with words in mind

Chapter 113 The Case of Qixiang 11
Everyone gathered in the lobby of Jingzhao Mansion, Jingzhaoyin was the presiding judge, Qiming was listening, King Xing sat obediently behind him, and his guards stood beside the two brothers.

An officer knelt down on one knee and reported: "My lord, we have questioned the residents of Chengdong Alley, because it rained heavily last night, and the people on duty in each mansion did not hear any suspicious shouts except for the sound of rain. We The people in the other party's mansion also cross-examined, Mr. Fang probably returned to the mansion in the middle of the night, reeking of alcohol and drenched all over.

Jing Zhaoyin: "Just what?"

Official: "I went back to my room to have some fun and listened to people in the mansion. Mr. Fang favored two maidservants, and there was a lot of noise in the room. The butler was guarding the corridor three feet away from the bedroom, and he heard it most clearly. The other servants in the mansion Either clearly, or vaguely heard the sound, but Mr. Fang's personal servant did not hear any sound, because he is sorting spices and books in the secret room of the study at this time."

After the official report was over, Wu Zuo stepped forward to salute and said, "My lord, after inspection, the girl died probably in the middle of the night."

Jing Zhaoyin: "That is to say, Mr. Fang probably returned to the Fang mansion after the murder, and favored the maid again?"

Yan Mo: "This time point is very vague. The murderer needs time to dispose of the corpse, and there will be a lot of blood stains when the corpse is dismembered. At this time, Mr. Fang returned to Fang Mansion. Does he have blood stains on his body?"

The officer said: "This subordinate was also suspicious, so he asked the maid who did the laundry. At that time, the clothes that Mr. Fang had changed had not yet entered the water. The subordinate checked it and found that there was no blood stain."

Qi Yun: "Master, if you want to prevent blood stains, there are two ways! One of them is to take off all your clothes!"

Crowd:! ! !
Qi Yun: "It's summer now, and it's not cold if you take it all off. After you're done, stand in the rain! Hey! Why don't you just wash it off!"

Everyone: "Yeah"

Qi Yun: "The second way is to put on a waterproof coat, such as a coat made of animal skin, or prepare a set of the same clothes."

Jing Zhaoyin: "Well, so Mr. Fang is quite suspicious! Why didn't you bring him here?"

Official: "My lord, Mr. Fang was lying on the bed with a pale face, his consciousness was blurred, and he was terribly frightened. His subordinates did not dare to interrogate him at will. If something happened on the road and the impact was not good, he would leave someone to guard outside the gate of Fang's mansion."

Jing Zhaoyin: "Didn't you just pretend?"

The official said: "Mr. Fang vomited and diarrhea after returning to the mansion. This is what I saw with my own eyes. I heard from the people in the mansion that Mr. Fang grew up in an incense jar, and he didn't even want to go near the kitchen. For him it is true"

"So afraid of blood, is he the murderer?" Jing Zhaoyin asked, looking at Yan Mo.
Yan Mo: "Currently there is indeed no direct evidence pointing to Mr. Fang and the small pot of incense from Fang's mansion has already been handed over. How did the small pot of incense at the scene of the cracked girl come from?"

Jing Zhaoyin: "Come here, let Young Master Qing be interrogated."

Not long after, Aoki Hui came to the lobby led by the official messenger.

Qing Muhui: "I will see the prince, princess, and Fu Yin."

"Yesterday, someone committed a crime and killed a girl. At the scene of the crime, this thing was found." Jing Zhaoyin ordered the small pot of incense to be handed over to Qing Muhui.

After Aoki Hui took it, he took a closer look at the bottle. The dried mud stains on the outside of the bottle covered a small part of the color. He opened it and saw that it was empty inside. After smelling it again, he quickly closed the lid and said: " The jar is indeed a small jar of incense, but the incense inside is not agarwood beauty cream!"

Yan Mo handed all the small pots of incense to Qing Muhui through the handkerchief, and asked, "Where do these porcelain pots come from?"

Aoki Hui: "I bought it from the Western Regions. There shouldn't be such a color in the capital."

Yan Mo: "How many useless ones are left?"

Aoki Hui: "There are more than 30 porcelain pots left, all of which are in the other courtyard."

"That is to say, this porcelain jar is a small jar of incense that was sold the day before yesterday?!" Yan Mo pointed to the earth-stained incense jar and said, "The spices in it were replaced by someone?!"

Aoki Hui: "Exactly."

Yan Mo: "When you smell it, what ingredients are there?"

Aoki Hui picked up the small jar and smelled it quickly, and after taking it away, he smelled it: "Mandala and golden gourd are the main ingredients, as well as yanghua and tianxianzi." He sniffed again and said, "There are also lavender and ephedra. .Only by the residual smell, I can only judge these, it was filled with incense!"

Yan Mo: "Brother Qingmu, who did you sell the little jar of incense to? Is there a record?"

Aoki Hui: "When the incense was sold the day before yesterday, the girls and wives all left their names, hoping that I can provide later skin care consultation, all in that big wooden box."

"Bring the wooden box!" Jing Zhaoyin ordered the officer.

Yan Mo: "Brother Qingmu, take a look at these bottles again."

Aoki Hui picked up the small jar of incense that was wrapped separately and smelled it, frowned for a while, then leaned closer to smell it, and asked: "Why does this small jar of incense smell like edible sesame oil?"

"Edible sesame oil?" Yan Mo leaned closer and smelled it, and there was a faintly sweet aroma of food
Aoki Teru: "Well, the soybean flour is used here, not the vegetable oil extracted from it, and the smell of this edible sesame oil is not like sesame oil."

Hearing this, Qi Yun leaned closer and smelled it carefully: "Yes, there is indeed a slightly sweet aroma of vegetable oil."

Yan Mo asked the medical officer and Wu Zuo: "Didn't you find the smell of edible sesame oil when you inspected the small pot of incense?"

The doctor said: "We just tested whether the small pot of incense is poisonous, and what are the ingredients. It's really embarrassing for me to wait."

"." Yan Mo just turned around when he heard a thud!

Aoki Hui fell to the ground because of inhaling the fragrance!
Yan Mo: "Brother Qingmu!"

"Ouch! The second master!" Qi Yun narrowly caught Aoki Hui's tall body!
Yesterday, Guard Jin didn't pay much attention to Aoki Hui who was kneeling on the ground all the time, but seeing Yan Mo calling his brother today, his heart couldn't help tightening up, reminding him of Ziye.
Qing Muhui's beauty with the characteristics of the Western Regions is unforgettable. The guard rolled his eyes and looked at Qi Ming, but he saw that the other party was still smiling and relaxed. He thought, why didn't Brother Ming report this second master to Ben Gong?Someone so special is hard to ignore.
The medical officer hurried forward to check, and after diagnosing the pulse, he bowed to Yan Mo and said, "It's just that he fell asleep, there's nothing serious about it."

Yan Mo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The medical officer is here."

Brother Aoki?Jing Zhaoyin thought to himself, so it's not Mr. Qing, but Mr. Qingmu, huh?Isn't the princess' elder brother the prince's brother-in-law?
"Oh!" Jing Zhaoyin yelled, "Hurry up! Serve Mr. Aoki so well!!! Add bedding! Ah no! Change the bed and change the bed! Two more fans!! Don't be negligent!!"

"Yes!" The officials were about to take Hui Aoki down
"Wait!" Yan Mo said with a straight face, "Your Excellency, you don't need to make him special, as long as he is safe and sound with you."

The officials looked at Jing Zhaoyin in embarrassment, but they saw their adults cast their usual eyes and said: "Be safe and sound, do you understand?"

The officials looked at each other and said: "Understood!" Then they went down with Aoki Hui.

After the wooden box arrived, Yan Mo found a list and handed it to the teacher who recorded it: "Make a copy for me."

The master made a copy of the list in a few clicks, Yan Mo took the list and prepared to put it away.
Stretching out a hand, Qi Ming gracefully took down the list and said, "Recover the remaining small jars of incense, and leave this matter to the king."

Yan Mo believed in the efficiency of the palace, so he stopped talking, and came to Jing Zhaoyin and said, "My lord! The murderer is unknown now, so it's not appropriate to startle the enemy. Continue to monitor the Fangfu and the residents in the east lane of the city. Report every move!"

"Yes! Concubine!" Jing Zhaoyin responded and shouted at the officials, "Have you heard it all? Do you know what to do?"

"Know!!" The officials replied!

Yan Mo then said to Jing Zhaoyin: "Let the wives of Fangfu come to the backyard, I want them to take a good look at Qingyu's body."

"Yes, princess." Jing Zhaoyin bowed.

"All of you are not allowed to follow." Yan Mo said behind him.

Three Brothers:"."

In the backyard, several wives were led by the officials to the door of the mortuary, because they knew that there were corpses inside, they were unwilling to step in, and they were forced to go in by the officials.
Yan Mo and Qi Yun stood side by side, because they couldn't tell who they were, they frowned and said, "Let's report their names first, where are they from?"

After the ladies were silent for a while, they each reported their names.
Mrs. Lanyi: "My concubine is originally from Mingzhou, and her name is Si Xiaodian."

Mrs. Liu Mei: "My concubine is originally from Jinzhou, her name is Meng Zhen'er."

Mrs. Bai Bai: "Concubine, from the capital, named Xiangling."

Mrs. Fengman: "Concubine, originally from Liangzhou, her name is Lu Yingying."

Yan Mo glanced at Qing Yu and asked, "What about her?"

Si Xiaodian in blue said: "Qingyu's surname is Wu, he was originally from Qizhou."

After Qi Yun and Yan Mo looked at each other, they said: "The small pot of incense contains strange flowers. First, Qingyu was poisoned and died, and then Mr. Fang fell ill. Hey." He pretended to be very regretful as he said, " I’m afraid you will be the ones who suffer next.”

"What?!" Si Xiaodian trembled in horror, "We...have been poisoned?!" She looked at her dirty skirt and said uncomfortably, "No wonder I feel uncomfortable all the time! So it's poisoning!"

"Liulang! How is he? Is he poisoned deeply? Is there an antidote?!" Xiang Ling asked nervously!

Meng Zhen'er: "Wuuuuu, my concubine is dead! Anyway, if I'm poisoned, I'm going to die. Without Liulang, my concubine is dead!"

Lu Yingying: "...this is such a good doctor! Hurry up and call the doctor!"

Yan Mo: "So, you have all used small pots of incense?!"

Ladies: "."

Yan Mo: "Why do you say it has never been used?"

Si Xiaodian glanced at Yan Mo, lowered his eyes and said: "Actually, we tried a little bit, and after one night, the fragrance disappeared and it was almost useless. Qingyu died for no reason, we were afraid of being implicated, so we said it was useless Pass"

Yan Mo: "Are you using your own small jars of incense?"

All the wives looked at each other, and replied in unison: "Yes."

Si Xiaodi: "Liulang basically keeps the rain and dew on us, and the things he gives are all in one hand, so as to avoid disputes. It's just that Liulang loves Qingyu more relatively."

Yan Mo: "Then I have to ask? When you and Mr. Fang are having fun, do you have any special bed games?"

The ladies blushed
Yan Mo: "For example, pinch and play with each other?"

Si Xiaodian rolled his eyes a few times, and said shyly: "Sometimes Liu Lang really likes to play like this, but a few times, my concubine hurt Liu Lang too."

Yan Mo: "How did you catch it?"

"It's just grabbing Liulang's arm." Si Xiaodian said while making movements, "I don't pay attention, and sometimes I leave fingerprints."

Yan Mo: "Will Mr. Fang strangle you?"

Si Xiaodian was thinking: "Sometimes, I touch and pinch" as she spoke, her voice became softer and weaker.
Yan Mo: "Are you all the same?"

Ladies nod
Yan Mo: "Was there a time when you were almost strangled to death?"

After the ladies looked at each other, they shook their heads.
Yan Mo lifted the white cloth that covered Qing Yu's body, and let the wives look at it. They dodged, took a few sneak peeks, and then looked away. They couldn't bear to look directly at her.
"Have we been poisoned? Will it be the same as Qingyu?" Si Xiaodi asked tentatively.
The bottles of the small jars of incense are all the same color, so it is easy to replace them. Yan Mo thought so, and said, "The small pot of incense itself contains the poison of strange flowers. Because you use it less, the poison has not been released, and Qingyu uses it more. Too many, just die." She put on a mysterious and arrogant posture, "No matter who replaces whose small pot of incense, you will be poisoned. If you honestly tell who did it, I will ask Mr. Qi to detoxify you."

The ladies looked at each other several times, there was something irrelevant in their eyes, and there was also a vigilance of doubting others. They were silent for a long time, and no one spoke.
"Okay." Yan Mo pretended to be helpless, and stretched out his hand to Qi Yun, "after all, it was the small pot of incense that poisoned Qing Yu, you are just suspicious, and we can't just ignore it." She took the medicine bottle in Qi Yun's hand Walking in front of the ladies, "This is a quick-acting detoxification pill, which can temporarily suppress the toxicity in your body. Give Mr. Qi a little time, and he will be able to develop a complete antidote, and then send it to Fang's mansion. I believe Mr. Fang will do it too." get better"

"." After several ladies took the medicine bottle and took a pill each, they found that the bottle was empty.
"Why is it gone? What about Liulang?!" Meng Zhen'er asked anxiously!

"Don't worry, Mr. Fang has already taken it." Yan Mo comforted, "You go back, remember, don't ask doctors and quacks to prescribe medicines indiscriminately. The medicines have conflicting properties, which will only increase the spread of toxins. Go back to Fangfu An Sheng, wait for the antidote."

"Yes." All the ladies saluted one after another.

In the carriage on the way back, Qi Ming sat in the main seat, Yan Mo and King Xing sat on both sides, Qi Yun sat beside King Xing, and the guards sat beside Yan Mo.

Qi Yun asked Yan Mo, "Master, can you fool those wives with croton balls?"

Yan Mo: "The official came to report that Mr. Fang was vomiting and diarrhea because of seeing blood. When they returned to Fang's mansion, they were afraid that they would focus on Mr. Fang. They would not pay attention to whether they were poisoned or had diarrhea."

Qi Yun: "Master, the small pot of incense used by Qingyu has obviously been tampered with, and the four of them are the most suspicious, so let them go back like this?"

"." Yan Mo was silent for a while and said, "The clues of the case are in a mess. It's better to mix them up and let them ferment by themselves. Maybe you can gain something. Let's wait and see. There are officials guarding Fangfu. There are also people watching." She looked out of the window with firm eyes and said, "I need more clues!"

"When you go to check the East Lane again, Xiao Wang will also go!" Xing Wang waved his fist and said, "Xiao Wang will smash the stone that hurt the second emperor brother into thousands of pieces!!"

Hearing this, Yan Mo glanced at Qi Ming embarrassingly, and fell silent.
This is the first time that Qi Ming saw such dodging and shy eyes on Yan Mo. It seems that the injury on his hand will heal slowly, he said in his heart, Brother Nine Emperors can also stay for a while.
Thinking so, Qi Ming smiled and looked at King Xing with a meaningful expression
Back at the palace, Qi Ming yelled as soon as he got off the carriage: "Come on!"

A group of guards appeared in front of the gate in unison, and said in unison: "My lord, please give me instructions!"

Qi Ming took out the list and said: "According to this list, we will go door-to-door to collect the leftover bottles of small jars of incense. There must be no mistakes! No publicity!"

"Yes!" There was another burst of shouts, and all the guards scattered away after receiving the list!

Yang Mitu hid behind the gate, saw Yan Mo hurried forward and asked, "How is Mr. Qingmu? Are you cleared of suspicion?"

Yan Mo: "Brother Qingmu has to stay in prison for a while longer, Miss Yang, don't worry, he will be fine."

Yang Mitu: "But... the life in prison is not human."

Yan Mo smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about that, Miss Yang, brother Qingmu and I have never suffered, there is food and sleep in the prison, so don't worry! Huh?"

Qi Ming and Jin Huwei kept watching Yan Mo, and when they heard what the other said, they felt bad
"Let's eat first! Xiao Wang is starving to death!!" King Xing took the lead and took everyone to the hall to prepare for lunch.

After lunch, Yan Mo sat in the main room of Yanmingyuan, Zhushui fanned her with a feather fan, and Lan Bo brought ice products to relieve Yan Mo from the heat.

Yan Mo thought about her loss of control and the departed relatives today, and she couldn't help feeling sad. She saw Lan Bo bringing smoothie cheese, and remembered that when she was a child, in Mo's Village, her second uncle loved to eat ice. Biting ice cubes to play, occasionally stuffing a piece of sweet cake and eating with ice cubes, sometimes stuffing some fruit, sometimes stuffing cheese
Lan Bo: "Bai Xue taught me this, Wangfei, you eat less for lunch today, try this, it's my first time making this, and the craftsmanship is not good. If it doesn't suit your taste, I'll make it again."

Yan Mo's eyes were slightly red, and he took the ice cream and said, "Thank you, Lan Bo. I can feel the care of this ice cream, it must be delicious!" As she spoke, she began to taste the ice cream.
Lan Bo could not bear it, and was about to say something, when Qi Ming's voice came from outside the door.

"Yan'er, all the guards are back." Qi Ming came in with a wooden box, the prince followed closely, and of course the pissed King Xing followed behind.

After the three of them were seated, Lan Bo bowed and left to prepare more ice products.

Qi Ming opened the wooden box and said, "There are a total of twelve small jars of incense here."

Yan Mo was surprised by the efficiency of the guards: "Could it be snatched? Stolen?"

Qi Ming: "They bought it with Master An's royal ointment."

Yan Mo: "Master An's royal ointment?"

"Don't you know?" Xing Wang raised his nose and said, "Master An is the most prestigious craftsman in the capital! His incense, sculpture, technical gadgets, clothing, and furniture are all worth a thousand dollars. A hard-to-find item!! If anyone owns something made by Master An, it will be a matter of face for Bel!!"

Yan Mo bit the soup spoon, seeing King Xing's taunting appearance, she was addicted to her upper body: "Then do you have something from Master An?"

"." Someone's upturned nose seemed to be shortened!
"Brother Erhuang! Xiao Wang also wants a piece of Royal Fragrance Ointment!" Xing Wang blew through his nostrils!

"Heh!" Yan Mo snorted softly, "Those are all women's items, aren't you afraid that others will call you a sissy?"

"You!!! Who's a sissy!!! Hmph!!!" King Xing put his arms around his chest, shrugged his shoulders angrily, the air from his nostrils almost caught up with the wind from the bamboo water fan! !
Seeing that King Xing had successfully adjusted Yan Mo's mood, Qi Ming untied the jade pendant from his waist and stretched out his hand, "This jade pendant was created by Master An three years ago. Give it to Brother Jiuhuang." There is another hand!

"This is Master An's new work this year." The crown prince held a jade ring with dragon patterns in his hand.

The two brothers who were in sync couldn't help but look at each other!
Happiness comes too fast! !King Xing put away his grievances, and instantly turned into shining eyes! !
He snatched the two items and said, "Thank you, Brother Prince! Thank you, Brother Second Emperor!! Hahahaha~"

The light of King Xing's joy lit up the whole room, and Yan Mo had to cover it with his hands, only then did she see that there were only twelve small jars of incense recovered.

Yan Mo: "Twenty bottles were sold the day before yesterday. Excluding the five bottles from Fangfu and the one bottle from the crime scene yesterday, there should be fourteen bottles left. What about the remaining two bottles?"

Qi Ming: "I was about to tell you about this, but the remaining two bottles are missing."

Yan Mo: "!!!"

(End of this chapter)