Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 110 Checking Intelligence

As if she had heard the voice, Madam Wei came back to her senses and did not fall into Xiao Jinyu's trap. Instead, she looked at Xiao Jinyu, who was dressed in black and exuded a noble and cold temperament, with a very surprised look.

"Why are you dressed like this today? I thought you were a princess from somewhere. You are so gorgeous and cold!"

This sentence was obviously an attempt to cover up something, but Xiao Jinyu did not interrupt.

Madam Wei came closer and asked in a low voice, "You didn't lose your virginity last night, did you? Even if you did, it's better to give it to Lanling King than to give it to Shixing King's Xusheng, don't you think?"

After saying this, she chuckled jokingly.

She didn't say anything, but Phoenix, with his sharp ears, heard the whispers and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Madam Wei was startled and turned to Fenghuang.

"Boy, you can hear such a small sound, what kind of ears do you have?" After saying that, he smiled and praised, "However, you are not bad, you did a very brave thing. I heard that you deposed the King of Shixing, which saved all the women in Jiankang City.

By the way, how was your kick? Can that beast be cured?"

"How can I know if it can be cured? I'm not a doctor. Besides, it was too late to escape!"

"Oh!"

Madam Wei gave Xiao Jinyu a meaningful look, and suddenly sighed and said, "It seems that, young lady, your business as a miracle doctor is coming again!"

Xiao Jinyu understood what she meant, smiled slightly, and did not respond, but changed the subject:

"Madam Wei, I don't have much time. To make a long story short, I came here today to obtain some information, some information about the princes of the Chen royal family."

"Sure. The notebook you gave me is also an endless wealth. I, Madam Wei, made my fortune with it. Maybe my descendants will be able to become a noble family in the future. What's more, the method you taught me is also very good. The recent revenue has increased a lot compared to the past. However, the tea and the shabu-shabu beef are still not as delicious as yours..." As she spoke, she came closer and begged, "Why don't you teach me how to make the tea and the shabu-shabu beef?"

"It's just a side note, Madam Wei. You should just concentrate on running your Xinghua Yanyu Tower. I'll have Ah Xiu teach you how to make tea some other day. Don't do anything else. It's not appropriate for you here!"

"Okay, then I'll listen to you, young lady!"

Xiao Jinyu paused for a moment and asked again:

"So, shouldn't you lend me the account book of the Xinghua Yanyu Tower?"

"Don't you want information? Why do you want to see the account book?"

"All the information will be in the account figures. I want to see detailed information for the past two years!"

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Madam Wei did not make any more excuses to refuse, and decisively asked the accountant, Mr. Fang, to get the account books for the past two years to show to Xiao Jinyu.

The account books for two years filled two large boxes, and Xiao Jinyu read them one after another with full concentration.

Time slipped away little by little with the flow of light on her fingertips, and Madam Wei felt tiredness sweeping over her. Occasionally, when she looked back, she saw Xiao Jinyu still sitting there straight. Except for her jade-like fingers flipping through the account book page by page, she could almost be described as motionless. Occasionally, Fenghuang would hand her a cup of tea, and she would just take a sip, put it down, and continue to flip through the next page, and then the next one.

Madam Wei couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This girl from a noble family is really well-educated and has a great temperament. She sits straight for such a long time without feeling tired at all.

But this appearance...

She always felt something was not right today, so she looked around, trying to see Xiao Jinyu's face through the thin gauze, but she avoided the fierce gaze that Fenghuang deliberately blocked.

About an hour later, Xiao Jinyu looked through the account books of the past two years.

When she stood up, Madam Wei was very surprised: "Have you finished reading it all?"

"Well, I've finished reading it!"

"Have you found any intelligence?"

"Of course!" Xiao Jinyu answered, and told the story slowly, "A year ago, Crown Prince Chen Shubao and a group of officials from the Eastern Palace often feasted and wrote poems here, accompanied by Changsha King Chen Shujian. But in the past six months, they have not come again. Do you know why?"

Madam Wei shook her head: "I don't know. Do you know why, young lady?"

"Did anyone die the last time the prince feasted here?"

"Now that you mention it, I remember that a beggar did die, but it's no big deal. Nowadays, countless homeless beggars die of starvation every day, and no one cares.

Moreover, the beggar was quickly dragged away by soldiers patrolling the streets, and no one mentioned him after that. Everyone continued to drink and have fun.

There is a poem that goes: Life is not even a hundred years long, but I always cherish... always cherish..."

"Life is less than a hundred years, yet we always worry about a thousand years. Days are short and nights are long, so why not go out for a walk by candlelight?"

"Yes, that's the saying... Enjoy life while you can. Life is short, so why waste the present? Isn't that what the scholars today admire the most?"

Xiao Jinyu was in no mood to joke with Madam Wei, so she continued to speak seriously,

"But this beggar did not die of starvation. Instead, he drank a kind of wine in your Xinghua Yanyu Tower. This wine is called Acacia Wine. When it is mixed with a sugar pill called Acacia Tears, it will produce a highly toxic poison..."

Madam Wei's expression changed suddenly.

"Have you heard of love wine? And love tears?" she asked in surprise.

"Isn't it recorded in your account book? In the first year of Taijian, on the 15th day of the Yang month, at the 1st hour of the You hour, Chen Bogu, the Prince of Xin'an, took a Acacia Tear Candy Pill, and a moment later, Chen Shujian, the Prince of Changsha, took a pot of Acacia Wine."

"Then how do you know that putting these two together will be extremely poisonous?"

"Because you never sell these two together, and you clearly stated that they cannot be taken at the same time. And you also bought a large amount of stalactites. I guess this so-called Acacia Tears is also made with stalactites, right?"

Madam Wei's expression could no longer be described as shocking.

"You can infer this just by looking at the account books for the past two years?"

Xiao Jinyu nodded and sternly warned: "Don't do this kind of thing again, it's harmful to your health!"

"But the sons of nobles all love it, saying that it can help them become immortals..."

Xiao Jinyu gave her a cold look, and the latter didn't dare to say anything more.

After a moment, he got back to the point: "But speaking of which, what do you want to say when you mention this matter? Even if the beggar accidentally ate the love pill and drank alcohol, which caused his blood vessels to swell and die, what does it mean?"

"Who got the wine? And who got the acacia pills?"

The wine was taken by the Prince of Changsha, and the pills were taken by the Prince of Xin'an...

Madam Wei seemed to have thought of something and was horrified.

"What is the relationship between Changsha King Chen Shujian and Chen Shuling?"

"I heard that these two are at loggerheads with each other. Even when they go to court, they won't yield to each other. Every time they come to my Xinghua Yanyu Tower, they will fight openly and secretly."

Having said this, Madam Wei's expression was shocked again.

"You mean, Chen Shujian belongs to the prince's party, and the Prince of Xin'an belongs to the Prince of Shixing's party, so one of them took the wine and the other took the pills, which is very likely..."

"The King of Shixing wanted to poison the Crown Prince, but unfortunately he was discovered by the King of Changsha, and the wine reward was given to the beggar..." Xiao Jinyu continued decisively.

Madam Wei's face turned pale in an instant.

She remembered that day, the King of Changsha and the King of Shixing had indeed had a fight over a pot of wine, and the two of them were in a big fight. Later, she took the initiative and gave each of them another pot of lovesick wine.

The wine was delivered to the prince's table by the King of Changsha, but just when the prince was about to drink, the King of Changsha suddenly pushed the wine pot over like a madman, spilling it all over the floor. The prince was very disappointed and gave the remaining wine to his servants.

But later, she saw the King of Changsha take the pot of wine out...

Afterwards...So the King of Changsha actually used the beggar as a test to see if the wine was poisonous?

"My dear, you can't make random guesses about this matter. If the prince really died here, then I..."

"He will be arrested as a murderer and will most likely be executed by slow slicing!" Xiao Jinyu continued.

Madam Wei seemed to have seen the scene of being tortured to death, and she trembled in horror.

"But that doesn't make sense! Even if the King of Shixing wanted to kill the Crown Prince, why would he choose this place in this way? What good would it do for him? If the Crown Prince died, wouldn't he still be the most suspicious?"

"He was not the only one present. Why do you say he is the most suspicious? You also said that His Majesty is extremely partial to him. If the Crown Prince is dead, even if he is suspected, he is still the eldest prince. The blame will be borne by others. What he is betting on is His Majesty's favor for him."

"My dear, this is unbelievable. This is just your guess!"

Faced with Madam Wei's disbelief, Xiao Jinyu could only smile.

"Then consider it my guess!"

"In the past two years, the King of Shixing has extorted 19 million silver coins from you. Do you know what he used it for?"

"I don't know what he does. There's no such thing as too much money."

"Okay, I have one last question..."

As Xiao Jinyu was speaking, she saw that Madam Wei looked very alert and frightened, so she finally chose to remain silent and smiled slightly.

"Forget it. Thank you Madam Wei for letting me check the account book today!"

Wei Qi was extremely regretful at this moment: What kind of brain does this girl have? She was able to flip through two years' account books in just one hour, and not only remember the contents, but also find some clues from the contents.

How can I keep anything to myself when I am going to do business with her in the future?

And what exactly did she want to ask just now?

Could it be that she really discovered something?