A rare opportunity

Chapter 243 The only clue

The Plum Blossom Fairy was startled! She had forgotten for a moment that she was not the owner of this place! But then she thought, since Hua Zirong had given this courtyard to her, she should be the one making the decisions here! She immediately said to Li Yu:

"Don't worry! I'll go talk to Zirong later!"

"What does the fairy want to say to the junior?"

At this moment, Hua Zirong was looking at the Plum Blossom Fairy with one foot in and one foot out of the door.

"Oh! Zirong, you came just in time! The Qi Biao couple were bullied by the villain and now have nowhere to go! So I took the initiative to let them stay with us. Please forgive me for not telling you in advance!"

The Plum Blossom Fairy said immediately.

"Oh? That's right, the fairy can decide for herself, you're welcome!"

Although Hua Zirong said it nicely, he was a little unhappy in his heart! After all, he was the owner of the Hua Mansion, so he should at least give a heads up in advance. What's the point of this person moving in? Just want to inform me? This is too disrespectful of me, isn't it? But thinking that they came here to investigate the poisoning of his sister, although he was unhappy in his heart, he was smiling on his face! He immediately said to Li Yu:

"Mr. Li, you are finally back! We have all been waiting for you! Especially Mr. Pu, who has been talking about you the whole time! Let's go! The banquet has already been set up, and you are the only one missing!"

Li Yu immediately said modestly:

"I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long! You guys go first, I'll wait for Commander Qi to come over together!"

Hua Zirong felt unhappy again when he heard this! I'm hosting a banquet, why are you doing me a favor? He blamed himself:

"Right, right, right! Look at my memory, how could I forget Commander Qi? Okay, let's just wait for him for a while!"

The banquet was held in the hall of Hua Mansion. The members of the Falcon Squad and Qi Biao's wife filled the entire table!

During the banquet, everyone would inevitably clink glasses and toast each other. Only Qi Biao remained silent and drank by himself.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Li Yu picked up his wine glass and stood up and said:

"Li Yu is not talented, but the Second Prince and Senior Sister Hua showed me favor and forced me to be the captain of the Falcon Squad. But I know my ability is limited, so I hope you can help me!"

After saying this, he drank the wine in his hand! Then he said to everyone:

"It's just that this matter has been going on for many years, and I have no clue. The only starting point is Jiao Fulu! I wonder if you have any good ideas to find this person?"

Everyone was thoughtful after hearing this, but they could not think of a solution.

Li Yu stared at Qi Biao and asked:

"Does Commander Qi have any good ideas?"

"This... I think the most crucial thing now is to know whether this Jiao Fulu is a real person! Oh, I mean whether this Jiao Fulu is his real name! If he is really the one who poisoned, I don't think this should be his real name!"

Qi Biao is worthy of being the city defense commander for many years, and he hit the nail on the head with just one word!

"Yes! That's right! If he really was the one who poisoned the food, then he would definitely not use his real name! But how do we know if the name Jiao Fulu is his real name?"

Hua Zirong agreed immediately.

"In fact, it is not difficult to find out who Jiao Fulu is. I think your mansion would not fail to check the identity and background of the person who came into the mansion, right? Then we just need to find out who recruited him into the mansion in the first place, and we will know the answer after asking him!"

Qi Biao said in a deep voice.

"Are you saying that there is something fishy going on between him and the person who recruited him into the mansion?"

Hua Zirong said in shock.

"At least that person should know this person's origins!"

Qi Biao's eyes are as sharp as a torch!

Hua Zirong lowered his head in thought for a long time, then raised his head and said:

"Commander Qi is absolutely right! I will immediately arrange for them to find out who recruited him into the palace in the first place!"

Then he shouted loudly to the outside of the door:

"Someone! Go and call Butler Huo over to me!"

Not long after, a white-haired old man trembled and walked in. He bowed to Hua Zirong and others and said:

"This old servant Huo Qishan greets the young master! Greetings to all the young masters and young ladies! Young master, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Manager Huo, let me ask you, do you still remember Jiao Fulu?"

Hua Zirong asked immediately.

"I remember! Of course I remember! He is the only one who left without saying goodbye in my Hua Mansion. How could I not remember him? What happened, Master? Did you find him? I will skin him alive!"

Huo Qishan seemed a little excited.

"Let's not talk about whether to peel off the skin or not for now. Let me ask you first, was he recruited into the Hua Mansion by you?"

Hua Zirong immediately interrupted Huo Qishan and asked coldly.

"Yes, Master! That is why I hate him to the core..."

Huo Qishan gritted his teeth.

"Hmm! Then do you know his identity and background?"

Hua Zirong raised his voice unconsciously! Although Huo Qishan is an old servant of the Hua family and has always been loyal to the Hua family. But everyone is greedy after all! Even this loyal old servant will inevitably be greedy for benefits and do something that is not good for the Hua family.

"Of course! I always do my work seriously and never slack off! I have investigated his family background and relatives thoroughly!"

Huo Qishan said affirmatively. Perhaps he sensed the bad tone of Hua Zirong's voice, so he spoke with even more affirmation!

"you sure?"

Hua Zirong's tone was cold! He was sure that Huo Qishan was definitely involved in this matter, so he felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart, and it came out naturally in his tone of voice!

"Of course! Master, what's wrong with you?"

Huo Qishan was terrified! He didn't know what he had done wrong to make the young master so disgusted! You have to know that Huo Qishan is an old man who has followed Hua Qianyu for many years. He watched Hua Zirong and his sister grow up. Although they are master and servant, Hua Zirong and his sister have always been polite to him and treated him as their elder. But today, the young master's tone was extremely abnormal!

"Well, then, tell me, who is this Jiao Fulu? Where does he live? What kind of family and relatives does he have?"

Hua Zirong still spoke coldly.

"This... I can't remember it right now. But I have a habit of keeping a record of things. Whenever something happens, I always keep a written record. I'll go back and get it. Can you take a look at it, sir?"

Huo Qishan hesitated.

"Okay! Go get it now!"

Hua Zirong immediately said to Huo Qishan:

"Yes! Master!"

Huo Qishan agreed, turned around tremblingly, and left the hall with the help of a young servant.

With the clue, everyone lost interest in drinking and immediately waited for Huo Qishan to return.

After a long while, I heard the sound of footsteps. I looked up and saw Huo Qishan walking in with a thick book in his arms!