Since the accident of the sixth princess, Chunjuan and Mama Xu have worked together to deal with the affairs of Mingyuan, leaving only a dozen people to take care of the garden, and the remaining slaves have been sent back to their original places. Mama Xu re-entered the palace and returned to the queen mother, and waited for the funeral day to see off the princess. Chunjuan wanted to go back to Concubine Jing, but she was afraid that Concubine Jing would see her sad, so she stayed in the Shen Mansion after consulting the Wang family, taking care of the affairs of the Eastern Courtyard, and also helping the Wang family deal with the affairs of the six princesses.

Everything in the courtyard is as usual, except for the white satin. There are only a few maids guarding the mourning hall of the sixth princess, and Shen Zhizhang does not come often, but Aunt Furong is always there. Chunjuan listened to the girls say that Aunt Furong was grateful for the kindness of the sixth princess, and she had never treated her badly, but now that people have suddenly gone, it is really pitiful. There are few people in the Shen Mansion, and their husband and wife have no heirs, Shen Zhiyan and Shen Zhizhang are busy investigating the case, anyway, she is idle, so she often comes to this mourning hall to guard.

The atmosphere of the funeral was not strong, Jiang Zishan and Lu Tian of the Wuxiang County Lord and the Hou family, as well as the eldest princess and the fourth princess, all came once, most of them quietly, and they did not dare to alarm Mrs. Shen. Everyone put on incense to mourn and soon left. Therefore, the mourning hall is quiet most of the time.

Chunjuan stood under the porch and looked at the empty garden, and her heart was full of emotion. The so-called things are not people, and that's just the case.

She slowly walked through the corridor to fetch a wad of dark coins, and silently walked to the backyard to burn paper for Xia Aya. She grew up with Xia Aya, like sisters, and later went to the sixth princess together. When parting, she took the initiative to say that she asked Xia Aya and Xiaohuan to accompany the princess on a trip, but who expected it to be the last time for the two. Thinking about this, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

When she walked to the backyard, she heard Dou Qi squatting under the porch crying, crying and muttering something, putting some of the things in his arms into the brazier and burning them together.

"You're here to cook beans, aren't you?" Chunjuan stood aside and asked softly.

"Yes." Dou Wei wiped a handful of tears and replied, "I'll burn paper for him." ”

"He ......" Chunjuan sighed and comforted: "I heard that they have found Xiaohuan, why don't you wait a while, since you haven't seen the corpse, maybe the person is still alive." ”

"Sister doesn't know, he's dead......" Dou Qian wailed, holding a copper coin wearing a red rope in his hand and crying: "I was also hoping that he would be picked up, but I didn't see the body but he was still alive, but later General Yao brought this ...... back."

"What is this?" Chunjuan stretched out his hand and took it: "This is something to boil beans?" ”

"This copper coin is something left to him by his mother, and he has carried it with him all these years, and no one can look at it." Dou Ling choked up and said: "When his father lost the gambling money and wanted to sell him and his mother, her mother gave him the last copper coin and let him run away." Sister Chunjuan, you said that you saw this at the bottom of the valley, doesn't it mean that he also died at the bottom......"

"In that case, then...... Then why didn't the body be found? Chunjuan raised his hand and patted his back gently: "Show it to me......

Dou Qian handed her the copper coin and cried bitterly: "He must have been taken away by a wild wolf...... Sister Chunjuan, do you know why the bodies of the princess and Xia Aya didn't dare to be sent to the Criminal Department, do you know why the prince can't bear to see it? There are wild wolves at the bottom of the valley......"

Hearing this, Chunjuan only felt that her eyes were dark, and she took a step back and leaned against the wall weakly, she couldn't help but gasp: "You mean...... Their bodies were ...... No wonder, no wonder I need to identify their jewelry! ”

After the spring silk realized it, her heart was even more panicked, she subconsciously rubbed the copper coin in her hand, and couldn't say a word for a while.

"Sister Chunjuan, did you say that it is possible for him to be alive with boiled beans?" Dou Qian gradually stopped crying, and only said: "He used to say that even if he died, he would take this copper coin to the coffin, you said he ......"

Hearing this, Chunjuan turned his head sharply and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Do you think it's possible for him to be alive?"

"Not that!"

"Even if he dies, he will take this copper coin with him......" Dou Qian didn't know why, and subconsciously repeated what he said just now.

"You said he had been carrying this ...... close to him," Chunjuan asked, clenching the copper coin in his hand.

"Yes, he wears it around his neck all the time."

"Since it's close-fitting, how can such thick clothes fall out of winter clothes and high fur collars?" Chunjuan only felt that the whole brain was running rapidly: "Even if you see things and don't see people, could it be that he is still alive, and what hints are you deliberately putting on purpose?" If the wolf took it away...... Then it's time to take everyone away, right? ”

Without waiting for Dou Qi to react, Chun Juan had already asked eagerly, "What about Grandpa and the donkey?" ”

"In the front hall, interrogate the hunter who took in Xiaohuan......" As soon as Dou Qi's voice fell, he saw Chun Juan carrying the hem of his skirt and ran away quickly: "Boiled beans may still be alive!" ”

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Although what Chunjuan said is absurd, it is not unreasonable. Shen Zhiyan Shen Zhizhang never wanted to go in this direction, and after listening to her words, he immediately decided to send Yao Lin to search the bottom of the valley again. After all, the whereabouts of boiled beans have always been a mystery, and since everyone else has found it, it makes no sense to send him one.

As soon as Yao Lin left, Duan Lanting went to Shen Mansion to deliver medicine to Shen Zhiyan, he knew that Shen Zhiyan was now working day and night to investigate the case, so he immediately adjusted the treatment plan, took the initiative to come to Shen Zhiyan's pulse and prescribed a new prescription.

Shen Zhizhang looked sideways at Duan Lanting, who lowered his head and prescribed medicine, and for a while his heart welled up with infinite sadness, and he couldn't help but say: "Speaking of which, you can treat my eldest brother, and my eldest brother's health can get better, all because of her." ”

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment when they heard Shen Zhizhang suddenly speak about this. Duan Lanting raised his head and looked at Shen Zhizhang in confusion, and quickly understood. He hesitated and didn't know what to say, so he had to comfort him flatly: "The deceased is gone, and the horse is mourning." ”

Shen Zhiyan was silent, he knew that Shen Zhizhang was touching the scene again.

"Hmm." Shen Zhizhang shrank back, as if he was a little out of the world, he didn't care about the spring silk beans were all there, and he didn't care about the Wang family who had just entered the door to give laba porridge to everyone, and said to himself: "You all said that I should mourn, but in fact there is nothing to be festive." The so-called parting of life and death is just like that. When the case is closed, I can live well on my own, it's nothing. ”

"This is ......" Wang looked at Shen Zhiyan with a little surprise, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, ...... he"

This sounds to others, and it is inevitable to say that Shen Zhizhang is unkind, and the sixth princess has not yet come out of the funeral, but he seems to have looked down on it. But Shen Zhiyan knew that he also understood what Shen Zhizhang meant.

After experiencing great joys and sorrows in life, such as the joy of life and the sorrow of death, we often feel that life is nothing more than that. The proudest years of this life are over, the worst things have passed, and there is nothing unacceptable for the rest of life. Whether it's good or bad, it's okay to be relieved.

He was also a commanding major general back then, with a strong body, calling friends to fight horses across the long street, having a sweetheart, and having a brother who had died. But later, he was bedridden for more than ten years, and he lived the rest of his life, and the old scenery of the boy's dream was never talked about, and now he is a good wife and daughter, and he is still living well.

What is life like?

Shen Zhiyan understands him.

Duan Lanting finished prescribing the medicine and left. The rest of the people were silent, and Wang also sat silently aside, gently stirring the warm laba porridge, watching as the hot air slowly rose and drifted into the air.

Today is Laba Day.

The sixth prince is mainly fine, how good it should be. Wang said softly in his heart.

What broke everyone's silence was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, the door was slammed open, Yao Lin gasped as he walked in front and said, "Grandpa, son, boiled beans have been found." ”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, Shen Zhizhang stood up suddenly, but saw Zhu Dongxu holding a person in his arms, and walked in after him, he said as he walked: "Close the door!" ”

Before everyone could react, he had already put the boiled beans on the ground, looked around quickly, stared at Shen Zhizhang and asked, "Are the people in the house reliable?" I have important things to say. After saying that, without waiting for everyone to answer, he raised his hand and nodded his head: Chun Juan, Dou Qi, Shen Zhizhang, Shen Zhiyan, Wang Shi, Yao Lin.

Very good!

Zhu Dongxu closed the door with his backhand, and the first sentence he said was a thunderclap: "The sixth princess is not dead." ”

Immediately after the second sentence, there was another thunderclap: "There is a problem with Xiaohuan!" ”

At the same time, in a certain Zhuangzi in an unknown town, Gao Jinshu, the sixth princess, the core figure of the discussion that everyone has been discussing in the past few days, slowly opened her eyes in the chaos of her head.