The lunch at the Qin Mansion was not rich and bland. On normal days, Su Shi would have lost his appetite just by looking at it.
But he was really hungry today, and he could eat a few bowls of even meager meals.
Qin Nan ate very little, and she looked at Su Shi strangely from time to time.
Kong Wenshun and Qin Zhidao didn't move their chopsticks at all, rarely spoke, and just kept drinking. Especially Kong Wenshun, who is full of worries and has a worried look on his face, and drinks like water.
Fortunately, the wine Qin Zhidao brought out today was not about to be drunk. Otherwise, if he drank like they did, he would have collapsed under the table.
Everyone was waiting for Su Shi to put down his chopsticks, because he had only told half of his story.
So when Su Shi put down his chopsticks, Qin Zhidao and Kong Wenshun also put down their wine glasses.
Qin Zhidao said with concern like a father caring for his child: "You are still growing, eat more."
"I think so too, but I just can't eat anymore."
Qin Zhidao said leisurely: "Now that I'm full, my thinking should be clear."
Su Shi nodded immediately: "Yes."
Qin Zhidao said lightly: "Now can you remember where Hui Niang hid the book?"
Su Shi answered simply: "I don't know."
"I don't know." Qin Zhidao looked at him doubtfully.
Although Su Shi acted upright and upright at this time, Qin Zhidao always felt that he was hiding something on this matter.
Qin Zhidao looked at Qin Nan again, while Su Shi's eyes were also fixed on her. Qin Nan felt panic in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and shook his head gently toward Qin Zhidao.
Qin Zhidao seemed a little disappointed, and immediately turned to look at Su Shi, smiling and saying: "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. Since Hui Niang left a clue on the handkerchief, we should be able to find the book through the clues."
Su Shi's body leaned back slightly, like a deflated balloon: "The handkerchief was stolen."
Everyone was shocked again, and then looked at him blankly.
So Su Shi described in detail what happened last night and this morning.
No one interrupted during Su Shi's narration, because everyone's heart was filled with turmoil.
They had all been to Huafang, and the person who received them was You Gui, but they never imagined that he was actually Pei Xuan's man, and he had been hiding on Huafang for more than ten years.
What made them even more frightened was that there were people from Pei Xun hiding in the palace. And even if Pei Xuan is dead, these people don't seem to be planning to stop and continue his legacy.
Everyone frowned, thinking hard about what Pei Xun's legacy was? What plans are these people planning?
After a long time, Qin Zhidao slowly asked: "So, Lu Tian hasn't confessed yet?"
Su Shi shook his head gently: "It's not easy to get him to confess."
Qin Zhidao said lightly: "Whether it is a secret guard or a secret guard, they have many ways to get people to confess."
Su Shi seemed a little hesitant: "I don't think those tortures are useful for You Gui, and I don't want to hand you over to You Gui yet."
"Why?"
"Because he is still useful."
Qin Zhidao knew that Su Shi had other plans, so he didn't insist anymore and just asked, "Then what are you going to do next?"
Su Shi said: "Yougui is a very good bait."
Hearing this, Qin Zhidao naturally understood what he meant and couldn't help laughing: "So you are going to use him for fishing?"
Su Shi said calmly: "Anyone who has been in an organization for more than ten years should know some of the organization's secrets, and the other party definitely doesn't want us to know these secrets. So whether it's to save You Gui , or want him to shut up forever, they will take action."
"And if You Gui is handed over to a secret guard or secret guard, I'm afraid the other party will go dormant, and it will be very difficult to find them again."
Qin Zhidao kept nodding after hearing this, and then twirled his beard and asked, "What about the person who responded to You Gui and the person who stole the handkerchief in the palace?"
"Princess Pingle is investigating." After saying this, Su Shi thought for a while and continued: "But I don't have high hopes."
"Why?" Qin Zhidao was a little confused: "Her Royal Highness the Princess's analysis is not unreasonable. Why are you not good-looking?"
"I don't know." Su Shi shook his head dejectedly: "I just have this premonition, but I can't explain why I have this premonition."
At this time, Kong Wenshun finally sighed from the side: "Can anyone tell me now, what happened? What on earth are you doing?"
Su Shi stood up in a hurry and said respectfully to Kong Wenshun and Qin Zhidao: "I still have something to discuss with Miss Qin Nan. As for what Master Kong asked, Uncle Qin knows very well, so I asked Uncle Qin to tell me." .”
Although Qin Zhidao knew that this was Su Shi's excuse, since he said this, he obviously didn't want to waste any more words, so he had to say to Kong Wenshun: "I know that Brother Pingjiang is obsessed with learning and doesn't want to pay attention to worldly disputes, so this I haven't told Brother Pingjiang about this matter. Now that Brother Pingjiang wants to know, please come and sit in the study. This matter is complicated, so let me explain it in detail."
After Qin Zhidao and Kong Wenshun left, Su Shi and Qin Nan were the only two people left in the hall.
Seeing that her father and Master Kong had gone away and there was no one else in the hall, Qin Nan could no longer suppress the questions in her heart. She looked directly at Su Shi: "Why did you hide it from my father and Master Kong?"
Su Shixian knew Qin Nan would ask this question and said slowly: "That's just our speculation."
"You should know that our hypothesis is easily verifiable."
Su Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Do you want to dig out the prince's coffin based on our speculations only, and then open the coffin to search. What if our speculations are wrong?"
Qin Nan said categorically: "Our speculation is absolutely correct. Huiniang knows that the book is very important to both the prince and Pei Xun, so she will not pass it on to others and will keep it close to her."
"The prince passed away suddenly. Hui Niang will definitely suspect that the prince's death is related to Pei Xun. Therefore, before knowing the truth, she will never give the prince's handwritten letter to Pei Xun, and naturally she will not put it on her body again."
Su Shi continued: "And she also knew that as long as she appeared in the East Palace, she would be put under house arrest. At that time, she would be monitored at any time. It would not be easy to hide the prince's handwriting again, so Hui My mother would hide the book in the prince's coffin while she was crying."
Qin Nan couldn't help but glare at him and said angrily: "I think Hui Niang had already decided to go with the prince when she heard the news of the prince's death, so she returned the property to its original owner and asked the prince to write it in handwriting. The prince was buried with him."
Su Shi nodded hurriedly: "You are right." Then he thought about it again and said: "Now that I think about it, the reason why Hui Niang chose Hongmei Pavilion as a place of house arrest was because she spent three days there. It took me three months to embroider that handkerchief. In addition to comforting my lovesickness, the main reason was to make Pei Xun think that the prince’s handwriting was in the Hongmei Pavilion, and that handkerchief was a clue.”
