Chapter 59: The Challenge
Such a result made Yingchun stunned, and she muttered to herself: "I can't think of it, I really can't think of it, you say ...... Was it really fifteen years ago...... That legendary green peony? This also ...... Too scary? How is that possible? ”
Chu Yunfei knew what Yingchun was thinking. Fifteen years have passed, even if the crazy crime at that time was a group of cardamom girls, who were already wives and mothers at this time, how could they appear again? Are they forced to take risks again for the sake of their livelihood? He quickly denied this idea, you must know that the palace maids at that time were basically one in a thousand, and all those who were selected were women with outstanding looks and talents. Once the palace people are repatriated, those high-ranking officials and nobles will regard them as treasures, or take them as concubines, or marry them as wives to satisfy their vanity. No matter how poor they are, they can marry a businessman and live a worry-free life, how can they fall into the situation of living by kidnapping for ransom?
"You...... What are you going to do? This...... What a surprise! Yingchun said, she was a little speechless in shock.
She thought that Chu Yunfei might be ecstatic or complacent after confirming the origin of the green peony, but she didn't expect that he was like a defeated rooster and had no fighting spirit at all. He waved his hand lightly and fell on his back on the couch.
"Hey, you're not going to throw in the towel so quickly, are you? Is it because you are afraid of green peonies? That's not quite your style! Mei Yingchun's face reflected a faint smile, and he quipped.
Chu Yunfei waved his hand, he didn't want to talk much, because he wanted to save his energy and come up with a way to deal with the green peony in the shortest possible time. Everything is an unknown mystery at the moment, whether it is the identity of the other party or the organizational structure, guessing that Green Peony is a group of women is just a guess. Therefore, it is necessary to follow the clue of the cook lady now, hoping that Homa will gain something.
Yingchun walked away with interest, but she didn't plan to leave Meixiang Xiaozhu for the time being. Because she needs to concentrate on dealing with this orchid who suddenly appeared, because this is her biggest threat, and it is also related to whether she is happy or not in her life. When she came back from negotiating with Hu Ji in the backyard, she found that Chu Yunfei didn't know when she left.
Liang Yuan. King Liang was not at all surprised by Chu Yunfei's sudden appearance, because his whereabouts had always been unpredictable. After Chu Yunfei explained his intention with a big grin, he opened his mouth and proposed to see the roster of palace maids sent back by the emperor when the queen mother was seriously ill more than ten years ago.
"What do you want it for?" King Liang was confused.
Chu Yunfei didn't want to explain, he only said that there were very important things that needed to be checked on the roster. King Liang couldn't resist him, so he immediately sent someone to find out the roster. Taking advantage of the palace servant's efforts to take the roster, Chu Yunfei mentioned the three sweat towels from the Western Xia Kingdom to King Liang.
"You mean that the Western Xia Kingdom paid tribute to the sweat scarf?" King Liang said briskly, "Of course, I have the impression that this king was not very old at that time, and he had been living in the palace with his mother. I have seen the sweat towel you mentioned in the Queen Mother's place. As I remember, they were three bright red sweat towels embroidered with peony flowers at both ends. However, in the eyes of this king, it is no different from ordinary sweat towels. The king thought that it was only because the number was small that the concubines would fight endlessly. Later, I realized that it was indeed a bit special. The three sweat towels, one is said to have been given to Concubine Mei, one is with my mother, and the other is unknown where...... Why did you bring up this question all of a sudden? Does this have anything to do with the recent kidnapping? ”
King Liang looked at Chu Yunfei with a look of surprise.
Chu Yunfei said lightly, "Have you ever heard of green peony?" ”
"You mean the green peony that turned the whole city upside down more than ten years ago, right? Of course this king has heard of it, I heard that it is a group of green forest heroes who rob the rich and help the poor, and I heard that Mei Yingxue's father was helpless at the beginning...... "King Liang seemed to think of something ridiculous, and couldn't help laughing.
However, when Chu Yunfei said that the recent kidnapping case was also related to Green Peony, King Liang couldn't laugh anymore. Like Chu Yunfei, he felt a little absurd, how could the gang disappear for so long more than ten years ago, how could he commit a crime again?
Chu Yunfei smiled bitterly, not only did King Liang not believe it, but even he hadn't figured out what was going on until now.
The roster was brought over, which was the list of the palace maids who were dismissed when the Queen Mother was seriously ill twenty years ago, and has been kept by the Empress. After the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, these materials were transferred to the palace of King Liang. The roster is very detailed, and it contains the place of origin, name, age, physical characteristics and time of departure of the palace maid. According to the reporter above, almost all of them are slightly older palace maids, the oldest is twenty-five years old, and the youngest is eighteen years old, all of whom have reached the age of marriage. According to the above statistics, there were more than 400 palace people who were dismissed at that time, and most of them lived around Kaifeng Mansion.
"You want to find clues from these lists? That's harder than climbing to the sky, isn't it? Yingchun's voice sounded again, startling King Liang.
But Chu Yunfei seemed to expect her to come over, so he didn't even raise his head, just looked at the information seriously. It is not very difficult to find clues about sweat towels from these lists, after all, most of the palace maids who were dismissed at that time were palace maids who did chores, and they were dispensable in the palace. And those right-hand men around the queen mother, queen, and emperor on weekdays will definitely not be sent out of the palace, unless there is a special reason. Another point is that there are very few people who have access to the queen, which further narrows the range of suspects. Sure enough, after a while, the names of three palace people appeared in his eyes: Wu Mingzhu, the person from the Yanfu Palace who was in charge of the lantern palace, was twenty-two years old and asked to leave the palace; Ouyang Xichun, the maid who cleaned the courtyard of Funing Palace, was punished for a small mistake and took the opportunity to ask to leave the palace; Lin Qingyu, a female official in Hanxiang Pavilion, was 24 years old and was sent out of the palace because her family wrote a letter to ask her to return.
Chu Yunfei knew that Yanfu Palace was the palace where the emperor lived, and it was far away from Hanxiang Pavilion. Funing Palace was the place where the empress lived at that time, and it was located in the middle of the palace. Hanxiang Pavilion? Although he had seen it before, who was living in it at that time?
King Liang couldn't think of it for a while, because of the age, and King Liang was still young when he left the palace, he didn't have much impression of the concubines in the palace at all. After thinking about it for a long time, he guessed that the person who lived there might be Concubine Xian who was canonized at the same time as Concubine Mei. Concubine Xian's surname was Liu, and she died violently about two or three years after receiving the title.
After writing down these three names, Chu Yunfei returned to Meixiang Xiaozhu with Yingchun, but unexpectedly, there was a huge surprise waiting for him: a naked challenge letter was placed in the hall of Meixiang Xiaozhu, and the signature below was actually signed by Green Peony. Hu Ji paced back and forth in the hall uneasily, and when she saw Chu Yun flying back, she hurriedly handed over the letter to him. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )