Chapter 26 Finding Clues
"Official...... It's more appropriate to call Brother Mu. ”
Zhao Youling felt that his face was hot, and he turned his head to stop looking at the carriage that had gone away.
"Brother Mu is my name, you have been married for three days, and you are called Brother Mu like me, what are you embarrassed about!"
Shen Rongzi clicked her mouth, her eyes followed her grandmother's carriage and disappeared into the street, and when she looked back, Zhao Youling had already walked into the embroidery workshop.
Yun Niang packed up the shop and prepared to close the door and go back to the backyard to take the child, when she heard the sound of the door curtain, she raised her head and saw Zhao Youling walking in, she was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
That day, the Wang family took Zhao Youling away after going out of the embroidery workshop, Yun Niang stood in the dark and saw it clearly, at that time she thought that this girl must have come from other places and did not know the risk of working for Mrs. Shen. In the past few days, she occasionally thinks of Zhao Youling in the Zhenguo Mansion and doesn't know what happened, seeing that Mrs. Shen's birthday is coming, in case she can't embroider and live, then don't want to stay in the capital in the future.
Yun Niang looked up at Zhao Youling dressed in a gorgeous dress, and then saw Shen Rongzi who appeared behind her, so she was so shocked that she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and she was extra careful when she spoke.
"What beautiful patterns and materials do you have here, take them out for us to choose, and we plan to make a few clothes. She has to make clothes for all seasons, you see. ”
Shen Rongzi took a bite of us, obviously not treating Zhao Youling as a person.
Yun Niang was a well-informed person, and immediately understood what Shen Rongzi meant. Enthusiastically agreed, turned over the boxes and cabinets to find out the best fashionable clothes and patterns, and placed them on the counter for Shen Rongzi and Zhao Youling to choose.
It is a tricky job to embroider clothes for Mrs. Shen, and it is a beautiful job to make clothes for young ladies and noblewomen, as long as the style is good, there will be more fat work to find the door.
"That's a good trick! It should be more suitable for me, you are already a princess, so dress more steadily. Actually, the three clothes I gave you don't suit you very well. But it doesn't matter, since I gave it to you, I won't want to come back, and you shouldn't take advantage of me as a princess, just give me a few clothes or silver at the price. ”
Zhao Youling picked up a piece of clothing casually, Shen Rongzi immediately grabbed it and said, and squeezed Zhao Youling aside.
Zhao Youling laughed silently, she didn't have much interest in new clothes, but she was just exploring the way by going out of the house with Shen Rongzi. After all, she is not very familiar with the terrain of the capital.
"The princess?! Oh my God, I forgive the people for not knowing the nobles. ”
"You're welcome, I still like to be an embroiderer more."
Zhao Youling smiled at Yun Niang, walked to the door and opened the curtain to look at Wei's mother and the four tall guards who came with her. Zhao Youling and Shen Rongzi came in a small sedan chair, and Wei's mother didn't want people to see the two small sedan chairs of the Zhenguo Mansion parked in front of the embroidery workshop, so she specially asked the sedan chair driver to wait in the alley next to it.
This street has a lot of embroidery workshops and silk villages, and when Shen Rongzi and Zhao Youling finish visiting the auspicious embroidery workshop, they can continue to shop, and they don't need to move the sedan chair anymore.
How can you get rid of these people!
Zhao Youling lowered the door curtain, her eyes flashed, and she couldn't make up her mind. If it was herself, it would be very convenient, as long as she slipped out, she could disappear without a trace, but it would be too big a target to take Shen Rongzi with her.
The idea of getting rid of Shen Rongzi and going to the scene of the crime alone to investigate kept popping up in Zhao Youling's heart, looking at Shen Rongzi, Shen Rongzi was pulling a piece of Chinese silk to compare with him.
Before leaving the house, she promised Shen Rongzi to take her to investigate the case together, and she couldn't lose her trust. Just now, Shen Rongzi also confirmed with her again that she was not allowed to lie.
Who made her greedy for such a young lady! Zhao Youling sighed secretly.
Mother Wei walked in and naturally stood beside Shen Rongzi, Shen Rongzi glanced at Mother Wei, and then remembered the most important purpose of her trip. Clothes can be made at any time, and finding clues to the murder of Zheng'er's father and brother is the most important thing.
"Yun Niang, do you have gold embroidery thread here?"
Shen Rongzi put down the clothes and reached out to fiddle with the rows of colorful embroidery threads on the table.
Zhao Youling understood what Shen Rongzi meant, someone forged Shen Zhao's money bag and threw it at the murder scene to frame Shen Zhao. As long as you find the person who bought the same fabric and embroidery thread as Shen Zhao's money bag, you can find clues.
The most difficult thing to forge in Shen Zhao's money bag is the style of embroidering the character "Zhao" and the gold silk embroidery thread. The gold embroidery thread is not only expensive but also difficult to buy, that is, the gold thread that the Wang family asked Zhao Youling to embroider the auspicious clothes for Mrs. Shen was all purchased from the silk village of the Suzhou and Hangzhou autocratic royal tribute.
"Miss Five said with a smile, how can there be silk gold thread in a small embroidery workshop like a folk girl, if Miss Five wants to add gold thread to the pattern, then you have to find another place to purchase, I will be a gold thread embroiderer."
"Then do you know which one sells it in the capital?"
Shen Rongzi was not discouraged, and wanted to continue to inquire.
Yun Niang shook her head and smiled bitterly, feeling that the big business in her hand was going to be yellow, and her expression was full of reluctance and hope.
"Fifth Miss, then let's go look for it elsewhere."
Wei's mother was a little impatient. Usually she follows the Wang family in the mansion, managing the slaves and servants in the house, and the errands sent to her by the Wang family in the past few days are not good for her hard work.
"Mother Wei is not in a hurry, I see that Miss Five likes the embroidery here very much and the two pieces of fabric, it is better to let Miss Five carefully tailor the clothes, and make sure that the day after tomorrow is auspicious to wear new clothes for Mrs. Tai's birthday."
Zhao Youling winked at Shen Rongzi, and Shen Rongzi immediately echoed.
"There is no gold embroidery thread here, so why don't you help Mother Wei help me go elsewhere." I'll order clothes here, so that we don't have to run to other places to see people's eyes, so that we can go back sooner, I'm afraid that my grandmother will wait a long time and worry. ”
Shen Rongzi was reasonable, and Wei's mother went out to look for the gold thread. Let four guards stand guard at the door of the embroidery workshop to ensure the safety of the young ladies.
Yun Niang was busy drawing a measuring ruler to determine the pattern. Shen Rongzi asked her not to hurry and take her time, she and Zhao Youling went out to find some snacks first, and then came back later.
Yun Niang knew that the ladies were occasionally naughty and didn't want to be restrained, so she lowered her head and continued to be busy with the work in hand.
The small door of the backyard of the auspicious embroidery workshop goes out, and turns out of the alley is the famous Qinglou Xunfang Pavilion in the capital. Zheng'er's father and brother were killed in front of Xunfang Pavilion.
The murder that happened in front of the door last night did not affect the bustle of Xunfang Pavilion in the slightest.
It is the time of the lanterns, and the strings of tall pink lanterns decorate the two-story Qunfang Pavilion with great light. Upstairs, the beauties leaning on the railing laughed and sang songs, waving to the people looking at the street from time to time and shaking their gauze fans.
The girls who stood in front of the door to greet the guests hugged the guests and embraced the guests one by one into the Qunfang Pavilion.
I have seen a lot of lively feasts in the mansions of the big families, but Shen Rongzi has never seen such a fragrant and warm scene. She sniffed, feeling that the fragrance of Xunfang Pavilion was particularly lingering, and she couldn't help but sneer and despise the young women being embraced by the guests with thick waists and round bellies.
"Hey, why are you laughing when you say they have hands and feet?"
Shen Rongzi stared at the door of Xunfang Pavilion and said, she didn't hear Zhao Youling answer her, she turned her head and found Zhao Youling squatting on the ground, looking at the two blackened marks on the ground.
"Did you find something? My second brother definitely wouldn't kill anyone. But it's possible to say that he went to Xunfang Pavilion, my second brother has always liked beauties, and I think there are a lot of beauties in Xunfang Pavilion. I don't know which one my second brother has a crush on...... It's been a while since my second brother brought a beauty home. ”
Zhao Youling was still staring at the marks on the ground and ignored Shen Rongzi's words, Shen Rongzi was bored with herself, and then squatted down to check, and suddenly saw Zhao Youling reach out and wipe the two black marks, and put her fingers in her mouth.
"Oh my God! What are you doing? It's disgusting. ”
Zhao Youling was eating soil on the street, and Shen Rongzi was so surprised that she looked at her with disgust.
"Let's go, this is not a murder scene. By the way, you said that your second brother often comes to Xunfang Pavilion? ”
Zhao Youling stood up.
"I didn't say it, I just said that my second brother likes beauties, and there are so many beauties in Xunfang Pavilion, he will definitely come to see beauties. Otherwise, I'm sorry for his reputation as a playboy in the capital. ”
Shen Rongzi didn't know whether the reputation of a playboy was good or bad for Shen Zhao, she only felt that her second brother was good-looking, and no one else in the capital could match him. Even if Song Yu, the new champion of the capital, who is praised by the noble women in the capital, if he really wants to compare with Shen Zhao, his appearance and temperament are three points weaker.
"Then do you want to go to Xunfang Pavilion to see the beauty?"
"Ahh Are you telling the truth? I've heard that Xunfang Pavilion doesn't accept female guests. They won't let us in. ”
Shen Rongzi was both tempted and worried, looking at Zhao Youling's eyes full of longing.
"How do you know if you don't try!"
"Then I'll try it with you."
Shen Rongzi's face showed excitement, and she pulled Zhao Youling's sleeve and looked around cautiously by her side.
Zhao Youling took two steps and stopped.
"Forget it, if they don't let us in, it will be troublesome if our identities are exposed."
"Oh......"
Shen Rongzi turned his head and took one last look at Xunfang Pavilion, and reluctantly followed Zhao Youling back to the auspicious embroidery workshop.
The bloodstains on the place where the murder took place are not human blood, and if you want to find more clues, you have to ask someone. The murder of the person in front of Xunfang Pavilion will definitely attract all kinds of gossip and speculation among the girls, and only by going deep into Xunfang Pavilion can we inquire about more valuable clues.
Of course, it is not appropriate to take Shen Rongzi to Xunfang Pavilion, Shen Rongzi is a noble girl in the capital, even if she doesn't know others, there should be many people who know her. Zhao Youling didn't want to take risks in a hurry, she planned to return to the Zhenguo Mansion and then disguise herself to explore Fangge at night, and then enter Dali Temple.
Only by finding out that the two pieces of ironclad evidence were forged by others can they have a chance to help Mu Hanchi and Shen Zhao clear their names.
There was only a glimmer of light left in Mrs. Shen's room, and it was estimated that she was already asleep.
Zhao Youling put on the man's regular clothes stolen from Shen Zhao's room, and straightened her sideburns in front of the bronze mirror to make sure that others couldn't see that she was a daughter. Then he opened the back window lightly, and his body flew out lightly.
It is inconvenient for the soldiers of the Zhenguo Mansion to enter and exit from the front door, so she jumped into the Huaiwang Mansion from the back door of Fuxiangyuan, and then slipped out from the side door of the Huaiwang Mansion, and soon came to Xunfang Pavilion.