Chapter 122 Things in the Mouse Hole
  This discovery made Shen Zhuoxi ignore the fact that the lantern was still on the ground and squatted down to check the mouse hole.
  The mouse hole is so small that you can't even put your fist in it.
  She was almost pressed against the wooden floor and couldn't even see what was inside.
  When I came out, I didn't wear a hairpin or hairpin, and I didn't even have anything useful at hand.
  Just when he was about to go back, Hui Zhi came in from outside, holding a cloak in his hand: "Miss, seeing that you haven't come back, Aunt Ju is worried about the cold weather in the morning, so she ordered the slave to send you some clothes."
  "You came just in time." Shen Zhuoxi did not take the cloak, but directly reached out to take off the hairpin from her hair and went to dig out the mouse hole.
  Hui Zhi was startled, and after she realized what she was doing, she squatted down and said, "Miss, what are you doing?"
  "Pick up the lantern and give it a light." Shen Zhuoxi ordered without explaining.
  Huizhi quickly picked up the lantern and stared at the mouse hole without blinking: "You came to Xiaoxiang Tower early in the morning to catch mice?"
  "There is something inside, which should have been left behind when I was a child." Shen Zhuoxi didn't know how to explain it, and said, "I just remembered it and was going to take it out, but my hand has grown so big that I can't put it in."
  "I'm afraid I haven't gotten out the hairpin yet." Hui Zhi suggested: "I remember that when I moved to Qingfeng Building, there was a small shovel for planting flowers outside. How about I try it with that?"
  Shen Zhuoxi didn't raise his head and said, "Go."
  The Xiaoxiang Building was already dilapidated, and the interior was damp. Over the years, the wooden items had become damp and rotted.
  Huizhi found a small rusty shovel and easily opened up a small piece of the wooden floor, revealing the contents inside.
  There is a teacup, a handkerchief, and a small silver bead flower.
  "Miss, did you put this in when you were a child?" Huizhi reached out suspiciously and prepared to take it out.
  "Don't touch it." Shen Zhuoxi stared at those things and stopped him: "It's poisonous."
  "Poisonous?" Huizhi retracted his hand and said, "No way. If it's poisonous, how did you put it in back then?"
  "The pearl flower is still black after so many years, which shows how powerful the poison is." Shen Zhuoxi narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to the teacup: "The dried brown matter inside is probably poisonous."
  "After all these years, and under such humid conditions, there is no mold in the tea cup?" Hui Zhi curiously asked, "What is the poison that is so powerful?"
  "The poison from the Valley of Divine Doctors." Shen Zhuoxi tore off the cloth from his skirt, wrapped the teacup and pearl flowers, and said, "The poison from the Valley of Divine Doctors has always been overbearing. It has not rotted for so many years, so it is considered normal."
  Huizhi asked in surprise: "Divine Doctor Valley? Although their poison is powerful, it rarely appears. Even if you pay a lot of money, it is hard to find a cure. How did you come into contact with it before?"
  "I definitely didn't contact him on my own initiative." Shen Zhuoxi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I'm afraid someone asked for the poison from the Valley of Divine Doctors and wanted to poison me, but I noticed it."
  This sounds a little awkward.
  Huizhi thought for a while, and finally realized what was wrong, and asked suspiciously: "What happened to you when you were a child, why does it seem like you are talking about other people's affairs?"
  "Maybe my brain has been confused for a long time and my memory is hazy." Shen Zhuoxi looked at these three things and said, "I don't even know the circumstances under which these were put in."
  She was also surprised that she had almost all the memories of the original person, but she had no memory of this part.
  If she hadn't had the same dream last night, she wouldn't have suddenly come to see it, let alone discovered what was in the mouse hole.
  It seems that there are some things that we have to ask Grandma Ju to make some guesses.
  Shen Zhuoxi wrapped her things and was about to get the handkerchief, but she found that the handkerchief was stained with something dark brown.
  It has been too long, and even the best Su Jin has some signs of decay. I don’t know what the brown mass is.
  Ehi guessed: "It looks like it's dipped in bee syrup or other sauces."
  "No, don't you think it looks like dried blood?" Shen Zhuoxi took a closer look, flattened the veil with a hairpin, lit the traces on it, and said, "It should be written words."
  "But because of the humidity and time, it blurred into a blur."
  "When you put it that way, it really looks like it." Hui Zhi tilted her head and said, "Did you write when you were a child?"
  "I can't remember. Let's take it back first." Shen Zhuoxi used a hairpin to pick up the handkerchief to a teacup, and told Huizhi: "Don't tell anyone about what happened today."
  "I'll go dig some flowers in the yard later. I'll tell you that I like them and bring you to dig them up and take them to Qingfeng Tower."
  Huizhi understood, went to dig up a few hydrangea plants in the yard, put those things together into a basket and took them back to Qingfeng Building.
  "Why has Miss been here so long?" Aunt Ju came out and said, "I went to the back kitchen and brought pumpkin porridge. It's very fragrant and glutinous. You can try it after washing your hands."
  "Not enough." Seeing that the others hadn't arrived yet, Shen Zhuoxi said to Aunt Ju, "I have a few words to ask you."
  "Say it." Aunt Ju wiped her hands and stood aside and said.
  Shen Zhuoxi asked Huizhi to guard the door, and then asked Grandma Ju: "Xiaoxiang Building is where my mother stores books. Did I go there often when I was a child?"
  Aunt Ju nodded and said, "Princess Xiaoqing likes to sit inside. Later, when you can walk, you will also go there, but after you were born, Princess Xiaoqing went less often."
  "Most likely, you went alone. You even sneaked in while the maids were not paying attention. The interior was well decorated at first, and almost all of them were books."
  "I..." Shen Zhuoxi hesitated and said, "In that corner where I often cry, what did my mother put in it when she was still alive?"
  Grandma Ju thought about it and said, "It was the table and chairs. You often hid under the table, saying it was hide and seek. Later, most of the things in the house were removed, and the tables and chairs were also moved."
  So, the things inside were really put in by the original person when he was a child?
  Why is it that the original person was not poisoned by the poison in the Valley of Divine Doctors?
  Shen Zhuoxi took out the handkerchief he found in the mouse hole and said, "Mom, look, do you recognize this handkerchief?"
  Aunt Ju wanted to reach out and take it, but Shen Zhuoxi stopped her: "Don't touch it, just look at it like this."
  "This slave looks familiar." Aunt Ju bent over and examined it carefully: "It's just that there are a lot of stains and the original embroidery pattern can't be seen."
  "Is it mother's thing?" Shen Zhuoxi asked.
  Aunt Ju frowned and pointed at the corner of the handkerchief: "There are many Su brocades, but the princess doesn't use them often, and the servant is not sure whether they are right or wrong, but at a glance, they look a bit like the square handkerchief that the eldest lady gave to the princess. son."
  Shen Zhuoxi nodded: "I understand, please don't tell others about this."
  Only then did Grandma Ju realize something was wrong: "Did Miss go to Xiaoxiang Tower to find it?"
  "Yes." Shen Zhuoxi did not hide it from Aunt Ju: "I suspect that the things inside are related to my mother's death."
  "No way. If the eldest lady really gave it to Princess Xiaoqing, then she would be too blatant." Aunt Ju said in surprise.
  "Yes." Shen Zhuoxi said noncommittally, "Not necessarily. Where are the pulse records of my mother when she was ill?"
  "It should be the Taiyuan Hospital." Grandma Ju recalled, "The Queen Mother cares about Princess Xiaoqing, so the princess's pulse is checked by the doctors from the Taiyuan Hospital."
  (End of this chapter)

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