Chapter 273: A Strange Love Letter
Ran Yan frowned, and said in a flat voice, "These slight pieces of evidence are important. I didn't know before, but now that I've found a clue, what should I do if they have a mistake here? This is an investigation of the case, and it is about facts, not feelings. β
"Isn't there a saying that the law is nothing more than human feelings?" Liu Qingsong also felt that his thoughts were a little ridiculous, but he was still a dead duck with a hard mouth.
Ran Yan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Since you are talking about human feelings, then let's talk about it, Xiao Song is my fiancΓ©, and the time given by the saint to solve the case is urgent, do you say that I should take care of Chai Xuanyi's feelings, or should I help Xiao Song?" β
Ran Yan squatted down and took out the records one by one and piled them up, "Don't be naΓ―ve, I'm just borrowing, and it's not that I won't return him!" Chai Xuanyi's condition, I borrow it for a day or a year, the result is the same, he is a blank sheet of paper every day! If you don't look at it for a few days, these memories don't really make any difference. β
Liu Qingsong knew that Ran Yan knew more than him in this regard, so he didn't insist anymore, but said helplessly, "Then I'll go back when I go." β
Ran Yan answered, and Liu Qingsong left in a hurry. By then, it was already getting dark.
Ran Yan took out the booklet and sorted it out in chronological order, especially those paintings, she carefully rolled them up and put them into a bamboo tube that had never been filled with socks and paintings. After packing everything up, it was estimated that Liu Qingsong might not come back so soon, so she began to check the study.
If it were left on in normal times, Ran Yan would never invade other people's privacy like this, but now there is no way to apply for a residential survey, and if she has the opportunity to check it, she will not waste it.
Bookshelves are placed on all four walls of the study, and there are three rows in front of several cases, which are piled up with various books and even book slips. Chai Xuanyi is a learned person, and these books are definitely not used to fill the scene.
Ran Yan turned to the last row of the bookshelf and saw a pottery three-color porcelain jar in the corner, with a diameter of about one and a half feet and a height of more than three feet, and there were more than a dozen picture scrolls inserted in it, so she took a scroll and opened it to see.
The first one is a word, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, it is very chic, but unfortunately Ran Yan can't understand what is written, after a few glances, she rolled it up and put it back, and then picked up the second volume.
Ran Yan looked seriously, not noticing that someone behind him was approaching gently. The man's footsteps were soft, completely muffled by the sound of Ran Yan flipping through the scrolls.
The shadow of the sun slanted westward, projecting in from the lattice window on the right back side of Ran Yan. She was not very engaged in these words, but just as she rolled up the scroll in her hand, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure on the ground approaching.
Ran Yan's heart was shocked, but she forced herself to take a closer look calmly, the figure was holding the girl's bun, her skirt swaying with her steps, it was a woman, and she turned around.
The man was startled, took a few steps back, and with a thud, his back hit the bookshelf, and the books on the shelves staggered, and a stack was scattered on the ground.
Only then did Ran Yan see that the person who came was actually a maid in a blue skirt, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a round face, a somewhat collapsed nose, two cheeks with baby fat, bulging meat, and a little bit of mouth size, although he didn't think it was peugeot, it was also a little cute.
"Madame!" Only then did the maid come back to her senses, and hurriedly saluted Ran Yan, "Slave... The slave didn't know that the lady was here, and asked the lady to forgive the sin! β
Ran Yan's heart moved, this maid must have never seen the county lord Wenxi a few times, and she actually mistook her! But that's fine......
"I haven't seen you, who are you?" Ran Yan thought about it, so he asked her.
The maid bowed and said, "The slave and maid are Yuanzi, who serve Ah Lang's daily life." β
Alang? There is only one male protagonist in this house, Chai Xuanyi! Ran Yan was surprised in her heart, even though she had heard that the county lord Wenxi had a withdrawn personality and didn't want to see people, she hadn't even seen some of the maids in the family, but she didn't expect that she hadn't even seen the maids beside her husband!
Yuanzi is the son of the Chai family, and has been serving Chai Xuanyi for five years, and knows the temperament of the county lord of Wenxi, and because the identity of the county lord of Wenxi is very special, she is the orphan of the hidden prince, she does not like to contact people, so the whole house is also served by her, in the spirit of not slacking off, not close.
Yuanzi is also very strange in his heart, this master does not usually go out of the bedroom for ten days and half a month.
Half a step away from the yard? Why did you suddenly run into the study to look at the paintings?
"How's his amnesia? Can you think of anything? Ran Yan rolled up the painting in his hand and put it into the jar.
Yuanzi knew that the other party was asking Chai Xuanyi, and she felt a little strange in her heart, looking at the calm woman opposite, she couldn't think of the county lord Wenxi at all. Her impression of the county lord Wenxi was only a few hurries, and she didn't see it really, but she didn't completely know the temperament of the county lord Wenxi.
"Ah Lang has been very forgetful in the past six months, he has forgotten almost everything, and he doesn't even know a few slaves and maids." Although Yuanzi was puzzled, he still answered.
Ran Yan said, "What does he do every day?" β
Yuanzi glanced at Ran Yan in surprise before replying, "After Ah Lang escaped death last time, the slaves and maids groped for a while before they realized that Ah Lang was very forgetful, not only forgetting the past, but also forgetting the new things. So the slaves and maids remind him every morning that there is something he wrote in the study, and when he finishes it, he will go to you. β
Listening to the meaning of Yuanzi's words, Chai Xuanyi's memory is only one day and night, and there may be some residues after the next day, but it will not last long.
The county lord of Wenxi likes to read, usually the maid in her yard comes to pick it up, and never comes in person, Yuanzi looked at Ran Yan's every move, and became more and more suspicious, "What book are you looking for?" Slave to help you. β
"Let's pick up the books on the floor first." Ran Yan lifted Ying lightly and gestured to the book that she knocked off.
Yuanzi said "yes" and hurriedly squatted down to pick up the book.
Ran Yan also went over to help, and Yuanzi didn't say anything more after failing to dissuade him a few times, but the movements in his hands were much faster. She only cared about putting the books together, and naturally her movements were not too gentle, and when she grabbed the last book, the line on the spine of the book might have broken because of the age, and the pages were scattered all over the floor.
"Slaves should be damned!" Yuanzi was shocked and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.
Books, paper, are not cheap things, and there are some books whose value she can't afford to pay even if she sells her whole family.
Ran Yan snorted, but his eyes were attracted by the things on the ground, and the papers scattered on the ground were all yellow-brown, so the off-white paper among them was particularly eye-catching.
She reached out and dragged it up, unfolding it gently to look at it.
It is an irregular letter, the handwriting is very neat, clear and timeless, and the book is written: death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son.
The payment is... Dou Chengfeng.
There is no name of the recipient written on it, but Wenxi County does not go out of the main gate, how can she, a cautious person, put the love letter written by others in the study?
A letter to Chai Xuanyi? Ran Yan's face was full of surprise, and his mind was full of one sentence: No!
Does it really make Liu Qingsong a prophecy? The county lord of Wenxi became murderous because he hated those who destroyed her family?