Originally, such a trivial matter as watering flowers did not require Xian Ning, a second-class girl, to do it, but this pot of orchid was one that the princess liked very much in the past. It really took up a lot of space, so I moved it to the west side of the courtyard wall. I don’t know if it was because of the lack of sunlight and the high humidity. The orchid became more and more wilted and finally died. Xian Ning always felt it was a pity and told Han Su several times.
Xue Ping walked to where Han Su was talking about, and then walked slowly along the nearest straight line to Orchid.
Nothing unusual.
Xue Ping stood next to Lanhua and said: "If I were Xian Ning, when I got here, I would have remembered that Lanhua was dead, and then she turned around helplessly..."
As Xue Ping spoke, he followed the movement with his feet, turned his body half a circle, raised his head and looked forward, and saw something shaking, "Huh?"
Mother Sun asked in confusion: "What did Little Guard Xue see?"
Xue Ping took a few steps forward and hissed, "I seem to have really seen something flash past."
Han Su said: "Why don't we go to the front... and have a look?"
The three of them walked along the path on the side of the house, but nothing was out of the ordinary. Mother Sun couldn't help but ask: "Xue Xiaowei, did you see it wrong?"
Xue Ping didn't know either: "I didn't see clearly, I just saw something move."
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and something was blown up among the leaves of the big branches in front of them.
The three of them stared and saw that it turned out to be a kite!
Mother Sun said in surprise: "Ah, isn't this the kite of a girl with three bedrooms and five bedrooms?"
The fifth girl is the concubine of the second house. She likes to fly kites on weekdays. There are all kinds of beautiful kites in the house. I don’t know when this one floated here and got entangled in a tree. The kite just now was blocked by a thick tree trunk. , none of the three people saw it, and the shadow was only seen when the wind blew.
Xue Ping said: "Xian Ning may have also seen the kite flying... Is she brave?"
Han Su was a little surprised as to why he asked this, but still replied: "She has been braver than me since she was a child, and she often tells ghost stories to scare me."
Hearing this, Xue Ping looked around for a moment and said: "Yesterday, Xian Ning walked to the wall to water the flowers. Maybe like us, she saw the kite being blown up by the wind, but it passed by in a flash. She didn't see it clearly and thought Who is she? Just as Huiyueju has been having a rough time lately, she felt something was a little strange, so she came over here to have a look, just like the rest of us."
After saying this, he walked to the big tree, pointed to a very inconspicuous corner gate behind the tree, and asked, "Where is this corner gate?"
"A short walk from this corner gate is the Hanshan Pavilion where the second master lives. The second master moved to Hanshan Pavilion to live alone when he was seven years old, but he would come to the princess's courtyard to eat at noon and evening. He thought it would be troublesome to take a detour, so he simply drove here. It was a corner door. But when the second master grew up and it was inconvenient to visit the princess often, he abandoned it."
"Since it's been abandoned, why isn't it locked?"
"A few days ago, my uncle and aunt were having a wedding, and various houses in the house were being renovated. Some locks that had become rusty over time were removed and replaced. This one must be because the location was a bit off. After taking the locks away, they forgot to hang them again. The last one is a new one. What Xue Xiaowei means is that Xian Ning went to Hanshan Pavilion through this corner door?"
Xue Ping listened to Han Su's explanation and bent down to poke at the grass beside the corner door. Sure enough, he saw a bunch of green grass that had been crushed. "Look at this place, it must have been stepped on not long ago."
Mother Sun and Han Su looked at each other, a little surprised.
For a girl to sneak into a man's room is not a very honorable thing, as she could easily be suspected of trying to crawl into bed.
Especially since Xian Ning is the princess's personal maid, it would be even worse if word spread about it.
If it hadn't been like this, Xian Ning wouldn't have felt scared when she was bumped into by the princess yesterday, and Han Su wouldn't have hidden it subconsciously.
Xue Ping said: "Based on the time, when Chui Man was eating in the small kitchen, Xian Ning came to you and said that she had a headache and asked you to help ask for leave from the princess. During this time, there was about a stick of incense..."
Han Su didn't want Mama Sun to misunderstand, so she said, "The second master was not at the house yesterday. I don't know if anyone else saw Xian Ning."
Mother Sun said: "Why don't we go and tell the princess first, and then go to Hanshan Pavilion to ask."
Xianning is the princess's maid, and she went to the second master's yard. Of course, she had to report it to the princess before going to investigate, so as not to blame the princess later. Xue Ping nodded and said: "That's fine."
The three of them left the corner gate and went forward to report the situation to the princess. Lin didn't say anything, but took them to Hanshan Pavilion in person. She called all the servants in the yard and asked if anyone had seen Xian Ning. .
Unfortunately, no one said they had seen Xian Ning.
Mrs. Lin said: "There are not many servants serving Brother Yi in the courtyard. He was not at the house yesterday. The servants must be doing their own things and not moving around."
Xue Ping Xue Ping thought for a moment and said: "Come all the way from the corner gate. The first place you arrive should be the second master's study. Excuse me, princess, if I can go to the second master's study."
Mrs. Lin remained silent.
No one would be allowed to enter anyone's study. It was actually rude for Xue Ping, a servant, to make such a request.
Xue Ping also realized that what he just said was inappropriate, and quickly explained: "The princess misunderstood. The villain did not want to enter the second master's study. He was just thinking that Xian Ning came by the way yesterday, and the first one to arrive was the second master. The little man wants to take a look around the study room."
Mrs. Lin did not forget that Xue Ping belonged to the old lady, so she smiled politely and said, "Xue, my guard, please excuse me."
Seeing that Mrs. Lin had no intention of going, Xue Ping saluted her and went to the study room with Sun's mother and Han Su.
Gongsun Yi was at the house today. The three of them first announced their intention to come. After getting his permission, they walked around outside the study and stopped at the corner door.
Xue Ping turned around and looked around, wondering which way Xian Ning would go.
Han Su knew that Xian Ning bumped into the princess under the study window, so she reminded her implicitly: "If Xian Ning mistook the kite for a human figure, she must have thought that someone was coming from the corner door. The study is the nearest place in front, so she would definitely come first. Go over and see if the second master is here."
Xue Ping nodded and followed Han Su's idea and walked forward at a gentle pace. After passing the corner, there is the attic window of the study. Because the weather is cool in late summer and early autumn, the partition window is opened for ventilation during the day. At this time, the partition window is also propped up. Looking inside from their perspective, it is exactly Gongsun Yi's desk case.
There were pens, inks, paper, inkstones and various books on the table. At this time, it was blown by the wind, and the thin paper under the paperweight trembled and rolled slightly.
Gongsun Yi was sitting in front of the case reading a book. When he saw them approaching, he turned to them and nodded lightly, "Did you find anything?"
Xue Ping said: "The villain guessed that Xian Ning once came through the corner door, but stood here for a while and then returned, because before the beginning of time, Xian Ning returned to her room to rest."
Gongsun Yi looked at him, "So, the reason why Xian Ning was killed was on the road connecting Jiaomen, and after arriving at my place."
