Chapter 010
Of course, there is another possibility—
Yun Xi said that this batch of spices was purchased by the mansion, and the ones they brought out might have been problematic when they first received them. In that case, the real murderer would have to wait to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to find them.
The clues have to be found bit by bit, even if Qi Huan is eliminated, he doesn't mind using them first.
Yun Xi just thought about things and didn't make any mistakes, but obeyed Qi Huan's advice.
Without thinking, he nodded decisively: "Okay! I understand."
Yun Xi turned her head and ran back.
The mother Liu, who was following the car next to her, finally heard something wrong, so she hurried over and said nervously: "Why did Miss Yun Xi secretly stare at your yard? Is...what happened?"
Qi Huan smiled: "It's not a big deal, it's just... I found that someone's hands and feet are not clean, so let's talk about it when I come back."
After saying that, he returned to the carriage.
At that time, Qi Yuanchen was still holding a soup bowl and staring at her with a strange look on his face.
Seeing that he looked a little stupid, Qi Huan smiled again, took a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth. Seeing that he was holding a small porcelain bowl in one hand, he took the bowl over and fed him the soup with a spoon.
Qi Yuanchen blushed and looked a little uncomfortable.
Qi Huan suddenly realized that he finally understood why his eyes were so weird when he looked at him before, so he lowered his voice and fooled him secretly: "My sister was sick in front of me. She didn't eat for two or three days. She was so hungry. She was really indecent just now... You have to keep the secret for her sister, don't tell her to others?"
It turned out that he was just fooling the child casually, but he didn't expect that the child's eyes turned red on the spot and his expression looked even more aggrieved.
When Qi Huan saw something was wrong, he quickly changed his words: "It's okay now. I'll eat more food in the future. Once I'll take care of my health, I won't get sick again. So do you, eat well. Come and have a soup."
In order to divert the child's attention, she quickly scooped a spoonful of soup and sent it to the other person's mouth.
Qi Yuanchen seemed unwilling to do it, but he was injured in his right hand and he really couldn't do the same thing as Qi Huan's way of holding the soup bowl and pouring it into his mouth. So he could only open his mouth awkwardly and let Qi Huan feed it one by one.
This child is really well-behaved, not talking much, and very quiet.
Although he is a little child, he is slow and elegant when eating, and looks like a gentleman.
Qi Huan was a grassroots in his previous life. He had never seen what a real aristocratic life was like. But the more he looked at this moment, the more interesting he felt, and his heart was not so depressed. He couldn't help but raise his lips and smile with his eyebrows and eyes.
Qi Yuanchen occasionally secretly looked up at her, and saw that she seemed to be decorated with starry eyes, and her long eyelashes flashed, and her expression was not that awkward.
After Qi Huan fed him the chicken soup, he brought the soup cup over again and continued to tear the remaining chicken inside. The siblings, one bite of it, I will eat it one by one.
Both of them were ill and survived death. Qi Yuanchen had a bad appetite, but was infected by her and no longer had the initial discomfort. He ate better with her and his belly became bulging.
Qi Huan chewed the chicken in the soup cup to a pile of bare bones and ate two more pieces of pastry.
At first glance, this body didn't eat well and had a very small appetite. She felt a little overwhelmed, so she had to give up. The siblings and sisters were slumped in the carriage to rest.
Qi Yuanchen was young and was rushing around for a long distance. The carriage was swaying. He must be really tired. He fell on Qi Huan's lap and fell to death and fell to sleep on his knee.
Qi Huan took the cloak over and covered it with him, and he slept very heavily along the way.
After entering Qingshui County, Qi Huan asked the coachman to drive the carriage to the street where the county government is located, waiting in an inconspicuous place in the corner.
At this time, Liu's mother realized that something was wrong, but when she opened the curtain and wanted to ask, she saw Qi Yuanchen sleeping soundly on Qi Huan's lap, so she could only bear it again.
After a while, the servant sent out in advance to inquire about the news ran out of the Huya alley.
"Have you asked?" Qi Huan lifted the curtain in a corner and poked his head out.
"Yes!" The servant bowed, "It was said that it was the wife of the family named Hong Dayong in the town. The Hong family set up a tofu stall. The Hong family has lived in this town for three generations. The couple are famously honest people again... Miss, Mama Zheng is really speechless this time."
Two famous indigenous honest men suddenly arrested a stranger to the yamen to file a lawsuit. On the premise that the yamen was caught, they also knew how the yamen would judge the case.
Having done the details so well, it shows that the person behind the scenes is a meticulous and good at planning.
Although Liu's mother didn't know what was going on, she was even more shocked when she heard this: "What's wrong? Mother Zheng? What's wrong with Mother Zheng?"
After such a noisy, Qi Yuanchen woke up, rubbed his eyes and sat up in a daze.
Qi Huan was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he quickly wrapped his cloak in him again.
She ignored Liu's mother and asked the servant again: "The Hong couple still live in the town, right? Do you ask where they live?"
"I asked." The servant hurriedly said, "It was in the big Liushu Alley in the north of the city."
Qi Huan nodded: "Let's go, go."
The town is not big, with only a few streets in total. The Hong family is poor and the alley where they live is a little remote, but it is easy to find. After finding Daliu Shu Hutong, someone pointed out that it was a family with a stone mill at the door inside.
The alley was very narrow, but fortunately Qi Huan was riding a small carriage that his master didn't use often, so he could get in.
She didn't want too many people to see her appearance, so she asked the coachman to drive the carriage directly to the Hong family and got off the car.
At this time, Mother Liu stopped trying to ask anything, just reached out to hug Qi Yuanchen.
But Qi Yuanchen avoided it and avoided it.
Qi Huan shook his head helplessly and smiled, turned around and reached out his hand. He subconsciously hid again, but then hesitated and did not refuse.
Qi Huan carried him out of the car, and the guards who followed him had knocked on the Hong family's door.
The row of houses here are very narrow and the Hong family doesn't even have a yard, so the stone mill used to grind tofu is placed outside.
As soon as the door of the main hall opened, there was a strong smell of bitter medicine.
Obviously—
There are serious patients in this family.
"You... have you found the wrong place?" The woman who opened the door didn't even comb her hair well. She should be about 30 years old, but she looked vicissitudes of life and had obvious black blue eyes. She looked like a symptom of lack of sleep and her expression was a little listless.
The guard was about to speak with a tiger face, but Qi Huan was already holding Qi Yuanchen and walked forward: "You are Mrs. Hong, are you?"
The woman nodded dullly, but her expression was restrained: "My family's surname is Hong, but you..."
"Go in and talk." Qi Huan looked at the entrance of the alley. There were already good neighbors looking around. Fortunately, her carriage and guards were blocking the Hong family's door, so no one dared to approach and eavesdrop.
The woman saw her holding a bunch of slaves and holding a child in her arms. One was that she did not dare to offend her, and the other was that she felt instinctively that she felt inappropriate to hold the child, so she subconsciously stepped aside.
Qi Huan stepped in.
The table in the main room was so dark that it could not be seen as it was. She didn't dislike it, and hugged Qi Yuanchen and sat down next to her.
At this time, a man also came out of the inner room with an old bowl, with a haggard face and a sad face. Seeing a group of strangers coming to the house, as well as young women and children in luxury clothes, he was also stunned: "You are..."
Qi Huan placed Qi Yuanchen on his knees and sat straight to the point: "The old man who was falsely accused by you of entering the yamen yesterday was my slave."
With a bang, the porcelain bowl in the man's hand fell to the ground.
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Well, eating is important, only when you are full can you have the energy to start a career.
Chapter completed!