Yu Yuanxuan said that he was very puzzled.

"Since my sister is so good, why is my sister the one who won in the end?"

Embroidery Yan shook her head: "The slave doesn't know either. ”

Yu Yuan thought of the scar on Li Niang's face and tried to ask.

"Could it be related to my sister's disfigurement?"

Even if Li Niang was born too beautiful when she was young, once her face was ruined, she would not have the opportunity to enter the palace again.

Mama Xiuyan was surprised: "The eldest lady of the Deng family is disfigured? The slave had never heard of it. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered.

"By the way, the slave did hear some rumors back then,

It was said that the eldest lady of the Deng family was infected with a serious illness and could not see anyone, so she had to be sent back to Luzhou for recuperation.

But these are just rumors, and they can't tell the truth from the false, and the slave and maid just listen to it, and don't take it to heart.

Later, the two daughters of the Deng family were invited to the palace by Concubine Meng to taste tea, which further confirmed that the rumors were all nonsense. ”

Yu Yuan asked: "Are you sure that the two daughters of the Deng family have entered the palace?" ”

Aunt Xiuyan is not sure: "The slave and maid have only heard about this matter, and they have not seen it with their own eyes, so it shouldn't be wrong." ”

Seeing Yu Xuan's solemn face, she couldn't help but ask.

"Is this important?"

Yu Yuan nodded: "Very important!" ”

Embroidery Mama: "Please give the slave some time, so that the slave can think about it." ”

Yu Yuan: "Please." ”

She had lunch with Luo Pingsha and continued to study the charred corpse.

This time they were going to start from scratch and carefully inspect every part of the charred corpse.

It turned out that they really found something unusual-

The charred corpse had six toes on its left foot.

Due to the high temperature of the corpse, the body was severely charred, and the fingers and toes showed a tendency to curl up and stick tightly together.

If they hadn't searched carefully from beginning to end, they might never have found that the charred corpse's left foot had one more toe than the average person.

Yu immediately recorded this discovery in the post-mortem report.

Judging from the current clues, Jiao Corpse suffered from severe rheumatism and cardiopulmonary disease before his death, and had six toes on his left foot.

These are all personal traits that can be important clues to verify his identity.

At this moment, Embroidery Yan came over.

She was apologetic.

"I'm sorry, the slave maid is still not sure if the two sisters of the Deng family all entered the palace back then."

Yu Yuan said with relief: "Don't worry, you have helped me a lot." ”

Embroidery Mama: "Really? ”

Yu Yuanyu: "What you said verified some of my conjectures from the side, and it was really helpful to me." ”

Aunt Xiuyan laughed: "That's good, by the way, just now Old Man Deng sent someone to the County King's Mansion, saying that there is something very important to discuss with you and His Royal Highness the County King, and I want to ask you to go to the Deng Mansion as soon as possible." ”

As soon as he heard this, Yu Yuanyu immediately said.

"Prepare the carriage and horses, I want to go to Deng's house."

Luo Pingsha followed: "I'll go with you." ”

"Hmm."

Aunt Xiuyan hurriedly said: "Aren't you waiting for His Royal Highness the King of the County to go with you?" ”

Yu Yuan couldn't wait, Deng Yuchuan suddenly hurriedly called them over, she must have found clues about Li Niang, she had to go over immediately.

"When His Royal Highness the King of the County comes back, you tell him that we went to the Deng family."

After saying that, she hurriedly walked out with Luo Pingsha.

The two of them rode horses to feel the Deng Mansion.

The gate of the Deng Mansion was closed, and there was no one in front of the door.

Luo Pingsha stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Soon the door was opened from the inside.

It was a guard who opened the door, and when he saw that the people who came were the princess of Langjun and Luo Pingsha, he immediately said.

"My lord has been waiting for a long time, please come in."

Yu Yuanxuan and Luo Pingsha stepped over the high threshold and strode in.

The guard led them through the front yard and straight to the study.

Deng Luyun was like a door god, quietly guarding the door.

He said solemnly.

"Grandpa said that he could only let the princess of the county in."

Yu Yuan turned his head and said to Luo Pingsha, who was following behind.

"You're waiting for me outside."

"Whoa."

Yu Yuan pushed the door and walked into the study, and saw Deng Yuchuan sitting in a chair, quietly placing a dirty mahogany box on the bookcase in front of him.

Deng Yuchuan seemed to have just cried, and his eyes were red.

He looked at the mahogany box in front of him and was distracted, his eyes seemed to penetrate the box, and he saw people or things from a long time ago, full of nostalgia and reluctance.

Yu Yuanyu was not polite to him, and asked, "Why did you ask me to come?" ”

Deng Yuchuan raised his right hand and pointed to the mahogany box in front of him.

"This is the box I dug out from under the laurel tree."

Yu walked over and saw that the mahogany box had been opened, and two folded pieces of paper were lying quietly inside.

She glanced at Deng Yuchuan.

Deng Yuchuan: "The princess of the county, please take care of yourself." ”

Only then did Yu Yuan reach out and pick up the thin piece of rice paper.

Unfold the paper and put the first line of words in your eyes, which means -

It's not been a long time, how is my brother?

Yu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, Deng Yuchuan only has two younger sisters, one of which is the Empress Dowager Deng, she will definitely not write a letter to Deng Yuchuan in this way, so the only possibility left is that this letter is from the hand of Li Niang!

Without waiting for her to ask, Deng Yuchuan took the initiative to give an answer.

"This is a letter from Li Niang."

When Deng Yuchuan was going to leave Deng's house and go to the border, Li Niang cried very sadly, her mother died early, and her brother became the closest person she relied on at home.

She was reluctant to let her brother go, and she was unwilling to part with him.

In order to comfort his sister, Deng Yuchuan planted a sapling of a pear tree behind her boudoir.

And promised his sister that when the pear tree bears fruit, he will return.

Li Niang is very precious to the pear tree, and every time she writes a letter to her brother, she does not forget to mention the growth of the pear tree at the end of the letter.

Deng Yuchuan knew in his heart that his sister was reminding him not to forget his promise.

It's a pity that he finally missed the appointment.

The pear tree blossoms and bears fruit every year, but the return date of the elder brother is far away.

As soon as Deng Yuchuan arrived here today, he found a pear tree in the courtyard.

It reminded him of his sister, whom he hadn't seen in years.

Back then, Li Niang complained to her brother in a letter to her family, asking him why he didn't come home yet?

also angrily said that if she died one day, she would bury her suicide note under the pear tree,

Don't forget to look for the letter under the pear tree when my brother gets home.

Scenes from the past come to mind.

Deng Yuchuan didn't know what was wrong at the time, and suddenly he had an impulse to urge his grandson to dig up the soil under the pear tree.

It turned out that he had dug up a mahogany box.

There was a letter in the box.

Even after many years, Deng Yuchuan can still recognize at a glance that the letter is Li Niang's handwriting.

A joke back then has now become true.

Intense grief poured out, bringing the gray-haired old man to tears.

He choked up.

"It's that I'm sorry for Li Niang, if I could go home earlier, she wouldn't have to suffer so much, let alone die tragically at the hands of others."

(End of chapter)