After giving way to my husband's sweetheart

Chapter 78

Since Guo Xiaotian's accident, this banquet hall in Sima Mansion has been sealed off.At this moment, the Fanzi in Neitingzhao Prison and the Ministry of Punishment were all in the hall, carefully inspecting the scene.

Guo Xiaotian is the uncle of the country, with a high position and special status. The Saint's Order and Punishment Department and the inner court jointly cracked this case, which shows how much he attaches importance to it.

In fact, the person in charge of the investigation at the scene had already investigated several times, and the several officials and maidservants involved in the banquet that day had also been interrogated in detail, but they had no clue.

Hedinghong is a highly poisonous poison, not a chronic poison. It can be concluded that Guo Xiaotian is the poison in this banquet hall.

But how exactly did he ingest the poison?
"It's really strange. After these few days, there is no clue about this case." The court captain in the inner court complained while investigating the scene.

"The old man has been investigating the case for so many years, and he has never encountered such a difficult case." The servant of the criminal department stroked his gray beard and frowned.

"There are still three days left. If you can't solve this case, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain to the saint."

Several people sighed, and as they talked, they couldn't help looking at Sima Chao who had been sitting in the hall.

Although the sage ordered the inner court and the Ministry of Criminal Justice to solve the case within seven days, and if they failed to solve the case, everyone would not be punished, but Sima Chao was the one most implicated in this matter.

Guo Xiaotian was invited by Sima Chao, and it happened at his home.

No matter what, he couldn't escape the guilt.

Sima Chao sat quietly on the upper armchair, frowning slightly, his eyes slowly scanning the huge banquet hall.

There were four guests in the hall that day, and the seats were separated by a certain distance. The rich and powerful feasted, and they all drank on the seat, and they would not hang shoulders like people in the market, so these four guests were There was no chance to bring the poison down to Guo Xiaotian.

The singers and dancers in the palace only danced and sang in His Highness, and they had no chance to get close to Guo Xiaotian at all.

There were only four people around Guo Xiaotian, one was Ji Nu who served him closely, the other was his close body Cong He, and the other two were maidservants standing behind him holding fans.

Behind Guo Xiaotian is an ice mirror, and the maid who is in charge of fanning has been standing behind the ice mirror, separated by the ice mirror, they have no chance to get close to Guo Xiaotian, these two can be excluded.

The only female Ji serving by his side was also being watched by Guo Xiaotian's attendants, and there was no possibility of attacking her. Besides, this female Ji had already been interrogated by him himself, so he could conclude that she was innocent.

The food and drink in the banquet can only be seated after going through multiple inspections. Moreover, when they are placed in front of and behind Guo Xiaotian, his personal attendants will test for poison again. For a poison like Crane Crown Red, the silver needle will change color when it is touched, so it is very easy to test from.

So how did he get poisoned?

"From this point of view, only the attendant next to Da Situ is the most suspect." Everyone was thinking about the case, Ting Wei said with his brows locked.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stroked his gray beard, smacked his mouth and said, "Didn't the servant have been interrogated?"

Ting Wei said: "But he is the only one who is the most suspected, or it is the female Ji who accompanied the banquet."

"According to someone's opinion, we have to start with the two of them."

As he spoke, he looked at Sima Chao who had been silent all the time: "Major General, what do you mean?"

From this point of view, it is indeed the attendant next to Guo Xiaotian and the Ji girl who are the most suspicious, but Sima Chao is absolutely sure that it was not the two who did it.

But what is the truth?But he couldn't figure it out.

"Then let's try those two again." Sima Chao reluctantly opened his mouth.

Although there was no real progress in the case, but today he finally saw some clues. Wei Ting breathed a sigh of relief, fanned the jade bone fan in his hand, and complained: "This summer is too hot."

The sun scorched everything, and the heat waves mixed with slight water vapor wrapped people's bodies, making them sticky and indescribably uncomfortable. The cicadas on the trees kept chirping, making people upset.

"It's really hot. I haven't encountered such a hot summer in many years." The minister of the Ministry of punishment tried the hot sweat that kept coming out of his forehead, and echoed.

"Let's all rest for a while." Sima Chao asked the adults in the hall to take their seats, and then ordered to the steward at the door: "And serve some iced bowls of herbal tea."

After a while, the maids came in with herbal tea ice bowls and various fresh fruits and placed them in front of them, such as cold sour plum soup, iced fruits with white mist, and melons and fruits just brought up from the well.
In such a hot summer, these things are undoubtedly the most coveted.

It was the unbearable heat, and the few people didn't care about being gentle, so they picked up the cool thing and ate it in their mouths.

Ting Wei poured a bowl of sour plum soup and let out a long sigh of relief: "It's really refreshing!"

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment ate two pieces of icemelon in one go, and finally he didn't have to wipe his sweat again and again.

Sima Chao, who was sitting at the top, ate two mouthfuls of the ice bowl absently, but suddenly frowned.

The sun that has been raging for a whole day has finally set. Although the evening is not as difficult as the day, everything that has been scorched hot is releasing heat, and the air is filled with a sultry atmosphere that makes people breathless. Come.

Love came out of the shower and finally felt cooler. Lan Tian went in with an ice bowl, muttering, "It's so hot today, ma'am, you can eat some ice bowls to relieve the heat, don't suffer from heatstroke." .”

Luo Fu took the ice bowl and was about to put it in her mouth. When Luo Fu raised her eyes and saw Sima Chao striding in, she quickly handed the ice bowl in her hand to Lan Tian, ​​and said in a low voice, "Take it down first." , she looked at Sima Chao and asked, "How can you be free today?"

Sima Chao was busy solving Guo Xiaotian's case and hadn't been here for several days.

Sima Chao gave Luo Fu a heavy look, and replied, "I haven't seen you for a few days, I'll come and have a look."

As he spoke, he sat down next to Love opposite her.

Love asked, "Is there any clue about Da Situ's case?"

"With some clues, people in the Ministry of Justice and the inner court suspect that it is Ji Nu and his attendants who are serving the banquet, and they are still interrogating these two." He twitched the corners of his mouth: "I don't think it's the two what people do."

Love's eyes moved slightly, and she stopped asking about the case, and only asked Sima Chao: "If this case can't be solved, will the saint blame you?"

"After all, what happened to Da Situ happened at our house."

Mentioning this, Sima Chao sighed slightly, and murmured: "No matter what, I am to blame for this matter. It might be better if I can find out the real culprit. If I can't find out, the sage will be furious." It is not impossible for me to pay my uncle Guo's life."

As he said that, he looked at Love and said with a wry smile, "If I really die, what will happen to you?"

(End of this chapter)