Zhan Zhao and others went to Lan Yu Tower to look for Ying'er, but they encountered a strange scene... In front of so many masters, Ying'er was strangled to death by a "ghost" on the stage.

Suddenly, the whole theater was in chaos.

As the saying goes, bad things spread thousands of miles. Originally, everyone in the theater knew about Ying'er and Qiao Wanwan. They felt that it was not worthwhile for her to spend her good years with Qiao Wanwan. In addition, the previous incident of the Qiao family's grandma "thrown herself into a lake"

Rumors are spreading in restaurants and teahouses, and many people feel that Ying'er and Qiao Baibai committed adultery and forced Grandma Qiao to death, and there will be retribution sooner or later.

As a result, such a scene was staged in front of everyone. The people in Kaifeng City were all aroused to gossip. Many theatergoers rushed out of the theater and said to everyone they met - retribution is coming! Ying'er was strangled to death by Li Gui. In addition,

The news about Shangqiao Wanxuanliang's house also spread, and soon, the news spread all over the city.

Zhan Zhao led the Kaifeng government officials to maintain order.

But the people in the theater troupe were easy to control, and the theatergoers were scared away when they saw the life-threatening lawsuit.

Bai Yutang just noticed that Ying'er suddenly turned pale in fright and was staring in a certain direction of the auditorium. But at this time, the tables and chairs in the west building were overturned, and those who should have run away had disappeared.

The shopkeeper of Lan Yulou was almost crying. He stood on the stage and stamped his feet, "What kind of sin have you done!"

Although Zhao Pu didn't believe it, the Ying'er lying on the ground with a distorted face in front of him was too real.

Xiao Liangzi also tugged at the hem of Bai Yutang's clothes and asked, "Brother Bai, is there really a ghost?"

Naturally, the Fifth Master didn't believe it. He reached out and touched Xiao Liangzi's head, signaling him to wait for the results from Gongsun and his son, who were conducting an autopsy on Ying'er.

The fourth son was carrying a medicine box that his father was holding while looking at the body on the ground.

Gongsun put on his gloves, first turned Ying'er's head left and right, focused on checking the condition of her neck, and then opened her mouth to take a look.

Dynasty Mahan gathered all the members of the troupe together and stood waiting under the stage.

The corners in the west building began to discuss, and many people felt that Ying'er had suffered retribution.

Zhan Zhao asked Ying'er who he usually interacted closely with.

The shopkeeper of Lanyulou pulled out three people and said that Ying'er usually spends the most time with them.

One is a little girl who looks to be two years younger than Ying'er. Her name is Xiaoyu. She is Ying'er's personal maid and takes care of Ying'er's daily life. She lives next door to Ying'er.

One is an opera singer with Ying'er, named Man Yuanfang. He looks like a literary gentleman and speaks very weakly. Man Yuanfang is his stage name because he is good at planting flowers. He has a yard of flowers in his house and he always has the fragrance of flowers.

So everyone calls him that.

There is also Ying'er's good sister Cuilian, who is also a role player and has a similar status to Ying'er in Lanyu Tower. She is one year younger than Ying'er and has also become popular recently.

Zhan Zhao asked these three people if Ying'er had acted abnormally recently.

All three of them said that Ying'er had been arrogant all day long because she had hooked up with Qiao Wanwan. She always said that Qiao Wanwan would soon marry her and become a grandma. From now on, she would no longer have to act in an opera or appear in public and look inferior to others.

But other people in the building were very disgusted with this about her, saying she was shameless and so on.

"So Ying'er's relationship with the people in the building has not been good recently, right?" Zhan Zhao asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was sweating, and said that indeed, Ying'er had offended many people recently.

"Has Ying'er sent a letter to Mrs. Qiao?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Xiaoyu nodded. Ying'er wrote a letter three days ago, asking her to find someone to send it to Grandma Qiao's house. Ying'er went out that day and came back very late. After she came back, she was very happy and drank a lot of wine.

"The young lady was drunk that day, and she said, 'The Sangmenxing will not stand in my aunt's way.'"

"She drank alone that night?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"No, Master Qiao is here too. After drinking, Master Qiao said something happened and took the car back."

"Oh! Count the days, did something happen to Grandma Qiao that day?"

"Could it be that these two adulterers committed adultery and committed murder?"

…

After listening to Xiaoyu's narration, the theater troupe began a new round of discussion.

Just when everyone thought it was the grudge who was seeking his life, Gongsun stood up, took off his gloves and said, "Don't accuse Li Gu unjustly. Ying'er was not strangled to death, but poisoned to death."

Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu both came over to take a look.

Zhan Zhao also returned to the stage.

Gongsun said, "The poison in Ying'er first damaged her lungs, making her unable to breathe, and then she suffocated to death. She scratched her neck with her hands because she felt uncomfortable because she couldn't breathe, not because someone was pinching her.

Neck. Furthermore, if she was strangled to death by external force like this, her neck bones would definitely be damaged, but this corpse had no damage at all. I also found toxins on her body, and she was poisoned by the poison of the death grass.

"

"Death-killing grass?" Zhan Zhao seemed to have heard of this poison.

"The life-threatening grass is highly poisonous and will seal its throat when it sees blood. If you put two drops of this thing in the water and use it to water the flowers, it can make the flowers brighter and prevent insects." Gongsun explained.

"What about this handprint?" Zhao Pu was very interested. In fact, the main thing that made the whole thing so weird was this handprint.

"This handprint was not put on now." Gongsun continued, "The poison of Jueming grass can make the color appear. The pinch mark on Ying'er's neck may have been caused a few days ago. The surface has faded, but the injury has actually remained.

Just like the previous strangulation marks on Mrs. Qiao's neck were no longer visible after being soaked in water, the potion I used to smear her neck contained the ingredient of Death Grass."

Everyone understands - this is it.

Gongsun smiled slightly, "I think the fingerprints pinching her neck might really have been left by Grandma Qiao...of course not after death, but before death."

Gongsun grabbed Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang and demonstrated it to Zhan Zhao.

"For example, the prince is Ying'er, and the fifth master is Grandma Qiao."

Gongsun asked Bai Yutang to make a gesture of holding Zhao Pu's neck.

"That day, the two of them had a dispute after they met. Mrs. Qiao grabbed Ying'er's neck and wanted to strangle her to death. If I were Qiao Baiwan, just when Mrs. Qiao grabbed Ying'er, I pulled the silk to strangle her.

Her neck, strangled her from behind."

"Yes!" Xiaoyu remembered after hearing this, "That night, the lady did touch her neck a few times and said something like, 'You brought it all on yourself' or something like that."

"Actually, the murderer of Ying'er is right here." Gongsun looked at the theater troupe in the audience, "The life-threatening grass is highly poisonous, and the poison will almost appear immediately after being poisoned. In other words, the person who poisoned Ying'er just now

Beside her. The best way to poison people without knowing it is to prepare a poison needle and prick it on Ying'er... Who was beside Ying'er just now? Who likes to grow flowers, understand.

Is it poisonous?"

Gongsun's words made everyone stunned and turned to look at Man Yuanfang, whose face was pale.

"You were standing behind Ying'er just now!" Several supporting actors on the stage pointed at Man Yuanfang.

"Search him for any poisonous needles!" Gongsun pointed at Man Yuan Fang.

When Man Yuanfang ran away, he was caught by Dynasty Mahan who was blocking him in front.

Mahan found a small bamboo tube from his body, with a poisonous needle inside, and the needle was still stained with blood.

The shopkeeper asked Man Yuanfang why he killed Ying'er.

Man Yuanfang also revealed his true colors at this time, and cursed Ying'er viciously for being shameless and deserved to die...

It turns out that they were a couple, but later Ying'er abandoned Man Yuanfang and followed Qiao Wanwan for money. Man Yuanfang held a grudge and always wanted to kill Ying'er for revenge.

A strange murder case involving a ghost was solved on the spot.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu applauded Gongsun.

"Sir is amazing!"

Everyone in the garden clapped along.

Gongsun was still a little embarrassed, and waved his hand, "I've received awards, I've received awards, I don't want to take it, I don't want to take it..."

After the storm, although the female ghost was not caught, the case was solved unexpectedly smoothly, and everyone in Kaifeng returned to Kaifeng Mansion in a good mood.

When I arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, I saw Master Bao had returned.

Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er were running in and out of the guest room to clean up the guest room. In the yard, Xu Yun sat and sighed, while Bao Yan, Pang Yu and the others were comforting him.

Zhan Zhao told Mr. Bao what happened in Qiao Mansion and Lan Yulou just now. Mr. Bao was also very happy. He praised Gongsun a few words and told Zhan Zhao to continue to investigate the cause of Qiao Wanwan's death. Mr. Bao also didn't believe in the evil spirits.

Life.

Everyone asked Xu Zansheng and Mei Lie whether the quarrel in the Golden Palace had ended.

Master Bao was also dumbfounded.

The emperor must have been in a very good mood these past few days, and he did not think it was inappropriate for the two old men to argue about household matters in the golden palace. He ate melon seeds and held a tea cup while watching the two old men bickering. After watching, he said that the two children were in love with each other, so why should they be awesome?

What about fighting mandarin ducks? He asked Mei Xiaoxiao and Xu Yun to stay temporarily in Kaifeng Mansion. Mei Lie and Xu Zansheng went to Kaifeng Mansion to think about their mistakes, and left everything to Master Bao for the final decision.

After the verdict, the emperor went back to accompany his wife in a good mood. Master Bao and the Grand Master felt that the emperor did not want to mediate in essence, but simply wanted to hear gossip.

At this moment, the guest rooms in Kaifeng Mansion are almost out of room. Mei Lie and Xu Zansheng are sharing a room, and are thinking about their mistakes against the wall.

Master Bao and Master Pang asked Xu Zansheng all the way, asking him why he suddenly disagreed with the marriage and had to move out overnight, but Xu Zansheng hesitated and refused to tell.

Both the Grand Master and Mr. Bao felt that there must be something hidden here, but the man had not broken the law and could not be beaten or scolded, so they could only wait for him to speak on his own.

Mrs. Bao accompanied Mei Xiaoxiao, Xu Yun and Bao Yan to live together for a few days. In addition, Xue Xianggui also lived in the guest room of Kaifeng Mansion and wanted Mr. Bao to chop his son and not go home until he killed him. Qin Zhaoxu, Minister of Industry and Commerce, also came.

He said he would wait for his daughter here, and he would not leave until her daughter came back.

It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs, and Mr. Bao has no choice - what kind of thing is this?
To be continued...