Zhang Wen sat in the warm pavilion, closed the accounts in front of him, and Gao Sheng hurriedly came up to change the tea. Zhang asked, "What day is the lunar month today?" ”

Gao Sheng said: "Back to the hall, the second year of junior high school." ”

Zhang Wen lowered his head and pondered, Huang Qi was poisoned on the twenty-second day of the winter month, and Zhang Ying said that the poison was poisoned on the tenth day, and today should be the tenth day. Zhang Wen has already revealed the news to Wei Zhongxian, if Wei Zhongxian wants Huang Qi to die, he should not let Huang Qi get the antidote today.

Gao Sheng stood aside, and Huang Renzhi sat at the desk next to him, flipping through the official documents, everything was so peaceful and ordinary. Zhang Wen said: "The Laba Festival is coming. ”

Gao Sheng said: "No, the small family is preparing vegetables and fruits, and they are ready to boil eight porridge." If the family is solid, then Laba porridge is delicious, hazel, pine, chestnut, nut, plum cinnamon, sugar porridge, sweet and delicious. ”

Zhang Wen didn't care about the high rise, he only sang in a low voice: "The daily warmth of the wax is still far away, and this year's wax day is completely frozen." Invasion of snow color and daylilies, leaking spring light with wicker. Indulge in alcohol and get drunk at night, and return home to the Zichen Dynasty. The lipid and facial medicine follow the grace, and the green pipe and silver poppy are under the nine heavens......"

At this time, a soap officer rushed in from outside the door and said, "Yutangzun, the Yellow Tax Envoy is dead, and the body is in the City God Temple." ”

Zhang asked pretending to be surprised: "Is the scene of the crime under control?" ”

Soap Li said: "Back to the hall, the nearest inspection has led people to surround the City God Temple." Zhang Wen stood up and said, "Prepare the horse, this official will personally go to investigate the scene." ”

When passing by the county Ya Street, Zhang Wen heard the children's immature nursery rhyme from the alley not far away: "Carrots, honey sweet, look at the ...... of the New Year"

The top of the city god temple in Shangyu County is the top of the hanging mountain, between the seven beams and the golden pillar with three liters of bucket arch, the four walls of the main hall, the structure is unique. The carved knife road of the pillars is bright and vigorous, and it is very architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. There is an open space outside the temple, and many of the people's public entertainment programs are here, such as setting up a stage, etc., which is also an ideal place for small stalls and vendors, and the flow of people is relatively large.

When Zhang Wen arrived at the City God Temple, the place where the crime occurred had been controlled by tolerance, and many people were watching outside, and Ma Zhutou was driving the people away with soap.

"How did you die, are there any witnesses?" Zhang asked. Soap Li replied: "Back to the hall, the official and the number of passers-by have been taken into custody. ”

Soap Li, who surrounded the place where the crime occurred, made way for Zhang Wen and the others, Zhang Wen walked in, looked left and right, and said: "There are no traces of fighting around, the corpse spots are light purple, and the time of death is less than half an hour." ”

Feng Gui, the scribe on the side, hurriedly waved his pen to record.

"His clothes were neat, there were no swords and clubs, his skin was pus, and black blood flowed from his eyes, mouth, ears, and nose...... The fingertips were black, and he was suspected of being poisoned. Zhang Wen took the gloves from the soap and put them on.

The consuls, scribes, officials and others handled Zhang Wen very skillfully, where was there still such a mediocrity as before? I was thinking in my heart, dare to love this cousin before deliberately pretending to be a grandson?

Zhang Wen took out a silver needle from the box to probe the pus and blood, and when he saw that the silver needle turned black, he turned back to Feng Gui and said: "Use the silver needle to probe it, the silver needle is black, and the pus and blood are poisonous." ”

Half an hour later, Zhang questioned the witnesses, filed them one by one, and then ordered the body to be transported back to the county yamen house.

Because Huang Qi was a tax envoy, and dying in Shangyu County was a big deal, Zhang Wen immediately personally considered the words and reported to Shangfeng. After these routine tasks were taken care of, Zhang Wen began to think about Zhang Ying. This kind of poisonous Zhang Wen has never seen before, Huang Qi's death, Shen Biyao must have known that it was Zhang Ying's hands and feet......

Zhang Wen called Cao An and told him to go to Fengyue Tower to find the bustard. At this time, there was no one in the Shen house, Zhang Wen didn't know where the people of the Shen family were, Zhang Ying also saw the end of the dragon, and only the people of Fengyue Tower could contact the Shen family.

After lunch, Cao An came back to report the news that Fengyue Tower had arrived. Zhang asked about it, changed his clothes, and then went out of the county office and took a sedan chair to Fengyue Tower.

The bustard took Zhang Wen up to the attic, and the servant immediately put a sign on the stairs: Repair the house. The old bustard respectfully retreated. Zhang Wen looked left and right, and there were no people in the entire attic, and many people in cloth clothes walked around under the building.

Zhang Wen turned around and entered a more secluded room, then walked around the screen and walked into the warm pavilion, there was an ear room on the side, with a bead curtain, Zhang Wen didn't see anyone else left and right, and Shen Baguio was afraid that he was in that ear room.

Sure enough, a crisp voice behind the bead curtain said: "The little girl Shen Biyao has seen Lord Zhang, there is a difference between men and women, I can't see each other, please forgive me Lord Zhang." ”

Zhang Wen sat down next to the desk, took a sip of the teacup, and then said unhurriedly: "Miss Shen must already know about the Shangchengxiang...... It is useless for the official to say more, and this time I came here to clarify another matter. ”

Shen Biyao's tone did not change, "Lord Zhang, please speak." ”

Zhang asked: "Huang Qi died in the City God Temple today, Miss Shen should have also received the news, he was poisoned, and the person who poisoned him was Aunt Di." ”

There was silence in the bead curtain for a while, and then Shen Biyao said, "Lord Zhang is here, won't he just want to talk about this matter?" ”

Zhang Wen pondered this sentence for a moment and continued: "The poison was given by Aunt Di, but Aunt Di originally only wanted to save people, and did not plan to kill Huang Qi, the reason why Huang Qi died of poisoning was because the lower officials obstructed it. ”

Zhang asked a rare truth, but Shen Biyao was slightly surprised: "Aunt Di did not offend the adult, why did the adult want to trap her at a disadvantage, and why did he say this to me at this moment?" ”

Zhang Wen thought for a moment, if you want to explain this matter clearly, you have to start with the reason.

"Li Renyi, the sixth elder of the Li family, is the enemy of the official, many years have passed, but the official has always kept it in mind, and in order to eliminate the vigilance of the Li family, the official has done a lot of hard work. Now it seems that it was in vain. ”

Shen Biyao said: "Adults are only in things, and they are absolutely out of their ability, and over time, if they have the power to rely on, they will definitely not make mistakes in such trivial things as Shangchengxiang." ”

Although Shen Biyao is Zhang Wen's opponent, she is really not an ordinary woman who can say such a pertinent sentence. What she said is not wrong, if Zhang Wen has power and someone is available, does he still need to go to the cemetery in Shangchengxiang in person?

Zhang asked in his heart, in time, will he still have a chance?

"This official pretended to be timid and cowardly at the noon gate, and pretended to be mediocre in Shangyu, including giving Miss Shen a handle, all for hidden purposes. But this official can't always be like this, if he keeps doing this, he won't be able to do anything, how to take revenge in Shangyu County? Therefore, the official has to try to rely on enough forces to compete with the Li family, and it just so happened that the prince of the world served Zhejiang, passed by Shangyu County, and was known by the official. They wanted to use Huang Qi as a scapegoat, so the official had to design to kill Huang Qi for the prince. Killing Huang Qi is very simple, leaking the poisoning of Aunt Di to the eunuch of the prince, Huang Qi will not be able to get the antidote. Huang Qi died like this, and it has nothing to do with Aunt Di. ”

The bead curtain was speechless for a long time, and Shen Biyao was thinking about what Zhang asked.

Zhang Wen is also pondering, this reason is reasonable, only reasonable can it appear sincere. But it can be seen from the grave digging incident in Shangchengxiang that Shen Biyao is by no means so easy to fool. She would definitely find the loopholes in Zhang's questioning.

The biggest loophole is that the prince wants to use Huang Qi as a scapegoat, does Zhang need to ask for a hand to kill Huang Qi? Zhang Wen has nothing to do with the palace, so why let Zhang Wen participate in secret affairs? In fact, even Zhang Wen didn't understand this point.

The room was quiet for a long time before Shen Biyao said, "Lord Zhang said this, just want me not to embarrass Aunt Di?" ”

Zhang asked, "Aunt Di is Miss Shen's person, what does it have to do with this official?" But last time, the official came to Shangyu to take up his post, and was attacked by the assassins of the Zhejiang Party on the ship, if it wasn't for Di Gu, the official would have died long ago. This official is definitely not a person who will take revenge, how can he harm her at this time, so it's good to make it clear. ”

Shen Biyao said: "Don't worry, Lord Zhang, if it weren't for the overall situation, I wouldn't have allowed Huang Qi, an arrogant and domineering thief, to run rampant in Shangyu." I regard Aunt Di as a sister, even if she disobeys her orders and really does a cruel thing, I will not do anything to her. But I wrote down the adult's heart for Aunt Di. ”

I don't know why, Zhang Wen feels that he has met all the women with cold tones, as long as you taste what they say, you know that their hearts are not cold, but men are not, when they say heartwarming words, their hearts may also be cold, and sometimes, he is no exception. For example, at this moment, he should have been moved by Shen Biyao's affection for her subordinates, but he couldn't help but think of his career, and he should marry Shen Biyao and use her family's wealth to turn himself over in officialdom. Just because of Miss Shen's last sentence, it seems that she is thanking Aunt Di, but the fine taste is actually sour. Aunt Di was originally a person sent by her, and all the life-saving graces should be attributed to Shen Biyao, so what is to help explain in return for kindness is all empty words in her ears, and she only cares if it is true. Zhang Wen didn't want to explain at the moment, so it was interesting to keep this sourness.