Cui Chun finally knew why Liu Sheng and his family went to Dali Temple to report the crime.
If he still can't see that Qin Zeng knew that Guo Qian had a problem a long time ago and was fully prepared to expose it today, then he is not worthy of being the minister of Dali Temple.
The reason why Qin Zeng asked Liu Sheng to go to Dali Temple to report to the official was because the other party knew that he had seen the bodies of the thieves who died in the accident, so he dragged him to come and testify. As for why he was so roundabout, he did not say clearly, of course. In order to prevent him from directly offending Guo Shangshu.
Cui Chun secretly said that Qin Zeng acted carefully.
Chen Yan saw Cui Chun's expression was different and asked, "Master Cui, what's the matter?"
Cui Chun said in a surprised voice: "This person... I have seen..."
"Oh? Where?"
"A while ago, there was a riot in the east of the city. The Yamen spent a lot of effort to kill the gang. The people in this portrait were among the corpses of the thieves..."
He glanced at Qin Zeng with some embarrassment and said: "At that time... I thought that although this woman was not young, she could still see some charm. She must have been very good-looking when she was young, so I paid more attention to it. After a few glances..."
Chen Yan also understood why Qin Zeng asked him to bring Cui Chun with him.
He couldn't help but roll his eyes. It was a dead person. It was strange that Cui Chun could think of so many things about a dead person. Moreover, if he dared to say this, where would his tigress be?
"Where is the body now?"
"She mingled with the thieves and was released in Yizhuang for a few days. However, these people were all nameless and could not be identified. They were later dealt with together."
Hearing that Fenniang had been dealt with, Guo Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Fenniang must have been kidnapped by the thieves and killed by them. Could it be that Lord Qin thought that I killed Fenniang? The incident with Xiangzhu was just a coincidence. .”
Qin Zeng looked at him coldly and ignored his excuse, but asked Tian, "Do you still have any remaining spices that Fen Niang asked you to add to the incense candles?"
Tian said: "When I was making incense candles, my son accidentally spilled some. Once they were dirty, I couldn't make incense candles for noble people anymore, so I wrapped them in paper separately and planned to return them to Fenniang for other uses. ..."Kanshu La
Tian took out the small paper bag from his arms.
The yellow kraft paper was opened, and the amount of spices inside was not much, but it barely filled Tian's palm.
At this time, the person who went to put the candle in Mrs. Guo's room had also returned.
Chen Yan melted a piece of candle on the brazier. A few wandering black lines inside were very abrupt among the light pink transparent wax oil. Cui Chun saw this, took the remaining spice powder from Tian's hand and poured it out. Halfway in, sure enough, there were some more black hairsprings like before in the wax oil.
Mother Guo and Wei Laner, mother and daughter, who stood aside and watched, looked at each other in astonishment.
Isn't this the method Lin used to poison Mrs. Wei back then?
But at that time, Lin used cinnabar, which was red!
So what is this black thing?
Chen Yan distinguished it carefully and said, "This is poison."
"bane?!"
Someone exclaimed, obviously knowing the power of poison!
Chen Yan explained: "If this poison is taken directly into the mouth, it will kill people immediately. If it is dispersed and sealed in the candle, the effect will be slowed down. When the candle burns, the poison will be emitted. Although the dosage is not large, it will not last for a while." It makes people die, but if it goes on for a long time, you can imagine what the consequences will be."
Mrs. Guo Er stumbled and almost fell down, but luckily she was supported by the girl.
She looked at the incense candles in shock, as if she had not thought that she was living in poison every day.
Guo Qian said anxiously: "Mother, this has nothing to do with me! Even if Fen Niang did the candle, it doesn't prove that I instigated it!"
Mrs. Guo Er slowly turned her head and looked at the adopted son she had raised for more than ten years. Her eyes were straight, as if she couldn't understand what was going on.
Just when everyone, like Mrs. Guo Er, was immersed in shock, Chen Yan suddenly hissed, "This candle hides
Why is the method of poison so familiar? I seem to have heard of it somewhere? "
When the Guo family heard this, their hearts jumped.
They've heard of it too!
"Oh!" Chen Yan suddenly slapped his head, "I remember! Back then, the second lady of the Wei family, Mrs. Lin, used candles to hide poison to murder the old lady of the Wei family!"
This matter was kept secret and the Wei Mansion did not spread it to the outside world, but Chen Yan, as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, had his own channels for information.
But how did Guo Qian know? Who taught Guo Qian this method?
Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to the only person named Wei in the room.
Wei Laner's eyes widened in astonishment, and he immediately retorted: "I didn't!"
She looked back at her mother, "Mom, it's not me, it's really not me!"
However, Guo's face was even uglier than hers.
Wei Laner was startled and said in shock: "Mother, did you tell your cousin?"
"I...no, I..." Guo was incoherent and stammered in the face of the questioning eyes in the room: "Guo Qian asked me..."
Qin Zeng stood with his hands behind his hands, his eyes cold: "Why did Guo Qian ask this, and how did Mrs. Wei answer?"
Mrs. Guo was eager to prove her innocence and quickly said: "Ms. Lin died suddenly. I was surprised by some of the things she did. After returning to Guo's house, I told her mother-in-law's family about it."
Publicizing the scandals of her husband's family, such behavior is no different from that of a country woman who loves to gossip, and has no trace of the demeanor of a lady from an aristocratic family. When she said this, Guo's own face turned red.
Chen Yan asked: "Second Master Guo asked in detail the cause and effect of this matter?"
Mrs. Guo glanced at Guo Qian, who was staring at her with his eyes open.
Guo was shocked. The other party obviously didn't want her to tell the truth, but if she didn't tell the truth, she would have to trap herself.
She moved her eyes away from Guo Qian and said, "Yes, after everyone in the Guo family heard about Lin, they all sighed that she had such courage and such powerful methods, but they never asked me about Lin's details. How did he harm others? Only Guo Qian went out to see me off when I returned home and asked Mr. Lin what method he had used to harm my mother-in-law without anyone noticing. I only thought he was a man and paid attention. He was different from women, so he told her how to hide poison in candles..."
After that, she quickly explained, "I really just thought he was asking casually and didn't think much about it..."
"You really didn't think much about it?"
The person who asked the question was Mrs. Guo Er, Guo Qian's adoptive mother.
She was a victim, so she was naturally more sensitive and angry than others. She glared at Guo, "Guo Qian asked you how to hide poison in candles. Aren't you curious about who he wanted to poison?"
