I can tell fortunes, so I’m not easy to mess with [Cross Book]

When they returned to Sheng's house together and settled the father and son, it was already late at night, so Bai Yiling stayed for the night.Because he needed to attend the audience banquet of the illustrious envoys, he had a total of two days off. On the second day, he happened to accompany Lu Mo and others to visit Jia Xiangbing at Sheng Hao's mansion. Sheng Mian and Sheng Duo did not accompany him.

Official Sheng Hao was appointed as the second-rank Dutong. After they entered the Dutong Mansion, they realized that it seemed that they had gone at the wrong time, and the inside was in chaos.

Sheng Hao was not at home, and after a long time, Sheng Kai came out hurriedly with a few younger siblings, and cupped his hands at Lu Mo with a very ugly expression: "I have seen the princess."

Seeing him like this, Lu Mo seemed really anxious and worried, so she couldn't help asking, "Is Mr. Jia's injury serious?"

Sheng Kai said in a deep voice: "When my uncle fell off the horse, he landed on his back and hit a big rock, hurting his spine."

The spine was injured, and the whole body would be paralyzed if he was not careful. Lu Mo didn't expect it to be so serious. She frowned slightly and felt a little sympathetic.Although she hadn't met Jia Xiangbing a few times, the other party was just a young man in his early twenties. It would be a pity if he had to spend the rest of his life in a hospital bed.

She followed Sheng Kai into the back room, and smelled a strong smell of medicine. Jia Xiangbing was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. , Wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

When she saw Lu Mo and others coming in, she walked over quickly and cried loudly: "Sister-in-law, you are here! Look at our family, Xiang Bing, how can I survive with injuries like this!"

Her sharp voice made people's ears hurt. Sheng Li approached calmly, held Mrs. Jia's hand, rescued Lu Mo, and asked, "Second aunt, is little uncle awake yet? Doctor How to say?"

Mrs. Jia's face was full of sadness, but facing Sheng Li, a junior, she couldn't cry loudly anymore, so her voice became softer. : "He couldn't wake up with a high fever. The imperial doctor came to see him and prescribed some antipyretic medicine. He said that he had to wake up before he could talk about other things. But after taking the medicine, he spit out more than half of it. Lier, you Little uncle is kind-hearted, he is afraid of bumping into you, he would rather fall like this..."

Sheng Li was a little embarrassed. Just as Sheng Ji was about to say something, Lu Mo had already said, "Young Master Jia made it like this, no one wants to see it. Brother and sister, I brought some ginseng. I will give it to the servants and let them boil it for a while." Here comes the soup, try to see if you can feed it."

Mrs. Jia didn't blame them, she just cried so pitifully, it was indeed pitiful, but Lu Mo didn't shirk responsibility and deliberately diverted the topic, but asked the situation clearly the day before.

At that time, many people saw that although Sheng Ji and Sheng Li were standing directly in front of Jia Xiangbing, they were far away, and they had no time to dodge by themselves. Most of the reason why Jia Xiangbing fell off his horse was because he was not good at riding.

Mrs. Jia's nature likes to care about things, and she likes to be greedy for cheap things. She insisted on saying this obviously because she wanted the Zhen Guo government to make up for more benefits under the apology.Lu Mo doesn't mind giving things to money, but it's not the reason of Sheng Ji and Sheng Li, and she doesn't want to let life be labeled as such. For the present plan, it's best to wake up Jia Xiangbing quickly and let him speak for himself Clear.

The ones taken out from the princess’ hands are naturally the best things. After the ginseng soup was delivered, Jia Xiangbing was finally able to be fed some. Mrs. Jia said quickly: “My sister-in-law is rich, and I also fed ginseng soup before, but probably not. Old ginseng, the taste is not good enough, he vomited it up."

She cheekily asked Lu Mo: "Is this ginseng gone yet? I'm afraid one or two trees won't be enough to drink."

She is a vulgar woman who is greedy for cheap, and even her own brother is unconscious, and she can't change her habits.Lu Mo is already used to this kind of behavior, so she just said lightly: "Go back and ask someone to bring it to you."

Sheng Zhi shook his fan beside him, and joked, "Second Aunt, these ginsengs left by my mother are hundreds of years old, and the rhizomes are very thick. Don't talk about making soup, they just let my uncle wake up and use them as radishes." It’s okay to chew, so you can rest assured, right?”

Mrs. Jia rolled her eyes at him, and said: "You boy, you have arranged for elders again! If it weren't for your wholeheartedness to avoid your younger siblings, why would such a thing happen to my family Xiang Bing? Could it be that in your heart, your younger siblings are still indifferent? How many ginseng trees are there?"

She clearly said this to Lu Mo, so she took the opportunity of running on Sheng Zhi to make it clear.What he said was very unpleasant, but Sheng Zhi just laughed and didn't take it seriously.

At this time, Bai Yiling suddenly said from the side: "Second Aunt, is there something hidden about Uncle's fall from the horse? He was killed by others, right?"

Since Bai Yiling entered the door, he has been standing quietly by the side. Mrs. Jia didn't pay attention to him at all. At this moment, she followed the sound and was stunned. After realizing the identity of the other party, she immediately said, "What are you talking about? What are you talking about?" Being murdered, our family, Xiang Bing, has a very docile temperament and never offends anyone."

Sheng Kai said coldly: "Fourth cousin, the world is impermanent, and accidents are inevitable. We have never treated others with the heart of a villain. When you just came here, you just opened your mouth and said that my uncle was murdered? Are you sure?" You know, the place where the accident happened is the imperial palace, so you can’t talk nonsense! Don’t tell me you didn’t change your surname, so you didn’t treat yourself as a member of the Sheng family, don’t you expect us to order?”

Lu Mo's face darkened, and she said: "Ling'er never speaks without evidence, he must be right. Sheng Kai, the elders are here, who is the Sheng family and who is not, it's not your turn Point and point."

Sheng Kai's complexion changed, his eldest aunt had a noble status and a straightforward personality, she would not show any sympathy when she taught him.He couldn't help being a little annoyed, so he could only suppress his anger and say: "Princess, forgive me, I made a slip of the tongue. It's just that my uncle was unconscious and was in a hurry."

Bai Yiling was frightened when he was a child, and Sheng Kai's words had no effect on him at all. He picked up a piece of rags that had been randomly piled up on the chair next to him and said, "This is the coat my uncle was wearing when the accident happened, right?"

Sheng Kai's expression was not very good-looking, but he didn't dare to criticize him anymore, he said in a muffled voice, "So what?"

Bai Yiling said: "I saw it by accident just now. According to my second aunt, the main reason for my uncle's serious injury was that when he fell off the horse, his back spine hit the stone, so this dress The back was also stained with blood, which is normal."

He unfolded the clothes, and said: "But there will be such a large area of ​​mud marks in the blood, which is not right."

Sheng Zhi cooperatively leaned over to look at it, and said, "Well, there is indeed mud, and it should be wet mud when rubbed against it, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten so much, and it would have soaked into the texture of the clothes."

Mrs. Jia couldn't help but said: "Aren't you talking nonsense? Who can fall on the ground and not get muddy? Forget it, if you don't come to visit this disease sincerely, you should go away quickly and don't bother Xiang Xiang here. Ice break."

She glared at Sheng Ji and Sheng Li: "Isn't it because they don't want to take on this responsibility? It's my family's bad luck, right?"

At this time, even Sheng Ji could see that Mrs. Jia obviously didn't dare to offend Lu Mo, but she even said such words at this time, obviously she was guilty of driving people away, and she didn't want Bai Yiling to continue talking.

Lu Mo said lightly: "Sisters and sisters, my children have always been brave. If it is really because of their two brothers and sisters that they hurt Mr. Jia, I can beat them in front of you today. But if there are other secrets, this matter I have to make it clear before I finish. Ling'er, you continue to talk."

Bai Yiling said: "The grassland in the palace is different from the field outside. There are always special people to take care of it. The grass grows neatly and densely. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to have stones. But looking at my uncle's wound, the stone is not only not small, but also has a large surface area. There is a lot of wet soil, so the most likely thing is that the stone was dug from somewhere else and thrown there on purpose."

Sheng Zhi also understood at once: "Ah, that's why you specifically emphasized that the soil is wet. There has been no rain recently, and the stone surface soil that is naturally exposed on the surface of the ground should be relatively dry and wet. Only when it is below the ground can it be maintained. In other words, after the stone was dug out, the victim placed it there, and because of inattention, the bottom surface turned up, so that the soil stained the clothes and left flaws."

Bai Yiling nodded: "Second brother is right, that's what I mean, so I deduce that my uncle was killed by someone. Thinking about it this way, maybe there is something weird about the horse he was riding, which caused him to fall off the horse just where there are rocks Bruise. Whether it is true or not, check the horse at that time again, and there should be a conclusion.”

The two brothers said something to each other, Sheng Kai opened his mouth to refute, but he had nothing to say, so he could only purse his lips and stand beside him sullenly.

Mrs. Jia's face turned blue and red, and she said in an embarrassing way: "Such twists and turns can only be seen from the many cases my nephew has handled. No one else can think of so many."

Sheng Zhi laughed and said, "Second Aunt's words are wrong! I believe you said you didn't know about the stone, but just now I was wondering, Second Aunt, if you really think that the little uncle fell off the horse because of the third brother and younger sister Injured, I will never let go of this good opportunity, no matter how hard I should hit my mother, it is not a loss, why is it so easy to talk, and just dismissed a few old ginseng? This is not like Second Aunt's temper."

He tapped the handle of the fan lightly in the palm of his hand, and sighed: "But now I understand, my uncle was injured in the palace, you are worried that he offended someone who is not easy to provoke, and you dare not speak out for fear of causing disaster, but I was not quite reconciled, so I simply put this matter on the two big bosses of our family. Even if we don’t get anything, it’s still a debt to us, isn’t it. Second aunt is very calculating.”

The more Mrs. Jia listened, the more flustered she became, she blushed at what he said, and hesitated, not knowing what to say.

Because Sheng Hao wanted to take away the position of Duke when his elder brother was away on an expedition, the two families have not gotten along well over the years. Sheng Li has something to do with it, I'm afraid Lu Mo won't even come for this visit.

Now that she was exposed face to face, even though it was very embarrassing, she didn't dare to reprimand Sheng Zhi and blame her elders, so she could only say with a dry smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding..."

Sheng Zhi said with a half-smile, "It's a misunderstanding, isn't it?"

Mrs. Jia was still scared after all, she smiled at Lu Mo and said, "Sister-in-law, it's all my fault, I'm obsessed with ghosts, I just want to settle this matter, I, I..."

Her face was flushed, she went over to grab Sheng Li's hand, hit herself, and said at the same time: "It's the second aunt's fault, I apologize to you, niece, don't worry about it!"

Sheng Kai couldn't stand it anymore, he strode out of the room with a livid face, and no one paid any attention to him.

Sheng Li took his hand out, blessed Mrs. Jia, and said with a crisp smile: "Second Aunt, you are an elder, you can say whatever you want, even if your niece suffers a few grievances, you will never dare to complain. But My brother and I really can't bear the crime of falling from the horse. Second Aunt asked me to say, is what you just said right?"

Mrs. Jia's face twitched, she was choked to death, completely speechless, Lu Mo said flatly: "Okay, don't disturb Mr. Jia's rest, let's go too."

She turned around and left with her children. Mrs. Jia was shocked, and hurriedly chased after two steps, begging pitifully: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! For the sake of big brother and because we are all from the Sheng family, Please forgive me. I don't understand the affairs in the palace, and I don't know which nobleman Xiang Bing has offended, so I feel really uneasy, sister-in-law, now only you can help me find out!"

Lu Mo looked back at her, and said with a smile: "If only one surname needs to be taken care of, there are so many people surnamed Sheng in the world, who can take care of them? Brother and sister, you should solve your own affairs by yourself, and don't rely on others. It's true!"

Under the leadership of the princess, the group left Sheng Hao's mansion quickly. Although the servants on both sides knew that the mistress wanted to keep the guests, they all stood aside and looked at Lu Mo's posture, but they couldn't stop their heads. They dare not carry it, let alone help retain customers.

After leaving the door, Sheng Zhi smiled at Sheng Li, knocked on Sheng Ji's forehead again, and teased: "Aren't you two worried? The mother is so mighty, and the younger brother is so smart. If it's impossible, the second brother will be older." Show your skills, there is still something that can't be settled."

Sheng Ji touched his forehead and let out a "hiss", mercilessly fought back, and slapped Sheng Zhi's paw, Sheng Zhi quickly ran behind Bai Yiling and pushed him forward, Sheng Ji couldn't get down go hand in hand.

Sheng Zhi: "Hahaha!"

He just let out a smug laugh, unexpectedly, Bai Yiling blinked at Sheng Ji, suddenly grabbed Sheng Zhi's pulse door with his backhand, and pushed him out from behind him, Sheng Ji immediately rushed forward with a hungry tiger She grabbed Sheng Zhi's neck and beat him hard on the head several times.

Sheng Zhi said angrily: "I am the second brother! You two bastards are really against each other!"

The three brothers made a fuss, and now even Lu Mo, who was standing by the side watching the battle, couldn't help laughing, and said repeatedly: "Okay, if you want to make trouble, go back first, let's talk about what you are like!"

Sheng Zhi was let go by them, and muttered to straighten his clothes. Sheng Ji and Bai Yiling looked at each other and smiled. From the corner of their eyes, they suddenly caught a glimpse of Sheng Li standing aside, frowning, looking thoughtful. His smile was slightly restrained, and he asked: "Little sister, what are you thinking?"

Sheng Li whispered: "It's nothing... It's just that when I went out just now, I seemed to see Brother Kai again."

Sheng Ji said: "You saw him at their house, is there any problem?"

Sheng Li said: "Just now when Mother was talking to Second Aunt, he didn't like to listen and had already left angrily, but when we came out of my uncle's room, I was the last one, but I vaguely saw him coming out of the window. Go around, just left..."

The smile on Sheng Zhi's face gradually faded, he exchanged a glance with Bai Yiling, Bai Yiling said, "Second Sister, what do you mean?"

Sheng Li looked at him and said: "And that day at the racecourse, my third brother and I were right in front of my uncle, and I saw Kai was the first to rush up after his accident. I don't know what I mean What to say, I just think... he's a little weird."

Bai Yiling didn't speak for a while, Sheng Zhi pondered and said: "Although Sheng Kai and Jia Xiangbing are uncles and nephews, they are about the same age, and they grew up together. I have the impression that their relationship is very good. Sheng Kai's temper is a bit impatient, but Jia Xiangbing is not. He has a gentle personality, maybe Sheng Kai cares about him."

Sheng Li hesitated to speak, but finally nodded.

Lu Mo said: "No matter what hidden secrets there are about Jia Xiangbing's injury, it's their own business, let's not get involved. Let's go, everyone get in the carriage."

Bai Yiling agreed with Lu Mo's position very much. They told Sheng Hao's family that their relatives were not close enough, and that their enemies seemed a bit serious. The relationship was already delicate, so there was really no need to intervene.What's more, if he saw Sheng Kai's expression and appearance with his own eyes at that time, he might be able to discover something, but Sheng Li's words alone are useless.

It's just that he didn't expect that he didn't want to intervene, but this matter would eventually have something to do with him.

Bai Yiling returned to his house after having dinner at Sheng's house at noon. After resting for half a day, he went to the Northern Inspection Department on the second day. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Chang Yanbo shout: "Sixth brother, you are here, what do you want to do?" Kill me!"

Bai Yiling said: "Hey, it seems that there were a lot of things yesterday, you want me to come back to work, right?"

Yan Yang laughed loudly and said "tsk tsk" at the side.

Chang Yanbo glared at him and said, "What are you watching, who was the one who babbled the loudest yesterday, saying that he was too busy, but it's a pity that Brother Six is ​​not here!"

Yan Yang calmly said: "It's me, because as long as I look at Sixth Brother, I feel as if I have a backbone, a motivation, and a sense of diligence spontaneously. The way you work is different.”

Chang Yanbo: "..."

He rushed forward and grabbed Yan Yang's neck, grinning grinningly and shaking desperately.

Bai Yiling walked past him calmly, picked up the top stack of files on Chang Yanbo's desk, rolled them into a tube, and tapped him on the back: "Hey, hey, be careful, commit murder in person, and be careful of being arrested by the commander. you."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the words on the dossier again, and said happily: "The poison in Liu Bo's case has been found out? This is good news."

Chang Yanbo let go of Yan Yang, leaned over to take a look, and said with a smile: "I don't know if this is a small achievement while you're not here. Sixth brother, turn to the back, there are still surprises."

Bai Yiling glanced at him with a smile, and sure enough, he turned to the back, and the first thing that jumped into his eyes was the words "Jia Xiangbing".

He was startled: "Madam Jia reported the crime to you yesterday?"

Yan Yang rubbed his neck and got up, and walked over: "It's not her, it's the horse feeder in the palace. He found blood on the leg of the horse that Jia Xiangbing rode, as if it had been stabbed by something like a small needle. He was afraid of worrying about it." We had no responsibility, so we asked someone to deliver a letter to Junshi, and once we made up our minds, we went to General Sheng's mansion."

They went there in the afternoon, and Bai Yiling decided not to intervene in this matter and left in the morning, and the two parties just missed it perfectly.Looking at the two dossiers put together, he realized something, and asked, "Is what happened to Jia Xiangbing related to Liu Bo's death?"

Chang Yanbo nodded, pointed to the words on the first file and said to Bai Yiling: "Look, Brother Six, after several days of inspection and comparison by Mr. Fang, it was found that what Liu Bo was referring to was a kind of "penetrating bone". incense' poison..."

Bai Yiling felt in his heart that the name of this poison was a bit like roast chicken, so he hesitated to say anything, but he held back.

Chang Yanbo said: "According to him, people will die suddenly within about an hour after taking this poison. The good thing is that there are no symptoms, and you don't feel pain before the poison occurs, and you stop breathing immediately after the onset. It's like falling asleep, so it's not easy to detect, but the downside is that it's easy to deposit black marks after touching it."

Bai Yiling said: "I understand this point. Liu Bo was found to be poisoned because Kuoda and I found that his bones were black when we examined his body. But what happened to Jia Xiangbing? Is the poison related to his falling from the horse?" related?"

Chang Yanbo and Yan Yang looked at each other, Yan Yang said: "Sixth brother, we don't suspect that Jia Xiangbing is the victim, we suspect that he is the one who killed Liu Bo."

He turned a page of the dossier: "There were a lot of people at that time, and we didn't find the person who was on the horse, but we found that the nails of Jia Xiangbing's right thumb and index finger were black. At that time, the maid was rubbing his body, and his hand was hanging outside. I saw it by accident. I quietly picked out some powder from the crevices of my nails for comparison, and found that it was 'Bone Fragrance'."

Chang Yanbo explained: "Mr. Fang said that this kind of poison can only be poisoned if it is ingested. Jia Xiangbing has never eaten it, so he is still alive, but after he touched it with his hands, it left traces."

Bai Yiling murmured: "Then check. Find out if Jia Xiangbing has ever dealt with Liu Bo, what is the connection between them, and where did they meet. Then find out if he and Liu Bo have mutual acquaintances. It's been done quietly."

They both answered "yes" at the same time.

Chang Yanbo added: "But Sixth Brother, I also checked a little bit. Jia Xiangbing doesn't know martial arts, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen so badly on a horse yesterday. I'm afraid such a person can't pretend to be Liu Bo and then escape from the scene of fire." escaped."

Bai Yiling said: "Yes, so if the murderer is really him, then there must be some accomplices. What's more, why was Jia Xiangbing murdered? Is it because someone knew what he did and wanted to avenge Liu Bo, or was that person simply It was his accomplice, and the two broke up, so he wanted to kill Jia Xiangbing? We need to investigate these issues—by the way, send a few people to secretly protect Jia Xiangbing, so as to prevent the murderer from trying to kill him once and then attacking him again."

Chang Yanbo suddenly realized: "Understood."

Bai Yiling said with a smile: "That's good, you've worked hard. Tell the others, I'll treat you to lunch today. I heard that the roast chicken at Huixianlou is very good. Let's go together!"