After Yang Shen finished asking, he was already about to turn on the lights.

Lord Guo brought Xiao Yi over, and the four of them ate together and discussed together. Especially when talking about the dissatisfaction among the students, Master Guo was a little worried, "The affairs of Jinling Mansion Academy have always been cautious, I specially reported the situation to Lord Su, and Lord Su still has some things in his hands, and he will not arrive until tomorrow evening at the earliest." ”

The kitchen of the academy is mediocre, with a large bowl of chicken noodle soup per person. The four of them ate together, obviously Xiao Yi and Guo were not picky eaters, and the two of them ate the noodle soup indiscriminately. An Ying and Yun Pan both picked up and ate with each other.

Master Guo knocked on the table, "You two don't like to eat and eat cleanly, we don't know how many days we will spend here." ”

An Ying glanced at Yun Pan, saw that he was unmoved, and gritted his teeth and ate the half-cooked noodle soup.

Guo Xi took out a stack of papers with satisfaction and said, "At this time, I asked about Zhu Kexin's situation today. Zhu Kexin is the son of the cousin of the wife of the Zhu family, a native of Wu County, who only came to the capital three years ago. It was said that he was studying in the local academy in Wu County, and because of his outstanding talent, his family wanted to ask his relatives to help him, so he asked Zhu Kexin to come to the capital to study. ”

An Ying took the file and said while looking at it: "Zhu Kexin has no record of studying before, only the file of Jinling Mansion Academy. However, this file is also a little less, only three years of reviews. ”

An Ying didn't really understand the comments of these masters, and was a little unclear, so Yun Pan took the initiative to explain, "The students of Jinling Mansion Academy are very good, I have seen a few people's literary and poetry works in the academy, especially Zhu Zhuzhi and Yang Ruize, the literature and economy are excellent, and Shen Pingxiu is also a very good seedling, and the comments are all pertinent." ”

"But Zhu Fuzi's comments to Zhu Kexin are very ordinary, in my opinion, this Zhu Kexin's writing is excellent, he is very to the point, he is very to the point, but the writing is extremely sharp, if he is admitted to the Jinshi in this state, it is absolutely impossible, which is probably the reason why Zhu Fuzi rated him as middle and lower."

An Ying knows that if the things in this kind of scene are too true, there will be more hurdles in the encounter. He asked again: "Then what do the teachers of Zhu Kexin's other subjects say about him?" I look at the results here, and I still want to know how he is really doing. And where does he live? The students here always go home on weekdays, and they don't live in the college all year round, right? ”

Xiao Yi said: "This Zhu Kexin is very strange, it stands to reason that he is a relative of the wife of the head of the Zhu family, and she personally arranged for him to go to the Jinling Mansion Academy, so he should normally live in the Zhu family." Zhu Ke's temper was a little weird, a few days after living in Zhu's house, he heard that an ignorant girl went to his yard, he was annoyed, and went straight to Mrs. Zhu's house. Later, he said that he would not live in the Zhu family's house, and rented a small house in the wicker alley in the east of the city, and returned to this small house after school on weekdays. ”

"That house must have been checked by Dai Fuyin, but what clues are there?"

"There is an old woman living in that house, who was hired by Zhu Kexin to do laundry and sweep and cook, and there is no one else. The house is full of ordinary furniture, nothing special. Xiao Yi said: "I also asked the surrounding neighbors, who is in and out of this house on weekdays, and the neighbors have only seen a few students in the neighborhood, and it is estimated that a few students who are good friends with Zhu Kexin have come." However, there is something suspicious. ”

Xiao Yi paused here and said: "I originally wanted to see if Zhu Kexin left some calligraphy and painting notes, the strange thing is that all these brushes and inks are said to have been taken away by classmates as souvenirs, Master Guo specially asked a few students, but Zhu Zhuzhi confessed that he asked the scholar to take it, and I have asked people to go to Zhujia to pick it up." ”

Because I was in a hurry, I also called someone to ask questions at night.

Xiao Yi and Master Guo continued to ask the teachers of the academy, while An Ying followed Yun Pan and asked the students present, this time it was Liang Su.

Liang Su came in with a smile, "Have the two adults eaten?" Is the kitchen of our college still appetizing? ”

An Ying nodded awkwardly, and seeing that Yun Pan didn't speak, he took the initiative to ask, "Tell me about the situation that day." ”

"When I entered the gate of the academy that day, I saw Brother Zhu carrying a gift box of zongzi. I'm delicious, I know at a glance that it's Fang Lao's zongzi box, his family tastes good, I love to eat. I went all the way into the dining hall with him, and Shen Pingxiu was still there. Brother Zhu gave the box to the cook to heat it up. We chatted and waited in the canteen, and after a while, Yang Shen came, and when he heard that he was eating zongzi, he also sat down and waited. And then it should be Yang Ye and Feng Mo, did they come together or separately? I can't remember that. Anyway, Zhu Kexin is the last. ”

"Then tell me how you get the zongzi?"

"I remember that very well. Brother Zhu didn't know what the stuffing was when he got it himself, or I told them that Mr. Fang's zongzi stuffing just looked at the color of the rope. I picked the yellow bean paste filling, hey, the best thing Fang Lao sells is bean paste and meat dumplings, I plan to eat a bean paste first and then eat a meat dumpling. It's okay, it's okay. Thinking of Zhu Kexin, who was poisoned, Liang Su patted his chest.

Then I watched Yang Shen take the white zongzi, he was born in the army, and he has always eaten as long as he is full, and he can take it casually. What is delicious about white zongzi. Liang Su pursed his lips, and Yun Pan nodded appreciatively when he heard this. An Ying thought to herself that you would be hungry later.

"Shen Pingxiu picked red dates, and Yang Ye took candied dates. I look at it, generally we northerners here don't like to eat salty zongzi, and both of them are especially sweet. When Zhu Kexin came in, I also greeted him specially, I knew that he was from Jiangnan, and he liked salty food like Brother Zhu. He and Brother Zhu have always been close, and after listening to me talk about the taste of zongzi, he still took the one in Brother Zhu's hand and said that it would be the same as Brother Zhu's food. I also said that there are meat dumplings on the table and plates. ”

An Ying nodded, basically everyone said the same.

"Then tell me about it, Zhu Kexin."

"He's not usually associated with us. I like to make friends so much, I can talk to anyone, but he can't say a few words for a long time. ”

"Oh, I heard that Zhu Kexin's style is quite similar to yours, and his grades in all subjects are good. There are not many subjects in the college that are as balanced as yours. Yun Pan asked.

"Senior Brother Yun has won the award, I am different from you who have been admitted to the Jinshi." Liang Su scratched his head embarrassedly, and said: "When Zhu Kexin first came, he almost failed the painting class, but it was Master Jin Dan who Zhu Brother went to find, and he barely entered Class A after giving accommodation. However, later when he was in Class A, Master Jin gave Zhu Kexin special treatment, and Zhu Kexin's best grades were painting, so I don't know what's going on. ”

Painting, An Ying made a note, it seems that this Jin Dan has to come and ask.

"Is there anything strange about Zhu Kexin and Zhu Zhuzhi lately?" An Ying felt that Liang Su would pay more attention to these details than several other people.

"They were together every day. But there was a time when they should have quarreled. The reason for the quarrel is unknown. Liang Su pondered for a while and said, "I'm sure. They used to eat together in the dining hall, and during that time they ate separately. Others thought that time had diverged, but in fact, the two of them deliberately staggered. I saw Zhu Zhuzhi go to the dining hall once, and when he saw Zhu Kexin in front of him, he looked at it for a while, and then turned back silently. ”