Chapter 249

After eating and drinking, several people sat on the second-floor balcony, drinking the digestive fruit tea specially made by Jiang Wei, blowing the cool afternoon breeze, which was very comfortable.

Cishi Xie and Du County Magistrate rarely had such a comfortable and leisurely moment, and both didn't want to leave.

Shen Que sat on the side, but opened the exquisite small box slowly.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's gaze stuck to it instantly.

But seeing that what Shen Que took out of the box was just an ordinary copper wine cup, she withdrew her gaze instantly.

She thought it was something important, but didn't expect it to be just a wine cup.

"Is this the thing found in the Huang house?" Shen Que stroked the wine cup and spoke slowly.

Cishi Xie nodded and said, "I have already sent people to interrogate the Huang family privately. This is indeed the wine cup used by General Shen before his death."

Things used by General Shen before his death?

Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly gained spirit, and her gaze fell on the wine cup again.

Shen Que went to great lengths to rectify the Huang family. Besides that account book, was it just to get this thing?

"I sent people to search the Huang residence up and down several times. It's also strange. According to the records in the account book, the bribes he took privately should be quite a lot, but they have all disappeared." Cishi Xie shook his head helplessly, "Fortunately, this wine cup is still here."

Jiang Xiaoxiao, hearing this, shifted her gaze with some guilt.

Cishi Xie continued, "But it doesn't matter. With that account book, the Huang family is doomed this time, and we can also pull out that group of old guys in the capital."

Shen Que didn't speak, just rubbed the copper wine cup in his hand with his fingers carefully. After a while, he said, "Relying on these alone... is not enough to find what I want."

"I know what you mean." Cishi Xie sighed long, with some persuasion in his tone, "General Shen's death is indeed suspicious, but so many years have passed, and you have also been looking for evidence for so many years... Perhaps heaven doesn't fulfill human wishes. You have done this much, so let it be."

"Let it be?" Shen Que hooked his lips mockingly and placed the wine cup on the table, "Shen's lifelong wish is all in this. To let me let it be, unless Shen is dead."

Cishi Xie moved his mouth, but finally didn't persuade anything more.

Du County Magistrate on the side realized something was wrong, so he didn't dare to say anything, just drank the tea in his cup silently.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

Jiang Xiaoxiao aimed at everyone's face, not daring to say anything casually.

Her gaze fell on that copper wine cup again inadvertently, and she couldn't help but think of a poem she learned in her previous life:

——"Ten catties of clear wine in a golden cup."

These princes and generals in ancient times really liked to use golden wine utensils to hold and drink wine.

However, she really couldn't agree with this hobby.

You know, these metal products in ancient times contained a lot of lead, especially copper wine cups. Over time, both copper and lead would dissolve into the wine, and drinking it would easily lead to poisoning.

No wonder the lifespan of the ancients was generally not long...

Jiang Xiaoxiao muttered in her heart, and the next second, seeming to realize something, she widened her eyes suddenly.

Wait!

This is the wine cup used by General Shen before his death, so isn't it...

"What's wrong?" Shen Que noticed Jiang Xiaoxiao's abnormality and looked at her strangely, seeming to have the intention to ease the atmosphere, and deliberately teased, "What are you staring at that wine cup for? Your eyeballs are almost popping out."

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't care about Shen Que's teasing words, but stuttered, "The, the wine cup... is poisonous..."

Shen Que sat up suddenly: "What did you say!?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao thought for a while, then pointed to the cup and said, "I've read in medical books that this kind of copper cup contains a lot of lead and copper. Over time, people who drink wine with this cup will become increasingly weak, sick, and finally die..."

Fearing that Shen Que wouldn't believe her, she also talked about Li Xiufen's disfigurement caused by using rouge and powder containing a lot of lead.

Shen Que didn't know if he believed Jiang Xiaoxiao's words, but his face was dark, and his gaze was nailed to the wine cup, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Cishi Xie said, "I once heard that before the late Emperor passed away, he had excessively taken pills containing a lot of lead and cinnabar. Before he passed away, his body was weak and powerless, and the symptoms of his serious illness were similar to General Shen's before his death..."

Cishi Xie's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Shen Que's heart hard.

He leaned back on the chair dejectedly, closed his eyes powerlessly, seeming to force himself to accept something...

Cishi Xie looked at Shen Que with complex eyes and didn't speak.

Du County Magistrate on the side watched his nose and heart, as if he hadn't heard anything, and drank the tea in his hand in small sips without daring to lift his head.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaoxiao also realized that she couldn't listen to these words anymore.

She stood up hurriedly: "The tea is gone, I'll go down and brew another pot for you."

After saying this, she hugged the teapot and went downstairs hurriedly.

As soon as Jiang Xiaoxiao left, Cishi Xie immediately spoke, "I think you should stay here this time and don't go back to the capital."

Shen Que's emotions were stable now, but his face was dark and unclear, not knowing if he had listened to his words.

Cishi Xie added, "Here, you can save your life. If you take this wine cup back to the capital, I'm afraid..."

Shen Que shook his head and spat out a few words slowly: "Jiang Yu is still there."

Hearing this, Cishi Xie had nothing to say.

Indeed.

Jiang Yu was still in the capital.

If Shen Que didn't go back for a long time, Jiang Yu would stay in the hands of those people in the capital like a hostage forever.

But he still asked unwillingly, "You don't want to stay here? Could it be that you don't have that intention for the little lady of the Jiang family? Otherwise, why are you in such a hurry to let her divorce?"

Shen Que was stunned and looked up at him in astonishment.

Du County Magistrate on the side heard this, and his fingers shook even more. The tea cup in his hand slipped uncontrollably and fell straight down.

Shen Que reached out his hand reflexively. Before his fingertips touched the tea cup, the tea cup was sucked up by an invisible force and paused in mid-air for half a second.

Shen Que picked up the tea cup with quick eyes and fast hands and placed it on the table without changing his expression.

Cishi Xie looked at Shen Que's operation with disbelief, surprised to the point of being unable to speak.

Until a long time passed, he seemed to come back to his senses and muttered, "Your internal force... seems to be much stronger than before..."

Shen Que said "Hmm" lightly and said without changing his expression, "Just got some opportunities."

Seeing that Shen Que didn't intend to say more, Cishi Xie didn't ask to the bottom, but said, "Since you have such powerful internal force to protect you, then I can rest assured about your return to the capital this time."

After the interruption of this matter, the question raised by Cishi Xie was ignored, and no one mentioned it again.

"The matter of returning to the capital is not urgent. I still have some things to deal with." Shen Que spoke again.

After saying this, he looked solemnly at the silent County Magistrate on the side and said slowly, "Arrange a time, I want to visit the Huang family in prison tonight."

He still had some things he wanted to confirm again. (End of chapter)