"Although the old man has read the scriptures since he was a child, he does not like fame, and he has only one habit, that is, he loves strange flowers and plants. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info but whenever you encounter a good flower, you must buy it regardless of whether you have money around you, and when you have no money, you will pawn the jewelry and jade pendant on your body He also thinks it is cost-effective. ”

Wang Fuling's words are true, Yin Tiancheng has also heard that Du Pengfei loves flowers like his life, he searched all over the world to plant famous flowers in the village, every time the flowers open, the scenery in the village is as rotten as a brocade, no wonder the emperor is also willing to go to him to enjoy the flowers. He also has a business mind, and took advantage of the unique climate of Longquan Villa to sell flowers and raise flowers, and then became a wealthy party. Wang Fuling can recognize the Lechuan flower, presumably from Du Pengfei's mouth, or maybe there is this flower in the village.

Wang Fuling said: "Three years ago, a monk from the Western Regions came to visit our village, and he said that there are fairy flowers in Tianzhu. The old man was overjoyed after hearing this, and went to Tianzhu with a lot of money to buy this precious flower, planted in the village, watered and fertilized every day, weeded and swept the leaves, all of which were done by the owner of the village, not by the hands of others. In this way, the old man is not at ease, although he still gets up at night to inspect a few times. This flower has been carefully cared for by him, and it has now become an acre. ”

Yin Tiancheng said with a smile: "It seems that Master Du Zhuang really cherishes this flower." ”

"It's not just a love flower, it's just a worship to the gods."

Yin Tiancheng asked: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Wang Fuling replied: "Every time this flower blooms, the master is overjoyed. First put the wine to pour, wish the flower fairy longevity and Tianqi, and then sit under it, drink and give words. Sometimes when people are tired of drinking, the owner of the village will use the stone as a pillow and sleep on the side of the flowers. ”

Seeing that Yin Tiancheng's eyes were becoming more and more surprised, Wang Fuling smiled and said to him: "When the flowers fall, the old man is melancholy, so he swept it up with a jade whisk, placed it in the urn, and poured it with tea and wine, and then held the urn himself, buried it deep around the flower field, and called it a funeral flower." ”

Yin Tiancheng never thought that Du Pengfei loved flowers to such an extent, except for the word "crazy", he could no longer find other words to describe Du Pengfei's habits. Seeing that Wang Fuling said that the Lethe Flower was so rare, Yin Tiancheng was also curious, so he said to Wang Fuling: "Why don't Uncle Wang take me to appreciate the Lethe Flower and let me see it?" ”

"It's not difficult for Lord Yin to see this flower, it's just ......" Wang Fuling's face was embarrassed.

"What's wrong?"

The lord repeatedly instructed that no one should go to enjoy the flowers without his consent. But the lord has not returned from going out now, please don't be embarrassed, and it's not too late to go to enjoy the flowers after the lord returns. ”

"Oh, I see." After Yin Tiancheng took a sip of tea, he pretended to ask casually: "Lethe Sichuan flower is a strange flower, and it was born in Tianzhu, presumably no one else in the capital will plant it except for Guizhuang, right?" ”

"Not only the capital, but even the entire Central Plains has no other family to plant."

"Oh, that's good." Yin Tiancheng pointed to the paper bag and said lightly, "These spices were found on the Liaodong official who was killed yesterday, and after I verified it, I confirmed that it was left behind by the murderer." ”

"My lord is wronged, Longquan Villa has always been law-abiding, how can he do such a hurtful thing. Someone must have framed him, and I hope your Excellency will investigate it. Wang Fuling couldn't hear the meaning of Yin Tian's words, and quickly knelt down to argue.

"Mr. Wang, please, I am just handling the case in accordance with the law, tracking down every suspicious clue, you don't have to panic." Yin Tiancheng didn't know that judging that Longquan Villa was related to the murder case based on what he just said was completely fabricated and imposed on others, he was just taking advantage of the situation to give him a dismissal.

"Let me ask you again, how much Lethe flower does it take to make this powder?"

"About three flowers."

Three? Yin Tiancheng thought to himself: This is only a small part of what was found at the murder scene, in fact, the murderer sprinkled on the corpse is far more than that.

Yin Tiancheng asked again: "Who has ever bought a large number of Lethe flowers in your villa?" ”

"That's not true, the lord loves flowers like his life, and this flower only blooms one flower, except for a very small number of adult flowers that the lord picks and sends to the princes and ministers who have a good relationship with him, His Majesty's concubines, the others are buried in the field after being adjusted to zero." Wang Fuling smiled and apologized.

"Did anyone steal the Lethe flowers you planted? Or is someone in the village digging up the dead flowers buried in the soil for private storage? ”

"No way." Wang Fuling said categorically: "The master loves flowers like life, and every time he picks them, he and I pick them by hand, and no one else is allowed to handle them at all." In addition, the master also arranged for guards to guard the flower field, and ordinary people could not get close to the edge of the field. Once, when the maid in the house Xiaocui accidentally stepped on a Lethe flower in the field when she was delivering food to the guards, she was scolded by the master for a long time, if it wasn't for my hard persuasion, she was almost kicked out of the village. ”

"It's strange, could these powders appear out of thin air?" Yin Tiancheng secretly paid in his heart, this is really a suspicious point.

"But ......," Wang Fuling stopped talking.

Yin Tiancheng hurriedly asked: "But what?" Say it! ”

"The villain remembered that we did send out a large number of Lethe flowers once."

"How many, and to whom?"

"One hundred, give it to Zhang Derui, the national teacher of the dynasty."

"Master Du Zhuang is very generous, why does the national teacher have so many flowers?"

"The owner of the village has always been good friends with the national teacher. On that day, the owner of the village held a banquet in the village to entertain the national teacher, and during the banquet, the national teacher asked if he could give him some Lechuan flowers, and he wanted to make medicine when he wanted to make alchemy. The owner agreed on the spot, and the next day he sent a small one to send a hundred flowers to the National Teacher's Mansion. ”

"Did you lose anything along the way?"

"The villain personally escorted it, and it was never lost."

"Oh, that's right." Yin Tiancheng stopped talking, and felt that there were more and more suspicions on Zhang Derui, could it be that he and the second prince secretly colluded? However, judging from the previous few times he killed Yuan Ming and rescued the driver in the Golden Palace, it seems that he is a fellow traveler with the second prince. But Yin Tiancheng is not good at checking in person, after all, he is a national teacher of the dynasty, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, so he rashly went to interrogate him for fear that he would be given a handle, and the case was not solved.

It seems that he still has to find a breakthrough in Longquan Villa, Yin Tiancheng smiled and said to Wang Fuling: "This case is very important, and it involves a life of your Zhuang Wang Liu." I think you should take me to the flower field to enjoy the flowers first, and when the owner comes back, I will explain to him in person. ”

"Alright, please come with me, sir." Wang Fuling's answer was very refreshing, and he was also afraid that Yin Tiancheng would make Longquan Villa restless under the pretext of handling the case.

Walking through a thin cobblestone path, Yin Tiancheng came to the field where Lethe flowers were planted. As far as he could see, there were about 200 Lethe flowers planted in the fields, and the breeze was blowing, and all that came into his eyes was pink.

Yin Tiancheng was stunned when he saw this flower, although he had traveled to many places and seen a variety of rare flowers, but it was the first time he had seen such a strange flower as the Lechuan flower. It was no more than a foot tall, and there was not a single leaf on its bare branches, but a red flower that looked like a rose bloomed at the top of the stem.

Another breeze blew, and Yin Tiancheng smelled a familiar fragrance.

Sure enough, it is the same as the powder fragrance of my paper bag, it seems that my thinking is not wrong, Yin Tiancheng lightly soothed his eyebrows, looking at this mysterious flower, curiosity suddenly arises, so he asked Wang Fuling: "Manager Wang, why don't Lechuan flowers grow leaves?" ”

"That's the wonder of it, Lethe flowers have leaves but no flowers, flowers and no leaves."

"What do you mean by that?"

"In spring and summer, the leaves of the Lethe flower only grow leaves and do not bloom, and after midsummer, its leaves slowly wither, and in late autumn, when the leaves completely wither, the flowers begin to bloom."

"And such miracles, I really opened my eyes today." When Yin Tiancheng approached to watch, he saw that the four corners of the field were all standing with golden things, and he hurriedly bent down to take a closer look, only to find that they were four bronze beasts, namely the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Xuan Ming and the Vermilion Bird. Each beast was less than a foot tall, and half of its body was already buried in the earth. On the left side of the beast, weeds had been eradicated, and a white marble slab about a foot long and three inches wide had been buried, engraved with a gilded charm that he could not identify.

Yin Tiancheng asked him: "Manager Wang, what's going on?" ”

"Oh, this is a blessing ceremony for the lord to ask the national teacher to give the Lethe flower cloth, which is said to make the Lethe flower grow vigorously and not be disturbed by evil evils."

Yin Tiancheng thought to himself that the owner of Du Zhuang really cherished this flower, and even thought of such a way to protect it. I've only heard of praying to heaven and earth, praying for people to bless future generations, and it's the first time I've heard of praying for flowers.

Suddenly, a light sigh came into Yin Tiancheng's ears, and he looked for the sound and found that there was a woman in red with long hair standing among the flowers, looking at Yin Tiancheng with a smile.

"Azhu?!" Yin Tiancheng was shocked, because this woman was the Lady Azhu he saw in the illusion of the second prince!

Wang Fuling asked, "Lord Yin, who are you calling?" ”

"It's the lady among the flowers." Yin Tiancheng turned around and pointed it out to Wang Fuling.

"There's no one in the flowers?"

"Nobody?!" Yin Tiancheng hurriedly turned around and looked back, his eyes were full of a world of flowers, and there was no one in the field at all.

"It's strange, I saw Ah Zhu standing in the flowers just now, why didn't she disappear in the blink of an eye?" Yin Tiancheng didn't believe that he would look away, and asked several mountain village guards guarding the flower field, and they also humbly replied that they didn't see anyone in the flower field.

Am I really dazzled? Maybe it's because I've experienced too many strange things in the past few days, and my body hasn't recovered yet, and I'm hallucinating. Yin Tiancheng looked up at the sky, gloomy and a little suffocating.

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