Li Huang tried his best to finish what he said, and most of the remaining energy in his heart was immediately exhausted. He just looked up and stared, not knowing what he was looking at.
Qi Jingzhi suddenly asked: "When you entered the Yuan Mansion, have you heard the name Wan'er? Have you seen a jade pillow?"
Hearing this, Li Huang's dull eyes moved left and right, and he thought for a while before slowly replying: "Wan'er? I've never heard of this name. Yuzhen... Yuzhen..."
Li Huang muttered it twice in a low voice, and suddenly his eyes popped out, as if he remembered something terrible.
Without waiting for anyone to react, he turned his head sharply, looked at the housekeeper standing beside the bed, and almost roared: "Counting from your uncle, your family has been working as stewards in my branch for three generations. I haven’t hid anything at home from you, from now on Madam...you have to help me more!"
The housekeeper was obviously stunned by Tuogu's words. It wasn't until Li Huang stared at him for a long time that he knelt down with a plop and swore a poisonous oath pointing to the sky and the earth.
Li Huang then turned his head back and began to stare blankly at the sky again, seeming to have forgotten about the jade pillow.
The housekeeper stood up, looked at the servants who were still staying in the room and refused to move, gritted his teeth, lowered his head and whispered something into Li Huang's ear.
Li Huang came to his senses again and nodded imperceptibly. He wanted to give a few more instructions, but he just opened his mouth in vain and kept making "ho ho" sounds in his throat.
In just a moment, Mr. Li was speechless, and his face quickly turned gray, without any trace of moisture left.
The next moment, in full view of everyone, the quilt wrapped around Li Huang suddenly collapsed.
Qi Jingzhi's eyes flashed, he rushed to the bed in two steps, and lifted the quilt off the bed.
There was nothing under the quilt, except for a large puddle of fishy and yellowish juice!
Li Huang's whole body was filled with only a dead head!
This scene was so weird and horrifying that the housekeeper who was closest to the bed was caught off guard. He rolled his eyes on the spot and fell to the ground limply like noodles.
At the same time, the smell in the room suddenly became several times stronger, making people unable to stand at all.
Lao Wei and Jiao Yulang were closest to the door. When they saw Li Huang's death clearly, they were afraid that the juice in the pool was poisonous, so they rushed out of the door without waiting for a moment.
Qi Jingzhi was not far behind. He covered the juice from Li Huang's body with a quilt, then picked up the butler's back collar and dragged him out neatly.
Everyone in the Li family was a little confused. Seeing such a shocking incident, the whole Li family seemed to be boiling, and the whole house was boiling.
With no time to pay attention to the chaos in Li's house, Qi Jingzhi and the other three walked straight out of Li's house, and did not slow down until they could no longer smell the fishy smell.
It was still early, the morning light had not yet appeared, and the cold was strong. The three of them had been running around all night without touching their feet. Now, as soon as they stood on the street with few pedestrians, their stomachs began to growl one after another.
Fortunately, they were all thick-skinned, so none of the three felt embarrassed. Instead, they all looked at the steaming breakfast stall on the corner of the street.
Not long after the pot was put on, business came in, and the stall owner's face was also happy. Although the three customers looked a little strange, and their appetites were huge, they actually ordered enough for eight or nine people, but they were given to them first. Money, naturally, I don’t have the leisure to think about it.
Choosing a corner farthest from the pot, Qi Jingzhi heated three pairs of chopsticks and dipping dishes with hot water and placed them in front of everyone. Then he sat down and watched the stall owner busy.
Jin Dao Wei thanked him, and suddenly raised his sleeves and sniffed hard, with a look of surprise on his face: "The smell in Li's house just now was so strong that I didn't smell it for a while. Now that I think about it, it was clearly... It smells like snake!"
In order to prove that what he said was true, he pointed to the white golden mouse in Jiao Yulang's arms and said, "Look, this little mouse is much more energetic than when he was in Li's house before."
Jiao Yulang immediately glanced at the stall owner not far away, then looked at the old man dissatisfied, and whispered: "Xiao Bai is the essence of gold and jade, but he looks like a mouse, so he is not afraid of the smell of snakes!"
Jin Dao Wei did not agree, and immediately shook his head and said: "The creation of heaven and earth has its own reasons, no matter what it is, since you have such a sinister look, you must have the temperament of a rat, right?"
While talking, the old man approached the white golden rat and asked curiously: "Little guy, you also smelled the snake smell just now, can you find the owner? If you find it, except for a jade pillow, you can't move the other treasures. They’re all stupid.”
Jiao Yulang was a little annoyed: "Old Wei, it's true that Xiaobai can hunt for treasures, but it's not his nose that relies on it, not to mention that it was born in the shape of a mouse, not a dog!"
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the white golden rat suddenly became excited, and actually left the little boy's arms, jumped straight onto his shoulder, stretched out a red front paw, and pointed in a certain direction.
The three of them turned around and saw that the little white mouse was pointing to the west!
"There is a way!"
Jin Dao Wei slapped his thigh and looked at the little kid sulking proudly.
Qi Jingzhi pondered for a moment and then said: "It's a coincidence that we have two lines and one line at a time. It looks like we have to leave the city today. You guys go to the west gate and wait while I go. I'll go to the Demon-Suppressing Lieutenant's office to wrap up the Li family's affair, and let's see if we can get some information out."
Hearing this, Jin Dao Wei naturally didn't say anything. Jiao Yulang also nodded, not forgetting to pull the white golden rat off his shoulder and stuff it back into his arms.
After a while, the stall owner brought over three steaming bowls of tripe and vermicelli soup, accompanied by six golden and fragrant sesame seed cakes.
"My dear guests, the weather is getting colder now. This tripe soup is the most heart-warming. The sesame cakes are also freshly baked, so they are crispy at the right time! I know you have ordered a lot, so please eat first and replenish as you go. , so as not to let it cool down and taste unpalatable."
Jindao Wei was a powerful man in the East China Sea. Because the seaside was very humid and cold, he liked to drink beef and sheep soup the most.
He stirred the soup bowl with chopsticks and saw that the soup was creamy white and rich, with plenty of tripe ingredients and more than a dozen chopped green onions floating on top. He felt like he was feeling sick even before he drank it.
As the saying goes, Jindao Wei immediately thought that the stall owner was quite good, and couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Do you have snake soup here?"
The stall owner was stunned and quickly shook his head: "The customer is joking, I sell serious beef and mutton here!"
The three people, who were already hungry, laughed, started eating and drinking immediately, and stayed at this small stall until daylight.
During this period, Jindao Wei wanted to feed the tripe to the white rat, but was disliked by the little white rat. In the end, Jiao Yulang took out a few golden melon seeds from his body, confirming that Xiaobai was indeed not a rat, at least not an ordinary rat.
After eating and drinking, the three of them divided into two groups again.
Qi Jingzhi had only been to the Zhenmo Duwei's office once yesterday, so he was not familiar with it. However, with such a conspicuous Linde Pavilion placed there, it was difficult to find the wrong place.
When he arrived at the door of the official office, he was met by a hunchbacked old servant who opened the door and swept the door.
Qi Jingzhi immediately stuffed an oil paper bag over it, with a sincere smile: "The sesame biscuits that have just been taken out of the pan are at the right time to be crispy!"
The hunchbacked old servant was a little surprised. Seeing that the young man was carrying more than one oil paper bag, he smiled and accepted it: "Thank you! It's too early for you to get here. Liu Gongcao has been resting in the east room for the past few days. Now, It’s also just started.”
Qi Jingzhi quickly raised his hands and thanked him: "It's really important to bother me so early. Could you please help me pass the message?"
The hunchbacked old servant waved his hand: "There is no need to delay this official matter. Liu Gongcao has always been diligent and not a careless person. All we have to do is go in and look for him."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi stopped being polite and hurriedly entered the door.
Watching the young man's back disappear around the corner, the hunchbacked old servant slowly walked to the stone steps in front of the door and sat down.
He opened the oil paper bag unhurriedly, smelled it carefully, and then carefully took a small bite. While chewing slowly, he muttered vaguely: "It only took one day to put in a vicious blade." The young people today are really amazing..."
