Chapter 118: The Secret of the Robe
Begonia glanced at the kang head, the injured boy was still asleep, completely unaware that she was rummaging through his secrets here.
She carefully pinched the robe from head to toe, including the outer layer and the inner sheepskin lining, all the embroidered places, and the places where the cloth was superimposed, did not fall, and finally came to the conclusion that there was indeed a mezzanine in the robe, and there was more than one place, the most obvious one was on the inside of the left sleeve, and the more hidden one was under the left armpit, there was not much space, but it was enough to hide one or two letters or something.
There is a letter hidden in the mezzanine on the inside of the sleeve, and it is turned out as soon as it is flipped over, and there is a seal outside the letter, about four fingers wide, not folded or folded, and there is no name of the recipient, only in the lower right corner there is a rectangular red seal that is an inch long, and there is a wax seal at the back opening, which cannot be opened to see.
The light at the end of the kang was a little dim, and it was difficult to see the mark on the wax seal, and it was also a little difficult to identify the words on the seal.
She suspected that there were not simple letters hidden in this mezzanine, but through the clothes and fur, the thing was a little thick, about the size of half a palm, there was no thick cotton jacket, and there was a wide robe to cover it, as long as the young man acted carefully, it was really not easy for outsiders to see.
What the hell is this?
Unlike the semi-open compartment of the cuffs, which can be turned over to reveal the letter, the compartment under the armpit is sewn with needles and threads, and it is impossible to remove the contents without removing the threads.
Begonia changed to the position in front of the window, carefully observed the needle and thread in the armpit interlayer, and felt that it seemed to be sewn in a hurry, the stitches were a little rough, the length of about ten centimeters, less than ten stitches, it was hastily knotted, and even the thread was not cut in time, it was torn hard.
Could it be that the victim's family encountered the killer blocking the way, so they hurriedly sewed the confidential things into the mezzanine, and then asked their son to change them?
Begonia glanced at the sleeping boy again, then turned his gaze back and began to study whether he could spy on the true face of the hidden things inside without removing the stitches?
The stitches are so sloppy that you can't get things out, but if you just poke your fingers in......
Begonia stretched out her thinnest tail finger and tried to touch the inside of the sandwich through the gap between the stitches. You just have to be careful not to break the thread.
She quickly touched something, and it seemed to be some kind of fabric, with a special pattern on it.
Could it be something like a treasure map?
Begonia changed her index finger and tried to touch it more clearly, but when she felt a relatively complete pattern on the surface of the fabric, she couldn't help but be stunned.
This pattern is so familiar...... This seems to be the brocade pattern she studied in the palace in her previous life! If she's not mistaken, this pattern is usually only used in the palace, right? Because from the very beginning, this group flower was designed as a decorative companion flower with a five-clawed dragon pattern. Could it be that after she "died", which female official of the Shanggong Bureau took apart the ornamental combination she designed and used it?
But even so, there is no reason for the ornaments in the palace to leak out, right? Or is it that today's palace and internal affairs office also have the business of selling fabrics to earn money to enrich the inner treasury? Otherwise, why would a rich family who was killed in the suburbs of Chang'an have a fabric dedicated to the capital city?!
Haitang was shocked for a moment, hurriedly retracted his fingers, picked up the letter again, and looked carefully through the light shining in the window.
The words on the seal are very small, still a small seal, but it is difficult for her, it is the four words "Changle worry-free".
Looking at the mark on the wax seal, it is also a small seal, but there is only one "Zhou" word.
Week? This letter was written by the Zhou family?
Haitang remembered that the Zhou family had a queen mother in the palace, and there was also a Chengenhou Thursday master in the capital, and felt that the young man lying on the kang might have something to do with the Zhou family. Their family will come to the area where the accident occurred, and they are really coming for the Zhou family, right?
She couldn't help but hesitate.
If it weren't for the Zhou family, she wanted to peek at the content of this letter, and it wasn't really impossible. The mark on the wax seal is more troublesome, but she is eighty percent sure that she will be able to fool the past by tracing the pattern, getting a piece of broken wood to carve a fake seal, and then sealing it back after reading the letter.
The ink clay exudes a special fragrance, and it smells like it should also be produced in the palace, but she happened to have come into contact with this kind of ink clay in her previous life, and as long as she can get the material, she can make exactly the same thing. Of course, if she is in a hurry, she doesn't have to go through the trouble of heating the original ink on the envelope and reusing it. Although the fragrance will be weakened a lot by doing this, isn't it normal for the properties of the ink to change according to the temperature on this cold day? No matter how bad it is, it will paste some blood, and it just so happens that there are a lot of blood stains on the left cuff of the robe, which affects the fragrance of the ink mud and is reasonable.
However, considering that the Hai family is now also a member of the Zhou family's camp, it seems that she does not need to do this. As long as she handed over the letter and other things to the officials in charge of investigating the murder of the teenager's family, she would always find out afterwards.
There was movement on the kang, and the boy seemed to be awake.
Haitang quickly stuffed the letter back to the cuffs of her robe as it was, and even the position and direction of the plug were exactly the same, and then she folded the robe as it was and put it back on the kang tail.
The boy seemed to be having a nightmare, and muttered in his mouth: "Nurse lady...... Nurse ...... Don't die...... Don't die! He snapped open his eyes, his face full of horror.
Begonia leaned over casually: "Are you awake?" Sane sober? Does it hurt in your body? You have a wound on the right side of your face, a stab on your body, and a broken leg, so you'd better not get too excited. ”
The young man stared at her with a pair of big black and white eyes, his rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and he blinked: "Who are you?" Where am I? ”
"Your family was robbed last night! Fortunately, our convoy passed by and scared the gangsters away. Rest assured, you're safe now. Haitang reassured him, "This is the Zhuangzi of the Zhou family." Do you know the Zhou family? Do you want me to send you a letter? ”
"Zhou family ......" The young man muttered these two words, and suddenly showed a look of vigilance, "You are the Zhou family?!" ”
"I'm not from the Zhou family." Haitang looked at him deeply, "My surname is Hai." My grandfather had just been transferred from Suzhou to Chang'an as an official, and my grandmother's sister had married into the Zhou family. This Zhuangzi is her inheritance of marriage. If you know someone from the Zhou family, I will tell my grandparents and ask them to go to the nearby Zhuangzi of the Zhou family's own family to deliver the letter. ”
"Nope! Don't go! The young man replied quickly, but immediately after, he calmed down, "I don't know anyone from the Zhou family, don't make trouble for others." ”
Haitang raised his eyebrows: "Your family doesn't know anyone from the Zhou family?" So why are you coming this way? I heard that almost all of the Zhuangzi in this neighborhood are related to the Zhou family. ”
This sentence was used by fraud, but the boy obviously did not hear it: "We are just passing by." ”
Haitang looked at him: "What's your name?" Who are your parents? Where did it come from? Where are you going? Do you know why those people are blocking the road and killing people? ”
The young man was silent for a moment before slowly replying, "My name is ...... Xu Jiashu. Killed ...... It's Mr. Kim's family. My mother worked as a nurse in the Jin family, so she brought me with me. I don't know why someone would come to kill Master Jin......"
Lie! Before you woke up, you were clearly called "Nurse", do you call your own mother "Nurse"? Or are you a "son of a nurse", and you can also have your own nurse?!
(End of chapter)