The Golden Hairpin

At the Spring Festival Banquet, a group of people exchanged cups in the palace until the red sun slanted away.

Huang Zixia followed the carriage out of the palace gate. Just breathed a sigh of relief, Li Shubai had lifted the curtain of the car and called her: "Come up."

She climbed into the car helplessly, saw his gaze but only swept her body, then turned to the car window. She looked outside along the car window carved with Liuyun Wufu, and the ordinary street scene was slowly moving past.

He looked outside and said to himself: "Your family's case, I want to hear it now."

Huang Zixian was taken aback for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Wang Ye is really willing to intervene in this case?"

"What I have said, don't you think I will break my promise?" He had a senseless expression of "do you like to talk or not".

Huang Zixia bit her lower lip, and for a long time, she sat down on the low stool opposite him, and said hesitatingly: "It should start from the day before the murder happened. The weather was clear that day, and the plum blossoms in my garden were blooming. Man, Yu Xuan and I walked through the snow and smashed plums together. It was a rare and beautiful winter..."

Li Shubai still looked at the slowly passing street scene outside and asked, "Who is Yu Xuan?"

"Yes... An orphan adopted by my father after he arrived in Shu County. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of eighteen, and the county arranged a small house for him, but he still visited my parents often."

He turned his eyes and saw a faint look suddenly cast on her face, and on the face that was pale due to the long running and thinking, there was also a faintly invisible blush, which made her look like a whole person. , Completely different.

Yu Xuan seems to be the man who grew up with her childhood sweetheart.

He turned his gaze out of the window again, but the expression on his face was still calm, just a faint "Oh".

Seeing that he didn't ask further, Huang Zixia felt a little more relaxed in her heart. She took a deep breath and continued to tell about the day that had happened for several months, but was still imprinted on her heart.

There was a light snow in the early hours of that morning. After the snow was clear, the red plum was set against the white snow, and the world of colored glaze was clear and bright.

Huang Zixian held the plum blossoms and showed it to Yu Xuan beside him with a smile. Yu Xuan said, "I saw a pair of plum bottles with a rainy and sunny day in the shop the day before yesterday. I think it’s best to put them in your room. Yes, I have already bought it, but forgot to bring it today. I will ask someone to bring it in the afternoon."

She smiled and nodded, looking at the beautiful scenery with her hand in hand, but such a beautiful winter day ruined the visit of the two people.

The father brought in his grandmother and uncle. With a cheer, she threw the plum blossoms to Yu Xuan, rushed over and hugged her grandmother tightly.

She was spoiled by her grandmother since she was a child, and she was particularly affectionate. When Yu Xuan saw this, he said goodbye. His grandmother looked at him with a smile. After he left, Huang Zixia heard her sigh softly.

The grandparents held hands and went to the mother's room to talk. The mother smiled and said, "Your grandmother and uncle, this time I came here for your marriage."

marriage. Huang Zixian silently threw away his grandmother's hand and sat there without saying a word. The grandmother patted her hand helplessly, and smiled: "The Wang family is a big family, and Wang Yun is the eldest grandson of the eldest house, and your father has also seen him. He has always praised Wang Yun for his appearance and morals. Good luck."

Mother looked at Huang Zixian sadly, and whispered to her grandmother: "Mother, you don't know, this girl doesn't know what's in her heart. When we mention the Wang family, she is not happy."

"Little girl, she's still shy." Grandma smiled.

Huang Zixian sighed and was about to explain, but the girls came over and said that she was going to eat dinner. A group of people got up and went out to eat first. Uncle Huang Jun smiled as soon as he saw her: "Zixia, I will be a wife of someone else in the future, but it's too late to be able to eat. I have to have a good meal and wait for my in-laws."

The father smiled and said, "Wang Yun is in the capital alone, so how can his in-laws need to serve? Zi Xia is still the same as at home after she married out."

Huang Zixia was stunned, put down her bowl and asked, "Spring?"

The mother hurriedly winked at her father, and said to her: "Yes, grandma and uncle came over this time, just to discuss whether to let you out of the cabinet next spring, which happened to be the same in the Wang family..."

"Actually, you have already decided, haven't you?" Huang Zixia couldn't help but stand up, trembling with anger, "Father, mother, I begged you to retreat to the Wang family for a long time, but you... still force me to marry the Wang family. go!"

"You child, it's ridiculous." Huang Jun had negotiated with the Wang family a long time ago. Now seeing her like this, he can't hold his face, put down his chopsticks and said sternly, "The Langya family is a century-old family, and the two kings and queens of the current emperor From his family, do you think this marriage can be pushed or pushed? You can marry into the Wang family because of your ancestors' virtues, or hurry up and get ready to go!"

The father also sighed: "Zi Xia, this marriage was made for you and Wang Yun when your grandfather was the prime minister of the dynasty. Now our family has long since declined, but the Wang family has never despised us. It shows that people do like you. You. It is also a good thing to be able to marry Wang Yun. My father has met Wang Yun and his character and appearance are all top-notch, not inferior to others."

"But I just like the other person, I don't like him!"

The older brother Huang Yan, who had been immersed in eating, finally raised his head and added fuel and jealousy beside him and said: "Okay, I don't like the Wang family. You can divorce after you kill the whole family."

Huang Zixian only felt cold and rushed to her forehead. She put the bowl in her hand heavily, but her trembling hands couldn't grasp the bowl and chopsticks. The soup bowl fell over, rolled off the table, and smashed to pieces.

The soup splashed on the hem of the grandmother's dress next to her, and the grandmother stood up helplessly, and quickly let the girl clean it, while sighing: "You boy, your temperament is getting worse and worse."

She only felt that her eyes were burning and unbearable, and her tears were about to burst, so she could only cover her face and turned back to the room to cry bitterly. I don’t know how long I’ve been crying, but I just feel that I have my hands pressed on my shoulders softly, and my mother’s voice sounded softly in my ears: "Zixia, don’t be so headstrong and sad. This matter...I and your father are also discussing. If you are true We have nothing to do with such opposition. Even if we offend the Wang family, we will definitely not be able to make you suffer like this."

She turned back to look at her mother with tears, and only saw her helpless smile in the tears. She said: "Go back and apologize to grandma and uncle first. Is there anything wrong with the family to discuss?"

"But I... I'm going back... I'm embarrassed." She choked.

"You go to the kitchen and bring back some dishes. Didn’t you make your grandmother’s favorite Yoteo Soup tonight? Go, come back and serve everyone a bowl, admit a mistake in your attitude just now, and your family will help you figure out a solution. of."

She nodded, wiped away her tears and went to the kitchen, took the bowl of yolk soup on the table with her own hands, and offered one to everyone. However, she was the only one who had just cried, her throat choked, and the smell of Yotti Soup was something she didn't like, so she only drank half a bowl of almond butter.

That night, her family all died of poison, and the deadly arsenic was poured into a bowl of yolk hoof that she served and served everyone.

The dusk is heavy, and along the way, it is already the moment when Changan Huadeng lights up.

Li Shubai didn't say a word and listened, until she stopped talking, he slowly said, "But, just by doing this, it doesn't mean that you have poisoned the whole family. Could it be that other people didn't have the chance to come into contact with the bowl of sheep's hoof Soup?"

"No." Huang Zixia said in a low voice but clearly, "The sheep were sent by the Counselor of Cangcao the day before. Because my grandmother and uncle came that afternoon, the kitchen slaughtered the sheep and cooked red braised mutton and mutton. Soup and Yoko Soup."

There was no problem with the rest of the meals. Even the yote soup was cooked too much. After Huang Zixia scooped a large bowl, the people ate the rest, and nothing happened. Only the bowl that Huang Zixia personally served, held it to the flower hall, and distributed it to everyone, there was still some left after the meal. After returning from the kitchen, some aunts were lazy and locked them in the kitchen closet as they were. Because the tragedy was discovered early in the morning, the closet had not been unlocked yet. When the chief Aunt Lu came over in the morning, she opened the closet and took out the bowl of Yoteo Soup last night under the gaze of the servants, and she knew that it was in this bowl that arsenic had fallen into it.

"Is anyone poisoning the bowl of Yotei Jang?"

"No, I was afraid that my hands were not clean at the time, so I washed the bowl after taking the bowl. And, there is one more point..." Huang Zixia said with difficulty, "In my room, I found an empty space for arsenic. Medicine seal."

"You bought arsenic?"

"Yes, I bought it in Guirentang, the most famous place in Shu County. The officials looked at the sales stalls and clearly recorded the words I signed and confirmed that they were correct."

"Why are you buying arsenic?" Li Shubai asked.

"I..." She hesitated and said, "Because I read a book with Yu Xuan before, there is a folk secret recipe in "Yousheng Miscellaneous Notes", saying that the three-currency gel kiss juice can be used for half the poison of arsenic, I don't believe it. I bet with him...Because I have also helped Yamen deal with various poisonous killings, so I bought the arsenic and fell on me, and Yu Xuan went to the mountain to collect the hooks, preparing to take the few next door and always bite people. The vicious dog give it a try."

"You used to make bets like this before?"

"More than once or twice."

"Have you explained this?"

"That said, Yu Xuan also helped me to confirm, but was denounced as an excuse."

Li Shubai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Where is Yu Xuan now?"

Huang Zixia was silent for a long time before slowly saying, "He didn't have a chance to start. After he left my house that day, he went to the academy to talk to a group of friends. He returned home at night and never went out until he received the death of my parents. The message came."

"That said, your murder is clearly revealed." Li Shubai said leisurely.

"Yes, the only chance of poisoning was when I was holding the bowl of Yottojang from the kitchen to the hall. Moreover, I have to buy arsenic, and I have...their so-called motives."

Li Shubai nodded and said slowly: "In this way, the only person who might kill your parents is indeed you. It is really not easy to reverse the case."

She was sitting opposite Li Shubai, looking at the finely decorated brocade patterns in the carriage, with gold threads thinly tracing the auspicious beasts and unicorns, with auspicious clouds and colorful colors. She sits on a low stool in the soft and thick brocade, and the car is lit with the refreshing Su Hexiang. Amidst such a warm and soft fragrance, she sits in a daze, but it seems that she has experienced the same experience again. The whole body is cold.

Her lips are like withered white flowers in the wind, even the crimson palace clothes on her body can't add a little blood to her. She looked at the person in front of her, her voice slightly hoarse: "Master, do you think like them, there will be someone in this world killing her family, just for that reason?"

Li Shubai looked at her for a long time, turned his eyes to the scenery outside the car window, and said, "Who knows, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, especially for girls of your age."

Huang Zixia looked at his indifferent expression and said with a trembling, "If the prince can really help as I said before, I believe that the floating clouds will not be able to cover the sun for a long time, and the grievances of my parents will definitely be clear to the world."

"When the summer is over, I will go to Bashu once. At that time, I will take you there and bring out your parents' case files and start over again. I believe that people like you who can easily solve the mystery will not be fascinated by the authorities. It’s impossible to get rid of one's own guilt."

She bit her lower lip for a long time before asking, "Can you really trust me and help me?"

His gaze rested on her face, and the shadow of the tree outside the window sifted through the rays of sunlight, like strands of golden thin threads, flowing on her face, in the golden light, her pale face and clear face The eyes were amazingly clear and dazzling, and even the sun seemed to be her foil, losing its brilliance in front of her.

It's just such a young girl, who bears the most terrible crimes and grievances in the world, but has no hesitation on the hardest road, burying all the softness and delicateness that originally belonged to the young girl, leaving only the road to go forward desperately, Guanghua shining.

Li Shubai's heart, which had been calm for a long time, suddenly became slightly turbulent at this moment, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake in a deep valley, and for the first time there were shallow ripples.

But it was only for a moment. He turned his gaze to the outside of the car again, and his voice was deliberately suppressed, and it appeared low and slightly dumb: "Yes, I believe you and will help you. In the same way, you must also Leave the rest of your life to me."

Huang Zixian looked up at him, watching him under the setting sun at this time, the side with a graceful contour like the undulating mountains and rivers, it was firmness that seemed hard to be eroded by thousands of years of frost.

"From now on, as long as you are by my side, there is no need to worry and fear."

In her heart, she suddenly felt a touch of sourness dripping into her heart. Like a dream, flashing through that summer, large tracts of wind and lotus filled the pond. At that time, that person was holding her hand and speaking like this.

Up to now, things have changed and her life experience has withered. Fortunately, she worked hard and finally seized the first opportunity and stood by the person in front of her.

The carriage stopped, and the palace of Kui had arrived. Li Shubai pushed the car door and got out of the car by himself. Looking back and seeing her getting out of the car in a daze, he casually raised his hand to help her get out of the car.

The sun is thinning west, and the slanting brightness is like gold. She put her hand in his palm and saw his face in the sun, just like her hands, shining brightly.