However, everyone still had many questions about the whole matter. Since Zhou Jin took the lead, others also raised their own questions.
Su Zhou pondered: "Pei Xuan said that he planned the haunting of Hongmei Pavilion because he wanted to get a book left by the prince. What book did the prince leave behind that made him care so much?"
Su Shi smiled bitterly and said, "You are all the closest people to the prince. If you don't know whether he has written a book, how can I still know?"
"Pei Xuan didn't say anything?"
Su Shi shook his head and said, "No."
As soon as he finished saying this, his expression suddenly became extremely strange. He looked at Zhou Jin and others one by one, and asked slowly: "You don't know that the prince once wrote a book?"
Everyone who was glanced at by him shook their heads.
Su Shi was still a little unwilling. He looked at Zhou Jin and said, "You have the closest relationship with the prince. Think about it carefully. Has the prince ever mentioned this to you?"
Zhou Jin hesitated and said: "Since Pei Xun attaches so much importance to this book, then what is recorded in this book must be very important, and the prince brother may not reveal it to others easily. And I was still young at that time, and the prince brother would not tell me."
Su Shi looked at Hu Cunyi again. Hu Cunyi shook his head slightly and said, "I believe that your Majesty also didn't know about it. Moreover, when your Majesty was investigating the prince's case, he ordered the secret guards to carefully check everything left by the prince, including books. Every time. I have read this book before. If such a book really exists, there must be something strange about it, and the secret guard should have noticed it long ago."
Su Shi touched his nose and asked doubtfully: "Then why is Pei Xuan so sure that the prince must have left a book?"
No one can figure it out.
Zhou Jin added: "And why did Pei Xuan know the secret text embroidered by Hui Niang on the handkerchief?"
Still no one could answer.
Qin Nan had been sitting quietly. From the words of Zhou Jin and Su Zhou, she learned how much Su Shi had done in the Prince's case. Almost by himself, he had everyone investigating in a few days. A case that had been clueless for ten years came to light.
So there was a strange brilliance in her eyes when she looked at Su Shi. In this strange brilliance, Su Shi looked so majestic.
Now that everyone was in doubt, Qin Nan came to his senses, thought about it, and suddenly said: "Is there a possibility that the prince and Pei Xun met again after that?"
When Su Shi heard this, he immediately fell into silence, thinking carefully about how possible this was.
Zhou Jin couldn't help but ask: "Why did my sister make this inference?"
Qin Nan slowly explained: "Since the book written by the prince and the secret text are not known to even Her Royal Highness the Princess and Your Majesty, it means that the prince does not want others to know. In other words, if the prince does not tell others, he will not Someone knows the secret."
Zhou Jin's eyes lit up and he continued: "On the other hand, if someone knows this secret, it must be the prince's brother who told him."
Everyone nodded, because Qin Nan's speculation was not unreasonable.
But now a new question arises. When did the prince see Pei Xuan again? Why do you want to see him?
More importantly, why would he tell Pei Xuan a secret that he had not even told his closest relatives?
Everyone looked at Su Shi, who smiled bitterly and said, "Don't look at me, I'm not a god. Now that the prince and Pei Xun have passed away, I'm afraid the answers to these questions will never be found. Unless If we can find the book left by the prince, it may have the answers we want to know."
After hearing this, everyone felt that there was little hope.
First, after such a long time, there is a question of whether the books can be preserved. Moreover, they only know that it is a book, and they have no idea where to find it. In the end, even with such a high talent, Pei Hyun was not found, and any further search would be a waste of time.
Originally, everyone was still hoping that the handkerchief embroidered by Huiniang would leave some clues, but now they know that it was just Huiniang expressing her feelings through embroidery, and there was no secret at all.
Although everyone was grateful for Huiniang's infatuation, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
While everyone was sighing, Hu Cunyi asked lightly: "Why did this remnant of the Pei family choose the young master to tell this matter?"
Everyone's expressions changed, because this question is not easy to answer, but it must be answered, because Eunuch Hu's question represents His Majesty's question.
Su Shi sighed slightly: "Because he is about to die."
This answer did not satisfy Hu Cunyi. In his opinion, it was even suspected of being perfunctory.
Zhou Jin was anxious and wanted to speak to help Su Shi, but she didn't know what to say.
Qin Nan's heart moved, and he was about to speak, but then he heard Su Shi continue: "Pei Xuan chose me because he knew that I was investigating this matter, and he also wanted to use me to tell everyone that he had reported the matter. Daqian’s hatred of destroying the country and annihilating the clan.”
Hu Cunyi's expression changed, and his white and beardless face seemed to be shrouded in a shadow.
Su Shichang sighed: "Emperor Daqian ordered a conquest, Qi Zheng destroyed Nanjing, and Tan Bin proposed a plan to wipe out households, so he wanted to take revenge by killing Qi Yu, the prince of Daqian, Qi Zheng's great-grandson, and Tan Bin's grandson Tan Zhuo. But his method was too bad. It was so clever that no one noticed it for many years, and even if it was noticed, no evidence could be found.”
"That's why he told everything before he died, because if he didn't tell it, everyone's death would be considered an accident, and then everything he did would be meaningless. And the reason why he told me was that It’s Nanjing Pei’s revenge that wants Da to do all this.”
The questions that everyone could think of were answered, and the unanswered questions became dead ends. In addition, it was getting late, so the party broke up.
The first to leave were Eunuch Hu and Zhou Jin.
Eunuch Hu has to go back and report to His Majesty. Zhou Jin was also in a very low mood. Although the cause of the prince's death had been revealed, it aroused many memories for her during this period, as if they were in another world and yet before her eyes.
After they left, Qin Zhidao, Qin Yue and Qin Nan also said goodbye to Su Zhou.
Although Qin Zhidao was deeply moved by the incident of the prince, his eyes when looking at Su Shi were very pleased. Before leaving, he patted his shoulder hard and said hello three times.
Although Qin Yue was two or three years older than Su Shi, he now looked at Su Shi with admiration, because he didn't expect that Su Shi, in addition to his literary talent, could also solve crimes, and he could do it easily when everyone was helpless. The case was solved.
When Qin Nan and Su Shi said goodbye, the two of them saluted each other in a serious and polite manner. However, when Qin Nan turned around, Su Shi quietly pointed to his arm, and Qin Nan's face suddenly turned red.
Fortunately, it was getting late and no one noticed her embarrassment, but when she turned around, she couldn't help but glare at Su Shi with a blushing face.
Su Shi was in a happy mood, and suddenly felt that the boredom in his heart was reduced a lot.
