Qiao Wei pondered for a moment, then said to Yan Feijue and Ji Wushuang: "Don't tell Mingxiu about this beforehand."
Ji Wushuang had no objection at all, he wished that this woman would not bother the young master.
Yan Feijue was a little worried: "What do you want if you don't tell him?"
Qiao Wei said: "I'll at least find out some clues first, and then tell him, so as not to make him in a dilemma."
She has been at Ji's house recently, and the poisoning can only be at Ji's house. She is not sure how she will go to him and say, hey, someone in your family wants to kill me. How will he react
Yan Feijue sighed: "Okay, okay, if you insist on this, then you can check it yourself, if you can't solve it, remember to tell the young master, if you are embarrassed to tell him, just tell Uncle Yan, Uncle Yan will help you, um ?”
Qiao Wei smiled slightly: "Thank you Uncle Yan."
…
After bidding farewell to the two, Qiao Wei went to a nearby cloth shop to buy a set of clean clothes to change into. When she entered the house, her face was covered with blood, which scared away all the guests of the cloth shop. The proprietress reported to the official.
The money was looted from those men in black, so it doesn't hurt to spend it.
After tidying up, Qiao Wei went to the place where she was separated from Ji Mingxiu. As expected, Ji Mingxiu was looking anxiously. When she saw her coming, she grabbed her arm: "Where did you go?"
Qiao Wei smiled and said, "The lantern was washed away just now. I ran to pick it up, but I couldn't find it. There was only one pole left." She shook the lonely wooden pole in her hand, and looked at it again. His hand, even the pole is gone.
Seeing that she was fine, Ji Mingxiu felt a little relieved: "You can buy the lamp when it's gone. The envoys from Southern Chu will come next month. There will be lantern festivals in many places. I'll bring you and the children here."
"Yeah." Qiao Wei nodded.
Ji Mingxiu's eyes fell on her: "Your clothes have changed."
"I just fell on the ground and got dirty, so I bought a new set and changed it." Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows, "You don't think I changed the clothes because I stole a man behind your back, do you? "
Ji Mingxiu looked at her dangerously.
Her heart skipped a beat, she curled her lips and said, "Just kidding."
Ji Mingxiu took her into the carriage. Although she tried her best to appear calm, but Ji Mingxiu's eyesight was such that she could see something was wrong almost instantly: "Who did you meet just now?"
"Huh?" Qiao Wei was startled, turned her head, and slammed into his deep eyes. The secret in her heart seemed to be exposed to the sun in an instant. She almost panicked, collected herself, and said in a normal tone: " I don't want to say, can I?"
Ji Mingxiu narrowed his eyes.
She twisted her fingers and said, "I don't want to make up a lie to deceive you."
"Prince Yin?" Ji Mingxiu asked.
Qiao Wei muttered, "If you guess again, I'll be lying."
Ji Mingxiu gave her a complicated look: "Okay, I won't guess or ask any more. When you want to talk, tell me."
Qiao Wei nodded.
Ji Mingxiu embraced her tender shoulders and brought her closer to his arms. She listened to his vigorous heartbeat and gently closed her eyes.
But after Bi'er got Qiao Wei's order, she has been sitting on the small bench at the door, Chan'er went to the Duke's mansion with the little bun, Lian'er was assigned, and now she and Yan'er are left as two servant girls.
Yan'er was grateful for her asking for leave for Yan'er, and got closer to her. Seeing her collecting the soles of her shoes at the door all afternoon, she asked curiously, "Did you make them for the young master?"
Bi'er's eyes flashed: "No, I made it for my father."
Yan'er smiled and looked at the closed door: "Madam is still awake? It's late at night, isn't she going to eat dinner?"
"Don't eat." Bi'er said.
Yan'er said: "I'll watch for you, you go and rest for a while."
Bi'er smiled and waved her hands: "No, no, Madam let me guard, if you find me running away, you will punish me!"
Yan'er hesitated and asked: "Ma'am...is she also so fierce to you?"
Bi'er recalled the oolong that the three of them had on the mountain, and said with lingering fear: "Yes, she is very fierce, so you'd better not provoke her."
Yan'er was taught, what else to say, Ji Mingxiu came back.
Yan'er and Bi'er got up and bowed to him: "Master."
Ji Mingxiu hummed lightly, and said, "Go down, you don't have to wait."
"Yes." Yan'er withdrew.
Bi'er tiptoed to the wall of the backyard and whispered, "Ma'am?"
"Here!" Qiao Wei turned over the wall, jumped off the ground, and clapped her hands, "Is there anything unusual?"
Bier said, "No."
Qiao Wei whispered: "You go back to the mountain tomorrow, find my father, and ask him to prepare a bottle of five-day joy for me."
"What is Cinnamon?" Bier asked.
Qiao Wei said: "It's a kind of perspiration medicine. Don't ask too many questions. Go there early tomorrow morning. If someone asks, just say that I don't have enough medicinal materials here. You go to buy medicinal materials."
Beer responded, "Okay!"
Before dawn the next day, Bier left the mansion with the right card, the bride was not allowed to go out, but the maid of the bride had no scruples in this regard, I heard that she was going to buy medicinal materials for Qinglianju, the concierge lady was so enthusiastic , and asked if he needed a car, Bier declined.
Bi'er went to the car dealership, rented a carriage, and rushed back to the mountain as fast as she could.
Knowing that her daughter needs five days of happiness, Qiao Zheng didn't say anything, went up the mountain to collect medicine, and prepared it in half an hour. By the way, she also put some medicinal materials that Qiao Wei needed daily into the basket, and let Bi'er Bring it to Qiao Wei.
Bi'er secretly thought, the real father is different, the father-in-law doesn't care at all whether the wife is doing well or not, and whether she is short of anything.
Bi'er returned to the capital with Wu Rihuan, she hurried on the road, and it was only evening at this time.
Qiao Wei took the medicine bottle, told Bi'er to close the door, then opened it, picked a small lump with a stick and put it on the paper, it was yellow, it looked like corn flour at first glance, and it smelled exactly as Ji Wushuang said, No smell, as for the taste...
If Ji Wushuang was here, she would be scared to death by her, and she would fall to the ground after being smoked, how dare you eat it!
"Isn't this the smell of flour? Did my father make a mistake?" Qiao Wei smacked her lips, dipped a little bit with her fingertips, and put it in front of Bi'er, "Smell it, is it flour?"
Bi'er possessed her body, sniffed it, rolled her eyes immediately, and fell to the ground, unconscious...
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "It seems that I got it right."
Now that I know what Wu Rihuan looks like, the next thing will be easy.
The person who poisoned her would not have just bought a fingernail's quantity by accident, there must be some left over, and finding out the remaining five-day fun is tantamount to finding physical evidence.
It's a pity that those men in black are already dead, otherwise they could have been arrested for personal identification, and the stolen goods will be taken together. It would be difficult not to find out the murderer.
Who is the murderer
The old lady and Ji Shangqing can rule it out, they have no motive to plot against her.
As for other people, Li Shi had a quarrel with her, and Xun Lan was Mingxiu's little stepmother, and these two were the most suspected. Aunt Ji Shuang treated her kindly and gently, but she couldn't rule out the possibility of plotting against her.
After all, Ji Shuang was a descendant. She was raised by a man in the Ji family. She recruited a son-in-law. The child she gave birth to was named Ji and had the right to inherit the Ji family.
But the question is, if you kill her, will you be able to take away Jing Yun's inheritance rights
It's a completely different story.
So, it has nothing to do with inheritance, it's for other motives.
What could be the motivation
…
Ji Shuang was reading in her room. It was said that if she read more during her pregnancy, the child she would give birth to would be smart enough. Halfway through, the servants reported that the young lady had arrived.
Ji Shuang hurriedly asked Qiao Wei to come in, smiled and took Qiao Wei's hand, and let Qiao Wei sit on the kang: "Finally willing to see aunt?"
Qiao Wei smiled and said, "I brought some mushrooms when I came home last time. I'll give them to my aunt to taste."
Ji Shuang said angrily, "Come here right away, with a gift! It's too outlandish!"
Qiao Wei put the box on the table, Ji Shuang opened it and said in surprise, "Oh, it's morels!"
Morels are not cheap, and they are in limited supply. Even in a family like the Ji family, they are rarely available.
"You have a heart." Ji Shuang's smile deepened.
Qiao Wei took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom: "This is a medicinal powder made by my father himself, it can help prevent pregnancy."
"Really? Give me a taste." Ji Shuang said as she went to get the bottle, poured it out, took a sip, and frowned, "Isn't this just cornmeal?"
It was indeed cornmeal, which looked exactly the same as Wu Rihuan. If Ji Shuang was the murderer, she would not be able to eat it so readily.
Qiao Wei said awkwardly: "Cornmeal? Oops, I took the wrong one. I'll bring it to my aunt tomorrow."
Ji Shuang said with a smile: "I really want you to come here often, but I'm bothering you to run around just to give things. Mingxiu knows that it's my fault for not loving you! I will let Huamei go to Qinghai with you later." Lianju."
Qiao Wei said with embarrassment: "How can there be any reason to let sister Huamei run and break her leg? I'll just go back and let Bi'er send it."
The two declined for a while, but in the end it was Ji Shuang who compromised.
Qiao Wei left Beifu.
Afterwards, she went to the East Mansion in the name of delivering prescriptions, which was also a similar method. She tested Li Shi, and when Li Shi heard that Qiao Wei's incense could cure her cold pain, she sprinkled it into the stove without saying a word.
It's not Lee's either.
In fact, before coming here, Qiao Wei guessed that it was unlikely to be them. It's just that everything should be based on evidence. You can't just ignore the investigation because the suspicion is small, and you can't just conclude because the suspicion is big.
Now that Li Shi and Ji Shuang's suspicions have been ruled out, Tong Yuan is the only one left to investigate.
She doesn't want to confront Tongyuan, after all, there is a father of meditation living in it, if Tongyuan really did it—
"Young Madam?"
A maid's voice suddenly sounded behind her, and Qiao Wei came back to her senses, only to realize that she had unknowingly reached the Tongyuan, Qiao Wei turned around, not remembering that she had seen her.
The servant woman smiled and said: "My servant, Mrs. Sun."
Qiao Wei understood: "I remembered, you entered my house on the wedding day."
"Yes, it's the slave!" Mama Sun said kindly, "Young madam is here to greet the master and madam, isn't it? The slave will pass it on."
This Mama Sun should be Niu Ge'er's personal servant. She usually takes care of Niu Ge'er's daily life.
Mama Sun came out soon, and said with a smile: "Young Madam, please come inside."
Qiao Wei nodded slightly and entered Tongyuan.
Ji Shangqing has returned to normal, but his complexion is still a little pale. He is sitting in the room, Brother Liu is sitting on his lap, reading the book he opened in a low voice, and Xun Lan is sitting next to the two, looking at them tenderly.
The warm picture of a family of three somehow hurt Qiao Wei's eyes.
If the princess hadn't died, if Xun Lan hadn't been married, all of this should be due to Mingxiu and Ji Wan.
"Father, madam." Qiao Wei bowed and saluted.
Ji Shangqing was unsmiling, and his tone was unconsciously serious: "Sit down and drink tea."
A maid came forward and looked at the seat.
Qiao Wei said: "I'm here to return the things. I opened the medicine box today and found that there was an extra thing in it. It wasn't mine. I came to Tongyuan yesterday, and I thought, it might be when I was packing things. Pack it carefully."
"What?" Xun Lan asked gently.
Qiao Wei said: "I broke the original container, so I just found a bottle to put it in." Then, she took out a small porcelain bottle that had already been warmed from her bosom.
Xun Lan wanted to reach for it, but Qiao Wei pulled out the cork and poured it into her hand, "Father, look."
Ji Shangqing and Brother Liu in his arms looked at Qiao Wei's hand at the same time. Brother Liu didn't recognize this thing, but thought it was yellow and delicious.
Ji Shangqing frowned: "Flour?"
"Can I eat it?" Brother Liu stretched out his white and tender little hand.
Qiao Wei handed the powder to Brother Liu.
Brother Liu went to catch it.
Xun Lan grabbed his wrist.