Chapter 59: The Mystery of the Killing (9)
Nowadays, people don't believe in anything, and they believe in everything, so many shops similar to the Forgetful Pavilion jewelry store came into being, and there are three on this commercial street.
But in Zitong's opinion, the most deserted business is probably the Forgetful Pavilion.
After Zitong recovered from his injury, he planned to come to the Forgetful Pavilion to personally thank Boss Canghai for saving his life that night. She knew that Canghai's spells were strong and could slay demons, and maybe he could help find the murderer of Concubine Shu.
If she can really find out the real culprit, she can quickly come out of the Sixth Prince's Mansion, she doesn't want to live the kind of life that waits for people all day long, and she has to be afraid of being punished!
Since coming to the Forgetful Pavilion jewelry store, Zitong has always had a question in her heart, this store is deserted, and there are almost no customers to care about it, what does the store rely on to survive? Although she knows that Canghai is powerful, he doesn't necessarily have to turn stones into alchemy, does he?
When Zitong was stunned, a white and chubby man walked out of the inner room of the Forgetful Pavilion, and saw that the man's figure was round, wearing a colorful fat gown, and his hair was tied up on the top of his head, like a big bulging bun.
"Rose girl, Rose, is it really you? You're back? The fat man said excitedly when he saw Zitong.
Rose? Who is Rose? Zitong was confused when she heard this, and then looked around to see that there was no one else in the store, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "This gentleman, are you talking to me again?" ”
"Rose girl, why don't you recognize me? I'm Qin Zhong! Qin Tianshi! Qin Zhong shouted.
"I'm sorry, Qin, Qin Heavenly Master, I really don't remember knowing you. Moreover, my name is not Rose, my name is Zitong. Zitong explained.
"Aren't you Miss Rose? You look exactly like her! And these big purple eyes, it's like a mold carved out! Qin Zhong shook his head and said puzzled.
"Is there really anyone in this world who looks like this? Wait, I'll tell our boss to come out and see if you look exactly like Miss Rose?" After Qin Zhong finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the house to call Canghai.
It didn't take much effort, and Qin Zhong and Canghai came out together.
It was very dark that night, and Zitong was shocked and scared, so she didn't have time to take a good look at the sea, but today she really saw it, and she couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Haotian is already a beautiful man, but it is still a little worse than Canghai.
I saw that he was dressed in white and had black hair, his clothes and hair were flowing and elegant, not tied or tied, slightly fluttering, his skin was faintly shiny and flowing, and his eyes flashed with a thousand kinds of glazed light. The appearance is picturesque, so beautiful that it doesn't look like a real person at all. This kind of appearance, this kind of demeanor, has simply surpassed all human beauty.
"Miss Zitong, are you here for something?" Canghai asked in a magnetic voice.
"Oh! Boss Canghai, I came to thank you for saving your life that night. Zitong said a little shyly.
"Boss, so you know each other? So she's really not a Rose Girl? Qin Zhong asked.
"She's not a rose, she's Zitong." Canghai glanced at Zitong deeply and said slowly.
"Hey! I thought it was Rose Girl back? It seems that it is empty of joy! Boss, then I'll go out and see if there's any business to do. After Qin Zhong finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the Forgetfulness Pavilion.
"Boss Cang, who is that rose girl? Does she really look like me? Zitong couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Not like that!" Canghai replied coldly.
"Oh!" Zitong saw that Canghai was a little unhappy, so he didn't dare to continue asking.
"Miss Zitong, do you have anything else to do? If you're here to say thank you, then you don't need to. I'm doing it anyway, so you don't have to. Canghai still said expressionlessly.
"Boss Cang, I still have one more thing to ask for, that is, can you help find out the concubine who killed the sixth prince, that is, the murderer of the female ghost that night?" Zitong asked a little stumblingly.
"That female ghost wants to kill you, and you still have to help find out her murderer?" Cang Hai glanced at Zitong and said.
"Although she wanted to harm me, she did die a miserable death!" Zitong whispered.
"I didn't expect you to be so sympathetic! Sorry, though, I don't take on such a thing. I advise you to do the same, and the investigation of the case should be a matter for the government. Please come back! Canghai still coldly ordered the eviction.
Seeing this, Zitong knew that there was no way to say that he would move Canghai to help investigate the case, so he could only walk out of the Forgetfulness Pavilion in a daze.
Zi Tong thought as he walked, although this Canghai man was so good-looking, how could he treat people so coldly! What a human being who is unseemly!
Just as he was thinking about being disheartened, a sharp wind from far to near, ......swept to his ears, and instantly fell to Zitong's side.
Zi Tong turned his head and saw the face as beautiful as a demon, Feng Jiu.
Feng Jiu put his arm on Zitong's shoulder affectionately, smiling: "Little ordinary, the boss of the Forgetful Pavilion is very angry. Beware, he may be killed one day. What are you looking for him? ”
"Thank you for saving his life that night." Zitong replied truthfully.
"Oh? You just want to thank him, didn't I save you? Feng Jiu pretended to be angry.
"No, I want to thank you too. But, I don't know where to find you? Don't be angry! Zitong hurriedly explained.
"Hahaha, I'm going to have fun with you! I won't be angry! You just went to thank him? Feng Jiu still asked with a smile.
"No, I still want him to help find the murderer of the female ghost that night, but he doesn't care!" Zitong said a little unhappily.
"Oh? That female ghost wants to kill you, and you still want to help her find her murderer? Xiao Pingfan, I didn't expect you to have a good heart? In this way, for the sake of being so kind, I will give you a hint, since ancient times, you have been amorous and hateful! Feng Jiu turned around and disappeared after speaking.
"Affectionate and empty hatred since ancient times? What does this mean? This person is really, if you want to tell someone, just say it! Why do you just say this! Zitong was confused.
Zitong returned to the palace, thinking about the hint given by Feng Jiu "Affectionate and empty hatred since ancient times", while walking in the palace endlessly, and unconsciously, she came to a strange courtyard. There is a two-story attic in the courtyard, with red bricks and green tiles, and the glass at the top sparkles in the sun. In the middle of the building is a plaque with the words 'Yunmeng Pavilion' written on it.
There is a hint of weakness in the handwriting, as if it came from a woman's handwriting.
There are several strange mountain stones next to the attic, the other corner of the mountain stone is a stone pavilion, the pavilion is carved with a dragon and a phoenix, classical and elegant.
There is a stone table and a stone chair in the stone pavilion, and the fish, birds, flowers and insects carved on it, the exquisite craftsmanship is even more ingenious.
There is a huge plane tree in the center of the yard, and its sparse branches and leaves are swaying with the breeze, perhaps because you have missed the season of plane blossoms, and there is a feeling of loneliness and scatteredness. But even so, it's still a quiet and beautiful place.
Zitong walked to the door and pushed it gently, but did not push, looked down and saw that the door was locked. Zitong was a little disappointed, walked along the attic, and unexpectedly found that there was an inconspicuous side door in the corner of the building, she pushed it tentatively, the door creaked open, Zitong hesitated for a while, or raised her feet and walked in.
Although the interior of the building is elegantly furnished, it has not been cleaned for a long time, and dust is everywhere.
Zitong saw the two landscapes on the wall, and was immediately attracted, looked at it in a daze for a long time, and muttered: "This painter's technique is like a famous artist." ”
Zitong took a few steps closer, brushed the ash off it with her cuffs, and found that the seal painted was written with the word 'heaven'. This seal and this word, Zitong is very familiar, could it be that these two Danqing paintings were painted by him? Underneath the danqing is a large bookcase, on which are all kinds of study supplies haphazardly placed. There are several painting tubes on the shelves next to the bookcase, and the innermost one is wrapped in a silk handkerchief.
Zi Tong took it down curiously, untied the silk handkerchief, and gently unfolded the scroll inside on the bookcase, and the picture on it was actually a stunning beauty.
Zitong looked at the person in the painting blankly, is there really such a beautiful person in the world? If you look at the city, and then look at the country, it's nothing more than that! Zi Tong saw the same 'heaven' character seal: "Is he painting Ouyang Rou?" ”
Zitong put the painting on the bookcase, and walked step by step from the staircase in front of her to the upstairs.
Looking at the upstairs room, Zi Tong was stunned for a while, and various objects were placed in the center of the room: exquisite dressers, luxurious jade screens, sandalwood tables, and agarwood round tables.
Inadvertently, Zitong stumbled under her feet, and I don't know what was piled up on the ground in large pieces, squatted down and looked carefully, it turned out to be a curtain made of pearls, she gently twisted the dust off a pearl with her hand, and the pearl immediately became crystal clear and shining. Zi Tong was stunned, this is a first-class product, is it true that the Sixth Prince's Mansion is really rich and regards pearls as dust?
There was a book on the ground not far from Zitong, and she took a few steps forward, picked it up, and shook it. Flipping through it casually, it turned out to be an old anthology of ancient poems, Zitong was about to put the book back in its place, a yellowed bookmark floated down, she picked up the bookmark, and was surprised to find that there were a few lines written on it, 'I don't want to be lovesick, but I don't want to be lovesick.' After thinking about it a few times, I would rather be bitter!' Who wrote this? Could it be her?
Zitong stood up, saw a goat on the sandalwood case, and walked over, she gently plucked her hand, the sound of the piano is clear and pleasant, not like all in the mortal world, this is a rare good piano!
Zitong looked around, every ornament in the house was valuable, why was it piled up here like garbage? When she couldn't figure it out, suddenly, she faintly heard a woman's cry from downstairs, and she stood up violently in shock, who was crying?
Zitong listened carefully again, yes, it was indeed a woman's sobbing, and this voice was mixed with a hint of depression and hysteria.
Zitong walked a few steps, came to the staircase, and said loudly, "Who is crying there?" Have you been wronged? ”
The crying immediately stopped, and the silence resumed.
Zitong called a few more times, but no one answered, and he was very strange in his heart and walked down from the upper floor.
Zitong didn't see half of the figure downstairs, she leaned on the bookcase in confusion, and said to herself: "Strange, this time it will be gone, I can't hear it wrong!" She looked around again, still found no clues, inadvertently, her eyes fell on the picture scroll that she had just opened, this look at her little face instantly turned pale, picked up the scroll, and said in a lost voice: "What's going on?" ”
On the picture scroll, the face of the beautiful woman was scratched by some sharp weapon.
Zitong was dumbfounded this time, the painting just now was still good, why was the beauty in the painting broken in a blink of an eye? Zi Tong remembered the crying just now, but when she was puzzled, there was a sudden sound of unlocking at the gate, Zi Tong was taken aback, and turned her head to look at the door.