An autumn rain washed away the killings caused by the storm, and it became quiet.
At dawn, Su Ying went to Zixiang Hall according to the imperial edict. Xiao Yuehui found the right moment and sneaked into the wing where he lived. A Lu was guarding the door. Seeing her rummaging around, she couldn't help but wonder: "Princess, what are you looking for?"
Xiao Yuehhuai: "Lu Pingsheng searched Kong Qingyuan all over last night, but he couldn't find any trace of Xun Chong and Lu's father and daughter. After he left, they appeared out of thin air in the general's house. Don't you think? Is it weird?"
After her reminder, Alu also realized the weirdness: "This is really strange! Even this slave can't figure it out."
Xiao Yuehuai carefully searched for all kinds of furnishings in the house, moved everything that could be moved, and finally found the golden nanmu frame.
His eyes fell on the third layer of shiny jade and floral porcelain.
She noticed that this part of the nanmu frame was the cleanest. She hesitated, placed her hand on the bottle, and touched it lightly. There was a faint sound of gears turning inside the house.
A crack opened in the wall opposite, and a dark room appeared in front of the master and servant.
A Lu was surprised: "How could there be such a place in Kong Qing Yuan?"
Xiao Yuehuai's eyes darkened and she walked away. She found four or five drops of dried blood on the floor of the darkroom. She whispered to herself: "It seems... Xun Chong and Lu's father and daughter were hiding in the darkroom yesterday." here."
A Lu squatted aside: "But... this is too strange. As long as I can remember, I have often followed you to and from the empty green garden, and I have never known this dark room. The general only came once, how could he know this?" Is there another mystery in the house?"
Xiao Yuehuai frowned and felt confused. Not only A Lu, but she also didn't know that there was a secret room in Kong Qingyuan, but Su Ying actually knew everything about it.
But Su Ying only returned to Beijing last year. It was his first time to visit the palace in Changjing Mountain, but he was as familiar with the place as she was...
Could it be that...he had stayed in Jinling before?
"Go and ask, who arranged the general's house?"
Alu nodded and bowed to leave.
Xiao Yuehuai stayed in the darkroom for a while before leaving quietly.
While she was waiting for Alu in front of the corridor, she lowered her head and thought about what happened last night. Before she could figure out what happened, she heard a call from not far away.
"Ah Huai."
Xiao Yuehuai raised his head.
The early sun shimmered through the branches, shining like scales in front of the house. Yuanyu River came walking on a thin layer of gold, with a warm smile on its lips, and a pair of passionate eyes cast a gaze, as bright as stars and as bright as the sun.
"Brother Tingwu?"
Xiao Yuehuai greeted him: "Why are you here at this hour?"
Yuanyuchuan: "Your Majesty ordered me to escort you down the mountain. Have you packed your luggage properly?"
Xiao Yuehuai said in surprise: "You are going back to the palace so soon? Has Lu Pingsheng already caught the assassin?"
Yuanyuchuan's expression darkened slightly, and he nodded: "That's right."
Xiao Yuehuai looked confused: "What does it mean? Where is Su Ying? Why didn't Su Ying come with you?"
The young man opposite frowned slightly and said with a slight hesitation: "Your Majesty summoned people from the Ministry of Punishment early in the morning, and Su Ying was left in the Zixiang Hall to discuss matters together."
"Criminal Department?"
Xiao Yuehuai was puzzled: "Didn't my father hand over the case to Dali Temple for investigation? Why did he call someone from the Ministry of Punishment again?"
Yuan Yuchuan said: "Because this morning, the assassin caught by Lu Pingsheng in the mountains and forests was the head of the Lu family in Shanggu County - the head of the poor family - Lu Yin."
Xiao Yuehuai paused, her black pupils suddenly dilated: "How...how could it be? Why does Shanggu Lu want to assassinate me? Is there any misunderstanding in this?"
She did not expect that after covering up Su Ying and Xun Chong so much last night, she still failed to save the Lu family and her daughter, and still let them fall into the hands of Lu Pingsheng.
Yuan Yuchuan shook his head and said: "I find it strange too, but there is indeed a letter on Lu Yin's body that conspired with Ye Ping. It clearly states that he will kill you in Kongqing Garden. It's a pity that he has been killed by Lu Ping." Sheng was shot dead on the spot."
"This matter involves a poor family and is a bit weird. If the case is closed in a hurry, I am afraid it will hurt the hearts of the world's scholars. We must find out the truth before we can tell the world. In this case, we can only send people to Shanggu County. That's why Your Majesty will Summon the Punishment Department."
"Shoot... shoot?"
Xiao Yuehuai took a breath of cold air: "Are all the people in the Lu family dead?"
Yuan Yuchuan was startled: "What does A Huai mean by this? Have you met other members of the Lu family?"
Xiao Yuehuai concealed it: "I just thought...Lu Yin wouldn't handle such a crime of beheading alone, right?"
"There is only Lu Yin's body in the forest."
Yuanyuchuan withdrew his gaze: "This matter is very strange. As you said, since Lu Yin conspired with Ye Ping Kingdom, he really shouldn't have come alone. But it happened that he was the only one who died, and Lu Yin was never found in the whole mountain. A person from the family. Rather than saying that the Lu family has a rebellious intention, it is better to guess that someone wants to use this matter to deliberately frame it and sow discord between a poor family and a noble family. "
Xiao Yuehuai was slightly uneasy: "Father...who did you send to check on the Lu family?"
Yuanyuchuan said: "Qi Yue."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuehuai couldn't help but tremble.
The Lu family's father and daughter died in the Huaihe River in the previous life. When they were fished out, only their bones were left. The Ministry of Justice deduced their identities based on their clothes and jade pendants. At that time, Qi Yue also went to Shanggu County to investigate and verify, and learned that the Lu family and his daughter had been missing for a long time. Only then did he confirm that the two sets of bones fished out of the river were indeed Lu Yin and his daughter.
But that was half a year later, but it's happening now...
How could it suddenly be so far ahead of time?
Moreover, there was only Lu Yin's body in the forest, which meant that his daughter was most likely still alive, which was completely different from her previous life.
She lowered her head and pondered: Could it be because she changed the situation in Zixiang Palace? But the deaths of Lu's father and daughter in the previous life were clearly the work of Dayu spies and had nothing to do with the assassination in Changjingshan...
Could it be that this is not the case?
Thinking of Lu Pingsheng's relentless pursuit of Su Ying and Xun Chong's desperate protection of Lu's father and daughter, she suddenly had a direction:
The biggest variable in this is Su Ying.
Assuming that in the previous life, the Lu family and his daughter were killed by the Lu family, and then secretly thrown into the Huaihe River to destroy the traces of their bodies, it would take half a year for the bones to be discovered, and the so-called Da Chongqing spies discovered by the Ministry of Punishment were responsible for the assassination. The result of being the leader of a poor family may be a maze created by the Lu family to escape guilt.
In this life, because of Su Ying's appearance, the Lu family's conspiracy to harm the Lu family's father and daughter was exposed. Although Lu Yin failed to be saved in the end, it also changed the trajectory of the previous life and brought forward what would happen half a year later. In order to silence and cover up the facts, the Lu family could only forge letters indicating that Lu Yin was colluding with Ye Pingguo, and frame the Lu family to divert public attention.
This was probably the most reasonable guess she could come up with.
But what exactly does the Lu family have to do with the Lu family and his daughter? Lu Pingsheng insists on driving them all away?
And...Su Ying.
With him around, Xiao Yuehuai felt powerless about losing control of reality.
What changed that made Su Ying suddenly appear in her world?
