The Golden Hairpin

So the two stopped talking, and the Wang family's mansion was already in sight. They entered the door, and the porter helped them with the horse. The father and son walked along the corridor to the inner courtyard.

A lantern with the character "king" written horizontally and vertically, radiating red light on the ground, gave this deserted mansion a little warmth.

Wang Lin walked, slowly stopped in the darkness, and turned to look at Wang Yun.

Wang Yun didn't know the truth, stood under the lamp and looked at his father.

Wang Lin looked at Wang Yun, who was half his height in front of him, with a relieved and sentimental expression on his face: "Yun'er... Actually, I don't want your hands to be bloody."

Wang Yun pressed his lips, looked at his father for a long time, and said: "I am the royal family, and I will stand in the front to resist all the wind and rain of the royal family, and I will perish unscrupulously."

Wang Lin raised his hand and patted his shoulder heavily, and sighed, "Good boy...it's a pity that you are the only generation of the Wang family."

"Even though the clan sister is a woman, she is determined and courageous. Now she is in the position of queen. She might have worked even harder for our royal family." Wang Yun said.

Wang Lin showed a changeable expression on his face, frowning for a long time, then nodded and said, "Yes, she is also the royal family after all..."

Wang Yun said again: "If Aruo had nothing to do, she would be an excellent Concubine Kui."

"Yeah, the other girls in the Wang family are mediocre. There is no such an outstanding woman that Prince Kui can see at a glance." Wang Lin sighed, "When the emperor was still King Yun, she was invited to come. Our family’s banquets also saw your clan sister at a glance. It can be seen that what is attractive in this world is always a dazzling and special appearance."

Listening to his father’s sigh, Wang Yun looked at the red lantern hanging under the eaves. He unconsciously thought of Huang Zixia. He remembered three years ago, when she was fourteen years old, he quietly followed behind her, looking at the silvery red. The slender figure, like the flower letter drawn out at the beginning, is soft and clear.

The Qingyuan temperament made him search along the memory. At that time, the young Huang Zixia was in his mind, slowly turning his head, and then...

The face unexpectedly merged with that Yang Chonggu and became the same person.

Huang Zixian and Yang Chonggu, a 13 or 14-year-old girl, a 17-year-old eunuch; a delicate and delicate one; a fair complexion and self-confidence in the palace of the old days shine brightly, a weak body and a dishy face Be cautious about King Kui's side.

-Obviously a little **** in the palace, why did he remind him of Huang Zixia again and again, and, when they first met, he felt strange. Is it just because he is as good at solving crimes as Huang Zixia, and his facial features seem to be similar to the wanted portraits?

Even, he had quietly sent people to inquire about Yang Chonggu’s identity, and found that his origins were clearly understood, from Jiucheng Palace to Kuiwang’s Palace, and even the prisons drawn when he entered the Jiucheng Palace are still there—just At that time, Yang Chonggu was not literate yet, so he just drew a circle on the paper.

Also, the more unquestionable proof is that Kui Wang Li Shubai.

Questioning Yang Chonggu who is next to King Kui is no more than offending King Kui.

He was in a trance for a moment thinking about the fiancée who had caused him a terrible humiliation. But then I heard my father’s voice: "Yun'er, now that the Wang family has withered, the ancestors may feel ashamed if they are underground... All the hope of this generation lies in you. Even if you can’t restore the Wang family to the past. His glory, at least, can't let the Wang Family sever the power in the dynasty!"

Wang Yun solemnly nodded and said: "Our family now has a queen in the palace and Daddy in the court, which is not a disadvantage."

"You are wrong. In fact, in the imperial court and the palace, the most influential person in the royal family is not the queen and us." Wang Lin smiled slightly, with a smug look in his smile, and asked, "You forgot, there is another person. Is it enough to overthrow the world and change the dynasty? It’s just that everyone has ignored it, that person also has the surname Wang."

Wang Yun bowed his head and remained silent for a long time before he said, "Yes."

"After waiting for Wang Ruo's coffin to be transported away soon, you have to visit him, lest he forget our family." Wang Lin said, after thinking about it, and then said, "He likes to raise fish, remember to bring him a few pieces. —The red fish is the best."

"I wonder if there is still food in the dining room?"

Huang Zixia, who had returned to the palace of Kui, felt a stomachache. Today, except for eating a few spring dishes in the morning and drinking a few bowls of tea at noon, she has been running away without any grains of rice. Now she is really hungry and dizzy.

She clutched her belly and moved to the dining room to see that the stove was cold and empty.

"I can't live this day..." Huang Zixia hated that she didn't ask Aunt Lu to find out where to put things, causing her to leave now that she couldn't find anything to eat.

It was easy to find two dry steamed cakes in the cupboard. Huang Zixian put one hand in one hand, stuffing it in his mouth while walking to the side room of the courtyard where he lived.

When I walked to the entrance of the courtyard, I found that there was a light in my house. She was stunned, and quickly walked to the door to take a look. She was so shocked that she almost lost the biscuits in her hand—

Isn't that, that, that person who sits in it leisurely reading at night, is not Wangye Li Shubai?

She stood at the door in a daze, Li Shubai had already looked up to see her, and raised his hand to hook her. She moved in with two steamed cakes with one bite each in her hand, and asked, "Master...what can I do if you are here late at night?"

He didn't speak, only raised his chin slightly and motioned to a food box next to him.

She lifted it up hesitantly, opened it and brought out the contents—

A cup of concubine porridge, a plate of honey-made buns, a bowl of Bailong Yao, a slice of chopstick spring, and her favorite shrimp broiled and snow baby, they are still hot.

She glanced at Li Shubai and saw that he ignored herself, immediately threw the steamed cake in her hand, picked up the ivory chopsticks in the food box and put a pair of them on Li Shubai's side. One head spring tied up.

Qitouchun is a popular dish in Beijing recently. The ingredients are nothing but roasted quail. But this quail sauce was used very authentically, and the heat control was perfect. In addition, she was really hungry now, and she was really hungry now, and she sighed in relief at the moment of tearing, returning to normal speed, and began to chew. Swallow slowly.

Li Shubai also put down the book in his hand and asked, "What's the progress?"

She didn't speak, but took out the half of silver in her arms, put it on the table, and said, "I found it in Jinnu's room."

Li Shubai took it over, turned the silver ingot over, and examined it carefully.

On the back of the silver ingot, there are two lines of words cast, the first line is "Deng Yunxi Song Kuo", and the second line is "Twelve liangzheng".

Huang Zixia took out the previous half of the silver ingot from the drawer of Hu's bed and handed it to him.

Two silver ingots are tightly joined together to form a whole piece. The words on the back are finally complete. It is "Liang Weidong, Deputy Envoy, Deng Yunxi, Song Kuo, and Neiku Envoy Zhang Junyi, casting twenty taels of silver."

Li Shubai put down the silver ingots put together and looked up at her: "Where did you find it?"

"Under the flower stand in her house."

"No." Li Shubai said affirmatively.

"Yes, her house has been turned over by many people. There shouldn't be any missing silver ingots in the place where the flower stand is so obvious." Huang Zixia said, taking another sip of concubine porridge, and then said, "So, it should be just now. Cheng Xuese left."

"Cheng Xuese?" Li Shubai was finally a little moved, "She has entered Beijing?"

"Yes, but, I didn't see her, it's just that someone from Jiaofang said that a very beautiful woman brought a painting to Jinnu's room. But when I passed by, she had already left."

"I missed it, there is no way." Li Shubai frowned slightly and asked again, "Why didn't Chen Nianniang tell you?"

"Maybe Jinnu and Cheng Xuese have a very good relationship, so she went to look for Jinnu first?" Huang Zixia thoughtfully said, "But Chen Nianniang should be most concerned about Yiniang's affairs. He will bring her over to me immediately."

Li Shubai nodded and said, "Chen Nianniang is in the Royal Mansion of E after all. Tomorrow we can go and find her directly."

"Well, besides that, I checked the terrain outside Jiaofang today and found a place. It's too late today. It may be difficult to find something. If we go by tomorrow, we will definitely find something."

"It seems that tomorrow will be your busy day again." As he said, seeing the candlelight dim, he closed his scroll, took the scissors on the table next to him, cut off the curly wick, and placed the table on the table. The lamp is a little brighter.

Under the swaying candlelight, the quiet room was quiet. Huang Zixia was eating, and when she looked up and saw Li Shubai looking at her under the dizzy candlelight, she couldn't help but hesitate for a while.

Li Shubai averted his gaze, and casually picked up a few bean sprouts from the snow baby, holding onto the ivory chopstick, and placing them in the bowl in front of him.

Huang Zixian hesitated for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "Thank you... the prince saved the meal for me..."

"No need." He interrupted her, looked at her for a long time, and said slowly, "I always believe that only a fed horse can run fast."

The corners of her mouth twitched, and she said, "The prince has a long-term vision."

"So, run faster tomorrow, remembering that the Wang family is about to transport Wang Ruo back to Langya."

"Yes..." Speaking of Wang's family, she remembered that when she met Wang Yun tonight, she held the chopsticks in her hand, stared at the swaying lights and was stunned for a while, and then wisely chose not to mention it, so as not to cause more trouble—

Anyway, it seems to be a chance encounter that has nothing to do with this case.