The sound was loud. Xiao Zhouhou woke up, opened her eyes, and looked at him: "Husband, what's wrong?"

Li Yu's face turned pale and he stared at the cakes on the coffee table. Even the surprise of Xiao Zhou's awakening was covered up. He said in a trembling voice: "Don't move! Just lie on the bed! Don't touch the cakes on the coffee table! I

be right back!"

Li Yu opened the door and went out to the lobby. He looked at the front and back doors and found that they were all closed and bolted. He rushed to the front door, opened the door and came to the corridor.

The snow had stopped long ago, but the yard was still quiet, and not a single servant got up.

Li Yu has become accustomed to the laziness of his servants. When the screen fell down so loudly, no one got up to ask, which made him feel the desolation of the world. However, what he just discovered could no longer allow him to express his feelings and question him, so he shouted loudly: "

Someone! Is there anyone? Someone, come quickly!"

After calling several times, an old woman opened the door sleepily and came out. She squinted her eyes and saw him, and said hurriedly: "Is there something wrong, sir? Is my wife's illness getting worse again? Should I call someone? Then I'll call someone right away."

Get up!—get up all..."

"No need!" Li Yu said quickly: "My wife's illness is nothing serious. Go to the kitchen immediately and help me catch a chicken! It needs to be alive!"

"Catch a chicken? What do you want the chicken for?"

"Don't worry! Go right away!"

"Oh!" The old woman agreed hastily. She was about to walk to the kitchen through the snow. She stopped after thinking about it and turned around and said, "Master, do you want this chicken to be a male or a female?"

"casual!"

"Oh!" The old woman nodded, walked a few steps and then stopped. She turned around and said, "Master, is that an old chicken or a baby chicken?"

"It's okay! Hurry up!"

"I know!" The old woman walked a few more steps. She stopped, turned around, and wanted to say something. When she saw Li Yu staring at her with a livid face, she was scared back and hurried away.

Li Yu was worried about his wife in the room, so he quickly returned to the bedroom and saw that his wife had climbed up and was sitting on the bedside. She looked depressed. But her eyes were full of panic when she looked at the pastries on the coffee table beside the bed. Obviously, she also saw the problem.

.

Li Yu felt sad when he saw Xiao Zhouhou's expression. He hurried over, sat by the bed and supported her. Xiao Zhouhou leaned in his arms and said tremblingly: "Husband..., this is..., this is

what happened?"

"Don't be afraid! Take a look first and then talk!"

Li Yu's comfort made Xiao Zhou even more panicked. Her body was shaking like fallen leaves in the autumn wind. Li Yu himself was even more frightened, and he also started to tremble.

Just when the two of them were panicking, the old woman's voice came from the porch outside the door: "Master, the chicken is here!"

Although the door was not closed, people who were not waiting in the room could not enter the master's inner room. So the old woman just stood on the porch outside the door and reported.

Li Yu quickly let go of his wife, got up and came out. He saw the old woman holding a fat old hen in her hand, and smiled at him: "Master, what do you think of this one? This is a reed chicken that lays one egg every day.

Very accurate! No eggs have been laid today. I was thinking just now, sir, why do you want a chicken so early in the morning? After thinking about it, I am afraid it is not to watch the hens lay eggs? So I chose this one.

, there are several egg-laying hens in the kitchen, why do I choose..."

Before she could finish nagging, Li Yu had already snatched it over. The hen was clucking, but Li Yu couldn't catch it. One of the chicken wings got out of control and kept flapping, causing the feathers to fly around.

The old woman quickly helped Li Yu catch the chicken, and continued to nag: "This reed chicken is the most obedient and lays eggs diligently. However, if the master is not satisfied, I can catch other chickens."

…”

Before she finished speaking, Li Yu had already turned around and entered the room, closing the lobby door with a bang.

The old woman smacked her dry mouth, looked at the closed door, thought for a moment, looked around to see if there was no one, then quietly walked outside the bedroom window and listened. She heard the reed chicken clucking inside.

, seemed to be pecking at something. He couldn't help but smile, thinking that the wife must have just recovered from a serious illness, and she was depressed and had nothing to play with. The master felt sorry for his wife, so he found a chicken to play with her.

If this is the case, I should choose a few chickens for my wife to play with and chirp and eat, so that I can be amused. But the master didn’t tell me, and I didn’t know that my wife wanted to watch the chickens eat. It was a pity that I didn’t find the best one.

.

The old woman shook her head, sighed secretly, and turned to leave. Suddenly she heard the pitiful screams of the reed chicken in the house, and she could also hear the reed chicken flapping its wings. The sound was very miserable, and then she couldn't hear the reed chicken anymore.

The cry was just the flapping of wings. This sound sounded very familiar to the old woman. Every time when the chicken was killed and the chicken was about to die, it would flutter like this.

The old woman couldn't help but change her face. Could it be that instead of using the chicken to make the lady happy, the master killed the chicken to show the lady to make her happy? How can it be so funny!

The old woman muttered and walked to the door of the lobby. She wanted to open the door and go in to see what was going on. However, it was still not good, so she stopped again. After hesitating for a moment, she sighed, thinking that this was someone else's house anyway.

They can play with the chickens as they like, but they just feel sorry for the reed chicken that lays eggs.

She sighed and walked down the steps. At this moment, she heard the door of the lobby creaking open, and Master Li Yu quickly came out of the house. The old woman quickly stepped aside and said to Li Yu with a smile: "Master

,Is that reed chicken okay? Listen to me..."

Li Yu ignored her at all, seemed not to look at her, and walked quickly out of the gate, shouting: "Quick! Quick! Prepare the sedan! Quick!"

The old woman looked around. Apart from her, there was no other servant in the yard. Is the master talking to herself?

Li Yu didn't hear the response, turned around and said angrily to the old woman: "I told you to prepare the sedan, are you deaf? Hurry up!"

Li Yu has always had a good temper. He only sighs or cries, and never gets angry with his servants easily. This time he got angry, which shocked the old woman. She quickly agreed and ran to the front hall quickly.

Pull up the bearer and ask him to prepare the sedan quickly. The master is going out early in the morning.

The sedan bearers were not awake yet, and they were pulled naked from the bed by the old woman. They heard that the master was angry, so they panicked. They quickly put on their clothes and carried the sedan out. Li Yu was like an ant on a hot pot.

They were wandering around in the front hall and yard, and hurriedly came forward to ask the master to get on the sedan. Li Yu didn't bother to scold them, and hurriedly got on the sedan and went out.

Li Yu's shouting was heard by everyone in the front and back yards. Knowing that something had happened, they all quickly got up and came out one by one to discuss what had happened in the corridor. When they saw the old woman, they all gathered around and asked.

The old woman then told her that the master had asked her to catch chickens early in the morning. She also said that she heard the reed chicken flapping in the house as if it was dead, and then the master hurried out. After hearing this, the servants were all stunned.

, didn’t know what happened. They all turned their heads to look at the main room. However, since something happened, and the lady has been very ill these days. Even the emperor’s imperial doctor came to see the doctor, and they didn’t dare to go.

When he came forward to inquire, they huddled in the corridor muttering and discussing.

Master Li Yu finally came back and invited Leng Yi, the official from Kaifeng Mansion. Leng Yi had been here before, so most of the servants knew him. When they saw the official from the Yamen who was responsible for detecting the case, these servants made wild guesses. Something must have happened!

Something really happened in the lobby.

Leng Yi walked into the bedroom door and saw a reed chicken lying on the ground with its legs stretched out and white foam at the corner of its mouth. Xiao Hou leaned on the bedside and looked at him in horror.

Li Yu cried sadly and whispered: "When I woke up in the morning, I wanted to have breakfast, but I found something was wrong with the pastry. It was torn open and dark red powder was put in the interlayer. It looked like the poisonous crane top red! I

I asked my servant to bring a chicken and feed it snacks. After the chicken ate it, it immediately convulsed and died!"

Leng Yi leaned over and looked at the pastries on the coffee table. He found that almost all the pastries had been broken open and sprinkled with this dark red poison. He asked: "You said this is crane top red?"

"Yes! I recognize this kind of poison. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there was it in the palace. It was specially given to ministers, concubines, etc. to kill ministers and concubines. If you eat it, you will die in less than a cup of tea!——

Now someone put crane crown red in my cakes. This kind of poison is only available in the imperial palace, and it is impossible for ordinary people to have it. It must be because the officials hung a white silk ribbon on me last time and asked me to commit suicide. I didn't do it, so I poisoned it directly this time.

!I..., what can I do?"

Li Yu was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body was covered in chaff.

Xiao Zhouhou didn't know whether it was because of her condition or because she was nervous, but she kept coughing, causing her pretty face to turn red.

Leng Yi asked: "Who sent this cake?"

"The chef in my house made it himself. There is nothing wrong with the pastry itself. Last night, Doctor Hua and I were guarding my wife. When she was hungry, I took it out to fill our stomachs. There was no problem at that time."

"Oh? Have you two eaten this pastry?"

"Yes! Everyone ate several pieces, and nothing happened. But today, I found something was wrong with the pastry. Sure enough, it must be from the government..."

Leng Yi waved his hand and whispered: "Don't be anxious yet. Don't talk nonsense before you understand the matter!"

Li Yu immediately woke up and quickly covered his mouth.

Leng Yi said: "It was fine for you to eat last night. So, it must have been poisoned at night. When did you go to bed last night? And when did you get up?"

Li Yu said: "It should be the third watch when I go to bed! Because I have been guarding my wife for the past few days and basically didn't sleep much. When the doctor left last night, he said that my wife's illness is no longer dangerous, so

So I went to sleep with peace of mind. When I woke up, it was just dawn, it must be morning time. At that time, I was preparing to have breakfast, and I discovered that there was something wrong with the pastry. If I hadn't looked carefully, maybe

, the one lying on the ground now is not this egg-laying hen, but me."

Li Yu looked at the hen on the ground with lingering fear, his words full of fear.

Leng Yi said to Little Empress Zhou who was leaning on the bedside: "Madam, you haven't gotten up, have you?"

Xiao Zhouhou shook his head: "I woke up once yesterday, and it wasn't until this morning that my husband discovered that the pastries were poisonous and knocked over the screen, which woke me up. During this time, I kept sleeping and never woke up. Just now, my husband used

After giving the cake to the hen, we found that the hen was poisoned and died. We were very scared, so we thought of you, Mr. Leng, and my husband went to invite you. From that time to now, I have never gotten out of bed."

Leng Yi asked Li Yu: "When you got up, were the doors and windows closed?"

"It's closed! I closed it myself before going to bed last night. I was worried that bad people would come in and harm us, so I checked the doors and windows carefully every time I went to bed."

"What about last night?"

"The door was closed. I sent the Flower Doctor out last night, and then I closed it and fastened the bolt. I waited for a while, but I was too sleepy, so I sat on the chair and fell asleep."

Leng Yi nodded, squatted down, and observed the marks on the edge of the coffee table. Unfortunately, he found nothing strange. He stood up again and looked up at the roof above his head. There were no signs of being disturbed. He also checked the window in front and found that

It was closed properly. He walked to the back window, glanced at it, and was stunned. He turned back to Li Yu and said, "Are all the windows closed?"

Li Yu hesitated for a moment and said: "It should be closed! Because I haven't opened the windows in the past few days. However, before going to bed, I would check whether the doors and windows are closed. Since they are not moved, they should be closed.

Yes. - What's wrong?" Li Yu found a question Leng Yi asked in front of the back window, and felt a little strange, so he hurriedly walked over and asked.

Leng Yi nuzzled towards the back bed.

When Li Yu saw it, not only did his face turn paler! There was a window in the back window that was ajar!

Li Yu said in horror: "Yes! This is it! Someone from the government must have come in through the window while I was sleeping, and poisoned the cakes, hoping to poison me to death!"

Li Yu sobbed and cried.

Leng Yi carefully looked at the rear window, then pushed it open and looked at the snow under the window outside. There were some messy footprints. He looked at the footprints carefully and couldn't help but frown.

At this time, Li Yu cried louder and louder: "Oh my god! I have surrendered. There is no country without an army. I am just a poor literati with no power. Moreover, I no longer write poems about my motherland."

Now, can’t the officials let me go? Why do they have to put me to death! Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”

Leng Yi hurriedly turned around and said: "Master, don't worry for now. It's not yet known whether the officials sent someone to do it. Let the humble officials investigate first before deciding."

Li Yu shook his head sadly: "No need to check, I already know very clearly that the official wants me dead! He thought, he wants to kill me so that he can seize my wife! Just like when Emperor Gaozu poisoned Meng, the leader of the Shu Kingdom,

Chang, it’s like occupying Mrs. Huarui...!"
Chapter completed!