Chapter 38: The Red Rose

Song Yan chased him out on horseback, appeared on the street with murderous spirit, and rode a horse to block Jin Yue's way.

Shuangzhi was so frightened that his legs almost weakened, but fortunately he was lifted by Jin Yue, and then he gasped and stood still, his little face was pale.

"Little Prince!" Cheng Nan waved his hand, and a large number of sergeants were busy clearing the street.

The people were driven away, dispersed, and scattered, and in the blink of an eye, the streets of Hengzhou City, which were originally bustling and extraordinary, were empty at the moment, and the speed was so fast that it showed the action of his subordinate sergeants.

Song Yan sat on the back of the horse, arrogantly looking down at the people under the horse, with a clear ruthless look in his eyes, as if he wanted to tear her apart on the spot.

"Young lady?" Frost Branches call lightly.

Jin Yue came back to her senses and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Knock on the little prince." ”

"Why don't you wait for this king to come out and leave?" Song Yan asked coldly.

Jin Yue's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she raised her head to look at the person on top, obviously he didn't want to see her, why did it become her fault now?

In the backlight, Song Yan is condescending, his face is handsome and clear, which is simply contrary to Fu Jiuqing's beauty. One with a domineering resoluteness, and the other with a sick demon.

Like fire and water, more like the sun and the moon.

"Answer!" Song Yan drank vigorously.

However, before Jin Yue could answer, Song Yan had already turned over and dismounted, and Jin Yue's eyebrows were steep.

"Young lady!" Shuangzhi gritted his teeth and stepped forward, but was pushed away by Song Yan, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

"Answer!" Song Yan stood in front of her, her eyes were as red as blood, as if she wanted to eat someone.

Jin Yue saluted neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The little prince doesn't want to see the concubine, and the concubine is naturally ......"

"What concubine, you are Jin Yue! Jin Yue! Song Yan was extremely disgusted with those two words, he didn't think it before, but now he really dislikes it to death.

Being yelled at by him like this, Jin Yue was a little stunned, "Little prince, are you okay?" ”

Song Yan looked at her intently, her voice mixed with a slight tremor, "Really, isn't it?" Otherwise, how can we lose even this bit of patience? Before, it wasn't like this! ”

In the past, he said that she could wait from dark to dawn, standing in place and not being able to move the mine, no matter the wind and rain, she would not even blink her eyelids.

Jin Yue took a deep breath and knelt on the ground, "Little prince, the Fu family is wronged, the assassination has absolutely nothing to do with them, Jin Yue is willing to use the head of the item to guarantee." As long as the little prince is willing to give Jin Yue time, within three days, Jin Yue will give you a satisfactory explanation! ”

"You intercede for the people of the Fu family?" Song Yan gritted his back molars, "You would never intercede for anyone before!" ”

No matter how much she was punished, she never begged for mercy or mercy.

The cold arrow pierced her arm, and the blood flowed all over the ground, her face did not change, and she did not cry out in pain. Jin Yue was stunned for a few seconds, and then realized that the little prince was afraid that he was stunned and regarded her as someone else, "Little prince, the concubine is the daughter-in-law of the Fu family, not the person you said!" ”

Song Yan's pupils shrank suddenly, the light in his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he couldn't make a sound in his throat.

Her eyelashes trembled, and Jin Yue shouted in a low voice, "Little Wangye? ”

What does it mean? Promise? Don't say yes?

"Three days, yes?" Song Yan came back to his senses and breathed slightly.

Jin Yue nodded, "Three days is enough!" ”

"Okay, don't blame the king for not giving you a chance. Within three days, hand over the culprit of the assassination, otherwise the king will report to the court and exterminate the Fu family! Song Yan turned around, turned over and got on the horse, and looked at her condescendingly, "If you regret it, come to this king, and this king will keep you safe!" ”

Jin Yue did not respond, and bowed her head.

Song Yan held back the anger in his stomach, pinched the reins of the horse, and twitched the horsewhip fiercely, and the horse neighed in an instant, and walked away.

"Young lady?" Seeing that everyone had withdrawn, Shuangzhi stepped forward with a white face, "Three days, where can I find the culprit?" The assassin has lost too much blood and has been ambushed, we, we are dead! ”

"People are dead, but the bodies are still there." Jin Yue stood with her hands in her hands, "The geese have plucked their feathers, I don't believe that I can't find traces!" ”

"Young lady, where are we going now?"

"Go home!"

"But the door is full of people from the yamen."

"The little prince has agreed, who dares to disagree, let him ask the little prince."

Ask the little prince?

Who dares?!

Back at the Fu Mansion, Jin Yue led the frost branch to the Autumn Water Pavilion.

"Young lady, what are we doing here?" Frost Branch only felt cold, and many things began because of this autumn water pavilion.

"Come and find someone!" Jin Yue crossed the pavilion and walked towards the rockery.

The frost branch was shocked, and the little face was pale, "...... people"

It's empty here, can the young lady see it......

Realizing that something was wrong behind her, Jin Yue paused and looked at her helplessly, "What do you have in your head?" I'm here to find Junshan. Stupid! ”

Frostbranch: "......"

Behind the rockery, Jun Shan walked out slowly, and probably heard Jin Yue's voice.

"Young lady!" Junshan saluted.

Frost Branch was stunned, "Everyone has been arrested, how can you ......?"

"After the incident, Childe asked the slaves to immediately block the exits, and later the sergeant searched the house, and the slaves followed Childe's instructions and hid here waiting for the young lady to come." Junshan explained.

"Sure enough, the thousand-year-old fox has become a spirit." Jin Yue muttered, and then raised her eyebrows and looked at Jun Shan, "Fu Jiuqing asked me to come to you, saying that you would tell me some clues that could solve the siege of the Fu family." ”

Jun Shan bowed, "Please come in with the young lady and the slave!" ”

Jin Yue didn't expect that the seemingly ordinary rockery groups were intricate and interconnected. If you don't look closely outside, you won't be able to see the clue at all, because there is a stone door inside to block it, and you must push it open after entering before you can enter.

The light of the fire break was extremely weak, and Jin Yue and Shuangzhi walked extremely carefully holding on to the stone wall, only feeling that the black and oppressive cave was quite oppressive, making people feel that it was not so smooth to breathe.

The stone door in front of them was opened again, and when the light fell in, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and walked out quickly behind Jun Shan.

This is a gardener's hut, usually stacked with utensils, and the inside is disorganized. Jun Shan looked around and made sure that there was no one around, so he led Jin Yue and Shuangzhi in. Pulling away the haystack, there was a man with his hands and feet tied, his mouth blocked to death, and he hid it very tightly.

"Who is this?" Jin Yue was puzzled.

"After the incident, I stopped at the small door. At that time, this person looked flustered, and before the slave had time to ask, he ran away, and when he was pressed, he still carried some soft in his arms, which showed that he had been prepared. Junshan pulled a small bag out from behind the haystack and placed it on the table.

The frost branch opened quickly, and his eyes widened, "So much silver? ”

Golden and silvery, there are as many as a hundred taels.

"This person is the cleaning slave of Qiushui Pavilion, according to the Fu Mansion's regular silver calculation, even if he doesn't eat or drink every month, all the money and silver add up, it is impossible to save so much." Junshan explained.

Jin Yue frowned and glanced at the frost branch.

Frost Branch nodded repeatedly, "There may be so much money." ”

"That's what someone else gave." Jin Yue glanced at the man on the ground, "Does he have a truth?" ”

"No, he's just responsible for putting people in and then luring the fourth prince away." Jun Shan's face was slightly gloomy.

It's no wonder that even if Junshan catches someone, he doesn't dare to send it to the government. The details are in the Fu family, if the little prince doesn't believe it, this account still has to be counted on the Fu family.

Unless you catch the real mastermind!

Who is going to assassinate the little prince?

"That assassin, isn't he the one under the little prince?" Jin Yue's face was embarrassed, "Why didn't the little prince check it?" ”

"The assassin first infiltrated the little prince's hands, and then committed murder in the Fu family." Jun Shan lowered his voice and said softly.

His eyelashes raised suddenly, and Jin Yue stared at Jun Shan in shock, without speaking for a long time.

Frost Branch didn't understand, "Why is this happening?" Is it because you haven't had the opportunity to do it before? ”

"It's deliberately blaming the Fu family." Jin Yue gritted her back molars, "This matter is completely aimed at the Fu family." ”

"Who could it be?" Frost Branch bit her lower lip.

The Fu family is doing well in the business field, and sometimes it does offend people, but Rusi is vicious and wants to use the hand of the little prince to let the Fu family raid the family and exterminate the family...... I'm afraid there aren't many such strong hatreds, right?

"Did your son-in-law say who it was?" Jin Yue asked.

Jun Shan shook his head, "Childe only said, please ask the young lady to decide!" ”

Jin Yue had a headache, her mind was full of Fu Fox's bewitching face, what was this person thinking? Let her call the shots? She is neither a public servant, nor a Kyoto catcher!

is in prison for herself, and she didn't forget to tell her how to boast about Haikou in front of Song Yan for three days. It's good now, the words are all out...... As a result, Junshan gave such a clue!

"Where is the body of the Assassin?" Jin Yue asked.

Shuangzhi had already inquired, "In the mansion!" I asked the doctor to help save my life, but I still died, so I left it in the morgue of the government and looked at it. "You stay in the mansion and check on the affairs of the fourth prince, the assassin was wearing the clothes of the fourth prince at that time, I think he must have entered the courtyard of the fourth prince, I will take the frost branch to the mansion to have a look." Jin Yue commanded.

Jun Shan bowed, "Young lady must be careful." ”

Jin Yue strode out, first went back to Shangyi Courtyard, collected some silver taels and put them on his body, if necessary, he needed to take care of it when he entered the mansion. However, when she hurried to the mansion, she was shocked to hear that something had happened in the morgue.

The assassin died of blood loss in the middle of the night, as both the doctor and the servant can attest. But now, the eyeballs of the corpse are gone, and after a re-examination, the corpse has no other damage, except for a pair of eyes.

"Eyes?" Jin Yue stood in the sun, only to feel that the white sun above her head made people a little panicked.

Shuang Zhisheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Young lady, do you say this is too evil?" ”

"Really?" Jin Yue turned her head to look at her.

Shuangzhi nodded again and again, "People are dead, but they don't even let go of their eyes, isn't it an evil sect?" ”

Chen Zuo stood at the door, looking quite calm on his face, but the solemnity in his eyes still betrayed him, and such a thing happened in the mansion, which is enough to prove how incompetent he is as a prefect!

So many servants, including the hundreds of sergeants brought by the little prince, are in vain.

"Master Chen, can I go in and have a look?" Jin Yue spoke.

Chen Brew was a little surprised, "Isn't the fifth young lady afraid?" ”

Frost Branch hurriedly stopped, "Young lady, don't go in, it will scare you!" ”

"The most terrible thing in this world is the human heart, what is there to be afraid of the dead?" Jin Yue was bold, "Lord Chen, is it okay?" ”

Aging nodded, "Yes." ”

"If you're afraid, wait outside!" Jin Yue glanced at the frost branch, and walked into the door.

Shuangzhi's eyes are red, the young lady has entered, she, a personal maid, has no reason to wait outside, even if she dies, she should guard the young lady!

The smell in the house was a little heavy, and the frost branches rolled in the belly.

Jin Yue's face did not change, and walked straight to the assassin's corpse.

He quickly lifted the white cloth and checked it before, so at this moment the corpse was naked, and the frost branch quickly turned his back, in the end, there was a difference between men and women, how dare she look directly.

Chen Hao looked at Jin Yue in front of him in surprise, these five young ladies are really ...... Gile! When an ordinary woman saw such a scene, she screamed sharply and fainted on the spot.

"Young lady?" The aging voice is slightly hoarse.

Jin Yue glanced at him puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Not very clean!" Aging reminder.

Jin Yue let out an "oh" and began to personally inspect the Assassin's body. The cause of death was indeed excessive blood loss, which is beyond doubt, and it can be seen from the faint traces of the corpse spots, but it is ......

"Gouging out the eyes with two fingers, fast and ruthless, this is not something ordinary people can do." Jin Yue looked at the assassin's eyes, and when she touched the broken arm, her eyebrows suddenly twisted, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Qi Zuo, "Broken bones?" ”

He nodded, "Yes!" Before the broken arm, the bones had been broken, but there were no scars on the surface, and I didn't know for a while, what kind of hidden weapon or blade could hurt people invisibly? ”

Jin Yue remembered that at that time, this assassin was indeed out of his hand, as if he had been hit by something.

Could it be the people around the little prince?

Like that lieutenant?

Taking off his gloves and untying the cloth, Jin Yue turned around to clean his hands, and Shuangzhi hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.

"Fifth Young Lady?" The old wine opened his mouth, as if he was hesitant. He is the prefect of Hengzhou in the end, and now let him ask a female streamer if there are any clues, but he is not very glorious, and his face can't be hung up.

"What I've seen is similar to what I've seen, nothing special." Jin Yue pulled the corners of her lips helplessly, glanced at her slightly, and suddenly looked the same in front of her, "What is that?" ”

Everyone followed her line of sight, and under the morgue, there was a flower.

How can there be flowers in this place? Was it brought in with the Assassins?

"Haven't seen it before!" He bent down to pick it up and looked around quickly, "This...... Where did this come from? ”

"There are no similar flowers planted in the palace." Aging busy.

Nowhere else, but this one.

Everyone looked at each other, and their hearts were faintly frightened.

In the pavilion.

In the small box, there was the flower, the color of which was bright red and bright, like blood.

"This is a rose, which can be planted in every household in Hengzhou City, which is not rare or uncommon." The master explained, "There are also in the palace, but it is not this color, so this flower should be brought in from outside." ”

"The Fu family should have it too, right?" Aging openings.

Jin Yue raised her eyebrows and glanced at him.

Chen Jiu's hand holding the cup stiffened slightly, Xu was afraid that she would misunderstand, and immediately explained, "Master also said that every family has it, and it is not uncommon. ”

Hearing this, Jin Yue looked at the frost branch, a few days after she married into the Fu family, the garden had not been finished yet, how could she know what roses are not roses.

"Yes!" Shuangzhi bit his lip and said in a low voice, "There are in the garden, there are also in the backyard, there are not too many big red ones, they have been planted in Minghui Pavilion before, but the lord doesn't like it, so Mrs. will pull it out." Jin Yue rubbed her eyebrows, "It's so sad!" ”

"This is evidence, and the official has to let people look at it!" Aged the wine covered the box, "Anyway, you have all seen it, and the official has to ask the little prince to take a look." Young lady, the three-day period between you and the little prince, the official already knows, and the little prince said that as long as you open your mouth, we will fully cooperate. ”

Song Yan also said that if this is the case and it can't be found, don't blame him for being ruthless!

Of course, this second half of the sentence, the aging dare not say.

"Thank you!" Jin Yue turned around and left.

What a headache, a pair of eyes, a rose, what does that mean?

One flower, one world?

Buddha?

"Young lady, what do you see?" The frost branch followed closely.

Jin Yue sighed lightly, "I have no clue, I can't do anything, it's inexplicable!" ”

"But we only have three days." Frost Branch was in a hurry.

"Sister!" There was a clear sound, and Gu Ruoli with gentle eyes stood at the end of the corridor. The weak body, standing at the tuyere, as if the wind was about to disperse, when she looked at Jin Yue, a faint sadness condensed between her eyebrows, and her expression was slightly sad, "Did my sister encounter something difficult?" ”

"Side concubine!" Jin Yue saluted.

Gu Ruoli walked towards her, "I already know about your three-day appointment with the prince." ”

Jin Yue frowned, knowing that she still asked?! "Three days is too short, if my sister can't do it, I can tell the prince for my sister." Gu Ruoli pursed her lips and looked at her very worriedly.

I don't know, I really think they have a deep sisterhood!

Jin Yue looked at her eyes and felt uncomfortable, "Thank you for the kindness of Concubine Niangniang, it's just ...... This matter is an agreement between the prince and me, and outsiders are afraid that it will be difficult for outsiders to interfere! The sentence "outsiders" opened the distance between them, which shows that they are alienated, yes, Gu Ruoli shouted one sister after another, as if they were upside down.

With an embarrassed look on his face, Gu Ruoli's eyelashes drooped slightly, and when he raised his head again, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, as if he had really been bullied, "Sister is right, if you are nosy, you shouldn't meddle in the affairs of your sister and the little prince." ”

Shuangzhi frowned, these words made people very uncomfortable to hear, as if the young lady of her family had a kick between the little prince and the side concubine.

His eyes turned slightly, and Shuangzhi hurriedly said, "Young lady, the son is now in prison, and I don't know if he brought medicine?" As you know, Childe's health is not very good, and he can't do without medicine and yours all the time! ”

"Makes sense!" Jin Yue hooked her lips and smiled, her complexion was bright, and she glanced at the corner of her eyes, and she had already seen the shadow exposed in the corner of the wall, "Concubine Niangniang, I rushed to deliver medicine to my husband, if you are really for my good, don't do this in front of the prince, if there is anything, I will personally report it to the prince!" ”

Gu Ruoli was stunned, "Sister? You think I'm ......."

"I don't like anything, I just don't have time, I don't want to waste my time on unworthy people, unworthy things." Jin Yue leaned closer to her slightly, "The little prince is standing in the corner, does the side concubine want to continue, acting with emotion?" Or is it the end of the story? ”

After speaking, Jin Yue straightened up and smiled at her.

Gu Ruoli's face faded, and there were tears in his eyes, "Sister misunderstood me!" ”

"My mother died a long time ago, and my father was just such a daughter as me, and he didn't say what sister I had." Jin Yue took a deep breath, "Concubine Niangniang is good, let me live a few more years, so as not to be heard, your sister and elder sister call for a short time, turn around and treat me for a big crime of disrespect, then I will really die unjustly!" Do you say yes or no? ”

Gu Ruoli opened her mouth, Jin Yue no longer disdained to talk nonsense with her, passed by her, and left without looking back.

When he was far away, Shuangzhi said in a trembling voice, "Young lady, you are so powerful!" ”

"I said a long time ago, I don't have a good temper, whoever dares to think about me, I will let whoever can't eat and go around!" Jin Yue glanced back at the road she came from, "You really think I can't see it?" This delicate appearance works for men, and it works for me...... No way! ”

Frost Branch covered her mouth and snickered, "What the young lady said is extremely true! How did you find out? ”

"Fu Jiuqing reminded me." Jin Yue thought about it, what did Fu Jiuqing say at that time?

These white and tender lotus seeds are delicious, right? Flowers that bloom in the pond look better! If you are interested, you can fold and play as much as you like, but if you have pity, you have to come together to help shelter from the wind and rain, and you deserve to drown in the lake one day!

"Childe?" Frost Branch was stunned.

"Hmm." Jin Yue crossed her hands on her hips, "We must have overlooked something?" ”

Shuangzhi pursed his lips, "The clues are all scattered, the slave is stupid, and she can't string them together!" ”

Something seemed to flash in his mind, and Jin Yue's brows furrowed even tighter, "These clues must be related, what are we ignoring?" Fools, lanterns, overboard, assassins, broken arms?! ”

"What are you talking about, young lady?" Frost Branch didn't understand at all.

Jin Yue turned around faintly, stared at her thoughtfully, and didn't speak for a long time.

Shuangzhi was stunned in her heart, and she only felt that the young lady's eyes were ...... It's like what she saw when she was a child, the bloodthirsty wolf in the mountains and forests, cool, glowing with a faint blue light, and has a great appetite for food.

However, the next moment, Jin Yue straightened up suddenly, and the coldness in her eyes dissipated, and even she herself didn't notice the previous change, "I know!" ”

Frost Branch was shocked, "Young lady, what do you know?" ”

"At that time, the assassin pretended to fall into the water, who first recognized the wrong fourth son? It was precisely because of such misdirection that everyone thought that the fourth son had fallen into the water and ran to save people. Jin Yue sneered twice, "This person may be the accomplice of the assassin!" ”

Frost Branch's eyes widened in horror, and the whole person trembled, "That means that there was more than one assassin in the Autumn Water Pavilion at that time!" ”

Oh, my God......

But at the time of the incident, none of them were in the Qiushui Pavilion, and the matter still had to be asked to the people who were serving in the Qiushui Pavilion at that time.

"Let's go!" Jin Yue walked away.

Frost Branch hurried to follow, this matter...... It's amazing!

It's not just amazing!

It was simply beyond everyone's expectations.

In the prison, the minions who served in the Qiushui Pavilion that day had the same caliber.

"Butler!"

"It's a butler!"

"Yes, the butler shouted first!"

"It was the housekeeper who shouted that the fourth son fell into the water, so we jumped down to save people."

Jin Yue frowned, his eyes patrolling around the men's prison, "What about the housekeeper?" Steward......

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.