Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

Early the next morning, Wen Tao and Tang Wuyi came to find Master Chu.After these few days of running around and exhausting, Fangzhu Chu has aged a lot. Seeing the two of them approaching, she asked eagerly: "Pavilion Master Tang, Master Wen, do you have any clues now?"

Tang Wuyi saluted and said with a smile: "I'm still investigating, today I have something to ask Master Chu for advice."

"You're welcome, just ask if you have anything."

"We want to know about Lady Diewu." Tang Wuyi cut to the chase.

"Ah...but it's related to this case?" Master Chu was taken aback.

"I don't know yet. But I heard that Lady Diewu died in Jinyuan. Is it true?"

Master Chu frowned, as if hesitating.

"Chu Fangzhu," Tang Wuyi added two oppressions in his tone, "This case is of great importance, please let Chu Fangzhu know."

Fangzhu Chu sighed and said: "That child Diewu has a beautiful appearance and superb dancing skills. What's more rare is that she has a great literary talent. She is a good seedling that hasn't been born in many years. It is also our Dongfang's home court. Die Wu won the first prize in one fell swoop, and her literary and artistic performances were all outstanding, far ahead. Originally, with her momentum at the time, many princes and nobles bowed down under her pomegranate skirt, and even King Qi had won over many times. In order to get close, but she is arrogant and arrogant, and she did not promise anyone easily."

"So, she is a woman with her own opinions." Wen Tao commented.

Fangzhu Chu continued: "Unexpectedly, not long after, she even made a private appointment with a young master of martial arts for life, and she will never receive any guests again."

Hmph, Yunshangfang lost its cash cow, so it's naturally not happy.Tang Wuyi thought.

Wen Tao answered, "If that's the case, let Lady Die Wu go out and get married."

Chu Fangzhu said: "What the Taoist said is true. We agreed to her to leave Dongfang later. Unexpectedly, the home of the young master of martial arts could not accommodate the kabuki of Lefang, and the young master later broke the contract and married her. people."

"Miss Die Wu's temper is probably unbearable." Tang Wuyi said.

"Who said it wasn't? At that time, Die Wu was just about to leave Dongfang, and when she got the bad news, she... actually committed suicide."

"Then please tell Master Chu how Miss Diewu died?" Tang Wuyi said.

Fangzhu Chu frowned: "She...she died in Shenhu, in Jinyuan."

"No wonder there are such rumors, may I ask if Lady Diewu had a vision when she sank into the lake?" Tang Wuyi said.

"It is said that Die Wu danced in the lake before she died. I didn't see it with my own eyes. It is said that she danced out of thin air on a small island in the middle of the lake. She danced the song Die Fei Hua Wu, with the red dress and the golden butterfly flying. " Master Chu said.

"No wonder, when something happened to Miss Xifang in the lake, some people said it was the ghost of Lady Diewu." Tang Wuyi said.

"Master Chu! Master Chu!" There was a commotion outside the door.

The three stopped talking, Fangzhu Chu ordered people to come in.

I saw two Dongfang kabuki rushing in and said, "Master Chu, Lady Diewu appeared last night! It's really her ghost!"

The three of them were all startled, they didn't expect such a thing to happen just after mentioning the old story of Lady Die Wu.

Tang Wuyi said: "Don't panic, tell us what happened?"

The two kabukis knelt down, and one kabuki said tremblingly: "We live in Weirui Pavilion, and we can see the lake in Jinyuan from the window. Last night around midnight, I came out to take a rest, and suddenly saw the lake in the middle of the lake. There is a girl in red dancing on the small island! At first I thought it was a musician girl practicing dancing, but then I saw that there was not a single boat in the whole lake. The girl went to the small island in the middle of the lake to dance out of thin air!"

Another kabuki hurriedly said, "It's Lady Die Wu, her ghost is dancing! I saw golden butterflies flying around her!"

"Have you ever seen Lady Diewu dance?" Tang Wuyi asked.

The two kabukis shook their heads, but one hurriedly said: "Who doesn't know that Lady Diewu danced in the middle of the lake before she died, the golden butterfly in red, the golden butterfly didn't come down, and flew beside her, it's not her ghost... Who could it be?"

Tang Wuyi hesitated for a while, and said to the two kabukis and Master Chu: "Why don't we stay in the Weirui Pavilion together tonight to see if the ghost of Lady Diewu will really appear?"

Fangzhu Chu had no choice but to nod his head in agreement, telling the two kabukis to keep quiet, and tonight Pavilion Master Tang, Daoist Wen and Fangzhu Chu will decide together.

Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao walked out of Master Chu's room.At this time, Jinyuan is in a beautiful spring, but the two of them have doubts in their hearts.

"Taotao, do you believe in ghosts?" Tang Wuyi asked.

"I don't believe it." Wen Tao said bluntly, "Someone is using the rumors about Lady Die Wu's ghost."

"That's right. It's impossible to test whether Lady Diewu was dancing in the center of the lake when she died, but someone must have pretended to be it last night." Tang Wuyi said.

"Tang Yue, let's go to the small island in the middle of the lake to take a look, maybe the man will leave some clues."

The two then found someone from Dongfang and borrowed a flower boat, and Du Niang slowly sent them to the small island in the middle of the lake by rowing the boat.Wen Tao was thinking about the case in the boat, always feeling that something was wrong.After a while, they arrived at the small island in the middle of the lake, and the two got off the boat.

This small island in the middle of the lake is a protruding flat land. It is said that there were some pavilions and flowers in the past. Later, this small island in the middle of the lake was specially used as a place for large-scale music and dance performances in Jinyuan, so it was bare.If there is a performance, it will be covered with red silk and other decorations.

Wen Tao and Tang Wuyi took a closer look at the ground of the small island in the middle of the lake. It was clean and there was no trace of anyone coming.

Wen Tao said: "The two kabukis said that when the ghost of Lady Diewu dances, there are golden butterflies flying. I guess it is not a real butterfly."

"Yes." Tang Wuyi nodded and said: "There are very few golden butterflies, mostly yellow and white, and living things are difficult to control."

"When you first told me about Lady Diewu's golden butterfly, I had doubts. If the butterfly is not alive, it must be a kind of gold paper. First, how to make the golden paper fly for a long time; second, how to make it fly for a long time. It can leave no trace on the ground." Wen Tao said.

"Is it possible that she picked up all the golden butterflies after the dance?" Tang Wuyi asked.

"Possibly. But too risky."

Yes, this person is pretending to be a ghost, if it takes a lot of time to pick up the gold paper on the ground, it is likely to expose the fact that she is pretending to be a ghost.

Seeing that there was nothing to gain from the small island in the middle of the lake, the two had no choice but to go back by boat first.The two were walking back to Fangfei Pavilion, Tang Wuyi suddenly said: "Taotao, let's split up tonight."

"How to say?"

"Since the woman appeared on the small island in the middle of the lake, she should be able to see it in other places besides the Weirui Pavilion. Find a place where you can see the small island in the middle of the lake, and don't get too close, so as not to startle the snake. In this way, we can see the small island in the middle of the lake. Look more closely."

"Okay." Wen Tao said, "I hope this person can show up again."