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"No bake!"

The concubine suddenly raised her head and exclaimed, and suddenly saw that Lu Datou had taken a whole green eggplant, she smiled awkwardly and said, "Hehe~ My concubine is a little... a bit tired of eggplant, let's bake it with something else. Okay?"

"Okay! Let's roast a radish..."

Lu Datou nodded because he didn't understand, Zhao Guanren suppressed his laughter and almost suffered internal injuries. Naturally, he didn't help the princess take out half an eggplant. He asked a head nurse to do it, but he has seen the miserable situation of the eggplant, the prince The concubine still has the face to face him.

"Yunxuan!"

Ye Jier hurried in from the outside, Zhao Guanren hurriedly greeted the princess, Ye Jier said angrily: "Qingshu Restaurant was closed ten days ago, it should be because you found out that you took out the Gu worm for me, they The user posts used are all impostors!"

"Has no one been caught?"

The princess hurriedly led them into the gazebo, Ye Jier shook her head and said: "There is no one left, I don't even know where to find them, and something happened in the palace, two maids and eunuchs disappeared. It was only later that I discovered that someone had drugged Yongning!"

"what?"

Zhao Guanren was shocked and said, "Who gave Yongning the medicine, and what medicine did he give?"

"Ecstasy powder and the like, the emperor's grandson also drank it..."

Ye Jier said: "Someone put medicine in the tea, and they both entered the room and drank the same pot of tea, so Yongning didn't resist, but the grandson of the emperor was poisoned, and he went crazy after drinking the tea, the emperor was already angry Killing two female officers with my own hands, this time is really too rampant!"

"What's the use of cutting people, those who are cut are kept in the dark..."

Zhao Guanren said angrily: "Don't you do inspections in the harem? This kind of thing can be brought into the harem. The emperor even told me that the corpse poison powder is very safe. I don't think his head is safe!"

"These people are very cunning. After a few concoctions of ordinary medicinal materials, they directly become ecstasy drugs..."

Ye Ji'er said helplessly: "Now it's all soldiers, everyone is pulling out to investigate, even the concubines in the harem are the same, but there is another bad news, Zhang Tiansheng, who was promoted by the epidemic prevention, has disappeared. It didn’t come, and I sent someone to look for it, but no one was found!”

"Oops! I'm in big trouble now..."

Zhao Guanren said solemnly: "Zhang Tiansheng shouldn't have run away at this time. If he wanted to run, he should have run away long ago. I'm afraid that he still has some corpse poison powder in his hand, and someone will hold him hostage to get the poison powder. Does he still have it?" A brother is in Kyrgyzstan?"

"Brother? I haven't heard of it..."

Ye Ji'er was puzzled and said: "Jinyi spies brought him from Shunguo, but he was intercepted on the way. He arrived at the border disguised as a beggar, and strongly demanded that the border army send him to Beijing. When he met Sheng, he only said that he was bullied by the dog officer." , I want to come to our country to become famous, but I have never mentioned any brother!"

"How much corpse poison powder did he give you?"

"It's in a small porcelain bottle, more than half of it..."

"Damn it! You underestimated the enemy..."

Zhao Guanren said angrily: "I should have looked for him as soon as I arrived. That kid is lying. He has at least a whole bottle of poison powder in his hand. He must have been captured or taken away. Hurry up and call a group of reliable Jin Yiwei." , immediately take me to his house to search!"

"I can't get away here, the palace is in chaos..."

Ye Jier took out a gold medal and handed it to him, saying: "I will let my confidants take you to investigate. We have already screened Jinyiwei, and there will be no more problems. My confidants are also old people, Liu Piao Gone with the wind, you can also trust her, she belongs to the prince!"

"I knew it!"

Zhao Guanren took the gold medal and glanced at the princess. Liu Piaopiao was sleeping on her husband's kang, but he went out without saying anything and shouted, "Big head! Change into a neat outfit and put on a guy's style." Come out to work with me!"

"Haha~ here we come! I've been waiting for two years for today..."

Chapter 0560

It may be that he was seriously influenced by Zhao Ziqiang, coupled with the habit of barbecue among grassland tribes, the people of Kyrgyzstan love kebabs very much. Only in early April, there have been a large number of open-air stalls. The night market is more lively than the food street. Spread the impulse.

"Now I finally know the benefits of urban management, this is too unqualified..."

Lu Datou led the horse through the night market, and the tables and chairs were almost placed in the middle of the road. They and the twenty Jinyiwei were all dressed in ordinary clothes, and it was not easy to drive them away in order not to startle them, so they could only stand in the crowd depressed. Shuttle apart.

"My lord! This way please..."

Shen Zhuo, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, walked into a narrow alley. The man in his 30s was very calm and capable, and his skills were relatively strong. He was a second-ranker. He naturally had his unique features to become Ye Jier's confidant.

"How could Zhang Tiansheng live in such a place..."

Zhao Guanren came to the door of a small courtyard. It was just an ordinary courtyard house. It was estimated that he could buy it for a few dozen taels of silver.

"My lord! Zhang Tiansheng is addicted to gambling. It's convenient to eat and drink here, and it's close to the casino..."

Shen Zhuo pushed open the courtyard door to invite him to enter. There had been Jin Yiwei guarding secretly in the courtyard. He said as he walked, "Of course there is another reason. There are mixed fish and dragons here, and it is not easy to attract attention when entering and exiting the courtyard, and it is not easy to go out through the back door." Far away is the kiln nest, and no one can find it if you plunge into it!"

"Based on what you mean, I have already insisted that he is a spy..."

Zhao Guanren kicked open the door and walked in. The main room was connected to the bedroom. A chair was overturned on the ground, as was the unfinished food, and there were two packages of unopened medicinal materials. The white official uniform was placed on the chair. On, it looks like he left in a hurry.

"Not only a spy, but a well-trained spy..."

Shen Zhuo walked to the table with the oil lamp in his hand, and said: "It's like being attacked and captured in the middle of a meal, but the consumption of food is not right. A bowl of rice is almost bottomed out, and there are only two bones. There is no trace of grilled rice on the mouth of the bowl, this is a deliberate forgery!"

Zhao Guanren said: "Why can't it be forged by the murderer?"

"Zhang Tiansheng never eats at home, but he bought food from outside at noon yesterday..."

Shen Zhuo said: "We went to the pharmacy and asked about it. Zhang Tiansheng insisted that he had typhoid fever, and he took the medicine without letting the doctor give his pulse. He also went to the brothel every time he finished gambling. He often stayed out all night, but he never brought it home. Women, even an old woman who cleans up is not invited, it's too abnormal!"

"Actually, it's not abnormal at all, the Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit, this place is just a cover..."

Zhao Guanren touched the floating ash on the wardrobe compartment and said, "Zhang Tiansheng must have raised a woman elsewhere, otherwise he wouldn't even change his clothes. He chose to disappear at this point, just because he was worried that I would trouble him and hide on purpose. Take a look, 100% are still hiding in the city!"

Shen Zhuo said in a daze: "Look at it, is he hiding around here?"

"It's dark under the lights! Even if he's not around, he'll still leave his eyeliner around..."

Zhao Guanren said: "If a large number of Jin Yiwei come after he disappears, it means that he is in serious trouble. If only a few people come to take a look, he will pop out in two days, find an excuse to say that he fell ill somewhere, and continue to be His epidemic prevention promotion!"

"Then let's secretly check around..."

Shen Zhuo looked at him seriously, and Zhao Guanren said in a low voice: "You are Chang Diji's confidant, so I won't hide it from you, this person may have corpse poison powder on him, if it falls into the hands of the enemy, it will be over." , we must catch him as soon as possible, and we must not startle the snake!"

"Humble job understands, but this person has a very strong sense of anti-tracking..."

Shen Zhuo frowned and said, "Zhang Tiansheng has no relatives or friends in Jinling, and he goes to gambling houses and kilns almost every day, but there is only one kiln sister who knows him, and she also said that he doesn't come here often, obviously he is just using the kiln as a cover, if tonight If you can’t catch it, you might run away tomorrow!”

"Boss! Find something..."

Lu Datou suddenly led someone in, held up a burnt matchbox and said: "I found it in the stove in the kitchen. This kid doesn't start a business but often burns things. But this kind of picture match is very rare. Take a look. Isn't it produced in Shunguo?"

"This is the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, specially offered by the Ji Kingdom, and the character in the picture is Qin Keqing..."

Zhao Guanren took half a matchbox and said, "This is a long match. There is a box in every commemorative version of Zhonghua, but Qin Keqing is the third prize. You should go to Lanshuihe Trading Co., Ltd. immediately and ask who are there?" Take away Qin Keqing's award, take my badge!"

"it is good!"

Lu Datou hurriedly took a waist card, took half a matchbox and took people there. Zhao Guanren continued to search the courtyard and the surrounding courtyards, but found nothing.

"Boss! I figured it out..."

Lu Datou ran into the yard in a hurry, and said: "The shopkeeper said, there are a total of [-] pieces of commemorative Zhonghua, and [-] pieces were wrapped as gifts before getting off the car, and the remaining [-] pieces were sold to regular customers. But Qin Keqing only exchanged three cards, all from Gao Tianlin of Duke Dingguo's mansion!"

"Dingguo Mansion?"

Zhao Guanren was surprised: "Who is this Ding Guogong? How could he have anything to do with Zhang Tiansheng?"

"It's nobody's fault. Ding Guogong was ransacked and exterminated ten years ago. There is no Ding Guogong anymore..."

Shen Zhuo said embarrassingly: "The Duke of Dingguo's mansion was bought by a merchant. He recruited the original maids and several beautiful concubines, and then bought a group of girls, filling them in according to the original titles of wives and concubines. The mansion is famous for its many beauties, and it was very popular back then, so many people went there admiringly!"

Zhao Guanren said in astonishment: "I'll go! It turns out to be a cosplay club!"

"Membership system! The membership fee is very expensive. I heard that money alone is not enough..."

Lu Datou smiled and said: "At least you must have an official of the fourth rank or above as a guarantee before they will let you in. After entering, you will have to play on your own. It is said that you have to bribe the servants first, pretend to be relatives, and build connections step by step before you can steal people. Talk about exciting!"

"Shen Zhuo!"

Zhao Guanren asked: "Who is the backer of this place? You can't open this kind of place without background, and Zhang Tiansheng is only a fifth-rank official. Someone must guarantee him. Can you get the list?"

"This place really can't be forced, the property of the national teacher's beloved apprentice..."

Shen Zhuo said in a low voice: "National Master's beloved disciple is Er Nan, he was responsible for the downfall of Duke Ding. I don't know exactly what the hatred is, anyway, the hatred is very deep. If he engages in such a place, it is tantamount to whipping him." Corpse, let Ding Guogong's family have a bad reputation for thousands of years!"

"I just met Ernan this morning, he is indeed a fake monk, let's go and have a look..."

Zhao Guanren went out without hesitation. Er Nan is Ji Xiaoshou, a member of the gay family. He is in his 40s and still looks like a fresh meat. He has a physical rejection of that guy, and Chrysanthemum is always unconscious. Scratching, no good feelings at all.

Unexpectedly, the run was quite far, and it took more than 40 minutes to get there by riding a horse. I almost ran out of Jinling City. I saw a brightly lit large garden in the distance, and more than a dozen sedan chairs and carriages parked at the gate early. , the breath of local tyrants rushed over.

"Zhou Mansion! So it's not to the point of being blatant..."

Zhao Guanren got off his horse when he got to the intersection, and said, "Shen Zhuo! I'm afraid people recognize this face, so you lead people to squat around to prevent Zhang Tiansheng from escaping after hearing the news. Go ahead and change your clothes!"

"Yes!"

Shen Zhuo gave the order ably, and only sent two subordinates to follow Zhao Guanren. After a while, Zhao Guanren and Lu Datou changed into long gowns, each put on a black gauze webbed head, and waved a paper fan to pretend to be a young master.

"go!"

Zhao Guanren asked two Jin Yiwei to lead the horses, and went straight to the gate of "Dingguo Mansion". There were six vermilion gates, two huge stone lions at the door, and four giant lanterns with the word "Zhou Mansion" on them, which were taller than people. The size shows the richness of the year.

"Several sons are visiting at night, I don't know what you can do..."

The concierge greeted him solemnly, several servants and coachmen were bragging on the porch, Zhao Guanren walked up the steps and popped a cigarette, handed it to the other party with a smile and said, "Excuse me, who is Gao Tianlin, an adult introduced me here Find him!"

"Haha~ You're being polite, my lord. The senior executive is not on duty tonight, but he lives not far in front..."

The concierge pointed a direction with a smile, and Zhao Guanren wobbled forward with his horse. When he came to the gate of a house, a woman happened to go out to pour water. He smiled and asked, "Sister! Does the steward live here, a friend introduced us!"

"Here! The head of the house, there are guests coming..."

The woman led them directly into the yard, only saw a middle-aged man drinking in the main room, put down his chopsticks and came out.

"Hum~"

Zhao Guanren took out a waist card of Jinyiwei Qianhu, and said with a sinister smile, "Gao Tianlin! You've got an accident, come with us!"

"Bang~"

Gao Tianlin slammed the door shut and wanted to run, Zhao Guanren kicked open the door and stomped him to the ground, pulled out his saber and grinned grinningly: "You fucking want to run, I tell you, Er Nan can't protect you even if you're here today , go in and search the house, see who arrests whom!"

"Yes!"

The two Jinyi guards rushed in aggressively, and Lu Da first grabbed the panicked woman, pressed her on the cool bed at the door, and sat on her back.

"My lord! Don't care about the villain, he choked himself to death from drinking too much..."

Gao Tianlin knelt on the ground and said in horror: "The villain is doing things according to the orders of the master. The master is afraid that someone will die in the mansion and cause trouble, so he told me to pack it up and throw it into the carriage. The autopsy has also been done. It is indeed filthy. Choking to death, we didn't murder for money!"

"You thought it was a dead dog, it would be fine if you threw it away..."

Zhao Guanren put a knife around his neck and said: "If you don't tell the truth, you will die. I don't need to say what the background of the deceased is. At that time, there is no evidence to take you as the master. You are the only one who will take the blame. Your whole family Everyone, old and young, must be buried with him!"

"But we can't tell..."

Gao Tianlin mourned: "Grandma Liu gave him tonics indiscriminately, Young Master Huang suddenly foamed at the mouth, Grandma Six asked me to rush out and take him to the hospital, but he passed away not long after getting on the carriage. He threw him to the side of the mountain, I really didn't kill him!"

"It's not you, it's Grandma Six..."

Zhao Guanren asked condescendingly: "Let me ask you, who told you to exchange the three winning Qin Keqing matchcards?"

"Pictures?"

Gao Tianlin was stunned for a moment before hurriedly said: "Oh! One piece for Second Young Mistress, two pieces for Sixth Grandma, Sixth Grandma has the most frequent customers, and also uses the most good cigarettes and wine. The villain only gets an errand fee for redeeming prizes. Go and catch her Well, she often gives medicine to people blindly!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhao Guanren patted him with a steel knife and asked, "Does Zhang Tiansheng know, who recommended him to play in the anti-epidemic promotion from Shunguo, and whose house does he often spend the night in?"

"The villain Zhang Tiansheng has heard of it, but I don't know it..."

Gao Tianlin said inexplicably: "Zhang Tiansheng is a fifth-rank official, and he was a defector from Shunguo. How could he be allowed to come in and play? You can't ask for money or life!"

"After you redeemed the prizes, did you return the pictures to them? Did they give them away..."

Zhao Guanren looked at her seriously, and Gao Tianlin thought for a while before he said: "To redeem the prize is to stamp it. I have brought back the matchbox. I really don't know if it was given to anyone. There are dozens of wives and hundreds of servant girls in the Duke's Mansion." , There are too many matches used in a day!"

"Do you have a guest list in your hand, go and get it for me..."

Zhao Guanren picked him up from the ground, but Gao Tianlin shook his head and said: "The list is in the hands of the eldest lady and the second young lady, and there are many preferences and secrets hidden in it. How dare a villain copy it privately? The villain is only the steward of the outer court." That's all!"

"If I bring someone in to copy it, can I copy it..."

Zhao Guanren knelt down and looked at him, Gao Tianlin shook his head again and said, "I can't copy it, the Duke's Mansion is so big, once Jin Yiwei breaks in, they will destroy all evidence of crimes immediately, but... the villain can take you in to steal, but please My lord let me go, okay?"

"Very good! Children can be taught..."

Chapter 0561 Who are you playing for tonight

With senior officials leading the way, the road was unimpeded. Two Jinyi guards were sitting in the gatehouse drinking tea. Zhao Guanren and Fen Sao each had a folding fan, and walked into the Dingguo mansion in a cool and curious way. All the lanterns in the courtyard had been replaced. The words "Dingguo Gongfu" were added.