After applying the medicine, the master and the servant sat on the haystack and chatted. Tao Yaoyao asked about Xiao Shuoshuo's clues. Qiu Gui quickly said, "Master Xiao told the slave about this. He asked the slave to tell the young lady that they are now investigating. Liu family."
"Liu family?"
A fifth-grade official dares to attack the son of a first-grade official? Tao Yaoyao felt a little weird.
"If Liu Ruhua is not Miss Liu, what if the Liu family had a grudge against the Zhou family from the beginning?"
Zhang Jing came in with a food box. Tao Yaoyao could smell the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from a distance. She had been busy all morning and had not eaten anything, so she was really hungry now.
"Master Zhang, how do you know I haven't eaten yet?" Tao Yaoyao was not polite, took out a pastry and handed one to Qiu Gui, and then gave another to Zhang Jing.
"I don't like eating cakes, so you can eat them."
"There are still people who don't like eating cakes." Tao Yaoyao smiled, put the cake into her mouth, and then looked at him.
After Zhang Jing saw what he meant, he continued with a smile, "Our people just found out that Liu Ruhua is an orphan brought back from outside by the Liu family, and has been raised in the concubine's house for so many years.
As for Zhou Yu's love at first sight, it was also intentional by the Liu family. "
So that's it.
"But why did the Liu family kill Liu Ruhua?"
Even if the officials later suspect Liu Ruhua, they can make Liu Ruhua a scapegoat. Letting her go is not a wise decision.
You see, now the Liu family has also been sent out by the government.
The Liu family had gone to great lengths to kill Zhou Yu, so they probably wouldn't want the entire Liu family to bury Zhou Yu with him.
"I also find it strange, but for the time being I haven't found any connection between the Liu family and Liu Ruhua's death."
"Then what kind of festival does the Liu family have with the Zhou family?" What kind of festival could make the Liu family deliberately plan to take revenge on the Zhou family for so many years.
Moreover, there is such a huge disparity in status between the two families. Once the incident comes to light, the Liu family will face the disaster of annihilation.
"Master Zhou and Master Liu were candidates of the same class. That autumn, Master Liu was ranked second, and Master Zhou was just an inconspicuous Jinshi. However, Master Zhou was noticed by Mrs. Zhou's father, and his career has skyrocketed since then.
Master Liu got married at that time, and because he was average-looking and rigid, so..."
Zhang Jing didn't say the next words, but Tao Yaoyao also understood.
However, it is a bit extreme to say that everything is going to die just because of this.
After all, no one stipulates that talent and reward are the same. Even in the world a thousand years later, such things will happen frequently.
"The enmity between the two families is naturally not due to this incident. It is said that Master Zhou brought his younger brother from his hometown to Kyoto City in the fifth year after getting married.
He was a man who was spoiled by his family. By chance, he was obsessed with Mr. Liu's sister. It is said that Master Liu's sister died tragically, but because of the power of the Zhou family, the matter had to be left alone.
Because Master Liu's parents could not accept this matter, they left the next year. Although Master Liu did not fall out with Master Zhou from that time on, the two of them no longer interacted with each other.
After so many years, everyone gradually forgot about this incident. Unexpectedly, the Liu family always remembered this incident. "
The revenge for killing her sister and the death of her parents, I am afraid she would not forget it easily.
It's just that she has no enmity with them, and she helped Liu Ruhua that day.
"Maybe you are just a scapegoat." After Zhang Jing learned about this, he thought for a long time and finally felt that this guess was the most reasonable.
"What about the assassin that night?" Tao Yaoyao asked again, "It can't be that the Liu family also wants to kill someone and silence them."
"If the Liu family originally wanted Liu Ruhua to be a scapegoat, then Liu Ruhua's accidental death may have disrupted their plan, so they came up with this method."
Does this mean that she is unlucky? All kinds of bad things have happened to her.
"Tomorrow is the five-day period. Then I will be in trouble with Mr. Zhang."
Early the next morning, as Xie Lan was about to have breakfast, the guard sent a message.
"The third prince is dead."
The result they least expected to see happened.
"Why are you dead?" After Tao Yaoyao learned about this, he frowned and looked angry, "Mr. Xiao, are you sure you heard correctly?"
But Senior Jiu Qingzi clearly said that His Majesty would never attack again under such circumstances, but why did the third prince still die in the end?
"The third prince was found dead in the back of the palace, and the wise concubine reported it to the official. It was the official who went into the palace to collect the body in person. There is no way it is fake."
Xiao Shuo didn't know what happened in the third prince's palace yesterday, and he always felt that something was wrong. He originally asked Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian didn't tell her.
Only then did he come to see Tao Yaoyao.
"Your reaction and Concubine Xian's reaction are both wrong, but what happened yesterday?" Xiao Shuo reminded Tao Yaoyao, "Only by telling me what happened yesterday can I judge the third prince faster and more accurately. Why was he killed?"
If someone else asked, Tao Yaoyao might not say anything, but she believed Xiao Shuo, and Xiao Shuo was right, so this matter really needed to be investigated as soon as possible.
Otherwise, everyone in Dali Temple will suffer.
So I went over and whispered what happened yesterday.
After a while, Xiao Shuo took two steps back with a complicated look on his face, suddenly regretting knowing the truth.
"Master Xiao, are you scared?" Tao Yaoyao joked after seeing his thoughts, "Even if you regret it now, it's too late."
"I don't regret it, I just didn't expect it."
Although he had long known that there was a problem with the battle half a year ago, he did not expect that this matter had anything to do with the Third Prince and His Majesty. Your Majesty keeps saying that the people of Jingguo are his children, but for his own selfishness, he has harmed so many people...
"It would be in the best interest of Your Majesty if the third prince dies at this time. Do you think it will..."
"No, I believe Senior Jiu Qingzi, and if this matter is really that simple, His Majesty is not stupid. He will not do anything that others can see through at a glance."
After thinking about it, Tao Yaoyao asked Mr. Xiao, "If the third prince dies, who will benefit the most?"
Of course it's the second prince. Could it be... "But given the current situation of the third prince, even if the second prince does not take action, there is no possibility for him to turn around. At this time, why should he do this?"
"Perhaps, he thinks that doing this is to solve His Majesty's problems?" Even if the third prince finally takes on all the matters, his criticism of His Majesty will not disappear.
If the third prince dies, no one will know about it in a short time, and His Majesty will not worry about it.
If the second prince finds another scapegoat and then wipes out the emperor, this matter will really be the fault of the third prince alone.
And the third prince is dead, and no one cares whether he is guilty of one more crime or one less crime.
"The royal family's plan is really beyond your imagination. There is nothing they can't do." Tao Yaoyao felt a chill down her back when she thought of this possibility. "Forget it, I better not worry about the lives of others. Today is the fifth day of the year." It's due, I'm afraid Mr. Zhou will come here soon..."
"Master Zhou will not come over." Zhang Jing came over in a hurry and brought her a message, "Master Liu kidnapped Master Zhou."
What?
"Why did Mr. Liu do this?" He had already found someone to plot against the Zhou family. Doesn't it mean that he didn't want to drag the Liu family into trouble because of this matter? Seeing that this matter was about to come to fruition, why did he regret it again at this time.
This is not like Mr. Liu’s style.
"Mrs. Liu is dead."
What?
"What does this matter have to do with Mrs. Liu?"
Zhang Jing didn't know, "We haven't found out the death of Mrs. Liu yet, but Mr. Liu determined that this matter was related to the Zhou family, so he kidnapped Mr. Zhou while he was on his way to court. He also said , if Mrs. Zhou does not die, he will die together with Mr. Zhou."
Mr. Liu is determined to die.
"Then why are you still here? Hurry up and save people."
Tao Yaoyao urged him, but Zhang Jing said, "I'm here to see you. I want to invite you to see Mrs. Liu."
What do you mean, isn’t Mrs. Liu dead?
"It was Wu Zuo who said that Mrs. Liu's pulse was very strange. When he took the pulse for the first time, there was indeed no pulse. But after taking the pulse, he found that Mrs. Liu's pulse had some breath and was very weak. If he hadn't felt something was wrong and leaned over to listen carefully, It’s not noticeable at all.”
Could it be...
"I remember that you mentioned the symptoms of the fake death drug at Mrs. Wang's birthday party before. I suspect that Mrs. Liu took the fake death drug."
If this is really the case, it seems that the Liu family has other secrets.
"Let's go."
The three of them split up. Zhang Jing took people to find Mr. Zhou and the others, while Xiao Shuo took Tao Yaoyao to the Liu family.
When the two came over, the Liu family had already prepared the mourning hall, and they only had to wait for Master Liu to come back and carry Mrs. Liu inside to pay their respects.
When the servants of the Liu family saw Xiao Shuo, they quickly stepped forward to salute.
"Master Xiao, my master has gone out and I don't know when he will come back..."
Xiao Shuo ignored them and took Tao Yaoyao directly to Mrs. Liu's house. Tao Yaoyao sat by the bed and stretched out her hand to feel her pulse. Upon seeing this, the servants of the Liu family immediately stopped and said, "What are you trying to do? What did you do just now?" Already checked..."
"Who said that the doctor can't do the examination after he has been examined?" Xiao Shuo looked over and said, "Or, there is another hidden reason behind the death of your Mrs. Liu."
When the servant heard this, he quickly waved his hand, "Young man, you don't know anything."
"Since you don't know anything, then shut up. Remember, everything I am doing now is for your family." After Xiao Shuo finished speaking, he winked at Tao Yaoyao.
After Tao Yaoyao received it, she immediately began to check Mrs. Liu's pulse.
After a while, Tao Yaoyao showed a meaningful smile, "It's just as you guessed."
But she had no intention of saving Mrs. Liu, but followed Xiao Shuo and left the Liu family first.
"What are you going to do next?"
Xiao Shuo looked in the direction of the door of the Liu family, with a flash of dissatisfaction in his eyes, "The Liu family has made me fool around, and I can't let them do it in vain. Moreover, they have set up the stage, so you don't want to know what they want to do." What kind of show are you singing?”
Tao Yaoyao naturally wanted to see it, otherwise she would have done it just now.
