Chapter 18 Eighteen, ready to come out
There was no one in Qiyun Pavilion, all the princess's belongings had been sealed away, only empty beds and locked cabinets remained in the pavilion.
Deng Chunmin, the eunuch close to Princess Tongchang, led them in. Li Shubai walked to the small bedside cabinet and asked Deng Chunmin to open the drawer.
There are many odds and ends inside, such as rose water, aromatherapy balls, sandalwood boxes, etc., because the maids often take care of them, although there are many things, they are not messy, and they are placed neatly in the drawer. It's neat and tidy, except for an extra space the size of a fist on the right.
Just big enough for a small china dog.
Deng Chunmin saw that they didn't find what they were looking for, so he said: "There are also things that have been packed and sent to the nearby treasure house. I will take the prince to have a look."
In the treasure house where Jiuluanchai mysteriously disappeared, the doors and windows are still closed, a sense of coolness and dust that is completely shielded from the outside world. Rows of shelves are lined with boxes and small boxes, and there are also cloth-covered things. From a distance, they are indistinct, like strange black shadows squatting on the shelves. "These two boxes are the things the princess uses every day, and they are all here." Deng Chunmin took out the key and opened two more boxes, and said. Huang Zixia lifted the lid of the box and paused thoughtfully. Li Shubai asked: "What?" She patted the lid of the box lightly, looked up at him, and asked, "What did your lord think?" Li Shubai looked at her hand resting on the lid of the box, frowned slightly, and asked, "You mean the inexplicable disappearance of Jiuluanchai?" Huang Zixia nodded, and immediately looked around the box, and found that all the boxes on the lowest level were placed on the green brick floor, except for the empty box next to Jiuluanchai, with some cloth strips laid underneath, as if afraid of Shocked. Li Shubai glanced at it, then nodded and said: "Look inside first, if there is no little porcelain dog, you can be sure." They have been together for a long time, and they already know what each other means without saying anything else.Huang Zixia rummaged through the contents of the two boxes, but he did not find the little porcelain dog. The two stood up and walked outside the treasure house, and then returned to the Qiyun Pavilion, looking at the missing piece in the bedside drawer. "It's just enough for that little porcelain dog, isn't it?" Huang Zixia compared the size. Li Shubai nodded, looked around, and said, "It's very simple to make it disappear..." The two walked towards the window at the same time, looking down. Under the high platform, Albizia Julibrissin is still in full bloom below, like velvet covering the ground. "Let's go." Walking down the steps to the high platform, right under the window of Qiyun Pavilion, they looked along the base of the platform, and soon found a small pile of fallen flowers and leaves of acacia trees. The wind gathered in one place. Huang Zixia picked up a branch, pushed aside the pile of flowers and leaves, and saw underneath was a pile of broken porcelain that had been trampled into the grass. Kui King Li Shubai, who was always obsessed with cleanliness, stood by and watched. Huang Zixia carefully dug out the broken porcelain pieces, large and small, twenty-eight pieces.She put them one by one in the handkerchief and put them in the sleeves.
Seeing that it was already noon, Li Shubai said in the car on the return journey: "Go and call Ziqin, and let's go to Zhuijinlou for dinner together." Huang Zixia hurriedly said to the coachman A Yuanbo: "Go to Zhou Shilang's residence." Li Shubai pointed to the cabinet below, and asked, "The two skulls inside are still there?" Huang Zixia nodded silently, and said: "I can't return it to Ziqin. If he restores all the skulls, he may find that the deceased looks very similar to the queen. But if he doesn't return it to the queen, where should he put it... ..." Li Shubai glanced at her coldly: "You're asking for trouble." She shrank her head and didn't dare to look at him, she nodded to admit her mistake: "Yes, I know my mistake, I like to meddle in other people's business, and I do nothing to cause trouble. So from the prince's point of view, what should we do?" "Go to the outskirts and find a piece of wasteland, dig a hole and bury it." "..." Huang Zixia silently turned her face out of the window, preparing to pretend that she didn't hear what he said. The curtain of the carriage fluttered slowly as she walked, and when she saw that Zhou Ziqin's house was already outside, she jumped out of the carriage, ran to the door and called the concierge: "Uncle Yu, is your young master here today?" "Eunuch Yang! What a coincidence, my young master walked to the door today. After thinking about it, he said that he was afraid that you would not find him when you came, so he turned around and went back to his yard." Huang Zixia hurriedly said: "Then trouble Uncle Yu, call your young master for me, and say that the prince is waiting for him to eat together." "Oh? Okay, right away!" Uncle Yu immediately went inside. Huang Zixia stood under the privet tree in front of his house and waited for a while. The flowers on the top of the head are blooming richly and densely, and thousands of tiny flowers weigh down the branches.Huang Zixia couldn't help raising her hand and wanted to touch it, but found that the lowest flower couldn't be reached by herself, so she could only stand under the tree and stare silently. Someone behind her reached out, folded off the flower she wanted to touch but couldn't, and handed it to her. She turned her head in astonishment, and saw Wang Yun standing behind her with a smile in his hand, holding the well-bloomed flower.He stared at her and said in a low voice, "I just saw King Kui's car approaching on the street, and I saw you getting off, so I came over to say hello." The branch of flower was always in front of her, exuding a rich and almost dizzying fragrance.Unknowingly, she raised her hand to take it, and asked, "Have you arrived at the Zuo Jinwu Guard?" "Well, it's the first day today. The capital is so big, it's fate that I met you on the first day of patrol." He smiled calmly, "I thought you would go out to investigate more cases at night." "Yeah, I still come out often at night. Now that you're gone, I hope the brothers in the Yulin Army will forgive me." Huang Zixia said. "That's natural." He smiled, turned his head and greeted Li Shubai through the window: "My lord." Li Shubai nodded to him, and asked, "How are you doing in Zuo Jinwu Guard?" "Very good, the same as the Imperial Forest Army." He smiled calmly. Huang Zixia held the privet flower in her hand, and felt a sense of guilt welling up in her heart.After all, Wang Yun, who was originally proud of his career in the Imperial Forest Army, is now transferred to the Zuo Jinwu Guard who is everywhere. It is precisely because of her efforts to expose the true identity of Queen Wang that the emperor found an opportunity to restrict the Wang family. She put the privet fruit into her sleeve and said to Wang Yun: "Wait a moment." Then she got into the car and took out the bag, handed it to Wang Yun, and said: "This... If you have a chance, you Let's see if it can be delivered to Xiao Shi." Wang Yun sensed what it was as soon as he started it. He glanced at the two skulls hurriedly, then put them on the back of his horse and asked, "Where did they come from?" "Don't ask, anyway... I think there must be a whole body." She whispered. "Well, in fact, I have always regretted it. Her death is always inseparable from me." Wang Yun said, his eyes fell on her drooping face, he paused for a long time, and then said softly, "Thank you... ..." "Thank you?" Someone jumped out from behind and asked with a smile. This kind of elusive appearance is of course Zhou Ziqin.He was wearing green lotus purple and goose yellow clothes today, as bright as ever. With one hand on Wang Yun's arm and the other on Huang Zixia's shoulder, Zhou Ziqin's eyebrows danced brightly: "Come on, let me know about the grievances between you..." Huang Zixia quickly shook off his hand, and Wang Yun also pulled Zhou Ziqin's arm over in an instant.The two of them cooperated so well that Li Shubai, who was looking at them through the window, raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes were covered with a complex meaning. "Captain Wang sent me a flower, and I gave him something in return." Huang Zixia said. Li Shubai said: "Yunzhi, don't go back to the Yamen, let's go to Zhujinlou together." Yunzhi is Wang Yun's word. "That's right, it turns out that the food served by the Imperial Forest Army is so appalling that it's the last five in the capital!" Zhou Ziqin immediately echoed. So Wang Yun accompanied him on horseback, Zhou Ziqin got into the carriage, and several people went to Zhuijin Tower. "Chong Gu, tell me, what did you give in return? Toss him a peach and return him a plum. If he gave you flowers, then you must be giving back something very elegant?" Zhou Ziqin simply It was very noisy, and I kept asking. Huang Zixia didn't want to tell him that Feng Ya's reward was his two skulls. Unable to get an answer from Huang Zixia, he pursed his lips depressedly, leaning against the car wall and staring at the privet stalk in Huang Zixia's hand: "Really, this flower was folded at my door, right? What is this, borrowing flowers to offer Buddha!" Li Shubai looked at the passing street scene outside, and asked: "How do you know that Yang Chonggu didn't borrow flowers to present Buddha?" Zhou Ziqin, who didn't know that he had been borrowed twice, became happy when he heard this: "Could it be that the return gift from Chonggu to Wang Yun was taken by the prince? These two are really stingy. Come and send, what you send is other people's things!" It's a pity that his provocation was useless. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia, who had already known his character well, turned their gazes out of the window and pretended not to hear. Zhou Ziqin, who was almost suffocated along the way, went to Zhuijinlou to order a bunch of dishes and still didn't recover. While waiting for the food on the table, Zhou Ziqin had a bitter face, looking like an abandoned puppy. Huang Zixia didn't coax him, and asked the buddy to fetch a basin of clean water, and then asked for some fish gelatin mixed with glutinous rice flour to make it into a sticky semi-solid. Zhou Ziqin looked at her lying on the table, and asked feebly, "Chong Gu, what are you doing?" Huang Zixia took out the broken porcelain pieces in his sleeves, poured them into the basin, and cleaned them carefully one by one.Wang Yun also stood up to help and said, "Be careful not to cut your fingers." Li Shubai watched coldly from the side, neither moving nor speaking. Zhou Ziqin came to his senses, grabbed a piece, washed it, looked at it, and asked, "What is this?" "A piece of broken porcelain found in the princess mansion, guess what it is?" Huang Zixia washed it piece by piece and spread it on the table. What Zhou Ziqin was holding in his hand was the puppy's ears. He turned it over and looked at it, and said, "It seems to be a small thing made of porcelain... a kitten or a puppy or something." "It should be a dog." As she said that, she glued the cleaned pieces of porcelain one by one. Zhou Ziqin immediately forgot his frustration and helped her piece together the pieces. The guy had just started serving the food when a whole little china dog showed up. The four of them finished eating in front of the little porcelain dog. The isinglass had already dried up, and the whole puppy was glued together very tightly.Zhou Ziqin held it in his hand and studied it over and over again, and then said with certainty: "It's really difficult to buy this thing." Wang Yun also took a look at it, and asked: "Isn't it just an ordinary little porcelain dog? I seem to have played with it when I was a child, why is it so difficult to buy?" "My lord grew up in the palace, so I won't ask, Chong Gu, did you ever play with this little porcelain dog when you were young?" Zhou Ziqin asked again. Huang Zixia nodded and said, "I seem to have an impression, I should have seen it when I was a child." "Yes, this kind of little porcelain dog was all the rage when we were young ten years ago, but it has become very rare in recent years. Among other things, none of my older brothers' children have this kind of thing now," Zhou Ziqin said with certainty, "And this kind of porcelain is easily damaged by children. I can guarantee that such things must be very rare now."
"This kind of little porcelain dog? There are many! I have as many as you want!" In the small shop specializing in gadgets in Xishi, the boss gave Zhou Ziqin a huge blow as soon as he opened his mouth. However, Zhou Ziqin's face was unusual, so he immediately left the matter out of the blue, happily followed the boss into the treasure house, and helped him out with a large box of these little porcelain dogs. The boss opened the box, and inside were neatly stacked small porcelain dogs, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and there were seventy or eighty of them.The first floor is already missing a few, and it is not full. Huang Zixia squatted down and found that almost all the puppies were covered with dust, only the top of a puppy on the second floor was free of dust.She raised her hand to take it out, looked at it in her hand, and asked, "Boss, if you still don't throw away this kind of old goods from ten years ago, is there anyone still buying it?" "Yeah, it was shipped from the south of the Yangtze River ten years ago. It was very popular in the capital! But then it fell out of fashion, and the porcelain kiln closed down, so no one wanted this thing at all. But it just so happens that last month Some people came to ask, I searched and found that there was still a backlog of boxes, so I took it out again. This thing, about the entire capital, is still on sale here. No, except for the one that was sold last month , only you are here to ask.” Huang Zixia held the puppy in his hand, and asked, "Who bought it last month? Could it be someone at our age who wants to buy a toy that we played with when we were young?" The boss smiled and took the money Zhou Ziqin gave him, and said, "Where is that? It's Qian Guansuo, the owner of the chariot and horse shop. He's in his 40s and 50s, and he still comes to buy this kind of thing. Don't you think it's funny?" ?” Zhou Ziqin turned to Huang Zixia, and mouthed, "It's him again." Huang Zixia nodded her head and mouthed, "Sure enough." Zhou Ziqin was depressed again: "You already knew? Don't tell me!" "Isn't this the first one to tell you?" Huang Zixia comforted him when he walked out of the store with him. Zhou Ziqin suddenly climbed out of the bottom of depression. He happily carried the little porcelain dog back to Zhuijin Building and put it in front of them: "Guess who bought the little porcelain dog in that store?" Without raising his eyes, Li Shu casually said, "Qian Guansuo." Zhou Ziqin was knocked back to the bottom by these three words, he looked back at Huang Zixia with tears in his eyes: "Didn't you say you were the first to tell me?" "He guessed it himself." Huang Zixia spread his hands, expressing his helplessness. "However, even if Qian Guansuo bought a little porcelain dog recently, it can't be said that the broken one in the princess' mansion is related to the one he bought! Besides, what does the little porcelain dog have to do with the princess case? Woolen cloth?" "Of course it has a lot to do with it. It can be said that the death of the princess depends on this little porcelain dog." Huang Zixia said, wrapping up the two little porcelain dogs carefully. Wang Yun watched her busy from the side, and asked with a smile: "Chong Gu, last time you went to investigate the case of Sun Laizi overnight, how is it going now?" "The case...hasn't made any progress," Zhou Ziqin said listlessly, lying on the table, "Dali Temple has decided to close the case with the help of money Guansuo to repair the waterway and get out of the sewer to kill people, but there are still a lot of doubts in this case can not explain." Wang Yun asked: "For example, did I smell the fragrance of Lingling?" "Well, of course." Zhou Ziqin nodded seriously. Li Shubai asked from the side: "What Linglingxiang?" Wang Yun explained: "When I was patrolling the street that night, I met them investigating the case, so I went in to have a look together. I don't understand the rest of the scene, but I can recognize the smell of Linglingxiang. Know that I know a thing or two about this." "You are the number one person in the incense way in the capital. If you say you know a little bit, then who would dare to say that you have entered the house?" Li Shubai motioned him not to be humble, and asked, "Sun Laizi's house really smells of Lingling incense?" "Yeah, I was also very surprised to smell it in such a place. However, Linglingxiang, which is mixed with various smells, is very unpleasant, and it is still unforgettable to me." Wang Yun thought of the disgusting smell at that time smell, said with a wry smile. Zhou Ziqin asked Huang Zixia: "Do you think we should go to Sun Laizi's house again?" "Well, among these three cases, the only thing I still have doubts about is this. As long as the reason why Sun Laizi was killed in such a tightly guarded home is revealed, I believe the case can be over. " Li Shubai remembered another thing, and said, "Yang Chonggu, take the letter from Kui's mansion and go and protect Lu Dicui." Huang Zixia looked at him in surprise, nodded gratefully, and said, "Yes." Now Qian Guansuo is the biggest suspect. Although Dicui is involved in the previous two cases, Dali Temple's attention has long been on her.Now that King Kui came forward as a guarantor for such a commoner woman—not to mention that Li Shubai was also the Minister of Dali Temple—it was no problem to go home first and then summon her during the trial. Zhou Ziqin sighed, and said: "Dicui is true. When this case is over, she will definitely be accused of confusing the case. At that time, she will definitely be blamed." Wang Yun smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? When the time comes, the prince will say something to Cui Shaoqing, and he will wink at the person in charge, and it will pass." "I am such an upright person, how can I understand your tricks!" Zhou Ziqin patted his head and lamented. Seeing that Huang Zixia had already reached the door, Wang Yun stood up and said, "I'm about to go back too, so let's go together with Eunuch Yang." "I'm going too, I'm going too!" Zhou Ziqin jumped up, "I have to hurry up to please Dicui, the dishes she cooks are really delicious!" The three of them went downstairs together, and Li Shubai stood up alone, and went to the window to look down. The excited Zhou Ziqin jumped up and down on Huang Zixia's left hand, gesticulating and saying something. Wang Yun was walking on Huang Zixia's right hand, occasionally turning his face to look at her with a usual smile on his face. Li Shubai stood there, watching them leave the West Market.Under the midsummer sunlight, the whole of Chang'an glowed with a dazzling white light, which made his eyes feel uncomfortable. Jing Yu and Jing Xiang stood behind him, neither of them knew why he turned around suddenly, and they didn't look outside again.
After discussing at the gate of West Market, the three decided to split into two groups.Zhou Ziqin ran to Puningfang to tell Zhang Xingying the good news. Wang Yun and Huang Zixia went to Dali Temple first. Huang Zixia said to Wang Yun, "I'll go to the side to take a look first," and turned to Lu's incense candle shop to take a look. Old man Lu was still behind the store, and he made another huge candle, which was exactly the same as the one that was blown up, but the pattern and color hadn't been painted yet. Huang Zixia looked at him from the side, didn't go in, didn't speak, just looked at him calmly.He is already old, an old man in his sixties, with a hunched waist, narrowed his cloudy eyes, and concentrates on drawing the dragon, phoenix and flowers on it. In such hot weather, he held an iron basin in his hand, which was divided into several grids, each containing wax of various colors.Fearing that the wax would solidify, he still leaned close to the nearby stove from time to time and roasted the wax liquid on the fire. The heat was steaming up, he was sweating profusely, and the brown jacket he was wearing was completely soaked, but he still stuck to the candle and drew seriously, meticulous, almost pious. Wang Yun looked at him, then at Huang Zixia, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Huang Zixia let out a long breath, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing. I was wondering if Dicui was released from prison today, should I tell her father?" "It's only natural for father and daughter to get together, isn't it?" Wang Yun said. Huang Zixia entered the store together with him, and said to Lu Zhiyuan, "Master Lu." Lu Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and looked at her, not sure if he recognized her, but said vaguely, "Oh, it's you." "Let me tell you some good news. Your daughter Lu Dicui is coming out of Dali Temple today. Do you want to visit her?" Lu Zhiyuan paused for a moment, and went to draw his candle again: "Come out? Just come out, I almost thought she was going to hurt me." Huang Zixia knew the old man's temper, so he stopped talking, just stood in front of the giant wax behind the shop, looked at it, and said, "It's almost finished." Lu Zhiyuan ignored her at all, he dismissed eunuchs. Wang Yun looked at another pair of flower candles in the shop, called Huang Zixia and said, "Chonggu, come and see." The pair of anthurium candles were about a foot high, with strange shapes, one was like a dragon and the other was like a phoenix, each scale and feather had different colors, the light red could be dark red, light red, red, rose red, rouge Red and other various colors, the various colors that the old man concocted are simply amazing.And the shape of the candles he carved is even more wonderful. The pair of dragons and phoenixes are lifelike and flowing, with a candle wick on each head of the dragons and phoenixes. The candles are also decorated with countless flowers, leaves and bells made of copper sheets. It looks colorful and radiant, making people imagine how dazzling this pair of anthurium candles will be when lit. Wang Yun saw how delicate the flower candle was, so she turned around and asked, "Boss, do you sell this candle?" "Not for sale." He flatly refused. Wang Yun has a very good temper, and he could only smile when he touched his nose, and said, "Well, once you put this thing in the store, it will be the best sign." They walked outside, the breeze blew, the bell on the candle swayed lightly, and the flowers, leaves and copper pieces rang together, the sound was clear and crisp, like fairy music. Huang Zixia unconsciously looked back at the pair of flower candles. Standing beside her, Wang Yun suddenly said in a low voice: "If you like, you can also ask him to make a pair of flower candles like this when we get married in the future." Hearing this, Huang Zixia felt a surge of embarrassment and shock in her heart, which made her face flush, but in that flush was mixed with a cold and sharp pain that pierced her limbs. , making her unable to even move her body. Seeing her stiff body, Wang Yun smiled, that smile was forced but tolerant, and his voice was gentle as always: "Of course I was joking, but we have to wait for the truth of your case to be revealed. Yes or no?" She didn't know whether to nod or shake her head. The person in front of him knew that her reputation was so bad that there was always Yu Xuan in the rumors about her—but he deliberately ignored it. After a long time, she responded with a dry guttural voice: "Yes, when the truth about my family's injustice is revealed..." As if reminded by her own words, at this moment, she seemed to wake up suddenly. Huang Zixia, from the moment your parents passed away, didn't you already swear that everything in this world will never affect you again.Will you abandon all tenderness and lingering, cut off all entanglements and worries, and live only for the blood feud of your parents? Neither Yuxuan nor Wang Yun is something she needs to consider at the moment. So she raised her head and smiled at Wang Yun, her voice was slightly hoarse, but her tone was very calm: "Captain Wang is just joking, I am an eunuch in the palace, who can I marry in this life?" Wang Yun was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself and said, "Yes... I shouldn't make such a joke."
They left the incense and candle shop, and went to Qian's Carriage and Horse Shop not far away.As soon as the shopkeeper of the chariot and horse shop saw Wang Yun, he hurried out to greet him: "Oh, Captain Wang! I'm here today, I'm really too far away to welcome you!" Qian's Chariot and Horse Shop had done a few big deals with Zuo Jinwuwei, so they were familiar with each other, several people welcomed them into the shop, and they were busy making tea and fruits for a while. Wang Yun stopped them and said, "Just passing by to have a look, don't be too busy." "Oh, Captain Wang, I'm really sorry, look, we, Boss Qian, came in, and we really don't know what to do in the store..." The shopkeeper was talking, and Mrs. Qian and three children also rushed over behind him. , crying and kneeling down on the ground begging Wang Yun for help. Wang Yun has always been gentle and restrained. Seeing them making such a fuss, he smiled wryly and said, "I can't say anything about this matter. If you want to avenge your grievances, go to Dali Temple." "This... this official came to look for the master last time. It is said that he is from Dali Temple!" Hearing this, the servant hurriedly pointed to Huang Zixia and said to Mrs. Qian and the shopkeeper. So the whole family pleaded with Huang Zixia again, and Madam Qian cried the most: "Our master is really a good man, he is the most cautious and fearful in daily life, how could he kill someone..." Huang Zixia quickly helped Mrs. Qian up, and said, "Actually, I came here to inquire about something. I don't know if you know who is in charge of repairing Sun Laizi's house that day?" The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "The accounts for repairing the house are at the door of a nearby store. I'll go find it right away and see who went there that day." "If it's convenient, I'll go to Sun Laizi's house in Daningfang as soon as I find him. I have some trivial matters, so I'll go and wait for him when I finish." Huang Zixia said, thinking for a while and then said, "Get Zhang Liuer who leads the sewer Shout out too." "Yes, we must go as soon as possible!"
After much tossing, when Huang Zixia and Wang Yun arrived at Dali Temple, Zhou Ziqin and Zhang Xingying were already waiting for her. Zhang Xingying was holding a child in his arms, and two strange men and women stood behind him. "It's my elder brother and sister-in-law who happened to be at my house with their children. They heard that they were picking up Ah Di, so they all came together." Zhang Xingying said. Zhang Xingying's elder brother is Zhang Xingwei, who is as tall as his younger brother. He and his wife just smiled cautiously: "Ah Di is our family member. It is a happy event to pick her up today, of course I will come." Zhou Ziqin also said: "Yes, if Mr. Zhang had just recovered and was dissuaded by us, otherwise he would come here too." Huang Zixia felt relieved to see Zhang's family being so sincere to Di Cui, and nodded with a smile: "Everyone wait a moment, I'll go in and pick up Adi." It's rare that Cui Chunzhan didn't leave today, and he seemed in a good mood. When he saw her, he greeted her with a smile: "Eunuch Yang, are you running for the prince again?" Huang Zixia hurriedly saluted, and took out the letter from the Kui Palace, and said: "The prince said that since there are more serious suspects in this case, and Lu Dicui has absolutely no possibility of committing the crime when the princess passed away, so let us Come to discuss with Shaoqing whether to let Miss Lu go home to await trial, otherwise it seems inappropriate to keep a girl in the clean room of Dali Temple." "Oh, this matter is simple." Cui Chunzhan asked the governor beside him to take a form, let Huang Zixia fill it out, and then took her to pick up the person himself. Huang Zixia walked through the empty clean rooms all the way, and asked, "Where is Qian Guansuo now?" "He? He has been transferred to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice," Cui Chunzhan said casually, "There are both personal and physical evidence. He confessed this morning." Huang Zixia was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "Confession?" "Yes, I've recruited." Cui Chunzhan saw her staring at him, those clear eyes seemed to be able to see everything in a moment.He avoided her eyes unconsciously, and said in a low voice, "Eunuch Yang, this case...is closed. The case was solved so quickly, and the evidence is solid. Both the emperor and Concubine Guo Shu are convinced that Dali Temple has made great contributions." , the Ministry of Criminal Justice can also explain, do you think this is not the best ending?" Huang Zixia stood under the dark eaves of the clean room, silent for a long time, before asking: "Qian Guansuo...how did you recruit him?" "How did you do it, father-in-law, don't you know?" Cui Chunzhan looked at the bare green brick floor under the eaves, sighed helplessly, and said, "The Ministry of Punishment sent the most capable Lingshi over, and brought a whole set of Tool. It is said that he has tortured more than 120 people, and none of them refused to recruit, and Qian Guansuo... couldn't escape." Huang Zixia frowned and asked, "Did he admit to the death of the princess?" "I confessed. I confessed to Sun Laizi yesterday afternoon, and Wei Ximin tonight, and in the early hours of this morning, Hua Ya confessed that he killed the princess." Huang Zixia only felt a slight chill in his chest, so he could only say dumbly: "Sure enough, it's a good method." "The case has been quickly transcribed and submitted to the emperor. It is estimated that the palace will pass on the emperor's will at this moment." Cui Chunzhan said. It turned out that he didn't go home after lunch today because he was waiting for this. Huang Zixia was silent, and with the sound of iron chains behind him, Dicui had already been brought out.She stayed in the clean room for a few days, quite haggard and in a trance, when she raised her eyes and saw Huang Zixia, she reluctantly nodded her head. "Lu Dicui, you will be bailed by the Kui Palace today, and you will be released on bail in Puningfang. You are not allowed to leave Puningfang until the end of this case. Dali Temple and the Criminal Department will be there if necessary, understand?" "Yes, I understand..." Huang Zixia helped her get the bedding that Zhang Xingying sent, and led her out of Dali Temple. When she walked out of Dali Temple, she saw Zhang Xingying standing outside waiting for her. Sadness and joy finally appeared on her face that had been in a daze for a long time, and tears rolled down her face: "Second Brother Zhang!" Zhang Xingying put the child down, ran up the steps, wrapped Di Cui's hands tightly in his palms, and held them in his heart. After looking at her for a long time, he choked up and said, "Adi, let's... go home." The people standing next to them looked at them with knowing smiles.Even the child held by Mrs. Zhang Xingying raised his hand and shouted at Di Cui: "Auntie...Auntie..." After yelling twice, he suddenly turned his face away, bent down desperately and shouted towards the roadside in front of the Yamen: "Brother, brother!" Seeing that the child was almost breaking free from his mother's hand, Brother Zhang hurried over to help hug him, while turning his head to look at the street. Passing by the other side of the street was a tall and tall man. He walked under the elm tree on the side of the street, and when he heard the voice of a child calling him, he turned his head and looked towards this side. The unremarkable street seemed to light up faintly when he turned his head. Huang Zixia's gaze stopped on his face, and her breathing also stopped.The summer sun and the hot wind in the afternoon made her feel suffocated. In such a hot summer day, that person has a clear temperament that is not stained with the mundane atmosphere. His slightly slender figure is like a new bamboo that has been washed away from the dust, with a faint luster, which is extremely clear. He walked over with a smile, leaned over and opened his arms to hug the child who was rushing towards him, hugged him in his arms, and said with a smile, "So it's Abao, do you still remember me?" Huang Zixia took a step back silently, and hid her body behind the big tree at the entrance of Dali Temple, so as not to make the scene embarrassing. The Zhang family recognized him as the benefactor who sent the child home, and hurried up to thank him. Yu Xuan raised his hand to help the child cover the sun above his head, and carried him to the shade of a tree.Zhou Ziqin hurried up, admiringly: "What's the name of this brother? Last time I heard Brother Zhang keep saying that you are a god-like figure. I still didn't believe it. I saw it with my own eyes today, and I completely believed it!" He just smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "It's nothing to do with a little effort." He didn't intend to announce his name at all, but Zhou Ziqin was not discouraged: "My name is Zhou Ziqin, and I live next to Dong Zhongshu's tomb in Chongrenfang. I don't know my brother's name and where does he live? I have quite a few friends in Beijing, and I must like them very much." People like Xiongtai, in the future we can meet together to recite poems and compose Fu, bend water and flow cups, play bows and step in spring, travel in mountains and rivers... By the way, I don’t know your name, Xiongtai, so what should I call you?" When meeting a person like Zhou Ziqin, it is almost impossible to get rid of it, so he can only put the child down, bow his hands to him and salute: "I am Yuxuan, the Imperial College Xuezheng." "What? You are the Xuezheng of the Guozijian?" Zhou Ziqin jumped up when he heard the words, "It's so unfair! When I was in the Guozijian, it was all a group of old men with white beards! If there was a Xuezheng like you back then, I would As for skipping school every day to dig out the bird's nest?" Yuxuan explained: "I was recommended to enter Beijing, and it will only be ten months. Fortunately, Meng Guozijian has a good eye for Jijiu, and is temporarily teaching "Zhou Li"." "It's amazing! You are so young, how can you become a student of the Imperial Academy! I still can't memorize "Zhou Li" completely." At this point, Zhou Ziqin was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "The Imperial Academy Xuezheng... Yuxuan?" He nodded and stopped talking. Huang Zixia saw Zhou Ziqin's complex expression of surprise and curiosity, and knew that he must have thought of the rumors in Beijing that Yuxuan had an extraordinary relationship with Princess Tongchang. A feeling of sadness secretly surged up in her heart, which made her lean against the tree behind her uncontrollably, listening to her own breathing in silence. Yuxuan ignored Zhou Ziqin's strange emotions, he was still smiling, leaned over and stroked Abao's hair, and then said to Zhang Xingying and Zhang Xingwei: "I still have something to do with the Imperial College, I have to go first." Zhang Xingying hurriedly pulled Di Cui over and said, "This is my... fiancee, we are getting married soon, I invite you to come over for a wedding wine, you must come!" Yu Xuan glanced at Dicui, nodded with a smile, but didn't say anything. Ah Bao held his hand and refused to let go, only calling him: "Brother, brother..." Yuxuan turned around, knelt down and looked at A Bao at the same level, smiled and said: "Good boy, didn't you like to eat lotus pods before? My brother will take a look for you, and if you find it, I will buy it for you, okay?" Ah Bao tilted his head and thought for a while, then let go of his sleeve, nodded and said, "Okay, I want two." "Three are fine." Yu Xuan smiled, rubbed his hair, stood up and saluted them, turned and walked towards the street ahead, turned a corner and disappeared. Zhou Ziqin commented reverently: "A man who is very good at coaxing children." Huang Zixia leaned against the tree, and said in a low voice as if talking to herself: "Yeah... people who know how to lie to children have always been." In an instant, a flash of summer wind and lotus flashed in front of her eyes, and the sunset was bright.When she was young, she looked up at Yu Xuan who was leaning over to look at her, and her figure was clearly reflected in his deep and clear eyes—but then, it disappeared in a flash, and she was never seen again. She took a deep breath to make sure she had calmed down before she came out from behind the tree. As soon as Zhou Ziqin saw her, he flaunted: "Chonggu! Where did you go just now? Have you seen that person? I have been in Chang'an for twenty years, and I have never seen such a radiant and graceful person. It would be a pity if you didn't see it!" Just as Huang Zixia didn't know how to answer, a Juechen rider came from the direction of Daming Palace, and he jumped off immediately and went straight inside: "There is an order from the Holy Spirit, where is Cui Chunzhan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple?" Cui Chunzhan came out quickly and met the palace envoy: "Elder-in-law, what is the will of the Holy One?" 那公公正是皇帝身边的近身宦官冯义全，他声音洪亮，说话声清清楚楚传到衙门内外：“圣上旨意，杀害同昌公主的罪犯，千刀万剐；全家上下，不论老幼，满门抄斩。” 黄梓瑕和周子秦对望一眼，两人都是愕然。 张行英与滴翠握紧了彼此的手，都感到对方的掌心，沁出冰冷的汗，交黏在一起。 周子秦凑近黄梓瑕，低声问：“我们还要查下去吗？” 黄梓瑕反问：“你说呢？” “废话嘛，一个案子真相还没出来，怎么可以放弃？”周子秦热血沸腾，握紧双拳贴在胸前答道。 黄梓瑕点头，说：“走吧。” “去哪儿？”周子秦赶紧问。 “大宁坊，孙癞子家。”
In the treasure house where Jiuluanchai mysteriously disappeared, the doors and windows are still closed, a sense of coolness and dust that is completely shielded from the outside world. Rows of shelves are lined with boxes and small boxes, and there are also cloth-covered things. From a distance, they are indistinct, like strange black shadows squatting on the shelves. "These two boxes are the things the princess uses every day, and they are all here." Deng Chunmin took out the key and opened two more boxes, and said. Huang Zixia lifted the lid of the box and paused thoughtfully. Li Shubai asked: "What?" She patted the lid of the box lightly, looked up at him, and asked, "What did your lord think?" Li Shubai looked at her hand resting on the lid of the box, frowned slightly, and asked, "You mean the inexplicable disappearance of Jiuluanchai?" Huang Zixia nodded, and immediately looked around the box, and found that all the boxes on the lowest level were placed on the green brick floor, except for the empty box next to Jiuluanchai, with some cloth strips laid underneath, as if afraid of Shocked. Li Shubai glanced at it, then nodded and said: "Look inside first, if there is no little porcelain dog, you can be sure." They have been together for a long time, and they already know what each other means without saying anything else.Huang Zixia rummaged through the contents of the two boxes, but he did not find the little porcelain dog. The two stood up and walked outside the treasure house, and then returned to the Qiyun Pavilion, looking at the missing piece in the bedside drawer. "It's just enough for that little porcelain dog, isn't it?" Huang Zixia compared the size. Li Shubai nodded, looked around, and said, "It's very simple to make it disappear..." The two walked towards the window at the same time, looking down. Under the high platform, Albizia Julibrissin is still in full bloom below, like velvet covering the ground. "Let's go." Walking down the steps to the high platform, right under the window of Qiyun Pavilion, they looked along the base of the platform, and soon found a small pile of fallen flowers and leaves of acacia trees. The wind gathered in one place. Huang Zixia picked up a branch, pushed aside the pile of flowers and leaves, and saw underneath was a pile of broken porcelain that had been trampled into the grass. Kui King Li Shubai, who was always obsessed with cleanliness, stood by and watched. Huang Zixia carefully dug out the broken porcelain pieces, large and small, twenty-eight pieces.She put them one by one in the handkerchief and put them in the sleeves.
Seeing that it was already noon, Li Shubai said in the car on the return journey: "Go and call Ziqin, and let's go to Zhuijinlou for dinner together." Huang Zixia hurriedly said to the coachman A Yuanbo: "Go to Zhou Shilang's residence." Li Shubai pointed to the cabinet below, and asked, "The two skulls inside are still there?" Huang Zixia nodded silently, and said: "I can't return it to Ziqin. If he restores all the skulls, he may find that the deceased looks very similar to the queen. But if he doesn't return it to the queen, where should he put it... ..." Li Shubai glanced at her coldly: "You're asking for trouble." She shrank her head and didn't dare to look at him, she nodded to admit her mistake: "Yes, I know my mistake, I like to meddle in other people's business, and I do nothing to cause trouble. So from the prince's point of view, what should we do?" "Go to the outskirts and find a piece of wasteland, dig a hole and bury it." "..." Huang Zixia silently turned her face out of the window, preparing to pretend that she didn't hear what he said. The curtain of the carriage fluttered slowly as she walked, and when she saw that Zhou Ziqin's house was already outside, she jumped out of the carriage, ran to the door and called the concierge: "Uncle Yu, is your young master here today?" "Eunuch Yang! What a coincidence, my young master walked to the door today. After thinking about it, he said that he was afraid that you would not find him when you came, so he turned around and went back to his yard." Huang Zixia hurriedly said: "Then trouble Uncle Yu, call your young master for me, and say that the prince is waiting for him to eat together." "Oh? Okay, right away!" Uncle Yu immediately went inside. Huang Zixia stood under the privet tree in front of his house and waited for a while. The flowers on the top of the head are blooming richly and densely, and thousands of tiny flowers weigh down the branches.Huang Zixia couldn't help raising her hand and wanted to touch it, but found that the lowest flower couldn't be reached by herself, so she could only stand under the tree and stare silently. Someone behind her reached out, folded off the flower she wanted to touch but couldn't, and handed it to her. She turned her head in astonishment, and saw Wang Yun standing behind her with a smile in his hand, holding the well-bloomed flower.He stared at her and said in a low voice, "I just saw King Kui's car approaching on the street, and I saw you getting off, so I came over to say hello." The branch of flower was always in front of her, exuding a rich and almost dizzying fragrance.Unknowingly, she raised her hand to take it, and asked, "Have you arrived at the Zuo Jinwu Guard?" "Well, it's the first day today. The capital is so big, it's fate that I met you on the first day of patrol." He smiled calmly, "I thought you would go out to investigate more cases at night." "Yeah, I still come out often at night. Now that you're gone, I hope the brothers in the Yulin Army will forgive me." Huang Zixia said. "That's natural." He smiled, turned his head and greeted Li Shubai through the window: "My lord." Li Shubai nodded to him, and asked, "How are you doing in Zuo Jinwu Guard?" "Very good, the same as the Imperial Forest Army." He smiled calmly. Huang Zixia held the privet flower in her hand, and felt a sense of guilt welling up in her heart.After all, Wang Yun, who was originally proud of his career in the Imperial Forest Army, is now transferred to the Zuo Jinwu Guard who is everywhere. It is precisely because of her efforts to expose the true identity of Queen Wang that the emperor found an opportunity to restrict the Wang family. She put the privet fruit into her sleeve and said to Wang Yun: "Wait a moment." Then she got into the car and took out the bag, handed it to Wang Yun, and said: "This... If you have a chance, you Let's see if it can be delivered to Xiao Shi." Wang Yun sensed what it was as soon as he started it. He glanced at the two skulls hurriedly, then put them on the back of his horse and asked, "Where did they come from?" "Don't ask, anyway... I think there must be a whole body." She whispered. "Well, in fact, I have always regretted it. Her death is always inseparable from me." Wang Yun said, his eyes fell on her drooping face, he paused for a long time, and then said softly, "Thank you... ..." "Thank you?" Someone jumped out from behind and asked with a smile. This kind of elusive appearance is of course Zhou Ziqin.He was wearing green lotus purple and goose yellow clothes today, as bright as ever. With one hand on Wang Yun's arm and the other on Huang Zixia's shoulder, Zhou Ziqin's eyebrows danced brightly: "Come on, let me know about the grievances between you..." Huang Zixia quickly shook off his hand, and Wang Yun also pulled Zhou Ziqin's arm over in an instant.The two of them cooperated so well that Li Shubai, who was looking at them through the window, raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes were covered with a complex meaning. "Captain Wang sent me a flower, and I gave him something in return." Huang Zixia said. Li Shubai said: "Yunzhi, don't go back to the Yamen, let's go to Zhujinlou together." Yunzhi is Wang Yun's word. "That's right, it turns out that the food served by the Imperial Forest Army is so appalling that it's the last five in the capital!" Zhou Ziqin immediately echoed. So Wang Yun accompanied him on horseback, Zhou Ziqin got into the carriage, and several people went to Zhuijin Tower. "Chong Gu, tell me, what did you give in return? Toss him a peach and return him a plum. If he gave you flowers, then you must be giving back something very elegant?" Zhou Ziqin simply It was very noisy, and I kept asking. Huang Zixia didn't want to tell him that Feng Ya's reward was his two skulls. Unable to get an answer from Huang Zixia, he pursed his lips depressedly, leaning against the car wall and staring at the privet stalk in Huang Zixia's hand: "Really, this flower was folded at my door, right? What is this, borrowing flowers to offer Buddha!" Li Shubai looked at the passing street scene outside, and asked: "How do you know that Yang Chonggu didn't borrow flowers to present Buddha?" Zhou Ziqin, who didn't know that he had been borrowed twice, became happy when he heard this: "Could it be that the return gift from Chonggu to Wang Yun was taken by the prince? These two are really stingy. Come and send, what you send is other people's things!" It's a pity that his provocation was useless. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia, who had already known his character well, turned their gazes out of the window and pretended not to hear. Zhou Ziqin, who was almost suffocated along the way, went to Zhuijinlou to order a bunch of dishes and still didn't recover. While waiting for the food on the table, Zhou Ziqin had a bitter face, looking like an abandoned puppy. Huang Zixia didn't coax him, and asked the buddy to fetch a basin of clean water, and then asked for some fish gelatin mixed with glutinous rice flour to make it into a sticky semi-solid. Zhou Ziqin looked at her lying on the table, and asked feebly, "Chong Gu, what are you doing?" Huang Zixia took out the broken porcelain pieces in his sleeves, poured them into the basin, and cleaned them carefully one by one.Wang Yun also stood up to help and said, "Be careful not to cut your fingers." Li Shubai watched coldly from the side, neither moving nor speaking. Zhou Ziqin came to his senses, grabbed a piece, washed it, looked at it, and asked, "What is this?" "A piece of broken porcelain found in the princess mansion, guess what it is?" Huang Zixia washed it piece by piece and spread it on the table. What Zhou Ziqin was holding in his hand was the puppy's ears. He turned it over and looked at it, and said, "It seems to be a small thing made of porcelain... a kitten or a puppy or something." "It should be a dog." As she said that, she glued the cleaned pieces of porcelain one by one. Zhou Ziqin immediately forgot his frustration and helped her piece together the pieces. The guy had just started serving the food when a whole little china dog showed up. The four of them finished eating in front of the little porcelain dog. The isinglass had already dried up, and the whole puppy was glued together very tightly.Zhou Ziqin held it in his hand and studied it over and over again, and then said with certainty: "It's really difficult to buy this thing." Wang Yun also took a look at it, and asked: "Isn't it just an ordinary little porcelain dog? I seem to have played with it when I was a child, why is it so difficult to buy?" "My lord grew up in the palace, so I won't ask, Chong Gu, did you ever play with this little porcelain dog when you were young?" Zhou Ziqin asked again. Huang Zixia nodded and said, "I seem to have an impression, I should have seen it when I was a child." "Yes, this kind of little porcelain dog was all the rage when we were young ten years ago, but it has become very rare in recent years. Among other things, none of my older brothers' children have this kind of thing now," Zhou Ziqin said with certainty, "And this kind of porcelain is easily damaged by children. I can guarantee that such things must be very rare now."
"This kind of little porcelain dog? There are many! I have as many as you want!" In the small shop specializing in gadgets in Xishi, the boss gave Zhou Ziqin a huge blow as soon as he opened his mouth. However, Zhou Ziqin's face was unusual, so he immediately left the matter out of the blue, happily followed the boss into the treasure house, and helped him out with a large box of these little porcelain dogs. The boss opened the box, and inside were neatly stacked small porcelain dogs, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and there were seventy or eighty of them.The first floor is already missing a few, and it is not full. Huang Zixia squatted down and found that almost all the puppies were covered with dust, only the top of a puppy on the second floor was free of dust.She raised her hand to take it out, looked at it in her hand, and asked, "Boss, if you still don't throw away this kind of old goods from ten years ago, is there anyone still buying it?" "Yeah, it was shipped from the south of the Yangtze River ten years ago. It was very popular in the capital! But then it fell out of fashion, and the porcelain kiln closed down, so no one wanted this thing at all. But it just so happens that last month Some people came to ask, I searched and found that there was still a backlog of boxes, so I took it out again. This thing, about the entire capital, is still on sale here. No, except for the one that was sold last month , only you are here to ask.” Huang Zixia held the puppy in his hand, and asked, "Who bought it last month? Could it be someone at our age who wants to buy a toy that we played with when we were young?" The boss smiled and took the money Zhou Ziqin gave him, and said, "Where is that? It's Qian Guansuo, the owner of the chariot and horse shop. He's in his 40s and 50s, and he still comes to buy this kind of thing. Don't you think it's funny?" ?” Zhou Ziqin turned to Huang Zixia, and mouthed, "It's him again." Huang Zixia nodded her head and mouthed, "Sure enough." Zhou Ziqin was depressed again: "You already knew? Don't tell me!" "Isn't this the first one to tell you?" Huang Zixia comforted him when he walked out of the store with him. Zhou Ziqin suddenly climbed out of the bottom of depression. He happily carried the little porcelain dog back to Zhuijin Building and put it in front of them: "Guess who bought the little porcelain dog in that store?" Without raising his eyes, Li Shu casually said, "Qian Guansuo." Zhou Ziqin was knocked back to the bottom by these three words, he looked back at Huang Zixia with tears in his eyes: "Didn't you say you were the first to tell me?" "He guessed it himself." Huang Zixia spread his hands, expressing his helplessness. "However, even if Qian Guansuo bought a little porcelain dog recently, it can't be said that the broken one in the princess' mansion is related to the one he bought! Besides, what does the little porcelain dog have to do with the princess case? Woolen cloth?" "Of course it has a lot to do with it. It can be said that the death of the princess depends on this little porcelain dog." Huang Zixia said, wrapping up the two little porcelain dogs carefully. Wang Yun watched her busy from the side, and asked with a smile: "Chong Gu, last time you went to investigate the case of Sun Laizi overnight, how is it going now?" "The case...hasn't made any progress," Zhou Ziqin said listlessly, lying on the table, "Dali Temple has decided to close the case with the help of money Guansuo to repair the waterway and get out of the sewer to kill people, but there are still a lot of doubts in this case can not explain." Wang Yun asked: "For example, did I smell the fragrance of Lingling?" "Well, of course." Zhou Ziqin nodded seriously. Li Shubai asked from the side: "What Linglingxiang?" Wang Yun explained: "When I was patrolling the street that night, I met them investigating the case, so I went in to have a look together. I don't understand the rest of the scene, but I can recognize the smell of Linglingxiang. Know that I know a thing or two about this." "You are the number one person in the incense way in the capital. If you say you know a little bit, then who would dare to say that you have entered the house?" Li Shubai motioned him not to be humble, and asked, "Sun Laizi's house really smells of Lingling incense?" "Yeah, I was also very surprised to smell it in such a place. However, Linglingxiang, which is mixed with various smells, is very unpleasant, and it is still unforgettable to me." Wang Yun thought of the disgusting smell at that time smell, said with a wry smile. Zhou Ziqin asked Huang Zixia: "Do you think we should go to Sun Laizi's house again?" "Well, among these three cases, the only thing I still have doubts about is this. As long as the reason why Sun Laizi was killed in such a tightly guarded home is revealed, I believe the case can be over. " Li Shubai remembered another thing, and said, "Yang Chonggu, take the letter from Kui's mansion and go and protect Lu Dicui." Huang Zixia looked at him in surprise, nodded gratefully, and said, "Yes." Now Qian Guansuo is the biggest suspect. Although Dicui is involved in the previous two cases, Dali Temple's attention has long been on her.Now that King Kui came forward as a guarantor for such a commoner woman—not to mention that Li Shubai was also the Minister of Dali Temple—it was no problem to go home first and then summon her during the trial. Zhou Ziqin sighed, and said: "Dicui is true. When this case is over, she will definitely be accused of confusing the case. At that time, she will definitely be blamed." Wang Yun smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? When the time comes, the prince will say something to Cui Shaoqing, and he will wink at the person in charge, and it will pass." "I am such an upright person, how can I understand your tricks!" Zhou Ziqin patted his head and lamented. Seeing that Huang Zixia had already reached the door, Wang Yun stood up and said, "I'm about to go back too, so let's go together with Eunuch Yang." "I'm going too, I'm going too!" Zhou Ziqin jumped up, "I have to hurry up to please Dicui, the dishes she cooks are really delicious!" The three of them went downstairs together, and Li Shubai stood up alone, and went to the window to look down. The excited Zhou Ziqin jumped up and down on Huang Zixia's left hand, gesticulating and saying something. Wang Yun was walking on Huang Zixia's right hand, occasionally turning his face to look at her with a usual smile on his face. Li Shubai stood there, watching them leave the West Market.Under the midsummer sunlight, the whole of Chang'an glowed with a dazzling white light, which made his eyes feel uncomfortable. Jing Yu and Jing Xiang stood behind him, neither of them knew why he turned around suddenly, and they didn't look outside again.
After discussing at the gate of West Market, the three decided to split into two groups.Zhou Ziqin ran to Puningfang to tell Zhang Xingying the good news. Wang Yun and Huang Zixia went to Dali Temple first. Huang Zixia said to Wang Yun, "I'll go to the side to take a look first," and turned to Lu's incense candle shop to take a look. Old man Lu was still behind the store, and he made another huge candle, which was exactly the same as the one that was blown up, but the pattern and color hadn't been painted yet. Huang Zixia looked at him from the side, didn't go in, didn't speak, just looked at him calmly.He is already old, an old man in his sixties, with a hunched waist, narrowed his cloudy eyes, and concentrates on drawing the dragon, phoenix and flowers on it. In such hot weather, he held an iron basin in his hand, which was divided into several grids, each containing wax of various colors.Fearing that the wax would solidify, he still leaned close to the nearby stove from time to time and roasted the wax liquid on the fire. The heat was steaming up, he was sweating profusely, and the brown jacket he was wearing was completely soaked, but he still stuck to the candle and drew seriously, meticulous, almost pious. Wang Yun looked at him, then at Huang Zixia, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Huang Zixia let out a long breath, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing. I was wondering if Dicui was released from prison today, should I tell her father?" "It's only natural for father and daughter to get together, isn't it?" Wang Yun said. Huang Zixia entered the store together with him, and said to Lu Zhiyuan, "Master Lu." Lu Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and looked at her, not sure if he recognized her, but said vaguely, "Oh, it's you." "Let me tell you some good news. Your daughter Lu Dicui is coming out of Dali Temple today. Do you want to visit her?" Lu Zhiyuan paused for a moment, and went to draw his candle again: "Come out? Just come out, I almost thought she was going to hurt me." Huang Zixia knew the old man's temper, so he stopped talking, just stood in front of the giant wax behind the shop, looked at it, and said, "It's almost finished." Lu Zhiyuan ignored her at all, he dismissed eunuchs. Wang Yun looked at another pair of flower candles in the shop, called Huang Zixia and said, "Chonggu, come and see." The pair of anthurium candles were about a foot high, with strange shapes, one was like a dragon and the other was like a phoenix, each scale and feather had different colors, the light red could be dark red, light red, red, rose red, rouge Red and other various colors, the various colors that the old man concocted are simply amazing.And the shape of the candles he carved is even more wonderful. The pair of dragons and phoenixes are lifelike and flowing, with a candle wick on each head of the dragons and phoenixes. The candles are also decorated with countless flowers, leaves and bells made of copper sheets. It looks colorful and radiant, making people imagine how dazzling this pair of anthurium candles will be when lit. Wang Yun saw how delicate the flower candle was, so she turned around and asked, "Boss, do you sell this candle?" "Not for sale." He flatly refused. Wang Yun has a very good temper, and he could only smile when he touched his nose, and said, "Well, once you put this thing in the store, it will be the best sign." They walked outside, the breeze blew, the bell on the candle swayed lightly, and the flowers, leaves and copper pieces rang together, the sound was clear and crisp, like fairy music. Huang Zixia unconsciously looked back at the pair of flower candles. Standing beside her, Wang Yun suddenly said in a low voice: "If you like, you can also ask him to make a pair of flower candles like this when we get married in the future." Hearing this, Huang Zixia felt a surge of embarrassment and shock in her heart, which made her face flush, but in that flush was mixed with a cold and sharp pain that pierced her limbs. , making her unable to even move her body. Seeing her stiff body, Wang Yun smiled, that smile was forced but tolerant, and his voice was gentle as always: "Of course I was joking, but we have to wait for the truth of your case to be revealed. Yes or no?" She didn't know whether to nod or shake her head. The person in front of him knew that her reputation was so bad that there was always Yu Xuan in the rumors about her—but he deliberately ignored it. After a long time, she responded with a dry guttural voice: "Yes, when the truth about my family's injustice is revealed..." As if reminded by her own words, at this moment, she seemed to wake up suddenly. Huang Zixia, from the moment your parents passed away, didn't you already swear that everything in this world will never affect you again.Will you abandon all tenderness and lingering, cut off all entanglements and worries, and live only for the blood feud of your parents? Neither Yuxuan nor Wang Yun is something she needs to consider at the moment. So she raised her head and smiled at Wang Yun, her voice was slightly hoarse, but her tone was very calm: "Captain Wang is just joking, I am an eunuch in the palace, who can I marry in this life?" Wang Yun was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself and said, "Yes... I shouldn't make such a joke."
They left the incense and candle shop, and went to Qian's Carriage and Horse Shop not far away.As soon as the shopkeeper of the chariot and horse shop saw Wang Yun, he hurried out to greet him: "Oh, Captain Wang! I'm here today, I'm really too far away to welcome you!" Qian's Chariot and Horse Shop had done a few big deals with Zuo Jinwuwei, so they were familiar with each other, several people welcomed them into the shop, and they were busy making tea and fruits for a while. Wang Yun stopped them and said, "Just passing by to have a look, don't be too busy." "Oh, Captain Wang, I'm really sorry, look, we, Boss Qian, came in, and we really don't know what to do in the store..." The shopkeeper was talking, and Mrs. Qian and three children also rushed over behind him. , crying and kneeling down on the ground begging Wang Yun for help. Wang Yun has always been gentle and restrained. Seeing them making such a fuss, he smiled wryly and said, "I can't say anything about this matter. If you want to avenge your grievances, go to Dali Temple." "This... this official came to look for the master last time. It is said that he is from Dali Temple!" Hearing this, the servant hurriedly pointed to Huang Zixia and said to Mrs. Qian and the shopkeeper. So the whole family pleaded with Huang Zixia again, and Madam Qian cried the most: "Our master is really a good man, he is the most cautious and fearful in daily life, how could he kill someone..." Huang Zixia quickly helped Mrs. Qian up, and said, "Actually, I came here to inquire about something. I don't know if you know who is in charge of repairing Sun Laizi's house that day?" The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "The accounts for repairing the house are at the door of a nearby store. I'll go find it right away and see who went there that day." "If it's convenient, I'll go to Sun Laizi's house in Daningfang as soon as I find him. I have some trivial matters, so I'll go and wait for him when I finish." Huang Zixia said, thinking for a while and then said, "Get Zhang Liuer who leads the sewer Shout out too." "Yes, we must go as soon as possible!"
After much tossing, when Huang Zixia and Wang Yun arrived at Dali Temple, Zhou Ziqin and Zhang Xingying were already waiting for her. Zhang Xingying was holding a child in his arms, and two strange men and women stood behind him. "It's my elder brother and sister-in-law who happened to be at my house with their children. They heard that they were picking up Ah Di, so they all came together." Zhang Xingying said. Zhang Xingying's elder brother is Zhang Xingwei, who is as tall as his younger brother. He and his wife just smiled cautiously: "Ah Di is our family member. It is a happy event to pick her up today, of course I will come." Zhou Ziqin also said: "Yes, if Mr. Zhang had just recovered and was dissuaded by us, otherwise he would come here too." Huang Zixia felt relieved to see Zhang's family being so sincere to Di Cui, and nodded with a smile: "Everyone wait a moment, I'll go in and pick up Adi." It's rare that Cui Chunzhan didn't leave today, and he seemed in a good mood. When he saw her, he greeted her with a smile: "Eunuch Yang, are you running for the prince again?" Huang Zixia hurriedly saluted, and took out the letter from the Kui Palace, and said: "The prince said that since there are more serious suspects in this case, and Lu Dicui has absolutely no possibility of committing the crime when the princess passed away, so let us Come to discuss with Shaoqing whether to let Miss Lu go home to await trial, otherwise it seems inappropriate to keep a girl in the clean room of Dali Temple." "Oh, this matter is simple." Cui Chunzhan asked the governor beside him to take a form, let Huang Zixia fill it out, and then took her to pick up the person himself. Huang Zixia walked through the empty clean rooms all the way, and asked, "Where is Qian Guansuo now?" "He? He has been transferred to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice," Cui Chunzhan said casually, "There are both personal and physical evidence. He confessed this morning." Huang Zixia was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "Confession?" "Yes, I've recruited." Cui Chunzhan saw her staring at him, those clear eyes seemed to be able to see everything in a moment.He avoided her eyes unconsciously, and said in a low voice, "Eunuch Yang, this case...is closed. The case was solved so quickly, and the evidence is solid. Both the emperor and Concubine Guo Shu are convinced that Dali Temple has made great contributions." , the Ministry of Criminal Justice can also explain, do you think this is not the best ending?" Huang Zixia stood under the dark eaves of the clean room, silent for a long time, before asking: "Qian Guansuo...how did you recruit him?" "How did you do it, father-in-law, don't you know?" Cui Chunzhan looked at the bare green brick floor under the eaves, sighed helplessly, and said, "The Ministry of Punishment sent the most capable Lingshi over, and brought a whole set of Tool. It is said that he has tortured more than 120 people, and none of them refused to recruit, and Qian Guansuo... couldn't escape." Huang Zixia frowned and asked, "Did he admit to the death of the princess?" "I confessed. I confessed to Sun Laizi yesterday afternoon, and Wei Ximin tonight, and in the early hours of this morning, Hua Ya confessed that he killed the princess." Huang Zixia only felt a slight chill in his chest, so he could only say dumbly: "Sure enough, it's a good method." "The case has been quickly transcribed and submitted to the emperor. It is estimated that the palace will pass on the emperor's will at this moment." Cui Chunzhan said. It turned out that he didn't go home after lunch today because he was waiting for this. Huang Zixia was silent, and with the sound of iron chains behind him, Dicui had already been brought out.She stayed in the clean room for a few days, quite haggard and in a trance, when she raised her eyes and saw Huang Zixia, she reluctantly nodded her head. "Lu Dicui, you will be bailed by the Kui Palace today, and you will be released on bail in Puningfang. You are not allowed to leave Puningfang until the end of this case. Dali Temple and the Criminal Department will be there if necessary, understand?" "Yes, I understand..." Huang Zixia helped her get the bedding that Zhang Xingying sent, and led her out of Dali Temple. When she walked out of Dali Temple, she saw Zhang Xingying standing outside waiting for her. Sadness and joy finally appeared on her face that had been in a daze for a long time, and tears rolled down her face: "Second Brother Zhang!" Zhang Xingying put the child down, ran up the steps, wrapped Di Cui's hands tightly in his palms, and held them in his heart. After looking at her for a long time, he choked up and said, "Adi, let's... go home." The people standing next to them looked at them with knowing smiles.Even the child held by Mrs. Zhang Xingying raised his hand and shouted at Di Cui: "Auntie...Auntie..." After yelling twice, he suddenly turned his face away, bent down desperately and shouted towards the roadside in front of the Yamen: "Brother, brother!" Seeing that the child was almost breaking free from his mother's hand, Brother Zhang hurried over to help hug him, while turning his head to look at the street. Passing by the other side of the street was a tall and tall man. He walked under the elm tree on the side of the street, and when he heard the voice of a child calling him, he turned his head and looked towards this side. The unremarkable street seemed to light up faintly when he turned his head. Huang Zixia's gaze stopped on his face, and her breathing also stopped.The summer sun and the hot wind in the afternoon made her feel suffocated. In such a hot summer day, that person has a clear temperament that is not stained with the mundane atmosphere. His slightly slender figure is like a new bamboo that has been washed away from the dust, with a faint luster, which is extremely clear. He walked over with a smile, leaned over and opened his arms to hug the child who was rushing towards him, hugged him in his arms, and said with a smile, "So it's Abao, do you still remember me?" Huang Zixia took a step back silently, and hid her body behind the big tree at the entrance of Dali Temple, so as not to make the scene embarrassing. The Zhang family recognized him as the benefactor who sent the child home, and hurried up to thank him. Yu Xuan raised his hand to help the child cover the sun above his head, and carried him to the shade of a tree.Zhou Ziqin hurried up, admiringly: "What's the name of this brother? Last time I heard Brother Zhang keep saying that you are a god-like figure. I still didn't believe it. I saw it with my own eyes today, and I completely believed it!" He just smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "It's nothing to do with a little effort." He didn't intend to announce his name at all, but Zhou Ziqin was not discouraged: "My name is Zhou Ziqin, and I live next to Dong Zhongshu's tomb in Chongrenfang. I don't know my brother's name and where does he live? I have quite a few friends in Beijing, and I must like them very much." People like Xiongtai, in the future we can meet together to recite poems and compose Fu, bend water and flow cups, play bows and step in spring, travel in mountains and rivers... By the way, I don’t know your name, Xiongtai, so what should I call you?" When meeting a person like Zhou Ziqin, it is almost impossible to get rid of it, so he can only put the child down, bow his hands to him and salute: "I am Yuxuan, the Imperial College Xuezheng." "What? You are the Xuezheng of the Guozijian?" Zhou Ziqin jumped up when he heard the words, "It's so unfair! When I was in the Guozijian, it was all a group of old men with white beards! If there was a Xuezheng like you back then, I would As for skipping school every day to dig out the bird's nest?" Yuxuan explained: "I was recommended to enter Beijing, and it will only be ten months. Fortunately, Meng Guozijian has a good eye for Jijiu, and is temporarily teaching "Zhou Li"." "It's amazing! You are so young, how can you become a student of the Imperial Academy! I still can't memorize "Zhou Li" completely." At this point, Zhou Ziqin was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "The Imperial Academy Xuezheng... Yuxuan?" He nodded and stopped talking. Huang Zixia saw Zhou Ziqin's complex expression of surprise and curiosity, and knew that he must have thought of the rumors in Beijing that Yuxuan had an extraordinary relationship with Princess Tongchang. A feeling of sadness secretly surged up in her heart, which made her lean against the tree behind her uncontrollably, listening to her own breathing in silence. Yuxuan ignored Zhou Ziqin's strange emotions, he was still smiling, leaned over and stroked Abao's hair, and then said to Zhang Xingying and Zhang Xingwei: "I still have something to do with the Imperial College, I have to go first." Zhang Xingying hurriedly pulled Di Cui over and said, "This is my... fiancee, we are getting married soon, I invite you to come over for a wedding wine, you must come!" Yu Xuan glanced at Dicui, nodded with a smile, but didn't say anything. Ah Bao held his hand and refused to let go, only calling him: "Brother, brother..." Yuxuan turned around, knelt down and looked at A Bao at the same level, smiled and said: "Good boy, didn't you like to eat lotus pods before? My brother will take a look for you, and if you find it, I will buy it for you, okay?" Ah Bao tilted his head and thought for a while, then let go of his sleeve, nodded and said, "Okay, I want two." "Three are fine." Yu Xuan smiled, rubbed his hair, stood up and saluted them, turned and walked towards the street ahead, turned a corner and disappeared. Zhou Ziqin commented reverently: "A man who is very good at coaxing children." Huang Zixia leaned against the tree, and said in a low voice as if talking to herself: "Yeah... people who know how to lie to children have always been." In an instant, a flash of summer wind and lotus flashed in front of her eyes, and the sunset was bright.When she was young, she looked up at Yu Xuan who was leaning over to look at her, and her figure was clearly reflected in his deep and clear eyes—but then, it disappeared in a flash, and she was never seen again. She took a deep breath to make sure she had calmed down before she came out from behind the tree. As soon as Zhou Ziqin saw her, he flaunted: "Chonggu! Where did you go just now? Have you seen that person? I have been in Chang'an for twenty years, and I have never seen such a radiant and graceful person. It would be a pity if you didn't see it!" Just as Huang Zixia didn't know how to answer, a Juechen rider came from the direction of Daming Palace, and he jumped off immediately and went straight inside: "There is an order from the Holy Spirit, where is Cui Chunzhan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple?" Cui Chunzhan came out quickly and met the palace envoy: "Elder-in-law, what is the will of the Holy One?" 那公公正是皇帝身边的近身宦官冯义全，他声音洪亮，说话声清清楚楚传到衙门内外：“圣上旨意，杀害同昌公主的罪犯，千刀万剐；全家上下，不论老幼，满门抄斩。” 黄梓瑕和周子秦对望一眼，两人都是愕然。 张行英与滴翠握紧了彼此的手，都感到对方的掌心，沁出冰冷的汗，交黏在一起。 周子秦凑近黄梓瑕，低声问：“我们还要查下去吗？” 黄梓瑕反问：“你说呢？” “废话嘛，一个案子真相还没出来，怎么可以放弃？”周子秦热血沸腾，握紧双拳贴在胸前答道。 黄梓瑕点头，说：“走吧。” “去哪儿？”周子秦赶紧问。 “大宁坊，孙癞子家。”