On the way out of Huanyu Mountain, Su Zhen once asked Jingyao insinuatingly, hoping to find out about the mute slaves from her, but she was very strict with her words, and Su Zhen couldn't pry out any clues.
However, her being so tight-lipped also confirmed that Su Zhen's thinking was correct. Jingyao was helping the mute slave hide some secrets, which must be related to the horse thief case that year.
However, when they entered the city of Kyoto on horseback, they saw many hawker stalls with various types of enamel porcelain, with detailed and lifelike patterns painted on them.
Su Zhen jumped off the horse with wide eyes, walked to a stall, picked up a porcelain doll and looked at it, the surprise in her eyes came from the bottom of her heart.
Jingyao approached on horseback, curling her lips as if she didn't care, "I didn't expect you to like these gadgets so much."
"That's not right! This is a fake!" Su Zhen didn't know how to tell the difference at all, so she just made random remarks, "Boss, you are not being honest! You are actually selling fakes!"
The hawker's expression changed instantly. If he hadn't seen Su Zhen in official uniform, he would have rushed out and beaten her up. "Sir, please don't talk nonsense. How could this be a fake!"
"Really? I wonder who wrote these of yours?"
"This... this... Sir, you see it is everywhere, why are you just staring at the villain?"
"Then tell the truth, where did these things come from? They obviously didn't exist yesterday!"
"Sir, it is said that rare things are valuable. This thing is true, but because there are too many, it is not valuable. You may not know that at noon today, there were a lot of purple dandelions floating in the sky.
They were everywhere, and then when they landed, they turned into these porcelain dolls."
"Dandelion? This girl has only heard of turning stones into gold and turning beans into soldiers. I have never heard of dandelions turning into porcelain dolls."
Jingyao laughed so hard on her horse that she clearly didn't believe what she said to the hawker.
"Girl, how dare I make up lies and lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can ask."
There was also a stall selling knick-knacks nearby. Hearing this, he interjected, "What he said is true. Those dandelions are much bigger than ordinary ones, and they look quite beautiful."
Su Zhen finally understood why Yu Changqing didn't take people to Huanyu Mountain in person. It turned out to be because of this strange incident.
Putting the porcelain doll back in its place, he quickly got on his horse and rode away.
"Where are you going?"
Su Zhen didn't respond to her, and quickly turned the corner and disappeared from Jingyao's sight.
Seeing that she was about to leave, the vendor hurriedly said, "Girl, why don't you buy a few to take home?"
"Tch, keep it for yourself."
Jingyao glanced at Su Zhen with disgust and decided to go back to the palace first instead of following Su Zhen.
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Siwei Mansion Office.
When Su Zhen returned to Siwei's Yamen, it was completely dark. She got off her horse and handed the reins to the guard at the door.
"Su Shaoqing, you are finally back. Master Yu has been waiting for you for a long time."
Su Zhen nodded and walked quickly inside.
Along the way, Su Zhen kept hearing them talking about dandelions turning into porcelain dolls.
Inside the door, Yu Changqing and Jin Lian were carefully reading the files in front of the desk. Next to them, there were several well-dressed old men who were identifying the porcelain dolls on the desk. One of them was the one that Li Jiu found in Xiyan's room.
that.
When Su Zhen pushed the door open and entered, she attracted everyone's attention.
"Master Yu."
"Well, I'm back." Yu Changqing raised his head and glanced at her, then picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the paper, "What did you find in Huanyu Mountain?"
"Master Yu, I would like to bring up the case about Princess Jingyao being kidnapped by horse thieves in the 29th year of Shangde."
"Why are you investigating that? The most important thing now is to find the murderer for Li Jieyu." Jin Lian said.
"As far as I know, Princess Jingyao sneaked out of the palace when she was eight years old and was kidnapped by horse thieves. In the same year, a group of horse thieves massacred refugees and abducted many women up the mountain in order to rob the red goods escorted by the escort agency. And
The cottage where those horse thieves are located is on the same mountain as Princess Jingyao. There is no room for two tigers on one mountain, and there is only one cottage on that mountain."
"What else?"
"Among the women snatched by the horse thieves, there was one named Yue Xian'er. I suspect that the mute slave is Yue Xian'er!"
Su Zhen untied the cloth bag on her back and revealed the painting inside, "Look at this painting carefully."
Yu Changqing put down his pen and looked at the painting with Jin Lian, but he didn't understand why.
Su Zhen explained, "This painting was found in Xi Yan's room. You can take a closer look. Whether it is the handwriting or the painting style, it is completely different from Xi Yan. And you can see the beauty in this painting."
The background is the river connected behind Huanyu Mountain. I have already inquired and found that lotus flowers were indeed planted there in the past."
"Do you suspect that the mute slave...that is, the Yue Xian'er you mentioned painted this painting for them?"
Jin Lian still found it inconceivable that Jieyu's disappearance could be related to the horse thief case and the princess' robbery case.
In fact, Su Zhen couldn't explain what was going on. She always felt that a key connection point was missing. Mo Shen also said that she still couldn't figure out what Yin Shen said before he fell into coma, as well as his gestures.
"The files from previous years are in the execution room. If you go there with my token, they won't stop you."
Su Zhen took the token and said solemnly, "Well, thank you."
When Su Zhen went out, Jin Lian pursed his lips and asked, "Sir, do you really believe him? I feel like we are almost being led into a trap by him. The more we investigate, the more we go astray."
Yu Changqing shook his head, "The appearance of these weird porcelain dolls has proved that our investigation is in the right direction. The more impossible we think it is and the closer we are to the truth, the more we must continue to investigate. If Su Zhen is right, the people in the palace
Yue Luo is the one who died, so why are Xiyan and Li Jieyu hiding?"
"There's a girl from the Red Mansion, there's Empress Jieyu in the palace, and there's a maid next to the princess. No matter how you think about it, these three people seem to be incomparable, right?"
"Whether there is any connection or not, we will find out after further investigation."
"yes."
Jin Lian catered to him on the face, but felt uncomfortable in his heart. Ever since Su Zhen was assigned by the emperor to their Siwei Mansion, Master Yu seemed to attach great importance to that young man.
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Yu Changqing mentioned that there were many files stored in the execution room. After Su Zhen inquired several times, she went around and found the execution room.
The place is heavily guarded and there are no trees around. If a thief or assassin appears, they will be discovered immediately.
"Stop! Who are you?" As soon as he approached the front of the hospital, someone immediately stopped him.
Su Zhen showed her tooth tag and the token given to her by Yu Changqing, "Two eldest brothers, Su Zhen, I have been ordered by Lord Yu to check the files from previous years."
The guard took the two signs and identified them. After confirming that they were correct, they returned them to her, "Go in, move quickly, and don't linger in there."
"I know, thank you." This chapter has been completed!