Inscription of Different Cases

The three of them investigated the case in such a treacherous atmosphere, Han Lang and He Yijiu cooperated tacitly, and Yu Zuoshu always felt like an outsider when he got mixed up in it.But He Yijiu was also invited by King Zhao, so he had to take him seriously.To the outside world, he could only say that He Yijiu was Han Lang's sworn brother, very knowledgeable and talented, so he asked for help.The Taifu's family was skeptical about this, after all He Yijiu didn't look like a well-educated person, let alone a good person.

Yu Zuoshu decided to try Shu Yun again. After all, among the three people who were on the scene at the time of the crime, she was the only one who witnessed the whole process.As soon as this servant girl showed up, Han Lang felt troublesome in his heart. This person was exquisite and delicate, and could always smile. At first glance, he was the kind of extremely shrewd person. If he smiled a lot, the expression on his face would appear fake.She has a very sweet mouth and won the trust of the fourth aunt. She gave a big gift as soon as she entered the house, and then complimented the three of them on the sidelines. She also brought snacks made by her master to entertain them, but no one touched them.

She was 15 years old, and she had been with the fourth aunt before. Later, the Taifu saw that she was clever and cute, so he wanted to go over and let her serve in the study.She didn't go there for a long time, less than half a year.She said that although the master went to the study every day, she didn't have too many things to do, so many times she would go back to the fourth aunt to help.

Once the fourth concubine was mentioned, her mouth was full of compliments.She said that the fourth aunt was from a rich family, she was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she had read books, she was absolutely different from those wild women in the market, and would not do harm to others.As for who the wild woman she was referring to was, all three present knew it well.It seems that the fifth aunt is really not welcome in this family, even the maids dare to point fingers at Sang and scold Huai behind her back.

When Yu Zuoshu asked him what happened in the study that day, she covered her heart as if she couldn't bear to recall. "The master was making tea in the study at that time, and the servants helped him grind the tea and rice, and then stepped aside. The master usually doesn't let us servants wash and filter the tea leaves, let alone make the tea. The master said that our hands and feet are not too Light is too heavy, it will cause bad things.”

After speaking, she added: "The servants who serve the master know all this."

Han Lang cast Yu Zuo Shu a questioning look, and Yu Zuo Shu nodded, indicating that she was telling the truth. "That is to say," Han Lang said, "from the time of making tea, the only ones who have touched the teapot are Master Tai Tuo and the dead Fangyue?"

"Yes," Shu Yun replied, "after the tea is brewed, it is Fangyue who pours the tea for the master. Maybe she wanted to show off in front of the master, but she insisted on robbing me, so I didn't touch the teapot and let her go." Yes, I didn't expect..."

Seeing that she was about to burst into tears and sob, Han Lang hurriedly interrupted her and asked, "What kind of person is Fangyue?"

Shu Yun's answer was the same as Yu Zuoshu's previous investigation. She said that Fangyue was with the Fifth Aunt, who was not feeling well that day, so she sent her to the study to let her know and serve the Tai Tu by the way.In this way, coupled with Shu Yun's confession just now, it is extremely possible that Fangyue poisoned the teapot, but she is already dead, so is it really closed?

Han Lang fell into deep thought, but He Yijiu said at this moment: "Where is your master's cup?"

"Taken away by the adults of Dali Temple..."

He Yijiu glared at her, and pointed to the counter: "I didn't ask you about the cup you drank tea in, it's this one here."

The three of them leaned over to take a look, and found that the arrangement of the cups on the case table was indeed a bit strange.This is a wooden tray with six depressions on the bottom as cup holders, but there are only five cups inside.And these five are not placed in the cup holder, but placed on the cup holder in a different way.It doesn't look obvious at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it's obvious that something is wrong.

He Yijiu wandered around the room from the very beginning, while the others were concentrating on asking questions, but he was looking around.Yu Zuoshu didn't care about this person at first, but he didn't expect the other party to be so thoughtful and discover such secret details.Sure enough, the servant girl was tongue-tied, and after a long time, she finally said, "That cup...maybe I lost it."

"Lost it?" Yu Zuo Shu asked, "Why didn't you say it before?"

Shu Yun was taken aback by his sudden stern tone, and he didn't dare to speak.This subtle change in her expression was noticed by Han Lang, his expression darkened immediately, and he said sharply, "If you hide something, no one in your family can protect you."

Only then did Shu Yun falter and tell the truth: "The servant really doesn't know, that cup is inconspicuous in the first place, maybe it was taken somewhere else by the master at some point, or there are servants with dirty hands and feet..."

"Then who placed this tray?"

Shu Yun took a step back and nodded in a panic: "That's just the servant girl. The servant girl didn't think too much about it. She thought it would be ugly to have an empty cup holder, so she put it in the current appearance."

Han Lang thought it was weird, and after discussing with the other two, they brought all the servants who served the Tai Tuo to interrogate, and searched the mansion again, but they still couldn't find the missing cup.Many servants also said that the master usually has a special cup for drinking tea, which is the one that was taken to Dali Temple. Now the six cups in the study are purely for decoration and are rarely used.

But the inexplicable loss of one is still quite suspicious.

In the afternoon, they went to visit the eldest wife He Shi.The small courtyard where Mrs. He lives is individually furnished, with towering white birches covering the eaves, the surroundings are quiet and cool, and the sound of wooden fish can be faintly heard in the house.It turned out that Mrs. He often asked people to give lectures, and she didn't even want to show up outside except when necessary.

Who knows if it's for people to see.Han Lang thought to himself.He's dressed so gracefully, how can he look like a Buddhist cultivator?Now that the fourth aunt is in the limelight, it would be a good strategy for her to retreat.

Passing through a corridor, they knocked on He's door.The servant girl came out and asked them to stay for a while, and after a while, two monks left the room.Now everything was completely silent, Han Lang turned sideways, and saw a pot of gardenias growing on the window sill, which was in full bloom at the moment, but the flowers seemed to have been eaten by moths, and the petals could not be opened, and they lay sideways pitifully.

Mrs. He came out to welcome them in, said a few words on the occasion and went straight to the point.She was indeed the one who ordered Fangyue to be executed, and her explanation made sense. After the Taifu's accident, as the wife of the head of the family, she was indeed qualified and obliged to deal with Fangyue, who was suspected of being the murderer.

Several people were talking, He Yijiu got up again and looked around, occasionally asking a few questions.He found out that He's house also had dried tea and rice. He explained that Taifu loved tea, so she helped to collect some tea.At this moment, Han Lang faintly smelled the fragrance of flowers, and took a closer look. There were many flowers in the inner room separated by the door, all of which were planted in celadon flower pots. At a glance, there might be more than ten pots.

"Madam likes to grow flowers?" He subconsciously asked.

Mrs. He seemed to have expected him to ask this question a long time ago, so she smiled indifferently: "It's just a harmless hobby. Once you get used to it, it's like your own child. Look at that gardenia, which grows insects every year, but I don't like it." I was always reluctant to throw it away.”

After all, she led the three of them in. Inside the room were mostly narcissus, outside the room were peonies, azaleas, gardenias, and many others whose names she had mentioned but Han Lang could not remember.Now that the flowering period has passed, many flowers have withered, and the ground is full of broken petals. "I made a few adults laugh. Now this landscape is really unattractive. If it is spring, it will be a beautiful place. Even my husband will be full of praise..."

As soon as the Taifu was mentioned, her expression darkened immediately, and she sighed slightly.Yu Zuoshu comforted her, and He Yijiu took the opportunity to pat Han Lang on the shoulder and motioned him to look at the other side of the room.There is a corner of the cloister, and there is a bucket that is out of place with the surroundings. It is only knee high, and the top is blocked by a wooden partition. I don't know what it contains.

Han Lang asked, "Ma'am, is that bucket...?"

"Ah, it's tea water for watering the flowers," He pursed her lips and smiled, "If you're worried, just open it and have a look."

He Yijiu went over first, opened the partition, and a bitter taste of cold tea came over his face.The water has a faint brown color. It is said to be tea, but it is not the same.Seeing their doubts, He explained: "Washing tea water is the best for watering flowers. The flowers bloom brightly and have a long flowering period. It just so happens that my husband washes tea every day, so I asked him to keep it for watering the flowers myself."

Yu Zuo Shu thought for a moment and asked, "Do you use spring water to wash and filter the tea?"

"No, my husband said it's called straining tea." He smiled slightly. "He's so particular that even I can't tell the difference. Washing the tea should be the last step. After the tea is steeped, the first cup should be poured out." If you don’t drink it, this is tea.”

Han Lang's heart shuddered, and he exchanged glances with Yu Zuoshu, who continued to ask, "Is there still water for washing tea at the time of the incident?"

"It should be kept," He said, "it's in this barrel."

"Madam, please give this water to Dali Temple."

After leaving from He Shi, the three of them got together to discuss, and they all had the same idea.The only chance for a maid to poison the teapot is when she touches the teapot. If the teapot is poisoned by her, then the tea water should not be spared.

When the three analyzed this, Yu Zuoshu hurriedly said goodbye to them, saying that he would go back to Dali Temple to wait for further news.The other two remained in the mansion, Han Lang led He Yijiu to the Taifu's room again, wanting He Yijiu to see what kind of poison the Taifu had.

However, the guard didn't trust He Yijiu very much, and Han Lang spent a long time talking about it before he agreed to let the two of them in.There was no one else in the room except for the two accompanying maids, the Tai Tuo was still in a coma, his complexion looked similar to yesterday's, and he still looked terminally ill.

"How, can you see it?"

Han Lang asked He Yijiu with concern, the latter was feeling the Taifu's pulse, and after thinking for a while, he lowered his voice and said, "It's difficult, the symptoms of poisoning are similar. But this poison is a bit strange, I'm not sure, how about looking for these Ask the doctor who has been treating him all day?"

Han Lang responded and went out to find a doctor.He Yijiu looked around the room, and there was a bowl of steaming soup on the table beside him. He picked it up and smelled it, then put it down with a frown.

"You, come here." He Yijiu beckoned a maid over, pointing to the soup beside him, "Your master has been drinking this these days?"

"Yes."

"Didn't you drink anything else?"

The servant girl hesitated for a while before answering: "Fifth wife brings medicine over every day, but the first lady said that the medicine is not good, so she ordered the servants to throw it away."

He Yijiu looked at him suspiciously: "Is there anything left?"

"Also, there is one more thing... Today's ones have just been delivered, and the slaves have not had time to deal with them."

After finishing speaking, under He Yijiu's persecution, she handed He Yijiu the medicine sent by the Fifth Aunt.It was a few knuckle-sized pills, with a faint floral fragrance, exactly the same as the fifth aunt's body.The more He Yijiu heard about it, his brows became tighter. He simply broke off a small piece, put it in his mouth for a while, and then spat it out in his hand.

"Something's wrong..." He murmured, seeing the maid was still looking at him cautiously, he waved her away and went out to find Han Lang.It just so happened that Han Lang also came in from the outside at this time, and the two of them almost collided.

"What's the matter, any news?"

He Yijiu subconsciously supported Han Lang, and did not let go of his hands on his waist.Han Lang's ears turned red, thinking that there was someone beside him, he quickly took a step back and said, "Let's talk in a secluded place."

The two went out together, found stone tables and benches in the atrium with gurgling water, and sat down separately.There were no servants around to follow up, so Han Lang lowered his voice and said: "The doctor is not telling the truth. Just at this time He Shi was looking for him, so I used a trick to overhear a few words, and heard the doctor say that the Taifu has more than one type He asked Mr. He if he wanted to investigate the poison, but Mr. He only replied: "No, the medicine will be prepared as before, and you don't care about anything else.'”

"The spells are getting more and more proficient." He Yijiu praised.

Han Lang touched his nose: "It's because there are people around them who are not easy to get past, otherwise they won't be able to use it."

"It's better to use less, I heard it's very harmful to the body," He Yijiu said, and then pondered for a while, "There is more than one kind of poison, could it be that there are other people who want to harm him?"

Han Lang nodded: "There is such a possibility, such as doing something in the medicine... Have you checked the medicine that Master Taifu drank?"

"I've checked, but..." He Yijiu frowned, hesitantly, "That medicine, although it's not poison, is not particularly effective. How should I put it, it's like when I was a barefoot doctor. The medicines that are often prescribed to people are all cheap, and they won’t kill people, but they won’t cure their illness either.”

Han Lang fell into deep thought, and finally said after a while: "In other words, the person who dispensed the medicine didn't want to detoxify Mr. Taifu? The doctor obviously listens to Mrs. He now. What they said just now in contact, could it be Mrs. He's meaning?" ?”

He Yijiu thought of another thing: "However, the medicine that the fifth aunt Du Shi sent is really good medicine, too good. I just asked the maid to bring one, and there is a Buddhist armor that can cure all kinds of poisons." Mu, this thing is extremely rare, to be honest, that's what the emperor eats."

After Han Lang heard this, his brows became more and more knotted: "A friend in need is a friend. Mrs. He doesn't want to save people, but Mrs. Du is sincere. But she is a concubine of ordinary background, where did she get the Buddha Jiamu?"

He Yijiu put his elbows on the stone table and sighed distressedly: "I don't know."

Seeing him thinking hard, Han Lang felt inexplicably warm in his heart. Every time He Yijiu said something, he was not happy about it. He thought it was troublesome to investigate the case. Not only did he not want to do it, but he was also willing to let Han Lang do it.But after he finished speaking, he would still follow up, and it really seemed to be his own business, working harder than Han Lang.

He Yijiu was thinking about the case when he suddenly felt a different line of sight from usual. When he raised his head, he found Han Lang had a smile in his eyes, and then hooked himself: "Come here."

He Yijiu's brain suddenly froze, his body reacted first, and moved over in a strange way.He didn't realize something was wrong until he touched Han Lang: What's wrong with the daughter-in-law?Isn't it the most disgusting to have intimate contact outside?

After he finished speaking, he was kissed lightly, and then Han Lang patted him on the shoulder, smiling narrowly: "It's fine, it's fine."

He Yijiu was dissatisfied for a moment, and pointed to the other side of his face: "One more bite."

This time it was a firm bite, which made him groan.