The straight man who wears bright clothes is also afraid of messing with him

"It's up to you from now on, don't waste today." Shen Qing turned and entered the study.

Looking at the closed door of the study, Cui Miao always felt that Shen Qing seemed to be unhappy, but until after taking a shower, he didn't realize how he had offended Lord Qianhu.

Cui Miao came out of the bedroom, came to the door of the study with some hesitation, knocked on the door, and said: "Qianhu, Biaoxia has finished washing. If Qianhu has no other orders, Biaoxia will go back first."

Cui Miao waited for a long while, but still didn't get a response, she felt uneasy, and left the Green Bamboo Garden with a sad face.

Back in the courtyard, I saw the noise in the courtyard, a group of people gathered together, seemed to be talking about something.Cui Miao stepped forward curiously, and soon someone noticed him and greeted each other.

Xue Lu walked up to Cui Miao and said softly, "Cui Miao, Cao Meng is dead."

Cui Miao frowned, subconsciously asked: "When did it happen? Why did you die?"

Xue Lu shook his head and said: "I don't know, I just heard that Qianhu was called away by the prince, and it should be for this reason."

"Qianhu was summoned by the prince?" Cui Miao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and whispered: "It turns out that he was summoned by the prince, not because he was angry."

"Cui Miao, what did you just say?" Cui Miao's voice was so low that Xue Lu couldn't hear it clearly.

Cui Miao changed the subject in embarrassment, "I was thinking about Cao Meng. Although Cao Meng is a bit headstrong, it is undeniable that he is indeed brave! If the strategy is right, he will be a fierce general in the future! But now... what a pity !"

Xue Lu didn't refute. Although he and Cao Meng had some quarrels, they were brothers who lived in the same military camp day and night. Now that Cao Meng's life and death were uncertain, Xue Lu felt uncomfortable.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and worried expressions appeared on their faces, especially the sergeant who was close to Cao Meng on weekdays.

Shen Qing suddenly appeared in the compound, and everyone hurriedly bowed to salute, "I have seen Qianhu!"

Shen Qing nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Cui Miao, and he said indifferently: "Cui Miao, Xue Lu, Chen Gui, you three come with me."

The three of them came out more and more, and followed Shen Qing all the way out of the Yan Palace.As soon as they arrived at the gate of the mansion, Yan Wang Zhu Di came out under the service of Wang Yan. The four saluted quickly, Zhu Di waved his hand, and a group of six people got on their horses one after another and galloped towards the east of the city.

When they came to the entrance of the Fulai Inn, the six people got off their horses one after another. Xu An, the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, was already waiting outside. Seeing Zhu Di's arrival, he hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said, "My officer, Xu An, has met His Royal Highness King Yan."

Zhu Di raised his hand and said, "Master Xu, excuse me."

Zhu Di went straight to the inn, Xu An led the way, and Shen Qing followed closely behind.A group of people walked through the lobby, went up to the second floor, and stopped in a guest room at the end of the corridor.Shen Qing entered the guest room first, and after checking the room, Zhu Di walked in.

The guest room is about a dozen square meters, with the door facing north and the window facing south. There is a big bed close to the east wall. There is a square table in the center of the room. There is a teapot and four teacups on the square table. Two, one of which fell to the ground and broke in half, and the other was filled with tea and placed on the table.

In front of the square table lay a man, with his head facing the bed, his eyes wide open, blood stains on the corners of his mouth, his hands drooping naturally, sitting on a bench, with a short knife stuck in his chest, the blood stained the gray clothes red, along the way Flowed to the ground with the handle of the knife.

Next to the man, Cao Meng was hung on the beam of the house, with his tongue sticking out and his eyes wide open. Under Cao Meng was an overturned round stool.

After inspecting the scene, Zhu Di retreated to the door and asked aloud, "Master Xu, did you find anything?"

Xu An took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it to Zhu Di respectfully, and said, "Please look, my lord, this was found on the table in the room."

Two lines of words were written crookedly on the paper: Zhao Cheng and I got into a dispute by accident and killed him by mistake. I regret my mistake and apologize with death!

After reading it, Zhu Di frowned, and said lightly, "What does Master Xu mean?"

Xu An said matter-of-factly: "Returning to the lord, the following official's observation of the scene, plus this letter, the following official speculates that there should be a dispute between the two people in the house for some reason. Cao Meng was angry and killed Zhao Cheng with a knife. Then commit suicide in fear of guilt."

Zhu Di's eyes skipped over Xu An, and looked at Cui Miao who was still in the house, and saw that Cui Miao had been observing Cao Meng's body, frowning, as if thinking about something.

Zhu Di couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and called out, "Cui Miao."

Cui Miao was startled, then walked over and saluted, "Please refer to the prince under the bid."

"My king sees that you seem to have doubts, so you might as well speak up and listen."

Cui Miao lowered her head, subconsciously glanced at Shen Qing, and saw that his gaze was also on her, the tension in her heart disappeared, and she replied respectfully: "Return to the lord, I really have doubts about the mark, I'm afraid the words are meaningless, please ask the lord Forgive me."

Zhu Di waved his hands and said, "But it's okay to say, I don't blame you."

"Also ask the prince to move."

Zhu Di returned to the house again, Wang Yan moved the chair and put it near the window, Zhu Di sat down and looked at Cui Miao.

Cui Miao understood, helped up the round stool under Cao Meng's body, and said, "Please look, my lord. Cao Meng's feet are about a foot and a half away from the round stool. Even if he stood on tiptoe, his neck would not be able to touch the beam." How can he commit suicide?"

Zhu Di nodded appreciatively, and glanced at Xu An lightly.

Xu An was terrified, and quickly admitted his mistake: "My lord's redemption is due to the negligence of the subordinate officials."

Zhu Di ignored Xu An, looked at Cui Miao again, and said, "In your opinion, what happened in this room?"

"My lord, if you want to know what happened here, you need someone to help you under the bid."

Zhu Di asked curiously: "Oh? Who is it?"

"Wu Zuo."

Zhu Di looked at Xu An, and said bluntly, "Master Xu, is Wu Zuo here?"

Xu An quickly replied: "Wu Zuo is waiting outside, and the next official will summon him right away."

Not long after, a middle-aged man followed Xu An, carrying a wooden box in his hand, knelt down on the ground, and saluted: "Little Man Wansan, I have seen the prince."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, looked at Cui Miao, and said, "You have arrived, just send me."

Cui Miao responded and greeted Wansan: "Wansan, help me take off the dead body."

Wan San got up quickly, and the two of them worked together to remove Cao Meng's body.Cui Miao carefully examined the scars on Cao Meng's neck, and said, "Please check if there are other scars on the deceased."

Wan San nodded hastily, and began to examine the body carefully.Cui Miao stood up, stepped on the round stool and looked at the beam, trying to untie the rope from the beam, but she was not tall enough to reach the beam even with feet on.

"I come."

A cold voice sounded from beside him, as soon as Cui Miao lowered her head, she saw Shen Qing coming to his side at some time.Cui Miao quickly jumped down and saluted, "Then I will trouble Qianhu."

Shen Qing nodded slightly, stepped on the round stool, untied the hemp rope easily, and handed it to Cui Miao.Cui Miao took it with a smile, slandering in her heart: "Looks like you have to eat twice as much to grow taller!"

There is a reason why Cui Miao thinks this way. I remember one time when Shen Qing opened a small stove for Cui Miao, and the cook brought a large bowl of rice, which made Cui Miao think that there were other people eating together. Unexpectedly, Shen Qing said very calmly that it was just the two of them. , and then Cui Miao was stunned.There was a big bowl full of rice, he only ate two bowls, and the rest went into Shen Qing's stomach, that's not counting, there was a big bowl full of pork bone soup, and three or four plates of stir-fried vegetables.Cui Miao looked at Shen Qing's belly that wasn't distended at all, and then at her bulging belly, she couldn't help being dumbfounded!

After watching the hemp rope, Cui Miao asked Shen Qing to help, and moved Zhao Cheng's body to the ground, side by side with Cao Meng's body, carefully pulled out the dagger from Zhao Cheng's chest, untied Zhao Cheng's shirt, and checked the wound. shape, grabbed Zhao Cheng's hands and examined them carefully.

After about a stick of incense passed, Cui Miao had already made a basic judgment. He looked at Wan San and asked, "Wan San, can you find out the cause of the deceased's death?"

Wan San quickly replied: "My lord, the deceased's tongue sticks out, his eyes are protruding and bloodshot, which fits the characteristics of death by hanging."

Cui Miao picked up the fragments of the tea bowl on the ground, handed it to Wan San, and said, "Maybe you can find out what the white powder on it is?"

Wan San carefully dabbed a little powder with the boy, put it under his nose and smelled it, then stuck out his tongue to lick it, spit out another mouthful, and said, "My lord, this is the powder of Mongolian sweat medicine."

Cui Miao looked at Zhu Di confidently, bowed and said, "My lord, the bid has already been judged."

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's talk about it."

"Yes, my lord." Cui Miao paused for a while, and then said: "There are four teacups on the table, two of which are buckled, and the other two are filled with tea, which means that the two should be acquaintances. On the broken teacup There is the powder of the sweat medicine, which means that one of the two must have been hit by the trick, so that the teacup fell to the ground and broke in two when he passed out. So who among the two was poisoned by the sweat medicine?"

Cui Miao asked a question, and everyone fell into deep thought.

"Let's keep this issue in mind first, and look at these two bodies." Cui Miao directed everyone's attention to the corpses on the ground.

"Cao Meng is five feet seven inches (about 190 centimeters) tall, and Zhao Cheng is five feet three inches (about 178 centimeters), which is about the same height as Shen Qianhu and me." Cui Miao looked at Shen Qing and held the gun in his hand. Handing him the dagger, he said, "Please Qianhu do me a favor. If Qianhu stabs me in the chest, what should I do?"

Shen Qing took the short knife and frowned slightly, turned the handle of the knife, stabbed at Cui Miao's chest, and stopped when it hit Cui Miao's skirt.Everyone couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, that strength was nothing like a demonstration.

Compared with other people's apprehension, Cui Miao didn't worry at all, looked at Zhu Di and explained: "My lord, please see, because of the height of Qianhu and me, if Qianhu stabs me, the wound should be from the top. It entered the body obliquely, and the wound on the deceased Zhao Cheng was almost straight, which means that the murderer was as tall as Zhao Cheng, or a little shorter, which is enough to show that it was not Cao Meng who killed Zhao Cheng."