On the jade screen, a gauze as thin as a cicada's wings hangs. The moment the door was pushed open, the sari danced in the wind, instantly attracting Xing Ruyi's attention. Without any hesitation, she walked over to the garment. Smooth and slightly cool to the touch, like the river water in early spring across the skin, people can not help but feel nostalgic for this wonderful feeling.

"Ruyi!" Chang Tai saw Xing Ruyi standing motionless in front of the dress, so he walked over, "But what's so strange about this dress?" ”

"Oh, nothing!" Xing Ruyi came back to his senses, and hurriedly let go of the hand holding the clothes, and the whole person looked a little embarrassed: "I just think that the fabric of this dress is a little chic, so I can't help but look at it twice." This room, could it be the crime scene you mentioned Brother Chang? ”

Xing Ruyi carefully looked at the bedroom in front of him, the furnishings were no different from the ordinary woman's boudoir, and it could be seen that the owner was not a very patient and organized person, and many small objects in the room were put aside easily, which was obviously a little messy. Like ordinary women, the owner prefers various styles of clothes and jewelry, and there are several new pieces of this year's clothes hanging on the hanger next to the dresser alone, but compared to the one on the screen, the fabrics of those clothes are extremely ordinary.

When he thought like this, Xing Ruyi was like a demon, and he involuntarily walked to the screen again. "Such a light and translucent, but soft and smooth fabric, I am afraid that I can't find a horse in the splendid workshop in the capital."

"Girl, good eye! This garment was also found by our wife when she happened to pass by a small shop. The shopkeeper told us that this fabric was extremely precious, and that it was not necessary to produce a single piece of cloth in a year, and even fewer could be made into clothes. So Madame, she also gritted her teeth at that time and sold it, spending a lot of silver. Because of this dress, the lady was counted down by the master for a long time, saying that she didn't know how to save and wouldn't live. ”

"You are?"

"The slave and maid Hongliu are Madame's personal maids!" Hongliu blessed his body: "Mrs. has encountered an accident and is still missing, and the master was worried about his wife's safety, so he also fell ill yesterday." The old man explained, saying that when Lord Chang came again, Hongliu would follow, and if he asked questions, as long as it was related to his wife, he would have to answer Hongliu truthfully. ”

Xing Ruyi then remembered that when she first entered the door, there was a girl in a pink shirt who had been following her and Chang Tai, but she didn't take it to heart at the time, so she didn't pay much attention to the girl's appearance. Now, when I heard the girl speak, I looked at her carefully. At the age of about seventeen or eighteen, he is not tall, about 155 meters. Although she claims to be a maid, she combs her hair in a bun, and the hairpin on her head is a good workmanship, if it is not for her wife's reward, it is given by the lord of this house. When she spoke, she was not as cautious as an ordinary maid, but with a little arrogance. This red willow, nine times out of ten, is the legendary lady's dowry maid, the lord's room. To put it bluntly, it's not even a concubine.

"It turned out to be the Red Willow Girl! I wonder if I can tell Ruyi where I bought this garment from? There is also the fabric of this clothes, can the girl tell Ruyi more. You also know that all women, no matter what their status is, love these things very much, especially this kind of good thing, when you really look at it, you will be stunned. ”

"Ruyi girl is polite, look at the belt that the girl is wearing, it is not a vulgar thing, if you really like it, you might as well go to the small shop to find it, maybe you can find some small objects. As for the garment? I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it this year. ”

Why is that? Could it be because of the weather? ”

"Oh! The girl misunderstood, the red willow didn't mean that. As Hongliu Fang said to the girl just now, this fabric is extremely rare, and you may not be able to get one a horse a year, and even fewer can be made into clothes. Don't say that it is an ordinary person, even those concubines and concubines in the palace, Her Royal Highness the Princess, may not have the opportunity to wear such good clothes. ”

The red willow said, deliberately giving a blank look.

Chang Tai saw it, frowned slightly between his eyebrows, slightly displeased, and was about to speak, but found that Xing Ruyi was secretly pulling his sleeve and signaling him not to speak.

"Most of these silk satins are things worn by rich and noble families, but the clothes in front of us, even if they are tributes from the imperial court, I am afraid they can't be compared. Ruyi girl raised silkworms when she was a child? ”

"No, when I was younger, I was terrified of these round, fleshy things. However, I saw a younger brother of my own family playing, and in the end he got a lot of silkworm chrysalis. ”

"Does the girl know how this silkworm chrysalis is turned into silk and made into clothes?"

"I probably know a little, but I don't know in detail."

"From silkworm chrysalis to clothes, there are at least four processes, the first is burning, the second is pulling, the third is open, and the fourth is pulling, but in these four processes, the most important thing is the first burning. Burning silkworms, also called boiled silkworms. This boiled silkworm is very particular, in addition to paying attention to the time but also to pay attention to the heat, a little carelessness will boil the silkworm rotten.

In addition, this kind of silk is a cocoon left after the silkworm chrysalis turns into a butterfly. The silk obtained in this way, no matter how perfect the process is, is broken and incomplete. The silk used in our clothes is different, and the shopkeeper of the small shop said that this dress is made of the most perfect silk in the world. ”

"The most perfect silk in the world?" Xing Ruyi smiled: "This Ruyi really doesn't know." May I ask the red willow girl, what is the most perfect silk in the world? ”

"This perfect celestial silk is to put the whole silk in the cage and steam it before the chrysalis has not turned into a butterfly, until the silkworm inside turns into water. In this way, the chrysalis will not turn into a butterfly, and the silk will not break in the process of extraction, so that the silk obtained is the most perfect silk. ”

Xing Ruyi was stunned when he heard this, and the process of steaming silkworms seemed to have appeared in front of him. The hand that touched the silkworm robe also fell instantly. But when she went to look at the red willow again, she found that this little girl's eyes not only did not have a trace of unbearable looks, but she said with relish, full of interest, and even with some excitement and excitement in her eyes.

Xing Ruyi was no longer interested in inquiring about this dress.

She bypassed the screen and entered the bedroom.

The missing lady's surname is Yun, her mother's home is in Yunzhai, and her husband is also a native of this Yun family. The pawn business at home has some relationship between black and white, even when the Hu brothers are still there, they will give the master of the family a little face, and they will never embarrass them in the business field.

Mrs. Yun disappeared three days ago.

According to the maid Hongliu, it should be the day when the lady returns to her parents' house to visit relatives. When he got up early, Hongliu also came to the door to ask when he would leave. As a result, he was scolded by his wife, saying that it was still early, and it would take some time to dress up, so let Hongliu go down to arrange breakfast first.

This early in the morning, he was scolded by his wife, although Hongliu didn't dare to say anything, but he was still aggrieved in his heart. After telling the cook what Madame was going to eat and the tastes of the past two days, Hongliu also went back to the room, and it was not until the cook came to inform her that breakfast had been prepared, and she came again to inquire about Madame. But after calling three times in a row, the lady didn't answer, so she tried to push the door.

"The door has been pushed open?" Xing Ruyi asked.

"If it is better to open it with a push, then at least it can show that our wife went out by herself." Hongliu glanced at Xing Ruyi: "At that time, the door was locked from the inside, I pushed it several times, and called the lady many times, until the master and the housekeeper were called, and I couldn't open the door." In the end, it was the master's order to let the door be knocked open, but after the door was opened, except for some unpleasant smells in the room, not even the shadow of the lady was seen. ”

"Brother Chang?"

She was right. After Mrs. Yun disappeared, Master Yun reported to the government as soon as possible, and the county master personally brought someone here. At that time, the deadbolt fell on this place, and judging from the distance and direction, it should have been knocked down here when the door was slammed. Ruyi you see, there is a new mark on this door bolt, and the position of this new mark is very consistent with the bolt behind the door. What is certain is that this bolt has never been used before, and this new mark is a few days of grinding out of the traces, and the position of the plug is very shallow, which shows that when the lady is in the room, she just doesn't want to be disturbed, so this thing has more ingredients to make a appearance. ”

"Madame really didn't have this habit before!" Hongliu said, and also glanced at the door bolt: "After the lord and the lady got married, they were very affectionate, and this bedroom was the new house when they got married." Since the old lady got married, the door of this bedroom has never been opened from the inside. First, it is because the security of our Yunjiaji is relatively good; secondly, because the old man is used to going to bed late, the lady will always leave the door for the master, and over the years, it has become a habit; Third, although there is no one on duty in front of this door, there are family guards in the courtyard, two shifts a night, even if there are some young people, they dare not come to our house. ”

"When did the lady have this habit?"

"In recent days. After buying that garment, to be exact. The girl also saw that this dress was very expensive, and it was bought by the lady at a great price, so she liked it. But because of this dress, there was a dispute between the lady and the master, and later the master moved to another yard in a fit of anger, and the lady guarded the dress day by day, and locked the door angrily. Speaking of which, since the purchase of this dress, she has rarely gone out. ”

"And this garment, do you ladies wear it?"

What do you mean by that, girl? It is a garment, and the lady wears it. Hongliu inadvertently glanced at Xing Ruyi again: "When I was in the store, Mrs. tried it once, even if I liked it very much." Later, when he returned to the house, the lady also deliberately wore it for the master, but the master was angry at the time, and he didn't even look at it, so he went out. The lady cried angrily and wanted to tear off her clothes, but after thinking about it, she was still reluctant. On the day of Madame's disappearance, she was originally going to wear this dress, but the weather was too cold, and although this dress was good-looking, it was as thin as a cicada's wings, and she could only wear it inside.

Oh, I hung it on the screen myself, the night before Madame disappeared. That night, the lady was like a demon, and kept walking around the room in this dress, and she was still muttering that she wanted to put it back on and show it to the old lady and the old lady at home. The slave persuaded her for a long time before she asked her to take off her clothes, but she still couldn't stand her chatter and hung it here. ”

"What about the window! Have you checked that this window was open when Madame disappeared? ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)