The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 54 A Little Clue
After re-burying the ashes of the old goldsmith, Qin Wan and others accompanied the strong man named Wang Er to burn incense on the grave of the deceased. After a meal of worship, Wang Er believed that Qin Wan and the others were not grave robbers.

Liu Ying secretly complained: "Looking at the appearance of the few of us dressed up, we don't look like grave robbers."

Wang Er was not convinced: "Who knows what the tomb robbers will do to deceive people."

Seeing that he dared to reply, Liuying put her hands on her hips and said loudly, "Your master is so poor, even if there are tomb robbers, they wouldn't rob your master's tomb."

Wang Er's face became serious, and he said to Liu Ying in a dignified manner: "Little girl, my master is a goldsmith, what if the grave robber thinks there is gold in my master's grave?"

Liu Ying snorted coldly: "You are not stupid to steal a grave..."

Wang Er couldn't say no, so he clenched his fists in anger, but seeing that Liuying was a girl, and couldn't do it, his face turned purple with anger.

Qin Wan rubbed her temples: "Okay, Wang Er, tell us about the day your master had an accident."

Wang Er glanced at Liuying, and began to tell the story of the day when the incident happened.

"Actually, I was sorry for Master in this matter," Wang Er recalled, wiping his tears with his sleeve, "Boss Zhou gave me the gold pot to melt that day, and I took all the precious stones from the pot. When I got down, I lit the fire again, and when it was half melted, the master came over. He said that the weather was bad that day and asked me to go home early, and he did the rest of the work for me, so I melted those gems I left all the pots for Master. When I got home and slept, I found out the next day that Master had died of poisoning..."

Lu Ling asked: "You said you melted half of it and left the rest to your master?"

Wang Er: "That's right."

Lu Ling asked again: "Then are you poisoned?"

Wang Er shook his head: "Maybe I'm young and strong, a little poison can't hurt me."

Liuying rolled her eyes and said, "Stop bragging..."

When Wang Er heard it, he immediately stared: "If it wasn't for this reason, then why do you say that I am fine, but my master left?!"

Liu Ying choked: "Although I don't know the reason, it's definitely not because you are strong!"

Qin Wan raised his hand to appease the two people who didn't like each other: "Stop arguing, what Liuying said is right, although Wang Er is strong, but if the poison can kill the old goldsmith, then Wang Er should also have symptoms of poisoning Yes, but do you really feel nothing?"

"No." Wang Er said with certainty. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "By the way, when the pot was melting that day, there was a strange bitter smell. I thought it was some kind of tea that had been brewed in the pot. As soon as it burned, the smell came out, so I found a square towel to cover my mouth and nose. But my master has a cough and never wears a square to cover it. He said he couldn't breathe. Do you think it has something to do with it. "

Lu Ling and Qin Wan looked at each other.

Qin Wan smiled at Wang Er: "Brother Wang Er, the information you provided is very useful. Liu Ying, give him two taels of silver."

Liuying frowned, clutching her purse tightly: "Why?"

Wang Er twisted his mouth and stared at Liu Ying: "I don't want your money."

"Hmph," Liu Ying glared at Wang Er unwillingly, "If you don't want our money, then what do you want? I remember that gold teapot came with four teacups, and said, did you hide the teacups secretly?" gone?"

Hearing what Liuying said, Wang Er jumped up immediately: "You are talking nonsense! Those four teacups are still in the shop. After the accident, Boss Zhou didn't dare to remelt them, so he put them away! I haven't read a book, but I steal teacups. I've never done anything like that!"

"..." Liuying retreated to Qin Wan's side in disdain, but she didn't want to take out any money in her purse.

Qin Wan's attention was not on the bickering between the two, but was reminded by Liu Ying's words, she asked Lu Ling: "Mr. Lu, do you think there is poison in that teacup?"

Lu Ling said, "It's very possible."

Qin Wan asked again: "Then if you get the teacup, can Mr. Lu find out what kind of poison it is?"

Lu Ling thought for a while and replied: "I'm not sure that I can detect the toxin, but I can give it a try. But there is no one who is better at this than Bai Zixian, the military advisor next to His Highness Prince Ning."

"Mr. Bai?" Qin Wan was a little surprised, "Isn't he Ning Yi's follower? He still has this ability?"

Lu Ling smiled: "Bai Zixian, the head of the Baishan sect, is an expert in all other fields except martial arts. If there are four cups, you can get two back, and Bai Zixian and I will check each other. , so that both speed and accuracy will be more guaranteed.”

Qin Wan nodded: "Yuan Ying, go to Zhou's gold shop quickly and ask for two cups. If Boss Zhou doesn't want to, you can scare him with a knife. Then send one to Mr. Lu and bring the other back to the palace."

Yuan Ying took the order: "Yes."

Qin Wan said again: "Be very careful when you hold the cup, don't get poisoned."

Yuan Ying: "This subordinate understands."

Leaving the old goldsmith's cemetery, Yuan Ying drove Qin Wan, Liu Ying and Lu Ling to the largest restaurant in Yingyang City - Liansheng Restaurant, and then went to Zhou's goldsmith's shop to ask for cups.

Qin Wan strongly demanded to treat Luling to a big meal as compensation because of the two incidents of backing out after agreeing to go to Pei County, and the goldsmith poisoning case.

Fortunately, Lu Ling was not a coy person, so he immediately agreed.

They sat down in a quiet corner by the window on the second floor of Liansheng Building. Qin Wan asked Xiao Er to describe the characteristics of their house, but the table was filled with big fish and meat, which made them all dumbfounded.

Just as they were about to eat, the conversation of a group of diners at the next table caught Qin Wan's attention.

Only one of them said: "Have you heard recently? The head of the Jin family in Liyang has gone to live in the palace."

Another person said: "I heard that, it seems that the Patriarch of the Jin family had an affair with King Ning, and they seem to have an illegitimate child."

"That's right. At that time, [-]% of the people in Liyang City didn't believe that the child belonged to King Ning of Beirong. Now that King Ning himself has admitted it, who dares to doubt it. You said that the Jin family is already rich enough, and now they are still climbing After becoming King Ning, I am afraid that all the gold and silver in the world will have to be put in the Jin family's trouser pockets."

"The patriarch of the Jin family, Jin Yu, is also destined. It is said that after her father died, the offshoot uncles of the Jin family in Liyang wanted to divide up the property, split up the family and work alone, and some even wanted to drive Jin Yu from the position of patriarch, saying that she It’s a woman who doesn’t understand business at all. This is great, she has married King Ning and has children, and those uncles have lost their previous arrogance, and now no one dares to make money from the family.”

"I've also heard about this a little bit. Jin Yu was cornered by her uncles in Liyang. Who would have thought that King Ning would lead his troops into Yingyang City and take her directly to the palace? She turned around The one who fought the first battle was quite beautiful. Either a beautiful woman is invincible in the world, let alone a rich and beautiful woman, such a woman, King Ning would be a ghost if he didn't want it."

Hearing this, Yuan Ying returned to Liansheng Building with two golden cups wrapped in silk handkerchiefs. Judging by her expression, it was obvious that the process of "asking for them" was very smooth.

Qin Wan handed one of them to Lu Ling, and asked Yuan Ying to keep the other, and said, "Prince Ning asked me to go to Liyang with him in two days. I didn't want to go, but I just heard from the neighbor table Those words, I think it is necessary for me to take this trip.”

Lu Ling nodded to her: "Then I will study the toxin on this cup in Yingyang City, and if there is any progress, I will write to you as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's start eating, the food is getting cold." Qin Wan greeted with a smile.

She picked up a piece of delicious fish belly with her chopsticks and just put it on the Luling plate, when she heard Xiaoer outside the gate downstairs exclaimed loudly: "I see His Highness King Ning!"

(End of this chapter)