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Chapter 2 2. Bodhi Quartet

When the people behind dragged Huang Zixia up from the pool, Li Shubai had already entered Jianbi Palace. Huang Zixia climbed up from the mud in embarrassment, looked at Li Shubai's back without looking back, secretly clenched his teeth, and couldn't help kicking his feet hard in the muddy water. The muddy water splashed, and one or two icy spots splashed on her cheeks, but she didn't care about the mud all over her body anyway. The eunuchs behind quickly reached out to pull her up, and the maids took her to take a bath.Looking at the clothes on her body that seemed to be men's clothes, an older court lady pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Eunuch, wait a moment, we will help you bathe and change clothes later."

"No need." She didn't want to take off her clothes for others to see. When people found out that she was a woman, it would be easy to connect with the arrested Huang Zixia. So she brushed away the hands of the maids, walked to the well, picked up a bucket of water and poured it directly on herself. Although it was spring, the weather was still cold. She poured a bucket of water on her head, and she was so cold that she suddenly shivered. The mud on her body was still not clean, and she seemed to be numb, so she poured another bucket of water and rinsed herself mindlessly. The maids next to her were all stunned, standing there motionless, wondering if this self-abusing person was crazy.

After two buckets of water were flushed down, Huang Zixia felt that his brain became clear and clear.She threw away the bucket and stood by the well with her whole body wet, breathing hard with a cold shiver. Because of the cold, her ears were buzzing, and the scene in front of her was not very clear, only the phantom-like face of Li Shubai, that indifferent and cold expression was very clear. He said, I'm not interested in asking about you, nor in disclosing your whereabouts to the Yamen, so you can do it yourself in the future. Not interested in…… The death of her parents, the murder of her relatives, and her injustice against Xue are all things that have nothing to do with him, and of course he has no interest in asking about them.

In front of him, she was just a speck of dust. However... She threw the bucket in her hand by the well, and secretly clenched her fists.The nails were deeply embedded in her palm, but she didn't feel any pain, she just clenched tightly. However, Huang Zixia, he is your greatest hope. She said to herself clearly and clearly in her heart, clenching her teeth hard. This man who disliked her for not cleaning himself up at the first sight, this man who kicked her into the quagmire without mercy, this man who made it clear that he had no interest in her, King Kui Li Shubai, was her greatest hope.

Kui Wang Li Shubai is more reliable than the power she originally wanted to rely on - those old friends of her father, the relatives of the petty officials who are three thousand miles away, and the method of taking risks and suing the imperial court. Therefore, no matter how much she was despised and despised, she had already made a decision in her heart at the moment when the cold water poured on her. In the sunshine of early spring, the wind is cold.Shivering, she turned from the well and walked slowly down the steps.At this moment, she heard the voice in her heart, and she heard that voice whispering to her: Huang Zixia, have you ever thought that for such a terrifying man, your best reaction now is to turn around and run away, Never look back, never take a step closer to him?

However, regardless of her dripping hair and clothes, she walked down the steps step by step. She showed a stiff smile to the maids standing there, forced to suppress the slight trembling of her cold body: "Please help me get a suit of eunuch clothes, I have to serve King Kui."
She roughly wrapped her chest, put on a plain gauze midi sheet, tied a thin silk ribbon, and tied a simple double-strand knot. Huang Zixia stood in front of the two-foot-high bronze mirror, and glanced at the person inside the mirror.Dressed in a eunuch's attire, with wet hair hanging down her shoulders and chest, she looked like a delicate and slender teenager.The brows and eyes are clear and bright, and on the slightly haggard face, a pair of eyes are as quiet as a deep pool.

She took a deep breath, tucked her half-wet hair into the eunuch's veil, turned around and opened the door latch, and strode out of the room. Following the direction guided by the maids, she entered the main road of Jianbi Palace.Today, the Jianbi Palace is newly completed, and the weather is naturally different. The vast lake in front of it is sparkling, and there are countless Tang wooden boats on the lake.The singers on the island in the center of the lake are singing and dancing, and a long row of pink gauze palace lanterns are hung on the willow trees by the lake. Facing you is the main hall, and a huge screen wall stands in front of the hall, on which are written the four characters "Jianbi Mizhang".

Standing in front of the screen wall, she looked up at the four big characters, and felt that the strokes of the four characters were stretched, giving her a sense of dignity.I only heard someone behind me say: "This is written by the emperor's own pen, can you, a little eunuch, see it well?" She turned around and saw that the other party was a man in purple clothes, about twenty years old, with fair skin, showing a kind of purity that was not commensurate with his age.In the middle of his forehead, there was a cinnabar mole that was impartial. Against his snow-white skin and black hair, he showed an unusually ethereal aura.

Appearing in this kind of place, at this age, with a person with a cinnabar mole on his forehead, Huang Zixia immediately thought of the identity of this person.She hurriedly bowed to the smiling man and said, "Lord E." Li Run, the King of E, has the best temper among the royal princes, and is an amiable and gentle character.He nodded at her with a smile, his eyes stayed on her face for a moment, and asked: "Are you from this palace? Which father-in-law brought you? Why did you send you here?" All the eunuchs in the palace know that there are almost no ones who work in the palace. They don't see the emperor and empress all year round. Like the palace ladies, most of them are waiting for old age, so they are usually sent here to come here .

With a calm expression, she said: "The servants came with Prince Kui, just when they got out of the car, they fell into the water, and the maids took me to change my clothes." Li Run smiled and said, "That's it. Then the king will take you in." The palace maid led the way, and she followed Li Run around Zhaobi.Walking along the corridor, I saw a group of people sitting in the front hall listening to a woman playing the pipa. The sound of the pipa is as clear as pearls and jade, jumping and flowing, coupled with the bright sun at this time, there is an indescribable comfort.

"It's such a pity to interrupt such a good pipa." Li Run said, stopping outside the hall to listen.Huang Zixia could only stand quietly behind him and wait for the song to end before going in together. In the hall sat Kui King Li Shubai, the ninth King Zhao Li and the youngest King Kang Li Wen.There was also a rather pretty woman in a yellow dress, with a blooming crabapple pinned to her temple, sitting across from her with her pipa in her arms. King Zhao Li is a rich and idle man with the best things to do. He is eighteen or nineteen years old, but he still likes to play and play like a boy, and he doesn't look like a prince. When he saw Li Run, King E, he happily waved to him: "Seventh Brother Come on, come on, I have found a new wonderful person in the teaching workshop, and his pipa skills are truly unparalleled in the world!" "I have listened to half of the song just now, and it really is that this song should only exist in the sky." Li Run said, sat down near Li Shubai, and asked, "Fourth brother, where is the emperor?" "The emperor had a headache this morning, and the imperial doctor is in consultation, so he may come back later." Li Shubai said, raising his eyes a little, and glanced at Huang Zixia's body, without saying anything. Huang Zixia gritted her teeth secretly, walked quickly behind him, and stood with her head bowed, like a loyal eunuch. Kang Wang Li Wen was young, and looked at Huang Zixia curiously, only to hear Zhao Wang Li said with a smile: "Speaking of which, isn't the emperor worried about the fourth brother?" Li Wen immediately turned his head away and asked King Zhao, "What's the matter?" Li Shubai had already heard the wind, but he only smiled lightly and didn't speak. "Hey, look at the fourth brother, and pretend not to know!" Li Huan looked at the crowd, pointed at Li Shubai and laughed, "What else do you say? Of course it is the marriage of the fourth prince of this dynasty. He is still celibate after 20 years old My lord, it is really rare in this dynasty, fourth brother, if you continue to be sober-minded, it will be shocking!" Li Run also said sternly: "Exactly, I said that I chose a concubine for my fourth brother four years ago, but it happened that I met Pang Xun, a rebel who rebelled. I have made up my mind to kill my mother and concubine for three years, and everyone can only follow you. Now He Qinghaiyan, the fourth brother is also at this time, if you don't make a concubine, I am afraid that the emperor's uncles and concubines will not let you go .” "That's right, the emperor and the empress have taken great pains. You can't escape this marriage." Even Kang Wang Li Wen booed and brought wine to him. Li Shoukong saw the pipa woman smiling and lowering her face, but her eyes secretly fell on Li Shubai, and asked, "Jinnu, what are you doing looking at King Kui?" During the banquet, all the kings laughed, Li Shubai only raised his eyebrows slightly, looking helplessly at the mischievous brothers. The atmosphere of the Jiaofang in the Tang Dynasty was the most open. Even the people in the Jiaofang often played with the guards and retinues, and even the romantic affairs were passed down as good stories.So the female pipa, Jinnu, was not shy either. She only held her pipa half-hidden her face, and said with a smile, "Jinnu is bold, but I have always heard rumors in the capital that King Kui is handsome and looks like a heavenly man. When I saw her today, it really is true." The reputation is well-deserved, no wonder I usually see in the teaching workshop, the hearts of all the sisters are on King Kui." "It's a pity, those sisters of yours are going to be sad," Li Yiyi put Jinnu's shoulders and said with a smile, "Go back and tell all the sisters that my fourth brother is hard-hearted and destined to let others down. I still have some hope." Amid Jin Nu's laughter, the food and wine were added again.The ladies of the palace shuttle back and forth, and the singing of the singing girls is overwhelming. In this bustling scene, Huang Zixia felt that she was a complete outsider, she just stood there motionless, her eyes fell on Li Shubai's back, she seemed to be watching him, but actually she didn't look at anything, only thinking about her own affairs . A group of people at the table were chatting, and I didn't know who brought up the topic, so I asked Li Shubai: "Fourth brother, I heard that the emperor intends to let Zhou Shilang Zhou Xiang take over as governor of Chengdu, what do you think?" Li Shubai said casually: "Zhou Shilang has a very good official voice, but he has no friendship with me except for official business. But I appreciate his youngest son Zhou Ziqin very much." Li Xiao said: "Exactly, Zhou Shilang has a very good temper. If he gets angry, he must be angered by Zhou Ziqin. I also appreciate him very much!" Li Run asked: "I've seen Zhou Ziqin too, and I don't see any disobedience!" "He's not disobedient, he's just embarrassing his family! Zhou Shilang teaches his son well, and Zhou Ziqin's three or four elder brothers are all capable. He doesn't count on this youngest son. It's only natural for him to be a dude. This son, who does not study or learn art every day, does not fight cocks or walk dogs, but only likes to run to Yizhuang, has become a big joke in the capital." "Yizhuang?" Kang Wang Li Wen laughed. Li Xiao said: "That's right. His first ambition in life was to be a gangster. Later, he was beaten up by Zhou Shilang a few times, so he had to change his ambition. He was stuck in the capital all day long to catch people and go to catch them quickly—isn't that cheap?" Ye? The head arresters dared not offend Zhou Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, nor Zhou Ziqin, seeing him, they were so out of their wits that they ran away very fast!" Li Wen laughed loudly and said to Li Shubai: "Fourth brother, it is very useful for you to speak in front of the emperor. Hurry up and help that Zhou Ziqin listen to the wind. When Zhou Xiang goes to Chengdu to take office, the emperor must personally appoint his youngest son to follow him to Chengdu. Hurry up, Zhou Ziqin's infatuation has been fulfilled!" "Exactly!" Li Jian fell down laughing, "The emperor is so wise, when Zhou Ziqin Ruo becomes a hand-picked arrester, let's see what Zhou Shilang can do!" Li Run thought of something again, and said, "I just don't know how the case of the former governor of Chengdu, Huang Min, is going." Li was the most well-informed, and immediately said: "That Huang Zixia probably escaped incognito. The world is so big, if a person spends his whole life in a remote village, it may not be easy to catch him." "I really didn't expect that such an honest and cautious person as Huang Shijun would end up like this in the end. It's really embarrassing." Huang Zixia stood beside them, listening to them talking about herself and the murder at home, her expression was so calm that it was almost icy cold, only a suffocating pain appeared in her chest, where there was a string that was strangling her heart, Tighten slowly and slowly. Li Shubai didn't look at the expression of Huang Zixia who was standing behind him, but said lightly: "Maybe Huang Zixia is so bold that he will do the opposite, even if he comes to the capital." "That's throwing yourself into a trap, and you're sure to die," Li said. Li Run sighed in a low voice: "I remember that Huang Zixia was hailed as a child prodigy in the capital back then. I really didn't expect it to become like this now. It's really sad and hateful!" Among the people present, Kang Wang Li Wen was young and didn't know the story back then, so he asked curiously: "What is so strange about Huang Min's daughter? Why does everyone seem to know her?" Li Xiao said: "She once helped Huang Min, the father of the criminal department at that time, solve several cases, which is quite interesting, and these cases are still talked about by storytellers!" Li Wen said curiously: "I've never heard of it, Ninth Brother, tell me, and see which one is better between you and the storytellers." Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Li Ye really sat upright, coughed, and said, "Okay, then I'll start from the beginning. I remember that five or six years ago, one evening, the Ministry of Criminal Justice received news saying that There was a woman in Xingdefang who committed suicide by hanging herself. Wu Zuo rushed to the scene to see that she was a young lady who had been married for less than a month. It is said that because she had a disagreement with her husband the day before, she ran outside alone and sulked for a long time. When she came back at night I just took a short view." Jin Nu concealed his mouth, opened his eyes wide, and sighed: "Women in the world are so narrow-minded, it's really embarrassing!" "That's right. At that time, Wu did the autopsy and found that he was indeed hanged, so the Ministry of Criminal Justice prepared to close the case like this. Huang Min, who was the Minister of Criminal Justice at the time, went to review the case. At that time, Huang Zixia, who was only twelve years old, was also outside the house where the accident happened, following her brother. Let's wait for Huang Min to go home together. People in Chang'an love to be lively. Seeing that a murder case happened here, outsiders come and go, all of them are watching the excitement. Some cloth merchants said that when this lady got married, she didn't go to her house to buy wedding dress materials. The color of the wedding dress she wore at that time was not correct, which led to this tragedy; a jeweler asked if the male owner wanted the pair of silver hairpins she ordered in his shop in the afternoon; There should be a catastrophe, but it's a pity that I didn't come to find myself earlier... Anyway, it was noisy. Just when Huang Min was about to finalize the case, Huang Zixia suddenly called him through the door: 'Daddy'!" When Li said this, he coughed lightly, and looked at the people in front of him like a storyteller: "Everyone, so far, does anyone know why this little girl Huang Zixia called her daddy?" Li Run smiled and said: "You just said the beginning, and you didn't remind me, how do we know what this Huang Zixia called her father?" Li said: "It's true that I only said the beginning, but at that time Huang Zixia already knew the cause of the bride's death and the real culprit, and I had already reminded her just now." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Li Wen said first: "In my opinion, that fortune teller is very suspicious. Could it be that he does not hesitate to harm others in order to make himself the title of living god?" Li laughed loudly, then turned to Li Run and asked, "What do you think, Brother Seven?" Li Run pondered for a while, and said, "I don't know about that. Could it be that the cloth merchant and the bride had a dispute over the wedding dress, so they held grudges? Or maybe the jewelry merchant had something happened when the woman went to buy jewelry." Discord, so the hand?" Li smiled, noncommittal, then turned to Li Shubai and asked, "What does fourth brother think?" "My husband did it." Li Shubai said casually. Li was shocked immediately, showing an expression of "Brother, please accept my worship": "Fourth brother, how could you guess it?" "I read the file in the Ministry of Criminal Justice before, so I probably know the truth." He said flatly. Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Exactly. At that time Huang Min was about to write on the file, but he heard Huang Zixia call 'Daddy'. He looked up and asked, you are a little girl, come here to the scene of the murder What are you doing? Go back quickly! Huang Zixia pointed at the jeweler standing next to her, and said, "Daddy, did you hear him? So that lady definitely did not commit suicide, but was disguised as a suicide—" —She was actually murdered!'” Li Wen didn't believe it, and said: "Ninth brother, you said she was twelve years old at the time, and she was younger than me. Who would believe what this little girl said!" "That's right. At that time, Huang Min also felt that it was unreasonable for a little girl to say such a thing, so she reprimanded 'Let's play on my own', and ignored her. But she put her hand on her father's. In the case file, it said: "Dad, when you were chatting with your colleagues at home, you mentioned that people were about to die, and their hearts were ashamed. Then, have you ever seen a person who was ashamed and would go to a jewelry store to order jewelry before committing suicide?" Silver hairpins? Besides, I just picked the style, but I didn’t get it!'” After Li's words, the hall was completely silent, and even the Jinnu who had been holding the pipa was in a daze for a while, and unconsciously stroked the pipa with his hand, making a soft sound, but no one paid attention to her, everyone just suddenly realized, and immediately praised her . Li Shubai raised his hand and tapped the table, signaling to Huang Zixia behind him.She understood, knelt down slowly, lifted the wine jug on the table, and filled his wine glass. He turned his eyes slightly, and saw her side profile. The long eyelashes were thick and curled up, covering her deep eyes like a pool. faint. Li's narration continues: "Huang Min realized that her daughter's words were reasonable, so she immediately called for her to inspect the body again. After careful inspection, she finally found that the rope marks had shifted slightly. The traces that can only be superimposed on the traces of strangulation - so, it is inferred that the deceased was first strangled to death, and then hung on the beam to pretend to commit suicide. And the person who can do this is naturally the first to find her body. And reported to the official that his wife committed suicide, her husband died." Li Wen opened his eyes wide and asked, "Has her husband confessed?" Li nodded and said: "Her husband was so frightened when he saw that the corpse was found to be flawed. He knelt down and begged for mercy, and confessed his crime. It turned out that he suspected that his wife had an affair with someone on the street before marriage. After the quarrel, I went to the street, thinking that she was looking for an adulterer, so I was so angry that I lost my mind. When my wife came home and turned to close the door, I grabbed the rope next to her and strangled her. She hung from the beam, pretending that her wife committed suicide, trying to get away with it." Li Run praised: "He was almost deceived by him, but a little girl told her the truth. Maybe the gods are not willing to let him go." "That's right. Huang Zixia was twelve years old, and she closed a murder case with one sentence. Since then, everyone in the capital has praised Huang Zixia as a genius girl. Sometimes Huang Zixia can help Huang Min sort out any difficult and unsolved cases in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so Huang Min once Tell others that my daughter is better than ten other sons—but I never thought that in the end, it was this daughter who poisoned the whole family and caused a shocking murder." Li Shubai saw Huang Zixia's sunny eyelashes tremble slightly.But it was only a slight trembling. She lowered her eyelids and stood up silently, as light as the arc of a flower branch trembling in the wind. Li Shubai thought in his heart, who would have thought that such a slender and delicate girl could stand so calmly in the crowd talking about her, listening to others talking about her past and sins without changing her face, yet still be calm light. After Li finished talking about the case, everyone sighed for a while, then Li Run suddenly remembered something, and said, "If Huang Zixia is in the capital, I wonder if he can solve this strange case in the capital?" Li asked: "Are you talking about the 'Four Plans' that put everyone in the capital at risk?" Li Run nodded.Li Wen hurriedly asked: "What four plans? Why don't I know?" "It's a recent case in the capital. It's bloody, weird and cruel. Everyone thought about your young age, so they didn't mention it in front of you," Li laughed. " "No, no, Brother Nine, what you said is much better than what the Hanlin scholars said. I must know about the 'Four Plans'!" Li Wen stood up, ran to Li and sat next to him. Looking at him vigorously, that look is like a baby bird looking forward to being fed by its mother bird. Li Run said with a smile: "Ninth brother, just tell me. Although I have heard about this, I only know the general idea. I know that you like to listen to stories from books in restaurants and teahouses. How do you say it?" Li looked at Li Shubai: "Fourth Brother, you are familiar with Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I wonder if you have any new clues?" Li Shubai shook his head slowly: "No, both departments are trying their best to investigate, but there is no progress." "Then I'll tell you about it according to what I heard." Li motioned for Jin Nu to come over and refill his wine, and then asked Li Wen with a mysterious expression on his face, "Do you know the east of Chang'an City? People are panicking now, although they are not considered empty, but most of them have gone to other places in the capital or the homes of relatives and friends in the suburbs of Beijing, so they dare not live in the east of the city anymore?" "Really? It's no wonder that even the business in the East City seems to be cold recently. When I went shopping last time, many businesses closed their doors for rest." Li Wen became more curious, "What's going on? What happened in the east of the city? gone?" "The matter started three months ago. On the early morning of the 17th day of the first lunar month, the guards of the Tai Chi Palace in the north of the city got up early for a routine patrol, and found that an old watchman in his sixties was killed under the palace wall, People use blood to write down the word 'Jing'." Li spoke vividly and emotionally, coupled with his joyful expression, if you didn't listen to what he said, you would think he was telling a story about a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman. It will be a murder. "More than a month later, on February 21st, a blacksmith in his thirties was killed outside the medicine hall in Anyifang, south of the city. A bloody case occurred in Shantang, a four-year-old child was killed, and there was also a message saying "I". The Ministry of Criminal Affairs confirmed the handwriting and killing methods, and determined that these three cases should be committed by one person, so they tentatively set them as "four plans". It is stated in the Great Nirvana Sutra that the meanings of the four directions of the Bodhi tree are "Chang, Le, I, and Jing". Suddenly there was a rumor that these people were killed by evil spirits, because on the first day of the first lunar month of this year, Master Zhuang Zhen read this sentence wrongly at the Dharma meeting, causing the evil spirits to stay in the mortal world and make trouble, and they must be killed in the capital city. Those who kill all four directions will leave." "Master Zhuang Zhen, I remember! He seems to be an eminent monk of Jianfu Temple, right? When Princess Suining was born, because of Chen Zhaorong's dystocia, the palace invited him to come to perform rituals." Li Wen asked curiously, "I only heard that he I was sitting down a few days ago, could it be related to this matter?" Li nodded: "Master Zhuang Zhen heard rumors in the capital that all the dead were caused by him. And he remembered that he had given a lecture on "The Great Nirvana Sutra" that day, and he had indeed missed that part of the Dharma. He pronounced it as 'Le', but he didn't notice it and pronounced it as 'Yue' for a while, which was a big mistake. So he passed away in a few days under worry. But after his death, rumors spread in the capital, saying that Jianfu Temple was in In the middle of the capital, Master Zhuang Zhen's death should be coincident with the Bodhi tree, facing all directions, now there have been murders in the north, south and west, and only the life of Biao Chang in the east of the city is left. The people in the east of the city believe it Rumors made people panic for a while, many families fled to relatives for refuge, and the east of the city was almost empty." Li Run sighed slightly, and asked Li Shubai: "Fourth brother, this incident is so big that three people have already died. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, do they really have nothing to do?" Li Shubai said: "This murderer is ruthless and accurate, and he is good at hiding. The population of Chang'an City is close to one million. It is completely clueless to interrogate such a person. Although the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice have mobilized all their forces, there is still no evidence. Nothing. Now it’s April, and according to the murderer’s practice of killing one person a month, it is estimated that he will start soon, so the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple can only spread their hands in Beijing, and there is no other way for the time being.” Li Run sighed and said, "Always happy, I am pure, but Buddhist gatha was used as a murder case message. This case is really weird and cruel, and it is hard to guess... I am afraid that even if Huang Zixia is in Beijing, it will be difficult to solve this case." Li Xiaodao: "Although Zhou Ziqin has been saying in front of me that Huang Zixia is amazingly beautiful, and there is absolutely no case in the world that can take her down, but I think she is just a girl who occasionally solves a few cases with her cleverness. Women tend to be narrow-minded and think about what ordinary people can't think about. In the current case, she can only be helpless, and it is impossible to solve it." "It's a pity that Huang Zixia, the amazingly talented daughter of Huang Shilang's family, is now a murderer, wandering around the world, and everyone can punish her." Li Shubai said, his voice slightly mocking. Huang Zixia, who was standing behind him, remained silent and motionless. Among the sighs of everyone, only Li Run said: "I think there must be something inside the bloody case of the Huang family, at least...it's not as simple as it appears on the surface." "But the evidence in this case is conclusive, and there are all the witnesses and material evidence. Huang Zixia's crime is a certainty, and it is absolutely impossible to overturn the case." Li shook his head and asked again, "Brother Qi said that, does he know the inside story of the case?" "That's not true, it's just that Wang Yun is my friend, I can't believe it." Li Wen asked curiously, "Which Wang Yun?" Li Run said: "Naturally, he is the Queen's younger brother, Wang Yun, the only son of the Langya King's family." "Exactly. Wang Yun is the one who is engaged to Huang Zixia," Li said with a mysterious look on his face. "There are folk rumors that Huang Zixia just didn't want to marry Wang Yun and had someone else in mind. That's why he poisoned his whole family and wanted to marry her." The lover elopes." Behind Li Shubai, Huang Zixia stood with hands down, silent.For some reason, Li Shubai laughed lightly. Li quickly looked at him and asked, "Fourth brother, in your opinion?" Li Shubai smiled and said: "It's nothing, I was just thinking, the seventh brother has a very close relationship with Wang Yun, so, have you seen Huang Zixia before?" "It can be regarded as meeting once," Li Run nodded and said, "Three years ago, Huang Zixia was summoned by the queen for helping his father solve strange cases. That day Wang Yun came to me and said that Huang Zixia was his future wife , I saw what he meant, so I accompanied him into the palace, clearly saying that I was paying respects to his queen cousin, but in fact, I was secretly taking a look at Huang Zixia." Li Wen hurriedly asked: "Then you must have seen it? What does that Huang Zixia look like?" "It's considered to be seen. It was already late when we entered the palace, and she retreated first. We only saw her on the veranda not far away, following behind the maids. She was dressed in silver-red gauze and had extremely black hair. Snow-white skin. Her steps and figure are light and slender, like a fresh flower letter. Only when she turned around at the corner of the corridor at the end, we took a look at her profile." Li asked, "Is she a beauty?" Li Run nodded: "The image on Haizhun's document shows her facial features, but not her aura. She is undoubtedly a beauty." "It's a pity for Wang Yun." Li Wen said with a smile.
Finally, there was news from the palace that the emperor had a serious headache and could not come here for a while.So Li Shubai and his party got up, and followed the palace supervisor to check the completion of the palace.Naturally, Li Palace is not as luxurious and spacious as Daming Palace, nor is it as vast as Jiucheng Palace, but it took a full hour to stop and go. Huang Zixia naturally followed behind Li Shubai.She has a light figure, but the ordinary eunuch's clothes look extraordinarily neat and slender on her body, even if she follows without saying a word and bows her head, she looks extraordinarily good-looking. Li looked at her along the way, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, why have you changed people around you? This little eunuch seems to have never seen him before." Li Shubai said as if nothing had happened, "Jingyang and Jingyu, I don't know who infected the other, they all got the wind and cold." However, Li Run looked at Huang Zixia again and again, with a slightly confused face, as if he felt that she was similar to someone in his memory.It's just that he couldn't imagine for a moment that this little eunuch would be the girl he had glimpsed before. Li asked again: "What's your name, little eunuch, and how old are you?" Li Shubai smiled, then turned to Huang Zixia and asked, "King Zhao seems to have an eye for you. Anyway, I don't like your clumsy appearance. Why don't you follow him?" Huang Zixia was stunned for a moment, seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he knelt down slowly, and said in a low voice: "I heard that it is difficult for one bird to live on two branches, and one servant to serve two masters. After the tea tree sprouts, it is difficult If you move it, the orange tree will become a trifoliate tree when it is moved to Huaibei. The servants are stupid, and they may not be able to adapt for a while after leaving the Kui Palace, but they will bump into the nobleman and make mistakes." Li Xiao said: "Fourth brother is really good at training. After saying this, if I persist, it will take away his ambition." Li Shubai had a half-smile, and said, "It's really eloquent." Fortunately, Kang Wang Li Wen was crying tired at this time, so a group of people let Huang Zixia go and returned along the original road. In the garden surrounded by palace walls, Li Shubai gradually slowed down his pace.When he got to the area of ​​Phoenix-tailed Bamboo, there was no one else around him, only Huang Zixia was still following him. Li Shubai turned back to look at her coldly: "Huang Zixia, why are you following me?" Huang Zixia lowered her eyebrows and said pleasantly: "A good bird chooses a tree to live in. I want to stay with the prince and use my meager strength to help the prince a little." "What's the matter?" He asked coldly. "The far ones are like the little red fish; the near ones are like the 'Four Plans' closest to the capital." His eyes fell on her drooping face, cold and contemptuous, as if he regarded her as a speck of dust in the air: "Some of these things are not worthy of your help; some have nothing to do with me, why do you need more thing?" She stood under the Phoenix-tailed bamboo, and the thin bamboo leaves covered her body, casting a light emerald green on her slightly pale face, showing a kind of slenderness lacking in blood. She looked up at him, her voice was low but without hesitation: "However, since Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are helpless, and the emperor has a headache again, I think the only one who can relieve the emperor's worries is you, King Kui." "Don't you just want to find a backer to help you clear up Xue Xue's so-called grievances?" He exposed her intentions mercilessly, "Just now King Zhao let you go, didn't you also have a chance?" "Follow him, there is no chance." Huang Zixia's face was pale, and his eyes were light green, but without any hesitation, "I don't need a shelter, let alone a life. I need to stand in the sun again, and put everything in my family to rest." Wash away all the humiliation you have suffered!" Li Shubai looked at her with a calm face and cold eyes.And she looked up at him, besides the pleading expression on her face, there was also a kind of secret stubbornness, like the fog in the middle of the night, it was hard to detect, but it was clearly entangled there. Li Shubai snorted coldly, turned around and walked back towards the water hall.Huang Zixia followed behind him, he didn't turn his head, but he didn't quicken his pace either.
When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I found that several princes were waiting to bid farewell to King Kui.Hearing from the eunuchs that the emperor would call a group of ministers together to inscribe couplets for the mountains and rivers in the palace in a few days, everyone looked at each other and smiled wryly. After everyone had left, Li Run and Li Shubai were at the end. Li Run couldn't help sighing: "The emperor is really a reassuring person. Now that the feudal towns are separated and the eunuchs are powerful, the emperor still spends all day entertaining..." Li Shubai said lightly: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and this is also the blessing of him and the people of the world." Li Run smiled and said, "Fourth brother is right." His eyes fell on Huang Zixia, and his gentle and kind face was full of doubts. Li Shubai asked: "What's wrong?" "This father-in-law, I seem to have seen it somewhere." He motioned to Huang Zixia. Li Shubai then said: "It's the first time I've seen you today, why don't you let her serve you by your side?" "Fourth Brother was just joking, Ninth Brother was rejected just now, am I still making fun of myself?" He smiled, with a little cinnabar between his brows showing a gentle smile. Huang Zixia stood with her head bowed, silently.It's not that she can't see the stable spring day within easy reach, it's just that she has chosen the most difficult path, and she won't look back. It's not her life to live by idling. After all the kings left, Li Shubai got into the car.Huang Zixia stood at the door of the car, still hesitating, but heard his voice: "Come up." She quickly got into the car and stood by the door. The carriage moved slowly.After leaving the area of ​​Li Palace, there are mountains and fields in front and behind, Li Shubai looked up at the scene outside, and said coldly: "Ten days." She leaned against the car door and watched him, waiting silently for him to continue. He slowly withdrew his gaze from the window and landed on her body. Those eyes were like cold stars. Although there was no temperature in them, they were extremely deep and bright, making her breathing slightly stagnant. "At noon today, I will give you ten days for the case we talked about in Jianbi Palace. Are you sure?" "Perhaps." Huang Zixia replied simply. "Is it just maybe?" He leaned against the wall of the car with a leisurely expression: "Now, you have a chance to clear up your grievances and regain your innocence. Of course, you can also avenge your parents' grievances, and the truth will come to light." Huang Zixia thought for a while, and asked: "The lord means that if I help you solve this case, can you give me a helping hand and help me clear the hatred of the Xue family?" “当然不是。”山路崎岖,他见她的身躯随着颠簸而晃动,便微抬下巴,示意她在自己面前的小矮凳上坐下,才说,“我有一件事,想要找一个人帮我去做,但你如今无凭无据忽然出现在我面前,叫我如何相信你的能力?” “我知道了,”黄梓瑕微微点头,“若我在十天内破了这个案子,才有资格得到王爷的信任。” 李舒白微一点头,说:“至少,你要让我看到你是值得帮助的人。我没有那么多闲工夫,断不会去帮一个根本没有能力,只会口头上说说而已的人。” 黄梓瑕坐在矮凳上,低头思索着,问:“刑部与大理寺人才济济,定然出动了众多人手在处理此案,王爷准备让我以什么身份去参与此事?” “我会直接去刑部,给你调此案卷宗。”李舒白干净利落地说。 “好。”黄梓瑕抬手一摸鬓边,将自己束发用的那根木簪拔了下来。簪子一离开头发,她满头的青丝顿时倾泻下来,披散了满肩满身。还带着半湿水汽的头发如乌黑的水藻,纠缠着半遮住了她苍白的面颊。 她愣了一下,讷讷地将头发拂到身后,说:“抱歉,以前头上簪子多,习惯了拔一根簪子记事,忘记了自己现在是小宦官,只有一根簪子束着发……” 李舒白微皱眉头,没说话。她低头抬手,将自己的长发握住,在他的面前将自己的头发绾成一个发髻。 这个跋涉了千山万水却从未有过丝毫犹疑惧怕的少女,在这一刻,却不自觉地在他的面前露出一种羞怯的神情来。 李舒白扫了她一眼,看见她低垂的面庞微微透出一种晕红。在这一刻他仿佛忽然察觉到一件比他的手锁住她咽喉时还要深刻体会到的事,面前这个人,其实只是一个少女,而且是一个十七岁,并不像她表面上显露的那么成熟冷静的少女。 仿佛感觉到了他在打量自己,她默默地抬眼望了他一瞬。只这一流眄间,他看见她面容上极清朗明净的双眼,半遮半掩地藏在她的睫毛下,仿佛是融化了秋水的神韵,镶嵌在她桃花般的面容上。 她的五官虽不是顶漂亮,却难得眉宇清扬,有着五月晴空般洁净的灵秀。一种仿佛不解世事,又仿佛太过了解世事,显得与俗世有点隔阂的疏离感,在她此时茫然又警觉望着他的目光中隐约呈现。 美人无疑。 他想起李润刚刚说的,对十四岁的黄梓瑕的印象。 十二岁一举成名天下知的少女,如今已经长成了十七岁袅袅婷婷的女子。身负莫大的冤屈,受尽了天底下所有人的唾骂,却并没有被击垮,反而迎难而上,奋力去寻求真相,期望以自己的力量洗雪冤屈,使真相大白。 估计只看到她的模样,谁也不会相信,她就是黄梓瑕吧——无论是有着美名还是背负恶名的那个黄梓瑕。 黄梓瑕盯着他,摸了摸自己的脸,略有紧张与无措。 “和通缉画像上的模样,有点相像。”李舒白将自己的脸转向一边,盯着锦帘上繁复纠缠的花枝,说,“以后,别再以这种模样出现在人前。” “是。”她应了一声,将自己的头发束紧,然而才问:“王爷还记得,之前他们说的案发时间吗?” 他毫不迟疑,说:“正月十七、二月二十一、三月十九。” “今日是四月十六。也就是说,如果时间差不多的话,应该是到凶手快要动手的时候了。”她改用手指在车壁上缓慢地画着那几个数字,若有所思,“十天内,凶手该有动静。” “凭着这几个数字,你能在京城上百万的人中找出凶手吗?” “不能,”她停下比画的手势,若有所思,“在不知道凶手特征和动机的时候,要在茫茫人海中抓捕简直是不可能的事情。” 李舒白漫不经心地打量着她:“所以,你没有把握?” 黄梓瑕的手指又开始下意识地在车壁画着,口中自言自语:“正月十七,死者老更夫,凶手留言:净;二月二十一,中年铁匠,凶手留言:乐;三月十九,死者四岁小孩,凶手留言:我……” “四方案,第一桩,京城正北;第二桩,京城正南;第三桩,城西偏南。”李舒白又随口说道。 黄梓瑕若有所思:“按理,如果真是面向四方的话,应该是尽量寻找正北、正南、正西的方位,但第三桩却是在城西偏南,未免有点奇怪。” “或许是正西方位没有他的目标,或许是为了更方便地避人眼目下手?” “嗯,目前看来,一切皆有可能,但还不知道确切原因。”黄梓瑕说着,又掐着指头在那里回忆:“第一个死者为老人,第二个死者为壮年铁匠,第三个死者为孩童。” 李舒白靠在锦垫上,找了个最舒服的姿势,才徐徐说:“此事我曾问过刑部的少卿。其他两个老弱也就罢了,或许是死者要寻找一个最没有抵抗能力的对象下手,但第三个孩童,让我觉得最为奇怪——因为,那是一个已经冻饿得奄奄一息的四岁孩子,被父母抛弃在路边,过路人发现送来后,已经难以救治。就算凶手不下手,估计这个孩子也活不过那一夜了,然而这个凶手却偏偏潜入善堂,杀死了那个孩子,这岂不是多此一举吗?” “嗯,这确实是奇怪的一点。凶手有什么必要冒着被人发现的危险,非要潜进善堂去杀一个临死的孩子呢?”黄梓瑕皱起眉,手指又开始无意识地在车壁上划着“常乐我净”四个字。 李舒白看着她随手涂画的样子,微微皱眉,他把目光投向外面隐约透帘而来的山水影迹,声音依然平静无波:“关于此案,就这么点线索,若你要在十天内破这个案子的话,关键在哪里?” “既然找不到前几次的线索和物证,那么最好的办法,就是预测他下一次动手的时间、地点,以及目标。”黄梓瑕头也不抬,只望着自己的手指,慢慢地掐算着。 “我亦有同感。所以,若你有把握的话,我可以给你几天时间和京城的捕快一起去调查此案——不过,你需要管好自己的头发,不能再让别人发现你是个女子。” “不需要,”黄梓瑕抬手轻轻摸了摸自己头上的簪子,转过脸看着他,神情虽然依旧凝重,但她的双唇已经微微扬起,露出自信而从容的弧度,“我已经知道凶手作案的依凭和原因,若我设想不错的话,凶手只要敢出现,我就能找出他将会出现的地方。” 李舒白看她胸有成竹的模样,微微一怔:“你已经有把握?” “对,只需要王爷给我一本皇历。”窗外轻风徐来,缓缓从帘外透进,徐徐转动的日光照射进来,正笼罩在黄梓瑕的身上,照得她一身明透夺目,那双如同清露一般明净清澈的眼睛,一瞬不瞬地盯着面前的李舒白,毫无犹疑。 李舒白一时恍惚,半天才说:“好,那我拭目以待。”
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