Chapter 115 There is a secret hidden in the gap under the bed
The concubine is low and behind the palace where the concubines live, so it is dark and damp.
There is a drought now, so there is no moisture, but the ventilation is not good, which makes it very depressing.
Liu Hu lives in a room by himself, and the room is indeed very tidy.
Xue Hengzhao raised his head and glanced at the beam. The rope on it had long been untied, and no traces could be seen.
I also checked the doors, windows and cabinets, and there was indeed nothing suspicious.
Xue Hengzhao didn't speak again since she entered the room. After a long time, Liang Jing asked her: "Can you see anything?"
"I don't know Liu Hu's habits and temperament, but I can't see anything suspicious just looking at this house." Xue Hengzhao said, "Mr. Liang must have looked at it again and again, right?"
Liang Dingding nodded. He had indeed taken a closer look at it several times before this.
Xue Hengzhao scanned the room again, then came to the bed where Liu Hu slept and squatted down.
It was an old wooden bed, made of beech wood, and had been deformed and cracked in some places.
There are also obvious gaps in the mortise and tenon joints.
Xue Hengzhao pushed the quilt on the bed and stared at the seam.
"What's there?" Liang Jing came over and asked.
"Mr. Liang, do you think the red bean stuffed in the seam of the bed should be red bean?" The seam of the bed is relatively deep, and the red bean particles are very small, but you can still see it if you look closely.
"It seems so," Liang Jing said, taking an ear pick from the table next to him, reaching into the gap to fiddle with it, and sure enough, two red beans came out.
"The bedside is the most stuffed," Xue Hengzhao said, "There are also stuffed on the other three sides."
"Liu Hu put this in? What was he doing?" Liang Jing was puzzled.
"It is said that red beans can drive away ghosts. Liu Hu stuffed so many beans on his bed, could it be to drive away ghosts?" Xue Hengzhao said, "You said that he seemed to have trouble sleeping some time ago. Is this also related to this?
What about it?"
"Liu Hu is afraid of ghosts?" Liang Jing frowned, "No one noticed it in the past, and he never said it."
"Of course I'm not afraid of being with people during the day, but it should be different in the dead of night." Xue Hengzhao said, "Besides, it's taboo to talk about ghosts and gods in our palace."
"What do you mean? He was too scared, so he committed suicide?" Liang Jing looked at Xue Hengzhao, half believing it.
"Mr. Liang, this slave may be a little clever," Xue Hengzhao said with a smile, "but you can neither predict the future nor make inferences out of thin air."
"It's true that I'm embarrassing you," Liang Jing sighed, "after all, we people didn't see any clues."
"Mr. Liang, if you think about it, if these red beans are really used to drive away ghosts, Liu Hu will not only use this method." Xue Hengzhao said, "It's like if a person is sick, he will definitely find more doctors.
Just one person please."
Liang Jing heard this and said, "You mean he will use other methods to drive away evil spirits?"
"If this red bean is really used to ward off evil spirits, he must have used other methods." Xue Hengzhao was very sure of this.
"But I've seen everything here." Liang Jing said and looked around the room again.
"There is another place." Xue Hengzhao said, looking down.
Liang Jing immediately understood: "Under the bed?"
"To be precise, it's the bed board underneath." Xue Hengzhao said, "I knelt down and took a look just now. The bottom of the bed was very clean, and there were no traces of movement on the ground."
If you want to see the bed board below, you have to get under the bed and look up. This place is indeed very hidden, and most people rarely find it.
"I really haven't looked at the back of the bed. Now let's turn the bed over and have a look." Liang Jing said.
If it is not unusual for people to die in this palace, what's more, Liu Hu's death was very straightforward, he obviously hanged himself.
But Liang Jing just felt that this matter was strange, and he wanted to find out why Liu Hu committed suicide.
Then Liang Jing called two eunuchs into the room and turned the bed over.
The back of the bed board is a bit rough and not even painted.
But in the middle, red and black ink were written alternately, as if writing a person's name, and then a Bagua diagram was drawn on top to hold it in place.
There are still traces of nailing in four directions, but they are not deep enough and have not penetrated the bed board.
"You guessed it right." Liang Jing said, "He really has other ideas in mind, but the name is already blurry. How could this happen?"
"Now it is inferred that Liu Hu thought he was haunted by evil spirits, so he thought of many ways to drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits.
But if we look at the current situation, he should have succeeded.
There are traces of peach wood nails on it, but they have been removed, and the gossip and names on the painting have also been wiped with water.
It means that these things are no longer needed, because the red beans are embedded in the seams of the bed and are difficult to remove, so he did not take them out." Xue Hengzhao looked carefully and said, "Also, there is obviously talisman paper stuck and torn on the bed board.
Traces of falling.
Everything shows that what he feared has dissipated and there is no need to exorcise the evil spirits anymore."
"Isn't it because he was too desperate that he destroyed these things before he died? He was afraid of being seen after death." Liang Jing put forward a different opinion.
"Probably not," Xue Hengzhao said, "Dust has accumulated in the torn edges of the paper and the dents left by the peach wood nails, which shows that he has been doing this for some time."
"Then it makes even less sense. Since what he was afraid of has disappeared, he should sit back and relax. Besides, the future is good, why should he die in peace?" Liang Jing's brows frowned even more.
"Yes, this is really puzzling. Our knowledge is too limited." Xue Hengzhao said, "I don't know what this Eunuch Liu has been through."
Liang Jing was silent for another moment and said to Xue Hengzhao: "It's very rare that you can deduce this. If I find anything useful in the future, I might be able to reveal the answer to this mystery."
"Mr. Liang is careful and careful, and he will know the truth one day." Xue Hengzhao said with a slight smile.
"I'll ask two people to take you back." Liang Jing said, "I owe you a favor this time. If you need my help with anything in the future, you can ask."
"Thank you, Manager Liang. That servant has resigned." Xue Zhao said, bowed and bowed, and then left.
After staying in the low room for a long time, Xue Heng unconsciously squinted his eyes when he looked outside.
She didn't tell Liang Jing the whole story just now. In fact, she had already guessed the most likely cause of Liu Hu's death.
But she chose to conceal it, saying that she couldn't guess it.
She looked up at the clear blue sky, the expression on her face was as calm as water.
A flock of doves flew over her head, their white feathers shining in the clear sky.
The treetops were motionless, as if a restraining spell had been cast on them.