Outside the hospital, the spring rain was misty.

Thousands of rain threads are as thin as cow's hair, drifting between heaven and earth. Next to the stone path, the remnants of flowers fell to the ground.

The two walked side by side, and the robe on Liu Ruyan's body was already wet, so she simply stood on the side of the umbrella, leaving half of her shoulders exposed, and let the spring rain wet her clothes.

Shen Yanchu glanced at her, secretly approached her, and tilted the paper umbrella in his hand slightly.

The rain poured down the danqing depicted on the umbrella surface, like a curtain of silver waterfall, and the slender Taoist boy stood in the twenty-four bone bamboo umbrella, not stained with a single drizzle.

The courtyard is deep and brightly lit.

Shen Yanchu wore a wide shirt and robe, which made the little Taoist boy beside him petite and exquisite. A little mud flower dotted the corners of the clothes, and the moss was still all over the ground.

Turning around a vermilion pavilion, in front of it is Jing Zhaoyin's courtyard.

Knock on the door rail, and the courtyard door opens in response.

But seeing that Jing Zhaoyin's hair was not scattered, and his shirt was meticulously worn, he happened to come from inside.

Liu Ruyan rubbed a smile: "So, Lord Jiang is planning to go out?" ”

"No, no, the official was about to rest, and he never thought that the real person would come to the door in person."

Liu Ruyan was too lazy to go around in circles with him, she bypassed Jiang Wenzhuo and walked into the house first.

Jiang Wenzhuo was at the door, he turned his head, looked at the back of her entering the house, and always felt that something was not quite right with this child, especially what she said in the morning.

Well, she knew something.

Inside the house.

Liu Ruyan and Jiang Wenzhuo stood at each other.

Jingzhao Yin Jiang Wenzhuo, who served the saint together with Liu Shangshu, Lord Chen, and Lord Chu, was all ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and held important positions in Beijing.

Liu Ruyan was the first to speak: "Since the old lady's birthday banquet, the Qi family has not been in turmoil. For example, the theft of the treasure is probably also from the hand of Master Jiang, and it is really a good show. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about." Jiang Wenzhuo couldn't help but wrinkle his eyebrows.

Worthy of being the official in charge of the capital, Jiang Wenzhuo turned his head to look at Shen Yanchu and asked in a deep voice: "Real person." The little apprentice spoke wildly, and dared to slander the officials of the court, could it be that the real person just let it go? ”

Shen Yanchu was calm and unwavering, but his voice was like thousands of miles of ice, and thousands of miles were cold: "My disciple's words have not been finished yet." ”

So, Liu Ruyan continued: "At the birthday banquet that night, there were seven people present who had come into contact with the jade seal. Xiaodao is here to ask, do adults usually have the habit of wearing jade? ”

"Naturally, there is."

"That being the case, adults should know that the jade tentacles are warm, but it is in the hands of the master of the Qiu family, who is proficient in antiques, he said, Yu Liang. Xiaodao thought that the jade seal had been dropped by you when it was in the hands of Lord Jiang, not only that, but the adults were familiar with the famous craftsmen in Beijing, and the fakes made were enough to confuse the real with the fake. ”

"Yellow-mouthed child!" Jiang Wenzhuo seemed to smile, "Feng Qizhi also touched the jade seal, why didn't he say that it was stolen by him?" ”

"Feng Lao is dedicated to the Tao, power, gold and silver, and wine are just mundane things in the world to him. But Lord Jiang is different, assisting the two emperors, and this time he is in danger, I am afraid it is also for the one in the palace. ”

She said amazingly: "Lord Jiang is in response to the emperor's order, is what Xiaodao said right?" ”

"You-" Jiang Wenzhuo's face changed suddenly, not long ago, he was secretly summoned into the palace by the Empress Dowager Fu, and asked him to retrieve the jade seal of the country left by the previous dynasty in order to consolidate the power of the Son of Heaven.

Thinking of this, he smiled disapprovingly: "You said that Lord Ben stole the treasure, but it is just your one-sided words, what is the proof?" ”

Liu Ruyan didn't answer and asked: "Don't adults want to know, why did Liu Shangshu and them die?" ”

Jiang Wenzhuo's throat choked, and he chose to remain silent.

She let out a long sigh and said, "On the night of the birthday banquet, in addition to Lord Jiang, there were a few other people as internal responses, and that was Liu Shangshu, Lord Chen and Lord Chu. It's just that I never thought that on the day of the banquet, you conspired to do this, and Chu Kun would change on the way and hide the stolen jade seal privately. ”

"Do you know where to hide?" Jiang Wenzhuo asked suddenly.

"It seems that Lord Jiang also wants to know the truth."

"This official is concerned about the theft of the jade seal, so he is naturally concerned!"

This is not going to admit it, Liu Ruyan is not in a hurry, and looks at the night outside the window: "It's a bird's nest." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yanchu remembered that on the day of the incident, there was indeed a bird's nest on the tree.

Liu Ruyan glanced at Jiang Wenzhuo and smiled: "It seems that Lord Jiang also knows very well that the jade seal is hidden in the swallow's nest, but the Qi Family Pavilion covers a wide area and has countless nests. The question is, which nest did Chu Kun hide the jade seal in? ”

"Lord Liu, the secretary of the military department, has extraordinary martial arts, and that night, he asked Chu Kun for the jade seal to no avail, so he went to Yiyuan alone. The night was dark and the wind was high, and it was drizzling outside, so he couldn't see half a ray of moonlight, but soon after he entered the garden, he found a glimmer of light from the sycamore forest. ”

The light was as white as snow, looming, like the Yinghua emitted by the rare jade at night, Liu Shangshu thought it was the treasure of the Qi family, and he walked away.

Liu Shangshu was so skilled that he could easily avoid the courtyard, and when he entered the forest, he brushed aside the layers of branches and leaves, but saw a strange cat shadow coming to him.

Liu Shangshu suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious.

The body was found early the next morning, and Zhonglang took Lord Chen and his comrades, and in order to vent his anger, Lord Chen went to Chu Kun to theorize, and had an argument on the spot.

Chen was depressed, and went to Yiyuan again at night.

Yiyuan undertakes the front garden and backyard, and foreign guests rarely set foot in it. Because there were dead people in the forest, everyone was taboo about it, and the maids would avoid the sycamore forest.

The same is true of Master Chen, who did not enter the sycamore forest, but when he passed by an elm tree, he noticed a faint white light shining from the tree.

"The murderer was thoughtful, and the same modus operandi caused two ministers who were military generals to die one after another." Liu Ruyan was full of emotion.

"So Xiaodao dared to guess that the murderer could not only come up with a fluorite to forge the jade light, perhaps, the murderer knew the purpose of your trip, and even knew that the secret affairs of the Qi Mansion had been hidden for many years."

"Could it really be that Chu Kun did it?" Jiang Wenzhuo suddenly changed color, only Chu Kun knew all this, and only he would kill people, "Then the next person he wants to kill is this official?" ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Wenzhuo retreated to the corner, and a trace of fear appeared in his eyes.

Shen Yanchu asked, "So, Lord Jiang still doesn't plan to admit that the jade seal was stolen by you?" ”

Jiang Wenzhuo gritted his silver teeth and remained silent.

Shen Yanchu looked at him coldly, flicked his sleeves and walked towards the door: "Lord Jiang is good at himself!" ”

"Wait!" Master Jiang finally showed a hint of panic.

At the door, Shen Yanchu turned to look at him and listened to him say slowly: "This is a secret decree of the imperial court, and this official is also acting under orders." ”

Master Jiang staggered and sat down, and told the story: "Today's saint is young, and he has attracted many forces to covet it, although the queen mother has a heart, but after all, she is also a woman. As a result, the Empress Dowager secretly searched for the jade seal to stabilize the imperial power of the Son of Heaven. But I didn't want to, Uncle Guo also intervened sideways and made so many things. ”

Liu Ruyan walked up to him and put his hand to his lips: "The person who holds the jade seal represents the orthodoxy of identity, and all officials worship it." If you gain it, you will be ordered by the sky, and if you lose it, you will run out of energy. Until the mutiny more than 20 years ago, the jade seal of the country was completely lost...... How can you be sure that the treasure of the Qi family is the jade seal that has been missing for many years? ”

Master Jiang is colorful: "When the mutiny, the old lady of Qi Mansion had been to Xuanwu Tower. ”

"Ridiculous." Liu Ruyan didn't know what to say about them.

Jiang Wenzhuo lowered his eyes and continued: "The jade seal is made of He's bi, and the treasure of the Qi family is He's bi!" ”

Liu Ruyan shook his head: "The Heshi Bi is a treasure in the world, and there are very few people who have seen it, and Lord Jiang can't make judgments based on just a few words in the history books." Besides, if it is really the jade seal of the country, how dare the old lady take it out for everyone to see at the family banquet? ”

Jiang Wenzhuo choked.

On the night of the birthday banquet, he hurriedly dropped the jade seal, thinking that even if this thing was not a jade seal, if it was sent to the palace, at least it would make the saint feel relieved.

"Actually, the jade seal is not in the hands of this official, it is all that Chu Kun." Jiang Wenzhuo had a bitter face, helpless, "That old fox is really cunning!" ”

He sighed: "Speaking of which, Chu Kun, Liu Shangshu, and Lord Chen were enshrined in the first emperor, but now they have rebelled at this juncture, hey......"

Liu Ruyan's eyes moved slightly, no, she missed one thing.

"Dare to ask, when did Lord Jiang follow the first emperor?"

Jiang Wenzhuo was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant: "Lord Ben has been in office in Beijing for less than five years, and he has not served the first emperor for a long time. ”

"In other words, Lord Chu and they all worship the first emperor, and they also know each other earlier?" She asked.

"It's nature."

Liu Ruyan's heart jumped, and she looked at Shen Yanchu: "It's not good, the murderer's next target is Chu Kun!" You stay here, I'll go find Chu Kun. ”

With that, she walked out of the courtyard.