It was a little eunuch who went to the imperial dining room to get food, and after he came back from taking the meal, he would hand it over to the maid of the beautiful house, and they would test the poison to ensure that there was no problem with the meal, and then someone would pass on the master to come over for dinner, during which the door of the side courtyard was always open, and anyone could come in.

"In the process from the imperial dining room to Wang Meiren's meal, there are five people who have come into contact with the food alone, and then the gate of the side courtyard is open, if someone wants to take advantage of the gap between Wang Meiren to poison, it is also very possible."

This matter seems simple, but when it comes to investigation, it involves many people and cumbersome.

The hour is not early, in order to reduce the time on this matter, Zhang actually decided to try the subordinates of Meirenju together.

Dongmei sent someone to invite someone, Tao Yaoyao sat aside and waited, and entered the palace in the afternoon, and now he hasn't even eaten dinner, during this period, the whole person's spirit is still highly nervous, and the whole person is hungry and thirsty.

Before anyone came, she asked Dongmei to bring tea and snacks.

"Lord Zhang, do you want to use some?" Tao Yaoyao invited Mr. Zhang to sit down and talk, but Mr. Zhang directly refused, "The official has had dinner, and the girl is free to do so." ”

"Then you're welcome." Tao Yaoyao drank a cup of tea first, and then took the pastry to eat, seeing that there was no tension and worry on Lord Zhang's face, he asked, "Is the adult confident about this matter?" ”

"I can't talk about being confident, it's just years of experience in handling cases." Master Zhang said with a smile.

Although Tao Yaoyao didn't know how sure he was, it could be seen that he didn't look worried, and she was also relieved.

"Master, my subordinates heard that Miss Tao was left in the beauty residence, and His Majesty asked her to investigate the case of Wang Meiren's poisoning with Lord Zhang, saying that the murderer must be found before dawn tomorrow, otherwise, Your Majesty will take the life of Lord Zhang."

Xie Lan played with the teacup and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

It's something he can do.

Ever since that woman entered the palace ten years ago, he had only been able to accommodate her in his eyes, and now if she died, he would not be surprised at all that he would ask the whole world to bury her.

It's just that how could this matter involve Tao Yaoyao?

"The subordinates investigated that the idea of letting Miss Tao come back to see Wang Meiren was from Concubine Xian."

It's her.

Then it makes sense.

This virtuous concubine, just failed in the calculation, and tossed out a new moth, whether it is Tao Yaoyao or Wang Meiren, but there is no fuel-efficient lamp, it seems that before dawn, the harem is lively to see.

"Master, Miss Tao explained before, your illness needs a good rest, it's not early now, you should go back to rest."

Chang Gung urged him.

"There's no hurry." Xie Lan said indifferently, "This king heard that although this Lord Zhang has only been in the Criminal Department for a year, he has solved countless big cases, important cases, and is the most powerful person in the Criminal Department at the moment. ”

"That's true." Otherwise, how could he, a fifth-grade official, be able to get into His Majesty's eyes.

"But this person is very upright, after he got his name, several princes wanted to win him over, but he didn't accept anyone's courtship, and offended many people for this."

"At the moment, his situation in the criminal department is actually not good."

Too rigid and easy to break.

How can this kind of person be accommodated in this big dye vat in the court.

At this time, the guards came over to report, "Concubine Xian's people have also learned about this matter, and they are now obstructing Lord Zhang and Miss Tao from investigating this matter." ”

"Isn't she not admitting herself?" Chang Geng was surprised, he thought that Concubine Xian was a smart person, but now that Lord Zhang and they haven't found any clues, she is starting to mess with herself, isn't this handing people a handle?

"Master, do we want to ......?"

Xie Lan thought of something and smiled, "It seems that this Lord Zhang is not as good as the world sees...... I don't know how to be flexible, I don't have to, I'll have a good show to watch right away. ”

At this time, all the subordinates of the beauty residence came to the gate of the side courtyard, and after the steward came to report, Zhang Jing and Tao Yaoyao went to the door together.

The night breeze in early winter was already cold, and it was even more chilly in the second half of the night.

After Zhang Jing saw it, he subconsciously moved to her side, and used his body to block half of the cold wind for her.

Seeing this, Tao Yaoyao flashed a touch of warmth in his heart.

"Thank you."

Zhang didn't speak, turned to look at everyone, "One step forward who has been in contact with dinner today." ”

The news of Wang Meiren's poisoning has long been spread throughout the harem, and the people of Meirenju naturally know about it, although the steward didn't say what it was to come to them just now, but they probably guessed what it was, so now that Zhang actually proposed this, they cooperated and responded.

It's just that after standing up in the past few days, Zhang Jing said again, "You have to think clearly, this official only gives you one chance, if you have touched dinner and don't stand up, then this official will think that he is the one who poisoned him." ”

Zhang Jing's words fell, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they were all puzzled.

Dongmei didn't understand Lord Zhang's intentions, thinking that he didn't know those people, so he said so, so she took the initiative to speak, "Lord Zhang, only these few days will come into contact with meals every day, and now they have already stood up." ”

"That's not right." Master Zhang shook his head, "There is another person who poisoned and did not come forward. ”

After Tao Yaoyao lowered his head and thought clearly about Master Zhang's intentions, he immediately stepped forward to cooperate, "Those who have been in contact with the meal should know that there is a osmanthus soup for dinner tonight, Wang Meiren likes osmanthus, but she doesn't like the taste of the meal to be too strong, so every time the imperial dining room makes this dish, a special spice will be used to reduce the fragrance of osmanthus."

It's just that this spice is a little special, although it can quickly reduce the fragrance of osmanthus, but its unique flavor will remain on the outside of the plate, so people who have come into contact with this dish will also leave this taste on their hands.

Just now, Miss Ben asked the chef to go to the imperial dining room and ask for bees to distinguish this fragrance. ”

Tao Yaoyao took out a bamboo tube and shook it in front of everyone, and then continued, "Miss Ben gives that person another chance, if he stands up now, Miss Ben will personally intercede with His Majesty and spare your life, but if you have to find death, then Miss Ben can only fulfill you." ”

After Tao Yaoyao finished speaking, the courtyard suddenly fell into a death-like silence, at first, everyone will look at me and I will see your careful temptation, but when they get to the back, they probably simply look at the sky and look down and don't look at the people around them.

"Have you figured it out?" Zhang Jing's deep voice was particularly abrupt in the dark night, as if it had suddenly woken up the contemplative person.

However, silence awaited him.

Seeing this, Zhang turned his head to look at Tao Yaoyao, and after Tao Yaoyao received his eyes, he slowly raised his hand and began to open the bamboo tube in front of everyone.

She raised her hand very slowly, and when she went to open the bamboo tube, she was deliberately delaying time, although she lowered her head, but at this moment she clearly felt that everyone's eyes were on her.

In fact, no one knew, she was also nervous, and at the moment when she was about to open the bamboo tube, a maid in the crowd suddenly knelt on the ground crying.

"The slave really didn't mean it."

Seeing this, Zhang Jing and Tao Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Then the two stepped forward and came to the middle of the crowd.

After Dongmei came over to see who that person was, her face suddenly darkened, "Qiu Ju, how could it be you?" The master's most trusted thing on weekdays is you. ”

Qiu Ju cried sadly, "The slave maid is also forced to do so, Dongmei, I am sorry for the master, and if I want to fight or kill, I will follow the master, but that person is like me, and the master will definitely be fine, so I agreed to help." ”

"You are confused, how can a person who harms someone tell you the truth."

Dongmei and Qiu Ju entered the palace together, and the days in the deep palace were boring and dangerous, but fortunately, Wang Meiren treated them well, and they could live more comfortably in the palace.

They had sworn in the past that they would be loyal to Niangniang for the rest of their lives, but she didn't expect Qiu Ju to harm her master.

"Why do you want to do this, the master is not kind to us, and he gives us a lot of silver every month." Thinking of something, Dongmei squatted down and said hatefully, "Are you getting along with Liu Li again?" ”

"Who is Liu Li?" Tao Yaoyao asked.

Dongmei said angrily, "Liu Li is the eunuch of Feiyun Palace, and we are fellow villagers, Qiu Ju was good with him before, but then Liu Li became obsessed with gambling cards, so I persuaded them to break off." ”

"But I didn't expect that they were only broken on the surface, and they ...... behind their backs."

"I'm sorry Dongmei, I don't want to lie to you, but I really like him, and he owes a lot of silver, if he doesn't pay him, he will die."

"So you betrayed your master for him?" Dongmei became even more angry when she heard this, "Have you forgotten who saved you when you almost died?" Where was Liu Li at that time. Be grateful, you told me such words. ”

The more Dongmei spoke, the more angry she became, "I can't help you this time, you can explain it to the master yourself." ”

Qiu Ju's heart was like ashes, and she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Zhang actually squatted down and asked in a deep voice, "The poison was given to you by Zhang Li?" ”

Qiu Ju didn't speak, Dong Mei sent someone to find Zhang Zhang first, Qiu Ju panicked when she saw this, "Sister Dong Mei, I beg you, don't look for him, the poison is from me, I am willing to pay a life to the master." ”

Saying that, he got up and was about to hit the tree, but Tao Yaoyao grabbed her.

Dongmei saw that she didn't know how to repent at this time, and scolded, "What kind of thing are you, even your ten lives are not worth one life of your master."

Also, this matter was Zhang Li's idea, why didn't he have to pay the price? ”

During the dispute between the two, Zhang Zhang was brought over, and Zhang Zhang guessed what was going on on the way here, so as soon as he came in, he put all the charges on Qiu Ju.

"It's all poison that she forced me to buy, she said that Wang Meiren treats her badly, she wants to teach her a good lesson, my lord, please be the master of the slave."

Qiu Ju looked at Zhang Zhang in disbelief, and Dongmei scolded, "Now do you believe what I said?" ”

Tao Yaoyao stood aside and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

What to say?

You can't wake up a person who pretends to be asleep, and you can't wake up a love brain.

Qiu Ju, this girl, was completely pinched by tension. She didn't believe a word of what others said, and even now, she also felt that Zhang Li was doing it with a hard time.

"Isn't there anyone in this world that you are nostalgic for?"