The Golden Hairpin

By coincidence today, the Qingyuan Poetry Club was gathering by the clear stream, and everyone in the club took the post.

"Let's go, it just happens that everyone is here, we might as well go and meet the group of people for a while." Zhou Ziqin took Huang Zixia out of the city and said, "The scenery of Qingxi is very good, I will take you to enjoy it by the way."

Qingxi is on the outskirts of the city, leaving Chengdu Prefecture on the way to Hanzhou and Longzhou.

Zhou Ziqin and Huang Zixian rode out of the city gate, and over ten miles from the outskirts of the city, there was a mountain road.

There is a checkpoint next to the mountain road. The search for King Kui has been completed a while ago, and now I have not received any important photo documents. A few sergeants of Xichuan sat idly there, looking at pedestrians casually.

Zhou Ziqin’s friendship is the most expansive. When passing the checkpoint, he unloaded a cage of freshly bought fruit from his horse and handed it to the soldiers and said: "Last time Big Brother Liu said he was guarding here and he was thirsty and tired. I thought about it. I'm afraid that it will affect official business if I bring drinks or something, so I will bring you some of this."

Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, a few people suddenly caught fewer heads, and those who caught fewer heads must keep him for a rest. They also poured two cups of herbal tea to drink.

Huang Zixian looked at the sporadic pedestrians and carriages, and asked at random: "Should there be more people these few days? How many people have worked hard."

A young man nodded and said, "No, a lot of people were holding back when the mountain was closed a few days ago. The past few days can be regarded as King Kui's safe and sound. After letting go, there are really many people."

"When searching for King Kui, I heard that except for the Xichuan Army, no horses were allowed in or out?" Huang Zixia asked again.

The guards gnawed at the fruit and smiled and said: "No, if something happens to King Kui, let alone us, the entire Xichuan Army and Shu County can't afford it! How dare people come in and out."

"In those few days, three shifts took turns, and a non-Xichuan army never went in."

"Tough hard..." Huang Zixia said, suddenly remembering something, and then asked, "By the way, Judge Qi is a civil servant. Why did he enter the mountain at the time?"

Zhou Ziqin was shocked and looked at her in amazement. He didn't understand how to mention Qi Teng suddenly, and then he talked about his entering the mountain. Most importantly, how did she know that Qi Teng entered the mountain at that time.

"Oh, yes, it sounds strange. We also think Judge Qi shouldn't go into the mountain, but he just wandered over on a horse that day, and said that he was uneasy, so he had to patrol him himself."

"Yeah, I hurriedly set up the horse and prepared to follow, but he said he would go in and take a look, and he would return immediately. I just got on the horse and he had already galloped out, so I didn't have any trouble, so I had to come down again..."

"Yeah, this flattery didn't work out, and people ignored you at all, hahaha..." A group of people next to him mocked him.

Someone remembered something and asked Zhou Ziqin quickly: "Hey, stop catching your head, is Judge Qi dead?"

Zhou Ziqin nodded: "Yes, it's a strange death. I have checked with Duke Yang for the past few days, and I don't have any clues."

"Really? You can't find out even the wise martial artist who catches his head. That's really unclear."

"The judge Qi is usually very nice. He smiles at us filthy soldiers. I really didn't expect to be killed."

Everyone was talking about Qi Teng's death. Among them, a younger guard kept silent, only holding the fruit in his hand thoughtfully, hesitating for a while.

Huang Zixian asked: "This big brother, do you have any contacts with judge Qi? Do you have any views on this matter?"

"No no..." He hurriedly bit off the fruit, but didn't chew, and only said vaguely, "I'm thinking, Judge Qi...I don't know what to do."

Lady. Huang Zixia quickly caught this inexplicable word and winked at Zhou Ziqin. Zhou Ziqin understood it, stretched out his right hand, and embraced his shoulder: "People have three urgency, do you have a cottage here? You quickly lead me to it. "

Not long after, Zhou Ziqin came back and said goodbye to everyone with a smile.

The two got on their horses and walked towards Qingxi together.

After turning across the mountain road, Zhou Ziqin saw that there was no one before and after, and immediately mysteriously moved Mara close to her, winking his eyebrows: "Chonggu! Great discovery! It's so shocking!"

Huang Zixia asked hurriedly: "How to say?"

"That buddy had seen Qi Teng go to Mingyue Mountain when he was on duty a few days ago!"

Huang Zixia knew that he was unreliable, but he shouldn't be unreliable to this point, so he could only restrain his temper and wait for him to say the following quietly.

Seeing that Huang Zixian did not answer the conversation or begged him to say the following, Zhou Ziqin was really empty and lonely, so he had to say reluctantly: "He was not traveling alone at the time. The woman who went with him wore a drapery hat with a drooping hat. The white gauze is tightly covered, but it can be vaguely seen that she is a very beautiful woman."

Huang Zixian nodded thoughtfully, while Zhou Ziqin was extremely depressed: "Qi Teng, this bastard, it's better to die! He is still so romantic in her thirties, maybe his previous wife was **** off by him!"

Huang Zixia knew that he was squeezing a sweat for his sister, and couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, Zhou Ziqin said again: "Fortunately, Ziyan didn't marry him! Otherwise, with Ziyan's character, he would be stabbed with such a man after marriage?"

Huang Zixia raised her eyebrows and said nothing.

Zhou Ziqin was stunned when he said what he said, and then quickly said: "No, no! No, no! I don’t mean that my sister will kill! Even...even if my sister doesn’t want to marry Qi Teng, she must follow We are crying, it is impossible to kill without saying a word!"

"I know." Huang Zixia said, before asking again, "Is there any clue to the woman who went outing with Qi Teng? Could it be related to this case?"

Zhou Ziqin slapped his head and said, "I almost forgot this! They were heading to Mingyue Mountain. When the two rode out of the checkpoint, Alu noticed that one of the red tassels on the woman's saddle had fallen off, so he quickly picked it up and handed it over. Give it to her. Because it was a horse, he looked up and saw that face from the gap between the drapery hat. This look was really obedient. The woman's face was like a fairy in the white gauze. He was right then He was dumbfounded, until they left, he still couldn't recover!"

Huang Zixia stopped his horse, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Have you remembered any characteristics?"

"There is no face, and he was stunned at the time. Now I think there is only an amazing feeling, how can I remember those details? And after seeing her appearance, the boy was really unforgettable, and then he heard about Judge Qi. He was about to marry a wife, so he thought, maybe it was his unpassed lady, my sister... this time I saw me, and she was knocking on the side and asking about my sister. I didn’t want to think about a big soldier. Will my father agree." Zhou Zi As Qin said, he was a little vacant, "But it's the same anyway, he's not after my girl. Not to mention that Ziyan is unlikely to go out with people, and she doesn't have the look of a country and a city. And it's just her character. Temper, now the marriage has two twists and turns in his life, it is difficult to marry a good person."

Huang Zixian remained silent, looking up at the sky that was deeply covered by tall branches above her head. After all the branches and leaves, after all, a bright blue was revealed.

She sighed deeply and whispered: "So that's it..."

Zhou Ziqin hurriedly leaned over immediately and asked her: "What is it? What is the case?"

Huang Zixian turned her head and said to him: "Li Daitao Zheng is also called Jin Chan Escape. I think we can go to Qingxi soon to confirm it."

"Actually, it's not true if you talk about formal associations. It's just that Chengdu House is so big, and a few people who are often together occasionally get interested, so they bring each other's friends together to hold a poetry party. They follow it over time, and they meet each other every month. Meeting friends in Qingyuan with poetry, sitting and talking, in fact, the time is not fixed..."

The members of the poetry club gathered at the edge of the clear stream, seeing Zhou Shao catching their heads to inquire in person, all had expressions of trepidation and anxiety on their faces. The beginning of the poetry society, a scholar named Chen Lunyun asked the others in a low voice: "Is it possible that the poems we wrote when we traveled to the Goddess Shrine this year were too frivolous, so...we were condemned by the gods, and two people died at once. NS……"

"How is it possible? If it is frivolity, it is impossible to be Wen Yang's turn, right? He always doesn't talk about love! Even when we commented on the statue of Goddess, he was studying the poem on the wall, and he didn't mix ours at all. topic."

Several people were still fighting, Zhou Ziqin interrupted them: "But I heard that Wen Yang often goes to Huajie Liuxiang, so I still like beautiful women."

"Really? We've never heard of this...this kind of thing." Chen Lunyun asked others, "Besides, Wen Yang is so indifferent. We are also surprised that he would die in love with a musical instrument. He is so affectionate. The most sexual?"

"Don't talk about love and sex. It's weird to think about it? His parents are gone, and there are no close relatives in the family, and even the wife is long gone. Even if he marries a musical instrument, no one will stop him. Why do you want to die?” Someone said, “Isn’t it just marrying Sister Liu as a continuation of the musical performance? It’s funny and generous. It can be turned around in any scene. Sometimes I pretend to be a man and go outing with us. Who doesn’t call Sister Liu a good lady? We still secretly envy how big it is, and who would think Wen Yang marries. What's the big deal about the happy lady?"

"Furthermore, if it is Qi Teng, you might still be worried that marrying a woman with music status will affect the officialdom and detrimental to the official career. But Wen Yang's appearance has never been interested in becoming an official, so what is there to worry about?"

Huang Zixia didn't speak, and let them talk for a long time before asking, "How is Qi Teng's relationship with Wen Yang Suri?"

Chen Lunyun said: "Oh, because Qi Teng's character is Hanyue, and the person looks chic and friendly, so we gave the nickname Hanyue Son, who happens to be a pair with Wen Yang, so we often compare it with each other. But Qi Tengai It's lively, Wen Yang is so quiet, and the two seem to have no relationship. Su Ri is just a nodding acquaintance, right?"

Huang Zixian asked again: "So, who is it that you have made friends with Qi Teng and Wen Yang?"

Immediately two or three people said in unison: "It's Yu Xuan!"

Huang Zixian nodded and said nothing.

Zhou Ziqin didn't realize it yet, and asked in shock, "Who do you mean that Yu Xuan has a good relationship with?"

"Good with both!" They both said with certainty.

Seeing Zhou Ziqin’s disbelief, Chen Lunyun explained: “Wen Yang is so quiet and likes calligraphy, and Yu Xuan’s calligraphy is the best in Chengdu, so he often uses excuses to get close to Yu Xuan and do everything possible to associate with him. Remember the last time that Zhong was able to hand-write? Didn’t they start to have **** after that?”

"Yes, I remember this!" A young man said quickly, "It happened last autumn. At that time, Wen Yang said that he had obtained a letterhead written by Zhong Hui and asked Yu Xuan to review it. Yu Xuan happily went there. , But since I came back, I have ignored Wen Yang, and others have never mentioned it. I also asked Yu Xuan what he thought of that letter paper and whether it was authentic."

Zhou Ziqin asked quickly: "What did Yu Xuan say?"

"He looked very strange at the time. Maybe you are not familiar with him. You don't know that Yu Xuan is one of the best people in our poetry society. No one can match that kind of airy manner. I also know him. For several years, I have never seen him angry. But that time, he looked cold and his tone was very stiff. He said that the letter from the first December in Jiaping, Zhonghui called himself Shang Shulang, how could it be authentic."

Chen Lunyun nodded and said, "Exactly. We were puzzled at first. Later, after flipping through the book, we found out that the Zhonghui in the first year of Jiaping had already been moved to the middle school assistant, so he recognized at a glance that it was a forgery."

Zhou Ziqin couldn't help but said, "Even if it is a fake, it is Wen Yang who was deceived to buy the fake, why did he commit evil for this?"

"Yes, but after this incident, Yu Xuan and Wen Yang had no contact anymore. Usually, when the poetry club met, Wen Yang was still very enthusiastic about Yu Xuan, but Yu Xuan evaded him, even because of this several poem meetings. coming."

Huang Zixian turned his gaze to Zhou Ziqin. Seeing that he was still puzzled, she turned away from the subject and asked, "What about Qi Teng's relationship with Yu Xuan?"

Chen Lunyun said: "I know this. They have always been in a normal relationship before, but since Yu Xuan's attempted suicide, they have been in contact, and they even have a very frequent relationship for a while."

Huang Zixian heard Yu Xuan mention this matter before, but he did not elaborate. Now listening to Chen Lunyun mentioned it, her heart suddenly jumped, and she blurted out: "Attempted suicide?"