Chapter 33: The Mystery of the Brocade Box

In the early morning, several unknown birds stopped on the trees in the Shangzhu Garden and chirped.

Feng Yan was so noisy that he was not upset. He picked up a stone and threw it at the tree. The birds fluttered and scattered in all directions.

Yun Yi walked into the garden. At that moment, the door opened. Childe Jin appeared at the door.

"Childe! Master, please! Yun Yi arched his hand.

Gongzi Jinqian glanced at the door of the soft house, and then walked out of the upper bamboo garden.

Feng Yan knocked on the window edge of Rouxin, and Rouxin woke up from her sleep.

Gongzi Jinqi came to the master's house and sat down. Yun Yi brought it and put it on the cases of the master and the son Jin Yan early.

The Master walked in. Childe Jin Yan ate by himself.

The master was not surprised, he sat behind a few cases and looked at Gongzi Jinqi.

Rouxin came outside the house. Feng Yan glared at her dissatisfied. It's quite diligent in the house, but it's lazy to go out!

"What?" Gongzi Jin wiped his hands and looked at the old master.

Yun Yi had already ordered someone to clean up the dishes. Then he put the brocade box he had dug up under the bamboo roots in the courtyard last night and put it on Gongzi Jin's table.

Childe Jinyan carefully looked at the patterns on the brocade box. Then he gently opened the box.

Inside the box are some bamboo slips engraved with strange characters. Childe Jin Yan didn't recognize the characters above.

"This brocade box was found in the bamboo forest in the garden! And that's thanks to your guard, Feng Yan. ”

"Someone has died in the academy recently?" Childe Jinyan picked up the teacup and raised it in front of him to look at it.

"How do you know?" Yun Yi, who was standing by the door, was surprised!

"Yun Yi! Don't be rude! The old master drank lightly.

"His death must have something to do with this brocade box. Someone wants to ask for this brocade box. In desperation, he buried the brocade box under the nose of his master. Because the matter was urgent, he broke his fingers by digging with his bare hands. Because he had been squatting for too long, he helped the root of the bamboo beside him. His blood stayed there! Gongzi Jin's speculation made the master have to admire.

"The deceased was one of my disciples, named Li Sheng. However, he usually doesn't like books and literature, and he only came to my academy because of his vassal elegance. If this brocade box is his, then it must be entrusted to him by his ancestors or someone. The old master's analysis is not unreasonable.

"We first have to figure out the words on this piece of bamboo. Secondly, we must check this Li Sheng's family history and relatives and friends. Gongzi Jin drank all the tea in the cup. The words on the bamboo slices aroused his curiosity.

"Yun Yi! Can you hear clearly? The Master commanded.

"Yes! Students, let's do it! Yun Yi bowed and withdrew.

"Why don't you stay here for a few days to solve the doubts in your heart?" The master had already seen Gongzi Jin's thoughts.

"Good!" Gongzi Jinyan is very satisfied with the master of the Jinling Academy.

It took Yun Yi two days to find out that Li Sheng was an orphan and was raised by his adoptive father. After the death of his adoptive father, he inherited all his family business.

He didn't have many friends, only two. One is Liang Zicheng of the college; The other is Jiang Yi, who has played with him since he was a child.

Yun Yi came to the Gathering Heart Pavilion. The master is playing chess with Gongzi Jin. He reported Li Sheng's situation to the two.

"Call Liang Zicheng to see you!" The old master didn't know where to go with the white in his hand. I'm afraid he's going to lose this game.

The game is back! Liang Zicheng has also arrived! The old master's eyes were only fixed on the chessboard.

"Master!" Liang Zicheng bowed his hand.

Gongzi Jin's bureau is very large, and the old master is taking it step by step this time.

Liang Zicheng saw that the old master didn't move for a long time, so he raised his head and peeked at it.

"Master! Liang Zicheng has arrived! Yun Yi said softly. The old master was still looking at the chessboard.

"Say it! Why kill Li Sheng! "Gongzi Jin has left a son.

Liang Zicheng's body trembled. Yun Yi and the master looked at Gongzi Jinyan in unison.

In the past two days, Feng Yan went to check Li Sheng's hair. He found that Jiang Yi was an honest man. And when talking about Li Sheng's death, his expression was very sad.

Feng Yan went to inquire about Zhang Zhiwen, who was in Li Sheng's room. According to Zhang Zhiwen, Li Sheng had a falling out with Liang Zicheng before his death. But the day before he died, he had drunk with Liang Zicheng.

Feng Yan went to the restaurant where the two of them were drinking as instructed by Gongzi Jinqi. He learned from the food delivery guy at the restaurant that they had also quarreled during the banquet.

"Do you suspect that Liang Zicheng killed Li Sheng? But we have already checked, Li Sheng died of heart failure. He's been hit hard before! The master looked at Gongzi Jinyan.

"Only he has a motive to kill!" Childe Jin fell into a chess piece.

How can the old master still have the heart to play chess? Someone in his academy actually killed someone!

"Take him down and interrogate him! Don't alarm the government just yet! The old master put the chess pieces in his hand in the chess box.

"Yes!" Yun Yi took Liang Zicheng away.

"Is there any text on the bamboo slip?" Gongzi Jin looked at the old master intently.

"There is an old Confucian in Lujiang County, about eighty years old. He was a scholar of words. ”

"I'm about to go to Lujiang, leave this matter to me!" Childe Jin looked at his hand.

"It's the best! I'll ask Yun Yi to send the brocade box in a while! The old master was glad to throw out this hot potato.

"Be sure to be optimistic about Liang Zicheng. It's not easy! After saying that, Gongzi Jinqian got up and left.

In Shangzhu Garden, incense was lit in the house of Gongzi Jin. Gongzi Jinyan walked to the door and smelled incense. He frowned and said to Rouxin: "Open the window and put out the incense!" ”

Rouxin hurriedly entered the house and extinguished the incense. Feng Yan opened all the windows in the house. Gongzi Jinyan stood at the door and looked at the full moon in the sky.

"Childe! This is the Nishiki box! Shut it up! Yun Yi brought the brocade box over.

Feng Yan handed the brocade box to Gongzi Jin's hand. Gongzi Jinqian opened the box and took a look at it and handed it to Feng Yan.

"Put it away! Don't lose it! ”

"Yes!" Feng Yan put the brocade box in his arms.

"Tomorrow morning, the master invites the son to take care of himself, and he will not send it away." Yun Yi conveyed the meaning of the old master.

Gongzi Jinqian didn't say anything, turned around and went into his room.

Rouxin is making tea for him. Childe Jinyan found that Rouxin's face was crimson.

"Feng Yan! Find out who came in the afternoon! ”

"Yes!" Feng Yan's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

"Eat!"

When Rouxin brought the tea to Gongzi Jin, she saw a small porcelain bottle on Gongzi Jin's table.

Rouxin didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. She didn't know what kind of pill Gongzi Jinqian gave her. But in a moment she fell asleep on the tea table.

"Childe! She came in in the afternoon! Feng Yan walked in with a woman in green.

"Get her to stay in the soft house!" Gongzi Jinyan commanded.

"Yes!" Feng Yan ordered the woman's acupoint and took it away.

Gongzi Jinqian looked at the sky, and it was almost ten midnight. It's a little cool. The oil lamp on the table began to flicker and flicker.

It's time to come, too! Gongzi Jinqian picked up the simple book on the table and read it.