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Poisoning doesn’t have to be in the kitchen?
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Have you already found something?"
Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "After I moved near Zhao Mingcheng's house, I carefully observed the surrounding terrain and discovered a problem, that is, behind the kitchen of Zhao Mingcheng's house is adjacent to a narrow alley, and the stove for cooking medicine
It's under the window. I still don't know if Li Qingzhao left the kitchen at that time. If she had, it might be possible for someone to take advantage of it and put poison into the medicine jar through the window."
Li Qi frowned and said, "If what you said is true, then it is really possible, because both Li Qingzhao and Li Yuanxiang went out at that time."
"Yeah?"
Li Qi hummed, and then told Zhao Jingyan Li Qingzhao's confession.
Zhao Jingyan pondered for a moment and said: "If we assume that this murderer really exists, then it is a coincidence that Zhang Hao came. If it is not a coincidence, then there is no small suspicion about this Zhang Hao."
"Maybe more." Li Qi shook his head.
Zhao Jingyan said: "What do you mean?"
Li Qidao: "According to what Li Qingzhao said, she was guided by a woodcutter to find the mountain tomato flower. Unfortunately, she did not see the woodcutter's face clearly at that time. I also sent people to investigate, but there was no trace of the woodcutter.
As for the whereabouts of the woodcutter, today I went with Guai Shiniang to the mountain col where Li Qingzhao mentioned that there were mountain tomato flowers. There I discovered an important piece of information, that is, someone had planted mountain tomato flowers there recently.
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Zhao Jingyan looked shocked and said, "Is this true?"
Li Qi shrugged and said, "I don't have this ability, but based on the soil quality there, Gui Shiniang is very sure that someone must have planted tomato flowers there in the past, but it's just that it's been so long ago that I can't get any more information."
Zhao Jingyan said thoughtfully: "From this point of view, this matter looks more and more like a conspiracy."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Li Qingzhao is not familiar with the terrain of Hangzhou. If she wants to go to find the mountain tomato flowers, she will definitely be a headless fly. Her original intention of going to that area is just to try her luck. If that
If the woodcutter had a premeditated plan, that would explain a problem."
Zhao Jingyan said: "The murderer knew in advance where Li Qingzhao would go that day."
Li Qidao: "That's right. But Li Qingzhao only told two people beforehand, one was Li Yuanxiang and the other was Liu Qin."
Zhao Jingyan said: "Then these two people are also quite suspicious."
Li Qidao: "I know Li Yuanxiang. She has always been Li Qingzhao's personal maid. She also stayed in Kaifeng with Li Qingzhao. I think she is unlikely. The key is Liu Qin."
Zhao Jingyan said: "I have also investigated Liu Qin. She was Zhao Mingcheng's concubine when he was in Laizhou. Since then, she has been with Zhao Mingcheng."
Li Qidao: "But neither Liu Qin nor Zhang Hao seems to have the motive to murder Zhao Mingcheng. I don't know Liu Qin very well yet, and I still need to investigate. But as for Zhang Hao, it is said that she is a very kind person and is willing to help others. Zuo Neighbor
Both her husband and wife had received a lot of favors from her, and Zhao Mingcheng had just arrived in Hangzhou. The two had never interacted with each other before, let alone had any conflicts. If it was said that he was bribed for money, it would not make sense, because she
Now she is alone, and at such an old age, no matter how much money she is given, what can she do? What reason does she have to poison Zhao Mingcheng?"
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and said, "You can't say that. Zhang Hao's husband and son both died abnormally."
Li Qidao: "I also know this. It is said that he died because of the sinking of the ship, but few people know what happened, and Zhang Hao rarely mentions it to others. I have already asked people to investigate this matter. One more thing,
If there is a murderer, then these two people can only be said to be accomplices at best, because while Li Qingzhao was boiling the medicine, Liu Qin had been resting in bed, and Zhang Hao had never entered the kitchen, so before the poisoning
There must be someone else."
Zhao Jingyan frowned and pondered for a while, then said: "If we can confirm that these two people must be accomplices, we can follow the clues and find out the person who poisoned him, but the question is, for what purpose did the two of them kill the victim?"
What is the connection between Zhao Mingcheng, Zhang Hao and Zhao Mingcheng?"
Li Qidao: "This is also what I am very curious about. Did we miss something?"
"You mean the Lei family?"
Li Qidao: "The whole thing revolves around a few of them, and we only have these few clues. Whether it is true or not, we can only start from them."
Zhao Jingyan said: "In order to test Lei Laoshi, I sent someone to Lei's Pharmacy, but the information I got was that Lei Laoshi was as the outside world said, as his name suggests, very honest, and Zhao Mingcheng did not have any deep hatred for him.
I really can’t think of any reason for him to poison Zhao Mingcheng.”
Li Qidao: "What about his son-in-law?"
"Did you notice this guy too?"
"There are only a few people involved in this case. It would be difficult for anyone to make me not pay attention to them."
Zhao Jingyan said: "I have also inquired about this person. On the surface, there is no doubt. He also has no connection with Zhao Mingcheng. Moreover, according to some people in Xicheng, Lei Ming loves his wife very much. Whenever he comes back from going out, he almost
He spends time with his wife at home, and he is generous and forthright, so I would almost say that he is the best man in a million."
"But how can there be a cat in this world who doesn't steal fish? The more outstanding Lei Ming is, the more people are suspicious of him. Moreover, he is also a person with stories."
"I think so too."
Li Qidao: "Anyway, we already have enough reasons to investigate."
Zhao Jingyan said: "How do you plan to check?"
Li Qi thought for a moment and said: "It seems that we can only start from the stories behind a few of them. I hope to get some clues. I will go to Li Qingzhao tomorrow to see if I can get more information about Liu Qin.
Oh, you can stay here tonight."
Zhao Jingyan nodded, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, you have to ask the one hundred guan on the cabinet to be returned to me tomorrow."
Li Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "One hundred guan? When did I owe you one hundred guan?"
Zhao Jingyan said: "I bought that house just to help you investigate the case. It's not my turn to pay for it."
Sweating! Do you need to be so fussy? Li Qidao: "But you said earlier that you were not helping me."
Zhao Jingyan was too lazy to talk nonsense and said, "Just say you won't pay it back."
"You are threatening me!"
"I just know that if you were me, you would do the same thing."
This bitch is really hateful. She knew I was asking for something from her, so she opened her mouth like a lion. Li Qi said depressedly: "Just for that small house, do you still need a hundred strings?"
Zhao Jingyan hummed: "Do you think Hangzhou today is still Hangzhou a few years ago? Let me tell you, the land price in Hangzhou City is very expensive now, if it weren't for someone who died there just now. And the man named Jia was eager to get rid of it.
I can’t buy it for a hundred dollars anymore.”
"real or fake?"
"If you don't believe it, I can show you the contract."
"Forget it, I believe you, just a hundred guans, but this house---."
"Consider it my reward."
"Depend on it!"
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The next day, it was still dark and bright. Li Qi came to the courtyard opposite and wanted to ask Zhao Jingyan if she wanted to go with him to see Li Qingzhao. Little did he know that the courtyard was already empty. The skirt he had ordered to be given to Zhao Jingyan last night
, now neatly folded and placed on the table.
"Even if you don't want to go, there's no need to leave without saying goodbye."
Li Qi shook his head helplessly and asked the drunkard to go out.
After walking for about half an hour, we arrived at the waterside pavilion where Li Qingzhao was detained. It was more lively than the first time. Because Mrs. Qin and Li Shishi were there, but the three of them were not chatting or having fun.
, but is helping Zhao Mingcheng to complete the book on gold and stone as soon as possible.
"Huh? Why are you here?"
The three women were all stunned by Li Qi's sudden arrival.
Li Qi nodded and said straight to the point: "Madam, Miss Shishi, please go out for a moment. I want to ask Sister Qingzhao something. This is a business matter and cannot be accommodated."
Mrs. Qin was just about to ask, but she didn't even say anything, so she was blocked by Li Qi. She was very depressed.
Li Qingzhao put down his pen and said to Wang and Li, "You two sisters, please go and rest for a while."
"yes."
Mrs. Qin, Master Li glanced at Li Qi worriedly, and then went out.
"Please take a seat."
Li Qi sat down and said straight to the point: "Sister Qingzhao, I came today to ask you about Liu Qin."
Li Qingzhao said in surprise: "This---what does this have to do with Liu Qin?"
Li Qi smiled and said, "I'm just asking as usual."
Li Qingzhao glanced at Li Qi suspiciously and said, "Liu Qin used to be a singing prostitute. Later, when my husband was the prefect of Laizhou, he took her as his concubine. She has always been very close to my husband."
Li Qidao: "But I heard that Zhao Mingcheng never took a concubine in the more than ten years after you got married. Why did he take Liu Qin as a concubine when he arrived in Laizhou?"
Li Qingzhao's eyes became a little dim and he fell silent.
Li Qidao: "Sister Qingzhao, I have no other intention in saying this. I just want to know more information about the case."
"I know." Li Qingzhao nodded and said, "This--this is because I did not give birth to a son and a half daughters for the Zhao family."
It is indeed the case. Li Qi sighed secretly and said, "But sister Qingzhao, you must be very unhappy when Zhao Mingcheng takes a concubine."
Li Qingzhao nodded.
Li Qidao: "Did you have any conflicts with Liu Qin over this?"
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said: "I am not up to par with my husband. He wants to have children. This is normal. I--although I am not happy, I can understand him, so I have never done anything for him from beginning to end."
I feel sorry for Liu Qin and the others."
Today's medicine is not as advanced as later generations, and it is a patriarchal society. Therefore, if there are no children, the woman is usually blamed. Unless the man is a eunuch, the man will never be blamed.
In these days, any woman who cannot give birth to a child can even be said to be a type of disabled person. They have to endure a lot of pressure. In short, life is difficult.
Zhao Mingcheng is relatively well, and does not blame Li Qingzhao for explicitly saying so. But if you say he doesn't mind at all, that is impossible, and there is no cat in the world who doesn't steal fish.
It's a good explanation of what the seven-year itch is, but judging from the facts, Zhao Mingcheng should still be barren, because Liu Qin and the others have been with Zhao Mingcheng for so long, and there is no movement in his stomach.
Li Qidao: "Then how does Zhao Mingcheng treat Liu Qin?"
"My husband loves her very much."
Li Qingzhao said it very simply. She seemed not to want to elaborate too much on this aspect. It is conceivable that after ten years in Qingzhou, her relationship with Zhao Mingcheng had already cracked. Coupled with Zhao Mingcheng's repeated escapes,
This also brought the relationship between them to a freezing point, but this was not good news for Li Qingzhao. After all, it gave her an additional motive to commit the crime.
Li Qi knew that Li Qingzhao didn't want to say more, but he could only press the bullet and ask, "I remember that when Zhao Mingcheng went south, he couldn't take too many people with him, and he wanted to take you with him at the beginning, but you just temporarily
I regretted it. So when did Liu Qin come to Hangzhou?"
You must know that Zhao Ji wanted to escape at that time, and it was important to be quick. He didn't even take away the queen, so how could he allow others to take too many people? Even Bai Shizhong, Cai Jing and the others only brought two or three close relatives to follow Zhao Ji.
They went south together, but they had the power. They arranged for people to secretly move their relatives to a safe place.
Li Qingzhao said: "Since the Supreme Emperor had warned not to let too many people know about this at that time, my husband had no intention of telling Liu Qin and the others about it at that time. But when they were on the boat that night, Liu Qin suddenly chased after her. It happened to be
I was not ready to leave at that time, so Liu Qin took my place and went south with my husband."
In the Song Dynasty, concubines were actually similar to maids and could be bought and sold as goods. When this disaster came, Zhao Mingcheng would naturally not care about them. He would have done his best to leave some money to them. I believe most people would not even leave any money.
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Li Qidao: "Then who told Liu Qin about this?"
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said: "I don't know that. The situation at that time, how could I still think about that."
Li Qidao: "What about Zhao Mingcheng's other concubines?"
Li Qingzhao said: "My husband has three concubines in total. In addition to Liu Qin, there are two more who have stayed with me in Kaifeng. Later I asked them to come with me to Hangzhou to reunite with my husband, but they were unwilling."
Li Qidao: "Why?"
Li Qingzhao said: "Because both of them feel that since their husband has abandoned them, they have no obligation to share the difficulties with him."
This is actually not difficult to understand, because Zhao Mingcheng belongs to Zhao Huan. After Zhao Kai came to the throne, everyone who was not mentally damaged knew that it was impossible for Zhao Mingcheng to stand up. He was very lucky not to be implicated. Based on the recommendation of everyone after the wall fell,
According to the law, it is very normal for the two concubines to have a clear relationship with Zhao Mingcheng at this time. You must know that this is not the first time that Zhao Mingcheng has abandoned them.
Li Qi squinted his eyes slightly, thinking that although Liu Qin was the only one who followed Zhao Mingcheng south, it was only because sister Qingzhao temporarily withdrew that she had the chance to fill in. It was not Zhao Mingcheng who asked to take her away. If she holds a grudge in her heart Zhao Mingcheng is not completely impossible, and from the fact that she was able to find out that Zhao Mingcheng was leaving at that time, it can be seen that this person is very scheming.
Seeing that Li Qi was silent, Li Qingzhao asked worriedly: "Li Qi, did something happen to Liu Qin?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "No, I told you, I'm just here to ask as a matter of routine." Then she smiled bitterly again and said: "Sister Qingzhao, you are too busy taking care of yourself now, and you still worry about what others are doing. Take care of yourself first. .”
Li Qingzhao just smiled softly and did not answer, but his smile was a bit sad.
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Li Qi chatted casually with Li Qingzhao for a few more words, then walked out of the room, and then went to the back room. Seeing Li Qi coming, Mrs. Qin hurriedly went up to her and said, "Li Qi, can you find evidence to overturn my sister's case?" ?”
Li Qi said very bluntly: "Madam, do you think that with your character, I will tell you this matter? Miss Shishi, don't look at me like that. Because Madam is here, I can't tell you."
Mrs. Qin promised: "I will never talk nonsense."
"But you are so worried. I used to go to a hut and you had to tell me eighteen times."
Master Li was surprised and said: "Is there such a thing?"
"Isn't it?"
Mrs. Qin stamped her feet and said anxiously: "Master, don't listen to his nonsense."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Just think I'm talking nonsense. But madam, there's something you forgot to do."
Mrs. Qin asked in astonishment: "What's the matter?"
Li Qidao: "You and Zhao Mingcheng have known each other for a long time, but you have been in Hangzhou for a while, and it seems that you haven't paid homage to him yet. This would be too rude of you."
Mrs. Qin said: "I wanted to pay homage to Mr. Zhao, but you didn't tell me. If I made my own decision, if I ruined your affairs, you would have to blame me."
"Excuse! Absolute excuse! Are you worried that I will blame you? Don't you know that I already blame you very much?"
"you---."
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business." Seeing that Mrs. Qin was about to explode, Li Qi quickly stopped and said seriously: "I am a person who understands etiquette very well. It is natural for you to pay homage to Zhao Mingcheng. How can I I will blame you. Just go there tomorrow. In fact, I have worked with Zhao Mingcheng. Logically speaking, I should go too. Unfortunately, I have some inconvenience for the time being. So, I will send Liu Yunxi as my representative to replace me. Let’s take a walk.”
Master Li smiled and said, "It seems like it's not just as simple as paying homage."
"That's not as complicated as you think."
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The next day, Mrs. Qin, Li Shishi, and Liu Yunxi went to pay homage to Zhao Mingcheng.
Li Qi, on the other hand, stayed at Zuixian Villa waiting for news, but instead of waiting for Mrs. Qin and the others, he waited for Nan Bo Tu.
Li Qi came to the library below and asked Nan Bo Tu, "Have you discovered anything?"
Nan Botu said: "Sir, I have found Zhang Hao's husband. How did his son die?"
Li Qidao: "Oh? Say it quickly."
Nan Botu said: "I wonder if your Excellency still remembers the sensational shipwreck incident back then?"
Li Qi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Which time?"
Don’t you know this? Nan Bo Tu muttered and explained: “At that time, people from the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau discovered a towering tree in Hangzhou and planned to transport the tree to Kaifeng, but the tree was too big.
It was so big that it was difficult to transport it to Kaifeng by land. Zhu Meng, who was in charge of the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau at that time, ignored the opposition of many people and forcibly ordered people to put this towering tree on a large ship and prepare to transport it to Bian by water.
Liang went to Liang, but before he got halfway, the ship sank, and no one among the hundreds of people on board survived."
"I remembered that this happened." Li Qi nodded and suddenly said: "Did Zhang Hao's husband and son both die in this incident?"
Nan Bo Tu nodded and said: "It turns out that Zhang Hao's husband was a craftsman. When the court was searching for strange flowers and stones in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Hao's husband and her two sons were also recruited by the court to carry stones for the Supreme Emperor.
, unfortunately, this time the three fathers and sons are among them."