sea ​​situation

Lu Ming didn't understand what was the purpose of hiring him with such a huge sum of money. He didn't want the money at first, but Sheng Youde's attitude was firm and unquestionable, so he had to accept it and put the banknote in his wallet. He was still uneasy.

"I'll give you some five-yuan, ten-yuan, fifty-yuan banknotes, and ten 50-yuan banknotes, so it's convenient to spend." Sheng Di laughed.

"Thank you, I deserve it. I didn't do anything, and I was rewarded for nothing." Lu Ming said a little embarrassed.

Lu Ming has an unusual relationship with the Sheng family, and he is very familiar with Mu Yi. Normally, even if he does something, he won't take money.Now that the Sheng family is in trouble, they should not take money if they help out, but if they really don't take money, they are afraid that Sheng Youde will be disappointed.

What does it mean to go to the doctor in a hurry? He knew in his heart that even if the Sheng family only saw a little hope, they would do their best.Taking money from the Sheng family is tantamount to giving them comfort.

"Don't say that, my brother will settle the score. The master has always valued you and wanted to help you start a detective agency, but you will definitely not want to give you money for free. Now that this matter has happened, it is a suitable opportunity." Sheng Di laughed.

Yuan Mingzhu felt impatient after hearing a few words, and left with the wine bottle and glass by herself.

Lu Ming and Sheng Di looked at each other with wry smiles.

Yuan Mingzhu didn't know why, but seeing Sheng Di was not pleasing to her eyes, if Zi Yuan hadn't loved Sheng Di to death, Yuan Mingzhu would have ruined this marriage long ago.

While the two were chatting, someone came to Sheng Di, saying that the bank had something to deal with, and Sheng Di made a quick accusation and left in a hurry.Lu Ming was the only one left in the room. He walked to the table, took out a Parker pen from his coat pocket, and wrote on the letterhead on the table.

He wrote all the possibilities that he thought of, and then crossed them out one by one on the paper. This is also the basic skill of a detective: homework on paper.

He originally wanted to go to the scene to investigate first, but Sheng Youde insisted on keeping him, saying that he had something to say to him at night, so he had no choice but to obey.

In front of Sheng Youde just now, he thought that Sheng Muyi's disappearance might be her personal behavior, so he didn't mean to comfort him.He really thinks so, not only is this possibility possible, but it can also be explained.

So, why did Sheng Muyi play missing?He was lost in thought when Yuan Mingzhu came back to him with a wine bottle.

"Come on, I can't enjoy this kind of good wine by myself." After she sat down, she poured a glass for Lu Ming.

"Actually, I prefer to drink Scotch whiskey." Lu Ming laughed after taking a sip of brandy.

"It's enough to drink good wine, don't care what kind of wine it is."

She checked that there was no one outside, and whispered in Lu Ming's ear, "Something seems to be wrong. During our stay in Huzhou, not only sister Mu Yi had an accident, but other things seemed to happen."

"How do you know about other things?" Lu Ming said in a gossip tone.

"I just asked, it's not a secret." Yuan Mingzhu turned the cup in his hand.I took a sip of wine.

"Don't be foolish, tell me, what happened?" Lu Ming pretended to listen with his ears pricked up.

"A month ago, the Sheng family started to have a lot of funerals, and several people died. Even sister Mu Yi's personal maids died three times. Do you think it's strange?"

"What? There is such a thing!" Lu Ming stood up vigorously.

How come no one has mentioned this to him?Maybe these things are not directly related to Sheng Muyi's disappearance, but if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and things will never be that simple.

"Didn't Uncle Sheng report the case?" Lu Ming thought to himself, if the Sheng family reported the case and the police station stepped in, there would be no rumors outside.

"I reported the case, and the police station also came, but it was later found out that the cause of death was caused by food poisoning, so the case was not filed." Yuan Mingzhu said mysteriously.

"Who told you this?"

"It's a housekeeper. I don't know her very well. When she saw me, she took my hand and told me about the misfortune of the family. There have been so many funerals before, and now the young lady has another accident. This must be the ancestral grave or the old house. Feng Shui is broken."

Lu Ming pondered. Even Yuan Mingzhu, who doesn't like to think, thinks there is something strange about it, let alone him.

"How many people died in total?" he asked.

"I don't know yet, but it is certain that three of sister Mu Yi's maids died. I quietly asked Xiu Chun, sister Mu Yi's maid, and she also said with tears that three little sisters died." Yuan Mingzhu road.

"All three maids were poisoned to death?" Lu Ming asked.

He didn't mention "food" poisoning because he didn't believe the result, and he had a premonition that there must be tricks in the poisoning incident.

The management of Shengjia's kitchen is very strict, and they attach great importance to the origin of food. It is impossible for someone who does not know the basics to become a supplier.In addition, the chefs of the Sheng family are also very experienced. How could food poisoning happen?It's too unreliable.

He happened to have no clue about Sheng Muyi's disappearance, so he might as well start with the poisoning incident, maybe he could get unexpected clues.

At this moment, he thought of Sheng Youde's winking at him just now, leaving him to talk in secret at night, there must be something unspeakable, maybe it has something to do with this matter.

He wanted to think about it, but he couldn't investigate this matter. There were many rules in the big family. He couldn't enter the inner house without authorization. He had to get Sheng Youde's approval before he could investigate and question the maids.

"It seems so. They all died of poisoning. I'll ask later. How about it, am I qualified to be a detective?" Yuan Mingzhu said proudly.

"It's enough to be a female detective." Lu Ming laughed.

He didn't dare to say that Yuan Mingzhu was not qualified, it was purely an itchy skin, and he needed to clean it up.

"Then give me half of the detective agency, and we'll be detectives together." Yuan Mingzhu's eyes lit up.

"Fine, why don't you be the boss and I'll be the horse boy." Lu Ming laughed.

"Come on, you despise me, do you want to use the name of a boss to make me stand up?" Yuan Mingzhu snorted coldly.

"No, no, I never meant that." Lu Ming said guilty.

In fact, that's what he meant, but Yuan Mingzhu saw through it.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you become a detective or not, but I see that you are busy all day, isn't it fun? If you are interested, I will be it." Yuan Mingzhu laughed.

Lu Ming didn't care either. Yuan Mingzhu was very curious, but she had no interest in anything. Now that she said she wanted to be a detective, she might have forgotten about it after dinner or changed her mind.Although she died, she still has the temper of a child.

As for the fact that he is very busy, that's really a compliment. He basically didn't do anything. He was either reading books or reading newspapers every day in that cold palace-like detective agency.

He subscribed to all kinds of newspapers and magazines in Shanghai, and he knew all the major events that happened in Shanghai every day, and all kinds of strange cases were also recorded in his small notebook.

No one asked him to solve the cases, so he reasoned on those cases by himself, and when the cases were solved, he compared his own reasoning to sum up experience and gains and losses.

Yuan Mingzhu drank two glasses and wanted to pour herself some wine, Lu Ming hurriedly stopped her.

"This is good wine, but you can't drink too much. One drink at a time is enough. If you get sick after drinking foreign wine, you will look at it in a while."

He actually felt sorry for this good bottle of wine.

He has seen alcoholics, and Americans don't drink like this. After drinking a bottle at a time, they must be drunk.Good wine is for tasting, what is called tasting, is to drink one glass at a time, then carefully seal the wine, and keep it for next time.

Drinking like Yuan Mingzhu's is a waste of money.

"This wine is not good, go up." Yuan Mingzhu put down the bottle obediently, she felt a little bit of energy, and her head was a little dizzy.

Lu Ming couldn't laugh or cry, this wine is not good, what else do you want to drink?Do you have to drink 50-year-old, 100-year-old wine?

He blocked the mouth of the bottle with a cork, and shook his hand in front of Yuan Mingzhu's eyes.

At this time, autumn rain began to fall outside, and the sky became dark in an instant, and the temperature also dropped several degrees.

As the sky darkened, the heat of the wine they drank spread from their stomachs to their bodies, so the air in the room became a bit ambiguous.

"I have to go." Yuan Mingzhu seemed to sense something, stood up blushing, and walked out.

"It's raining outside. If you get wet, you'll catch a cold. Let's go later." Lu Ming said as he watched the rain fall harder and harder.

"What are you afraid of in this little rain? You won't get wet." Yuan Mingzhu said carelessly.

"Don't be careless, be careful of catching a cold, I'll go to Old Uncle Sun to get an umbrella before you leave." Lu Ming also walked to the door.

"No need, why bother, I ran inside in a few steps. I'll find out some more information for you." Yuan Mingzhu said with blushing cheeks.

"Then I'll take you there." Lu Ming felt restless, with a desire to protect her.

"Why did you send me off? I'm not a child. No, let them see you with me, and they will laugh at me again." Yuan Mingzhu said.

"What's so funny about you being with me? It's really strange." Lu Ming wondered.

Everyone in the Sheng family knew that they were formally engaged, and the two of them being together was justifiable, so what's so funny about it?

"Don't ask, anyway, they can't see me with you."

As Yuan Mingzhu said, she spread her long legs and ran out, light and fast like a deer in the mountains. Lu Ming only saw a shadow disappear in an instant, and Yuan Mingzhu had disappeared.

"If you go to the Olympic Games, it won't be a problem to win the [-]-meter race." Lu Ming shrugged and smiled.

After blowing the cold wind in the corridor under the door for a while, Lu Ming felt the dryness and heat in his body disappear.

"Should I really get married? Mom also has her reasons." He murmured, and then went back into the house.

As soon as he returned to the house, Steward Sun came in with two servants carrying a bag of fine charcoal, and said that it was still a bit cold in autumn and at night, and he wanted to light a fire for him, and he also had to go to get wet in rainy days.

Lu Ming quickly waved his hands and said no, he benefited from the habit of taking cold showers in four seasons for many years, so he is more resistant to freezing.Even in winter, he seldom lighted a fire, but wore an extra set of underwear or a sweater, and drank a few sips of wine at most.

"Then put it here first. If you get cold at night, you can make a fire yourself." Butler Sun said and was about to leave.

"Uncle Sun, wait a minute, I still have something to ask you." Lu Ming hurriedly stopped him.

"Oh." Steward Sun snorted, knowing that Lu Ming had something to do, he sent two servants to leave first.

"Master Lu, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Uncle Sun, did something happen to the family a month ago? I heard that several girls died."

"Oh, there is such a thing, it is food poisoning." Old Uncle Sun frowned and said lightly.

"It's really food poisoning, how could this happen to our family?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.

"This... You really asked me, I don't know very well. At that time, I was discussing a business with the master in Hangzhou, and something happened at home. It seems that the lady reported the case. After the police came, they questioned everyone. Personally, after carefully examining the corpse, it was finally determined that it was food poisoning, so let’s forget about it.”

"The police didn't file a case for investigation?" Lu Ming asked.

"No. It seems that the police station also asked the lady if she wanted to file a case. The lady said that since it was food poisoning, it should be the fault of the chef. The chef had used it for many years and it was definitely not the fault of the chef. It was deliberate, so a sum of money was given to send the chef back to his hometown."

"According to this, it was Mu Yi who insisted not to file a case?" Lu Ming's doubts became more and more serious.

"Well, it should be. At that time, the lady was in charge of housework at home. If she didn't speak, no one had the right to make this decision."

Lu Ming nodded, but he didn't think so in his heart. He had a faint feeling that there must be something wrong with it.