Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 169 The reason
Lu Hou responded loudly, turned around and took the big knife, and weighed it twice in his hand, with a very satisfied look on his face.

Immediately, Lu Xiao's face became a little uneasy...

Master Qiu had heard about Lu Xiao's stubbornness earlier, and he had been beaten by Lu Hou a lot since he was a child, but he didn't know that Lu Hou could actually attack his own son, so he was so frightened that he asked the guards to help stop Lu Hou.

The guards of the Jingzhao Mansion glanced at Lu Hou, who had a huge back and a monkey waist. With a big knife half a man's height, and one hand, he could fight fiercely with one hand. He couldn't help shivering, and looked at Qiu with a embarrassed expression That, my lord, is obvious:

My lord, you... aren't you joking with the lives of our brothers?
If our brothers can stop Lu Hou, do we still need to work in Jingzhao Mansion?

Mr. Qiu was choked for a moment, and Fang Yao rolled up his sleeves and went up to preach to Lu Hou in person. The guards suddenly came outside the door. Seeing Lu Hou and his son gesturing in the yard, they were stunned for a moment, bowed and said:
"My lord! The first post-mortem has just been carried out by Wu Zuo, and it is said that the young man in the Qingfeng Hall died of the poison of the Heart-eating Grass!"

When everyone heard this, their faces changed!

Heart-eating grass?
This was a banned drug in the previous dynasty, how could he be poisoned by the Heart-eating Grass as a young man?

Lu Hou and Lu Xiao fought vigorously, and they were sighing in their hearts when this kid's internal strength was so good... Hearing what the guard said, he immediately stopped his momentum.

Seeing that his father stopped suddenly, Lu Xiao relaxed.

"What did you say?"

Lu Hou put away the knife, stepped forward a few steps, and asked cautiously:
"What kind of poison did you say the young man was poisoned with?"

Seeing Lu Hou walking towards him suddenly, the guard who was being questioned subconsciously took a step back. After reacting, he couldn't help but his face turned hot, and he clasped his fists to cover up:

"Back to Lord Hou, Wu Zuo said...it's the poison of the Heart-eating Grass..."

Lu Hou was stunned, his face immediately turned ugly, he quickly turned around and looked at Lu Xiao carefully, with a rare look of worry on his face:

"Lu Xiao... have you touched that man's body before?"

Lu Xiao's eyes loosened a little, he shook his head towards Lu Hou, and said calmly:

"When he was angry, he once reached out to me, causing me to miss it for a while, and broke a bone...and he didn't touch me at all."

Hiss, all the guards took a deep breath in unison, thinking that the father and son of the Lu family are really not something ordinary people can mess with!
Lu Hou heard this, but he was obviously relieved:

"Okay... You must remember in the future, this Heart-eating Grass is extremely poisonous, seal your throat with blood! Don't be careless!"

Lu Xiao nodded, and turned to look at Li Taiwei with a calm expression.

Her eyes were cloudy, as if she was deep in thought, but she hadn't recovered yet.

Lu Xiao winked at Gu Yu, telling him to protect Li Taiwei secretly.

Gu Yu gave a slight nod to accept the order, and just took two steps closer to Li Taiwei's side, when he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from outside the yamen.

The guard dismounted quickly and came in, saluted and said:
"My lord! The source of the poison has not been found in the Qingfeng Pavilion! Please show me, my lord!"

What?This is strange!Everyone looked at Lord Qiu in puzzlement.

Lord Qiu was also confused, and asked with a frown:
"Has someone checked it inside and out?"

The guard clasped his fists and said:
"Return to your lord, our dozen or so guards checked inside and out three times, and just now we went to the imperial hospital and invited the imperial physician to inspect the utensils used by the deceased one by one, but still failed to find out the source of the poison..."

Master Qiu looked at the guard on the other side:
"Send someone to ask the interrogation office. People who are traveling with you can see that the deceased has left the Qingfeng Hall today, or he has met someone before. They all ask people to come to the Yamen for questioning."

Master Qiu was a little anxious, if the source of the poison could not be found out, this young man would have died in front of Lu Xiao, and he might have to stay in the yamen for the night.
Unexpectedly, the guards responded, and someone came in from outside, and saluted everyone:

"My lord! Just now Lu Shizi's guards found clues from the moss at the mouth of the Qingfeng Pavilion. He went down to the well to check it himself, and found a broken teacup. There was also moss stained with poisonous juice on the rock wall in the well. Take it down as physical evidence.”

Master Qiu was stunned:

"Lu Shizi's guard?"

How could a guard find out such an important clue?

The guard said:
"The guard of the Lu family said that the poison of the heart-eating grass will condense into red when it meets the moss juice, and once it is stained, it will not fade for three days."

"Just now I asked the imperial physician, this statement is true, my subordinates have tried to soak all the suspicious people in the Qingfeng Pavilion with the moss juice one by one, and have not found any suspicious people yet."

Lord Qiu looked at Lu Xiao, puzzled and said:
"Lu Shizi's people recognize this poison?"

"I heard from Lu Shizi earlier that the heart-eating grass in your mansion was burned many years ago. I don't know how Shizi knew that the young man was poisoned by this poison today?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Xiao for a moment.

Lu Hou's face changed slightly, and he couldn't hide his surprise when he looked at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao's face immediately darkened when he heard this, and he raised his eyes to look at Lu Hou, clenched his fists, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

In the gap of silence, Li Taiwei said suddenly:
"It's what I told Shizi Lu to listen to."

Lu Xiao stared blankly at Li Taiwei who was walking from the crowd, feeling a warm current in his heart.

"Lord Qiu, when my daughter and Lu Shizi were ordered by the empress to investigate Xu Liangyuan's death, I heard Rong Zhi, the chief physician of the Imperial Hospital, mention the poison, so my daughter and Lu Shizi mentioned this..."

Li Taiwei was afraid that Lu Xiao would reveal his secrets, so he quickly found an excuse to cover him up.

Princess Chonghua came forward to testify, but everyone didn't think much about it.

After a while, Li Xiang also arrived, he stopped everyone from saluting, met Lu Hou face to face, and walked quickly to Li Taiwei's side.

Master Qiu saw that the parents of both parties had arrived, so he hurriedly invited Lu Hou and his son and Li Sheng's father and daughter to the inner hall to talk.

Lu Xiao told everyone what happened before and after, Master Qiu frowned:
"According to the prince, this young man was poisoned at the right time today. If the prince hadn't stopped him by accident, at this time... the poison should have been sent in front of the Prime Minister's mansion?"

Li Sheng's expression darkened upon hearing this.

Today, if this little boy is really called to come to the door, and then die in front of his own house... then A Luan's reputation...

"Senior Lu... I have something to ask my son, why did you buy the Qingfeng Pavilion and give it to Princess Chonghua?"

Master Qiu finally couldn't help asking.

As soon as this was mentioned, Lu Hou and Li Xiangqi glared at Lu Xiao, and Li Taiwei's eyes were even more murderous!

Lu Hou wished he could slap this traitor to death!Where can I get this for a little girl?
Seeing that he couldn't hide this matter, Lu Xiao had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:
"Previously, the princess took a fancy to a house with a hot spring in my hand, so I simply gave it to the princess... But that house is just connected to the Qingfeng Hall, and there are usually people who do things out of the ordinary... without clothes..."

"I was afraid that the princess would be shocked, so I planned to buy this house, and after dismissing everyone, I will give it to the princess..."

After Lu Xiao finished speaking, Lu Hou's expression softened.

He knew that this house was the dowry of Lu Xiao's mother back then. Although it is small in size, it has a hot spring pool that is hard to find in Shengjing...

Li Xiang turned his head and glanced at Li Taiwei, seeing her nodding guiltily, he felt mixed feelings for a moment.

Master Qiu didn't know what to say, his eyes wandered back and forth between Li Taiwei and Lu Xiao, as if he had noticed something, showing a subtle expression.

Suddenly a guard came to report:
"My lord! Everyone involved in the case has arrived, and my lord can proceed with the case..."

(End of this chapter)