East Palace.

After the next dynasty, Shang Yuchen and Gu Yunshu returned to the East Palace, and not long after, Xiao Chuhong also entered the palace.

Shang Yuchen ordered people to prepare wine and food, and let the palace people retreat. It is rare for them to reunite openly and honestly, and they have a good drink, how can they let go when other people are there.

In the side hall, the long table is full of delicacies, and the three of them sit on the futon around the long case.

Shang Yuchen took off his court clothes, his black hair was tied up with a silver crown, and he changed into a dark cardigan satin robe, black embroidered moire pattern trimming, and the wide sleeves and hem embroidered with a dragon pattern.

"Chu Hong, I haven't seen you for a few days, you are in such a hurry to enter the palace, is it because you miss me and Gu Jiang too much?"

Xiao Chuhong listened to the prince's ridicule, pursed his lips and chuckled, raised his wine glass and drank it all, "Although this wine is good, it is really not as delicious as the peach blossom brew in Jiyue Fang." ”

Or maybe it was because the person he had drunk with last night was not there, and the wine in his hand had become tasteless.

"When did you, like Youning, fall in love with peach blossom brew? Tsk, clothes are not as good as new, people are not as good as the old, could it be that you have already seen it? ”

"He trespassed into the ancestral hall of my house last night, and met him again before entering the palace today."

Gu Yunshu, who was dressed in a green shirt and had a graceful and elegant posture, shook his head and smiled, "You have secretly protected her for so many years, and she doesn't know anything, so why bother?" ”

Knowing that Su Zhen was his daughter, he was really afraid that Xiao Chuhong would unknowingly fall in love with her.

"Giving doesn't necessarily require a return, and besides, he has a great favor to me."

The two of them looked at Xiao Chuhong's legs together...... That's true.

"But the closer you get to her, the more dangerous you are to her. Your so-called protection is another kind of harm to her. You are not a saint, so there is no need to be so selfless. ”

Not only Xiao Chuhong heard the strangeness in Gu Yunshu's words, but even Shang Yuchen faintly heard that something was wrong.

"Gu Jiang, what's wrong with you? Ever since the trickstery, your attitude towards Vera seems to have changed. In the past, you never even intervened in these things. ”

Gu Yunshu moved his lips, not knowing how to answer Shang Yuchen.

"Anyway, Ah Hong, I want you to stay away from her, I don't want her to get hurt again."

Leshu nestled in his arms, peeked at him, arched his little head, and squinted his eyes to rest.

"You are not him, how do you know what is in his heart? And how do we know that we are taking different paths? Xiao Chuhong asked, "Yun Shu, what are you hiding from us?" ”

"I don't matter what I know, the important thing is that I take your brother lightly...... She is also my brother, how can I bear to see you hurt. ”

Xiao Chuhong knew that he was hiding something, but he chose to respect, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you, and I won't ask more." ”

Gu Yunshu's dark pupils spread helplessly, raising his hand to raise his glass, Xiao Chuhong poured full wine, and the three of them raised their glasses to collide with it.

After Su Zhen was not mentioned again, the atmosphere eased. They were chatting happily from the affairs of the court to the folk anecdotes, when clear footsteps came from outside the hall, and Xiao Anzi's voice immediately sounded from outside.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Siwei's Mansion and Su Shaoqing are here."

"Yo, it's better to come early than to come at a good time, please let them in."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As soon as Su Zhen arrived outside the hall, she saw Li Jiu who she had seen in the bazaar before.

Xiao Chuhong is also there? Didn't he say he was going to the poetry club?

After entering the hall, Su Hao lowered her head and saluted with Yu Changqing.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Xiao, and Lord Gu."

Shang Yuchen waved his hand, "The two of you are exempt from courtesy, come and give you a seat." ”

"Your Highness."

After they sat down, Yu Changqing looked at Su Zhen, who nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the lower officials and the Imperial Lord came to the East Palace because they wanted to ask Lord Gu for advice. ”

Gu Yunshu asked softly, "You Ning, what are you puzzled about?" ”

"Dong Li-kun, please help us take a look at this."

Su Zhen handed the wooden box where the porcelain doll was placed to Xiao Anzi, he took it with both hands, and sent it to the three princes, then exited the hall and closed the door by the way.

She looked at them carefully, and although she was surprised, she was not frightened, and she could even be called calm.

"What is this?"

"When Li Jieyu disappeared last night, we dug it up in the courtyard of Qiling Palace. We went to Kunhua Palace just now, but the concubine said that she had never seen this thing by Li Jieyu's side. ”

In fact, having said that, there is no doubt that Yu Guifei hates Li Jieyu, and she may not want them to find Li Jieyu. But people's subconscious subtle expressions will not be faked, and Yu Guifei should know what is going on, but she refuses to say more.

Gu Yunshu picked up the porcelain doll, and only used a little force in his hand, only to hear a few 'clicks', the porcelain doll broke along the crack again, crackling and falling on the table, fortunately he let go in time and was not scratched.

Carefully picking up a piece of fragment with chopsticks and examining it carefully, although he could not distinguish the color now, the heaven and earth were only black and white in his eyes, but it did not hinder the identification of objects, and he put it in front of his nose and sniffed.

"It looks like it belongs to the cloisonné enamel category, yes, the fetus is bone, and the glaze is clothing. The drawings are three-dimensional and exquisite, and the lines depicted by the characters are vivid and vivid. The gold wire interface is seamless, and the sound is clear and crisp. However, there are a large number of ashes in the porcelain embryo, most likely human bones. ”

Su Zhen said, "Human bones? When it was first dug up, it was wrapped in a layer of black mist, as if it had been spelled. But then it disappeared, and we wanted Master Gu to try it and see if we could find any clues. ”

Gu Yunshu put down his chopsticks, stretched out his index finger and middle finger together, forced out two drops of blood, skillfully drew a spirit rune, and then guided the spirit rune to merge into the fragments.

Su Zhen had tried before, but no surprise, nothing happened.

Sure enough, Gu Yunshu let out a light 'huh' and redrew a few spells, but there was still no movement.

"It looks like normal porcelain, but if what you say is true, maybe that spell can only be used once before it fails."

"It shouldn't have left no traces."

"After digging it out, has anyone else touched it?"

Su Hao replied, "At that time, the Imperial Lord seemed to have been injured by it, but Princess Jingyao picked it up and there was no abnormality. ”

Hearing this, Shang Yuchen finally knew why Su Zhen came, "Do you think it has something to do with Jing'er?" ”

Xiao Chuhong suddenly picked up Gu Yunshu's chopsticks, picked up the pieces again, skillfully picked up the knife on the table with his left hand, scraped off the gold wire on the surface, and dipped it into the wine glass. Nothing changed at first, but soon the drink turned a dark red until it was deep to black.

Gu Yunshu took a closer look, and saw that there seemed to be a transparent skull swimming in the cup.

Xiao Chuhong explained, "In the previous soterous case, there was a woman in the Red Chamber named Xiyan, and when she died, Li Jiu also found such a porcelain doll in her room. He thought it was a clue to the trickery, so he consulted a Buddhist master. According to the master, this is a stand-in doll named Ei. ”

Yu Changqing's eyes narrowed, Li Jiu in Xiao Chuhong's mouth should be his guard, he only returned to Kyoto yesterday, how could his people care about the Kyoto murder before?