Jiaochu

On the way back, Ye Lingxi was thinking about something, suddenly stopped, changed direction, and headed towards Si Tianjian.

This time, Zhu Xingguan led her the way and asked her to sit for a while after entering.

After waiting for a cup of tea, Shangguan Yuan came back from outside, carrying a basket with a small shovel in his hand, as if he had gone to dig something in the ground and came back.

"The princess is here again. I missed you so much, so please forgive me." Shangguan Yuan saluted with a basket. He didn't look careless at all, but his words were too skillful, like a jingle, and a bit perfunctory. means.

Ye Lingxi heard one word after another, which she didn't like, but after all, she came here to ask for advice humbly, so she just pretended not to hear it.

"Princess, wait a moment, I will go and put things away first." After Shangguan Yuan went upstairs, he took another cup of tea and calmly went downstairs to take a seat. Zhu Xingguan served the tea and then left. He picked up the teacup, scratched it twice, and said, "Three months have not come yet. Did the princess's friend have another dream?"

Ye Lingxi shook his head and said no. After a pause, he said, "Can your Excellency predict good or bad luck?"

Shangguan Yuan took a sip of tea, put it down, and said, "I watched the sky last night. The Emperor's Star is stable. Princess, don't worry."

Hearing the news, Ye Lingxi felt quite at ease, even though she didn't mean what she asked. After thinking about it for a moment, she said: "Kui Xing Tower held a Kuixing banquet a few days ago. A friend of mine also went, and there was someone in the middle. I came here to compete with him, but I lost. A few days later, the man suddenly disappeared, and his friend insisted that it was me who locked him up."

Shangguan Yuandao: "Wei Chen can only tell fortunes, but not find people."

"Then can your lord tell me a fortune for this friend of mine?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Shangguan Yuan tapped the table twice and said, "The princess doesn't know something. I need to be present to tell my fortune." He added, "Since it is the princess who speaks, I will make an exception." He put the pen and paper on the table. In front of Ye Lingxi, he asked her to write down the birthday and name of the other party. After Ye Lingxi finished writing, he took a look at it, put the paper into the incense burner, burned it, counted with his fingers, and wrote down a word on the paper. The word water.

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After leaving Si Tianjian, Ye Lingxi thought about the word "water". Xu Zilin had written a poem about "water". Could this word "water" refer to that poem about "water"? Is there another mystery in it? She carefully recalled the long article that Xu Zilin wrote on the paper at that time. She picked out the first word alone, and when connected, it did not form a sentence. It was not like Tibetan characters. If it did not refer to this water poem, then this water refers to What's more...a wave of light passed by the corner of her eyes. She looked up and saw the koi pond in front of her, and her heart moved. Could it be that someone was in the water?

After thinking of this, she immediately changed direction and walked back. She planned to tell Yan Fei this idea, but Yan Fei had already changed shifts.

"General Yan and General Du have already received people. From today on, we must strengthen our defense and make sure no mistakes are made." Commander Wu lectured in the yard. He glanced at the person who had just leaned against the wall. Ye Lingxi hurriedly Jumping to the ground and just turning around, a figure dropped from the sky and blocked her in front of her, like an unshakable iron wall.

"Commander Wu, where are we? I'm lost." Ye Lingxi explained seriously.

Commander Wu was unmoved, "This is not the place where a princess should come."

"I'm lost." Ye Lingxi looked at Commander Wu's firm chin with wide eyes and insisted on the answer without letting go.

Commander Wu remained unmoved and called out for someone to come, and it was Yanfei who came. “Send the princess back.”

Yanfei took the order and escorted Ye Lingxi away. After walking farther, she stopped and took a look around, beckoning Yan Fei to lower his head, and whispered something in his ear, saying that the person might be in the water.

Two days later, Yanfei got a clue. Someone saw Xu Zilin leaving the city during the day, singing a song about the clear and turbid water of Canglang. Yan Fei immediately thought of the Canglang Pavilion on Hongye Mountain.

The water in Canglang is clear, so I can wash my tassel. The water in Canglang is turbid, so I can wash my feet.

Whenever red leaves cover the mountains, the Canglang Pavilion on Hongye Mountain becomes a place where literati and poets compete to visit. However, it has just passed the early summer, and Hongye Mountain is still green, and few people come here to play.

Yanfei was not on night shift today. After changing into casual clothes and leaving the palace, he rode out of the city and came directly to Canglang Pavilion.

The pavilion is built on the mountainside. In a few months, the maple leaves on the mountain will turn red. By then, the red leaves will turn like waves all over the mountain. There is a blue pool under the pavilion. The red leaves reflect the water and the water shines on the red leaves. It is so beautiful.

When Yan Fei was going down the rocks, he found dried blood on a stone, and also found a piece of cloth, as if someone had rolled down from it, and below was the deep pool, which looked unfathomable. He took off his coat and boots, took out a small blessing bag from his arms and hid it under his coat, then took off a jade pendant from his waist and placed it under his coat, then entered the water to look for someone.

After holding his breath and looking for a cup of tea underwater, he surfaced. After landing, he wrung out his clothes, put on his coat and boots again, put away the small lucky bag, put on his jade pendant, and rode back to the city.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he met Yuan Luo, the commander of the Imperial City Division.

"I am very happy that the eldest son is appreciated by the emperor. I have always wanted to express my congratulations in person, but the official duties are complicated and I can't get away from it. Don't be surprised, eldest son." Yuan Luo said with an elegant smile.

"Your Majesty, your words are serious." Yan Fei simply replied.

Yuan Luo glanced at the city gate behind him and said: "This commander is about to go out of the city to investigate. Since the eldest young master has already been there, I don't know if I can find any clues. I also want to return the favor to Mr. Su as soon as possible." clean."

"Then I wish you to solve the case as soon as possible and say goodbye." After Yan Fei left, Yuan Luo went outside the city. When he arrived at Canglang Pavilion, which Yan Fei had visited before, he also found blood stains and cloth strips, and sent people to search the pool. Then he took the people back to the city.

The next day, Yuan Luo came to the imperial study to report to Ye Lanchen that the person was found in a pool at the foot of the mountain outside the city, but the person had been soaked beyond recognition and could not recognize his original appearance. The body was stabbed in the abdomen, and only a single piece of clothing was left on it. It was speculated that it was a robber who killed someone and took money.

In addition, he also found out the details of Guo Huai. He was banned from participating in the examination three years ago because he attempted to bribe the examiner, and the examiner that year was Su Shangshu. After entering the Imperial City Division, Guo Huai confessed that in order to avenge the ban on taking exams that year, he deliberately slandered Su Shi in front of Xu Zilin and successfully provoked conflicts. He originally wanted to use Xu Zilin's hand to repair Su Shi, but it turned out to be a miscalculation. . Later, Xu Zilin went out for a trip to the city and failed to return, so he blamed the matter on Shangshu's mansion, hoping to ruin the reputation of Shangshu's mansion, but he miscalculated.

During the court trial, Guo Huai confessed to his crime and was sentenced to exile.