The Male Wife

Hu Xiayun squinted his eyes, looked at Pei Cheng and then at Pei's father, feeling that the pair of father and son was a bit weird, but Hu Xiayun really didn't know what was strange about the relationship between the two, so he could only force the weirdness in his heart. Suppressed, and didn't pay too much attention, Hu Xiayun coughed dryly, and when Pei Cheng's eyes saw her coming, Hu Xiayun pretended to say: "It's not too early, what you told me in the letter last night You might as well just follow me right now, I have to go to the need school to pick up Qi'er later."

Father Pei glanced at Hu Xiayun, "Pei Cheng, you told me to come here last night, and agreed that there are only the two of us here, why is Hu Xiayun here?"

"Wait for me to finish first." Pei Cheng was not in a hurry, he didn't seem to see the deep thought that flashed across Hu Xiayun's face just now, nor did he see the murderous intent flashed across Pei's father's face. He poured tea for himself, took a sip, it was a little cold, he turned his head and ordered Dong Lai, "Go out and ask for a pot of hot tea to come in."

Dong Lai thought that Pei Cheng was pushing him away on purpose, and he looked a little reluctant, but he was the only one in the room at the moment, so he walked out obediently, but Dong Lai's pace of leaving quickened, probably because he wanted to come back early to listen. What little secret are these three people going to say?

Father Pei saw that Pei Cheng hadn't spoken for so long and couldn't help but a more anxious look flashed across his face. He stared into Pei Cheng's eyes and said to himself, "Why haven't you said anything yet? Are you deliberately lying to me?"

"Did father still think that the initiative is in your hands? What a joke. I thought that father has been in the wind and rain for so many years. No matter how smart his brain is, he should know that once some things are out of his control, many things really can't be controlled. Father is in charge." Pei Cheng stared into Father Pei's eyes.

However, Father Pei reflexively avoided Pei Cheng's gaze. After Father Pei realized what he had just done, Father Pei's face darkened, and he looked at Pei Cheng blankly, a little angry, "You What do you mean by this!" I don't know if Father Pei sensed that Pei Cheng is not as strong as before, and Father Pei's words inevitably carried a threat.

Pei Cheng was not threatened by Pei's father at all, but Pei Cheng also knew what he should say so far, otherwise if he continued to delay, his plan would be ruined after Pei's father and Hu Xiayun reacted So Pei Cheng stopped hiding and said directly: "Let me talk about the cause of mother's death first. The coroner told us two days ago that the cause of mother's death was caused by chronic poisoning that started half a year ago. Yes, according to the reasoning that the poisoner poisoned the mother on a regular basis, this person should be someone close to the mother."

"A person like me who has been trapped in the Jiang family's side house for a long time will never find the opportunity to poison my mother on a regular basis. Father doesn't need to say that I used money to buy servants to poison my mother. I don't believe I can do this To a certain extent. Even if I hate my mother for being unfair to me over the years, and the Pei family for being indifferent to me over the years, I will not be cruel to this level." Pei Cheng said, but Hu Xiayun sneered, She probably didn't believe Pei Cheng's words, so Hu Xiayun's expression was a bit indescribable, "I've also heard about what happened to Pei's family two days ago, although I'm an outsider and a woman, I shouldn't interrupt other people's family affairs Yes, but what you said, Pei Cheng, made me really doubt whether you were involved in your mother's death..."

"Hu Xiayun, before you suspect me, first consider whether you have been involved in this matter." Pei Cheng did not give Hu Xiayun a chance to frame himself, so when Hu Xiayun expressed his intention to frame him, Pei Cheng Immediately and mercilessly counterattacked, "If there is something wrong with me in this matter, I guess the prefect should arrest me immediately instead of letting me stay outside.

With a click, Donglai walked in with hot tea and a sweet cake that had been prepared earlier, and placed them in front of Pei Cheng, then stood aside.

The three people in the room ignored him.

"Master Zhifu? I guess he must be reluctant to let you be trapped inside." Hu Xiayun glanced at Pei Cheng warmly, "Is it possible that you still don't know what the third child thinks of you?"

"Shut up," Pei Cheng scolded angrily, then looked at Pei Cheng, "Go on."

"When I went home some time ago, I actually saw a servant in Pei's house who belonged to Jiang's Xiyuan." Pei Cheng stared at the expressions of the two sitting across from each other. When Hu Xiayun heard Pei Cheng's words, , his face changed drastically in an instant, and when Father Pei heard these words, the corner of his mouth twitched subconsciously.

Pei Cheng was sure that Hu Xiayun and Pei's father must have secretly planned how to kill Pei's mother.Otherwise, the performance of these two people would not be so weird.

Hu Xiayun may have realized that his reaction was too weird, pursed his lips, and quickly reacted: "Pei Cheng, you must not be mentally ill because of your mother's death, how could the Jiang family's servants Appearing at Pei's house? Don't think that you can frame me by saying this, I am the murderer who killed your mother. I, Hu Xiayun, am upright, even if I don't like you anymore, I can't possibly kill your mother. "

After a pause, Hu Xiayun said again: "What's more, half a year ago you were still staying in Jiang's private house, how could I have the heart to take care of Pei's affairs and poison your mother. Pei Cheng, even if you want to drag me into the water, won't you make up such a thing that no matter who it is, you can see through it at a glance?"

"No matter how vicious your Hu Xiayun's thoughts are, that's none of my business." Pei Cheng looked into Hu Xiayun's eyes with a half-smile, and after Hu Xiayun looked away anxiously, Pei Cheng said word by word: " However, I would like to ask you, if you really have no ghosts in your heart, why did you come to me the next day after receiving my letter?" "Also. Father , it stands to reason that you are the closest person to your mother. So, if you have the opportunity and ability to poison your mother, would that person be you?" Pei Cheng shifted the fire to Father Pei.

Father Pei was flustered for a moment, but he quickly forced himself to calm down, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? I have been married to your mother for more than 20 years. No matter how much I dislike your mother, I will not complain to her Do you want to use such a vicious method?" "Besides, didn't the magistrate interrogate me for one night yesterday, and finally released me well." Father Pei sneered, "If I really poisoned your mother, do you think I can do it?" Sit here and talk to you?"

Pei Cheng was not afraid, and fought back, "That's because the magistrate had no evidence, so he was able to let you go. Now that I, Pei Cheng, have evidence, of course I can say that you did this. Father!"

"What do you mean by that!" Father Pei and Hu Xiayun said at the same time.

Pei Cheng glanced at the two people, without hesitation, and continued: "The people in the yamen searched all the pharmacies in Hwaseong, but they didn't find out which pharmacy dispensed the poison on my mother. In fact, it's very simple, because the poison on my mother's body was not prepared in a pharmacy at all, but you, father, prepared it yourself!"

"Pei Cheng, do you know what nonsense you are talking about!" Father Pei kept yelling at Pei Cheng like a poisonous beast that had been trampled on a sore foot.

"About five years ago, Jiang's family brought in a batch of flowers. These flowers were specially transported by Jiang's eldest son from the imperial capital. These flowers are very beautiful, and it is difficult to support them in Huacheng. The imperial capital transported back a batch of soil from the imperial capital, which is why we were able to raise these flowers in the front yard and the east courtyard of the Jiang family." Pei Cheng looked into Hu Xiayun's eyes, and the other party's eyes began to dodge, Pei Cheng sneered, and continued: "I asked the third master, and the third master told me that the whole Jiang family had those flowers at first, especially in Xiyuan, but later Xiyuan transplanted all the flowers to the front and back yards, leaving no flowers behind. In Xiyuan."

"So five years later, the formal batch of famous paintings that Jiang's eldest son brought back from the imperial capital can only be found in the Jiang family's front and back yards, and the Jiang family's second son's east courtyard." Pei Cheng lowered his eyes, pressing Under the haze in his eyes, he continued: "As for the reason, it is nothing more than someone trying to use these flowers to kill people invisibly!"

"Pei Cheng, you!" Hu Xiayun stood up in a jerk.

Pei Cheng didn't look at Hu Xiayun, and continued: "These flowers are five poisons in nature, but when they are cultivated together with the leaves of a kind of Mitsubishi grass, they will produce severe poisons. That's why Mrs. Jiang, who knows the medicine, put these The flowers are moved to the West Garden, and a batch of flowers are sent to the Jiang Family East Court every year, right?"

Pei Cheng did not forget the scene he saw in the east courtyard a few months ago - the gardener shoveled away the precious flowers that had started to die from the root. At first, Pei Cheng didn't react, but one day he After accidentally seeing the books on pharmacology that Jiang Linzhi had placed on the low couch, Pei Cheng finally understood.

Jiang Linzhi let Pei Cheng read the book on purpose, and Pei Cheng naturally remembered what he read from the book in his heart.Jiang Sanye in the next room accidentally shook his hands when he heard Pei Cheng's words. He remembered that he had made a special trip to ask Pei Cheng some time ago if he needed to transplant a batch of flowers from the front yard to his small yard, but But was rejected by Pei Cheng.Jiang Sanye was puzzled at the time, he thought that Pei Cheng who purposely ran to the front yard and squatted down to observe the flowers and plants was admiring those flowers, but he didn't expect that Pei Cheng was trying to determine whether those flowers were really poisonous.

Third Master Jiang stopped talking.

Because Jiang Sanye also remembered that Pei Cheng went to see the flowers in late autumn, and at that time the flowers in the front yard only had some rhizomes and no flowers left.

He should have thought a long time ago, how could a normal person make a special trip to see a "flower" with only roots and leaves left in late autumn?