Chapter 67: Flowers and Bones
The ginger-like sense of smell is naturally sensitive, and after learning the secret from Elder Wu Miao, it can almost be described as "magical" in the eyes of ordinary people.
Even if the peony is like fire and fragrant, it still can't stop the slightest stench from drilling into the tip of her nose.
She had smelled it, it was a corpse smell.
The reason why Jiang seems to want to come to the Changxing Marquis Mansion, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the Tiger Mountain, is to find out the reason why Cao Xingyu, the prince of the Marquis of Changxing, and Jiang Qian did such an incredible thing to her.
It was a knot in her heart, and she would never be able to let go of it until she untied it and punished those who had harmed her.
Some things can be passed and seen, but some things must be faced and solved in order to break free from the nightmare.
So she took the initiative to come, to approach the place, to approach the couple.
But although she was well prepared, she didn't expect that there were bones buried under this gorgeously blooming peony flower.
Jiang seemed to subconsciously grind the dirt with his toes.
The stench of corpses soaked the dirt, even into the layers of petals of the peony flower.
This kind of smell can not be formed in three or two days, but it is strangely fresh, as if a corpse has only been buried for a short time, and gorgeous peony flowers bloom from the corpse.
Jiang's face turned a little paler.
At this time, she didn't feel afraid, but the smell of corpses that rushed in like waves made her nauseous, making her almost unable to restrain her feeling of nausea.
"Fourth sister, are you not feeling well?" Jiang Qiao noticed the ginger-like abnormality, and withdrew her gaze from the beautiful peony flower.
Jiang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and reluctantly showed a smile: "I'm okay." ”
Jiang Qiao frowned and looked at Jiang Yi, and casually pulled off a piece of peony petal and kneaded it on her fingertips.
The pale red juice stained the white fingertips of Jiang Qiao.
Jiang Yi's gaze couldn't help but fall on Jiang Qiao's fingers.
Jiang Qiao casually threw the crumpled petals into the wind, lowered her head and sniffed her fingertips, and said with a smile: "It's strange to say, although I like peony flowers, I don't love the fragrance of this flower." Fourth sister, are you not used to smelling it, so you are uncomfortable? ”
Jiang seemed to think about the pervasive smell of corpses, and then looked at the light red on Jiang Qiao's fingertips, bit his lip hard to restrain the feeling of vomiting, and smiled reluctantly: "I can't get used to smelling a lot of smells." ”
"Then let's go, I won't pull you here if you say you can't get used to it." Although Jiang Qiao and Jiang seemed to be arguing in the Bofu without saying more than three words, they naturally narrowed the distance when they got outside.
A sister in the house, of course, has to take care of each other when she goes outside.
Jiang Qiao is cheerful and straightforward, but she is not stupid, and she has long felt a little strange from Jiang Qian's seemingly abnormal attitude towards Jiang.
Jiang seemed to stand still, and said in a changed tone: "Although I can't get used to smelling a lot of smells, I smell the smell of peony flowers." ”
She had to figure out whether the bones of a man or a dog or something were buried under the peony flower.
Since she wants to figure it out, she will still be close here, and of course she can't tell Jiang Qiao at this moment that she can't get used to smelling the smell of peony flowers.
In that case, it would be an anomaly for her to get any closer here.
"Fourth sister, let me ask you, what's going on between you and the second sister?" Jiang Qiao glanced at Jiang Qian and the three of them who were climbing the rockery, and asked in a low voice.
Seeing that Jiang seemed to be silent, Jiang Qiao sneered: "You asked her to drive the sixth sister away, she didn't even have a 'no' word, it's too strange, don't tell me that the second sister treats you closer than your own sisters, I'm not a fool." ”
Jiang seemed to be silent for a long time, staring at the scorching and blooming peony flower and sighed lightly: "Yes, I am also strange." The third sister knows that the second sister invited me to come to the Hou Mansion as a guest when my grandmother came to the Bofu before she suffered from eye disease. ”
Jiang Qiao was stunned and became more and more curious.
They all received posts together, but they didn't know that Jiang Qian had already invited Jiang Yi.
Does this mean that the person the second sister wants to invite is originally Jiang?
This thought turned in Jiang Qiao's heart, and she looked at Jiang Qiao with inquiring eyes.
Jiang seemed to smile slightly: "So I just want to try, how much sincerity does the second sister have to me, I didn't expect——"
"I didn't expect the second sister to be sincere." Jiang Qiao said.
"Yes, full of sincerity." Jiang seemed to have a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
She must find out the unsightly deeds of Jiang Qian and his wife, so she doesn't mind letting Jiang Qiao get a glimpse of the truth first.
"Why on earth is that?" Jiang Qiao kicked the petal grass blades that fell from her feet for a while, and her expression became more and more solemn, "I always feel that it's not a good thing." Fourth sister, you and I will always be together in the Hou Mansion, and we will go back quickly after staying for two days. ”
Although Jiang seemed to know that Jiang Qiao was a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted character, he didn't expect Jiang Qiao to plan for her so quickly regardless of his previous suspicions, and he shirked after being moved: "It's not necessary, I came to the Hou Mansion as a guest in a dignified manner, is it difficult for the second sister to embarrass me?" ”
What she has to do is too dangerous, so that Jiang Qiao can notice that something is wrong in order to have someone to help her speak after revealing the truth, but she doesn't want to drag Jiang Qiao into danger now.
Jiang Qiao was obviously annoyed by Jiang Qi's words, stretched out her hand and touched her forehead, and said angrily: "Are you stupid?" ”
The girl's skin can be broken, and when she was poked by Jiang Qiao, a red mark appeared on her smooth forehead.
Jiang Qiao opened her mouth and kicked the blade of grass at her feet in frustration.
I didn't know that Jiang seemed to be a glass doll before, but when I touched it, there was a red mark, as if she was bullying people.
"Huh-" Jiang Qiao bent down and picked up something from the ground, "What is this?" ”
Jiang Qiao was holding a hairpin in her hand, glowing with a simple color in the sun.
"What kind of material is this hairpin, it is not gold or silver......" Jiang Qiao wondered and looked at the hairpin in her hand.
Jiang Ru's eyes suddenly became cold.
It's a copper hairpin!
Copper hairpins are common.
The women of those ordinary people also love beauty, but not every family has the conditions to buy gold and silver hairpins, so copper hairpins, wooden hairpins and even bamboo hairpins have become the second best choice.
But what is this place?
This is the Changxing Marquis Mansion, not to mention the masters, even if the maids and women with heads and faces wear the golden hairpins rewarded by the masters, and the first-class ones will wear silver hairpins.
The maid who did the hardest and most tiring errands did not have a silver hairpin to wear and could not look down on this kind of copper hairpin, and would rather choose bright and delicate beads and silk flowers.
Jiang Yan's heart jumped a few times, and a bold guess came out: If the bones of people buried under this peony flower are human bones, then will this copper hairpin be the victim?
"This looks like a copper hairpin." Jiang Qiao looked at it for a moment and finally recognized it.
At this time, a voice with a cool smile sounded: "What are the two sisters doing?" ”
Jiang seemed to be taken aback, and snatched the copper hairpin from Jiang Qiao's hand and stuffed it into his sleeve with lightning speed.
Not far away, Cao Xingyu, the prince of Changxing, who was dressed in a moon-white robe, looked at the two with a smile on his face.