On the other side, Jing Yu was biting off a large piece of meat from the chicken thigh, which was tender and juicy, and it was also full of the fragrance of lotus leaves.

"Uncle Xiaohuang, which restaurant did you buy it from, it's really good, it's a bit like the Hundred Flowers in the capital. Although the chicken is not made of colorful pheasants, it lacks some meat aroma, but the belly of this chicken is stuffed with wild mushrooms, which is really fresh. “

"I bought it at the street, it's not a restaurant."

"Oops, how did you pay attention to this? Is there any good girl in this Shuzhou city? This girl's tastes are very much in line with mine. “

The sun was setting in the west, and a little bit of the setting sun shone on the hexagonal table through the lattice of the long-grained window, and the shadow of a wooden frame divided the table in front of them into two halves.

"Don't talk nonsense." King Ning thought about it and didn't say anything, but the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, dropped the sentence "prepare a birthday gift" and got up and walked in the direction of the secret prison where Huiyuan was detained.

On the second day, Shen Shuyi looked at Xie Hanci's outfit and was very surprised.

She was wearing a light purple scattered flower crescent skirt, her long hair was pulled up and combed into a flowing cloud bun, although she did not wear a vermilion hairpin, the beads on her sideburns reflected her delicate and charming, and the whole person was like a weak lilac flower, which couldn't help but make people want to be careful.

Shen Shuyi just felt that she had finally opened her mind, but she was pulled back to reality by a sentence.

"Mother, you said that I was dressed like this today, if I secretly beat up the little cub of Governor Zhang's family, no one can believe that I did it."

Shen Shuyi replied helplessly: "As long as you don't open your mouth, you shouldn't be able to expose ......"

The governor's mansion is lit up with lights, and the birthday gifts sent by the guests are stacked at the door, and as soon as you enter the hall, there is a picture of longevity written by the governor himself, and the famous wild goose shadow troupe is also invited.

"You're here too, I thought you wouldn't like this kind of feast."

Jing Yu greeted warmly, walked in from the weeping flower gate, and sat down next to Xie Hanci, Shu is not like the capital, and there are not so many rules for the opening of the people here, and men and women can also be mixed.

At the beginning of the banquet, Mrs. Zhang ordered a few plays, and the servants and prostitutes babbled and sang: "It is not a big deal to hurt people and break into a big disaster, and it is difficult to return ......home in a foreign land."

Governor Zhang raised his glass to toast to Jing Yu, and after Jing Yu drank a glass, he chattered with Xie Hanci about the play: "This is "Visiting Mother", the specialty repertoire of the Yanying Opera Troupe, I have heard it in the capital, telling the story of a hero in the green forest who returned to his hometown to visit his mother, but his mother died in the tiger's mouth. ”

Xie Hanci was bent on beating the youngest son of Governor Zhang's family, but he was impatient and asked, "Why didn't King Ning come?" ”

Jing Yu blurted out: "He was assassinated last night, he broke a yard of guards, caught a live mouth, and he was interrogated today, so he didn't have time to come." ”

Xie Hanci hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with him?" ”

Jing Yu waved his hand again and again: "Who can hurt him, it seems that the assassin is not to assassinate him, but to go in the direction of the dark prison." ”

After three rounds of drinking, the troupe was replaced by a dancing girl.

A maid dressed in a blue and green cigarette shirt walked in front of Governor Zhang with a food box, bowed down and said: "Master, Aunt Zhang made peanut cheese and sent it with her own hands, saying that she prayed in the Buddhist hall today, and she couldn't personally celebrate her birthday with the old lady, so she could only offer some food to show her filial piety, and asked her and the old lady to enjoy it." ”

Governor Zhang didn't speak, but the governor's wife beckoned the maid over: "Zhang's also has a heart, this peanut cheese is sweet and silky, serve it to me and the old lady." ”

As she spoke, she beckoned to a little boy with a sheep's horn in the banquet, and her voice was gentle and loving: "Come, Jin'er, try the peanut cheese made by your mother." ”

Xie Hanci looked at the childish son in front of him, and wondered in his heart, this governor's wife is the most impatient with those concubines and concubines on weekdays, how can she be so kind today?

Maybe he wants to make a reputation for virtue in front of the guests who come to celebrate his birthday.

After all, everyone is watching, how crazy she is, pick this time to give the governor eye medicine.

"Madam, Brother Jin is allergic to peanuts and can't eat this." The maid who stood behind the boy and served fell to her knees, her voice trembling a little.

The governor's wife still called Brother Jin: "It's okay, it's okay to taste it, come on." ”

Brother Jin hesitated to step forward, but Governor Zhang reached out and picked up a bowl, dug up a spoonful of peanut cheese and was about to send it to his mouth. Seeing this, the governor's wife was anxious and hurriedly knocked off the bowl in Governor Zhang's hand.

Governor Zhang's dark flower robe with golden silk was stained with soup, he was slightly angry, and his tone was cold: "What are you going to do on this good day?" ”

"You can't eat it, it's poisonous." The governor's wife hurriedly plucked the silver hairpin from her head and put it into the bowl with peanut cheese just now, and the hairpin turned black in an instant.

The maid who had just taken the food box "fell to her knees with a pounce and explained like a bean: "Madame spares my life, it was Aunt Zhang who coerced me to do it, and the deed of sale of my family is in her hands, and the slave doesn't dare not listen to her." ”

The governor's wife also knelt at her husband's feet: "Master, how dare she...... I just asked her to pray for the old lady in the Buddhist hall today, and she wants to poison me, in case this peanut cheese is eaten by you and the old lady. This heart is also vicious! ”

As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief again and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes: "It's just that Brother Jin is still young, and I hope that the old man will be lightly haired by the Zhang family." ”

The maid continued: "The slave saw with her own eyes that Aunt Zhang added poison to the peanut cheese. Aunt Zhang also said that as long as she lives for one day, she will try her best to kill the old lady and the old lady, so that this governor's mansion will be the world of their mother and son. ”

The governor's wife cried bitterly when she heard this: "I ask myself that I am not thin on the Zhang family, and I have never been short of food and clothing." The old man loves her very much, and he can't wait to take out his heart and give it to her, what is she not satisfied with? If what this maid said was true, then the family law would have to execute Zhang. ”

This maid and Mrs. cooperate smoothly, you sing and we appear, vowing to put Aunt Zhang, who has never shown up, to death.

Xie Yuan only has Shen Shuyi, a wife, and has never taken a concubine, where has Xie Hanci seen such a battle.

Jing Yu muttered next to her: "This acting is too bad, and the maid's confession is also a little happier, if the master and servant are in the palace, it is estimated that they will die eight hundred times back and forth." ”

Brother Jin reacted to what was going on, looked at his wife crying in a low voice, and muttered, "Madam, my mother is not a bad person, don't kill her." ”

The little children also learned to be like adults, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to plead for their mothers.

Governor Zhang clenched the wine glass in his hand tightly, his muscles burst out, and he was about to speak.

Xie Hanci ignored Jing Yu's obstruction, got up and saluted Governor Zhang: "Governor Zhang, the little girl has a few words to say." I don't know if to talk about it or not. ”

Governor Zhang nodded at Xie Hanci, and she said, "I have something I want to ask Madame." At that time, the lady had not yet tested with a silver hairpin, so how did she know that this peanut cheese was poisonous? Since the maid had already said that Brother Jin couldn't eat peanuts, why did she call him to eat them. ”

The governor's wife wrung her handkerchief and replied, "I am just a lady of a deep house, and I have good food, and of course I have children in mind." I have always felt sorry for Brother Jin, so I called him to eat this peanut cheese. ”

Seeing that Xie Hanci had already told the clue, a lady who had always been at odds with her during the banquet took advantage of the victory to pursue.

She first covered her mouth and chuckled twice, and then said, "Madame, this is a joke, Shuzhou City is so big, who doesn't know who?" You usually look at these nostrils, if you really feel sorry for the child, why don't you even know that he is allergic to peanuts. ”

The ladies below also began to whisper.

"People say they are allergic, and she insists that people eat this peanut cheese, I think it's just a habit of being domineering."

"If you want me to say, I don't know who gave this poison yet. I've seen that Zhang before, he looks gentle and gentle, not like a person who can poison. ”

Governor Zhang looked at the commotion in the banquet, laughed dryly, and said to everyone: "My wife, she is a drama fan. Although I invited this wild goose shadow troupe today, I still don't feel that it is enjoyable, so I have to ask everyone in the house to cooperate with her, and if she performs again, it will be regarded as a cheer for the old lady. Okay, Yunzhi, you acted very well, and the guests will misunderstand. ”

As he spoke, he lifted his wife up, gently pulled her broken hair behind her ear, whispered a few words, and handed it to the butler with a look.

A young petty officer was very discerning and stood up to raise his glass.

Today is the first time I have come to Mr. Zhang's house, and the furnishings show that the owner's family is in good taste. I'll toast the adults and the old lady again. I wish the old lady a long and healthy year, and a long spring grass every year. ”

Then he began to toast to the governor and the old lady in turn, and the butler took the opportunity to help the governor's wife out.

Seeing that Xie Hanci was still looking at the backs of the governor's wife and the housekeeper, Jing Yu leaned into her ear and asked, "Do you know what the governor said in her ear?" ”

Xie Hanci looked at him and asked, "He speaks so softly, can you hear him?" ”

Jing Yu shook his head: "It's not for listening, it's for watching." My mother is a foreign princess, and when she went to the palace for a banquet before, there were always people who watched us mother and son whisper and whispered, but they were too far away to hear clearly. I was so curious that I learned lip language. As long as I can see them talking, I know what they're saying. ”

Xie Hanci said curiously: "Then what did he just say?" ”

Jing Yu leaned over to her: "He said, idiot, if you don't want to be this lady anymore, I can arrange for you to go to Beizhuang to recuperate immediately, and the Zhang family will take care of you on your behalf." ”

Xie Hanci sneered and shook his head, it seems that this governor's back house is very chaotic, and the wife does not hesitate to gamble on the face of her husband's mother-in-law's life just to frame the concubine, the concubine looks gentle and kind, but if she is not careful, she can override the master's mother.

"I'll go out to breathe, if my mother asks, you will say that my clothes are spilled, go and change my clothes."

The governor's mansion is very large, Xie Hanci wandered around the garden a few times, and walked to a courtyard surrounded by bamboo forests, in front of the courtyard is a shadow wall, a gust of evening breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves rustle.

A woman stands in front of a stone table, intently drawing lotus flowers in a water tank. Although she is not very beautiful, she has a unique charm, like a honeysuckle plum blossom, and like a slender bamboo. Fragile and fragile, but you can see that there is a proud backbone.

"You're afraid that someone has calculated, she probably knows that Madame wants to harm her, and she deliberately made her ugly." King Ning suddenly appeared from behind Xie Hanci and startled her: "When did you come, you are not judging ......"

Xie Hanci blurted out subconsciously, and quickly stopped talking. Oops, it was sold to Jing Yu.

"It seems that Jing Yu has already told you." King Ning frowned slightly, he noticed that Xie Hanci only had a begonia bead flower on his bun, and he didn't wear the bamboo hairpin.

Xie Hanci had no choice but to change the topic and asked, "Since when did King Ning become interested in the battle in the deep mansion?" ”

"Because Zhang and his brother were originally the secret guards in our palace, and her brother was killed in the line of duty, I removed her and only let her learn to take care of the affairs of the palace and be a big housekeeper. It's just that she didn't expect that she wouldn't be here......"

Xie Hanci was waiting for him to continue, but King Ning didn't say any more, but his eyes fell on the back mountain of the governor's mansion. She followed his gaze and looked back into the mountains.

In the distance, on the stone wall, stood a woman, whose vague outline could only be seen in the dark.

She wears a crown on her head and dances barefoot among the steep rocks, her streamers flying, her posture graceful, and her dance steps are light. The people at the feast also came out to see the spectacle.

Someone asked, "What is this?" But the dancing girl in the governor's mansion? ”

Governor Zhang was also very surprised: "The house does not raise dancing girls. I don't know who it is. ”

Someone in the crowd said loudly: "Where can a normal person dance barefoot among the cliffs, I don't think her posture is like a mortal, but like a Nine Heavens Xuannu." ”

As soon as these words came out, those who had the heart to cling to it immediately catered to it.

"Yes, yes, the mountains are full of sharp gravel, and she grows lotus step by step, elegant like flying flotsam. It must be a Xuannu descending to earth, where can ordinary people be like this? ”

"I think it's the old lady who is blessed with infinite fortune, which attracts all the goddesses in the sky to dance to celebrate her birthday."

For a while, everyone in the house stood outside the house and watched the Xuannu dance.

After a stick of incense, Xuannu turned around and disappeared into the mountains, everyone's faces were still intoxicated, and a few drunken talents had to go into the back mountain to visit Xuannu at night.

At this moment, a woman's scream came from the Buddhist hall.

"Ahhhh Oh no! Madame, ma'am, she ......" the maid screamed and ran over: "Madame, she ...... Suicide! ”

Governor Zhang grabbed the maid's collar: "What did you say?" ”

"I just went to the Buddha hall to deliver food to my wife. I saw that it was getting dark, and there was no light in the house, so I thought about lighting the oil lamp. I went into the house and called Madame, but no one answered, and as soon as I lit the lamp, I saw Madame fall in front of the Buddha statue, and cut her throat with a dagger, and it was gone...... Breath. ”

The maid was trembling all over, and then the bottom of her skirt was wet, and Governor Zhang threw her aside in disgust, and the few people who were shouting Xuannu to congratulate her birthday and going up the mountain just now closed their mouths, and their faces were ugly.

After hurriedly dismissing the guests, Governor Zhang took the housekeeper and walked to the Buddhist hall, and Xie Hanci wanted to follow quietly.

"Miss Xie, if something happens in my family, I won't keep you!" Governor Zhang looked at Xie Hanci and said, the meaning of evicting the guest could not be more obvious.

Xie Hanci laughed dryly: "Lord Governor, if Mrs. Zun dies strangely, all the people in Shuzhou City are men, which is not very convenient." The little girl staying here may be able to help a little bit. ”

"Governor Zhang, take her with you, this woman can be very useful in deducing the case. This king also feels that something is wrong, find out as soon as possible, and we can also send tribute back to Beijing as soon as possible. King Ning also followed and said to Governor Zhang.

Entering the Buddhist hall, several people were taken aback when they saw the scene in front of them.

The governor's wife fell to the ground in front of the Buddha statue, her legs still kneeling, and it seemed that she was still worshipping the Buddha before she died.

Her throat was slit, she had a short blade in her hand, blood was everywhere on the floor and walls, the light green dress she was wearing was dyed dark, and the whole room was filled with a thick smell of blood.