Aunt Su pursed her lips, blinked her eyes, and deliberately made a little mysterious: "The villain's daughter-in-law's needlework is a good hand." About a month ago, the second lady suddenly asked the villain's daughter-in-law for many details of needlework, and asked for some silk thread patterns. ”

At that time, the proprietor was already planning to recruit the second lady, and the villain thought that the young lady wanted to embroider the dowry for herself, so he instructed the daughter-in-law to run to the young lady's side more, and if she needed help, she would take a hand. Who knows, the villain's daughter-in-law has been there many times, and when she came back, she said that she had never seen the young lady doing embroidery work at all. Until....... ”

Aunt Su sighed for a moment and said: "Until about five days before the accident, the maid Chunhong in her house took the filthy waste and threw it away when she was cleaning the house. When he was about to go out, he tripped on a stone and fell, and the waste basket he was holding in his hand was scattered on the ground. Who knew that a half-embroidered handkerchief fell out of those waste paper piles, and was just seen by the second lady. She immediately picked it up, and that day she was furious. The villain has never seen Miss get so angry in the Deng family for so many years. Now that I think about it, the veil must have been something she cherished very much, otherwise it would never have been. ”

"Oh?" Jun Qinglan raised her eyebrows, and suddenly thought of the embroidered bandage she saw on the dressing table in Deng Rou's bedroom. She reached into her arms, took out the handkerchief embroidered with a half-pipe bamboo trim that had been taken from the embroidered bandage, and placed it on the table.

"Look, Deng Rou picked up this veil back?"

Aunt Su only glanced at it and nodded again and again: "Exactly." I remember clearly, the embroidery on it was bamboo. At that time, I was wondering, the second lady is obviously going to get married, shouldn't she embroider a mandarin duck pomegranate or something? Why did you choose such a plain bamboo to embroider? ”

Aunt Su carefully looked at the bamboo on the handkerchief and pouted: "No matter how you look at this thing, it doesn't look like something that a woman should love." ”

Jun Qinglan didn't say anything, and stared at Xiuzhu for a long time. The patterns on the handkerchief are extremely detailed, and the brushwork is coherent and powerful. The person who draws the pattern should be a person who uses the pen a lot, either good at drawing or often writing, otherwise he will never have such strength. But this bamboo embroidery is not clever, and can even be called clumsy. She once suspected that this handkerchief was from Deng Rou's handwriting, but now that she heard Aunt Su's words, her guess has been confirmed.

But...... Bamboo......

Jun Qinglan folded the handkerchief and put it away, she already had a rough idea of the origin of the handkerchief. But Aunt Su doesn't need to know this.

"Recently, have you noticed anything unusual about Deng Rou's behavior or emotions?"

"Nope." Aunt Su shook her head.

"Think carefully." Jun Qinglan said: "You answered too quickly. ”

"The villain didn't think about it carefully." Aunt Su said firmly: "The second lady's daily itinerary is almost fixed. Most of the day is spent in the shop, if anything. She came home this month, and she came home a lot later than usual, right? ”

"Do you know why she's late back?"

"How can the villain know? But I heard my man say that the second lady has recently negotiated a big business, so she should be very busy. ”

"What business?"

"I really don't know."

Jun Qinglan didn't chase this question, and slowly raised a finger with a slight sigh: "I have one last question." How is Deng Rou a person? Have you seen her depressed in recent times? ”

"Second Miss is a good person." Aunt Su gave a thumbs up and said: "Not only is he a good hand in business, but he has nothing to say about how to behave in the world." He was never harsh to those of us, and he was thoughtful and meticulous in his speech. The villain really can't imagine, how can she be such a good girl, how can she not think of looking for a short time? ”

Aunt Su sighed heavily and stopped talking.

Jun Qinglan didn't speak for a long time, her eyes closed slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and said goodbye and went out.

Only then did she push open the dilapidated wooden door behind the weeds, and Rong Han suddenly appeared like a ghost. Jun Qinglan was not surprised at all when she saw him, she could now conclude that Rong Han had come to spy on her on purpose.

However, she was just an insignificant little thing. Is this necessary?

"The prince asked the lord to go back to the house immediately after asking questions."

"Okay."

Jun Qinglan didn't argue with him, and Li Congyao made it convenient for her to meet with Aunt Su's ancestors. This convenience will not be given in vain, and what will happen next is the main thing. If Rong Han let her go at this time, she would feel strange.

This time, although the two of them still entered Duanwang's Mansion through the back door, they did not take the same path as when they came. Jun Qinglan remembered very clearly, after leaving Lanyun Pavilion, it took about a stick of incense to walk to the small courtyard opposite the lane, and this time it only took half a pillar of incense to return to Lanyun Pavilion at most.

"Your Excellency is coming back so quickly." Jun Qinglan stood firm on the platform in front of Lanyun Pavilion, and Rong Xi greeted him with a smile.

"It's fine." Jun Qinglan replied lightly, looked sideways, and Rong Han really disappeared.

These two brothers are really interesting, they are both close eunuchs beside Li Congyao. However, the steps of Lanyun Pavilion were regarded as a dividing line, one on the top and one on the bottom, which was clearly distinguished.

"Who is older between you and Ronghan?"

"The villain is not talented, come out a moment earlier than Rong Han." Rong Xi replied with a smile, and there was a bit of pride and satisfaction in the depths of his eyes.

Jun Qinglan nodded: "The prince is still inside?" ”

"Exactly, please come in, sir."

Jun Qinglan was already familiar with the road this time, and when she entered the main hall, she saw that Li Congyao was still sitting behind Fang Cai's desk, still holding a scroll in his hand. He had read the book for so long and had not even changed his posture?

No...... Pack it.

Jun Qinglan didn't have the guts to verify this question, and quickly arched her hands and saluted: "I've seen Lord Duan." ”

"Tell me, what's the takeaway from this trip?" Li Congyao slowly turned a page of the book and opened his mouth casually: "What is the difference from what you originally thought?" ”

Jun Qing's blue eyes flashed slightly, and after a little thought, he said, "I suspect that Deng Rou is not dead. ”

"Oh?" Li Congyao pointed his fingers, and suddenly looked away from the scroll, and looked at Jun Qinglan for a moment.

Jun Qinglan felt the pressure as heavy as the top of the mountain again, and she took a slight breath and raised her head. The eyes that were as bright as stars also stared at Li Congyao for a moment, and he dodged without half a minute. Since hiding is useless, it is better to face it head-on.

"This is an important evidence obtained by the humble post in Deng Rou's room." She placed the handkerchief embroidered with bamboo on the table in front of Li Congyao.

"Bamboo has the style of a gentleman, and it has been used among literati and scholars since ancient times. Deng Rou is a businessman, and she is a boudoir woman, which should be incompatible with the bamboo cultivation map. Therefore, the lowly official has reason to believe that she did not embroider this veil for her own use, but for giving it away. ”

Li Congyao raised his eyebrows slightly, his long and narrow phoenix eyes faintly swept over the handkerchief, and then looked at Jun Qinglan again: "What?" ”

"I learned from Aunt Su that Deng Rou has been taking care of the Deng family's business for many years, leaving early and returning late, and she has no chance to learn needlework like other women. So I'm not good at it, and I don't seem to be very interested. A month ago, she suddenly began to learn embroidery enthusiastically, but she hid the embroidery in a pile of waste paper and was almost thrown away as garbage by the maid. Such a secretive is not the character that Deng Rou should have. ”

"This king can be understood as acting like this because she is too poor in skills to be ashamed to see people."

"I had such thoughts in my humble position, but in the end I was overturned by my testimony." Jun Qinglan glanced at the pen and ink on Li Congyao's desk, and her eyes lit up, and she suddenly threw away the pressure that Li Congyao brought to her. He took the brush and dipped it in thick ink, and opened the advice book that he had always carried on his body and was uniformly distributed to Jinyiwei by the Zhenfu Division, and drew a square figure on it.

"Deng Rou is the master, even if the skills are clumsy, it is definitely not the turn of the subordinates to laugh, this is the first suspicion. Second, if she is really afraid of ridicule, as a beginner, her first embroidery should choose some simple and clear flowers and plants to embroider, and she should not choose a complex and changeable bamboo cultivation. Third, he once saw a picture of Hongmei Aoxue in Deng Rou's room, which was quite attained, and the handwriting of the poem was not the same as Deng Rou's. It can be seen that the calligraphy and painting were made by someone else. Aunt Su said that Hongmei Aoxue was a gift from a friend to Deng Rou, and she cherished it and specially framed it in the hanging room to watch it every day. To sum up, there is a bold speculation about the lowly position. Deng Rou has a sweetheart, and this person gave her a picture of Hongmei Aoxue. She also wanted to give back with a handmade gift, so she embroidered this veil. Therefore, it is more likely that this veil is something that Deng Rou wants to give to her lover. ”

Jun Qinglan drew another silhouette of a man next to the handkerchief, and after connecting the two with ink lines, she frowned slightly. After a long time, he drew a silhouette of a woman, but he added a long upward ink line to his neck, which looked like a woman's casting.

Judging from Deng Rou's past behavior, she has a very deep affection for Deng Ji Silk Village and Deng Chunwang. If it weren't for the fact that she already had a crush, she would definitely not refuse Deng Chunwang's request to recruit her. A woman who can crawl and roll around in the mall and play with ease, which one is not eight-sided and long-sleeved and good at dancing? At the very least, you should be mentally tough! How could he do something that killed himself? What's more, Deng Rou already has a sweetheart, and she is even more reluctant to do this kind of thing. ”

As Jun Qinglan spoke, she made a big cross on the silhouette of the woman.

"I think Deng Rou is not dead, and the most important clue comes from Deng Fu. Deng Chunwang behaved very strangely after seeing me and Jiang Yufan, he was so sad. ”

Li Congyao sighed, his eyes moved slightly: "The old woman is bereaved, shouldn't you be sad?" ”

"Maybe it's sad, but it's never like him." Jun Qinglan said categorically: "The sound of his crying was earth-shattering, almost provoking the neighbors. But the lowly had looked at his eyes and cheeks, and there were no tears. Deng Rou is just a junior, but Deng Chunwang ordered the entire Deng Mansion to wear filial piety, which has long exceeded human ethics. This act is clearly deliberate. ”

She took a deep breath: "Of course, the evidence that the humble post has is not only that! ”