Gel makeup

Chapter 76
The next day was Mrs. Taiping's birthday. She had always been on good terms with the Jiaguo Mansion because of the Ye family, and she was considered a lady from a family that Jiang Feng met, so Jiang Feng went to the Uncle Taiping's mansion for a day.After returning to the mansion in the evening, Shen Jiangdong told her that he was going to Beikou for military training, and he would not come back until one or two months later.

Jiang Feng knew that Shen Jiangdong was impatient to take over Jingwei. Seeing that Siqing had recovered from illness, he wanted to stay far away, and besides, he went to the military guard of the mansion, so Shen Jiangdong also wanted to avoid suspicion, so he said, "Don't worry, there is Xia in the mansion." Ying, she's fine." After speaking, he opened the cabinet to pack Shen Jiangdong's clothes, and then asked Xia Ying and Zhang Luo to go with his servants.

Shen Jiangdong told Jiang Feng many things, and discussed with her about the Shen family's house in Zhili, and the two of them didn't rest until the third watch.

The next day, Shen Jiangdong went out early, Jiang Feng went to the military guard at Dengshikou for a while, and went to Jigu Pavilion to meet Luchu in the afternoon.

This day, Luchu was accepting an order for someone to paste a delicate painting of a building. When he saw Jiang Feng coming, he closed the shop and the two of them went upstairs to talk.

Lu Chu took out a collection, and said in a soft voice: "I have been in the military guard for the past two years, although I haven't found anything, but I have been paying attention to asking the neighbors about this girl Shuze on weekdays. His words and deeds, his hobbies, and his inquiries are considered meticulous. I have written all the information about Miss Shuze here."

Jiang Feng took it over and opened it, only to see that the booklet was bound neatly, and the important places were marked in red. He smiled and said, "So detailed? I ticked the biography for her."

Lu Chu didn't answer, got up and took out another scroll to open, Jiang Feng asked: "What is this?"

Lu Chu said: "This is her shadow. There used to be a seller of glazed objects at Qiandengshikou, who made a fortune. He used to be infatuated with Miss Shuze, so he drew this shadow for her. The man brought it to the shop and asked me to paste it. Here comes one, take a look."

Jiang Feng started to fight, and saw that his eyebrows were beautiful, but there was a tear mole around his eyes, so he couldn't help frowning.

When Lu Chu saw her, she said: "This girl has a mole of love, and she is very romantic and charming."

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered that year when she and King Xiao Jing went to see Shuze in Cangchunlou. She went in alone to see Shuze, and Shuze died unexpectedly.She tried hard to recall the face of Shuze she saw that day, and suddenly said: "No, I clearly saw her face clearly, and there is no mole on her face. Could it be that she was not the one who died?"

Lu Chu asked: "Before she died, did you see her?"

Jiang Feng said: "When she just died, I went into her room, and there was a dead person lying on the ground, but I was very anxious, that person had a long face, without this mole."

"There is no problem with her identity," Lu Chu said, "or rather, her false identity is very detailed, and there is no problem at present."

Jiang Feng suddenly asked: "Is she very close to He Shizhi's youngest son?"

"The relationship between the girl and the benefactor," Lu Chu said, "she is also very close to the son of Yang Shangshu's family. Do you still suspect that she is from the He family?"

Jiang Feng suddenly said: "Tell me, is she still alive?"

Lu Chu sighed and said: "The beauty of humanity is unlucky, she should have died. After she died, a girl beside her also died. It is said that she died. Someone plotted to steal her jewelry at night and stabbed her." The girl guarding the spirit struck a sword, but the girl was not saved."

"I checked before, and the girl next to her was given by He Shizhi's youngest son, so I became suspicious. I suspected that she was not dead. The dead person I saw might be the girl next to her." Jiang Feng said seriously.

Lu Chu shook his head, "There is a young servant beside her, who was sent by Yang Shangshu's son, sending servants, this is also a common thing. If the one who died was not Miss Shuze, how could the madam of Cangchun Tower not recognize her? "

"She can pretend to be dead to deceive the old bustard of Cangchunlou, but she can't fool me by pretending to be dead. So she may kill her servant to deceive me first, and then pretend to be dead to deceive the old bustard of Cangchunlou. As for the autopsy—— I might not recognize her." Jiang Feng was quite confident in this because he came from a criminal background.

Lu Chu said: "There is no evidence, even if the coffin is opened for an autopsy, it will not be found."

Jiang Feng nodded, "I might be able to find out something more, but I have to wait a few days before leaving the capital, after Her Royal Highness's Qianqiu Festival. I have to be in the Imperial Capital during Her Highness's Qianqiu Festival."

Lu Chu nodded and said: "It's been so long, so don't be in a hurry. It's important to find out if Dingfan still has hidden stakes in the imperial capital. We girls, Qianqiu, beware of their troubles."

Si Qing didn't want to celebrate this birthday in her heart, so she left the affairs to Ling Zhen and Concubine Zhou Rong, and she didn't ask about it.She did not move into the Central Palace after entering the Central Palace, but still lived in the Ninghua Palace.Lingzhen once asked why, Siqing said: "Empress Rencheng died there, it's not good."

Ling Zhen hurriedly said: "Why is this girl? There are many dead people in the palace."

"It's not that I think it's bad," Siqing said, "It's that third brother thinks it's bad."

Ling Zhenfang fell silent.

But it's outrageous to host a banquet here in Ninghua Palace, Lingzhen and Concubine Zhou Rong discussed to hold a banquet in Nanqingxi Garden.One is that celebrating the festival in the garden can save some red tape, and the other is to avoid the taboo of Kunyi Palace, which kills two birds with one stone.

Near the end of March, there are lights and festoons along the way from Chengtianmen in Banzhong to Nannei, and there are all kinds of operas to add to the fun, and fireworks boxes are set off at night, which is very lively.But in the middle of the defense, Shen Jiangdong went to Beikou, and Cheng Yingzhou went to Shenji Camp, making Sun Chengfu busy.On the [-]th, when Siqing set off for Xiyuan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Nannei's opera wine held for three consecutive days from the [-]th of March, on the first day Siqing received court congratulations, on the second day Ding'an noble concubine came to the theater, every day went on late into the night, and on the third day everyone had lost their interest .On the third day when Xiao Yi came to sit down, Si Qing whispered something to him, Xiao Yi forced a smile and said: "This is your good day, doing this will hurt your face."

Siqing said, "I don't want to lose face."

Xiao Yi said: "If you want to say it yourself."

"I won't say, I don't have that much power."

"I won't tell you if you don't say it."

"Is it to celebrate my birthday today, or to make things difficult for me?"

"Of course it's for your birthday."

Siqing hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, go and talk about it quickly. It doesn't cost you a few taels of salary, what a cheap deal."

Xiao Yi said helplessly: "Say it tomorrow, will it work?"

Siqing said: "No way! Put it off tomorrow, put it off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you say you forgot."

Xiao Yi had no choice but to leave the table.

Ling Zhen was curious, "What did the girl say?"

Si Qing glanced at the performance on the stage, and whispered a few words to her, Ling Zhen knew that it was the appointment of the Zhou family as a noble concubine, so she said: "Are you going to hurry up and talk about it today?"

Siqing didn't answer either.

Who knew that Xiao Yi was still unwilling to say it, so he wrote a decree to Ling Zhen, turned around and left first.Ling Zhen was puzzled, so she asked Si Qing, "I never thought His Majesty hated her before, what medicine did you give Your Majesty?"

Siqing twisted her cheeks and smiled and said, "It's against you. Why did I give third brother eye drops? She belongs to the Empress Dowager, and it's Princess Shangyang's birthday. It's clear that third brother thinks of Jingguo. The public affairs are too empress dowager."

The two chattered and chattered, which had attracted the attention of the people below. Seeing Jiang Feng, he came up to toast, and Si Qing took the opportunity to take her to the side hall to change clothes and rest.

Jiang Feng talked about the recent progress of Cha Shuze, and also mentioned that before Shen Jiangdong left Beijing, he discussed with her to visit Shen's family's Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. Siqing understood, so he said, "Go and see, this For a few years, there was no one in the Shen family in Beijing, and there were people in Zhuangzi who could not guarantee Qi."

Siqing nodded, and Jiang Feng got up the next day and went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.Jiang Feng was so anxious to go to Zhuangzi, not because he was worried about something wrong with the Shen family's farm, but because he wanted to meet Jiangxue who had assassinated Xiao Yi in Fuzhou, and ask her if she knew about Ji Shuze.

It turned out that Jiang Feng suddenly understood one thing. Jiangxue is a singing girl, and Shuze is also a well-known geisha. If Shu is really He Shizhi, maybe there are many dancers in He Shizhi's secret pile.If this is the case, Jiangxue might know about Shuze.

That year, Jiangxue failed to assassinate Shen Jiangdong, and escaped with tricks, and was raised by Shen Jiangdong and his wife in Zhuangzi, which became a pawn played by the Shen family against the He family.However, Shen Jiangdong was unwilling to easily offend the prince's mother-in-law, so Jiang Xue's move became idle.Later, her parents were taken to live in this village, and Jiang Feng never saw her again.On this day, Jiang Feng came to Zhuangzi suddenly, entered the mansion, and as soon as he was seated, he asked to see Jiangxue by name.

There are only two courtyards in this house, and the furnishings are simple, with only a few heavy pieces of furniture.The stewards at the Shen Family Manor offered tea diligently, saying that it was a wild taste, and invited Jiang Feng to have a taste.

Jiang Feng was not in the mood to drink tea, and looked up. After a stick of incense, Jiang Xue came in wearing muslin clothes.She was less dusty, and looked more beautiful and generous than before. Because she had been in Shen's house for a long time, when she saw Jiang Feng, she called Ma'am.

Jiang Feng dismissed the crowd and said calmly, "I'm here to see you today, just to ask you one thing, you don't have to be nervous."

Jiang Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I don't know much."

Jiang Feng cut to the chase and said, "Tell me about Miss Shuze from Cangchun Tower in the Imperial Capital. What's her family name? Where is she from?"

Jiangxue's complexion changed drastically, her breathing also became rapid, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Feng found that Xin Daoshu really belonged to He Shizhi, so he said, "You don't have to worry about betraying her and exposing yourself, she is already dead."

Jiangxue's face turned white in an instant, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she choked up, "You're already dead? How did you die?"

"Be silenced." Jiang Feng answered concisely.

Jiangxue wiped away her tears, raised her head and said, "Madam is really amazing, she was able to find her head."

Jiang Feng said: "Tell me, maybe if you say it, I can avenge her."

Jiangxue settled down, and said, "She is different from us. We were originally registered and bought by the He family. She was not. Her family name is Ji, and she is the daughter-in-law of the He family. I heard that she My mother is still at He's house, looking at the house in her hometown, and I don't know if she is still alive now."

"You mean He Shizhi asked his family's daughter to become a naturalized kabuki?" Jiang Feng frowned.

Jiang Xue nodded, "She is different from us, she has the character of a girl from a big family. I heard that she used to have some problems with the young master of the He family."

Jiang Feng sneered and said: "The young master of the He family flirted with the girl on the Cangchun Tower, and he fell to his death when he turned his head. God knows if it has anything to do with Miss Ji."

Jiang Xue was silent for a while, and only said: "She has a very strong temper."

"Then this strong girl's throat was sealed with a sword," Jiang Feng said, "Does she have a tear mole?"

Jiang Xue nodded, and Jiang Feng said again: "You also know which dancing and music girls the He family has raised, so write it to me as soon as possible. One is that He Shizhi is sick and dying and can't take care of so much, and the other is that there may be more The next ones died inexplicably like Shuze, I want to find out."

Jiang Xue said with tears: "My whole family has voted for my wife. Since my wife said, I will write it." Sure enough, a list came out, and there were more than 30 people.

Jiang Feng looked at it and sighed, Jiang Xue said: "I really only know so much."

Jiang Feng said, "I see."

Jiang Xue hesitated and said, "If there are any sisters still alive, Madam please tell me."

Jiang Feng agreed, and said again: "I won't talk about some things, you should know it in your heart."

Jiang Xue cried: "My whole family is here, and I haven't dared to play tricks all these years. Now that Madam is back in Beijing, I dare not have any contact with the He family anymore. If Madam doesn't believe me, just kill me."

After hearing this, Jiang Feng said, "It's best if you can figure it out yourself."

"The Shen family didn't treat me badly," Jiang Xue took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears, "My wife saved my life, if my wife wants me to die, I will obey her order, I just ask my wife to give me a way to survive. "

"I don't have the habit of blackmailing other people's parents." Jiang Feng put the teacup down heavily, "Don't think about it. I came here to ask you about Miss Ji. Now that you understand, you can go."

Jiang Xue hastily saluted and retreated gently.

(End of this chapter)