Chapter 20: The Strings of the Brocade (9)
Gu Peiqing fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhang Tong'er who saved him and Feiming during the day. He dismounted and said, "Thank you Miss Zhang for saving your life during the day." ”
The girl had a cold face, as if she wasn't listening to Gu Peiqing at all, and said to herself: "Shen Feiming, that traitor, will kill you sooner or later, and you still follow her all day long, it's really stupid." I wonder if she'll treat my cousin like you, and use her self-righteous ingenuity to turn others around. Or are you already in cahoots with her, and if I find out that you are in cahoots with her, I will definitely take your life. ”
Gu Peiqing couldn't cry or laugh for a while, saved him during the day, and came to tell him in the evening that he wanted to take his life.
"Why did Miss Zhang say that Fei Ming was a traitor?"
"You go ask herself, no, she's pretending to have amnesia now, and she won't tell you. Aren't you a detective, go and discover Shen Feiming's unknown side by yourself. After she finished chattering, she didn't wait for Gu Peiqing to respond, and turned around and left directly.
Quisling? Shen Feiming? Amnesia? This amount of information is really a bit big, Gu Peiqing walked slowly on the horse again, in addition to the case, the confusion in his heart was a little more, but the girl who smiled with a sunny smile would not be a traitor.
Shen Feiming was having dinner with her sister, and Prince Rui went to the Horse Mansion to visit Princess Duan, and the two of them faced six dishes, which was really a bit much.
"Why did you come to eat here today, and your face is still so bad, what happened? Or did you announce your identity to Gu Peiqing, and he ignored you? Fei Qing sandwiched a piece of braised pork for Fei Ming.
Fei Ming glanced at her sister and said, "You did it on purpose?" You called him to this poetry club and showed me a play? ”
Feiqing immediately laughed: "How is it possible, I see that you like him, he cares about you, I'll give you a push." ”
Shen Feiqing has no image of an iceberg beauty in the eyes of outsiders, and at this time she is more like a gossip sister.
"Not because of him." Shen Feiming put down his chopsticks, and his expression became a little more serious, "I think someone is going to deal with you, or to deal with our Shen Mansion." Then she told Shen Feiqing about the three murders related to the strings.
"But these three cases have nothing to do with me, and forcibly connecting them with strings is not convincing."
"No, it's not that simple, when I accompanied the concubines and princesses in the palace to listen to the monk's lecture, the saint talked to the monk, recently Qin Tianjian found that the stars were abnormal, at first it was only a small disaster, and finally it would shake the throne, and all this originated from a woman, Qin Tianjian will continue to observe the celestial phenomena, and strive to find out the woman with a bad star weather as soon as possible. The saint was uneasy and sought a solution from the monks. The high monk did not immediately reply to the saint, but only said that the boat would naturally go straight to the bridge. ”
Shen Feiqing was silent for half a cup of tea, and said, "Are you saying that someone deliberately created a case, left the strings, and then pointed out that I am a woman with a bad star?" ”
"Yes, but they didn't expect that the Red Silk Girl would have that qin, so now the people in the Criminal Department are staring at the Red Silk Girl, Uncle Run means that it is better to plan and push the Red Silk Girl out to be your shield."
"Uncle Run has always been fair, how can he be confused about this matter. It's useless, even if the Red Silk Girl is the murderer, Qin Tianjian will still inform the Holy Lord that the woman with the evil star is me. ”
"Sister, what should I do now? I have heard that the Holy Father is getting older, and he is believing in this kind of thing more and more, and when the time comes, he will listen to the instigation of others, and it will be a disaster for you and for our family. ”
"The people who hurt me must have some plans, but now most of the people in the court want to tie up with my father, even if they are involved in the battle for the crown prince, they also want to be in-laws with our Shen family, and I can't think of any people who can benefit me for a while."
"Sister, Gu Peiqing and I were attacked by assassins today, and Zhang Tong'er and her cousin rescued us. The assassin didn't want to hurt me, but seemed to be going for Gu Peiqing. Do you say this matter has anything to do with our Shen Mansion? ”
"You investigate the case well first, help Miss Red Silk get rid of suspicion, I'll discuss this matter with my father, now that we know, at least there is a way to deal with it."
"Okay, I'm still distancing myself from Gu Peiqing during this time, don't let him get into trouble because of me."
"By the way, you said that Zhang Tong'er and her cousin saved you?"
"yes."
"I didn't expect Zhang Yu to return to the city."
"He's Zhang Yu? A young general who was sent to the south to defend against Chen's attack in two years? ”
Shen Feiqing suddenly looked at Feiming with a soft face, stroked her hair and said, "It doesn't matter who he is, it has nothing to do with you." ”
Gu Peiqing finished his breakfast and heard a knock on the door, he thought it was Almond who came to deliver the news of Feiming, and as soon as he opened the door, the fifth prince was looking at him with a smile.
Xuan Dao said a little sadly: "Pei Qing, the moment you opened the door, I saw the disappointment in your eyes clearly. ”
"Really?" Gu Peiqing decided to pay more attention to her micro-expressions in the future, and she couldn't let others see through it.
"You have an appointment?" Xuan Dao asked.
"No, no, I plan to go to West Third Street today to investigate the case."
"That's right, let's investigate the case with our detective." Xuan Dao immediately became interested, "What kind of case, tell me about it." ”
Gu Peiqing said a few words to him briefly, although he still wanted to wait for news of almonds in the courtyard, but the fifth prince Xuandao had already begun to urge, "Go now, what are you waiting for." ”
Gu Peiqing instructed Ah Ye to tell her if Almond came that he had already gone to West Third Street with the Fifth Prince.
West Third Street is mostly a small courtyard separated one by one, with rows of camphor trees planted on the roadside, and occasionally a few small stalls selling steamed buns and small snacks. Gu Peiqing and Xuan Dao walked to the wonton stall near the crime, it seems that the appalling case did not have much impact on the surrounding people, and everyone still slid according to the established life trajectory as always.
"Boss, two bowls of ravioli." Gu Peiqing shouted, the boss was nearly sixty years old, full of energy, he answered, and put the wontons into the pot with his hands and feet.
The fragrant wontons were brought to the two of them, Gu Peiqing looked at no other customers, and said, "Boss, is your business okay now?" I don't think there are many people now, is it caused by something half a month ago? ”
The boss put the rag down and sat next to Gu Peiqing, "Not really, it's just that now is not the time to eat wontons." Guest officer, I see your face, and I also know what happened half a month ago? ”
"You know, it's rumored that we've gone down the street, and I've heard that a lot of people have picked up gold?"
"Alas, my bowels are blue when I talk about it, and I didn't come to the stall that day when I was unwell, my wife came. When she saw that Zheng Jixiang had fallen off the horse and shed a lot of blood, she just screamed, and she didn't pick up any of them. ”
"Are you familiar with that Zheng Jixiang?"
"Well, he often comes to my stall to eat wontons, but he doesn't talk much."
"Is Zheng Jixiang so rich? I don't know how much gold has fallen, but how lucky the person who picks it up must be. Gu Peiqing put on a very envious look, and Xuan Dao nodded in cooperation.
The boss looked left and right, afraid that others would overhear, and whispered: "Then Zheng Jixiang has opened a fruit shop, and there are two women and a child to raise at home, where can I get so much money." Always riding a horse on our street, we guess he got a horse to ride here in the whole street, the fruit shop is not far from his house, riding a horse thinks he is superior. I heard that a few days before his accident, I met a rich lady, and the rich lady said that she wanted to buy his store, and the price was quite high, and I guess the gold that fell was his shop money. ”
"Rich Lady?"
"I also heard about it, if you think about it carefully, it may also be a rumor, I heard a saying before, that Zheng Jixiang was killed by the evil star female ghost, otherwise how could he die suddenly? And he was desperately short of gold, and that gold was given to him by the female ghost. ”
Gu Peiqing didn't believe this, so he listened to it and changed the topic and asked, "Do you know that Zheng Jixiang will go to Hongye Tower?" ”
"He never goes to that kind of place, we have no secrets on these three streets, and whoever a man likes to go to that kind of place will be discussed."
Gu Peiqing saw that the wontons in the Xuandao bowl were about to be gone, got up and gave the boss a few pieces of silver, and said, "Don't look for it." The boss instantly smiled and thanked him repeatedly.
"Then where did Zheng Jixiang fall?"
The boss hurriedly pointed to the street not far away: "Right there, my wife told me that night was very evil, there was no wind but the sound of the leaves brushing, the moon was exceptionally clear, she heard someone whispering, but when I listened carefully, there was nothing, I think it should be a sign of the evil star female ghost asking for her life." ”
Gu Peiqing had already walked to the place pointed out by the boss, there was nothing special, there were camphor trees on both sides, and the yards on both sides were the same size, and the trees planted in the courtyard were of the same type. "You're pretty neat on this street." Xuan Dao sighed.
Gu Peiqing looked at the camphor trees on both sides of the road, pointed to the two small courtyards facing the roadside and asked the boss, "Are these two families usually at home?" ”
"There is no one in the north house, and he hasn't been back for several years, and the house in the south is always at home, and someone in his house came out to pick up gold that night." Speaking of gold, the boss looked sorry again, "It's really lucky, his daughter is also good-looking, when she was a child, the fortune teller said that she was a concubine, and his family invited a few teachers to teach her to play the piano and dance, and those teachers are also mysterious and secretive, always wearing veils." ”
Gu Peiqing walked to the courtyard gate of the house in the north, and locked the door tightly with a big lock, resisting outsiders. He grabbed the big lock and looked at it for a while, as if he had gained something.
After saying goodbye to the owner of the wonton shop, Xuan Dao immediately began to ask: "Pei Qing, do you know who the murderer is?" ”
"How can it be so fast, I'm still thinking about it."
"It can't be that there really is a female ghost of the evil star, a few days ago I went to listen to the monk's lecture, and my father asked the monk this question, saying how to crack the evil star or something, I didn't listen carefully, I felt very bored at the time, so I was distracted."
"Evil Star?"