lot of people coming, so she hurried back. Because of the county lord's orders, the slave kept staring at her and didn't dare to relax. Seeing that Wu's mother looked very panicked, she went back to the house, took out a clay pot from under the bed, it was pitch black, and then wrapped it in a cloth and threw it into the pond. When the slave saw it, she hurriedly came over and told the county lord that she happened to meet Sister Jiang Fu going to the backyard to arrange their accommodation, so she told Sister Jiang Fu. Xia Zhu said with a little nervousness on his face.

Seeing this, Hua Zhen looked at Jiang Fu and saw Jiang Fu nodding.

Immediately spoke: "Okay, I know, you go back first." ”

Hearing this, Xia Zhu didn't move, but looked at Hua Zhen: "County Lord, there is one more thing, the slave maid feels very strange." ”

"What's the matter?"

"This morning, after serving the lord of the county, I met Juxiang and Kale on the verandah, and they seemed to be waiting for the slave there. Seeing the slave maid Ju Xiang, she asked the county lord what he had said? The slave and maid didn't say anything to them, so they said that the county lord didn't say anything, but just asked the slave and maid to help comb her hair. At that time, the slave maid looked at Ju Xiang's face a little strangely, and then Kale said that she had leaked her mouth and said that she should beware of Mother Wu. The slave and maid followed their words and pretended not to know about it, and the cabbage told the slave and maid.

In fact, she had seen the crockpot, but she didn't care about it at the time, and later after the accident with Jiaoyue, Ju Xiang reminded her that she found out that Wu's mother had a problem. I'm not very sure in my heart, so I'm afraid that if there is any accident in the middle, I will cause trouble for myself. Xia Zhu said and glanced at Hua Zhen, her eyes full of worry.

Hua Zhen immediately grasped the point: "In other words, it was Ju Xiang who found out that Wu's mother had a problem?"

"Hmm. Hearing this, Xia Zhu nodded: "Kale is young, and her mind is a lot simpler, I have been in contact with her when I was in the Shen family, and I know that this kale is not the kind of person with deep thoughts." The slave maid later thought about it, since it was Ju Xiang who found out that Wu's mother had a problem at the beginning, why didn't Ju Xiang tell the county lord herself, why did she instigate Kale. They are all serving in the county lord's mansion, and if they really find the person behind the murder of the county lord, it will be a great achievement. ”

Xia Zhu said, and there was a trace of doubt in his eyes: "The more the slave maid thinks about it, the more she feels that something is wrong, but there is no evidence, so she hesitates in her heart for fear of wronging Juxiang." But thinking that if it was true that Juxiang also had a problem, the county lord didn't know, wouldn't it leave a disaster, so he thought about telling the county lord first. ”

Hua Zhen looked at Xia Zhu, looking at the appearance of only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was exquisite.

He nodded immediately: "From now on, you can come to my yard to serve." ”

Hearing this, Xia Zhu was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The slave and maid thank the county master, the slave and the maid will definitely serve the county lord with all their hearts, and there will never be two hearts." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded, and told Jiang Fu to arrange for Xia Zhu later, so that she could live directly in the courtyard and not have to go back to the next room.

Jiang Fu made a note and told Xia Zhu to go back and pack his things first.

Waiting for Xia Zhu to leave, Jiang Fu frowned, glanced at Lu Wei, and then said with worry: "County Lord, this Xia Zhu is the Shen family after all, and the County Lord asked her to come to the courtyard to serve." What if she deliberately wanted to take this opportunity to dispel the county lord's doubts this time, but there was a secret intention to assassinate the county lord behind her?"

Hearing this, Hua Zhen looked at Jiang Fu and said softly: "She is the person who the sixth aunt arranged with us, and you can rest assured that you can rest assured now, the sixth aunt will not oppose us at the moment." I just heard her say that she is a wise girl, and if she is a good student in the future, she will not be able to do much for us. ”

"But after all, she is a member of the Shen family, and the sixth aunt is now dependent on the county lord, but she can't say when she will have a different heart. Jiang Fu was still a little worried.

Lu Wei, who had been standing silently next to him, smiled and persuaded when he saw this: "Miss Jiangfu's worries are a little redundant, people's hearts are flesh and blood, although it is said that it was planted by others, but if the method is used correctly, it is not impossible to turn her into her own person." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen glanced at Lu Wei, and there was a little more approval in her eyes.

Then he didn't let Jiang Fu continue, but told Lu Wei about his suspicion of Wu's mother.

When Lu Wei heard this, he immediately looked at Hua Zhen and frowned slightly: "If the county lord wants to know if this matter is her doing, just let someone go and scoop up the crockpot, I will know at a glance." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen couldn't help frowning slightly: "That crockpot has fallen into the water, even if it has been filled with scorpions, it is soaked in water at the moment, I am afraid that there will be no traces." ”

After speaking, he saw Lu Wei shaking his head, and then said with a smile: "The county lord doesn't know, this kind of scorpion feeding is very particular, because it wants to penetrate all these poisons, so the utensils for feeding scorpions are a poison, and these utensils are boiled with poison first." Then, when the scorpions were caught, they were placed in a vessel, and then fed every day with something soaked in poison, and over time, the vessel containing them also seeped into a lot of poison. Even if it is past the water, there is still a residual smell of medicine in this crevice, and others may not be able to see it, but as long as it is placed in the hands of a doctor who has been practicing medicine for decades, the problem can be seen immediately. So the county lord just had to ask people to pick up the crockpot and take a look. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded and instructed Jiang Fu: "You go to Jin Wuwei and ask them to go to the pool to salvage, and be sure to find out the clay pot." ”

"Then I brought someone to bring me Mother Wu and Chrysanthemum sprouts. Hua Zhen said with a hint of coldness in her eyes, which made Jiang Fu can't help but feel her heart skip a beat.

Immediately went to the outer courtyard.

Seeing this, Lu Wei's face also sank a little: "If the county lord wants to sleep well, he has to clear the backyard of the county lord's mansion first." Since ancient times, it has been difficult to prevent thieves, and the county lord must not forget this principle. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded: "What Mr. said is that this yard should indeed be cleaned up." ”

After speaking, he sat aside, his face was slightly gloomy, and he stopped talking.

Lu Wei also stood aside.

Jiang Fu first went to find Jin Wuwei and said that a very important thing for the county lord fell in the pond, and then took a few Jin Wuwei soldiers and went directly to the pond where Hehua was planted in the backyard.

After arranging for someone to salvage the crockpot, he immediately took someone to the lower room to arrest Wu's mother.

Mother Wu was sitting in the room resting, thinking about things.

Suddenly, listening to the movement outside, he stood up and wanted to see what was going on, when he saw two Jin Wuwei rushing in and directly grabbing Wu's mother's arm.

Mother Wu immediately shouted: "What are you going to do, this is the backyard!"

Hearing this, Jiang Fu walked in, looked at Mother Wu and said coldly, "The county lord invites you over." ”

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, Jin Wuwei immediately carried Wu's mother to the Baishi Tower.

Jiang Fu turned around and asked for cabbage and chrysanthemum.

Because of Xia Zhu's words, Jiang Fu paid special attention to Ju Xiang, and saw that when he entered the door, Kale heard that the county lord had something to ask, and immediately responded respectfully, and there was no reaction from the side.

However, Ju Xiang's face suddenly turned pale, and then the hand that stood up and hid in his sleeve was also trembling slightly.

Jiang Fu didn't say anything in his eyes, but just took them directly to the Baishi Tower.

Xia Zhu watched Jiang Fu leave with them, thinking about what he had just said in front of the county lord, and he didn't care about packing up his things, so he hurriedly followed.

When she arrived outside the door of Baishi Tower, Jiang Fu had already brought Mother Wu and the others to the house.

Hua Zhen sat on the chair, listened to the movement, raised her eyelids slightly, and saw that Mother Wu and Kale Juxiang were already kneeling in front of them.

But he didn't speak.

Mother Wu seemed to be scared in her heart, but she held on.

The body kneeling on the ground was trembling all the time, but she couldn't bear it and didn't want Hua Zhen to see it, but she was too scared in her heart to hide it at all.

There was also a layer of sweat on his forehead.

Cabbage and Ju Xiang were probably under the influence of Mother Wu at the moment, and they were also a little nervous, kneeling on the ground and bowing their heads, not daring to come out of the atmosphere.

Hua Zhen looked at them and didn't speak, just sat quietly.

After waiting for Yang Shan, the leader of the Jin Wuwei, to come in with a dark crockpot, Hua Zhen moved her body.

Yang Shan didn't know what was going on, he was only transferred to the county lord's mansion yesterday, he only knew that there were assassins who broke into the county lord's mansion at night before, and he didn't know that Jiaoyue was poisoned.

So now looking at the crockpot in his hand, I was puzzled, but I didn't think much about it.

Just respectfully handed the jar to Jiang Fu.

Hua Zhen looked at the jar in Jiang Fu's hand, remembering the painful appearance of Jiaoyue when she was dying, the look in her eyes was even more cold to the bone, and even her voice was full of coldness.

"Does Mother Wu know this jar?"

Hearing this, Mother Wu was so frightened that she trembled, but she held on, and said tremblingly: "The slave doesn't know, this jar is not the slave's, the slave hasn't seen it." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "I just want to ask if you know this jar, why are you so nervous, and besides, no one said that this jar is yours." ”

I saw Mother Wu trembling and kneeling on the ground, the beads of sweat on her forehead falling to the ground one by one, and she actually wet the ground in front of her.