The Golden Hairpin

Zhou Ziqin asked Wang Yun quickly: "So about Brother Zhang..."

Wang Yun turned his gaze to Huang Zixia. She saw the meaning in his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Wang Yun turned his head and said to Zhang Xingying, "Everyone has seen your skill today. It's really good. We will discuss and discuss it in these two days. Just wait."

Zhou Ziqin excitedly raised his hand and high-five Zhang Xingying.

A few of them here are still celebrating, while Princess Tongchang over there is violent, and her voice can be heard from afar. She pointed to the dark horse and yelled, "Everyone is okay, but it's just such a coincidence that the messenger is almost dead?"

Everyone knows that Princess Tongchang is extremely spoiled, and the princes just don't see them. The players can still comfort Wei Baoheng. The officials in charge of the horse and the court are miserable and can only bow their heads and receive training.

The emperor patted Princess Tongchang on the shoulder and said, "Ling emblem, stay calm and restless."

Princess Tongchang suddenly turned her head, grabbed his sleeve, and called him: "Father..."

Her voice trembled slightly, with an uncontrollable fear.

The emperor asked in surprise: "What's the matter?"

"Father, a few days ago... In Jianfu Temple, there were so many people, but the **** by my side was struck to death by thunder in the crowd. Now it's the turn of the horses again... Do you think, father, one after another next to me? Is this just an accident?” Princess Tongchang said, her face quickly turned pale, “Beside me, the **** who has been with me for more than ten years has been burned alive like this! My horse, now again If something like this happened suddenly, if he hadn't responded in time, the consequences would be disastrous!"

Concubine Guo Shu sighed, held her hand and said: "Ling Hui, don't think too much about it, everything is just a sudden change..."

"Father, what is a sudden change? The **** is dead, and the consort is injured. What if... What if one of them is my turn?" Her face was pale, and the golden steps on her temples shivered and drew panic. An uneasy arc.

The emperor could not help but be moved when he saw his daughter in such a panic, and said: "How come? With the father, who dares to move my daughter?"

Concubine Guo Shu glanced at Princess Tongchang, hugged her shoulders, and said, "Okay, relax, it's nothing serious."

Princess Tongchang threw aside Concubine Guo Shu and looked at the emperor mournfully, saying: "Daughter asks the emperor for one thing!"

The emperor looked down at her pityingly: "You said."

"I heard that Yang Chonggu, the young **** of King Kui's Mansion, was very powerful in solving the case. I see that the people in Dali Temple said it was a scourge, and the truth is absolutely impossible to find. Please father the emperor must promise his daughter and let Yang Chonggu come over Investigate the two incidents of Hu Ma and Wei Ximin."

Huang Zixia didn't expect Princess Tongchang to make such a request suddenly, and she was startled.

The emperor was also obviously surprised. He glanced at Huang Zixian and said nothing.

Princess Tongchang hugged the emperor’s arm in a hurry, swaying like a little girl, begging: "Father! Daughter... The daughter is really worried. If there is a shortcoming, the father will never see her daughter again. ..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" the emperor interrupted her.

Princess Tongchang looked up at him, her eyes gradually filled with tears, and she was about to roll down.

The emperor sighed helplessly when seeing her like this, then turned to ask Li Shubai: "Fourth brother, since the princess said so, why don't you second this **** to Dali Temple to help Cui Chunzhan take care of the Jianfu Temple. Things?"

Li Shubai calmly said: "Please forgive the emperor's ignorance, and recommend that the chaos at Fu Temple was not caused by the thunder that detonated the candles, which caused the trampling tragedy? The death of the **** in the princess's house must have happened to be squeezed into it. The candle is near, unfortunately, it will be ignited when it catches fire."

"If it's just this thing, it's a coincidence, but what about the messenger? Why are the people around me involved in the accident?" Princess Tongchang asked.

Seeing her so rude, Concubine Guo Shu couldn't help but pull Princess Tongchang. The emperor also reproached: "Ling Hui, how do you talk to your uncle?"

Princess Tongchang reluctantly lowered her head and said, "Four Emperors, my niece has troubles happening now and then, don't you even want to be a little eunuch? You can let him give me a few days. A big case, he cracked it lightly and skillfully, so what's the point if you ask him to help me check the movement around me?"

Concubine Guo Shu frowned beside him and said: "Ling Hui, I heard that King Kui will leave for the land of Shu soon. Grandpa Yang is a close attendant by King Kui, but you want him to stay and help you. Doesn't it seem appropriate?"

"There are so many people serving by the four emperors, what does it matter if you are less?" Princess Tongchang looked at Huang Zixia, "Duke Yang, you are talking about it, do you refuse or agree to this matter?"

Huang Zixian pondered for a moment, and said: "As a slave and maidservant, the trampling incident at Jianfu Temple was indeed caused by a thunderbolt from the sky, which happened to light the candle. The source of this incident lies in the sky thunder. ."

Princess Tongchang pointed at Wei Baoheng angrily, and then asked, "What about the messenger?"

"The horse he led by himself has also changed horses before. From the eyes of the servants, about another accident."

"Accidents, accidents, I don't believe there are so many accidents!" Princess Tongchang was furious, her beautiful thin face was full of aggressive sharpness. She glared at Huang Zixian and shouted angrily, "If this is the case, then I will let the horseman who almost killed the horseman be killed by a thousand swords! Also, everyone in charge of the horse in the capital defense Siyamen must be held responsible!"

"Ling Hui, you have a good temper these days, so restrain yourself." Guo Shufei said while holding her.

Princess Tongchang threw her hand away and looked at the emperor blindly, her face was pale and blue, which made people worry that she would faint if she was so angry.

The emperor patted her hand helplessly, his eyes filled with pity.

Seeing him like this, Li Shubai said to the side: "The emperor, in fact, the minister originally planned to go to Shu land in the near future, but there are some small things that have not been done temporarily. It is estimated that it will be delayed for a few days. Since Tongchang has taken a fancy to Yang Chonggu, Then let her seconded to Dali Temple for a few days and run the case with them. If Tong Chang feels at ease, that would be the best. If there is no result in the end, it is also limited by Yang Chonggu’s ability. At that time, Tong Chang will definitely I can understand."

"The fourth brother can be considerate, that's the best." The emperor looked at Princess Tongchang helplessly.

Princess Tongchang saluted Li Shubai, and said stiffly, "Thank you, Uncle Fourth Emperor."

Concubine Guo Shu also breathed a sigh of relief, and exchanged a helpless look with the emperor. But Huang Zixian stood by and watched, always feeling that there was a hidden worry between her eyes.

Princess Tongchang looked at Huang Zixia and asked, "I don't know where Father Yang is going to start the investigation?"

Huang Zixia pondered for a moment, and said, "Start with that horse."

The horse was helped away by the attendants of the princess mansion, and Princess Tongchang followed Concubine Shu's luan and slowly walked towards the princess mansion.

Princess Tongchang leaned on the couch in the car, curled up, staring motionlessly at the bumpy car curtain. Although it was a thick brocade curtain, the hot sunlight outside still faintly came in. With the beating of the curtain, the light fluctuated slightly, casting on them two, a turbulent atmosphere flowing between them.

Concubine Guo Shu frowned and looked at her for a long time, and finally said: "You shouldn't let that Yang Chonggu help you investigate."

Princess Tongchang still fixed her gaze on the sunlight coming across the curtain, and she was startled for a long time before she said, "I think it must be cardamom."

"Even if it's her, can that Yang Chonggu still surrender her wronged soul?" Concubine Guo Shu lowered her voice, gritted her teeth and muttered, "My palace is not afraid when I'm alive. Is it because I'm afraid that she won't be successful when I die?"

"Even if the cardamom is dead, who knows if any of her former relatives and friends will know about it? Besides, the mother and concubine don't forget that there is someone by our side who is concerned about cardamom." Princess Tongchang bit her lower lip and slowly Said, "Which of these people around us is pregnant with a ghost, can the mother and concubine see it?"

Concubine Guo Shu sighed, frowned and looked at her, and said, "The person in the Taiji Palace still wants to return to the Daming Palace and refuses to give up. The mother and concubine are now at a critical moment. At this juncture, we must not make any mistakes. You. Let Yang Chonggu investigate it up close, wouldn't it lead the wolf into the room?"

Princess Tongchang was at a loss for a while, and for a long time she said angrily: "That cardamom was a **** during his lifetime, and it will be a scourge after death!"

"However, it may not be bad for that Yang Chonggu to intervene in this matter." Concubine Guo Shu lightly waved the fan in her hand, with a sneer on her face, and said, "After all, he is a person close to King Kui. If he can be used as a bridge to fight for With the support of King Kui, your mother and concubine will become a queen, and it is just around the corner. After all, in the middle of the court, now only King Kui can compete with that person."

"But what if what we did was discovered by the emperor?"

"What are you afraid of? Your father loves you so much, how can he treat you?" Concubine Guo Shu gently moved to her daughter's side, reaching out to embrace her, "Ling Hui, mother now only has you, if you don't stand By my mother's side, what can my mother do in this life...?"

Tong Chang opened her mouth silently, but her voice disappeared from her throat. After a long time, she lowered her head and reluctantly said, "In any case, I will advance and retreat with my mother."

Huang Zixian squatted and Li Shubai stood. The two of them looked at the four hooves of the horse beside the black horse that fell.

A poor tall black horse, with his right front hoof folded, was lying on the ground mourning and panting.

Huang Zixia studied the horse's right front hoof carefully, and said, "The horseshoe is loose."

This horseshoe is in the shape of an iron half-moon, with rust stains on it, and a little wear and tear on the ground below it, but it is relatively new overall, but it has two nails missing.

The two nails that fell were located on the left and right, so it happened that they were the last ones. Without these two nails on the horseshoe, it is similar to a person wearing an unlaced wooden clogs. When the foot is lifted, the heel of the shoe will loosen, and it will naturally trip over when running fast.

Huang Zixian held down the horseshoe, carefully looked at the recess in the middle of the horseshoe for nailing nails, frowned and said, "There are traces."

Li Shubai squatted down and took a look. I saw the dent in the horseshoe where the nail was nailed, and there was an extremely small trace of light color, as thin as a needle awn, hidden in the middle of rust.

Li Shubai frowned slightly and said, "It is obvious that someone pried out the nails of the horseshoe not long ago. When the tools or iron nails were lifted out, they scratched the rust on the horseshoe, leaving such a trace. "

"The first question now is whether the person who did it is targeted, or does it make no difference." Huang Zixia raised his hand and pressed the hairpin on his head, took off the host hairpin in the middle, and drew two on the ground. Line: "If it's aimed at someone, then, is it aimed at the cohort, or the cohort accidentally made a scapegoat for others? If it is indistinguishable, just want to make no matter who is injured on the court, then what is the purpose and who is there? Can it benefit?"

Li Shubai nodded, silent.

Huang Zixian drew two more lines on the ground and said, "The second problem is that the horseshoe nails are pried, and problems will occur in a short time. But this horse only happened after a long time on the court. There are two of them. One possibility is what the prisoner used to make the horse happen long after he went on the field, and the other is the time when the murderer started, which was the moment before the accident, when the princess dismounted the horse and princess Tongchang blamed the princess."

Li Shubai raised his hand and pointed to the first line: "If it is the hand that hits the ball, what we need to solve is how the murderer asks the horse to choose the horse that has done the hand and foot."

His fingertips are on the second line again: "If it is to start during a break, then what we have to consider is who approached the horse at that time."

Huang Zixian recalled the scene, frowning slightly: "After Princess Tongchang summoned the consort, the people on the court dismounted and rested one after another. If anyone was staying next to other people's horses at that time, they would definitely attract others' attention."

"No one has done anything special." Li Shubai said affirmatively. His eyes are so sharp that he can never forget it at a glance.

"And I remember that the horse guards were supposed to give the horses a break, but all the horses were so bullied that they had not entered." Huang Zixia nodded.

"Therefore, it seems that the first one should be a relatively high possibility." Li Shubai said.

Huang Zixian said affirmatively: "In this way, what needs to be resolved most in this case is how the murderer, among a dozen horses, made the consort of horses unbiased and just picked the one that just passed the hand and foot."

"And also when Zhou Ziqin made trouble and led away the first horse picked by Wei Baoheng."

She pondered: "Is there another possibility? Perhaps the murderer considered eliminating the best horse from the beginning? The prince came late, so I don’t know. Before the opening, the horseman originally chose Zhang Xingying’s chestnut horse. , But Zhou Zi Qin pulled to Zhang Xingying, so he temporarily changed this horse. In this way, it seems that it was coincidence that he was allowed to ride this horse."

"The messenger is now the same thing, and it's also a foreign guest. It should be the first to pick the horse. And the murderer did not start with the best chestnut horse, so the target should not be the messenger. Did they calculate that Zhang Xingying has no horses and Zhou Ziqin would borrow one from the Defense Department of Beijing?"

Huang Zixia thought for a while, shook his head and said, "This horse was picked by a consort at that time, and this dark horse is not out of the crowd. No one would think it could rank second."

The corollary has reached a dead end at this point, and there is no way out.

Huang Zixia asked the horse steward to take the horseshoe, she took it, and left the batting court with Li Shubai.