Chapter 17: Who's Giving the Gift

Su Cen is not a nosy person, which is indeed in line with the consistent style of the Su family. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Su Chi and his party stood aside and waited for Su Cen to clear the field, and Fu Nanqiao and Su Chi were still inspecting the loot along the way, but they were interrupted by the discussion of everyone.

"It's strange, how could someone die here?"

"This man died in the lake, could it be that he came to fish on such a cold day?"

"We've been holding this lantern festival for many years, and there has never been anything like this, could it be that the Lord Chenghuang is warning you?"

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Su Chi subconsciously looked at the crown prince Ning Lizhen, he frowned and didn't say a word, and when he saw Su Chi coming over, he still gave a reassuring smile, and patted Su Chi and Fu Nanqiao's shoulders: "Lonely let me send you back first, you are also tired today, don't think too much about going back, rest early." ”

Fu Nanqiao wanted to glance at the crowd again, but Ning Lizhen was already in front of her. However, before Ning Lizhen could let people send them away, the Praetorian Guard and the people from the Tingwei Mansion arrived almost at the same time. Yan Jin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, is the young master of the prince, so most of the cronies of the Praetorian Guard know His Royal Highness the prince, and they are very convinced of this courteous and benevolent His Royal Highness, and they are considered "princelings".

The crown prince had already stepped forward, and one of the officers of the Praetorian Guard bowed when he saw him, "See His Royal Highness the Prince."

Everyone knelt down, "See His Highness the Prince."

Ning Lizhen asked people to get up, and ordered people to find the local governor and nearby residents, and let the others go back separately.

When he got closer, he could still smell the smell of corpses in the air, and Su Cen saw that Fu Nanqiao had already left, and he also planned to take Su Chi and Ning Lizhen to say goodbye. Su Chi is a little curious, but Su Cen is often willing to be a well-behaved sister in front of her brother.

But when I didn't expect to lift my leg, I happened to hear someone say the name of the deceased: "Chowen". Su Chi was stunned, and Su Cen asked her unexplained, "What's wrong?"

"Big brother, let's go back to the house first, you can stay and take a look at the situation. Su Chi hesitated and said to Su Zen.

"What's wrong? Why?" Suzen didn't understand why Soji was doing this.

"I always think this name sounds familiar, as if I've heard it recently, you should pay attention to it first, I don't know. Su Chi thought about it and didn't recall anything.

Su Cen is more experienced than him, and sent Zhou Fan to tell the attendants around the prince, and if he found trouble in the future, he went to the Yasukuni Mansion to say something.

Su Chi and Su Cen had dinner in Su Yuan's courtyard, and Su Cen sent Su Chi back under the pretext of having something to discuss with Su Yuan. Su Chi thought that Su Cen was going to talk about the corpse he met at the Lantern Festival today, but he didn't expect Su Cen to be punished by Su Yuan for standing all night on this night.

When Su Cen returned to the warm pavilion, Wei Ming behind her moved all the things she bought to the room, and she told Wei Ming to bring the rabbit that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had sent before.

Dongyu rushed in, "The girl just came back! Someone sent this today, girl, it's really beautiful!" Dongyu carried an ice lamp in his hand, which was carved into the shape of a pear blossom with thick ice, and then stuffed the candle into it. In order to prevent the temperature of the flame from melting the ice lamp quickly, the candle was made thin and short, and the craftsman must have taken great care to make it. Su Chi made people turn off the other lights in the room, and it made the pear blossom lantern even more dazzling, warm and bright.

"Who sent it, and when did it arrive?" Su Chi thought that Dongyu had also learned the bad habit of selling guanzi.

"I don't know, the mother-in-law in the porter said that the man left only the lamp and left, not even a note. "Dongyu doesn't know.

Su Chi was even more inexplicable, his index finger drew an arc on the table uncomfortably, just as Weiming came with the rabbit.

Dong Yu looked at the rabbit in the cage, "Girl, it should have been given by His Royal Highness the Prince, right? The girl likes palace lanterns, and not many people know about it! Not to mention that the girl only met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when she looked at the lanterns today." ”

Su Chi didn't admit or deny it, she gently took the rabbit in Wei Ming's hand and held it in her arms.

Wei Ming hesitated and didn't know whether to give it to her: "Girl, let's keep it in a cage." The little girl said that the rabbit was fierce and ruthless, and he was afraid of hurting the girl. “

"It's okay, do you think it can hurt me like this now?" Su Chi was right, the rabbit was wilted by hunger, and it didn't have the same spirit as when it first came.

Su Chi hugged it, while touching its fur, gentle and careful, like holding a child.

Dongyu remembered that Su Chi had said that he had changed to a good cook to stew it, and he was quite puzzled: "Didn't the girl plan to stew it before? Why do you like it again when you are hungry?"

"I gave so many sticks before, and now it's time to give sweet dates. When Sochi said this, the rabbit was very docile in her arms.

Dongyu went to put the ice lamp in the ice room according to Su Chi's instructions, the weather in Beiwan is extremely cold, in addition to the sand and dust, it is the most ice and snow weather, and large families have ice rooms to store melons and fruits.

When only Su Chi and Si Fu were left in the inner room, Su Chi asked her, "Who do you think will give this ice lantern?"

"The slave doesn't know. This is the standard of Si Fu's consistent answer, and Su Chi is not surprised.

"Do you think it could have been sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Su Chi then asked, not at all as casually as before.

"The slave maid thinks that it should not be, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sends something, it is good to ask the county lord to come. Even if you send someone over, you will send a close attendant around you, and you will never hide your head and show your tail, this is not the style of His Royal Highness the Prince. Since Su Chi asked, Si Fu was never perfunctory, which was Su Chi's favorite point.

"In the future, you can go to Yiya with me, as for the reason, you tell Dongyu. Su Chi arranged Yi Ya on the stage, she subconsciously didn't want many people to know.

"Yes. Si Fu was well-behaved and clever, bowed his head and said yes, and he couldn't hear emotion in his voice.

Before going to bed, Su Chi suddenly flashed a lot of things in his mind, and Su Chi remembered: the person named Qiuwen, who was found in the lamp club, Xie Yu had mentioned it to her. Xie Yu was still holding the wine glass in his hand at the time, leaning against the edge of the collapse and said: "Although this batch of lifters is not as full of flowers as in the past, there are also extraordinary people such as Qiuwen and Lin Xie. "Lin Xie is the leader of Jinke, and Qiuwen is yesterday's deceased? Could it be just a coincidence, with the same name and surname?

"Your Highness, the people below have come to report that Miss Su and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go back and accept their things. The little guard Xilu entered the house and saw the person kneeling on the couch picking the core of the lamp, and Xilu knelt on one knee.

"Take it?" the owner of the voice was cold, and did not move the hand that picked up the wick as he spoke.

"It was taken by the maid next to the girl, but I wonder if Miss Su stayed?" Xilu replied honestly, never adding oil or vinegar.

"Left and right is just a worthless thing, does it matter if you keep it or not?" The person who spoke turned around at this time, and a pair of eyes were strange and beautiful, and it turned out to be the son of the late Empress Shu, King Qinghe-Ning Qiongzhen.

"Yes. Xilu listened to His Royal Highness's tone that had not changed for thousands of years, and said in his heart: If it doesn't matter, more than a dozen people have been guarding for a long time just to verify it? If it doesn't matter, you will almost use up the ice stored in the ice room with enough thickness in order to carve an ice lamp.

Xilu was about to go out, but he heard Ning Qiongzhen's voice getting colder and colder: "You Lantern Festival?

When Xilu saw Ning Qiongzhen asking, he didn't know if there was a wind blowing, and the candle flame in Ning Qiongzhen's hand holding the wick was actually extinguished, and Xilu buried his head lower: "It is said that the prince of Sucen of the Yasukuni Mansion is also there." ”

Ning Qiongzhen didn't care about the extinguished candles, and her face became darker and darker: "Selling women for glory? This is not the first time that the Yasukuni Mansion has been made······ Xiao Jiu, I said I would send you an ice lantern, and I did it.

Xilu didn't dare to answer, so he had to stubbornly ask: "Yuwangfu's post, do you see?"

"You don't have to say no in the future. ”

"Yes. Xilu reined in his voice and stepped back.

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