"Sir, please come in. There is good early spring tea in the store. What would you like?"
Yingfang Tea Break is not far from Yuli Pavilion.
But this journey was extremely difficult for Yu Qiansi.
Yu Qiansi climbed up the stairs and said calmly: "We have an appointment at Jiamu Pavilion."
His words seemed a little weak.
Upon hearing this, Dr. Cha, who was wearing a white towel, bent his waist a little more and quickly invited Yu Qiansi to the second floor.
"Jiamu Pavilion, sir, please invite me."
After that, the hand that had been doing rough work all year round knocked on the door, two short, three long and two short, and then bowed and left.
Yu Qiansi stood at the door and did not move. The surroundings were silent. It seemed like a long time had passed before he heard the faint voice of the tea doctor soliciting tea guests from downstairs.
Then she pushed open the door and entered.
There was a man standing in the private room, standing by the window, with his back to her. Even though it was against the light, she recognized him at a glance.
It was Boyi.
Perhaps because she was mentally prepared for the person she was about to face, she calmed down after seeing Boyi.
When Boyi heard the sound of the door closing behind him, he turned around gracefully, his face full of pride.
"Master of the Jade Pavilion, we meet again."
Yu Qiansi bowed her head and walked around him, sitting on the seat on the other side.
Boyi felt that he would never be able to figure out her routine, so he pulled back his sleeves and sat opposite her.
There was a faint sound of hawking outside the window, but inside the window was quiet, but a little anxious.
It was Yu Qiansi who couldn't help but speak first.
"who are you?"
Yu Qiansi felt unsure.
Boyi must have a close relationship with the Cheng family. Logically speaking, all of the Cheng family should be dead. What's more, if he is a member of the Cheng family, why would the saint have an ambiguous attitude towards him?
The throne of the saint was taken from the Cheng family.
It was rare for Boyi to see Yu Qiansi so out of control, so he was slightly surprised and poured a cup of hot tea for Yu Qiansi.
He avoided the important matter and said lightly: "I have never heard that the Yuli Pavilion needs to interrogate all the matters of the client when investigating a case. After all, I am looking for the Yuli Pavilion, not the Criminal Division. What's more, as the Criminal Division Si Yin, you are right
Don’t you know my identity clearly?”
Yu Qiansi took a deep breath and interrupted: "Okay, let me change the question. Where did the Buddhist beads you handed to Yuliguan yesterday come from? Why is it made of jade?"
At the end, he added: "If you want me to help you, it's best to tell the truth."
Boyi was even more surprised now, his heart sank, but somehow he became a little panicked.
He originally thought that Yu Qiansi came here because of the bizarre cases. After all, after spending the past few days with her, he noticed that she liked these weird cases very much.
The cases he took on in the past were often the most complicated and incredible. So he was confident that he could lure her into taking the bait.
That’s why I wrote on the letterhead:
"The cell is locked, one is dead and the other alive, who is the murderer?"
Make her curious.
But he didn't expect that she came here just for the bead.
He didn't miss the small details in Yu Qian's words.
She asked: "Why is it made of jade?"
Shouldn't it be made of jade?
The most important thing is that for some reason, Boyi feels that Yu Qiansi today is particularly abnormal and does not have the questioning skills that he used to ask here and there.
It seems like he is very anxious.
Boyi unconsciously suppressed his laughter and said in a deep voice: "Of course I can tell the truth, but we also have to see if the owner of the Jade Hall has the ability and courage to take on this case."
As if she had completely lost her patience, Yu Qiansi suddenly raised her eyes and looked over, her eyes filled with traces of scarlet blood.
She sneered: "What don't I dare to do?"
Boyi frowned in horror.
For the first time, he truly realized the real reason why the world called her "Jade Rakshasa".
It is not that the evil will be repaid as the predecessors said, but it should be the fearlessness of killing gods when gods stand in the way and Buddha when standing in the way of Buddha.
This is the ghost and monster Rakshasa.
The weird intuition that reminded me of the Yuli Pavilion when I got the Buddhist beads for the first time came back to me.
Seeing that Yu Qiansi was still staring at him, the usual smile at the corner of her mouth had long since disappeared, as if she would be dragged into the abyss if she was not careful, which made everyone break out in cold sweat.
He thought for a moment, then finally gave in and told her a story.
"Years ago, the husband of a wealthy family was seriously ill. So they invited eminent monks to preach and pray for blessings. For three days, the back house was closed to no one except the female family members.
Three days later, it was discovered that the wife of that family and the concubine were in the same room. The house was bolted shut from the inside. The concubine was bleeding all over and was dead. The lady fainted on the ground.
, and there are murder weapons around him.
This incident was discovered in front of everyone in the clan.
Everyone in this family believed that the husband spoiled his concubine and killed his wife. The wife was worried that her husband would leave the family wealth to the son of the concubine, so she killed her.
But when the lady woke up, she said that she had not seen my concubine at all that night. She just went back to her room to rest, and she fainted as soon as she came in."
At this point, Boyi smiled miserably and repeated: "She said she didn't kill anyone, do you believe it?"
Yu Qiansi looked through the window pane at the hazy sunlight dancing with the dust.
He said softly: "This is unreasonable."
Boyi's dark eyes trembled, he didn't expect that she would believe what he said so straightforwardly.
"First, if the wife is worried about losing her position, she should kill her son instead of her concubine.
Second, even if she became jealous and wanted to kill her concubine, she had three days, but she chose the night of the third day, when she was most likely to be caught by everyone. This was either stupid or crazy.
Third, to take a step back, she killed her concubine and did not leave. Instead, she locked the door and pretended to be unconscious inside. Isn't this just trying to make others think of herself as the murderer?
If she really wanted her son to inherit everything, she would not involve herself."
Boyi smiled sarcastically: "But there is no reason for others to frame Madam. There are only Madam and that one in the family -"
"——Who are you from the Cheng family?"
Yu Qiansi was too lazy to waste time with him and asked questions directly.
Boyi was stunned on the spot.
He thought that with Yu Qiansi's cleverness, he would think of the sequence of events, and deliberately concealed the specific year. What's more, a silence order was issued about what happened back then, and a group of people were killed, a group of people died of illness, and others died of old age.
In one batch, almost no one has any details.
And he thought that even if she knew about it, she would be as cryptic as him, but he didn't expect that she would point it out to his face without any hesitation.
She is really too bold.
"Before the murderous signature case, the Criminal Division was inactive. I had nothing to do and checked some old cases. Indeed, there is almost no record of what happened in the Prayer Hall. But your relationship with the Cheng family is too close.
After reading a little bit, people can’t help but think of the successive cases.”
She said impatiently: "So, who are you from the Cheng family?"
"Old friend."
Yu Qiansi seemed not surprised by this specious answer and smiled sarcastically.
Boyi was a little annoyed when he saw this: "Since the owner of the Jade Hall knows that this is a serial case, can he dare to take it?"
Yu Qiansi did not relent: "You haven't told me the origin of this bead yet."
Boyi was really curious as to why Yu Qiansi stared at this bead so closely.
He raised his eyebrows, retaliated with teeth, and said sarcastically: "Is the Master of the Jade Pavilion always so impatient when he investigates cases for others? Or am I extra special?"
Yu Qiansi had no intention of going back and forth with him anymore. She stared at him with a cold face, holding the jade bead tightly in her hand.
Since she got it, she has stroked it countless times.
There was no mistaking it. Although the material was different, it was exactly the same as the rosary he had picked up on the ground after he woke up. The strange incised patterns on it and the trumpet-shaped and rounded edges were exactly the same.
She closed her eyes, and the fragments of yesterday's dream reappeared in front of her eyes.
She tripped over the beads, and when she looked up, she saw her father sitting behind the table, who had been burned beyond recognition.
But everything around him was as before, even the paper on the table didn't have any scorch marks.
The only thing related to fire was the half-burned piece of paper left in the copper basin next to the table. Someone must have burned something.
On the clean and tidy desk, there is a piece of purple talisman paper, which is his own order. Looking carefully, there is a drop of blood appearing on the order.
How could he be burned to death quietly behind the table? It was obvious that they were the only two people in the room.
And where did these strange Buddhist beads come from?
What is going on with all this?
Yu Qiansi raised her head, her eyes were scarlet.
Suppressing his raging anger, he forcedly asked: "Let me ask you, where do these beads come from!?"
Thanks to: Yishu Chunqiu°, Ocean 1113, Flying Birds in the Sky, Fish Chewing Plum Blossoms, Dove Books and Broken Flowers, and Nailuo Biwan for their recommendation votes!
I saw that some friends often deliver tickets in the middle of the night, so we should pay more attention to our health and stay up less late!
