Chapter 70 "Then why don't you have Chinese medicine?"
The Earl's Mansion's eldest master, Lu Zhou, was furious. "It's you! You killed my third brother!"
"No, it wasn't me," the maid explained in a panic, "It was Aunt Zhong who asked me to put a bowl of deer antler chicken soup on the Third Master's table. The chicken soup is nutritious. I didn't expect something like this to happen!"
"No, it's not just deer antler chicken soup," the coroner shook his head, "it should also contain aphrodisiac drugs, and the dosage is not light."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the Lu family members present looked unhappy. After all, there were so many guests present. How embarrassing it would be to say that the third master of the Lu family was taking that kind of medicine with his aunt in the room!
Rong Guozhen had seen this kind of scene many times, so he was not panicked at all. "Please bring Aunt Zhong here. Finding out the cause of death is the most important thing. I hope Master and Madam will not be offended."
When Aunt Zhong was brought over, Ruan rushed over and beat her like a madman, "How dare you drug your husband? How dare you!"
Her voice was shrill, and Bai Jitong next door shuddered when he heard it, and asked Pei Changfeng, "How do your wife and aunt get along?"
Pei Changfeng glanced at him coldly, "There is only one wife in my family, no concubines."
Bai Jitong opened his eyes wide, "Then your wife must be as beautiful as a fairy, gentle and virtuous, otherwise how could you like her so much?"
"She is indeed beautiful." Pei Changfeng smiled, but she is not necessarily gentle and virtuous. The bloody marks on his back from being scratched the day before yesterday are still painful.
"You still have the mood to talk about these things?" Song Ming, who was invited to the banquet, also came over. As soon as he came, Bai Jitong went aside.
Song Ming was extremely anxious, "Why did this happen suddenly? Will it affect anything? It's really annoying."
Pei Changfeng now looked at Song Ming with an expression of pity. He knew that the Zheng family was about to face a disaster.
"Don't be impatient," Fan Ling said, also in a mood of watching a good show, "We will eventually find out who did it."
These were clearly normal words, but listening to them talking, Song Ming always felt something was wrong. He thought about it but couldn't figure out what was going on.
Outside, Aunt Zhong's face was scratched in a short while. She cried and said that she only sent the most ordinary nourishing soup. "The master asked me to prepare the soup and send it over. It was not my own decision. If you don't believe me, you can go to the kitchen. Even the soup was not cooked by me. I just sent it here and asked the maid to bring it in."
"Then you must have drugged me on the way to deliver the soup," Ruan spat at her. "You always dragged my husband to do shameless things. I didn't care about you in the past, but now that my husband is gone, I don't want to live anymore. If you don't admit it, you will die with us!"
Aunt Zhong had no way to prove her innocence and could only cry.
In the eyes of others, the medicine was given by Aunt Zhong, but Rong Guozhen did not make a final conclusion. He asked Earl Zhongyong to let the guests go back first and then interrogate them carefully.
Lu Zhou was puzzled, "This bitch is the one who harmed my third brother, what are you waiting for, sir?"
Rong Guozhen shook his head, "How can we judge a case based on one side's words? We need evidence."
The Lu family was speechless and had to obey his orders.
It wasn't until he left the Lu family that Pei Changfeng felt something was wrong.
According to Rong Guozhen, Lu San should have taken the medicine prepared by Liao Cheng, but why did Liao Cheng put the medicine in a different chicken soup from the others? Then who gave Lu San the medicine? Could it really be someone from the Lu family?
Pei Changfeng vaguely felt that this matter might involve him.
When he returned, Su Wanwan was embroidering, but she was not doing it seriously, and had several needle holes on her fingers. When she saw Pei Changfeng, Su Wanwan immediately stood up, with a faint cry in her voice, "I heard from Xingzhou that something happened in the Zhongyong Marquis's mansion. Why were you left there? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Pei Changfeng comforted her and told her the general story, but he didn't mention Liao Cheng. "Come, I'll bandage your hand."
"It's just a few pinholes, what's so great about that?" Su Wanwan hugged him, "You scared me to death."
Pei Changfeng touched her head and said, "I'm hungry. Go get me a bowl of noodles. Don't think too much."
Su Wanwan glared at him and laughed first, "I know, wait."
While she was at it, Pei Changfeng wrote a letter and asked Xingzhou to deliver it to the Marquis' Mansion.
Su Wanwan brought the noodles over and said, "Eat quickly."
Seeing Pei Changfeng coming back, her mood improved and she stopped having wild thoughts. She waited for him to finish his noodles and then made him some tea.
Pei Changfeng held her hand and suddenly said, "When we are seventy years old, we will also hold a grand wedding."
"Do you think the Earl's Mansion is looking good today?" Su Wanwan said bluntly, "Looking good?"
"It's not glorious indeed," Pei Changfeng put his chin on her shoulder, "such a thing would never happen in our family."
“Who can say for sure what will happen decades later?”
"At least I will teach our children well," Pei Changfeng said, "and not allow them to take concubines."
"You are too nosy. You should take care of yourself first. You are just like sugar water, attracting bees and butterflies all day long." Su Wanwan sighed, "Don't think too much. Go to sleep."
Pei Changfeng had no interest in doing anything else today, and soon fell asleep with his arms around her.
Just as I fell asleep, I heard Xingzhou calling outside, "Sir, someone from the Dali Temple is here, and they want you to come over."
"What are you going to do?" Su Wanwan was suspicious. "But has anyone linked you to someone? Do you want to tell the Marquis' Mansion?"
"Don't worry, I've already prepared for this," Pei Changfeng squeezed her hand, "Just go back to sleep."
"What are you talking about?" Su Wanwan took his coat and said, "How can I sleep like this?"
"Just let me go over and ask." After saying that, Pei Changfeng went out.
In addition to him, there were many other acquaintances who went to the Dali Temple.
Liao Cheng looked disappointed, "How dare a shabby Earl's Mansion bring disaster upon this princess."
Mu Chen, who seemed to be thinking about something, Bai Jitong, who looked drained, and a few people with uncertain expressions were all guests who had visited the Earl's Mansion during the day.
Liao Cheng wanted to get closer to Pei Changfeng, but Pei Changfeng pushed Bai Jitong away.
Bai Jitong wanted to cry but had no tears, "Why did you push me?"
Pei Changfeng said nothing and stood a little further away.
Rong Guozhen asked people to interrogate these people separately. He personally interrogated Bai Jitong, Liao Cheng, and Pei Changfeng. Before Mu Chen left, he looked at Pei Changfeng deeply.
Liao Cheng confessed to drugging the man, "I only drugged him a little bit, and I didn't drug him on Mr. Lu San. I drugged our third place winner."
Rong Guozhen asked, "Pei Changfeng, why didn't you have any Chinese medicine? But you found out about this and asked someone to replace the medicine?"
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