Yu Yuanxuan was very curious: "How can the things in the palace appear in the hands of the water bandits?" ”

This is also something that Xiao Ti can't figure out.

Yu Yuanxuan took the bracelet from his hand, looked carefully at the skylight outside the window, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt that this bracelet was very familiar.

Xiao Ti saw that her expression was different, and couldn't help asking.

"What's wrong?"

Yu curled his eyes at the bracelet, trying his best to search for his memory.

"I think I've seen this bracelet somewhere, where is it......

Oh yes!

I remembered that my mother had a jade bracelet that looked very similar to this one! ”

Xiao Ti looked surprised: "Are you sure?" ”

Yu Xuan pointed to the pattern on the inside of the bracelet and said.

"My mother's bracelet also has this pattern on the inside.

Usually my mother is very precious this bracelet, and I usually don't take it out.

She will only be seen taking it out and putting it on very important occasions.

She also told me that she wanted to keep the jade bracelet for me as a dowry.

I can't be mistaken. ”

Xiao Ti said thoughtfully.

"All the jewelry in the palace will have markings, and the pattern on the inside of this bracelet is the mark.

If the bracelet in your mother's hand also has this pattern, it means that the bracelet in her hand also flows from the palace.

But why does your mother have things in the palace? ”

Yu Yuan: "That bracelet was given to her by her stepfather, and it was said to be an heirloom of the Feng family." ”

Xiao Ti: "I have long heard of your stepfather's name, and I have also sent someone to check on him, and someone from the Feng family has been an official in the court, but the official position is not high, and it is unlikely that he will be rewarded by the emperor." ”

The two looked at the jade bracelet in their hands, and felt more and more that the origin of this bracelet was strange.

Xiao Ti put away the bracelet: "Everything in the palace is recorded, and when I return to Yujing, I will go to the palace to check the origin of this bracelet." ”

Yu Yuan nodded: "Hmm." ”

After the merchant ship left the treacherous shoal, it sailed more and more smoothly.

The rain outside the window gradually stopped.

In the evening, Luo Pingsha came to find Xiao Ti.

"The autopsy results came out, the deceased was a man, about 50 years old, thin, suffering from a variety of diseases before his death, rheumatism, swollen knee joints, it should be very uncomfortable on rainy days, and his lungs were also a little swollen, it was a congenital lung disease, and he should have coughed from time to time before his death. The cause of death was obvious, it was an arrow through the heart, and he was killed on the spot, and he died very simply, with little pain. ”

Xiao Ti listened quietly and asked at the end.

"Is that all?"

Luo Pingsha hesitated before saying.

Another point is that the wrist joints of his right hand, as well as the finger joints, are slightly deformed, and the cervical spine is also somewhat curved, as if caused by long-term desk writing. But that's just my guess, the bodies were burned too badly, and I'm not sure if that's true. ”

Xiao tired chin nodded: "I know, I've worked hard for you, go and rest." ”

"Whoa."

Xiao Ti returned to the guest room and told Xuan Xuan the results of the autopsy.

Yu Yuanxuan became more and more curious.

"Who writes at a desk for a long time? Mr. Teaching? Talented scholars? Or someone like me who makes money by publishing books? But no matter what it is, they must be cultural people, how can educated people appear in the water bandit village? ”

In these years, scholars are very expensive, even if they are short of money, they can go to the rich to be private school teachers, or accept a few peasant disciples as students, but if they can't do it, they can still become bookkeepers, so that they will not be reduced to being water bandits.

Xiao Ti said slowly: "If you can find out the origin of the jade bracelet, maybe you can know the identity of the deceased." ”

Yu Yuan sighed: "Now it's only like this." ”

After dinner, Xiao Ti helped to wipe his face and change the dressing.

When the work was over, the two lay on the bed together.

Usually she would fall asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow, but tonight she opened her eyes and looked straight at the top of the bed, and she hadn't slept for a long time.

Xiao Ti noticed her strangeness and took the initiative to ask.

"What are you thinking?"

In this silent night, his voice was particularly low, and with the sound of the water waves outside, it was particularly reassuring.

Yu Yuan: "I'm thinking about the jade bracelet, will the death of my mother and stepfather have anything to do with that bracelet?" ”

Xiao Ti couldn't answer that question.

Yu Yuan muttered.

"I never thought there was anything wrong with that bracelet before.

If you hadn't happened to find this bracelet today, maybe I wouldn't have remembered it for the rest of my life.

Are there many more clues like this?

But I ignored them.

It's a shame that I still claim that I can't forget, I'm actually blind, right? ”

Xiao Ti said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about yourself like that, you didn't do anything wrong, maybe you just thought too much, that bracelet has nothing to do with your mother's death." ”

Yu Yuan shook his head: "You don't have to comfort me, it's because I'm so useless, I haven't been able to find useful clues to keep my mother and stepfather dead, so they will guide us to find this bracelet in the dark." ”

Xiao Ti took the person into his arms.

"You don't get into the nitty-gritty, things aren't what you think."

He found out, don't look at the optimistic and open-minded appearance of Xuan Xuan on weekdays, as if there is nothing in the world that can defeat her.

But as long as the death of Xie and Feng Lianghan is involved, it is easy to lose his mind.

In the end, it's because I care too much.

Yu Xuan leaned into Xiao Ti's arms, and it took a long time to regain his composure.

She rubbed lightly against the hem of his robe.

"I want to go back to Bashu."

Xiao Ti: "When I return to Yujing this time, I will take care of the matter at hand, and I will accompany you back to Bashu." ”

Yu Yuan: "I can't wait any longer. ”

Xiao Ti hugged her tighter: "Hmm." ”

Ten days later, the merchant ship successfully arrived at the ferry port of Da Chuncheng.

After Xiao Ti and his party landed on the shore, they said goodbye to Wang Yue.

When the local magistrate learned that the king of Langjun was coming, he personally brought a group of officials to greet him and warmly invited them to drink and eat.

Xiao Ti refused their banquet, and mentioned the destruction of the water bandits by the way, and asked the county order to send someone to the water bandit village to deal with the follow-up matters.

The prefectural order is naturally full of promises.

That gang of bandits has always been a big problem for him, but because the water bandits are very good at water, and they are very familiar with the terrain and cunning, they can't catch them at all with the little manpower in the county government.

Now that the group of water bandits is dead, the county commander is very happy, and when it comes to the end of the year, these are all his achievements!

For this matter, the county order treated the king of Langjun and his party more and more enthusiastically.

He sent people all the way to the post station, and asked people to pack meals from the best local restaurants and send them to the post station, if it weren't for the fear that the king of Langjun would be unhappy, he would have wanted to stuff himself into the post station to live.

At night, Xiao Ti removed the gauze and changed the dressing as usual.

The wounds on her body had scabbed, and in some places the scabs were beginning to fall off.

For now, the recovery is good.

(End of chapter)