Ruyi ordered the guards to deliver the message - she had changed her mind and wanted to see the tooth in person.

The guy got the letter, and sure enough, he took Yazi directly to the private room.

When Yazi entered the house and saw her, his face changed, and he turned his head to go out, but the guy blocked the door. He also changed his mind, and quickly disguised his expression, and said with a smile, "Look at what this is doing, I knew that I was going to talk to my son-in-law about business, so I asked my Hun family to tell you." This is in the same room as a beautiful little girl, and I am a big man......"

When he heard his carelessness, he rolled up his sleeves. Ruyi raised his hand to stop it, and said, "I won't tell you what's going on, it's just a matter of finding out the news." Come in and sit. ”

Yazi couldn't get out, so he had to sit next to the chair, pretending to be calm and smiling, and said, "Buy the news?" Then you've got it right. In our line of work, we have to build bridges and pull wires for people, and it is really impossible to be well-informed. You ask. ”

Ruyi said, "You know me." ”

Yazi's bean sprout eyes swept to Ruyi's face, "...... Familiar. Then he suddenly realized, "Ah, I remembered, the fairy daughter in the temple looks like you." ”

If you don't think he will take in, you will no longer pursue him. He just smiled and let him get by.

She smiled, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed. Yazi also laughed twice, and his shoulders relaxed.

Ruyi then said, "I'm here to ask you about someone." The name is Fifth Jean, which is the local resident of Meishan, do you recognize? ”

Yazi's eyebrows moved, and he smiled, "He is a celebrity in Meishan Village, how can he not recognize him." His ancestors were also a big family, and who knew that it would be lost in a few years after it came to him. That's why people call him the five generations of light, are you talking about him? ”

Ruyi nodded, "That's him." He once had a concubine, known as Zhuang Qi Niang. She said she was sold by your hands, do you remember her? ”

Yazi pretended to think for a while before saying, "When you said Zhuang Qiniang at first glance, I really don't know." I have been in this business for more than 30 years, and I have sold not a thousand, but eight hundred. How can everyone remember? But as soon as you say that it is the fifth generation of the Guang family, then I really remember. Not to mention, this thing is weird. The person who sold it was ruthless, and before he could do it, he sold the pregnant concubine first......"

When people's hearts are weak, it is easy to talk extraordinarily. Ruyi listened silently.

The tooth continued, "This is one of them. Second, it's also a coincidence, he is just going to sell people here, and someone on the other side asked me to pay attention, if you want to find a pregnant woman who is about eight months pregnant, a few will cost a few ......"

Ruyi's head rang, "Only eight months?" ”

She thought it was just a coincidence, if it was on purpose-

Yazi said, "Yes, it will take about eight months, and the days are much worse than that." Do you say weird or not? ”

Ruyi didn't say anything - a terrible guess came to her mind almost immediately.

Yazi said again, "It's also a coincidence, his concubine is eight months old." So the two sides hit it off, and I also earned a lot of commissions. ”

Ruyi asked, "...... Do you remember where the buyer was? ”

Yazi said, "Remember, this is the third strange place - it is a eunuch who came, a person from the palace, with the name of Yuefu." I often deal with Yuefu, and there are outside officials and eunuchs in charge. Usually the people who come forward are people from outside the palace, why did someone from the palace come this time? I just asked, guess what's going on? ”

Ruyi didn't make a sound, so he pinched his throat and continued to act, "-'You just give people and make money.'" Know more, watch out for that tongue'. ”

Ruyi came back to his senses suddenly and said, "It's not surprising that these people have saved some money and love to raise a righteous son and start a family." ”

The tooth smiled and said, "You are an understanding person, so take it as such." Don't talk about things in the palace, don't talk about them. ”

But that's not the case, they know each other.

Ruyi couldn't help but confirm again, "What year is this?" ”

Yazi lowered his head and pinched his fingers to calculate, and said, "The year when the Runan Rebellion was pacified, it seems to be the eleventh year of Jingrui. ”

In the eleventh year of Jingrui, Xu Si entered the palace. In September, Ruyi was born.

-- Just a month before she was born, someone in the palace was searching for pregnant women in the first month. She was born like one of them, to the point that even the man's husband and neighbors would have been mistaken at first glance. And that person also rescued her several times and risked his life.

Ruyi sat dry, his heart dry and dead. Many guesses were cleared out in her mind, and in the end, only the original one became clearer and lingering. She knew she was pretty close to the truth. Her body seemed to be frozen, she was awake, but she was in a dream—as if she could wake up from a nightmare with a pinch of herself.

Yazi said again, "Are you done asking?" Is there anything else to do? ”

It took Ruyi a while to come back to her senses.

Luckily, some of the ideas have already been laid out in advance, so you just need to follow them step by step, and you don't need to put in much effort.

All she commanded, "Take him down." Wait for him to tell the whereabouts of the fifth Jean, and then come back to me. ”

The tooth didn't expect her to be in trouble at this time, and when she was held down, she still struggled and scolded, seeing Ruyi's face was cold and unmoved, she suddenly realized something, and hurriedly said, "I'm not the only one who knows these things, it's useless for you to kill me!" ”

Ruyi was in a trance, and turned around when he heard the words, "You really know me." Then he commanded, "Take him back to the princess's mansion and interrogate him slowly." Let's see who's behind it. ”

Coming out of the restaurant, the warm sun was shining, and her cold fingertips only felt a little.

In the cries of flower sellers, the long streets and deep alleys are bright and clear, and people come and go.

She pondered slowly, thinking to herself, who else could she ask—who should she turn to to confirm or disprove her speculations and give her the truth.

Or maybe she shouldn't have delved into it at all. This tooth deliberately led her to say these words, obviously to set her up. It is likely that he made it up deliberately.

But...... She knew her father too well, or rather her adoptive father.

The Son of Heaven is the one who can do such a thing.

If, if even her aunt is not her aunt......

Ruyi held the wheel and supported his body. She wouldn't think about it anymore.

Her mind was spinning slowly, but she was thinking. After a while, she finally remembered that if there was such a thing, then two people must have been involved.

And these two people, by chance, by coincidence, knew all of her whereabouts.

- Aunt Zhai and the Decisive Waiter.

She said to her attendant, "Prepare the horse, I want to go to Qixia Mountain." ”

Qixia Mountain is 60 miles away from Meishan Village. Even if you work hard all the way, you have to catch up with the little half.

She was in a trance, but fortunately she was superb in riding, and she didn't fall off her horse all the way.

It's just that the farther you go northeast, the more cloudy the weather becomes. When approaching Qixia Mountain, it actually rained lightly.

The rain in late autumn is not urgent, but it is very cold. When the wind blows, the chill soaks the clothes. Her skin was cold and white, as straight as jade, and there was no blood at all.

It was almost evening, and she hadn't eaten much since the morning meal, but strangely she didn't feel hungry.

After dismounting, there is a rugged mountain forest chiseled by stone, the dense forests on both sides are deep, and the mountain temple is hidden between the mountains and rocks and dense forests, and the forest is lonely and cold.

She went up the mountain. The rocks under her feet were slippery, and she stumbled for a moment, but fortunately someone behind her helped her and did not fall.

Walking to Qixiashan Temple, the monks in the temple are doing evening classes. She waited outside the hall and listened to them sing Sanskrit sounds, recite the Heart Sutra, and sing, "The Buddhas of the three worlds, according to Prajnaparamita, have attained the three bodhisattvas." ”

She thought how good it would be if there really was supreme wisdom in this world that could lead to enlightenment. I also thought, didn't the Son of Heaven name Erlang Prajna, Prajna is wisdom. Wisdom is the other side, that is, detachment. But for her to take the word "mother" - the person who is mother, the woman is also the land of forbearance that is full of troubles and sins but cannot be transcended.

But if you can't be detached, why do you want her to know the faces of all beings?

She's already a little demonic.

At this time, the temple rang a bell, and the sound of the bell was clear, which made her mind clear. She came back to her senses suddenly, and saw that she was standing in the rain, and the twilight was already a little dark.

The little monk saluted, handed Ruyi a letter, and said, "Donor, the monk said that he wrote down what you want to ask, and you will know it at a glance." He has decided to become a monk and no longer bother with the affairs of Hongchen, and please don't come to disturb the peace of the mountain again. ”

Ruyi numbly took the letter and said, "I haven't said anything I want to ask yet......

The little monk scratched his bare head and said, "He said that there is no need to ask, since you have found it, he will know what is going on." Probably Ruyi's face frightened him, and he hurriedly saluted, "It's getting late, there are no female guests in the temple, donor, go back quickly." Then he turned and ran away.

Ruyi was speechless for a long time, only opening the envelope in the rain with a pale face. It took a few tears before the seal was torn open, and the letter was unfolded in silence - but it was a list of letters.

The names of Cassia and Aunt Zhai are prominently listed.

Ruyi's mind was blank for a moment, and the names of these two people confirmed her guess. With one last bit of fantasy in her arms, she continued to look at it, and found the name of the tooth. And the name written at the end is Zhuang Qi Niang.

- Cassia wrote her a list of insiders.

When Ruyi came down from the mountain, it was completely dark.

The guards had found a place to stay at the bottom of the mountain. The farmer who stayed overnight saw that she was wet, and kindly boiled hot water for her to bathe.

She soaked in the tub and didn't think about anything for a long time. When the white mist cleared and the water was completely cool, he slowly came back to his senses. Wet out of the bucket.

She brainwashed herself and told herself, don't worry, Cassia didn't say anything. A qiē is not necessarily a guess - she only has a few clues in her hands, which is simply not enough to deduce such a conclusion. It's just because she is looking for a lost child for Zhuang Qi Niang, and some people say that she is a little similar to Zhuang Qi Niang, so she thinks about everything about this. Originally, Zhuang Qiniang's child was born or not, and she didn't know whether it was male or female......

What's more, even if the Son of Heaven really prepares the way back? Maybe it didn't work? Everyone who has seen her said that she is like her aunt in her bones.

As long as you get a good night's sleep, tomorrow will definitely be bright.

She thought as she covered herself with the quilt over and over again, and fell asleep in a daze in a mixture of drowsiness and wakefulness.

In the dream, I went back to the early spring of that year, and the spring snow in Miyagi had not melted, and it was cold to the bone. She was bullied by Ruri to run away from home, and she cried while refusing to go home...... But as you walk, you cry and want to go home. When she returned to Ciqiu Palace, Xu Si was about to come out to look for her, she cried and threw herself into Xu Si's arms, calling "A-Niang, A-Niang." The grievances in the dream naturally cried out, "They said that I was not born to you, and I was a liar, right?" ”

When I woke up, the genius was bright.

She was slightly feverish and dizzy. But my mood was indeed much calmer than the previous day.

She got up and ate a bowl of rice porridge, and asked someone to add her a pheasant that the farmer had dried himself. After eating, I set off back to Jiankang.

The list was tucked into her chest, and the list had already been memorized.

Still can't escape. She thought.

Whatever the truth, she will follow it to the end.

There were eight people on the list, and she didn't recognize the rest except for the four she already knew. But since it happened between the palace, I'm afraid most of the participants were people from the palace. So after returning to Jiankang, she sent someone to invite Chu Shiying and asked him to help find it.

When she reported her second name, she saw Chu Shiying's face change.

She was not in a hurry to say it all at once, but at this moment, her heart suddenly moved, so she stared into Chu Shiying's eyes and said the third name, Chu Shiying seemed to be puzzled. Ruyi said the fourth name again, and Chu Shiying's eyes moved again.

Ruyi's heart sank a little and asked, "Have you heard of these people?" ”

Chu Shiying was slightly embarrassed, and when he saw that there was no one around, he finally spoke, "At the end of May, the servant came back once, do you remember?" ”

Ruyi nodded. That time, she went to pick up Zhuang Qiniang, and she happened to meet Cassia Ming.

Chu Shiying said, "That time His Majesty summoned him back to identify a few people, and I paid attention to it afterwards...... Three of the four people you mentioned are here. Only the stable woman Qian is not there. The one named Kuanliang was originally a temple member in the palace, and he committed suicide not long after this incident - but he didn't die. His Majesty had commanded that only this person could not die under any circumstances. So right now......"

Ruyi's throat tightened, and she didn't make a sound several times, "...... Has Majesty asked? ”

Chu Shiying paused and said, "...... Be. ”

After Chu Shiying left, Ruyi went to the backyard firewood room to see the tooth.

When he walked to the door, he bumped into the guard she had sent to interrogate the tooth. When the guard saw her, he said, "I was about to see you - he confessed." ”