"Poisoned !!"

After Matsumoto Yutaro finished speaking, Tsugawa Soji's face suddenly changed greatly, and then he said angrily, "Yutaro, are you sure that Yukihime was poisoned?" You need to know that there are some things that can't go wrong! ”

"Adult, villain is just guessing, and the specific details will not be known until further verification by the villain." Yutaro Matsumoto said slowly.

Soji Tsugawa lowered his head at this time and fell into deep thought.

If Yukihime is really poisoned, then the stakes are a little abnormal.

Yukihime is the housemother of the Tsugawa family, and the Tsugawa family is heavily guarded, making it difficult for outsiders to enter. And if it's an outsider, even if it's poisoned, it should be aimed at Soji Tsugawa and not Yukihime. Now if Yukihime is really poisoned, then there is only one explanation, and that is that some of the ladies of Tsugawa Soji are making trouble.

This is something that Soharu Tsugawa definitely doesn't want to see!

"Yutaro, how do you verify if Yukihime is really poisoned? What is needed? Soji Tsugawa raised his head at this time and asked.

Yutaro Matsumoto thought for a moment, and then said, "You only need to take the food that Madame Yuki eats every day, and the utensils used, and the villain will know it at a glance." ”

"Food?"

"Food is unlikely!" Soji Tsugawa shook his head, "The family's meals are all eaten together, and if it is poisoned through food, then no one in the family should be spared." Now the only person who is poisoned is Yukihime, and it will definitely not be food. ”

Yutaro Matsumoto nodded, and then said, "Then please ask the adults carefully to ask the people close to Mrs. Snow if there are any other things that Mrs. Snow has eaten recently." ”

"In addition, you can send someone to carefully inspect the utensils and clothes that Madame Xue has used recently, or you can find some abnormalities." Yutaro Matsumoto continued.

"Hmm." Soji Tsugawa nodded, then turned and entered the house, and said to a maid, "Take the healer down and rest for a while, so that you can entertain you." ”

"Yes! Basilica! The maid hurriedly walked out of the room.

Soji Tsugawa walked in the house, then walked out of the room again, and said to Yajima Tadabei, who was waiting in the courtyard, "Tadahei, order all the maids of the family to immediately bring the utensils and clothes that Madame Yuki has used recently!" ”

"In addition, send someone to the castle tower to inform me that today's assessment has been postponed for the time being, and we are waiting for the order of the family!"

"Hah!"

..........

Half an hour later, in the side hall, Yutaro Matsumoto carefully inspected the pile of clothes and utensils. And Tsugawa Soji was interrogating several of Yukihime's maids on the side.

"Has Lady Snow eaten anything alone lately?" Soji Tsugawa looked at the six nervous maids in front of him and asked loudly.

The maids hurriedly shook their heads after hearing Tsugawa Soji's words, and one of the maids said slowly, "The main hall, Madame hasn't eaten anything else at all recently. ”

"Are you sure?" Soji Tsugawa asked again.

"Absolutely not!" The maids reconfirmed.

"Yutaro, did you find anything here?" Soji Tsugawa saw that he couldn't ask anything from the maids, so he came to Yutaro Matsumoto and asked.

Yutaro Matsumoto bowed to Soji Tsugawa, then picked up a small paper bag and said, "Fortunately, the villain may have found the culprit of Mrs. Snow's fainting." ”

Soji Tsugawa took the paper bag handed over by Yutaro Matsumoto and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Arsenic!" Yutaro Matsumoto said slowly.

"Arsenic?" Tsugawa Soji's face suddenly changed greatly, this thing is highly poisonous.

Soji Tsugawa suddenly came to the side of several maids and said loudly, "How can there be such a thing as arsenic around Madame Snow?" ”

"This ..........."

"The main hall, this arsenic... This arsenic cream is a whitening thing, and daily consumption of some can whiten the skin. We... We all use it. One of the maids looked surprised and said, "Don't the main hall know?" ”

"Huh?" After listening to the maid's words, Soji Tsugawa was also confused, "Eat arsenic, beauty?" ”

"Really?" Soharu Tsugawa turned to Yutaro Matsumoto and asked.

Yutaro Matsumoto nodded, and then replied, "My lord, a small amount of arsenic can indeed make people's skin whiter and tenderer, which is a method that has existed since ancient times. ”

“MMP！” Soji Tsugawa scolded in his heart, "I thought it was who poisoned Yukihime because he didn't want to die, but I didn't expect it to be caused by Yukihime's own arsenic beauty!" I didn't expect Xue Ji to be a person with his own death attribute, this Nima eats arsenic and doesn't want to live! ”

Although Tsugawa Soji was relieved after knowing that it was not poisoned by man, looking at the arsenic in his hand, Tsugawa Soji was also angry.

"Pass the order! All the female dependents of the family in the future should not eat arsenic! Don't smear powder, violators will be expelled from the house directly, and will not be tolerated! Soharu Tsugawa said indignantly, and then turned to leave.

..........

In the castle tower of Ueno Castle, due to the delay of Tsugawa Soji, the buttocks of the retainers sitting in the hall hurt.

"Yajima-sama, what the hell is going on? Why hasn't the lord come yet? In the front row on the left, Yoshikawa Hiroya asked Yajima Tadashi on the side with a curious expression.

Yajima Tadabei was embarrassed and said, "Yoshikawa-sama, this is the fifth time you asked, I really don't know!" "After all, this matter involves Tsugawa Soji's wife, and it is a private matter, and without Tsugawa Soji's order, Yajima Tadabei will definitely not chew his tongue.

Hearing Yajima Tadabei's words, Yoshikawa Hiroke also gave up the inquiry, sat in his position and closed his eyes to recuperate.

And Tsugawa Soji also strode to the castle tower after instructing someone to take care of Yukihime.

"The lord has arrived!" Suddenly, the voice of the wise ten guards sounded in the hall, causing the retainers to come back to their senses.

"I've seen the lord!" Fifty or sixty people saluted neatly, and the sound sounded in the hall, which was very shocking.

Soji Tsugawa sat on the main seat expressionlessly, having just gone through such a ridiculous thing as arsenic, Soji Tsugawa was amused and angry in his heart.

"The assessment begins!"

Now that he knows the reason why Yukihime fainted, Tsugawa Soji won't be thinking about it, after all, today's assessment is just as important.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I am anxious for you to come here today, mainly to discuss the family's plans for next year, and to reward the retainers who have made meritorious contributions during this time! Looking at the black oppressive retainers in the hall, Tsugawa Soji said loudly, "This year, the main family defeated the southern family and destroyed the Spo family, so it can be said that in this land of Northern Okuba, there is no opponent of the main family!" ”

"Now the southern family is in civil strife, and they are too busy to take care of themselves! The Mutsu overlord Date family is also in a mess, and the Hashu Exploration Mogami family is crusading against several branches, and the entire Okuwa region is at war! ”

"The family is also unwilling to be lonely, tell me, where should the family's goal be next?" After saying that, Tsugawa Soji set his eyes on the retainers in the palace.

After listening to Tsugawa Soji's words, the retainers also discussed with each other in twos and threes.

At this time, a fast horse was galloping towards Ueno Castle from the direction of Minato Castle at an alarming speed.