Chapter 1326 (1/2)
”Dang -- Dang -- Dang --”
the gongs of the third watch are ringing. In the silent night, the gongs are very penetrating, which makes the heartbeat of those servants kneeling in the hall shake with the sound of gongs.
The mother in charge of purchasing in the inner courtyard and several women in charge of the Little Buddha Hall were all brought.
”Prince!” Mother Tian, who was in charge of purchasing, carefully looked at the section of incense on the ground and cried, ”I don't know anything about it. The candles, incense and paper money used in the Little Buddha Hall have been bought from the time-honored Lijia shop in the city for decades. Shizi, please go and ask the upper and lower levels of the mansion. No one knows it! ” Give her a lot of courage, she also dare not in the incense candle! At most, she is just looking for Li's shop to get some oil and water.
For three weekdays, the woman who was in charge of guarding and cleaning the Little Buddha Hall even kowtowed and said, ”Shizi, I don't know anything about it!” I learned from a cup of tea that there was something wrong with the incense in the Buddha Hall. Until now, the women still felt that they were dreaming. How could this be possible?!
One of the women in brown boldly said: ”son of a generation, there are memorial tablets for the old prince, the old princess, the second master, and the first princess. The maids are conscientious every day and dare not leave for a moment.”
The other two women also nodded their heads in sorrow. If there was a memorial tablet for the masters, it would not be enough for the king and the son of a generation to give them a hundred heads.
Although the work of the Little Buddha Hall was easy, they did not dare to be careless for a moment.
Xiao Yi sneered coldly, ”that is to say, you don't know this fragrance has a problem?”
Mother Tian and the women were scared out of their wits for a long time. They argued loudly for themselves: ”son of a generation, I really don't know.”
Xiao Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense. His cold eyes fell on them and ordered, ”in this case, what's the use of keeping you. Drag it down and die! ”
Stick to death?! Mother Tian and her wife almost collapsed. They kowtowed and begged for mercy: ”please forgive me! Please spare your life Their hearts were chilly and covered with despair. No one in the palace knew that shiziye had always said the same thing!
At Xiao Yi's command, a few thick women with big arms and round waist immediately stepped forward with a smile and said, ”offended”
”Wait a minute!”
At this time, an old and peaceful male voice suddenly uttered a voice, and everyone unconsciously followed the sound.
Lin Jingchen said in a deep voice, ”Yi, I want to ask them some questions.”
Mother Tian's eyes brightened. The only one in the palace who could persuade the prince was his concubine. However, she couldn't afford to be seriously ill. At this time, only Lord Lin could save them.
”Spare your life, old man!” They were begging Lin Jingchen for mercy again, thinking of the doctor's parents' heart. If old master Lin would help to persuade the son of the world, they would be saved!
Seeing this, Xiao Yi frowned and glanced at them impatiently.
Since this incense ring is poisonous, it is either a problem with the purchase, or it has been replaced secretly in the Little Buddha Hall. There are always two reasons for this. These craftsmen will not know nothing about this, but they are afraid of being punished and implicated and deliberately hide it.
He didn't want to waste time with a few servants.
If you want to say it, you don't want to say that the staff is dead.
However, old master Lin was willing to give them another chance. Xiao Yi did not stop him. He bowed respectfully and said, ”grandfather, please do as you please.”
Lin Jingchen turned to look at the women and asked, ”who have been to the Little Buddha Hall in the last 20 days?”
The women looked at each other, and the word ”staff death” seemed to linger in their ears. They all knew that if Shizi could not find out why, their lives would not be guaranteed.
Thinking of this, the most daring lady in brown immediately replied: ”back to the old master, in addition to the princess, she will go to the Buddhist temple every few days. On the first and fifteenth day of the new year, the imperial concubine, the third master, the second lady and the third lady, as well as several girls and childe also often go to the Buddhist temple to offer incense. By the way, on the fifth day of this month, the prince received a good report from the prince I've been to... ”
As the woman in Brown said, she thought to herself, ”is it possible that old master Lin suspects that someone has quietly changed the incense while going to the Buddhist temple?
If you think about it, it's possible.
On weekdays, after the masters have finished the incense, they just take a cursory glance to see if anything has fallen or knocked over the incense candle As soon as I saw that there was nothing unusual in the Buddha Hall, they closed the door of the Buddha Hall.
Is it really the work of a master in the palace?
Several old women looked at each other and did not dare to think about it any more.
They are all shivering kneeling there, now, still considering so many why, can save their own life is the key.
As he stroked his beard, Lin Jingchen thought: yue'er should have been poisoned for more than half a month, but Zhennan Wang only went to the small Buddha Hall once at the fifth day of the third day. The time was not right, so he was definitely not Zhennan king.
As for othersLin Jingchen thought for a moment and then asked, ”do you have a registered name and date?”
The women looked at each other again. They didn't take things from the storehouse, so how could they register and record them!
They tried their best to recall for a while, and a woman in green carefully said, ”if you go back to the old master, although I have never recorded them, I still remember which days I have lived in the past half of the month. I only know a few words. It's better for me to dictate it. Which girl can write it down? ”
Xiao Yi made a gesture to Baihui, and Baihui took the lady in green to the west room next door. The rest of the people were relieved and wiped the sweat on their forehead with their cuffs.
If you can escape this disaster, you should really go to the temple and pay good respects!
The next thing had nothing to do with mother Tian, so she was taken out for the time being, while the other two women knelt down and stood by.
After waiting for half a cup of tea, they see Baihui and the lady in green come out of the west room one after another. Baihui respectfully presents the list to Lin Jingchen, and Xiao Yi also comes to look at the list with Lin Jingchen.
After a quick glance at the list, Lin Jingchen asked, ”on which day did you change the fragrance?”
”The first day of the month!” Green dress old woman son quickly answers a way, ”at that time or maidservant and Hu old woman son change together.”
Another woman in blue nodded in reply.
Lin Jingchen took up his pen, and used the strokes to delete several names, such as Xiao Che, Qiu's, Xin's, and so on. Those who went to the Buddhist temple before the first day of this month and after the fifth day of this month were first excluded. The rest were the names of the second young master Xiao Luan and several girls' families.
Xiao Yi and Lin Jingchen scan the list, and their eyes fall on Xiao Ni's name. Others have only visited the Buddhist temple once in the past half a month, but Xiao Ni has gone twice
Xiao Yi squints a little, and stinky girl has almost nothing to say about him. Even when he is not in Luoyue City, Nangong Yue will tell him about the trivial matters in his letter. In the impression, Xiao Ni has not been hostile to stinky girl. She even mentioned that it is not easy for Xiao Ni to be a girl's home, and she intends to take it with him to teach her well Can it be her?
Lin Jingchen stroked her beard and asked, ”I think Miss Xiao San often goes to the Buddhist temple. Does she usually do the same?”
Several old ladies were stunned and thought: do you think that old master Lin suspects it is the third girl?
”Return to the old master,” the lady in green replied respectfully, ”the three girls are filial. On weekdays, she often goes to the Buddhist hall to offer incense to the old lord and the second master, at least two or three times a month.”
”Yes.” The woman in brown nodded, echoing, ”the three girls are filial and kind to the maids. Last time, Miss sang Rou gave some snacks to the maids.” Among the girls in the palace, Xiao Fei is high and does not care for people. Xiao Rongying is pretty and pretty. Xiao Ni has a good disposition and is very kind to the people below.
Xiao Yi frowned and asked, ”did the three girls share your snacks? What kind of snack does she use
The lady in green did not have time to think about it. She said intuitively, ”the food box.”
What did the other two women think of? They looked ugly. Do you mean
Xiao Yi's voice was cold again. A flash of sharp light flashed in his eyes: ”does she bring a food box every time she goes to the Buddhist temple? What about the others? Do other people carry baskets or food boxes If the poisoner took the opportunity of going to the Buddhist temple to offer incense, he would not have gone to the Buddhist temple empty handed.
The three women looked at each other again, whispered to each other, followed the woman in brown and said, ”back to Shizi, every time the three girls go to the Buddhist temple, they will bring some offerings. In addition to the three girls, that is, the princess, the eldest girl, and the second lady sometimes bring a basket, a food box and so on
When it comes to jingshizi, is that jingshizi?
The women swallowing and salivating, the heart immediately lifted up, drooping eyes kneeling there.
Xiao Ni! Xiao Yi's face is as heavy as water. His smelly girl is good-natured. He treats the whole palace as family members. Unexpectedly, he raised a white eyed Wolf for nothing!
”Somebody...”