Chapter 406: Good News and Bad News
Jinke's list will be released on April 12, and the Shuangyang meeting will come to an end in a few days, but several princes will divide the winners and losers as early as the day when the Dayan Arithmetic Department is released, and Liu Tan, the ninth prince, has become the person who laughs the most.
On the morning of the seventh day of the fourth month, the holy decree first arrived at Qiongyu Tower, and Qin named Liu Tan as the king, and ordered him to go out of the palace to build a mansion, jump over the prince's mansion, and build the prince's mansion directly. Liu Tan became the third of many princes to be crowned king, eight years earlier than the fourth prince Jiawang, who was named at the age of twenty-four, and three years before the seventh prince, King Ning, who was named at the age of twenty.
Not to mention the surging wind on the Chunlan River, not long after Liu Tan became king, another decree descended to the Xiajiang Annex in the north of the city - Xia Jiangmin, the daughter of the Xia Jiang family, was the concubine of the king and chose a day to get married.
"Thank you, Lord Long."
Xia Jiangmin was helped up from the ground by the maid, stepped forward to hold the holy decree in the hands of the eunuch one by one, and then heard the congratulatory voices all around, knowing that there would be today, she stood in the hot sun with a heavy gold leaf roll, and still lost her mind for a moment-
The princess, which was supposed to be the position of the dead fourth sister, was replaced by her.
Xia Jiang Helang stepped forward to check the people in the palace, and when he saw the crowd of spectators outside the door, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to send his daughter back to the backyard.
At the same time, Yu Shu, who was crowded outside the door, saw Xia Jiangying's back as he turned around and left under a crowd, and retreated to a tree across the street with a complicated expression, and waited until the excitement in front of the Xiajiang Annex was gone, and walked up quickly before the door closed.
Xia Jiang Helang was talking to the two stewards in the hall when he heard someone from outside report:
"Second Master Qiyu, that Miss Yu wants to see Fifth Miss outside the door."
Yu Shu has been to Xia Jiang's house a few times, and someone in the concierge knows her, so he usually invites her in for tea, but today is different from the past.
Xia Jiang Helang heard that it was Yu Shu, hesitated for a moment, and ordered: "Go to Miss Tongchuan first, and take Miss Yu directly to the backyard, don't slack off." ”
"Yes."
After a cup of tea. Yu Shu followed a maid to the backyard of the annex, entered a boudoir, and saw Xia Jiangmin who was sitting on a tea chair waiting for her at a glance, because she wanted to accept the order. Changed into a pink lotus and butterfly sleeve red dress, the hairpin ring is beautiful, and she is very delicate today, but her eyes are a little gloomy.
"Obviously."
Hearing the call, Xia Jiangmin came back to his senses in a trance, and when he saw Yu Shu walking in, he hurriedly got up to meet him.
"Ah Shu. You're here. ”
Yu Shu saw that there was no joy on her face, so he didn't take the initiative to congratulate her on being married, put one hand on her shoulder, avoided the maid behind her, and asked in a low voice:
"I received a letter from you in the morning, what happened?"
Xia Jiangmin's expression was shocked, he turned his head, and ordered outside the door in a coquettish voice: "I want to whisper something to Miss Yu." You guard the door, don't serve refreshments, which one is reckless and intrudes. Be careful, I'll punish you severely. ”
After that, he motioned for Yu Shu to go upstairs with her.
The place on the second floor is not big, walk through the stairs is a flower arrangement hall, ancient vases, calligraphy, paintings, flowers and silverware are placed according to feng shui, a game and a grid are suitable.
Xia Jiangmin took Yu Shu to sit side by side on a chaise longue, and in Yu Shu's suspicious eyes, he bit his pink lip and said nervously:
"I took a nap yesterday and was caught up in a nightmare, and in my dream I dreamed of a dead man and saw a woman. Pushed down from a tall building by someone, falling to his death. I saw the back clearly this time, the woman was wearing the usual clothes that seemed to be the female students of your Taishi Academy, I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I sent someone to find you in a panic. ”
Xia Jiangmin can dream of death, but there is no sign of dreams. I often dream that people I don't know each other are just a hazy scene, which is of no avail, so even if he has such a strange talent, he is not valued by the Xiajiang family who take "knowing dreams" as their legendary technique.
For example, this time, although she had a dream, she didn't know who she dreamed of, and she could only judge from her clothes that she was a person from the Taishi Academy, and she knew that Yu Shu was now in the Taishi Academy, so she hurriedly came to her to discuss.
Cao Youling died two days ago, and Yu Shu heard that Xia Jiangmin had dreamed that someone had been killed in the Taishi Academy, so he was shocked and asked:
"Tell me carefully, when was the woman who fell from the building in the dream killed, and are there any other characteristics?"
Xia Jiangmin recalled, his face was not good, "It should be at night, just on a building, there is a lamp hanging at the end of the corridor, I saw that the woman's clothes are the same as my fourth sister's, they are all tailor-made clothes from Taishi Shuyuan, but my fourth sister was wearing a goose yellow shirt at that time, and the woman was wearing red pink, and she couldn't see her face clearly - oh, by the way, she had a pink begonia flower behind her sideburns!" ”
Yu Shu looked suspicious: "Are you not mistaken, as far as I know, there seems to be no red and pink in the regular clothes of the female students of Taishi Academy. ”
She walked around the academy in the past few days, and when she saw the female students in previous years, most of them liked to wear regular clothes to show their identity, with goose yellow, bean green, and even moon-white shirts, but she had never seen pink.
"What about you new female students who have been admitted to the hospital this year? What is the style of clothing? Xia Jiangmin asked.
"I measured the size on the day I was admitted to the hospital, and I haven't sent it out yet." Yu Shu furrowed his eyebrows, and after speaking, Xia Jiangmin and Xia Jiangmin were silent.
After being silent for a while, Xia Jiangmin looked at Yu Shu with a worried face, and said, "Anyway, you must remember to be careful." ”
According to her dream, the woman who was pushed downstairs was a new student admitted to the hospital this year.
Yu Shu said in a deep voice: "What about the murderer, what do you remember?" ”
Xia Jiangmin shook his head, "I only saw a black shadow, reaching out from behind and pushing the person down." ”
After all, it was a dream, Xia Jiangmin's memory was limited, and Yu Shu couldn't ask more, so he couldn't help sighing.
Xia Jiangmin smiled bitterly: "It's useless to blame me-"
"What nonsense," Yu Shu interrupted her, "You can predict this in advance, it's already amazing, I won't tell you, a person just died in Taishi Shuyuan the night before." ”
"Huh?" Xia Jiangmin never expected to hear such bad news.
Yu Shu then told her about the murder that happened on the stargazing platform, and when she and Xin Liu were the first to find the body, Xia Jiangmin couldn't help but clench her hand until Yu Shu finished speaking, and she didn't say anything for a long time.
Yu Shu found that her face was pale, thinking that she was frightened, and hurriedly shook her and shouted:
"Obviously."
Xia Jiangmin gasped suddenly, inhaled his sour nose, and lowered his head sadly: "I think of my fourth sister again, this Miss Cao is the same as my fourth sister, she is a poor person." ”
Xia Jiangying's death was indeed miserable, Yu Shu didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only pull out her hand, grab her weak shoulder and pat, but she didn't deliberately mention the fact that she was now living in the room where Xia Jiangying was killed.
The two of them had their own concerns and sat quietly for a while, after Xia Jiangmin calmed down, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and said to Yu Shu with a straight face:
"You also know about the death of my fourth sister, how many strange and wronged things are buried there, you know and I know. Seeing that something is going to happen to the Taishi Academy, you must be careful to beware of those traitorous villains. ”
Speaking of this, her expression changed, and her eyebrows suddenly became a little firmer:
"Today's holy decree is down, my marriage with the Nine Emperor Princes is a foregone conclusion, and it will be more difficult for me to go out in the future, and I can't help you for a while, but this day is still long."
Yu Shu looked at Xia Jiangmin, who had a meaningful tone in front of him, and could vaguely see the shadow of the delicate and innocent back then from her, but he didn't know when he began to fade away from innocence.
***
Staying until noon, Yu Shuwan refused Xia Jiangmin's kindness, did not stay in the Xiajiang Annex for dinner, went out to find Lao Cui's carriage, and rushed back to the Taishi Academy.
Xue Rui met with several academicians and a few students who had crossed paths with Cao Youling this morning, and after asking some questions, on the way back to the stargazing platform, he met Yu Shu who came over.
"Ah Shu," Xue Rui saw Yu Shu passing by the corridor from a distance, and walked a few steps quickly to stop her.
Yu Shu was thinking about things while walking, heard Xue Rui's shout, and turned around to see others passing through the garden, so he stopped and waited for him to approach, and habitually shouted:
"Big brother."
Xue Rui waved his hand and retreated from the two guards who followed closely behind him, walked to the side of the corridor without an exit, separated by a fence, and asked her, "How is it, have you seen Academician Fang?" ”
"I didn't go in the morning," Yu Shu saw Xue Rui's suspicious expression, and told him hesitantly: "I went to the Xiajiang Annex." ”
Xue Rui thought that Yu Shu received a letter at the gate of the library in the morning, so he asked with concern: "Isn't something wrong?" ”
Yu Shu shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, it's a false alarm." ”
It's no wonder that Yu Shu concealed Xue Rui's truth, Xia Jiangmin's talent for life and death is a secret, and few people in the entire Xia Jiang family know about it, and Yu Shu, as an insider, will not easily tell others about this matter without the permission of the person concerned.
She never blinked her eyelids when she lied, and Xue Rui didn't pay much attention, "It's okay if it's okay, then you can go and see Academician Fang tomorrow morning." ”
Greeting pays attention to rushing early rather than late, and few new students don't know the rules and go to visit the academicians in the afternoon, which is disrespectful.
Yu Shu agreed, remembered another matter, changed his words, and said: "Oh yes, when I went to the Xiajiang Annex, I was just in time for the palace to issue a holy decree, and the Holy Lord pointed out the marriage between the Nine Emperor Princes and the Fifth Miss Xiajiang, I listened, it seems that His Royal Highness the Ninth was crowned the prince, when did this happen?" ”
The crown of the prince is a big deal, her performance at the Shuangyang meeting this time can be regarded as the hero of Liu Tan Jinjue, it stands to reason that such a major event should not be unheard.
Xue Rui was not surprised when he heard this, as if he had expected it, and said with a calm expression:
"It should be an order made together today, and it just happened that you ran into it, presumably later, His Royal Highness the Ninth will send someone to send a letter to inform you of the good news."
The world is impermanent, some people cry and some laugh, this person is not cold, but there is a series of happy doors.
Yu Shuzheng secretly sighed, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Xue Rui handing her a wooden paper sign.
"What is this?"
"Miss Cao's birthday, didn't you say that you wanted to help me investigate the case?"
Yu Shu looked up at Xue Rui's slightly playful expression, obviously not believing that she could take this dead man's eight characters, she raised her eyebrows, and put her fingers between the paper sticks, pun intended:
"Just wait." RS()
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