After Xiao Shunzi's accident, my yard was instructed by Yinzhen, and he was not explicitly detained, but when Yunhui came back, he said that although the news was spread with a handkerchief, he was interrogated in the middle, but fortunately, it was a family letter, and there was not much interference. When she came back, she found that there seemed to be more people walking around the courtyard, and it seemed that they were just busy handymen, but usually because of the location of this courtyard, there were few people coming and going, and the comings and goings of these people were a little abrupt.

What did they find in Xiao Shunzi's room, if it wasn't very direct evidence, Yin Zhen would not casually allow Xiao Shunzi to be tortured to extract a confession, after all, Xiao Shunzi has been in the sticky pole since he was eight years old, and he has been cultivating his henchmen in the past ten years.

I thought about possible speculations, but I had no clue. It wasn't until noon the next day that Yinyu's news was sent in.

It is not easy for this news to be delivered to the hand through heavy checking, except for a letterhead that also looks like a family letter, it is a small wooden box with inconspicuous workmanship and even a little rough, and in the box is a fifty taels of silver tickets and a few jewelry that are not particularly valuable, judging from the number of silver tickets and ornaments in the box, it is equivalent to all the property that the Geng family can take out.

What is written in the family letter is nothing more than that "I have heard about the things in the Baylor house, and the parents are mostly worried about it, and everything is fine in the family, and they do not want their daughter to be prosperous and rich, but only to be safe and worry-free." Then the note specifically mentions, "Lest you have too much to do in the house, you will give your mother's dowry and all the silver at the bottom of the box, and if it is not enough, you will do your best to raise it."

Retreating from everyone, I read the letter and the silver ticket several times, but I didn't see what Yinyu wanted to say when he sent this letter in. Is it because he has rejected him, and he does not want to meddle in his own affairs anymore, so he wants to use these jewels and silver taels to send me to death?, but if this is the case, he should know that I am under guard, and there is no need to take such a great risk to send such an incomprehensible thing to me.

Just when I was upset and frustrated, my eyes fell on the three words "pressing the bottom of the box", these three words did not seem special to other words, but I always felt that there was a kind of overly deliberate emphasis in the whole letter. If it is a family letter, when he knows that his daughter is facing a predicament, he will definitely not emphasize that he has taken out all the money "at the bottom of the box", so he does not explicitly tell the person who reads the letter, "There is no money at home, don't reach out to the family", this is not the style of the Geng family's parents.

Pressing the bottom of the box - I savored these three words, reached out and picked up the rough little wooden box and checked it, and sure enough, I felt that the weight in my hand was a little wrong. Reaching out and touching the space inside the wooden box, there was nothing strange, the seams were smooth, and I couldn't see anything famous. If you look at the bottom of the box with the bottom side up, you can see that there are traces of splicing, but it is difficult to pry open the tight seams.

Yinyu is a person who likes delicate things, this box is probably weird, so he slowly touched it with his fingers along the patterns on both sides inch by inch, and suddenly there was a subtle and strange touch from his fingertips.

After carefully looking at other places, he found no other abnormalities, so he simply used his fingernails to buckle up the piece of wood that had been filled, and as soon as he lifted the wood chip, he felt the sound of the reed popping at the bottom of the box, and turned it over to see that the tightly closed seam just now bounced up, and gently lifted it with his hand, revealing the dark grid at the bottom. There was a small copper token and a very light white silk gauze with Yinyu's handwriting on it, which roughly meant that I would hand over this token and silk to the official of the Criminal Department, and he would naturally help me do what I needed.

With this token and silk book, my heart was much more settled. Summoned Wanqing and said, "You go to the courtyard and find a random handyman to pass a message to the adult in charge of interrogating me, and say that I have something else to say and need to talk to him." ”

Wanqing didn't know what I wanted to do, but I didn't ask much, and went out of the house and did as I said. Not long after, the officer came with his subordinate who had taken notes.

I told the others to stand down, leaving only Yun Hui by my side, and after closing the door, I asked the man what his name was. The official replied respectfully one by one, and it was exactly the same as what was mentioned in Yinyu's handwriting.

Yinyu is a bold person, good at making friends, he has always known how to make good use of people, so most of his people are still loyal and reliable. Knowing that this official was Yinyu's person, I also took out the token and silk book and handed it to him with peace of mind, and I didn't care about making many detours, and asked bluntly: "Xiao Shunzi, a trusted slave next to me, was suddenly detained the previous time, do you know what the reason is?"

The official took the token and the silk book and looked at it, and immediately his face became more and more respectful, and he glanced at his subordinates and explained that today's events should not be revealed. That subordinate should also be a close confidant of this official, but it is also a rule, so he followed Yun Hui to the side to drink tea, leaving me to talk to this official.

"Gege should know that the lower officials shouldn't have told you much about these things, but with the instructions of the ninth master, the lower officials will definitely know everything. , it's just that the subordinate officials need to be qualified to say a word of accuracy to do things with peace of mind......" The official did not shirk, but cautiously said a vague hint.

I guessed what he wanted to ask, and told him with great certainty: "It is true that the matter of Degege was not instructed by me, so naturally it could not have been done by Xiao Shunzi." On the contrary, I always doubted one person in my heart, but I could not get any substantive evidence, so I did not dare to say more. ”

The official listened to my answer, his expression relaxed a lot, and he nodded and said, "Xia Guan believes that the person who can make the Ninth Master look at him differently will definitely not do such a murderous thing." Dare to ask who Gege suspects?"

Although the person in front of me is Yinyu's person, I can only believe that he can help me find out about Xiaoshunzi's situation, but I can't fully believe that he can solve all the problems and even find out the real culprit. So in order not to startle him, I didn't tell him my guess, but said, "I don't want to make false accusations without evidence, so adults don't need to ask too much, just tell me what I want to know first." As for the rest, I'll wait until I figure out the details, and then I'll take care of it slowly. ”

The official didn't get to the bottom of it, and told me what I had asked about what happened to Xiao Shunzi.

When he inspected Degege's room, he found that Degege's incense burner was filled with the remnants of the burned chrysanthemums. The official said.

"Chrysanthemum?" I immediately understood what he meant as soon as I heard him mention the name.

Chrysanthemum, also known as hibiscus, is a wild plant that is also suitable for domestication, and its petals have a sweet taste, whether it is an animal or a person, as soon as they smell it, they will immediately become groggy. If you pick a slice and taste it, it won't take long before you faint and fall to the ground. Therefore, it is also known as the "drunken flower".

This kind of flower was originally very common in Yunnan, but it is not planted much in the capital of the north, but because the chrysanthemum is a more cold-resistant root flower, it likes a cool climate and sufficient sunshine, so after seeing it in the garden by chance, I was surprised that there was this kind of plant in Yinzhen Mansion, so I asked Xiaoshunzi to move two plants to plant in the yard, one to watch, and the other to see its medicinal value and whether it will really make people or animals drowsy or drunk effect. Later, it was found that although this flower can make people dizzy, it is non-toxic, and June to September is just the flowering period, and it blooms and wilts, so it is common in the yard during the day, but it is not seen at night. I didn't expect it to be used as evidence of murder. (To be continued.) )