Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Daiyu treats her servants very generously, so the living environment of the maids is good.

As Daiyu's second-class maid, Xiaoxia lives in a bright room in the west wing.There is a felt curtain hanging at the door, and when you walk in, a gust of warm wind blows in your face, which makes the two petty officials who follow you slightly surprised. You want luxury, but you don't know what it looks like inside.

The young girls have already avoided because they greeted them in advance.

At this time, not only was there no one in the yard, there was not even a girl in the wing room.There were only two old women serving in a hurry to open the curtain, and respectfully invited everyone to enter.

Zhou Hang went in first, and several women had hurriedly arranged the seats, and then retreated without a trace.

Then Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of Dali Temple also went in with two small officials.

"My lords, please."

Looking around, Zhou Hang said to the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple.

"Yes!" The two of them clasped their hands together, and then squinted their sharp eyes to investigate. Wherever they looked, they were as sharp as a beast staring at its prey.

As expected of a veteran with many years of experience in handling cases, Zhou Hang secretly thought.

Although the seat was set up, he didn't sit down, but stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and relaxed, very stylish.His eyes were not idle, he searched the interior furnishings inch by inch.Although the house is not very big, it is not too small, and it is neatly tidied up.Against the north wall is a red lacquer canopy bed with curtains; dowry and vanity mirror are next to it; next to it is a wardrobe with a height of one person, the door of which is closed and locked.Further to the south is a small reception area separated by a screen, with a small table, a small case, and teapots, tea bowls and other things.

The brazier is set in the middle, the fire is very hot, and the room is very warm.

Zhou Hang's eyes finally fell on the brazier, no, to be precise, it was on the ashes beside the brazier.

The servants of the Lin family used ordinary charcoal, and it was not surprising that there would be a small amount of ash after it was burned.Zhou Hang stared at it because there was a small piece of ash with a slightly lighter color next to the ash, although it was deliberately covered up, trying to mix it with the ash.But judging from the traces, the man dealt with it a little urgently. He should have swept his hand to the side of the ashes in a hurry and then left. There was a trace of intermittent fingers, which was very shallow and not very obvious.

That's not the most important thing.

A piece of ash on the edge that was only the size of a little fingernail caught Zhou Hang's attention. It was a thin layer, and it was easy to be ignored because it was too small.

The only thing that can produce such thin ashes is paper.

Brownish paper in grayish black after burning...

It's the yellow paper used for drawing symbols!

It suddenly dawned on him, and just as he was about to step forward to take a closer look, a gust of cold wind came from behind, Zhou Hang looked back, and a woman opened the curtain and said with a smile: "Your Highness, forgive me, our girl sent Miss Huier. "After she finished speaking, she stepped aside.

Only then did Zhou Hang see Hui'er, who was following her, wearing a red satin jacket, bowing her head slightly and saluted.

"Excuse me, Miss Huier, come in and talk." He said.

Hui'er bent her body again, and said: "Thank you for your sympathy, the servants are just here to tell the girl a word, so they won't go in."

Zhou Hang's stern face was much softer, and his voice was also cheerful.

"What do you girls say?"

Hui'er said: "Young lady said to ask Mr. Quan to go, I have something to tell."

Hearing this, Koizumi who was standing by the side trembled subconsciously, Zhou Hang looked at him, frowned and said, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go with Miss Huier!"

"Yes, servant, let's go!"

Annoyed by his stupor just now, Koizumi hurriedly saluted and followed Huier out, and opened the curtain for her before Huier reached out.Hui'er looked back at him in surprise, saw that he was smiling at her, felt a little embarrassed, pursed her lips and walked out without saying anything.

Koizumi followed closely behind, went down the steps, and gently pulled Huier's sleeve.

Hui'er looked at him, frowning slightly.

"Good sister, what does the girl want from me?" He asked in a low voice.

"Ask me? The girl didn't say anything, and I don't know. You'd better go in and ask the girl yourself."

After speaking, he left first.

Koizumi stomped anxiously, trotting to follow: "Good girl, good aunt, just tell me what's the point?"

Huier suddenly stopped, looked back at him, and said, "I really don't know."

Koizumi went in, and Daiyu was sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals peeling pine nuts. Seeing him, she put down the pine nuts in her hand, and took the handkerchief from Xueyan to wipe her hands.Sensing Daiyu's gaze focused on him, Koizumi knelt down and bowed in fear, only getting up when he was told to get up.

Just about to ask "what's your order, miss?" before she could say anything, she heard Daiyu's sweet voice.

"Tell your master—"

She was stunned when she said this, and beckoned Koizumi to come forward, motioned to listen, and whispered.

Koizumi couldn't help nodding, and let out a "hmm" sound from his throat.

Daiyu looked at him and said, "Do you remember everything?"

Koizumi bowed his head and said, "Miss, don't worry, the servant will remember."

Daiyu nodded and said, "You go."

Koizumi agreed and stepped back with a smile on his face. He didn't need the little girl to open the curtain and went out by himself.When he came to the West Wing, he saw Zhou Hang squatting in front of the brazier touching a thin layer of ash on the ground, and thought to himself, it seems that without Miss Lin's instructions, his master also noticed that there was something wrong with the ash; however, he still had to report what Miss Lin ordered over and over again.

Feeling the curtain being lifted and a gust of cold wind blowing in, Zhou Hang already guessed that it was Koizumi who came back.

He withdrew his hand, blew off a little bit of black ash on his fingertips, stood up and looked at Koizumi, who hurriedly walked over with great interest, and said a few words in his ear, Zhou Hang frowned first, then stretched his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth slightly tilted up.

He has an easy-going personality and loves to laugh when he sees people, but there are not many such self-satisfied and heartfelt smiles.

Koizumi couldn't help staring dumbfounded, thinking to himself, if the master smiles like this every day, those court ladies will be even more obsessed.

Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Minister of Dali Temple frowned and checked for a long time. They carefully looked through Xiao Xia's box, wardrobe and daily-use things. It can be said that they checked everything, but they didn't find anything unusual.

Zhou Hang stared at it for a while, and said, "My lords, don't rummage through the box, you won't find anything. If the murderer was really that careless and left such obvious clues, he wouldn't be able to sneak into Lin's house. "

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was looking at a vase repeatedly, and froze when he heard the words.

"I don't know... what does Your Highness mean by these words?"

Most of the people who have been handling cases for a long time are somewhat demented, and they often have the attitude of swearing not to give up until they reach their goals.In the past few years in the imperial court, Zhou Hang has not seen such people infrequently.If he didn't say that he was ugly and Yinmao today, it is estimated that Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Minister of Dali Temple would turn this room upside down.

"My lords, please look here." Zhou Hang pointed to the small piece of ashes beside the brazier.

The two quickly put down the things in their hands, squatted beside the ashes and took a closer look. They didn't find any difference for a long time, and they frowned in unison.

"This...isn't this a piece of ashes?" What does it have to do with the murder?

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice frowned, and after thinking about it, he still didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Dali Siqing nodded and agreed: "Yes..."

Zhou Hang pulled the corner of his mouth weakly: "Don't you two adults realize that this piece of ashes is different from the others?"

The Minister of Dali Temple said: "It is a little different."

Zhou Hang looked at him, and then what.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice nodded and said something was different, and then there was no more.

Zhou Hang: "..." So, how on earth did you two idiots become the chief of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.

After many years of cultivation, someone who often used talismans ignored that ordinary people would not think in the direction of Taoism even if they saw such traces.Because they cannot associate because of ignorance, it is not that they have no reasoning ability.

Zhou Hang, who felt that the two adults were not worthy of their names, frowned, and patiently explained with reluctance: "Look, this piece of ashes is extremely thin. It is not the ashes left by burning charcoal, but the ashes left by burning paper. Ashes Black with some brown, this is not ordinary paper, as far as I know, only the yellow paper used to draw talismans is like this after burning. Have you ever thought about why burnt talisman paper appeared in Xiaoxia’s house? Talismans are ever-changing, some It can confuse the mind and make people hallucinate."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Dali Temple suddenly realized that His Highness the Crown Prince was a senior student of the National Teacher, and those who had practiced with the National Teacher expressed their admiration and asked Zhou Hang for advice.

If the direction is right, the rest will be easy.

When Xiaoxia went out, she must pass the courtyard gate, so Zhou Hang called the women and maids who were guarding the courtyard gate to ask again, and they all said that they had never seen her.

The gate of Daiyu's small courtyard is closely guarded, if Xiao Xia goes out, she can't be silent, without seeing anyone, unless these people are bewitched.But Zhou Hang took a closer look, and it didn't look like it.

"Are all the gatekeepers here?" he asked.

A little girl came out and said: "Go back to Your Highness, Mama Wu is not here."

"Who is Mama Wu?" Zhou Hang asked.

"It's a woman who guards the gate of the courtyard. She was supposed to be on duty yesterday." The little girl pursed her lips when she said this, "When it was just dark last night, someone suddenly called her and said that her little grandson She had a high fever and was unconscious, her nose and wings were flapping, and she was almost out of breath, so she went back."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Zhou Hang asked.

The little girl was so frightened that she trembled and couldn't speak, a woman stepped forward and said: "This girl is too young and timid, she can't explain clearly, please forgive me, Your Highness, and allow this servant to answer the questions for you."

Zhou Hang glanced at her: "Go ahead."

The mother-in-law said: "It's like this. It was supposed to be the guard of Wu Shunbao's house, but her grandson was critically ill, and she hurried back just after dark, so there was no guard. Just now His Highness just said to let the guard come, and the servants immediately This was not reported."

It's okay early and late, but it happened at this time, this Wu Shunbao's family is a little suspicious.

I also asked those women who had a good relationship with Wu Shunbao's family. They had heard about her grandson's illness a few days earlier.

In order to prevent these people from deliberately concealing, Zhou Hang quietly used the truth talisman.

After all, not only one member of Wu Shunbao's family was suspicious, but these people were also suspicious.They were all guarding the courtyard gate for Daiyu, it would not be difficult to let one person out quietly.

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