Chapter 108 ◎ Began to investigate the case
After Chu Yurui returned to Longqing Garden, she freshened up and tidied up, and then returned to the room to sort out the clues and ideas about Bai Qishu's case. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
When the candle flame flickered at night, there were a few knocks on the door, Chu Yurui slept late, so he asked Qihua to go to rest first, this guy heard the knock on the door, so he had to put down the information in his hand and get up and walk to the door to open the door.
It's Chu Yuyuan.
Chu Yuyuan stood at the door and hesitated for a long time before knocking on the door, he heard that Chu Yurui was in a hurry to sue the royal court, and he had been waiting for Chu Yurui's news in Langqingyuan with anxiety, until he knew through Qihua that Chu Yurui was only a little injured, and it was no big problem before he put his mind at ease, and Master Xindao said that he could teach his sister to come back safe and sound, and he really came back safe and sound.
Chu Yurui took a few steps back and said, "Sit down." It's so late, what's the matter with my brother looking for me? ”
Chu Yuyuan sat on the chair and didn't say a word for a long time, just kept looking at the candle flames jumping on the table.
Chu Yurui flipped through the information to look at it, and while reading it, she took a pen and wrote something on it.
Chu Yuyuan was curious, so he leaned in, "Sister, what kind of words are you writing, why don't I know it?" Chu Yuyuan looked at the simplified Chinese characters annotated next to him, confused.
Chu Yurui said: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm too lazy to write so many strokes, so I simplified it."
Chu Yuyuan finally plucked up the courage and said, "Sister, you're still angry with me."
Chu Yurui smiled, "No, I'm just such a younger brother, what if I run away in anger?" ”
Chu Yuyuan smiled when he saw Chu Yurui, ran to the table and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chu Yurui, "Are you really angry?" ”
Chu Yurui raised her hand and swore: "Really, it's more real than real gold!"
Chu Yuyuan also smiled, looked at Chu Yurui's busy figure, and asked, "Sister, is there anything I can do to help you?"
Chu Yurui looked at the books around her, and it was not easy to sweep Chu Yuyuan's interest, and said, "Let's sort out these account books."
"Good!" When Chu Yuyuan heard Chu Yurui speak, he happily went to sort out the account book, but because he accidentally knocked over the teacup that Chu Yurui had just put on the table, fortunately, there was not much tea, only the cover of an account book was wet, Chu Yuyuan hurriedly picked up the account book and shook it, but he didn't want an almost transparent piece of paper to be shaken out between the pages.
Chu Yuyuan squatted down and picked up the piece of paper sandwiched between the pages, and there was nothing written on it, only a blooming lotus.
Chu Yuyuan frowned, not knowing why there was such a piece of paper in the account book.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yurui saw Chu Yuyuan squatting on the ground and couldn't help asking.
"Sister, look." Chu Yuyuan got up and handed the piece of paper to Chu Yurui's hand, taking advantage of the light of the candle, Chu Yurui saw clearly that it was indeed a lotus flower printed on it.
Chu Yurui thought about it for a while, as if she remembered something, and hurriedly rummaged through several cases, and finally found a receipt, which clearly recorded the purchase record of the shop under Bai Qishu's name in what year and month.
And the batch of inferior calligraphy and paintings mentioned by Emperor Hua Xiang is in this batch of goods. The words on the white paper and black are clearly written, and it is indeed Bai Qishu's handwriting, but Chu Yurui went to the prison to ask Bai Qishu for the reason of the holy order, and Bai Qishu said that she had never written such a receipt at all.
Since then, Chu Yurui has been confused.
Chu Yurui looked at the lower right corner of the receipt, and there was also a lotus flower printed on it that was exactly the same as the one on the paper. But even if there is a lotus flower, what does it mean?
Chu Yuyuan watched Chu Yurui meditating, staring at the lotus flower with his chin in his hand, and suddenly he patted the case, which startled Chu Yurui, "I remembered!" ”
Chu Yuyuan straightened up, "I have seen this lotus flower on the envelope of a letter. ”
"That was eight years ago......"
At that time, Chu Yuyuan was only seven years old, and he was still an ignorant child, just as stubborn as other children of the same age, and he sneaked out of Shuying Villa to play with other children by the river, and he didn't remember to go back until dusk.
Chu Yuyuan was afraid that his parents would punish him, so he secretly got into Shuying Villa from the dog hole, he was small, and no one found out, but he didn't expect to go the wrong way, walked to the side of Chu Ce's house, and vaguely heard the conversation between the two.
Chu Yuyuan was at the age of curiosity, so he couldn't help but lean in to listen, and poked a hole in the door with his fingers dipped in saliva, Chu Yuyuan tiptoed to look, and at a glance saw a mysterious person wearing a hat.
If he hadn't met him again a few days ago, Chu Yuyuan would have only regarded the person who covered his face so much that he couldn't see it as a nightmare of his childhood.
He couldn't remember exactly what the conversation between the two was, but he remembered only the lotus flower on the letter that the mysterious man had taken out.
It's exactly the same as the two you see now.
When Chu Yurui heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened in her heart, who was that mysterious person? He actually started planning eight years ago, if he wanted to get rid of his parents, but why did he attack Nanxun now?
Chu Yurui's mind was a mess, "What happened later?" ”
"Later......" Chu Yuyuan tried to recall, "I was so small that I slammed open the door of the house with an unbalanced body, and I lay on the door like that, and when I woke up, I lay on the bed, I didn't remember anything, I always thought it was just a dream." And then ...... I heard your sister crying, and I jumped out of bed to find you, and I realized that my parents were ...... It's already ......" Chu Yuyuan couldn't speak, at that time, he couldn't understand why a few hours ago, he was still a carefree child, and a few hours later, he became an orphan?
Chu Yurui's heart sank, this case is not as simple as she imagined, although there are many good clues, but it seems that these clues don't seem to have anything to do with it, it seems that tomorrow, she will go to find the so-called witness.
In the early morning of the next day, Chu Yurui went to the so-called shop with inferior calligraphy and paintings, and the seal had been affixed to it, Chu Yurui turned around and asked the waiter of the Criminal Department next to him: "This shop is sealed by the Criminal Department?"
The waiter of the criminal department said: "Your Majesty was furious that day, this shop is the most suspicious, so naturally it can't be opened."
Chu Yurui raised her hand and tore off the seal on the door.
"Three ladies! You! Seeing that she dared to tear off the seal directly, Chu Yurui didn't say a word, only shook the jade pendant in front of the waiter of the Criminal Department, and he couldn't say a word.
Chu Yurui entered the house, the scale of this shop is not too large, and all kinds of things inside are not done by Bai Qishu himself, and the two elders of the Bai family who were standing outside also followed, and said, "The lady doesn't want to pass witnesses, why do you want to go around in this room?"
Chu Yurui carefully inspected one artifact after another, and when she heard this, she replied, "I like it."
The two elders snorted lightly and said in a low voice, "So it's a mystery." (To be continued.) )