Chapter 068: The Old Man's Golden Lock

When Lin Mubai discovered the strangeness of the golden lock, Guanyun on the side also noticed the sudden change in his father's face, so he also came up to take a closer look at the golden lock. I saw that the golden lock seemed to have some years, a little old, and some auspicious patterns were engraved on it, which was no different from the style worn by ordinary children. Guanyun stared at it for a long time and couldn't see any clues, so he asked puzzledly, "Daddy, is there anything wrong with this thing?" ”

Lin Mubai stared at the golden lock intently as if he hadn't heard his question, and kept rubbing the surface lines with his hands, falling into a deep thought.

Guanyun saw that his father didn't answer, and he didn't want to ask any more questions, so he walked aside and looked elsewhere.

They found traces of lamp oil in several places in the courtyard and found the first point of fire. It turned out to be outside the two windows of this main house. Coupled with the lock on the door, it is obvious that the murderer's target is a few little girls living in the main house. However, Zhan Qingqing came to spend the night in those days, and everyone couldn't figure out which young lady was the target for a while. Things are getting more and more confusing.

At this time, in Qi Xuan's courtyard, Zhilan and Qi Xuan, who had just been washed, walked out together, accompanied by Zhan Shaofeng and a few guards, and greeted Mrs. Lin and Aunt Du together.

Because of last night's fire, Lin Mubai raised his vigilance and sent several more guards to Zhilan and Qi Xuan. This made the two sisters very unaccustomed, and as soon as they went out, a group of people followed, which was very eye-catching as if they were on patrol.

The two of them awkwardly went all the way to Aunt Du's residence, and it was not until they entered the house that the guards stayed outside. The two sisters breathed a sigh of relief. Qi Xuan whispered to Zhilan: "I finally understand now, why don't you treat your guard very well......

After they had said goodbye, we had breakfast together. At the dinner table, Mrs. Lin suddenly remembered what happened last night, so she turned her head and said to Aunt Du: "Sister Yu, have you found out the identities of the two people who were burned to death in the fire last night?" ”

Aunt Du put down the chopsticks in her hand, sighed and said, "It's all burned like that, where can you still see it." It's just that when the number of people was counted, it was found that there were two little girls missing, and I thought they were the two deceased. Alas, he must have slept too deeply, and he would not have had time to escape before he would be buried in the fire. ”

Mrs. Lin also sighed: "Sin, sin! It is not known who did it. But if this matter is directed at my Lin family, then their lives are owed by our Lin family! ”

Aunt Du said, "Qing'er doesn't have to blame herself too much. I haven't found out yet, so it's hard to draw conclusions so quickly. However, no matter who this matter is aimed at, those two girls died unjustly after all. I have informed their families, and each of them will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. Alas, the burn was so miserable that even their own families couldn't identify it, and they didn't know how to take the body back. ”

At this time, Zhilan was listening, and she was a little puzzled in her heart, so she asked: "Lan'er is a little confused, since even their family can't recognize their appearance, why did a mother-in-law last night suddenly think that the body was Qingqing and Shen'er?" ”

Mrs. Lin and Aunt Du were shocked when they heard this, they didn't come forward to check last night, so they didn't know about it. Aunt Du hurriedly asked Zhilan again: "Lan'er, do you recognize that mother-in-law?" Which hospital is it from? ”

Zhilan shook her head, and then said, "I don't recognize it, but I seem to have seen it once in Sister Xuan'er's courtyard before, but Lan'er doesn't remember it very well." ”

"In my yard? No way? Qi Xuan was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't have an elderly subordinate over there." Don't you remember wrong? ”

Zhilan wasn't sure, so she also said, "Maybe I misrecognized it." ”

At this time, there was silence at the dinner table. Seeing that everyone had no intention of eating, Zhilan suddenly felt that what she had just said was a little reckless, and said with a smile: "Maybe Lan'er is too concerned about this, and an elderly woman will inevitably be dazzled by the wrong person." Let's eat, eat. ”

She was talking, but she saw everyone looking out the door. So Zhilan also looked back, and it turned out to be her father Lin Mubai walking in. After he came in, he only nodded to everyone and walked to Mrs. Lin's side, leaned over and whispered a few words to her. Seeing Mrs. Lin turn her head and say apologetically to Aunt Du, "Sister Yu, I'll come when I go." So she got up and walked out with Lin Mubai.

Zhilan's eyes followed her father and mother all the way to the door, only to see that the two of them went out and turned a corner and disappeared. She has always been very sensitive, and she intuitively feels that her father must have found some clues.

She guessed right.

At this time, Lin Mubai took his wife through a corridor, stopped when he walked to a pavilion, took out the golden lock from his sleeve and handed it to her.

Mrs. Lin took the golden lock, took it in her hand and looked at it for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Isn't this the golden lock you gave me many years ago?" Isn't it in the capital mansion? Why did you get it again? ”

Lin Mubai shook his head incomprehensibly and said, "Fei Ye, you take a closer look at the words on it." ”

Mrs. Lin suspiciously lifted the golden lock, looked at the sunlight carefully, and vaguely saw a small "yang" engraved on it. She looked at her husband with some puzzlement, but Lin Mubai did not answer. After being stunned for a while, Mrs. Lin suddenly came to her senses, and pointed to the golden lock with a surprised look and said to her husband: "This is- this is your eldest brother's thing!" ”

"Not bad." Lin Mubai replied and took the golden lock, his expression was very heavy. "My piece is engraved with a 'white' character on it. After the birth of our two brothers, our grandmother ordered them to build it separately. We've been wearing this since we were kids, and we've been taking it off as we get older. ”

Mrs. Lin couldn't help but be very surprised, so she asked, "Then how can your eldest brother's golden lock be in your hand?" ”

Lin Mubai replied: "This is what I picked up from the ruins of the fire this morning. I looked familiar at first glance, but when I looked closely, I was shocked. I think you are also very familiar with my golden lock lady, so I brought it for you to identify again. ”

Mrs. Lin analyzed: "This piece is indeed very similar to yours, except for the words engraved. Moreover, this thing is a very private personal thing, and it is impossible to imagine that it is a counterfeit. Then she thought about it and thought it was incredible, and said, "It's really weird. Your eldest brother has been there for many years, how could his personal belongings come to Hangzhou? Could it be that some subordinates with unclean hands and feet in the mansion secretly resold it? ”

Lin Mubai took the golden lock and put it in his sleeve, squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, as if talking to himself, "Maybe so...... But was resold to Hangzhou and fell back into the hands of the Lin family? Could it be such a coincidence? Or maybe...... The arsonist had something to do with it? ”

The two pondered in the pavilion for a long time and did not come up with a clue.

At this time, Zhilan and Qi Xuan had already eaten and left Aunt Du's yard together. I heard a steward reply just now that after a morning of cleaning up, the remaining items in the burning courtyard had been picked out and sent to Qi Xuan, and they planned to go back to take a look and find out what else was important. As soon as Zhilan remembered that her precious herbs had been burned by a fire, she hated the roots of her teeth. Now she had nothing but the two bottles of self-defense powder she had with her.

Walking on the road, Zhilan remembered the mysterious appearance when her father called her mother out just now, and she was a little curious about what it was for. Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard Qi Xuan suddenly scream: "Oops! I remember! ”

Zhilan was taken aback by her, and hurriedly asked, "What do you remember?" ”

"The mother-in-law you said, I remember!" Qi Xuan clapped her hands and said, "One day, the two of us were embroidering in my room, and a mother-in-law from Cuizhu Courtyard sent us a pattern, do you remember?" ”

After she said this, Zhilan also had a vague impression. That day, Mrs. Lin saw that Qi Xuan's embroidered handkerchief was very exquisite, so she forced Zhilan to learn it too. Helpless, she went to Qi Xuan's room to learn embroidery. It just so happened that a mother-in-law came in from outside and handed over a pair of patterns that it was newly embroidered by her aunt and grandmother, so that Qi Xuan could look at it.

Zhilan finally remembered the appearance of the mother-in-law and said, "Yes, yes, she is the mother-in-law last night." Then he asked, "Cuizhuyuan?" Which hospital is that? ”

Qi Xuan replied, "That's the courtyard where Aunt Gui lives. ”

"Oh." Only then did Zhilan understand. It turned out that the aunt and grandmother that the mother-in-law said was Aunt Gui. She is Qi Hao's concubine, she rarely comes out to see people on weekdays, Zhilan has never seen her for so long, I only heard that she is good at embroidery, gentle and humble, and gets along well with Aunt Du.

"Let's go! Let's tell my mother to go! Qi Xuan pulled Zhilan and was about to turn back.

"Wait, wait, wait—" Zhilan hurriedly dragged her back and said, "Let's go and sue her so rashly, in case your mother investigates it with great fanfare, but finds out that it is just a misunderstanding, won't this make your Aunt Gui embarrassed?" and also created a conflict between your mother and Aunt Gui. ”

"Uh-" Qi Xuan is a tenacious person, and she didn't think of it so much, and when she heard Zhilan say this, she was worried: "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

I saw Zhilan blink slyly, took out a small medicine bottle from her sleeve and shook it proudly, and said with a smile: "Let's meet that mother-in-law first." Walk! With that, he walked forward in a majestic manner, and suddenly stopped again after taking a few steps. Qi Xuan looked at Zhilan in a daze, not knowing what medicine she was selling in her gourd, but saw Zhilan turn around and asked blankly, "Where is Cuizhu Courtyard?" ”