Zhou Jin and Su Shi stood on the side of the ship in silence for a long time. Zhou Jin asked silently, "Are you still checking the whereabouts of the handkerchief?"
Su Shi thought for a while and asked, "If You Gui doesn't speak, can the investigation continue?"
"There are still traces to be found. First of all, it is impossible for anyone to raise carrier pigeons in the palace to deliver messages, because if found out, it will be a death penalty. Therefore, carrier pigeons can only be raised outside the palace, and they should not be far from the palace. Carrier pigeons are not ordinary birds, so If you continue to investigate, you will definitely gain something.”
At this time, her face showed worry again: "Since the contact person is outside the palace, and the incident happened suddenly, it is not easy to spread the news into the palace, so there must be someone in the palace to respond."
Then Zhou Jin thought deeply about it, and the more he thought about it, the more chilled he felt in his heart.
To deliver a message to the palace, the first thing you have to pass is the imperial guard. The guards change shifts every two hours, but the person delivering the message can deliver the message to the palace in time even if something unexpected happens. , this imperial city guard is in vain.
Su Shi saw Zhou Jin's worry and pondered, "Will this person be able to enter and leave the palace at will?"
Zhou Jin's face became even more ugly. People who could enter and leave the palace at will must have high authority in the palace, otherwise even important officials in the court would not be able to enter and exit at will.
No matter what the situation is, it means that there is someone hiding in the palace, and there should be more than one person hiding in the palace.
Su Shi comforted him again: "No matter what, someone needs to bring the news to the palace, so from the time you leave Huafang to the time you enter the palace, everyone who comes in and out of the imperial city is under suspicion."
"I will report it to my father and let the secret guards investigate." After she finished speaking, she fell silent again.
After a long silence, she summoned up the courage to ask: "Do you think that handkerchief will be destroyed?"
"Then it depends on whether the other party thinks this handkerchief is important." He sighed: "No matter what I told you or You Gui, it is the truth. Even if I can find the book left by the prince, even if it is recorded in the book It is a policy to govern the world, but it cannot change the current situation."
Zhou Jin bit her lip: "I know."
Su Shi couldn't help but look at her with some confusion: "In that case, why do you still want to find that book?"
Zhou Jin looked up at the cloudless sky. The sunlight shone on her face, making her face look like a flawless work of art.
However, at this moment, a trace of loneliness flashed across that flawless face.
"Your guesses never seem to go wrong?"
Su Shi didn't know why, so he could only look at her blankly.
"So you said that Brother Prince's book recorded a very magical experience of his. Although I didn't believe it at first, I do believe it now, so I want to know what that special experience of Brother Prince was."
Su Shi asked silently: "Why?"
"Because your guesses never seem to go wrong."
Su Shi gently took the oil-paper umbrella from Zhou Jin's hand, and then tilted the oil-paper umbrella slightly towards her to block the sunlight.
Zhou Jin turned around, his eyes flashing like a dream.
"When Brother Prince died, I was only nine years old. Looking back now, I actually didn't know much about Brother Prince, maybe not as well as you."
Su Shi was smiling, but his smile was a little bitter because he realized that he seemed to have talked a little too much today.
He was about to defend, but Zhou Jin didn't give him a chance. She turned around and stared blankly into the distance: "I don't know why I feel like this. Maybe you give me the same feeling as the prince brother."
"What does that feel like?"
"It seems that nothing can trouble you." Zhou Jin murmured to himself: "Brother Prince is always full of energy, his face is always full of smiles, and he is always so confident."
Su Shi smiled bitterly and said, "I don't think so."
"But you're just as confident as he is."
"Maybe I'm just conceited. There's a fine line between confidence and conceitedness."
Zhou Jin didn't seem to hear his words, and her thoughts seemed to have flown to the sky.
After a long time, she said slowly: "Did you know that the prince is very kind to me?"
Su Shi couldn't help but smile: "When you are a brother, you will love your sister very much. It is the same in ancient times and now."
"But Brother Prince is different." Zhou Jin's expression flashed with hesitation: "I didn't understand it before, but when I grew up, looking back, I found that this kind of love is more like compensation."
"Compensation?" Su Shi was confused after hearing this, thought about it seriously, and said uncertainly: "Is it because His Majesty is busy with political affairs and it is difficult to take care of you, so the Crown Prince takes on the role of father and takes care of you for Your Majesty?"
Zhou Jin said firmly: "No."
"Why?"
"Do you remember that the prince's brother came to me before he was killed by Pei Xun?"
Su Shi nodded slowly: "I remember it was the twenty-sixth day of the winter lunar month."
"On that day, the prince brother once said something to me. I have never told anyone this sentence, and this sentence has been hidden in my heart for ten years."
Since this sentence can be remembered by Zhou Jin for ten years, it must be very important to her.
Su Shi suddenly felt a very bad feeling in his heart, which was like a big stone pressing on his chest.
He took a long breath and asked slowly: "What did the prince say?"
"At that time, the prince brother comforted me and was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, he stopped again."
Seeing Zhou Xuan stop, Zhou Jin knew that he still had something to say to her, so she immediately ran to him and held his hand.
"When I took his hand, it felt as cold as the ice on the ground that day."
Zhou Jin couldn't help but exclaimed: "Brother Prince, why are your hands so cold?"
Zhou Xuan hurriedly took his hand away and forced a smile: "I may have worn a little less clothes today."
Su Shi suddenly said from the side: "He is afraid."
Zhou Jin nodded slightly: "When you found out the cause of death of the prince's brother, I also understood why his hands were so cold that day."
As soon as Zhou Xuan took his hand away, Zhou Jin immediately covered his hand with her own, and said with a smile: "My hands are very warm, I will cover them for the prince brother."
Zhou Xuan smiled and shook his head, then squatted down and stroked her head with his hand.
Thinking of the situation at that time, Zhou Jin's face flashed with a smile, and then became a little sad: "At that time, my height was just around the waist of the prince brother, so every time he wanted to touch my head, he would half Squat down."
Zhou Xuan stared at her, his eyes suddenly became very strange.
"I will never forget the look in the prince's eyes at that time." Zhou Jin said word by word.
Zhou Xuan's eyes were full of pain, sorrow, regret and unprecedented pity.
Then he said softly: "Third sister, you are stubborn and never give up even though you know you can't do something. However, there are many choices in life, so you don't need to force yourself. I have no other wish, I just want you to be happy in this life."
