Pei Shu raised his hand and touched his chin to look at Chen Ying for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

After speaking, with a flick of his sleeves, the tall figure immediately turned around, just like he had just left the water's edge, without any love, turning around and leaving, and even the Xie sisters didn't care.

Chen Ying was taken aback for a moment.

Could it be that Pei Shu was waiting under the flowers just now, it was not the Xie family sisters, but her?

Just to ask her if she had a dead man's bone?

Thinking about this for a lifetime, Chen Ying almost lost her laughter.

This little marquis is really suspicious of everyone, and this suspicion is even worse than her. And most importantly, where did he see that she had indeed hesitated for half a second to take the hand bones away in private?

How did he find out?

Chen Ying couldn't figure it out at all.

Xie Jiang and Xie Yan were also stunned at the same time at this time.

Seeing Pei Shu striding through the meteor and quickly turning the corridor, Xie Yan chased after him first, and called out: "Brother Shu, wait for me", the petite figure flashed among the flowers and trees, and disappeared.

That Xie Jiang was not in a hurry to leave, but smiled at Chen Ying, and his beautiful face was dotted with a few apologies: "Bear me, Miss Chen, the little marquis, he has this temper, not angry, nor against Miss Chen, he is just ......"

At this point, her voice softened, as if there was an infinite low reply: "He...... It's just that I'm not good at words, and I ask Miss Chen San not to be surprised. ”

When Miss Xie said this, I was relieved. I'm not surprised. Chen Ying's answer was very standard.

Xie Jiang smiled lightly, bowed to her elegantly, lifted the hem of his skirt, and followed with light steps.

When the film was not extinguished, there were already traces of people under the rose frame, leaving only Chen Ying and others, facing the green leaves and green branches of the tree.

"Where did this come from, Master Hou, so rude." Mother Feng is really angry today, and her face has changed now.

Fang Xing Jibo and the squire had already made her angry, and now that Pei Shu came to such a scene, she deeply felt that her own girl had been wronged.

"Girl, don't be like these people." Mother Feng continued, with a trace of disdain in her eyes: "The girl is ordered to handle the case, which is very different from those flowers and butterflies running around the world. ”

Even though what Chen Ying is doing now is very maverick, when she was at the water's edge, Mother Feng saw the behavior of their girl, and it was really very regular.

Naturally, Chen Ying and Pei Shu also had conversations and eye contact, but how dignified and even serious their girls were, and there was even a lot of generosity in their words and deeds.

"It's really a family." Mother Feng said as if she was conclusive, shook her head, turned to Chen Ying, and her face immediately softened: "The girl thinks she is tired, let's go back quickly, the old lady must be in a hurry." ”

Chen Ying nodded, surrounded by everyone, turned out of the rose stand, and left.

When I returned to the Guogong Mansion, it was already the time of Shen Zheng.

In the middle of summer, it was late to get dark, the sun was still hanging high, shining all over the ground, and the cicadas were chirping one after another, clamoring and noisy, but it set off a different kind of tranquility in this midsummer afternoon.

Chen Ying first went to Mingyuan Hall to meet Mrs. Xu, briefly told her about the investigation of the case, and then returned to Mingfeng Pavilion.

The little girl guarding the door was half-leaning on the threshold, her head dozing little by little, and when she saw Chen Ying coming, she hurriedly helped the door frame and stood up, rubbing her eyes and smiling: "The girl is back." ”

Chen Ying nodded, raised her feet and stepped into the courtyard, but saw the shadows of the trees in the courtyard, green and lonely, the Hunan curtain in front of the main house was hanging low, and the big girl Ziqi was sitting under the porch doing needlework, and she didn't notice that someone came in.

Chen Ying walked lightly, walked around the door from the West Chamber, and asked Ziqi softly: "Ziqi, can my mother get up?" ”

Ziqi was doing needlework and was engrossed, Meng Keli heard the voice, so he raised his head, and when he saw that Chen Ying was back, he hurriedly put the flower bandage into the distiller, got up and said with a smile: "The girl is here." The girl forgave her sins, and the maid only cared about doing her work, and did not see the girl. ”

Chen Ying waved her hand and didn't speak, only signaled to the room.

Ziqi also lowered her voice and said, "It's hot today, and Madame fell asleep two minutes ago, so she hasn't woken up yet." ”

When Chen Ying heard this, she didn't go to Li's room to disturb again, but ordered Ziqi to stay guarded, and then went back to her room to change clothes.

Lee has been coughing again recently.

Her illness is different from others, it has always been that the hotter the day, the worse it is, but the winter is better. Now is the height of summer, and it is when her illness is easy to recur, Chen Ying hopes that she will live well and not be disturbed by external objects.

After changing into homely clothes, Chen Ying did not stay in the room for long, but abandoned everyone and came to Hongxiangwu alone.

It wasn't until he sat in front of the window with the shadows of the trees swaying that Chen Ying really breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally alone again.

In this era, being born in such a princely family, although you can get a lot of convenience, but there are also many constraints, and it is not easy to follow a group of people everywhere you go, and it is not easy to be alone.

As she thought, she pulled out a small cloth bag from her sleeve.

At that time, she was in a hurry, and she couldn't find the object in her hand, so she temporarily reversed the gloves and made a simple cloth bag.

Inside the bag was a piece of evidence she had brought back from the scene.

She slowly opened the cloth bag, and a piece of wood covered with algae appeared in front of her eyes.

It was taken from the bones of the hand that was clenched into a fist.

Because of Cao Zilian's arrival and the vague connection between him and Xingjibo, Chen Ying made a temporary decision and hid this evidence in private.

She had a hunch that this object was extremely crucial in this case, and if it was handed over to Cao Zilian, it was difficult to say whether this piece of wood would be preserved in the end.

Naturally, she couldn't do things she wasn't sure about.

This important piece of evidence is the safest only if you put it here for yourself.

With the bright light outside the window, Chen Ying carefully studied the wooden block in his hand.

The wood has been submerged in the water for so long, and it has corroded a little, but it has not decayed, and it looks like it has been treated with a very fine process.

Chen Ying picked up the gloves and wiped them carefully.

As the surface of the wood was cleaned of debris, the prototype of the wood gradually appeared, revealing its rough shape.

It was a small wood carving, like some kind of four-hoofed animal, which could be a pony, a dog, or a calf.