Chu Qi'er's death was strange, Wang Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, came to investigate the case with Zhang Ping, and after some inspection, it was found that Chu Qi'er had died of poisoning. Wang Yan said that the murderer could poison the smoke device on Chu Qier's arm, but Zhang Ping said that the smoke was lingering during the live performance. If there was poison in the smoke, it is impossible that only Chu Qier died.

Xudong said that the murderer might stay to point to his evidence, Lan Jue asked Xudong to dispose of the evidence as soon as possible, and then he found Zhang Ping also came to the scene of the crime, worried that Zhang Ping would do bad things again. He decided to hold Zhang Ping first and let Xudong deal with the evidence as soon as possible. Wang Yan asked the people present how they felt at the time. Zhang Ping speculated that there was a hallucinogenic drug in the cigarette, but the drug was not fatal. Lan Jue came to say hello to Wang Yan. Wang Yan said that he asked Zhang Ping to come and see his skills. If he won Zhang Ping, Zhang Ping would be willing to serve under his command. And if Wang Yan loses, he will sell noodles to Zhang Ping's noodle stall. Lan Jue said that there are many people in the Ministry of Justice, and even if Wang Yan wins, he will not win by force. He proposed to join Zhang Ping's team to help. Zhang Ping wanted to refuse Lan Jue's help, but Wang Yan flatly refused.

Wang Yan's subordinates found out that the smoke technique was introduced from the barbarians in the Western Regions. In order to perform strangely, hallucinogenic drugs were added to cheer it up. Chu Qier learned the art of smoking from a juggler named Immortal Hu Yan, and the cigarette blocks were also made by Immortal Hu Yan. Zhang Ping believed that Chu Qier's death was abnormal and definitely not caused by ordinary poison. He searched Chu Qier's dowry, but found nothing unusual. Lan Jue took advantage of Zhang Ping's inattention to replace Chu Qier's flower tines, and took the opportunity to tell Zhang Ping that Chu Qier's flower tines were different from those on the dressing table, speculating whether the murderer Put poison on Huatian.

Lan Jue told Xudong to be careful. Zhang Ping almost found Xudong in the underground drain just now. Fortunately, he managed to draw Zhang Ping's attention. Zhang Ping had verified that the flowers were not poisonous, and returned to the dowry area to check. He accidentally found new soil around the culvert, presuming that the manhole cover had been opened just now. He went down the dark canal and found that there was actually rouge powder in it.

The doctor checked that Chu Qier's cigarettes contained excessive doses of Datura pollen, but the amount was not fatal. Zhang Ping hurried over to bring the rouge found in the dark canal, and he said that there was an obvious circular mark on the surface of the scattered rouge, which should be because the original rouge box had been taken away. But none of the ladies present was honest about losing the rouge box, so someone was lying. Zhang Ping took Rouge home and studied it, and found that Rouge was not poisonous. The next day he wanted to go to Feihua Pavilion to investigate again, but Wang Yan said that the case had been solved and the murderer was Immortal Hu Yan. Wang Yan said that the bell on Chu Qier's neck was stuffed with sheep's heel flowers. This flower is highly poisonous, and it can cause people to lose consciousness and die if used together with datura flowers. With conclusive evidence, Wang Yan took people to arrest the murderer.

After Zhang Ping returned home, he mixed datura flower powder with sheep's heel flower powder, and experimented with mice, but the mice died after a quarter of an hour. Chu Qi'er died in an instant, and his whole body was stiff, and the death patterns of the two were completely different. Zhang Ping speculated that Wang Yan made a mistake in judging the case, or that it was not just one person who poisoned Chu Qier.

Wang Yan arrested Immortal Hu Yan, and Immortal Hu Yan said that Chu Qi'er killed his daughter in order to force him to teach him unique smoke skills, and Immortal Hu Yan did not regret killing Chu Qier. Zhang Ping came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to tell Wang Yan the problems he found. Wang Yan was poisoned by mandala flowers because he captured Immortal Hu Yan, and Lan Jue sent the antidote. Although Immortal Hu Yan had pleaded guilty, Zhang Ping told Wang Yan that someone else had actually killed Chu Qier, and informed him of the results of his experimental comparison. Lan Jue believes that Zhang Ping has no other evidence, and as a witness, he believes that Zhang Ping lost the game. Zhang Ping always believed that the case was still suspicious, and said that he would continue to investigate.

Zhang Ping still couldn't understand the role of Rouge in the case, and because he was obsessed with the case, he had no intention of running a noodle stall. Chen Tiao found Zhang Ping looking for the smell of noodles. Zhang Ping was inspired by Chen Tiao's words and speculated that the rouge was used by the murderer to smell the fragrance. He searched all over the rouge shop in the capital, but couldn't find any clues about the rouge in his hand. Later, he accidentally learned from a street girl that the rouge in his hand was special because there was no alum in it. Zhang Ping realized that someone knew that he was looking for Rouge, so he deliberately bought the shopkeepers of the Rouge Shop.

Zhang Ping asked Chen Tiao to help him find out which of the official ladies who participated in the competition had more sensitive skin and could not use rouge with alum. Later, Chen Thou inquired and learned that only Miss Gong Yuzhen, the granddaughter of the Minister of Rites, had sensitive skin, and she brought her own rouge that day. This woman is proficient in all kinds of musical instruments and is the best choice for the painting of Shengfeng strokes, but she suddenly quit before the competition and turned to Chu Qier as an accompaniment. Moreover, after the game that day, Gong Yuzhen never went home again.

Zhang Ping speculates that Lan Jue intervened in the case and interfered with his own investigation. He disguised himself, intending to keep an eye on Lan Jue, and sure enough, he found out Gong Yuzhen's whereabouts.

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