Zhao Teng stood at the door of Shangjun's courtyard, neither going back nor going out, pacing left and right, just hoping that the servants would get the money as soon as possible.
Zhao Teng didn't want to stand at the door. After all, people were coming and going. Seeing himself in Shangjun Courtyard, his reputation would inevitably be affected. He was the one who had the clearest boundaries between him and Shangjun Courtyard.
But I didn’t even want to take the initiative to go back to the house and wait. After all, the way Huai Guzi had been eaten just now was ugly, which made me feel very embarrassed.
Unless Huaiguzi took the initiative to invite him, Zhao Teng smiled bitterly, knowing that this was impossible.
But there was some laughter coming from behind, and Zhao Teng turned around and saw that it was Huaiguzi.
Zhao Teng said angrily: "Huaiguzi, don't bully others too much, and don't make fun of me."
Li Shui said to Li Xin: "Brother Li, look, Brother Zhao is still angry."
Li Xin smiled and said: "Master Zhao, you are so old, why are you still acting like a child?"
Zhao Teng sneered: "Two shameless people."
Li Shui laughed and said, "Brother Zhao, why not go back to the house and rest for a while."
Zhao Teng was a thin-skinned person, so Li Shui could take the initiative to say this, which made Zhao Teng very happy.
But he still pretended to be angry and said: "There is no need to go back to the house, so as not to be deceived by Mr. Huai again."
Li Shui replied casually: "Okay, Brother Zhao, just do it yourself."
Zhao Teng was stunned immediately. I was just pretending to be polite, why did you really leave it alone?
Just as Zhao Teng was secretly scolding Li Shui, Li Shui shouted at the door of Shangjun's courtyard at the top of his lungs: "Brother Zhao, you are already here, why don't you come in and sit down."
Zhao Teng was very reluctant to get into the cracks in the ground. He didn't want anyone to know, but Huaiguzi was still shouting at the top of his lungs.
Zhao Teng strode towards the courtyard without looking back.
Li Shui smiled at Li Xin: "This trick still works."
Li Xin gave Li Shui a thumbs up.
The three of them sat down again. Zhao Teng said: "Tell me, Master Huai, if you have any other advice."
Li Shui said: "Brother Zhao, you left in a hurry just now. This little fun is still here with me."
Zhao Teng slapped his head and almost forgot about it.
Zhao Teng said: "Didn't you already recruit me just now? What else do you want to ask?"
Li Shui said: "After all, if I was just drunk, I cannot submit it as evidence to His Majesty."
"Xiao Lezi has probably woken up by now."
Li Shui shouted to the craftsman outside the door: "Bring Xiao Lezi up."
Xiao Lezi was still dizzy in the room. When the craftsman came in, a basin of water was poured directly on Xiao Lezi's face.
Xiao Lezi was so excited that he felt much more energetic, but his head still hurt a little.
He remembered that he had just drank a glass of fairy wine, and there were several adults beside him. Why were he here now.
Not allowing Xiao Lezi to think or ask any more questions, the craftsman set up Xiao Lezi and brought him to Li Shui and the others.
Li Shui asked with a smile: "Xiao Lezi, do you remember what you just said?"
Xiaolezi wiped the water from his face and shook his head.
Xiaolezi had just woken up in another room and felt that something was wrong. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
I remember drinking a glass of fairy wine just now, and then I didn’t know anything else.
Wait, ambrosia? It's still the fairy wine from Shangjun Courtyard. The point is that after drinking it, you don't know anything anymore.
The more Xiao Lezi thought about it, the more frightened he became. He no longer dared to think any further.
Li Shui knew that Xiao Lezi would not remember it. Whether he really didn't remember it or not, Li Shui was already prepared.
Li Shui took out a phonograph from under the table.
Zhao Teng's eyes widened. He didn't expect that Li Shui still had this hand, and the words that would deceive him would also be recorded.
It's a pity that this gramophone belongs to Huaiguzi. He will definitely delete the part that is not good for him. Huaiguzi is really cunning.
Xiao Lezi had vaguely heard of the gramophone, but he had never seen a real one because Qi Mansion didn't have one either.
Xiao Lezi only thought that this thing was very strange, but when he thought about it, this was Shang Jun's Villa. The most advanced things in Da Qin were all made here. In his eyes, everything seemed strange from the moment he entered Shang Jun's Villa. . 33
While Zhao Teng was thinking about it, Li Shui pressed the play button and heard Xiao Lezi's drunken question.
Xiao Lezi went from being curious to slowly becoming frightened. What he was most worried about happened. He told the truth after drinking, and Xiao Lezi did it.
After hearing this, Xiao Lezi knelt on the ground shivering. He thought that the fairy wine in Shangjun Courtyard was the same as the one bought outside, but it was completely beyond his expectation.
After all, Xiao Lezi is just a servant, and has never seen much of the world. If it were anyone else, he would definitely refuse to plead guilty and argue with reason. He would think that what he said while drunk was child's play and could not be taken seriously. He would even sue for intentional words that led to the crime. Suspicion.
Li Shui looked at Xiao Lezi and said, "What you said in the recording just now is what you said. You can plead guilty."
Xiao Lezi lay on the ground, kowtowed and said, "I plead guilty. Please let Xiao Cui go. She is innocent."
Zhao Teng snorted coldly: "Humph, I can't even protect myself, but I still want to protect others."
Li Shui said: "So, you are the murderer who poisoned Butler Wang?"
Xiao Lezi said: "Poison? Xiao Lezi has never harmed Butler Wang, let alone poisoned him."
Li Shui said again: "Is that the steward Wang who Xiaocui harmed?"
Xiao Lezi burst into tears and said, "Xiao Cui has been serving my wife in the backyard all year round. She has no hatred against Butler Wang and will not harm him."
Li Shui asked in confusion: "Why did you ask me to let Xiao Cui go?"
Xiao Lezi said: "If Master Qi knew that Xiao Cui had met in private, he would definitely drive Xiao Cui out and even ruin her reputation. Please let Xiao Cui go."
Li Shui nodded. Xiao Lezi is very simple, but Xiao Cui can give Xiao Lezi advice in the middle of the night. It seems that this Xiao Cui is not simple.
Li Shui said to Xiao Lezi: "Get up. Mr. Zhao and I will find out the murderer. If the case really has nothing to do with Xiao Cui, forget it. If there is any connection, you will also punish him."
Xiao Lezi couldn't help but kowtow and said: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
Li Xin couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you say it was quite drinkable? You also said you could drink a pot, but why did you fall down after just one cup?"
Xiao Lezi said sheepishly: "I'm also very puzzled. The fairy wine in Shangjun Courtyard has a stronger taste and stronger stamina than the one I drank in Qi Mansion."
"The fairy wine I drank in Qi Mansion at that time, apart from my face turning red, nothing happened after one glass of it."
Li Xin smiled and said, "Then what you drank is probably low-alcohol wine."
Xiao Lezi asked curiously: "Sir, what is low-alcohol wine?"
Li Xin wanted to continue talking, but although he understood in his heart, when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know how to explain them, so he said: "The fairy wine cups will be engraved with the three characters high, medium and low. Do you remember which character is engraved? ?”
Xiao Lezi thought about it for a while. He didn't know much about literacy and could only remember that there were very few strokes of the word engraved on the cup.
Li Xin handed him the wine glass that Xiao Lezi had just drank from and said, "Is that the word?"
When Xiao Lezi saw it, he said, "Yes, that's the word."
Li Shui was very confused. There shouldn't be such a big difference between wines of the same degree.
Could it be that Wang Laoshi is dishonest again?
Some people died, but not completely...
