Chapter 18 Eighteen. Night Rain and Wind
Huang Zixia followed behind Zhou Ziqin, walked along the drooping corridor of Xueli to the door of Dongshou's room.Zhou Ziqin pulled Amo over for her, and said, "Tonight, wash the bedding and wash your feet, fetch water to wash up tomorrow morning, call him if you have something to do, and show him off if he doesn't do well!"
Huang Zixia recalled that Zhou Ziqin was almost crushed by the bronze man, and the two of them were still in a state of unsteadiness, and thought in his heart, it is probably not the case, how many years have you been flirting, when did he talk to you?
Fortunately, she was very familiar with this place, so she asked Ah Mo to carry the quilt out of the cupboard, spread it out for herself, went to the cupboard to pick out two new towels, and asked Ah Mo to bring a bucket of hot water from the kitchen.
Ah Mo is lazy by nature, but after all, she is the person who is close to King Kui, so she dares to be negligent, and quickly serve tea and water, make the bed and fold the quilt, which is much more attentive than serving Zhou Ziqin.
Huang Zixia closed the door, washed her face and feet, and wiped her body, feeling the exhaustion from the day's running all over the place.She was lying on the bed, still thinking about whether she would suffer from insomnia when she revisited the old place.Unexpectedly, drowsiness flooded in, and after a while, she had already fallen into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, she saw her parents and elder brother beckoning her to go over.
She quickly took two steps, and felt that the way she was walking was not right, so she looked down and found that she was wearing a pleated skirt embroidered with begonias, not an eunuch's dress. She almost stepped on the corner of her skirt without paying attention. .
Huang Zixia happily lifted the corner of her skirt and ran towards them. The whole family sat together happily.Surrounded by a vast expanse, she couldn't see anything, only the four of them sat around the stone table with a radius of Zhang Zhang in front of her. An osmanthus flower was in full bloom above her head, and the fragrance was strong, covering them thickly.
Everyone was talking happily, but Huang Zixia couldn't understand.So she just hugged her mother's arm, and as usual, put her cheek on her arm coquettishly, looking at everyone with a smile.
She didn't know what they were talking about, but since everyone was having fun, she kept smiling too.Osmanthus blossoms fell on their heads, shoulders, and stone tables, more and more, golden and bright.
Maybe it was because the fragrance was too strong and the joy was too intoxicating, Huang Zixia smiled and leaned on his mother, gradually feeling in a trance amidst the joy.So she closed her eyes with a smile, and let the sweet-scented osmanthus and the sun fall on her.
I don't know how long it took, but the warm sunshine and sweet osmanthus fragrance are gone.She didn't know where she was, so she opened her eyes and looked around.
It is still a vast expanse of whiteness, and what you see in front of you is still only about the size of a square meter.Her parents and elder brother were lying on the bed, covered with a white cloth, and quietly stopped on the green brick floor.
There was no sound at all, and everything around her froze.
She looked at the dead bodies of her relatives, standing in a place that she didn't know whether they were far or near. She stared blankly, even forgot to breathe, and even her heart stopped.She didn't know how long she stood motionless, and then suddenly thought in her heart, it turned out to be a dream, so she fell into this dream again.
As if a spell had been broken, she suddenly opened her eyes and woke up.
The dream suddenly shattered in front of her.Except for the severe pain in the heart and mouth that was almost suffocating, nothing was left.
She clutched her chest, breathing heavily, staring at everything around her with wide eyes.
The familiar furnishings, the scenery in her memory, and even the patterns carved on the beams and pillars were exactly the same as in her memory.
She came back, back to the ambassador's mansion in Chengdu, back to the place where she spent the best times of her life, and back to the place where she suffered the most in this life.
She clutched the quilt hard, her hands and body trembled so violently, it seemed as if all the muscles in her body were convulsing.She breathed heavily, the black tide in front of her eyes finally receded gradually, the roar in her ears finally faded away, and she finally came back to life.
I heard the sound of birds jumping and singing on the branches, but there was no other sound.
She numbly sat up from the bed and looked out the window.It was already high in the sun, and there were crystal dew hanging on the drooping saplings in front of the window, reflecting the colorful colors of the sun.You can see the lotus pond in one corner, where the last few lotus flowers in summer are still blooming sporadically.
Huang Zixia stared blankly out of the window, at the envoy's mansion, at her once incomparably beautiful years, and also at her girlish days that had died forever.
After a long time, she shook her head and put everything behind her for the time being.She said to herself: "Huang Zixia, don't be the kind of weak-willed person you look down on the most. There is only one thing you can do now. There is only one way in front of you now. There is only one way you can go now." end."
After washing with the water left over from last night, she opened the door and went out.
Standing under the porch of the east wing, the sun is shining brightly in front of you.At a glance, she saw three people sitting there having breakfast in the West Flower Hall opposite, inside the open doors and windows.
It was Zhou Ziqin who was facing her, holding a bun in his hand and beckoning to her: "Chonggu, come here quickly, are you hungry?"
And the two people sitting on his left and right, with extremely familiar profiles, were Li Shubai and Zhang Xingying.
She hurried through the small courtyard and met Li Shubai in the past: "My lord came here early in the morning, what's the matter?"
"I heard that Shijun Mansion's dim sum is very good, so I deliberately didn't have breakfast, and came over from Jiedu Mansion to taste it." Li Shubai said with a small bowl of porridge in his hand.
Huang Zixia nodded to him, sat on the empty side of the small square table, and said to him while filling himself with egg drop soup: "Yes, some of the cooks in Shijun's mansion are very famous in Chengdu. Especially those who take care of dim sum Mrs. Zheng, she and her two masters are one-of-a-kind craftsmen."
Zhou Ziqin looked at her suspiciously: "How do you know? Even I don't know..."
"Did you forget that we investigated everyone in the mansion last time?" Li Shubai asked calmly.
Zhou Ziqin immediately expressed admiration: "You have such a good memory!"
Zhang Xingying buried her head in the porridge and steamed buns, pretending she didn't hear anything.
Li Shubai asked Huang Zixia: "You have been working so hard these past few days, how is the case going?"
Huang Zixia put down the egg soup and said, "At present, Qi Teng's death should be related to the death of Fu Xinruan and Wen Yang, as well as the death of Tang Zhuniang."
Li Shubai glanced at Zhou Ziqin, and asked, "What about the bloody case with the envoy's mansion?"
Huang Zixia thought for a while and said, "Maybe it doesn't matter."
"I think it's related," Li Shubai said calmly, letting Zhou Ziqin's eyes widen in surprise, "I heard that Yuxuan was also involved in this case. So, several cases were brought together." A string of the same people, no?"
Huang Zixia nodded silently, and said, "Yes, he has an indistinguishable relationship with all the cases and all the deceased."
"So, what are you going to do?" he asked again.
Huang Zixia leaned back in the chair, thought for a while quietly, and said, "I will visit him."
Zhou Ziqin immediately suggested: "Let's go to his side today!"
"Yeah." Huang Zixia responded, then remembered something, and turned to Zhang Xingying: "Second brother Zhang, I remember the day you met Jing Yu when you fell off a cliff and was hit by a man riding a horse. went down?"
"It's not a collision, but he suddenly appeared from the corner of the cliff, and he didn't rein in the horse a little when turning. The horse that was galloping suddenly rushed towards me, which surprised me, so I slipped and slid down. I fell off the cliff," Zhang Xingying quickly put half of the bun in his mouth into his mouth, ate it in one bite, and said, "So, he may not have hit me on purpose, but he did cause me to fall off the cliff."
Zhou Ziqin was a little confused, and asked, "What does Tang Zhuniang's death have to do with Brother Zhang's fall off the cliff?"
"Do you remember that in those few days when King Kui disappeared, the Xichuan army blocked the access roads during the search and rescue, and no vehicles or horses were allowed to enter the mountain road. Therefore, when Tang Zhuniang went home, she couldn't hire a car and walked back , Second brother Zhang was also walking all the way on the mountain road before he was bumped into by the other party."
Zhou Ziqin's eyes widened suddenly: "Chonggu! You mean...the person who ordered the closure of the mountain has a problem?"
"Who has nothing to do to block the road and set up such a big game?" Huang Zixia was speechless, "I mean, since the entry and exit of cars and horses had been banned for several days at that time, then the person who knocked Brother Zhang off the cliff was another How can you walk on the mountain road on horseback?"
Zhou Ziqin suddenly realized, and patted the table: "Assassin! It must be the assassin who assassinated the prince at that time. He was stranded in the mountain forest. He didn't go in or out for several days, so he appeared on the mountain road on a horse!"
Even Li Shubai couldn't bear it anymore, and turned his head to the side speechlessly.
After all, Huang Zixia had a close relationship with Zhou Ziqin, so he could barely bear it, and asked again: "If this is the case, there are always Xichuan Army search teams on the mountain road, how dare he gallop on the road directly? Why didn't it come out later that he was caught?" News from the assassin?"
Zhou Ziqin sucked in a breath of air, carefully looked left and right, and leaned in front of them and asked, "You mean...the assassin is someone Xichuan Jun knows?"
Huang Zixia finally couldn't bear it anymore, pressed her forehead, and leaned heavily on the table with her elbow: "Brother Ziqin, what I mean is that the most likely person who is riding a horse on the mountain road is Xichuan Army people, or, at least, people they know."
Zhou Ziqin's big eyes blinked suddenly, and he looked at them puzzled, not understanding what this had to do with solving the case.
Huang Zixia asked Zhang Xingying: "Do you still remember the appearance of that person on the horse?"
"Uh... because the horse was coming so fast, it rushed straight over, and I fell down immediately, so I didn't see it clearly." Zhang Xingying said honestly.
Huang Zixia asked again: "Is the body feeling close to Yuxuan?"
Zhang Xingying shook his head immediately: "Yu Xue is my benefactor, and I have met him many times. I feel that he has nothing in common with that person."
Huang Zixia turned to look at Li Shubai, and said, "Thus, although Yuxuan is related to these cases, he is not familiar with the Xichuan Army, and it is estimated that it is unlikely that he could enter on horseback at that time. Therefore, he In terms of possibility, it should have little connection with Tang Zhuniang's death."
Li Shubai frowned and said, "Although Tang Zhuniang's death has nothing to do with him, but Fu Xinruan, Qi Teng, and the bloody case in Shijun's mansion, I have to say that he is the key figure. You can't avoid this. .”
Huang Zixia was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "Yes, I will pay special attention to him."
Li Shubai didn't say anything anymore, and went to eat his own snacks.
Zhou Ziqin felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he quickly squeezed the steamed stuffed bun and laughed "hahaha": "Hey, it's my favorite red bean paste bun as soon as I grab it! Is it my luck, or does the cook like me?"
No one paid attention to him, his laughter echoed in the flower hall, making him even more embarrassed.
Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to take a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, then asked Huang Zixia, "Chonggu, where should we go today?"
Huang Zixia paused, looked up at Li Shubai, seeing that his expression hadn't changed, he could only sigh inwardly, and said, "You go to Yuxuan's place, and I'll go to Aunt Gongsun's."
Zhou Ziqin was surprised: "Huh? Why do you have to split up? Let's go find Yuxuan together! Didn't you say that Yuxuan is good-looking, good-natured, good-natured, and good-tempered? Go, go. Well, it was a pleasure to get along with him!"
"I... When did I say that?" It's true that which pot can't be opened and which pot can't be lifted. Huang Zixia only feels that her scalp is numb.
Zhang Xingying's cough sounded in his ears, as if he had choked on soy milk—even a dull person like Zhang Xingying could feel it, but Zhou Ziqin didn't know it!
Huang Zixia secretly raised her eyes to look at Li Shubai, and found that he finally looked at her, but his face was not the kind of storm she had expected, but a calm smile.
He looked at her with a smile, and said: "Since Ziqin needs you in this case, you should cooperate with all your strength, and there are some things that you don't need to mind too much. Why not you and Ziqin go with Yuxuan?"
"...Yes." She quickly responded in a low voice.
"I was invited to inspect the Xichuan Army today, and I'm leaving soon. You and Ziqin can go, don't be too tired." He said, took the tea from the servant standing behind him, rinsed his mouth and stood up, go outside.
Zhang Xingying quickly followed him out.Both Zhou Ziqin and Huang Zixia stood up to see him off.
When walking past Huang Zixia, he suddenly lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "You said you would stay by my side, I remember."
Listening to his frank and relaxed words, she felt that the heavy stone in her heart was suddenly let go, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips involuntarily, and said, "Well, I remember it too."
Huang Zixia took Zhou Ziqin and took a shortcut to Yuxuan's mansion by the Hanyuan Bridge. Zhou Ziqin, who was eager to see Yuxuan, looked excited, leaned over to the door and slapped the knocker. Others knocked twice or three times, but he was lucky. He knocked seventeen or eight times in a row, and almost got the knocker torn off. down. With such a loud commotion, there was still no sound inside. The two of them were waiting when an old lady who was squatting on the ground pulling weeds raised her head and said, "It is estimated that Yu Juzi is not at home, so stop knocking." "Oh..." Zhou Ziqin stopped his hands sullenly, "Where did he go?" The old lady obviously didn't know, ignored him, and continued to squat down looking for grass on the ground. Huang Zixia asked, "Grandma, what are you looking for?" "Oh, there are a few mouse moles on the back of my hand. I have to wipe them off with two ecliptas." The old lady said, pulled up a grass to have a look, and put it in her bosom. Huang Zixia knew that this was snakehead sausage, commonly known as Eclipta chinensis, which stops bleeding and reduces swelling. If you use it to wipe the mouse mole on your hands, the mouse mole will shrink and fall off in a few days. She said: "This grass is really good, but the juice will leave black marks on the hands, which cannot be easily washed off. You need to use more saponins." "The old woman is old, and her skin is dark, it's not obvious, it's nothing." Those images suddenly flashed in Huang Zixia's mind. On Fu Xinruan's fingers, there were black marks.Gongsun Yuan looked at Qi Teng's hand thoughtfully.After Qi Teng's death, those few small scars on his hands. Standing under the willow tree, she suddenly felt a slight sadness in her heart. Seeing her silent and lost in thought, Zhou Ziqin asked, "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking..." she said slowly, "It's really not worth it for you to give the most precious thing to others, but others are so bored and eager to get rid of it." Zhou Ziqin was puzzled and was still thinking, the door behind him finally opened, and Yu Xuan stood inside the door, dressed in ordinary green clothes, but it made him more and more tall and straight. Behind him, there is still a person standing.Wearing a cassock, he has an old face and a thin body, but his eyes are bright and restrained. He is the Master Mu Shan in Guangdu Temple. They didn't expect Master Mu Shan to be in Yuxuan's home, they were all very surprised, and saluted him with palms together. Master Mu Shan said with a smile, "The old monk will take his leave first." Huang Zixia hurriedly said: "Master, wait a moment, we have something to ask you." Master Mu Shan said "Oh" and looked at Zhou Ziqin. Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "Chengdu Mansion arrest Zhou Ziqin quickly." Master Mu Shan's expression darkened, but then he smiled and said, "I don't know people from the Gongmen, so what's the use of finding someone outside of us?" "Master, please." Huang Zixia stretched out his hand to invite. The four of them bypassed the whitewashed wall and saw the water lily in the courtyard, with blue and purple flowers blooming.They sat down in the hall, facing a pool of green lotus. Yuxuan went to the back hall to make tea, and the three of them sat in the hall, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while. Huang Zixia spoke first, and asked: "Master is here today, I wonder if he is looking for Yu Xuan to discuss Buddhism?" Master Mu Shan nodded, clasped his palms together and said with a smile: "Blesser Yu often has unique insights into Buddhism. I often come to talk about it, and I feel refreshed. I will go out soon, but I seem to have something on my mind when I see Benefactor Yu, so today I come to talk to Yu first." Farewell to the Lord." "Master is really caring," Huang Zixia said, and then asked: "How did Master and Yu Xuan get to know each other?" "It was the end of the previous year. Not long after benefactor Yu was elected, Qingyuan held a poetry meeting, and Chen Lunyun invited me to go. Although there were more than a dozen people in the poetry meeting at that time, benefactor Yu was very handsome. I saw him among the crowd, so I stayed Master Mu Shan sighed, "Later, after an accident happened to the family of Huang Shijun, the adoptive father of Yu's benefactor, he was smoldering in his chest, so he committed suicide. Although Judge Qi saved him, he saw that his heart was ashamed, so he So he asked me to go to guide him, and since then, Master Yu has been in touch with me more and more." Huang Zixia nodded, then sighed again: "I also heard that Judge Qi has a lot of contacts with Grandmaster." Master Mu Shan nodded and said, "Amitabha, Master Qi is also a frequent visitor to this old man. His words are witty and he often smiles. It's a pity that he died young, and Chengdu is missing a wonderful person..." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "Master really saves all sentient beings. Yu Xuan committed suicide that day, and it was all thanks to Master that he dispelled the idea of suicide." Although there was still a smile on Master Mu Shan's face, his gaze was vacillating: "Yes, who among ordinary people can leave the world of mortals? Benefactor Yu wants to escape his troubles by dying, but he is always looking for fish." Huang Zixia then asked: "So, the mage also knows Yuxuan's troubles?" Master Mu Shan said: "Of course I know. He is Huang Shijun's righteous son, and everyone knows that the Huang family girl poisoned the whole family because of him. He deeply hated himself for causing the destruction of his benefactor's family, so he felt guilty and blamed all the crimes. It's all on my own head, my heart is deeply rooted in demons, so I am extreme..." "I see that he often suffers from headaches now. I don't know if this is a heart disease or the root cause of his suicide?" Huang Zixia asked again. Master Mu Shan sighed: "In my opinion, it should be both." Huang Zixia nodded, and asked again: "Master, please excuse my disciple's curiosity. I heard from Judge Qi's housekeeper that the Master once traveled to the capital and brought a piece of Agashni back to Shu as a gift for Judge Qi?" "That's right, I got a gift from a nobleman in Beijing, so I brought it back to the Chengdu mansion. Who knows that this fish is bloodthirsty and ominous in the scriptures, and I'm afraid it's not in line with the purity of Buddhism. I was thinking whether it would be better to release it. It just so happened that Judge Qi came to visit and liked Xiaoyu very much, I told him clearly, but he didn't take it seriously, and begged Xiaoyu away—oh, I'm afraid I missed him and brought him a bloody disaster." "The mage is overthinking it. It's just a small fish, why is it so ominous? Hasn't the mage heard that King Kui often carries a small fish with him? It is also Agashinie." Huang Zixia said. When Zen Master Mu Shan saw that she was talking about King Kui, he put his palms together and lightly recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, King Kui's body of all gold, is blessed by the heavens, and nothing can be harmed by mere small fish." "Also, it is said that Judge Qi's little fish has disappeared?" Chan Master Mu Shan's expression froze, but then he laughed and said: "There is no shame in my heart, and the waves are calm. How can foreign things hinder me? As long as you stick to yourself, it doesn't make any difference whether the little fish is there or not." Seeing that the old monk started to change the subject again, Huang Zixia had no choice but to go back: "Since Judge Qi likes the little fish given to him by the Zen Master so much, why didn't he take good care of it? I don't know where that fish is now? I asked Yu Xuan asked about this, but he seemed to know nothing about it, and there was no whereabouts of this fish in Judge Qi's house. I heard from the housekeeper Qi Fu that Judge Qi mentioned it to the Zen master. I don't know if there is. This matter?" The corners of Chan Master Mu Shan's drooping eyes moved slightly, and his tone became more and more slow: "It's true. That fish...was killed by Master Yu." Now even Zhou Ziqin was surprised: "I heard that Agashinie's vitality is extremely strong, with a lifespan of a hundred years. Yuxuan has no reason, how could he kill this fish?" "I think it was because of his illness, he didn't notice it for a while, and broke the fish tank. No matter how stubborn Agashne is, he can't live without water." Huang Zixia saw that his answer was watertight, so he could only nod his head and said, "I see...about this fish, I still have a question to ask. May I ask if the mage can teach me?" Master Mushan agreed, and she asked: "About that fish, Agashne, please tell us about the origin of the fish, who gave it to you, and how you got it, is it possible?" "Fish..." Master Mu Shan hesitated, nodded after a long time, "After I became a monk, I don't like yellow and white, and I have no relationship with worldly things. Therefore, when I went to Beijing, Wang Gonggong gave me a few volumes written by Master Xuanzang himself. The scriptures that I copied, and that Agashni. It is said that this fish was transformed by a thought of the dragon girl in front of the Buddha, and it was born with Buddha nature. After I brought it back to Chengdu, because Qi Teng liked this fish, he asked me for it. Many times, I also feel that I am a monk, why should I feed the living beings, so I gave it to him." Speaking of fish, Zhou Ziqin remembered something again, quickly took out the Pisces bracelet from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Mage, this..." Before the words were finished, Master Mu Shan withdrew his hand suddenly, as if he didn't dare to touch it.He was old and moved slowly. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin were both surprised by his sudden movement at this time, and they noticed something strange. And Master Mu Shan also seemed to feel that he had lost his composure, but he didn't know how to cover it up for a moment, so he could only ask hastily, "This...what is this?" Huang Zixia asked first: "Has the mage seen this thing before?" Master Mu Shan hesitated for a moment, knowing that his reaction just now could not be fooled after all, so he could only say: "Yes, this is the property of Judge Qi, I have seen it before." "Ah? So the mage also knows about this thing?" Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said, "This is a piece of evidence we found in this case. When Judge Qi was alive, he once said that the things of the dead may be unclean. Let's find out Find a Zen master to purify this thing with magic power. The two of us came here today mainly for this matter." Master Mu Shan looked at him, then at the bracelet, hesitant to speak. Huang Zixia asked: "Master, is it possible to purify this thing?" Master Mu Shan shook his head and said, "Such objects of extermination of criminal women are really ominous and useless for purification. It's better to bury them in the tomb of Huang Shijun's wife, and it will be settled." Zhou Ziqin was still at a loss, but Huang Zixia asked slowly: "So, the mage knew that this thing belonged to Huang Zixia? I wonder if Judge Qi told you?" Master Mu Shan hesitated and said, "It was Zhou Butou who said he was involved in this case just now..." "I'm talking about the Songhuali martyrdom case, and Judge Qi bought this bracelet. We're still puzzled..." Zhou Ziqin asked in bewilderment, "And how does the master know that this bracelet belongs to Huang Zixia? Could it be Huang Zixia?" Is there any connection between Shi Jun's case and this bracelet?" "This..." Master Mu Shan was tongue-tied and speechless. Huang Zixia said seriously: "Although the old Zen master is a Buddhist, the government handles the case and asks the Zen master to tell the truth and answer our questions. Otherwise, I am afraid that we will misunderstand the whole story and cause the master to be involved in right and wrong." Master Mu Shan's two upside-down eyebrows drooped even more, with a frown on his face: "Yes... I don't want to tell lies, you two feel free to ask." Huang Zixia first asked: "I wonder when the mage saw this bracelet? How did he know that this bracelet is related to Huang Shijun's family?" "It's the beginning of the year. The time Yuxuan committed suicide, when I visited Judge Qi's house, Yuxuan saw the bracelet and reacted quite violently. Judge Qi told me that it was an old item from the Huang Mansion, and Yuxuan gave it to him at the beginning. It was for a girl from the Huang family, so now when he sees this thing, he always thinks back to the time when he was insane." "Then, what did Judge Qi do with the bracelet at the end?" "I don't know about this... I don't know how this bracelet got into the hands of Zhou Shaobutou, and it was involved in the Songhuali murder case." Master Mu Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the bracelet thoughtfully, "Just because this bracelet has a unique shape, so I remember it..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "bang" coming from the door behind the hall.The three immediately turned their heads to look, Yu Xuan was standing there, the teapot and cups and plates in his hand were all smashed to pieces on the ground, and the hot tea was still steaming on the ground, but he didn't move, just stood there, dead Staring at the bracelet, his face was as pale as death. Huang Zixia stood up slowly. Zhou Ziqin didn't understand, so he picked up the bracelet, looked at the bracelet, then at Yuxuan, and asked, "Brother Yu, are you looking at this?" Yu Xuan's lips parted slightly, but he didn't make any sound, as if he finally woke up from a trance, he squatted down as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly cleaned up the fragments of cups and plates on the ground. Huang Zixia walked to his side, knelt down to clean up the broken porcelain pieces with him, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" "Suddenly, a little dizzy." He said, with his head buried low, only the thick long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably, like the wind blowing the wings of a dragonfly. Huang Zixia turned her head slowly, her gaze slid past the bracelet in Zhou Ziqin's hand, and landed on Master Mu Shan. He bowed his head and recited Buddhist scriptures silently. On his old and withered face, there was only a little light left in his eyes that did not reveal any expression.
After drinking a cup of tea, Master Mu Shan stood up and said goodbye. Yu Xuan, Huang Zixia, and Zhou Ziqin sent him to the door, and then came back to sit down.The weather at the end of summer was quite hot, and even a small pool in the courtyard couldn't produce much coolness. As soon as the smell of hot tea smoked, Huang Zixia felt that her underwear was all wet. Yu Xuan handed her a fan, and she quickly took it in her hand and fanned it.Zhou Ziqin said, "The mind is calm and cool naturally", but at the same time, he found that there was no extra fan, so he had to wipe his sweat with a face.He wiped off his sweat, looked at Huang Zixia pitifully, and asked, "Chonggu, can you lend me your fan for a while?" Huang Zixia shook her head, and said, "You know my face is disguised, if it gets wet with sweat, it will be terrible." Zhou Ziqin pursed his lips and said, "I just find it strange that the prince doesn't change his face anymore. You are a little eunuch next to him, why do you still have to change your face?" Huang Zixia covered her face with a fan, and said flatly, "There are people here who know me." "So what if you know each other, isn't it good to meet an old friend in a foreign land..." Zhou Ziqin suddenly seemed to understand something when he said this, and asked quickly, "Chonggu, you are honest, do you owe someone in Chengdu?" Money, afraid of being chased by usury?" Huang Zixia has long been used to his whimsical ideas, so she just fanned herself and ignored him. Zhou Ziqin was suddenly depressed, took her hand and said, "Come on, come on, come beg me, how about I help you pay back the money?" Huang Zixia shook off his hand and said, "It's too much, you can't afford it." Zhou Ziqin was dumbfounded: "No way, no wonder you sold yourself into slavery... It seems that King Kui can only pay it back for you." Huang Zixia lowered her head and slapped her fan speechlessly, and said casually: "Yes, I have decided to rely on him in this life." Yu Xuan glanced at her silently, the hand holding the cup tightened unintentionally, his knuckles slightly exposed.But in the end, he didn't say anything, and just poured another cup of tea for the two of them. Huang Zixia picked up Yuxuan's full cup of tea, looked up at him and asked, "Master Mu Shan has been in Guangdu Temple for many years, why have I never heard of it before?" Yu Xuan said lightly: "Probably because you don't believe in gods and Buddhas." He still remembered that her mother went to burn incense in a temple near Shijun's mansion on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but she never followed her. She was not even familiar with the temples in Chengdu, let alone the temple on Mingyue Mountain in the suburbs. Huang Zixia nodded and said, "But Master Mu Shan's reputation is so prominent, I should have heard of it." "Master Mu Shan has been traveling all over the world before, and he didn't go to Guangdu Temple to live in meditation until last year. After the incident with Fan Jiedu's son, Fan Yuanlong, he became famous—you had already left Chengdu at that time." Zhou Ziqin was listening, and suddenly realized: "I...I know!" Huang Zixia turned to look at him, raised her eyebrows slightly: "What do you know?" "Chong Gu, so you... so you are..." He pointed at her, his mouth and eyes opened wide. Huang Zixia thought that he already knew his identity, and was slightly surprised: "I am?" "You can't hide it from me! My senses are very keen!" Zhou Ziqin said seriously, "I have discovered the truth! It turns out that you, Yang Chonggu, are so familiar with Yuxuan! Unclear debts are owed to Yuxuan!" Huang Zixia supported her head, sighed helplessly, and said, "Zi Qin, you are indeed very sharp." What she owed Yuxuan, or what Yuxuan owed her, seemed reasonable.From this point of view, Zhou Ziqin was also right. Zhou Ziqin looked at her proudly, and patted his chest: "Look, I know everything, and I have no plans!" Huang Zixia involuntarily covered the lower half of her face with her fan and smiled. And Yuxuan looked at the water lilies on the pond quietly, without making a sound. Huang Zixia looked back and saw his side profile, it was as cold as the profile of an unworldly person, every ups and downs were so graceful and familiar. Something secretly surged up in her heart, she lowered her eyes and called him in a low voice: "Yuxuan..." He paused for a moment before looking back at her. Huang Zixia asked again: "Master Mu Shan said that he will travel tomorrow, do you know where he is going?" Yu Xuan said, "Go to Chang'an." Huang Zixia involuntarily leaned forward and asked him in a low voice, "What are you going to do?" "It is said that an old friend was in a trance, so he went to enlighten him." "Master Mu Shan is of this age, and he still has to travel thousands of miles. It seems that this old friend must not be an ordinary person." Listening to what she said, Yu Xuan nodded silently, and said, "It's just that I'm not interested in the people he saw, so I didn't ask. If you need it, I'll ask when I send him off tomorrow." "Well, I'm sorry to trouble you." Huang Zixia said, holding a teacup in her hand and turning to look at Zhou Ziqin, "I came here today because of the case of Qi Teng. But I don't think there is anything else to say about this case. What is there to ask?" "Of course there is!" Zhou Ziqin took out a small notebook from his pocket very seriously, then opened it, and asked one by one, "First, at Qi Teng's home, I found Zhong Hui's handwriting. The one Wen Yang's family saw?" Yu Xuan took the album he brought over, glanced at it, nodded and said, "Exactly." "sure?" "Well, I said it was fake at the time. Wen Yang tried to tear it off, but in the end he left it, you see—" His finger pointed to a small gap, "This trace is still there." Zhou Ziqin nodded, ticked that one, then looked at the second one, and asked, "What kind of woman is Huang Zixia, please describe it specifically?" Huang Zixia only felt her eyelids twitch, and she couldn't help covering her cheeks, as if she had a toothache. Yu Xuan was originally in a state of confusion, and when he heard him suddenly ask this question, he was suddenly in a trance and surprised, and asked blankly: "What?" "That's right... I heard that when you lived in the envoy's mansion, you were very close to Huang Zixia and had a very good relationship... So I want to ask you to know something about Huang Zixia, because, because..." Zhou Ziqin shrugged embarrassingly. Rubbing his ears, he said hesitantly, "Because I admire Huang Zixia very much." Huang Zixia turned her face away speechlessly, stood up and walked to the edge of the pool to look at the water lilies.Yu Xuan's eyes followed her all the time. He stared at her figure in front of the water lily, and slowly responded to Zhou Ziqin's words: "She... is a bit like Eunuch Yang." Zhou Ziqin nodded: "Yes, both of them are very good at solving crimes, they are on par!" Yu Xuan didn't know what to say next, so he pursed his lips and stopped talking. Zhou Ziqin looked at him with watery eyes, his face full of anticipation, and he almost wagged his tail. Huang Zixia squatted by the pool, reaching out to touch the half-opened and half-closed flowers of the water lily, the bluish-blue flowers touched her white hands lightly, and the color was smudged under the sunlight, making his eyes blurred for a moment, making it difficult to see clearly. She turned her head to look at him, and seeing his gaze fell on her, she let go of the water lily, stood up and said, "Since Ziqin has nothing to ask, let's go back first." Zhou Ziqin pursed his lips and looked at her reluctantly: "Chonggu, the fragrance of tea and flowers here is good, it would be nice to sit for a while." Huang Zixia shook her head and said, "I have to go back first." Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to stand up reluctantly, and said: "Chonggu, go back to the yamen and sit, there is no interest in life..." Yu Xuan stood up, and when he reached the water lily pond, he finally stopped and called her softly: "Eunuch Yang..." Huang Zixia looked back at him, waiting for him to say the following. However, Yu Xuan never made a sound. He just looked at her quietly, and after a long time, he showed a difficult smile to her and said, "I'll see you off." Huang Zixia looked at her silently, looking at the beautiful man in front of her who illuminated her teenage years, she suppressed the slight throbbing in her heart, and smiled at him: "No need, let's leave now."
Huang Zixia took Zhou Ziqin and took a shortcut to Yuxuan's mansion by the Hanyuan Bridge. Zhou Ziqin, who was eager to see Yuxuan, looked excited, leaned over to the door and slapped the knocker. Others knocked twice or three times, but he was lucky. He knocked seventeen or eight times in a row, and almost got the knocker torn off. down. With such a loud commotion, there was still no sound inside. The two of them were waiting when an old lady who was squatting on the ground pulling weeds raised her head and said, "It is estimated that Yu Juzi is not at home, so stop knocking." "Oh..." Zhou Ziqin stopped his hands sullenly, "Where did he go?" The old lady obviously didn't know, ignored him, and continued to squat down looking for grass on the ground. Huang Zixia asked, "Grandma, what are you looking for?" "Oh, there are a few mouse moles on the back of my hand. I have to wipe them off with two ecliptas." The old lady said, pulled up a grass to have a look, and put it in her bosom. Huang Zixia knew that this was snakehead sausage, commonly known as Eclipta chinensis, which stops bleeding and reduces swelling. If you use it to wipe the mouse mole on your hands, the mouse mole will shrink and fall off in a few days. She said: "This grass is really good, but the juice will leave black marks on the hands, which cannot be easily washed off. You need to use more saponins." "The old woman is old, and her skin is dark, it's not obvious, it's nothing." Those images suddenly flashed in Huang Zixia's mind. On Fu Xinruan's fingers, there were black marks.Gongsun Yuan looked at Qi Teng's hand thoughtfully.After Qi Teng's death, those few small scars on his hands. Standing under the willow tree, she suddenly felt a slight sadness in her heart. Seeing her silent and lost in thought, Zhou Ziqin asked, "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking..." she said slowly, "It's really not worth it for you to give the most precious thing to others, but others are so bored and eager to get rid of it." Zhou Ziqin was puzzled and was still thinking, the door behind him finally opened, and Yu Xuan stood inside the door, dressed in ordinary green clothes, but it made him more and more tall and straight. Behind him, there is still a person standing.Wearing a cassock, he has an old face and a thin body, but his eyes are bright and restrained. He is the Master Mu Shan in Guangdu Temple. They didn't expect Master Mu Shan to be in Yuxuan's home, they were all very surprised, and saluted him with palms together. Master Mu Shan said with a smile, "The old monk will take his leave first." Huang Zixia hurriedly said: "Master, wait a moment, we have something to ask you." Master Mu Shan said "Oh" and looked at Zhou Ziqin. Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "Chengdu Mansion arrest Zhou Ziqin quickly." Master Mu Shan's expression darkened, but then he smiled and said, "I don't know people from the Gongmen, so what's the use of finding someone outside of us?" "Master, please." Huang Zixia stretched out his hand to invite. The four of them bypassed the whitewashed wall and saw the water lily in the courtyard, with blue and purple flowers blooming.They sat down in the hall, facing a pool of green lotus. Yuxuan went to the back hall to make tea, and the three of them sat in the hall, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while. Huang Zixia spoke first, and asked: "Master is here today, I wonder if he is looking for Yu Xuan to discuss Buddhism?" Master Mu Shan nodded, clasped his palms together and said with a smile: "Blesser Yu often has unique insights into Buddhism. I often come to talk about it, and I feel refreshed. I will go out soon, but I seem to have something on my mind when I see Benefactor Yu, so today I come to talk to Yu first." Farewell to the Lord." "Master is really caring," Huang Zixia said, and then asked: "How did Master and Yu Xuan get to know each other?" "It was the end of the previous year. Not long after benefactor Yu was elected, Qingyuan held a poetry meeting, and Chen Lunyun invited me to go. Although there were more than a dozen people in the poetry meeting at that time, benefactor Yu was very handsome. I saw him among the crowd, so I stayed Master Mu Shan sighed, "Later, after an accident happened to the family of Huang Shijun, the adoptive father of Yu's benefactor, he was smoldering in his chest, so he committed suicide. Although Judge Qi saved him, he saw that his heart was ashamed, so he So he asked me to go to guide him, and since then, Master Yu has been in touch with me more and more." Huang Zixia nodded, then sighed again: "I also heard that Judge Qi has a lot of contacts with Grandmaster." Master Mu Shan nodded and said, "Amitabha, Master Qi is also a frequent visitor to this old man. His words are witty and he often smiles. It's a pity that he died young, and Chengdu is missing a wonderful person..." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "Master really saves all sentient beings. Yu Xuan committed suicide that day, and it was all thanks to Master that he dispelled the idea of suicide." Although there was still a smile on Master Mu Shan's face, his gaze was vacillating: "Yes, who among ordinary people can leave the world of mortals? Benefactor Yu wants to escape his troubles by dying, but he is always looking for fish." Huang Zixia then asked: "So, the mage also knows Yuxuan's troubles?" Master Mu Shan said: "Of course I know. He is Huang Shijun's righteous son, and everyone knows that the Huang family girl poisoned the whole family because of him. He deeply hated himself for causing the destruction of his benefactor's family, so he felt guilty and blamed all the crimes. It's all on my own head, my heart is deeply rooted in demons, so I am extreme..." "I see that he often suffers from headaches now. I don't know if this is a heart disease or the root cause of his suicide?" Huang Zixia asked again. Master Mu Shan sighed: "In my opinion, it should be both." Huang Zixia nodded, and asked again: "Master, please excuse my disciple's curiosity. I heard from Judge Qi's housekeeper that the Master once traveled to the capital and brought a piece of Agashni back to Shu as a gift for Judge Qi?" "That's right, I got a gift from a nobleman in Beijing, so I brought it back to the Chengdu mansion. Who knows that this fish is bloodthirsty and ominous in the scriptures, and I'm afraid it's not in line with the purity of Buddhism. I was thinking whether it would be better to release it. It just so happened that Judge Qi came to visit and liked Xiaoyu very much, I told him clearly, but he didn't take it seriously, and begged Xiaoyu away—oh, I'm afraid I missed him and brought him a bloody disaster." "The mage is overthinking it. It's just a small fish, why is it so ominous? Hasn't the mage heard that King Kui often carries a small fish with him? It is also Agashinie." Huang Zixia said. When Zen Master Mu Shan saw that she was talking about King Kui, he put his palms together and lightly recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, King Kui's body of all gold, is blessed by the heavens, and nothing can be harmed by mere small fish." "Also, it is said that Judge Qi's little fish has disappeared?" Chan Master Mu Shan's expression froze, but then he laughed and said: "There is no shame in my heart, and the waves are calm. How can foreign things hinder me? As long as you stick to yourself, it doesn't make any difference whether the little fish is there or not." Seeing that the old monk started to change the subject again, Huang Zixia had no choice but to go back: "Since Judge Qi likes the little fish given to him by the Zen Master so much, why didn't he take good care of it? I don't know where that fish is now? I asked Yu Xuan asked about this, but he seemed to know nothing about it, and there was no whereabouts of this fish in Judge Qi's house. I heard from the housekeeper Qi Fu that Judge Qi mentioned it to the Zen master. I don't know if there is. This matter?" The corners of Chan Master Mu Shan's drooping eyes moved slightly, and his tone became more and more slow: "It's true. That fish...was killed by Master Yu." Now even Zhou Ziqin was surprised: "I heard that Agashinie's vitality is extremely strong, with a lifespan of a hundred years. Yuxuan has no reason, how could he kill this fish?" "I think it was because of his illness, he didn't notice it for a while, and broke the fish tank. No matter how stubborn Agashne is, he can't live without water." Huang Zixia saw that his answer was watertight, so he could only nod his head and said, "I see...about this fish, I still have a question to ask. May I ask if the mage can teach me?" Master Mushan agreed, and she asked: "About that fish, Agashne, please tell us about the origin of the fish, who gave it to you, and how you got it, is it possible?" "Fish..." Master Mu Shan hesitated, nodded after a long time, "After I became a monk, I don't like yellow and white, and I have no relationship with worldly things. Therefore, when I went to Beijing, Wang Gonggong gave me a few volumes written by Master Xuanzang himself. The scriptures that I copied, and that Agashni. It is said that this fish was transformed by a thought of the dragon girl in front of the Buddha, and it was born with Buddha nature. After I brought it back to Chengdu, because Qi Teng liked this fish, he asked me for it. Many times, I also feel that I am a monk, why should I feed the living beings, so I gave it to him." Speaking of fish, Zhou Ziqin remembered something again, quickly took out the Pisces bracelet from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Mage, this..." Before the words were finished, Master Mu Shan withdrew his hand suddenly, as if he didn't dare to touch it.He was old and moved slowly. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin were both surprised by his sudden movement at this time, and they noticed something strange. And Master Mu Shan also seemed to feel that he had lost his composure, but he didn't know how to cover it up for a moment, so he could only ask hastily, "This...what is this?" Huang Zixia asked first: "Has the mage seen this thing before?" Master Mu Shan hesitated for a moment, knowing that his reaction just now could not be fooled after all, so he could only say: "Yes, this is the property of Judge Qi, I have seen it before." "Ah? So the mage also knows about this thing?" Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said, "This is a piece of evidence we found in this case. When Judge Qi was alive, he once said that the things of the dead may be unclean. Let's find out Find a Zen master to purify this thing with magic power. The two of us came here today mainly for this matter." Master Mu Shan looked at him, then at the bracelet, hesitant to speak. Huang Zixia asked: "Master, is it possible to purify this thing?" Master Mu Shan shook his head and said, "Such objects of extermination of criminal women are really ominous and useless for purification. It's better to bury them in the tomb of Huang Shijun's wife, and it will be settled." Zhou Ziqin was still at a loss, but Huang Zixia asked slowly: "So, the mage knew that this thing belonged to Huang Zixia? I wonder if Judge Qi told you?" Master Mu Shan hesitated and said, "It was Zhou Butou who said he was involved in this case just now..." "I'm talking about the Songhuali martyrdom case, and Judge Qi bought this bracelet. We're still puzzled..." Zhou Ziqin asked in bewilderment, "And how does the master know that this bracelet belongs to Huang Zixia? Could it be Huang Zixia?" Is there any connection between Shi Jun's case and this bracelet?" "This..." Master Mu Shan was tongue-tied and speechless. Huang Zixia said seriously: "Although the old Zen master is a Buddhist, the government handles the case and asks the Zen master to tell the truth and answer our questions. Otherwise, I am afraid that we will misunderstand the whole story and cause the master to be involved in right and wrong." Master Mu Shan's two upside-down eyebrows drooped even more, with a frown on his face: "Yes... I don't want to tell lies, you two feel free to ask." Huang Zixia first asked: "I wonder when the mage saw this bracelet? How did he know that this bracelet is related to Huang Shijun's family?" "It's the beginning of the year. The time Yuxuan committed suicide, when I visited Judge Qi's house, Yuxuan saw the bracelet and reacted quite violently. Judge Qi told me that it was an old item from the Huang Mansion, and Yuxuan gave it to him at the beginning. It was for a girl from the Huang family, so now when he sees this thing, he always thinks back to the time when he was insane." "Then, what did Judge Qi do with the bracelet at the end?" "I don't know about this... I don't know how this bracelet got into the hands of Zhou Shaobutou, and it was involved in the Songhuali murder case." Master Mu Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the bracelet thoughtfully, "Just because this bracelet has a unique shape, so I remember it..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "bang" coming from the door behind the hall.The three immediately turned their heads to look, Yu Xuan was standing there, the teapot and cups and plates in his hand were all smashed to pieces on the ground, and the hot tea was still steaming on the ground, but he didn't move, just stood there, dead Staring at the bracelet, his face was as pale as death. Huang Zixia stood up slowly. Zhou Ziqin didn't understand, so he picked up the bracelet, looked at the bracelet, then at Yuxuan, and asked, "Brother Yu, are you looking at this?" Yu Xuan's lips parted slightly, but he didn't make any sound, as if he finally woke up from a trance, he squatted down as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly cleaned up the fragments of cups and plates on the ground. Huang Zixia walked to his side, knelt down to clean up the broken porcelain pieces with him, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" "Suddenly, a little dizzy." He said, with his head buried low, only the thick long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably, like the wind blowing the wings of a dragonfly. Huang Zixia turned her head slowly, her gaze slid past the bracelet in Zhou Ziqin's hand, and landed on Master Mu Shan. He bowed his head and recited Buddhist scriptures silently. On his old and withered face, there was only a little light left in his eyes that did not reveal any expression.
After drinking a cup of tea, Master Mu Shan stood up and said goodbye. Yu Xuan, Huang Zixia, and Zhou Ziqin sent him to the door, and then came back to sit down.The weather at the end of summer was quite hot, and even a small pool in the courtyard couldn't produce much coolness. As soon as the smell of hot tea smoked, Huang Zixia felt that her underwear was all wet. Yu Xuan handed her a fan, and she quickly took it in her hand and fanned it.Zhou Ziqin said, "The mind is calm and cool naturally", but at the same time, he found that there was no extra fan, so he had to wipe his sweat with a face.He wiped off his sweat, looked at Huang Zixia pitifully, and asked, "Chonggu, can you lend me your fan for a while?" Huang Zixia shook her head, and said, "You know my face is disguised, if it gets wet with sweat, it will be terrible." Zhou Ziqin pursed his lips and said, "I just find it strange that the prince doesn't change his face anymore. You are a little eunuch next to him, why do you still have to change your face?" Huang Zixia covered her face with a fan, and said flatly, "There are people here who know me." "So what if you know each other, isn't it good to meet an old friend in a foreign land..." Zhou Ziqin suddenly seemed to understand something when he said this, and asked quickly, "Chonggu, you are honest, do you owe someone in Chengdu?" Money, afraid of being chased by usury?" Huang Zixia has long been used to his whimsical ideas, so she just fanned herself and ignored him. Zhou Ziqin was suddenly depressed, took her hand and said, "Come on, come on, come beg me, how about I help you pay back the money?" Huang Zixia shook off his hand and said, "It's too much, you can't afford it." Zhou Ziqin was dumbfounded: "No way, no wonder you sold yourself into slavery... It seems that King Kui can only pay it back for you." Huang Zixia lowered her head and slapped her fan speechlessly, and said casually: "Yes, I have decided to rely on him in this life." Yu Xuan glanced at her silently, the hand holding the cup tightened unintentionally, his knuckles slightly exposed.But in the end, he didn't say anything, and just poured another cup of tea for the two of them. Huang Zixia picked up Yuxuan's full cup of tea, looked up at him and asked, "Master Mu Shan has been in Guangdu Temple for many years, why have I never heard of it before?" Yu Xuan said lightly: "Probably because you don't believe in gods and Buddhas." He still remembered that her mother went to burn incense in a temple near Shijun's mansion on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but she never followed her. She was not even familiar with the temples in Chengdu, let alone the temple on Mingyue Mountain in the suburbs. Huang Zixia nodded and said, "But Master Mu Shan's reputation is so prominent, I should have heard of it." "Master Mu Shan has been traveling all over the world before, and he didn't go to Guangdu Temple to live in meditation until last year. After the incident with Fan Jiedu's son, Fan Yuanlong, he became famous—you had already left Chengdu at that time." Zhou Ziqin was listening, and suddenly realized: "I...I know!" Huang Zixia turned to look at him, raised her eyebrows slightly: "What do you know?" "Chong Gu, so you... so you are..." He pointed at her, his mouth and eyes opened wide. Huang Zixia thought that he already knew his identity, and was slightly surprised: "I am?" "You can't hide it from me! My senses are very keen!" Zhou Ziqin said seriously, "I have discovered the truth! It turns out that you, Yang Chonggu, are so familiar with Yuxuan! Unclear debts are owed to Yuxuan!" Huang Zixia supported her head, sighed helplessly, and said, "Zi Qin, you are indeed very sharp." What she owed Yuxuan, or what Yuxuan owed her, seemed reasonable.From this point of view, Zhou Ziqin was also right. Zhou Ziqin looked at her proudly, and patted his chest: "Look, I know everything, and I have no plans!" Huang Zixia involuntarily covered the lower half of her face with her fan and smiled. And Yuxuan looked at the water lilies on the pond quietly, without making a sound. Huang Zixia looked back and saw his side profile, it was as cold as the profile of an unworldly person, every ups and downs were so graceful and familiar. Something secretly surged up in her heart, she lowered her eyes and called him in a low voice: "Yuxuan..." He paused for a moment before looking back at her. Huang Zixia asked again: "Master Mu Shan said that he will travel tomorrow, do you know where he is going?" Yu Xuan said, "Go to Chang'an." Huang Zixia involuntarily leaned forward and asked him in a low voice, "What are you going to do?" "It is said that an old friend was in a trance, so he went to enlighten him." "Master Mu Shan is of this age, and he still has to travel thousands of miles. It seems that this old friend must not be an ordinary person." Listening to what she said, Yu Xuan nodded silently, and said, "It's just that I'm not interested in the people he saw, so I didn't ask. If you need it, I'll ask when I send him off tomorrow." "Well, I'm sorry to trouble you." Huang Zixia said, holding a teacup in her hand and turning to look at Zhou Ziqin, "I came here today because of the case of Qi Teng. But I don't think there is anything else to say about this case. What is there to ask?" "Of course there is!" Zhou Ziqin took out a small notebook from his pocket very seriously, then opened it, and asked one by one, "First, at Qi Teng's home, I found Zhong Hui's handwriting. The one Wen Yang's family saw?" Yu Xuan took the album he brought over, glanced at it, nodded and said, "Exactly." "sure?" "Well, I said it was fake at the time. Wen Yang tried to tear it off, but in the end he left it, you see—" His finger pointed to a small gap, "This trace is still there." Zhou Ziqin nodded, ticked that one, then looked at the second one, and asked, "What kind of woman is Huang Zixia, please describe it specifically?" Huang Zixia only felt her eyelids twitch, and she couldn't help covering her cheeks, as if she had a toothache. Yu Xuan was originally in a state of confusion, and when he heard him suddenly ask this question, he was suddenly in a trance and surprised, and asked blankly: "What?" "That's right... I heard that when you lived in the envoy's mansion, you were very close to Huang Zixia and had a very good relationship... So I want to ask you to know something about Huang Zixia, because, because..." Zhou Ziqin shrugged embarrassingly. Rubbing his ears, he said hesitantly, "Because I admire Huang Zixia very much." Huang Zixia turned her face away speechlessly, stood up and walked to the edge of the pool to look at the water lilies.Yu Xuan's eyes followed her all the time. He stared at her figure in front of the water lily, and slowly responded to Zhou Ziqin's words: "She... is a bit like Eunuch Yang." Zhou Ziqin nodded: "Yes, both of them are very good at solving crimes, they are on par!" Yu Xuan didn't know what to say next, so he pursed his lips and stopped talking. Zhou Ziqin looked at him with watery eyes, his face full of anticipation, and he almost wagged his tail. Huang Zixia squatted by the pool, reaching out to touch the half-opened and half-closed flowers of the water lily, the bluish-blue flowers touched her white hands lightly, and the color was smudged under the sunlight, making his eyes blurred for a moment, making it difficult to see clearly. She turned her head to look at him, and seeing his gaze fell on her, she let go of the water lily, stood up and said, "Since Ziqin has nothing to ask, let's go back first." Zhou Ziqin pursed his lips and looked at her reluctantly: "Chonggu, the fragrance of tea and flowers here is good, it would be nice to sit for a while." Huang Zixia shook her head and said, "I have to go back first." Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to stand up reluctantly, and said: "Chonggu, go back to the yamen and sit, there is no interest in life..." Yu Xuan stood up, and when he reached the water lily pond, he finally stopped and called her softly: "Eunuch Yang..." Huang Zixia looked back at him, waiting for him to say the following. However, Yu Xuan never made a sound. He just looked at her quietly, and after a long time, he showed a difficult smile to her and said, "I'll see you off." Huang Zixia looked at her silently, looking at the beautiful man in front of her who illuminated her teenage years, she suppressed the slight throbbing in her heart, and smiled at him: "No need, let's leave now."