The tea in front of him was cold, but Su Shi just stared straight at the teacup, motionless like a puppet.

Pei Hyun drank tea unhurriedly, quietly enjoying this moment of tranquility.

The room was quiet, so quiet that you could hear the breeze outside the house blowing through the sea of flowers.

A burst of floral fragrance hit, and Su Shi finally let out a long breath.

"Providence is unpredictable, and if everything is attributed to Providence, it will be difficult to convince people, at least I will not believe it."

Pei Hyun was not surprised, he just said lightly: "I just tell the truth, I don't care whether I believe it or not." ”

Su Shi didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, so he immediately asked the second question: "Why did you plan the haunted incident of the Red Plum Pavilion?" ”

Pei Hyun said: "You should be able to guess the reason. ”

"But I don't know what you're looking for?"

"A book."

"What book?"

"A book left by the prince before he died."

Seeing that Pei Hyun refused to reveal the truth, Su Shi sighed and changed the question.

"At that time, the prince had so many properties under his name, why would you be so sure that the book was in the Red Plum Pavilion?"

Pei Hyun said slowly: "Because of Hui Niang." ”

Su Shi's eyes lit up: "Is it because Hui Niang took the initiative to ask for house arrest in the Red Plum Pavilion?" ”

"That's just one of the reasons."

Su Shi blurted out: "Handkerchief, another reason is the handkerchief embroidered by Hui Niang." ”

Pei Hyun said: "Yes, it is that handkerchief that I can be sure that the prince hid the book in the Red Plum Pavilion." ”

"What's the secret on the handkerchief? What do those peculiar patterns mean? ”

Bae Hyun pondered: "I have studied that handkerchief for a day and a night, but I have not found any secrets on it at all. ”

Pei Hyun's words couldn't help but make Su Shi frown, he didn't believe Pei Hyun's words, but felt very strange.

With Bae Hyun's intelligence, no secrets were found on the handkerchief, so there is only one possibility, there is no secret left on the handkerchief at all.

So why did Hui Niang spend three months embroidering such a pattern?

Thinking of the pattern, Su Shi couldn't wait to ask, "What does that strange pattern mean?" ”

Pei Hyun said: "Those four patterns are actually four words. ”

"Four words? What are the four words? ”

"Wings and branches." Pei Hyun said: "Those four words are wings and branches." ”

It is a love phrase that implies loyalty and inseparability between lovers.

Hui Niang embroidered these four words on the handkerchief, naturally to express her friendship with the prince, and when the handkerchief was embroidered, Hui Niang followed the prince without hesitation.

Su Shi smiled bitterly and rubbed his forehead, could it be that everyone was really wrong in their guesses? There are no secrets at all on the handkerchief.

However, Su Shi suddenly looked at Pei Xun suspiciously, and asked curiously: "Why does the old gentleman think that the strange pattern is a kind of text, and it is still the four words of wings and branches?" ”

After all, even the closest people around the prince had never seen this strange pattern, let alone what it meant, Su Shi couldn't figure out why Pei Hyun knew, and he was so sure.

This sentence was like hitting Pei Hyun's dumb hole, and he became silent for a while.

Su Shi couldn't help frowning, not that he doubted Pei Hyun's words, but suddenly felt that this text-like pattern seemed to hide some kind of secret.

Su Shi sighed: "Regarding this kind of writing, is there anything unspeakable about the old gentleman?" ”

Pei Hyun finally spoke: "This is indeed a kind of writing, but it has been lost for a long time, and there are few people in this world who know this kind of writing, I just happen to know it." ”

Hearing this, Su Shi smiled and said: "If the old gentleman refuses to say it, I won't force it, so why use this excuse to perfunctory me." ”

Pei Hyun looked at Su Shi quietly and said, "Why did Childe say this? ”

Su Shi sighed: "Since you said that this is a kind of writing, as a gentleman, you should know that if there is no one to teach words, I am afraid that no one can do it without a teacher." Since you say that this kind of writing has been lost for a long time, but you don't know who taught you and the prince? ”

Even if it was exposed by Su Shi, Pei Hyun's expression did not change at all, he just said lightly: "I didn't perfunctory you, but there are some things you still don't want to know." ”

Su Shi was very willing to accept other people's advice, so he immediately changed the subject.

"Since there are no secrets left on the handkerchief, why can you be sure that the book must be in the Red Plum Pavilion."

Pei Hyun said: "Although there is no secret on the handkerchief, the text itself is a secret. ”

Su Shi thought about it, but still didn't understand, so he had to ask, "What do you mean?" ”

Bae Hyun explained: "Do you think Hui Niang will know this kind of writing? ”

Su Shi hesitated: "I shouldn't know." These words should have been taught to be written by the prince when he was in love with her. ”

Bae Hyun said: "I believe that except for Hui Niang, no one knows that this is a kind of writing. ”

Su Shi nodded, even his eldest brother Su Zhou had seen it by chance, and he didn't know what it was, Zhou Jin asked everyone around the prince, and the others hadn't even seen it.

Pei Hyun continued: "Since Zhou Xuan is willing to teach Hui Niang this kind of writing, it means that Hui Niang has won his trust, so Hui Niang should know that the book is hidden in the Red Plum Pavilion, but Zhou Xuan should not have told her the specific location, so Hui Niang didn't find it before she died." ”

Su Shi sighed: "So that book ended up in your hands." ”

Pei Hyun said slowly: "We searched for three months, but we found nothing. ”

"Didn't find it?" Su Shi was really taken aback, because in his opinion, with Pei Hyun's ability, Mo said that finding a book, even if it was finding a needle in the sea, it would not be difficult for him.

But looking at his expression, it didn't seem to be lying.

"That book is important to you?" Su Shi couldn't help but ask.

"It used to be, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Su Shi was puzzled: "Why?" ”

Bae Hyun smiled: "For a dead person, nothing in this world is important to him. ”

The book that can arouse Pei Hyun's coveting must not be an ordinary book, and Su Shi is really curious about what is recorded in this book.

So he couldn't help but ask again, "What kind of book is this?" ”

Bae Hyun didn't answer him, just shook his head and said, "If you find that book, you will naturally know." ”

Su Shi smiled bitterly: "I can't even find you, I'm afraid that no one can find it, and I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to see the light of day again when I read this book." ”

Baehyun suddenly fell silent, his face showing regret, sympathy, and a hint of awe.

"Zhou Xuan is a person who doesn't believe in fate." Pei Hyun said slowly: "He believes that he can change his life against the sky, so he left this book, and he must have left some clues." ”

Su Shi asked quietly: "He is already the crown prince, and His Majesty trusts him very much, and he may pass on the throne to him at any time, and the entire Daqian will be his in the future." In this way, he still needs to change his life against the sky, where does this leave the others? ”

Pei Xun said: "Zhou Xuan's change is not the fate of the individual, but the fate of the great cadres. ”

"The fate of Daqian?" Su Shi said with a smile: "Now that Daqian is in the prime of life, singing and dancing are leveling, why change?" ”

Pei Xun said: "As the so-called prosperity and decline, this big cadre seems to be prosperous and prosperous on the surface, but in fact it is already in crisis and in danger. ”

Su Shi said with a smile while pouring tea for him: "Wouldn't it be too alarmist." ”

"Really?" Pei Hyun said with some regret: "Although I can't see the prosperity and decline of Daqian, you will definitely see it, and it will be half a year later." ”

Su Shi smiled bitterly: "I can't imagine that in addition to being able to judge the good and bad of people, the old gentleman can even speculate on the fortune of the country." ”