The Golden Hairpin

Huang Zixia thought, and slowly said: "Speaking of which, Qi Teng's luck is really good. I checked the files. He was still depressed last year. He was at the top and bottom of the ranking under General Fan, but he won it from this year. General Fan has green eyes, and now he is all the way up, and he has been promoted to the judge of Jiedu in just a few months!"

Yu Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, who can think of it."

"He is promoted so fast, I wonder if he has relatives to help him?"

"Perhaps, but I don't know." Yu Xuan said.

The last flowerbed was planted with a large area of ​​rose flowers. The rose flower, which was wilted by a hot summer sun, has sparse branches and leaves, and only one or two branches hang listlessly with a few bleak-colored flowers.

"The varieties of this rose are very good. I still remember that in the spring of this year, the blooming of each rose had a big mouth, and the shape and fragrance were great." Yu Xuan said while watering, "I remember that Qi Teng likes this flower the most. ."

Huang Zixia asked casually: "Qi Teng likes Chinese rose?"

"He likes all the bright and beautiful flowers. Wen Yang hates roses, peonies, hydrangea, hollyhock, these colorful flowers the most."

Huang Zixia immediately remembered the picture of Hydrangea Butterfly in Wen Yang's study.

She nodded slowly, and then asked, "I don't know how Wen Yang and Qi Teng are related?"

Yu Xuan thought for a long time before slowly saying, "There is no contact."

"What about you?" Huang Zixia hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "Of these two people, which one do you associate more with?"

Yu Xuan's face was dim, but after all he reluctantly spoke, and said: "Qi Teng saved me, Wen Yang and I discussed calligraphy, but the two of them... to me, are passers-by. It's good to have them, or not. Fortunately, nothing has changed."

Huang Zixian asked, "Qi Teng rescued you, what happened?"

"After the death of my righteous parents, I couldn't think about it. Qi Teng happened to pass by and saved me." He didn't want to mention it, and only took it in one stroke.

These cold and alienated words made Huang Zi Xia stunned. Her whole body seemed to be squeezed out of her bones, and she didn't know how to react for a long time.

After a long time, she asked dryly: "You... why?"

"I... can't stand it, I just want to escape..." He turned his head to the side and said in a low voice: "In this life, I have tasted the grief of separation from a loved one once, and I don't want to bear it again... the second time."

Huang Zixian only felt her eyes burning, and there was a fierce sorrow in her heart, which slowly boiled and flowed, so that she could hardly help her tears, and she was about to burst into her eyes.

Li Shubai looked at her uncontrollable teary eyes, afraid that she would cry so much, so he whispered: "It's not early, Ziqin is still waiting for us at the Yamen."

Huang Zixia nodded, raised her head and took a long breath, letting her tears disappear.

Seeing that she was leaving, Yu Xuan asked in a low voice, "Wen Yang's case... is it related to the death of his righteous parents?"

"In Chengdu Mansion, there are definitely not many people who can get poisonous poison. People who have poisonous poison and can get close to the prefectural mansion are even rarer." Huang Zixia said, shook his head and said, "But it's just the same. It’s only because of poison, I don’t know if I’m too worried.” In fact, there is another connection, that is, the bracelet he gave himself. But Huang Zixia thought about it, and chose to ignore this sentence.

Yu Xuan slowly said, "Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered one thing."

"what?"

"I know that there is someone who may be able to get involved with the court and get poison."

Huang Zixia immediately asked, "Who is it?"

"Qi Teng."

Not to mention Huang Zixian, even Li Shubai was immediately alert and asked: "Qi Teng has contact with the people in the palace?"

"I don't know about this, but the Wang Yun from Langya Wang's family has arrived a few days ago..." When he said this name, it was inevitable to look at Huang Zixian.

And Huang Zixia was in a state of depression, so her expression flickered slightly, and then she waited for him to say the following.

Yu Xuan hesitated for a while, and then said: "The day before yesterday, Qi Teng brought him over to visit me. I just learned that Qi Teng's mother was surnamed Wang. In fact, he is Wang Yun's distant cousin."

Huang Zixia nodded and said to herself: "Wang Family..."

The king and queen are in the palace, if you want to, you can naturally get in touch.

Li Shubai pondered for a moment, and only looked at her thoughtfully, with a more complicated expression in his eyes.

Huang Zixia knew what he meant. Wang Yun went to Chengdu Mansion to find Yu Xuan. Of course, it could not be for the court or the royal family. There was only one reason.

Presumably the situation at that time would be very embarrassing.

Huang Zixia didn’t know what was in her mind. She was so confused that she couldn’t figure it out. She could only look up at the unattainable blue sky, and let out a long sigh, and said to Yu Xuan, "Thank you for telling me this. It's a matter of great importance. I'll go to the Yamen to discuss with Zhou Ziqin."

"Wait a moment." Yu Xuan took the buckets and scoops to the hut by the garden gate, put them back together, and came out with them, saying: "I want to go too, and listen to the progress of the case. After all, You said that this case may be related to the case of my righteous parents."

Huang Zixia nodded, and Li Shubai didn't mean to object, and the three of them left the Qingyuan together.

Huang Zixia thought about the affairs of Mage Mu Shan today, hesitated, and finally asked: "Yu Xuan, let me ask you, do you know that Mage Mu Shan might be...something about spiritism?"

Yu Xuan frowned and asked in amazement, "What?"

"Perhaps you don't believe it, but he really wanted to explore something from my side just now in his meditation room." Huang Zixia looked at him quietly, carefully examining the expression on his face, and said: "The people in Chengdu House all say Mu Mu The Buddha Dharma of the good master is boundless, and can save all living beings-but in fact, these so-called miracles may be just the power of his contemplation."

"Contemplation..." Yu Xuan opened his mouth to say something, but stopped there again, motionless, quietly, only his breathing gradually became heavier.

Seeing him stunned on the spot, Li Shubai said: "Spiritualism is a magic technique from the Western Regions. It is said that in the Empress Wu era, a demon came to Beijing. When he glanced at someone, he could not help but make him crazy. There were also palace people who were fascinated by him and sneaked into Empress Wu’s palace in the dark night, attempting to assassinate. Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er, who was next to Empress Wu, grabbed a dagger and threw it to kill the assassin. Only then did he protect Empress Wu’s safety. The mystery revealed the demon's contemplation. After the incident was revealed, the Western Region demon tried to resist and was shot to death by random arrows. Since then, it seems that there is no one else in the world who knows the contemplation."

Huang Zixia nodded and said to Yu Xuan, "Yes, and Mage Mu Shan seems to be a master. Therefore, although Mage Mu Shan has no bad traces, you can also pay more attention to him in the future, so as not to control him."

Yu Xuan nodded silently, but said nothing. His face was pale, and the sun was shining on his face at this time, and his skin seemed to be a little transparent and bright white.

He remained silent, followed behind them for a long time, and finally called her out: "A Xia..."

Huang Zixia looked back at him.

He was hesitant to speak, but his pale face was full of hesitation and fear. After a long time, he said: "I told you before, I have something, I want to ask you to take a look."

Huang Zixia nodded and asked, "What is it?"

He pointed to the side of the guide and said: "It's in my study room. If you are free now, you can come with me."

Huang Zixia looked at Li Shubai and nodded when he saw Li Shubai's approval, but Yu Xuan turned around without saying anything and walked towards his house.

Shu County has always had many talents. In order to motivate scholars to advance, all counties and townships have rewarded them. After the students from the Chengdu prefectural government are admitted, the government will allocate residences and provide monthly money to encourage them to study.

Yu Xuan became the Xieyuan of Shu County before he was nineteen years old, and he was in the same spotlight. Although Huang Zixia’s father was very reluctant, he still allowed him to live in the mansion he was assigned to—probably because the father felt that his daughter had a fiance after all, and he was still close to Yu Xuan when he was fifteen or six years old. good.

The residence built for Yu Xuan in the county is next to Hanyuan Bridge in the east of the city. Weeping willows and small peaches are planted in front of the bank. If it comes in spring, it will be a very beautiful scene.

Huang Zixia couldn't remember how many times she had come here, knocked on the door. But she knew that she was the person in the world who was most familiar with the layout of the inside besides Yu Xuan. Entering through the gate, there was a whitewashed wall, with a narrow courtyard behind. She dug a small pool of four or five feet square, and the water lilies inside grew prosperous. Now in late summer. , It should be the best time for the flowers to bloom. Behind the pool is the main room. Left and right wing, copy hand veranda. There is the backyard at the back. The three rooms are open, and the study and bedroom are connected together, separated only by bookshelves, and one room is open and open.

She once laughed at him and said that for such a small house, it's better to secretly return to the county guard house to live in. Only the peasant courtyard where he lived is wider and more refined than here. He was lying on the couch, covering his face with a book to cover the daylight, and said in a deep voice: "I am from such a background. It is a great blessing to have a tile in this life. It is very good here. Life is alive, even if the princes and generals live. How much land can you sleep on?"

Thinking about it now, they really started to become alienated after he moved out. She was busy with various cases, he was busy with gatherings and lectures, and often did not see each other for ten and a half days. Even if he wrote letters and exchanged letters from time to time, it only made them feel more alienated.

At that time he said to her, A Xia, if you don't know how to investigate the case, it would be fine.

She was very angry, as if her own meaning in this world had been overturned, and there was no longer any basis for pride to stand on. The first time the two had such a fierce quarrel, she ran back and vowed never to see him again. However, the next morning, he gently knocked on her window and handed her a sprig of sweet-scented osmanthus with a box underneath.

The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus made her whole boudoir fall into depression, and the bracelet in the box made her all night of depressed grievances become invisible——

What they put inside is exactly the style they decided after a long time of discussion. Two little fish with tails tied to each other, just like them, cuddling on each other and never separated.

Huang Zixian silently thought about the past, and followed Yu Xuan into it.

He bypassed the white wall and walked through the patio with water lilies. The back hall was his study and bedroom. There were no barriers between the three big houses. After opening, they were only separated by bookshelves and Bogu shelves.

Yu Xuan walked to the desk, stretched out his hand to open the drawer, took out a letter from the bottom of everything, and handed it to Huang Zixia.

Huang Zixian saw that there was no recipient or signature on the letter, which was completely blank. She raised her hand to take it, and looked up at him questioningly.

He slowly said: "One day, after I came back from Qi Teng's house, I found out that there was an extra letter in several of my cases..."

Huang Zixia opened the unsealed envelope and found that there was only a thin piece of plain white paper inside.

She pulled out the plain paper, spread it out and read the familiar handwriting on it carefully——

For more than a decade, I have been happily living under my knees, and there was a lot of trouble overnight, and the whole family was alone in the world. Gu was not willing to drip with blood on my hands and accompany me. Love is not human, long against the wish of the heart, all kinds of evil fate, mostly for fate to make fun of. He has not been born, this life has ceased, he has finished his writing, and said goodbye to the monarch.

Huang Zixian looked at the dripping ink on this plain paper. The slightly scattered handwriting made a faint cold sweat on her back. She seemed to be stuck, standing there without daring to move.

Because of the handwriting, so familiar, it made her feel that these words, almost like terrifying monsters, were showing her the most hideous features, and she wanted to devour all her soul consciousness.

This is her own word.

In this world, no one is more familiar with her own words.

She just feels that every inch of her skin, the hairs are standing upright; every pore on her body, there is a needle-like cold sweat; her breathing is not smooth, making her body tremble, and her face instantly turns gray.