Since Guo Xiaotian's accident, this banquet hall in Sima Mansion has been sealed. At this moment, the fans in the Inner Court Zhao Prison and the people from the Criminal Department were all in the hall, carefully inspecting the scene.

Guo Xiaotian is the uncle of the country, with a high-ranking and special identity, and the Sage's Punishment Department and the Inner Court jointly solved this case, which shows the importance he attaches to it.

In fact, the person in charge of investigating the case at the scene had already investigated several times, and several officials and servants and maids involved in the banquet had also been interrogated in detail, but they had no clue.

Heding Red is highly poisonous, not a chronic poison, and it can be concluded that Guo Xiaotian is poisoned in this banquet hall.

But how exactly did he eat the poison?

"It's really strange, these days, there is no clue about this case." The court lieutenant in the inner court complained while investigating the scene.

"The old man has investigated the case for so many years, and he has never encountered such a tricky one." The squire of the criminal department stroked his gray beard and frowned.

"There are still three days left, and if this case can't be solved, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the saint."

Several people sighed, and as they spoke, their eyes couldn't help but look at Sima Chao, who had been sitting in the hall.

Although the sage strictly ordered the inner court and the criminal department to solve the case in seven days, if it could not be solved, although everyone would not be punished, but the most involved in this matter was naturally Sima Chao.

Guo Xiaotian was invited by Sima Chao, and it happened in his house.

No matter what you say, he can't escape the blame.

Sima Chao sat quietly on the top circle chair, he frowned slightly, and his eyes slowly scanned the huge banquet hall.

There were four guests in the hall that day, and several of the seats were separated by a distance, and the magnates feasted and drank on the seats, and they would not hook their shoulders like the people in the market, so these four guests had no chance to bring the poison to Guo Xiaotian.

The singers and dancers in the palace only danced and sang under His Royal Highness, and they had no chance to get close to Guo Xiaotian at all.

There are only four people around Guo Xiaotian, one is the maid who serves him closely, one is where his personal friend is, and the other two are the maidservants who stand behind and fan the cool.

Behind Guo Xiaotian is an ice jian, and the maid who is responsible for fan cooling has been standing behind the ice jian, separated by the ice jian, they have no chance to get close to Guo Xiaotian, and these two can be excluded.

The only Ji girl who served by his side was also stared at by Guo Xiaotian's attendants, and there was no possibility of doing it, and this Ji girl had been interrogated by him personally, so he could conclude that she was innocent.

The food and drink in the banquet can only be entered after layers of inspection, and when it is placed in front of Guo Xiaotian, his personal attendants will test for poison again.

So how did he get poisoned?

"In this way, only the attendant beside Da Situ is the most suspicious." Everyone was pondering the case, and Ting Wei said with a frown.

The squire of the criminal department stroked his gray beard, smashed his mouth and said, "Didn't the attendant interrogate?" ”

Ting Wei said: "But only he is the most suspicious, or it is the concubine who accompanied the banquet." ”

"In a certain opinion, we have to start with the two of them."

As he spoke, he looked at Sima Chao, who had been silent: "Young General, what do you mean?" ”

From this point of view, it is indeed the attendant and the girl beside Guo Xiaotian who are the most suspicious, but Sima Chao is sure in his heart that it was not these two people who did it.

But what's the truth? He didn't have a clue.

"Then try those two again." Sima Chao reluctantly opened his mouth.

Although there was no substantial progress in the case, but today he finally saw some eyebrows, Ting Wei breathed a sigh of relief, fanned the jade bone fan in his hand, and complained: "This year's summer is too hot. ”

The sun is scorching all things, the heat wave is mixed with a slight moisture wrapped around people, slimy, indescribably uncomfortable, and the cicadas on the trees "squeak" non-stop, until people are upset.

"It's really hot, I haven't seen such a hot summer in years." The waiter of the criminal department tried the hot sweat that kept breaking out on his forehead, and followed suit.

"Let's just rest for a while." Sima Chao opened his mouth to invite several adults in the hall to take a seat, and then instructed the steward at the door: "Let's bring some herbal tea and ice bowls." ”

After a while, the girls held herbal tea ice bowls and all kinds of fresh fruits and placed them in front of a few people, the sour plum soup soaked in the cold, the chilled fruits with white mist, and the melons and fruits that had just been brought up from the well water.

In such a hot summer, these things are undoubtedly the most coveted.

It was the unbearable heat of the summer, and several people didn't care about Sven, so they picked up the cool thing and ate it in their mouths.

Tingwei poured a bowl of sour plum soup and let out a long sigh of relief: "It's really refreshing!" ”

The waiter of the criminal department ate two pieces of ice melon in one go, so that he finally didn't have to wipe his sweat again and again.

Sima Chao, who was sitting at the top, absentmindedly ate two bites of the ice bowl, but his brows suddenly frowned.

The sun had finally set all day, and although the evening was not as difficult as the day, everything that had been scorched was releasing heat, and the air was filled with a sultry atmosphere.

Love came out of the bath, her body was finally cooler, Lantian held the ice bowl inside, and muttered: "This day can heat people to death, madam, you can eat some ice bowls to relieve the fever, but don't suffer from heat stroke." ”

Love took the ice bowl and was about to put it in her mouth, Love raised her eyes and saw Sima striding in, she hurriedly handed the ice bowl in her hand to Lan Tian, and said in a low voice, "Take it down first." As she spoke, she looked at Sima Chao and asked, "How can you be idle today?" ”

Sima Chao was busy solving Guo Xiaotian's case, and he hadn't come over for several days.

Sima Chao glanced at Luo Fu and replied, "I haven't seen you for a few days, I'll come and take a look." ”

So saying, he sat down next to Love, across from her.

Love asked, "Is there any eyebrows in that case?" ”

"With a little eyebrows, the people in the Criminal Department and the Inner Court suspect that it is the concubine who served the banquet and the attendants around him, and they are still interrogating these two." As he spoke, he tugged at the corners of his mouth: "I don't think it's these two people." ”

Love's eyes moved slightly, she didn't ask more about this case, only asked Sima Chao: "If this case can't be solved, will the saint blame you." ”

"After all, that big Situ is in our family."

Mentioning this, Sima Chao sighed slightly, and muttered: "This matter, no matter what, I am to blame, if I can find out the real culprit, it may be better, if it can't be revealed, it is not impossible for the saint to let me pay for my uncle's life in anger." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Love and said with a wry smile, "What would happen to you if I really died?" ”

(End of chapter)