Who Said I Was a Coquettish Bitch

After getting into the carriage, Bai Chen woke up and felt ashamed to face others. He actually fell asleep, and he was still being carried on his back!

"You slept soundly, so I didn't call you." Xiao Lin seemed to see through his embarrassment.

"Maybe my body still hasn't recovered, so I feel tired." Bai Chen felt a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Xiao Lin said: "It's okay, you're not heavy."

Bai Chen: ...

He must step up his exercises to build up his muscles. It's not okay to be so thin all the time.

"By the way, did we meet Master Luo and the others when we came out?" Bai Chen asked strangely, "Master Luo has always been a trustworthy person, why did he suddenly break the appointment?"

"Lord Luo just sent someone to report that a case broke out in the palace this morning, so he entered the palace together with Lord Hu, the minister of Dali Temple." Xiao Lin said, "He also asked you to visit the ghost market today. Just go back to the mansion to rest, and go to Dali Temple tomorrow."

Bai Chen felt relieved, as long as Master Luo did not have any accidents.

At the end, he asked curiously: "Let Dali Siqing and Shaoqing both enter the palace at the same time, it must be a big case?"

"The yamen servant said that it seems to be a bloody case in the harem caused by the concubine's jealousy." Xiao Lin looked at Bai Chen, "If you are interested, you can ask your father after you return to the mansion. He went to the court this morning to see the emperor. know about some cases."

Bai Chen feels how much Xiao Lin understands him now, and this iceberg is quite understanding after getting along for a long time.

"It's common for the harem to be jealous, and it's not uncommon for people to commit crimes secretly and die without evidence. This time, the Dali Temple was disturbed by a brawl on the surface." Bai Chen sighed, "The poisoning and murder case in Jiang Shangshu's mansion has not yet been settled. As for the curtain, there has been another bloody incident in the palace, the emperor must be very annoyed now."

"Where there are people, there are fights." Xiao Lin said, "It's just that the fights in the harem were relatively secret before."

"Speaking of the Jiang's case, if the man selling melons didn't lie, then the middle-aged woman selling medicine must have known Huan'er." Bai Chen's eyes lit up suddenly, "Huan'er used to live in Qilinfang If so, you should leave your household registration information, right?"

"The fangzheng of each fang will report the statistics of the household registration of the population living here to Jing Zhaoyin, and then Jing Zhaoyin will hand it over to the household department for preservation, once a year." Xiao Lin pondered, "I know where Huan'er lived before. She has never changed her name, so you can find out her identity by going to the household department to check the files."

"Follow the vine, and the identity of this middle-aged woman can also be found out." Bai Chen remembered that Xiao Lin said before that he still had doubts about this woman, so he asked, "Apart from the fact that this woman was involved in poison this time, is this woman still alive?" Have any other doubts?"

Xiao Lin nodded slightly, "She lives in that kind of place, she wears simple clothes and doesn't wear any makeup on her face, but her hands are not as rough as other working women, they are still relatively delicate, and there is not much on her face. wrinkle."

"Although it sounds unreasonable." Bai Chen said, "But some people just don't look old by nature, and this alone can't explain anything."

It is impossible to explain the problem of genes to ancient people, Bai Chen can only mention this shallowly.

"It's not just that," Xiao Lin shook his head, "The most important thing is the pearl hairpin on her head. Although the pearl is small, it is a shark pearl from the South China Sea. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it."

——Xiao Lin's meaning is obvious. This bead is priceless, and the local rich and wealthy businessmen can't buy it with money. It must be an item that can only be enjoyed by the rich and powerful.

This is indeed very strange, even if she can make a fortune selling poison, there is no way to buy shark beads with the money.

People with real knowledge will not live in such a complicated place.

"Either she is a person with a background, or she has a special relationship with dignitaries." Through analysis, Bai Chen came to these two conclusions.

Xiao Lin's face was very solemn, "The most important thing is that my mother has a pearl hairpin, which is very similar to the one on her head, but the mother's shark pearl is bigger and more numerous, and it is more luxurious than this one. .”

"The pearl hairpin, I heard from my mother that my father took the beads and asked the best masters in the capital to forge them." He added with a blank expression.

These words made Bai Chen wake up from his drowsiness in an instant, the amount of information...is a bit too much.

It's okay if it's a coincidence, but if it's not a coincidence, Kang Wang's character set will collapse!

No wonder Xiao Lin's face was so ugly.

"Aren't the famous ladies in the capital now looking for someone who wears good-looking jewelry, so they also find the master to make the same set? It is very likely that because the style of the princess's pearl hairpin is seen by other ladies, they will wear it. I also went to make one according to it, and then the style of this pearl hairpin spread."

Bai Chen was not making excuses for Kang Wang, but recalled the woman's appearance and figure, and he couldn't compare with the princess with his toes. He didn't believe that Kang Wang's aesthetics would be so collapsed, which was really unreasonable.

Xiao Lin: "Then how does she, a commoner who lives in Qilinfang, have precious shark beads?"

Bai Chen: "...Maybe she has money and bought it at a pawn shop."

This kind of rare gadgets and jewelry shops require the employer to provide raw materials for customization, and the only source can only be high-end pawnshops.

"I hope so." Xiao Lin pinched the bridge of his nose, looking a little tired.

Bai Chen could understand Xiao Lin's mood, if things were going in a bad direction, then the love of his parents in his eyes would be a false burlesque show, and the blow would definitely be huge.

——In particular, Xiao Lin is not a man who likes to be hugged by three wives and four concubines. In his bones, he probably only wants to stay with one person until he grows old.

It's a pity that God's will tricks people, Xiao Lin can only find true love during his second marriage, Bai Chen thought silently.

It was quiet in the carriage, but Bai Chen's mind was spinning desperately.

Why is this middle-aged woman who sells medicine wearing such a precious pearl hairpin on her head, and why is she not afraid of being robbed by those people in Qilinfang?Why is the style of the pearl hairpin almost exactly the same as that of Concubine Kang?

So many questions seem to be related, but they cannot be connected together.

What happened recently made Bai Chen faintly worried, as if they were being sucked into a huge vortex.

……

Dinner was eaten in King Kang's courtyard, Xiao Chuan and Liu Rufeng still lived in Liu's house, and there were only five people in this family dinner.

Xiao Lin was obviously not in a high mood, and had been taciturn all the time, not to mention a few words with Kang Wang.

Thanks to Xiao Mo and Princess Wang, the atmosphere at the dinner table would not be too dull.

Bai Chen curiously asked about the case in the palace, only to realize that something really happened.

Emperor Dehui's concubine stabbed Concubine Gong to death with scissors.

Concubine Xian is the only male concubine of Emperor Dehui, and he has always been favored by Emperor Dehui.

Concubine Gong's identity is quite special, she is a woman of a different race, who was sent by Tulu Kingdom for marriage three years ago.

The married concubine died, if the other party insisted on pursuing it, it might cause diplomatic problems.

Although Tulu is a small country in the Western Regions, it is in an alliance with other countries in the Western Regions. If the other party wants to use this to make trouble, it is not impossible to cause border wars.

No wonder Kang Wang's expression was more solemn, and he was not in the mood to say more, so he just mentioned a few words.

Bai Chen doesn't know much about this case now, and he probably won't be able to deal with such a big case, so it's better to solve the Shangshufu case first.

……

Just when everyone was chatting with each other, Xiao Lin suddenly said unintentionally: "Mother, why didn't you wear your shark bead hairpin today?"

The princess was a little surprised: "That hairpin is too eye-catching, and I don't wear it much on weekdays, Lin'er, why did you suddenly ask about this?"

Xiao Lin said softly: "I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a shark bead hairpin on her head at the market today. It is very similar to yours, so I asked."

The concubine ate the chopsticks that were picking up vegetables, and then said with a smile: "Really? That's a coincidence, I'll take out this hairpin tomorrow and wear it."

Not only Concubine Kang, but even King Kang felt unnatural for a moment when he heard this.

"Hurry up and eat." Kang Wang's expression quickly recovered, and he took a chicken leg for Bai Chen, "Chen'er, you are too thin, eat more."

Bai Chen: ...

My lord, why are you looking for me if you want to change the subject...

Bai Chen, who was eating chicken legs, thought to himself: Could it be that woman is really weird?It's fine if the prince's expression is wrong, why even the princess is not right?

……

After dinner, the sky was still dark, on the way back to the small courtyard, Xiao Lin frowned and said nothing.

Bai Chen said: "If you have any doubts, let's go to Qilinfang again in the evening."

Xiao Lin was stunned, and there was a smile in his eyes: "Thank you. But your body hasn't recovered yet, so it's not suitable to take risks."

Bai Chen said: "I just fell asleep just because I was a little tired. I just need to have a good sleep after returning home. We spent a lot of time in Qilinfang in the morning because we didn't know how to do it. After dark, we Going straight to that woman's house will save you a lot of trouble."

"How about this." Xiao Lin thought about it, "I can go with Feiyun, and you can rest in the mansion with peace of mind."

Bai Chen was suddenly depressed: "Take me there."

Even though there is such a big doubt, his occupational disease has already occurred, but if he is not allowed to participate in the action, won't it make him unable to sleep?

"But..." Xiao Lin was very embarrassed.

"Let me go." Bai Chen said, "With you and Guard Lin present, how can I be in danger? Maybe I can help if I go."

"Okay." Xiao Lin looked into those sparkling eyes, but finally couldn't bear to refuse, and agreed to him.

……

After nightfall, a carriage rushed to the south of the city.

The speed is extremely fast, not slower than riding a horse.

There was no curfew in the new dynasty, and the luxury carriages galloped along the road without attracting the attention of passers-by. The night tourists thought it was another rich man who came to the south of the city to have fun.

The carriage slowed down and finally stopped outside the Goulan courtyard in the south of the city. The three of Bai Chen got out of the carriage and walked in.

……

After a while, three men in night clothes appeared outside the courtyard wall of Qilinfang.

After nightfall, Qilin Workshop closed its doors, and it looked quiet and dark.

Xiao Lin said to Bai Chen: "You don't know how to do light work, I'll take you to jump over the wall."

Bai Chen was surprised: "Your legs...?"

"Simple qinggong is no problem." Xiao Lin said, "Feiyun, go in first and meet us."

"Yes."

After Lin Feiyun finished speaking, he stepped slightly, jumped up the courtyard wall, and then jumped down again.

"let's go."

After Xiao Lin finished speaking, he was ready to hug Bai Chen horizontally.

"Don't hug like this." Bai Chen suddenly thought of the scene where the male protagonist hugged the female protagonist horizontally and flew under the moonlight in the ancient costume idol drama he had seen before, and he flatly refused.

"OK then."

Xiao Lin squatted down slightly, lifted him up on his shoulders at once, and jumped up on the spot - with a whoosh sound, Bai Chen felt himself vacated again.

That taste is really sour.

But there is no need to hug the princess, everything is easy to talk about!