Before Su Shi could speak, Su Zhou said first, "Even if Huiniang committed suicide, his inference can be established."
"Why?"
Su Zhou said slowly: "According to Su Shi's speculation, since Huiniang found the clue, she would definitely find a way to pass it on. But at the Hongmei Pavilion where Huiniang was under house arrest at the time, she didn't know whether the people around her could be trusted. , and dare not rashly hand over clues to others."
Zhou Jin immediately understood what he meant and murmured: "That's why Hui Niang chose to commit suicide. Firstly, the prince's brother is dead, so she might have wanted to follow him. Secondly, as long as she dies, the handkerchief will naturally It will attract other people’s attention.”
The handkerchief was cut from smooth jade silk, and it took Hui Niang three months to embroider it, so it was impossible not to attract others' attention.
After they came to a conclusion, they all looked at Su Shi, as if they wanted to get his approval.
Su Shi stretched and said, "No matter what, the seventh and eighth palace maids and eunuchs will have to check it out. After the investigation, they may have the answer."
Then his expression became serious and he said slowly: "But the most important thing is the other two people, because there is definitely something wrong with these two people."
"who?"
Zhou Jin let out a long breath. Although she was trying her best to suppress her excitement, she still felt her heart beating very fast, so fast that she seemed to be able to hear her own heartbeat.
Su Zhou's mood was no better than Zhou Jin's. He clenched his fists and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.
Su Shi looked at Zhou Jin and said, "You said that royal spies had investigated the haunting of the Red Plum Pavilion, and there is definitely something wrong with the two spies guarding the east wall of the Red Plum Pavilion."
Zhou Jin was naturally talented and had a photographic memory, but in order to trace the cause of the prince's death, she had read the relevant information countless times in the past ten years, so when Su Shi just mentioned it, she immediately blurted out: "Cui Peng, Tang Ci."
Then she asked: "Why do you doubt them?"
"I went to Hongmei Hall and entered the study room, so I know that the study room only has windows facing the east, and there are no windows on the other walls."
Zhou Jin still didn't understand.
Su Shi continued to explain: "So when there is a so-called haunting in the study, only Cui Peng and Tang Ci can see it, and other spies can't see it at all."
Zhou Jin frowned slightly: "Do you suspect they are lying?"
Su Shi said with certainty: "They are definitely lying."
Su Zhou had also read the secret agent's report, so he knew the situation very well. Hearing Su Zhou's affirmative tone, he couldn't help but ask: "Although others have not seen the ghost in the study, but the bedroom is haunted." Everyone can see the vision clearly. Are everyone lying?"
Su Shi asked, "What vision?"
"Will-o'-the-wisps, no one opens the door, and the sinister wind blows out of the room."
Su Shi looked at his elder brother and said with a smile: "Brother, you have been on the battlefield and you should know that it is not difficult to form the vision of a will-o'-the-wisp."
Su Zhou nodded: "It's indeed not difficult. A piece of rotten bone can create a will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon."
But he immediately asked: "How can we explain that no one opened the door and the cold wind blew out of the room?"
Su Shi said calmly: "If there are people in the room, all these phenomena can be created."
Since there are people in the room, you can naturally hide in a hidden place and pull the door with a string to create the illusion that no one opens it. As for the cold wind, a fan can solve it.
"That's not right." Zhou Jin said loudly, "The spies have checked all the rooms. If there is someone hiding in the bedroom, there is no way they can't see it."
"Who's checking the bedroom?"
Zhou Jin's face became extremely ugly again, because the person who checked the bedroom was Cui Peng.
According to Su Shi's analysis, Cui Peng was originally a traitor. Even if there were seventy or eighty people hiding in the bedroom, he would naturally turn a blind eye.
Su Shi smiled again: "And the person who checked the bedroom afterwards must be Tang Ci."
His inference was correct. Afterwards, the secret agent checked all the room sounds again, and Zhou Jin clearly remembered that the person who checked the bedroom was Tang Ci.
Zhou Jin and Su Zhou are both extremely smart people. In the past, it was only due to the limitations of history and their great respect for the theory of ghosts and gods. In addition, the incident of the Hongmei Pavilion being haunted was investigated by the Neifang Neiyamen, Jingzhao Mansion, and royal spies at three levels. They all believed that Huiniang's ghost was causing trouble, so they naturally had no suspicion.
But now Su Shi gave them another way of thinking, which suddenly made their eyes clear.
Su Zhou said slowly: "In this way, the strange phenomena in the study are also man-made."
Zhou Jin said: "The study is not big, so it only requires a slightly longer iron hook to open and close the door. This is easy for Cui Peng and Tang Ci."
Su Zhou then analyzed: "As for the will-o'-the-wisps, the movement of chairs, and the turning of pages on the table, because only the two of them can see what's going on in the house, no matter what they say, others can only accept it."
Zhou Jin nodded and said thoughtfully: "What's even better is that just because everyone has seen these visions that happened in the bedroom, no one will doubt their words."
At this point, Zhou Jin suddenly shook his head, looked at Su Shi doubtfully, and said, "But there is still one thing that cannot be explained."
"What's up?"
"Du Ziqi and the others clearly heard the sound of a chair moving in the study room, but when they checked again, there was no trace of the chair moving at all."
Su Shi smiled and said, "Have you ever been to Hetai Fang?"
Zhou Jin nodded.
"Then you should know that Hetai Fang not only has a lot of novelty gadgets, but also a lot of strange people and strangers who perform there. There are people who walk on steel knives, some who step on braziers, some who can crush rocks with their chests, and some who can speak. Swallowing swords, some people can even climb onto a bamboo pole more than ten feet and do somersaults as easily as a monkey."
Zhou Jin looked at Su Shi blankly. She had read everything Su Shi said and gave a lot of silver rewards when she saw the exciting and tense moments, but she still didn't know what these had to do with the questions she asked.
Su Shi sighed: "I saw a person in He Qinfang. This person can imitate all kinds of sounds, and he can imitate all kinds of sounds very vividly. If you listen through a wall, you will never think of the crowing of chickens, the barking of dogs, the sound of lightning, etc. The sound of thunder came from the mouth of one man.”
Zhou Jin's eyes lit up: "So, it's not difficult at all for this person to imitate the sound of a moving chair."
Su Shi said, "It's really not difficult."
Zhou Jin continued: "Although ventriloquism is difficult to learn, as long as a person wants to learn it, he will definitely learn it."
Su Shi smiled: "So I wouldn't be surprised if Cui Peng and Tang Ci know a little ventriloquism."
Zhou Jin had no questions, but at this time Su Zhou raised a question.
"How did you find out there was something wrong with Cui Peng and Tang Ci?"
