Chapter 128 (1/2)
Walking in the garden of Qin's residence, Mo xingle seems to have entered the Grand View Garden. He can't use his eyes and exclaims from time to time: ”madam's garden is really full of flowers. It's enviable to flutter butterflies and fireflies in her spare time - but is there a bee nest nearby with so many flowers? Will there be many bees? ”
”... No.” Mrs. Qin is veiled and supported by the servant girl. She leads the way to Mo xingle and the constable Yamen. She is unwilling, but she has nothing to do.
The master of Qin's residence is absent today. The porter shivers at the sabre captor and yamen servant brought by Mo xingle. He quickly sends someone to invite Mrs. Qin, and secretly winks at the young man to inform the master. Unexpectedly, Mo xingle sees through his little movement and laughs that your master was invited by the magistrate to have tea, afraid he might have to go to the magistrate's residence to find a talent.
Mrs. Qin was tasting new tea at that time. After receiving the news, she put the tea lamp on the tea table. Before reaching the tea table, she loosened her hand first. The good celadon cup broke into several petals, and the sound of landing and flowering was particularly clear.
”Why did you suddenly come to the door?”
She hurried to the gate, just stepped out of the hall door and ordered liu'er nearby.
Therefore, the people saw Mrs. Qin who was sketched out by the wind from a distance.
Mrs. Qin wore a plain dress and a veil to cover her face. She said she felt cold occasionally and was inconvenient to show her face. She was afraid of infecting the official.
Mo xingle seems to believe Mrs. Qin's statement, which shows that the county magistrate gave him full authority to investigate Zhou Qing's poisoning case. He hopes that Mrs. Qin can cooperate with one or two before the first scene.
Inside and outside, she didn't miss any corner. When she walked, Mrs. Qin couldn't help wondering whether this was her own home. Why is it so big? There are several places she hasn't been to.
The big guys were panting. Ah Yao beat her legs. She was young and took advantage of her energy.
”I'm a little tired. Let's go to the banquet on the day of the incident.” Mo xingle looked around and said.
”This way, please.” Mrs. Qin's face was stiff with laughter. She introduced for a long time, kept alert and tightened her body. Mo xingle's words seemed to give a signal to relax. She was shaky when she relaxed and was supported by the servant girl liu'er.
The place where the banquet was held was a half Pavilion on the right side of the main hall. From the half Pavilion, there was a large flower field, and green leaves set off flowers of different colors. There is a Koizumi hole under the ground at one end of the half Pavilion, so the craftsman dug a ditch around the half Pavilion, and the spring finally flows into a small pond. The word ”Zhi” is built between the flower field and the half pavilion with bluestone slabs, which is intended to be a curved bridge.
The crowd rested in the Banting, and the servant girl brought cakes and tea.
”See the rosy clouds in the morning and listen to the running water in the evening. There are five people on the table. The magistrate backs the wall and sits in the main seat. On both sides are boss Zhou and Cao Dang's house. Shopkeeper Zhou sits next to Cao Dang's house, and I sit near the quqiao bridge to facilitate serving. ” Mrs. Qin said.
A Yao took out the paper and charcoal she had brought and took notes. After recording, she felt her teeth itch and touched the cakes on the stone table to grind her teeth.
Mo xingle was active. He didn't need to stand up again for a while and put his hands on the railing: ”the wind blows his face and the flowers smell. It's really a good place to entertain people. Madam, it's so elegant. You planted these flowers?”
”Yes, I like flowers and take care of them. Seeing flowers bloom is the greatest satisfaction.”
A Yao broke open the cake. Just after Mrs. Qin finished, she saw the dark red filling under the pastry. She sniffed suspiciously. It was the fragrance of flowers: ”madam also made flowers into cakes.”
Mrs. Qin said, ”yes, in the morning, take off the petals, add sugar and honey, knead, keep the flower fragrance and remove the bitterness, so as to make the filling. It's not easy to make cakes and pastries. This is the pastry in the southwest. My husband bought it when he was in business. I think Nanxun should be rare. ”
”I've eaten steamed Sophora japonica and fried peony, but my wife's flower cake is the first time to taste it, not even in the capital.” Mo xingle listened and twisted a flower cake to chew.
A Yao bites it in a small bite. The skin is crisp and the inside is filled with sugar pickled with roses. It's sweet on her mouth. When she thinks of the food list, no wonder there are several cauliflower on the food list, two of which are cauliflower. It turns out that the hostess likes flowers... Well, it seems a little wrong?
A Yao couldn't grasp the small tail of the fleeting light. She thought hard and wrinkled herself into a bitter gourd face.
Mrs. Qin asked, ”isn't it delicious?”
”Ang.” Yao regained her mind, ”it's delicious. It's too sweet for the first time...”
”What kind of flower is that? Can you eat? ” Mo xingle pointed to the small flowers beside the curved bridge, light yellow, just in time.
Mrs. Qin glanced over and looked unnatural under her veil: ”even wild flowers, I can't say. They should not be eaten.”
The Yamen serviceman and the constable came back and said they didn't find it in the kitchen,
”Did you search my kitchen?” Mrs. Qin's eyebrows and eyes were vaguely angry, and there was a trace of hidden panic.
It turned out that when a Yao asked about flower cakes, Mo xingle took the opportunity to signal them to go to the kitchen.
”I thought the lady had agreed to let us in.” Said the constable yamen carelessly.
”The case is serious. I only let them see the kitchen. I didn't go anywhere else. If you don't believe it, ask your family.” Mo xingle's mouth and smiling face mean that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water“ Next, ask several big brothers to help, take people one by one, and you can keep a record. ”
”Liu ER!” Mrs. Qin watched her servant girl take her away from the Banting and send her to the flower field. She was angry and said, ”brother Cha, what do you mean?”
”This sentence should also be written down. Don't miss our every word.” Mo xingle also instructed the literate constable, stretched out his head, took a look, made sure to write it down, and answered Mrs. Qin's words: ”madam, calm down. All the facts of the case are important. This is also for your innocence. People eat dinner here, so you can't escape suspicion.”
”Now please tell me about that day from beginning to end.”
”That day...”