Seeing Xu Mo, Su Suqing's face showed helplessness."
Xu Mo, after the investigation of the official uniform, the pastries in your shop contain unknown poisons, which is the source of the poisoning and illness of the people in the capital.""
What?"
Xu Mo was shocked and blurted out, "How is this possible!"
”"I don't think it's likely, but it's true, you'll have to come with us."
Listening to Su Suqing's words, Xu Mo felt a little uneasy in his heart, "Princess, the inner person is not well......
I'm afraid I can't stand the stimulation. ”Xu Mo's wife, Su Liuer, suffers from lupus and sores, and after several treatments by Su Suqing, her body has improved a lot, but her mood still can't withstand the ups and downs.Su Suqing knew his difficulties, so he comforted: "Don't worry, I will send someone to take care of your wife, and I will hide from her as much as possible about you being taken away by the government." ”Xu Mo immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a long bow: "In this way, thank you to the princess." ”Seeing that Xu Mo was restrained, Shen Xuanheng, who was standing next to Su Suqing, said slowly: "Take it away." ”Half an hour later, the prison of the criminal department.Xu Mo sat on a chair with shackles and shackles, and Shen Xuanheng sat at the interrogation table, looking at him with deep eyes."
Xu Mo, the poison in that pastry, you really didn't give it?"
Xu Mo smiled bitterly when he heard this, "His Royal Highness, Xu Fuji is a century-old brand and my source of livelihood, how could I poison it and smash my own signboard?"
Your Royal Highness, you can't wronged a good person. ”Xu Mo said as the principal on the side recorded his words.Shen Xuanheng bowed slightly, and said slowly: "I'm just asking as usual, and I haven't decided that you are the initiator, but you also know that the poisoning case in the capital has caused panic, and even the emperor has issued a holy decree to the three divisions to quickly find out the facts of the case, so no matter what the official asks next, you have to answer honestly." ”Xu Mo obviously realized the seriousness of the matter, so he hurriedly nodded."
Your Royal Highness, you ask, the grass people know everything."
Shen Xuanheng's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and asked: "According to the princess, your family is well-off, although your wife is sick, but now she has gradually recovered, and it can be regarded as a gradual smooth progress, so it stands to reason that there is no reason to poison people."
But after our investigation, the pastries in your shop do contain chronic poison, if it is not poisoned, maybe it is the guy in your shop?
”"This ......"
Xu Mo hesitated for a moment and said: "His Royal Highness, the guys in my shop are all old men who have been in Xu Fuji for many years, they are sincere and pragmatic, and they don't look like people who can do such things." ”Shen Xuanheng frowned, and said slowly: "There is no one worth doubting?"
”"Nope."
At this time, a servant came in outside the door, clasped his fists and said: "My lord, all the guys in Xu Fuji's shop have been arrested, and Lord Shilang has investigated their backgrounds and found that they are all ordinary people who have done their duty, and they have no history of being arrested illegally."
And......
These guys, because they have to try pastries every day, are too sick themselves. ”As soon as he heard this, Xu Mo patted his forehead, "I forgot, I haven't taken care of the affairs of the shop for a long time, and I have been serving my wife at home, two days ago I heard the housekeeper say that most of the guys in the shop were sick, and I didn't pay attention to it at that time, but just gave them a salary increase." ”Shen Xuanheng's expression became more and more solemn, if Xu Mo and the guys in the shop were not suspicious, then the person who poisoned him was someone other than Xu Fuji."
Xu Mo, do you have any enemies?
Or a competitor?
”"The enemy has no ......
But there are a lot of competitors......"
Xu Mo said with a deep sigh: "Peers are enemies, and the rest of the dim sum shops in the capital can be counted as competitors......"
Hearing this, Shen Xuanheng rubbed his eyebrows, not to mention that there are fifty or sixty dim sum shops in the capital, if it is investigated one by one, I really don't know when I will find out."
I'll interrogate him here today, and take him to his cell first."
Shen Xuanheng felt a feeling of weakness coming from his body, his health was not good, he was busy during the day today, and he stayed up for most of the night at night, and he couldn't hold it anymore.Xu Mo was set up by the officials on the left and right, and walked towards the cell."
His Royal Highness."
Xu Mo paused, his eyes were uneasy, "The official uniform will return my innocence, right?"
”"Don't worry."
Shen Xuanheng's face was serious, "With this official here, no one can wronged you." ”Xu Mo suddenly relented, "I believe in Your Highness." ”Outside the prison of the Criminal Department, Su Suqing walked around in the moonlight, sometimes frowning, sometimes pondering, and reciting various medicinal materials in her mouth, as if she was looking for a way to crack it.The sound of footsteps came from behind him, Su Suqing turned around quietly, and Shen Xuanheng walked out of the gate with his hands on the wall, his face pale."
Husband, what's wrong with you!"
Su Suqing's face was flustered, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.Shen Xuanheng smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing, it's just a little tired." ”"Then let's go back and rest."
Su Suqing helped Shen Xuanheng into the carriage, and then told Li Er to hurry back to the house.In the carriage, Shen Xuanheng leaned on Su Suqing's body, and said weakly: "After the inquiry of Xu Mo and the investigation of the Criminal Department, I found that Xu Mo and Xu Fuji's partners are not very suspicious, and the scope of the investigation will become larger next, if the culprit cannot be found out in the short term, I am afraid that the imperial court will forcibly put the crime on Xu Mo for the sake of stability." ”"It's so troublesome......
Su Qing's face was sad, she and Xu Mo had known each other, and she didn't want to see him with a black pot on his back......
"By the way, husband, I just saw the materials used to make pastries brought back by the officials of the Criminal Department from Xu Fuji's dim sum shop, and then found some poison powder in the sugar."
Give me some time tomorrow, and I should be able to figure out the ingredients of the poison, and then I can make the antidote. ”When Shen Xuanheng heard this, the tiredness in his eyes was swept away, and it was replaced by surprise."
That's true.""
Of course, when did I lie to you?"
The corners of Su Qingqing's mouth were raised, and he smiled proudly.Shen Xuanheng's eyes moved."
If the antidote is successfully made, then the poison in the people can be cured, and the impact of the poisoning case will be much smaller.In this way, I can buy more time for the investigation on the emperor's side. ”Su Suqing stretched out his hand to hug Shen Xuanheng's waist and muttered: "I'll be the antidote, you just have to investigate the case with peace of mind, but you also have to promise me that if you're tired, you can rest well, don't exhaust yourself." ”Shen Xuanheng felt the warmth in his arms, and his heart was soft, if he had a wife, what more could a husband ask for."
Don't worry, I know it."
The carriage drifted away, and the moonlight stretched the shadow of the carriage for a long time.In the alley outside the Criminal Department, a figure dressed in a black robe, looking at the carriage in the distance, sneered again and again.