Chapter Eighty-Four: The Hidden Garden
Feng poured her heart to sit on the steps in front of the inn and stayed awake all night, the morning dew wet her blue skirt, the newborn sun fell warmly on her face, and the warm feeling made her shiver suddenly sober up.
The soul bottle in her henchman was about to move, stirring her painful overflow, Feng knew in her heart that it was the soul bottle panic, because she had the idea of giving up.
She hooked her lips and smiled, a little bitterness rose from the corners of her lips, smudged layer by layer, and gradually swept into her heart, and even her heart was bitter.
In this earthly world, all love and hatred must be indebted, and there must be a negative relationship in the red dust, and if there is affection, you will owe, and in the end, you will suffer yourself and disturb others, but it is not as good as the pleasure of cutting it off.
She looked up at the sun and chuckled, everything should have an ending.
Feng poured his heart to find Wangchen, but he didn't expect that he was the first to leave.
The empty room was gone, and only a piece of paper was left on the table, and there was a line of writing on it.
"Love, it turns out that not all seemingly beautiful love will have a happy ending. Whether it's wrong or right, it's just an obsession, but neither of you and I can let go, maybe, you and I will not rest until death. ”
Swear to death, forget the dust, do you hate her like this?
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Si Ying checked everyone in the palace, and everyone inquired carefully, but there was no progress.
In the day after the incident, he only found out that the victim was a horse feeder in the palace, named Wang San.
He searched all the networks of Wang San before his death, and a whole day passed, and he found nothing.
But the Wangfu Pond was dug vividly.
So, he took Chen Zixi to the open space in the two courtyards.
On this day, the clouds were light and the wind was light, the sun was full, and it was very vicious overhead, and the coolies sweated like rain, bowed down and waved their arms, and under the command of the housekeeper Wang Dalin, they dug a few feet deep pit in one day.
Chen Zixi sat on the corridor with his chest crossed, the expression on his face was very light, and he suddenly asked Si Ying, who was wiping his sweat hotly, "Have you seen the master of the Wang family?" ”
Si Ying's hand paused, and he sighed: "No, the old lady of the Wang family seems to have been in retreat and worshipping the Buddha for a long time, but the old man Wang Jianzhi has been practicing in the temple for a long time. ”
"What about the young master and young lady of the Wang family?"
"They ......" Si Ying paused, and a touch of seriousness appeared on his face: "That young master Wang Muzhi seems to be famous, and some of them have the ability to draw with one hand, and they are favored by the women of the Qinglou, and they are nostalgic for the gentle mound all day long, and they don't go back to the house much."
It was the young lady, I asked to see her at the door, but she was already inconvenient to see the guests, and she didn't understand the reason for the case, but she just said that the people in the palace were panicked and asked me to solve the case as soon as possible. ”
Chen Zixi narrowed his eyes and muttered: "This Wang family is not only weird, but also a little mysterious. ”
Si Ying sighed and said resentfully: "It's been a day since the incident, and there has been no progress so far, I vaguely feel in my heart that this matter doesn't seem to be so simple." ”
"Ah!!h
A frightened scream came from the ground, and Si Ying's body was shaken, but he saw that the laborers who were digging the pond had lost their iron tools and fled in terror.
"Ghost, ghost, there's a ghost."
They screamed as they ran, and Wang Dalin, who was following behind the laborers, was so frightened that he almost lost his soul and ran out desperately as if he were sifting chaff.
The two of them were startled and hurriedly jumped towards the pond, and after a while, the laborers escaped cleanly.
Sure enough, the woman's cry sounded faintly and resentfully, like a tangle of grievances, one after another.
The housekeeper Wang Dalin had fallen to the ground with weak legs.
"In broad daylight, how can there be ghosts?"
Si Ying was a little bolder than usual during the day, and kept looking around with his eyes rolling.
After a while, the woman's crying weakened and sobbed and gradually calmed down, Chen Zixi wrinkled her brows and said suspiciously: "This pond is dug strangely, and this ghost is crying even more strangely." ”
"yes." Si Ying echoed: "There are no ghosts anywhere else, why do you often hear ghosts crying." ”
The two raised their legs and prepared to step into the pit, intending to see what was going on.
Wang Dalin was already trembling, but he got up and dragged the two people who wanted to step down the pit, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't, don't go." ”
Chen Zixi glanced back at him and said in a deep voice: "What, do you know anything?" ”
"It's her, it's her who came, she won't let the ground break here, after all, this is where she is buried!"
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Wang Dalin returned to his room and took a sip of hot tea, his hands still shaking.
Si Ying sat on the side and stared at him closely, seeing that his expression eased slightly, he hurriedly asked, "Tell me, what do you know?" ”
Wang Dalin's face was pale, his eyes were a little panicked, and he lowered his head as if he was hesitating.
"If you don't say it, you'll be the next one to die!" Chen Zixi said quietly on the side.
Wang Dalin's body shook and said, "You mean, she is still killing!" ”
"So, you're going to tell you everything you know." Si Ying echoed
Wang Dalin lowered his head and thought about it, and after a while, he raised his head and sighed: "This is the secret of the master's family, and I shouldn't say much as a subordinate, but I really heard this ghost crying." If you don't catch a ghost in time, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the palace! ”
Si Ying and Chen Zixi glanced at each other and said, "What do you know?" ”
"Do you know why the Wang family has to dig a pond between the two courtyards?" Wang Dalin's voice suddenly became hoarse.
"Why?"
"That's because there was once a woman's body buried there."
"A woman's corpse?" Si Ying was taken aback and asked, "Who is it?" ”
Wang Dalin held the teacup in both hands and turned white, lowered his head and took another sip of tea, a burst of heat in his chest and abdomen made him fear retreat slightly, and then said slowly: "She is the young master's original wife, Fengyue." ”
As soon as these words came out, Si Ying and Chen Zixi were both shocked, and said, "Then how did she die, and how was she buried in that open space?" ”
Wang Dalin shook his head and said, "I don't know the secret of this, but her death is terrible." ”
"How terrible is the law?" Si Ying frowned and asked.
Wang Dalin recalled what he saw that day, and his face was still pale with fright: "It was autumn at that time, the sky was dark, and the fallen leaves were disturbed, which made the old lady dissatisfied, so I ordered Zhang Wang, the person who was hacked to death yesterday, to sweep the fallen leaves......
Then, something weird happened.
That day, the fallen leaves seemed to be unable to sweep away, and the open space was very large, and he swept it alone for a long time, but he didn't expect that he swept out a pool of water from the ground.
He was amazed that there was neither rain nor dew, and he wondered how there could be any traces of water on the ground.
So, he swept it with a broom, but he didn't expect that the broom was dyed red by the paralyzed water, and the water was blood!
He was so frightened that he called a few people to accompany him to see why there was blood on the ground for no apparent reason.
They found that the soil where the blood appeared was very loose, as if it had been turned over, and several people were also young and vigorous, and they were relatively bold, and they simply pulled out the soil, who knows, who knows......"
"What did they find under the soil?" Chen Zixi asked in a deep voice.
"They, they found a woman's thigh, and it was cut off!" Wang Dalin's hands trembled and even the tea bowl trembled: "They were so scared that their souls were gone, and they immediately notified me, I was so scared that I had no idea when I saw this scene, so I had to call back the young master in Qinglou, and then after the young master came back, he ordered someone to pick up all the soil, but found that it was the thigh that was actually the stump of the young lady, she was several, and even the head was divided and buried in that open space, it was really terrifying, too terrifying." ”
Si Ying was shocked when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Then why didn't your young master report to the official?" ”
Wang Dalin shook his head: "The master's business." How dare we question as subordinates. However, the young lady's former secluded garden is still there, and no one has been there since her accident, especially in the attic where she lives, the young master has sealed the place and no one else is allowed to enter. ”
"How long has this been?" Si Ying asked suspiciously.
Wang Dalin put down the teacup, folded his fingers and calculated: "It should have been three years ago." ”
"Then when did the current wife of your family get married?" He asked again.
"It was also three years ago that they married the young master together. It's just that the young lady was a concubine at that time. ”
"Marry your young master together. Concubine room. Si Ying muttered this sentence with deep eyes.
Walking out of the housekeeper's room, Si Ying kept his head down, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Chen Zixi said suddenly: "The murderer will do it again, I feel that Zhang Wang's death is related to the woman named Fengyue." ”
"You mean, she turned into a ghost to ask for her life, but why did she kill Zhang Wang."
Chen Zixi stared: "Maybe someone wants to avenge her, as for why he killed Zhang Wang, maybe, he knows something, or maybe he once had a grudge against Fengyue." ”
"What do you want to do?" Si Ying stared at Chen Zixi's side face, and when he saw that his eyes were shining, he knew that he had an idea in his heart.
"This is a case within a case, maybe you should find out how Fengyue died?"
"How do I check this?" Si Ying couldn't help but be deflated: "She has been dead for three years, and her corpse has turned into white bones." ”
"Do you remember the butler's words?" Chen Zixi suddenly spoke: "He said that no one has been to Youxiyuan since the accident, and maybe there are any clues preserved, but I don't know." ”
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The moon is already setting in the west, but it is very bright.
There are only a few house slaves patrolling the royal compound.
There are two shadows gliding silently in the night, like the shadows of the trees swaying, making people dazzled.
The two of them came to the Secluded Garden.
There is no lamp, by the moonlight, the two of them looked around the courtyard, the courtyard is still full of flowers, quiet and elegant, it seems that there was a beauty who lived here in the past, wandering among the flowers......
It's just that now that the beauty is dead, this place is barren, spider silk is covered with webs, and dust is all over the sky, which is enough to show how sad a man's affection for a woman is!