The Golden Hairpin

There was finally news from the palace. It turned out that the emperor had a severe head attack this time, so he couldn't come for the time being. So Li Shubai and his party got up and followed the palace supervisor to the palace to check the completion situation. The Li Palace is naturally not as luxurious and vast as the Daming Palace, and it is not as vast as the Jiucheng Palace, but it takes a long time to stop and go.

Huang Zixia naturally followed Li Shubai all the time. She was light in figure, and the ordinary eunuch's clothes looked extraordinarily slender when worn on her body. Even if she lowered her head and followed behind without saying a word, it was extraordinarily good-looking.

Li Xi looked at her along the way and smiled: "Four brother, how did the people around you change? This little **** seems to have never seen him before."

If nothing had happened, Li Shubai said: "Jingyou and Jing Yu, I don't know who infected each other. They all got wind chill."

Li Run looked at Huang Zixia again and again, with a little confusion on his face. He felt that she was similar to someone in his own memory, but for a while, he could not think that this little **** would be like the girl he once had a glimpse of.

Li Yan asked again: "What's your name, the eunuch, and how old are you?"

Li Shubai smiled and turned to ask Huang Zixia: "Wang Zhao seems to have a close relationship with you. Anyway, I don't like your clumsy look. Why don't you follow him?"

Huang Zixian was taken aback for a moment. Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, he slowly knelt down and said in a low voice: "The little man heard that one bird is difficult to roost with two branches, and one servant is difficult to serve two masters. After the tea tree sprouts, It’s hard to move, and the orange tree will become a trifoliate tree when it is moved to Huainan. The villain is stupid, afraid that it will be difficult to adapt to the moment after leaving the Kui Palace, but instead will run into the nobles and make mistakes."

Li Xi smiled and said, "Fourth brother is really good at training. After these remarks, if I persist, it will deprive him of his ambition."

Li Shubai smiled rather than smile, and said, "It's really smart."

Fortunately, at this time Kang Wang Li Wen shouted tired, a group of talents let Huang Zi Xia go and returned along the same way.

In the garden with heavy palace walls, Li Shubai gradually slowed down, and when he walked to the phoenix-tailed bamboo, there were no other people around him, only Huang Zixia was still following him. Li Shubai turned around and looked at her coldly: "Huang Zixia, what are you doing with me?"

Huang Zixian lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly: "Good birds choose wood and live there. I want to stay with the prince and use my meager strength to help the prince a little bit."

"What's busy?" he asked coldly.

"The one that is far away is like that little red fish, and the one that is near is like the recent'four plans' in Beijing."

His eyes fell on her drooping face, cold and contemptuous, as if seeing her as a little dust in the air: "Some of these things, you are not worthy to help, some have nothing to do with me, and require you to do much. ?"

She stood under the phoenix-tailed bamboo, and the thin bamboo leaves enveloped her body, making her slightly pale face a faint turquoise green, and it looked even more bloodless and slender. She looked up at him with a low voice without hesitation: "However, since the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are helpless, the emperor has suffered a headache again. I think the only one who can share the worries for the emperor is you, the king."

"Don't you just want to find a backer to help you wash your so-called grievances?" He said mercilessly, "Just now King Zhao let you pass, don't you also have a chance?"

"Follow him, there is no chance." Huang Zixian's face was pale, and there was a faint bluish tint in her eyes, but she didn't hesitate, "I don't need a place to stay, let alone a safe place to live. I need to stand in the sun again and take my family's possessions. All the humiliation suffered is washed away."

Li Shubai had a calm face and looked at her with cold eyes. And she looked up at him, in addition to the pleading look, there was a secret stubbornness on her face, like the fog in the middle of the night, hard to notice, but it was clearly there.

Li Shubai snorted coldly, turned and walked back towards the water hall. Huang Zixia followed him, he didn't look back, but he didn't slow down either.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I found that several princes were waiting to say goodbye to King Kui. Hearing the eunuchs said that the emperor would call a group of ministers together to write an inscription on the landscape in the palace, everyone smiled bitterly at each other.

When everyone was gone, Li Run and Li Shubai were at the end. Li Run unavoidably sighed: "The emperor is really a relieved person.

Li Shubai said lightly: "The emperor is the emperor of peace, and this is also a blessing for him and the people of the world."

Li Run smiled and said, "Fourth brother said that." His gaze fell on Huang Zixia's body, and the gentle and kind face was full of doubts.

Li Shubai asked: "What's wrong?"

"This father-in-law, I seem to have seen it somewhere." He motioned to Huang Zixia.

Li Shubai said: "I saw it for the first time today. Why don't you let her serve you?"

"The fourth brother laughed, and the nineth brother was rejected just now. Am I still asking for boring?" He smiled, and the little cinnabar between his eyebrows was more tender and gentle in the smile.

Huang Zixia stood with her head bowed. It was not that she could not see the stable spring day within her reach, but she had already chosen the most difficult path and would never look back again. It is not her life to steal a life.

When the kings were gone, Li Shubai got into the car. Huang Zixia stood at the door of the car, still hesitating, but heard his voice: "Come on."

She quickly got into the car and stood by the door.

The carriage walked slowly. After leaving the palace, there were mountains and wilds in front and back. Li Shubai looked up at the scene outside and said coldly, "I'll give you ten days."

She leaned at the car door and looked at him, waiting silently for him to continue.

He slowly retracted his gaze from the window, and landed on her. Those eyes were like cold stars. There was no temperature in them, but they were deep and bright, making her breathing slightly stagnant.

"Today noon, I will give you ten days for the case we talked about in Jianbi Palace. Are you sure?"

"Perhaps." Huang Zixia replied simply.

He leaned on the wall of the car with a leisurely expression: "Now, you have a chance to wash your own grievances and regain your innocence. Of course, you can also make your parents get revenge and the truth is revealed."

Huang Zixia thought for a while, and asked: "The prince meant that if I help you solve this case, can you help me and wash my blood family grievances?"

"Of course not." The mountain road was rugged. He saw that her body was shaking with the bumps, so he lifted his chin slightly, motioned her to sit down on the small stool in front of him, and said, "I have one thing, I want to find one. People helped me do it, but now you suddenly appeared in front of me for no reason, telling me how to trust your ability?"

"I see." Huang Zixia nodded slightly, "If I solve this case within ten days, I will be eligible to be trusted by the prince."

Li Shubai nodded slightly and said: "At least, you have to show me that you are someone worthy of help. I don't have so much idle time. I won't help someone who is simply incapable and only talks about it."

Huang Zixia sat on a low stool, lowered his head thinking, and asked: "The Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Dali Temple are full of talents, and many people must be dispatched to deal with this case. In what capacity does the prince prepare me to participate in this matter?"

"I will take you directly to the Criminal Ministry to investigate the case file." Li Shubai said cleanly.

"Okay." Huang Zixia raised his hand and touched the sideburns, and pulled out the wooden hairpin that he used to tie her hair. As soon as the hairpin left her hair, the green silk on her head suddenly poured down, draped over her shoulders. The half-damp hair, like jet black algae, entangled her pale cheeks half-hidden.

She froze for a moment, brushed her hair behind her, and said, "Sorry, I used to use the hairpin mark before, but I forgot that I am a little **** now, and I only have one hairpin tied in my hair..."

Li Shubai frowned slightly and said nothing. She lowered her head and raised her hand, holding her long hair, and pulling her hair into a bun in front of him.

This young girl who has traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers but has never had the slightest hesitation and fear, at this moment, unconsciously showed a shy look in front of him.

Li Shubai glanced at her and saw that her drooping face showed a slight redness. At this moment, he seemed to be aware of it suddenly, better than when he locked her throat with his hand. The person in front of him was actually just a girl, and she was seventeen years old, not as much as she revealed on the surface. Mature and calm girl.

As if feeling he was looking at herself, she silently raised her eyes and looked at him for a moment. In just a moment, he saw her extremely clear and clear eyes, half-hidden under her eyelashes, as if it melted the charm of autumn water, embedded in her peach blossom-like face.

Although her facial features are not beautiful, she rarely has a clear eyebrow, and she has a pure and beautiful spirit like a clear May. A sense of alienation that seemed to be incomprehensible, and as if to understand the world too much, and seemed to be a little alienated from the world, was vaguely revealed in her gaze at him blankly and alertly at this time.

She is a beauty.

He remembered what Li Run had just said about his impression of Huang Zixia, who was fourteen years old.

The girl who became famous in one fell swoop at the age of fourteen has now grown into a curvy girl at the age of seventeen. With great grievances, he received all the scolding from everyone in the world, but he was not defeated. Instead, he faced the difficulties and tried his best to seek the truth, hoping to wash away the grievances with his own power and make the truth clear.

It is estimated that only seeing her appearance, no one will believe that she is Huang Zixia, whether it is the famous Huang Zixia or the notorious Huang Zixia.

Huang Zixia stared at him and touched her face, slightly nervous and at a loss.

"It's very similar to the appearance on the wanted portrait." Li Shubai turned his face to the side, staring at the complicated and entangled flowers on the curtain, and said, "In the future, don't appear in front of people in this way."

"Yes." She replied and tied her hair tightly, but then asked: "The prince still remembers the time of the crime they said before?"

Without hesitation, he said: "First lunar month 17, February 21st, March 19th."

"Today is April 16. In other words, if the time is about the same, it should be time for the murderer to start his hands." She used her fingers to slowly draw the numbers on the car wall, thoughtfully. "In ten days, the murderer should move."

"With these figures, can you find the murderer among the millions of people in the capital?"

"No." She stopped her gestures, thoughtfully, "It is impossible to catch the murderer in the crowd without knowing the characteristics and motives of the murderer."

Li Shubai looked at her carelessly: "So, you are not sure?"

Huang Zixia's fingers began to subconsciously paint on the wall of the car again, and she said to herself: "On the seventeenth day of the first month, the old guard of the dead, the murderer's message: Jing; February 21, the middle-aged blacksmith, the murderer's message: Le; March Nineteen, the deceased's four-year-old child, the murderer left a message: I..."

"Four plans, the first one is just north of the capital, the second one is just south of the capital, and the third one is south to the west," Li Shubai said casually.

Huang Zixia thoughtfully: "It stands to reason that if you really face the four directions, you should try to find the location of true north, true south, and true west, but the third pile is in the north of the city, which is a bit strange."

"Perhaps Zhengxiwei didn't have his goal, maybe it was to avoid people's eyes more conveniently?"

"Well, it seems that everything is possible, but I don't know the exact reason." Huang Zixia said, pinching her fingers and recalling there: "The first deceased is an old man, the second deceased is a middle-aged blacksmith, and the third The deceased were children."

Li Shubai leaned on the brocade mat and found the most comfortable posture before slowly saying: "I have asked the appointee of the Criminal Ministry about this matter. The other two are old and weak. Maybe the deceased is looking for the one with the least resistance. The subject started, but the third child made me feel the strangest—because it was a four-year-old child who was dying of cold and starvation. He was abandoned by his parents on the side of the road. Passers-by found that it was difficult to treat after being sent. Even the murderer. If you don't do anything, it is estimated that this child will not survive that night, but the murderer has just sneaked into the shantang and killed the child. Isn't this unnecessary?"

"Well, this is indeed a weird point. For a child who is already dying, why should he risk being discovered by sneaking into the shantang to kill a dying child?" Huang Zixian frowned , My fingers began to unconsciously scratch the words "Chang Le, I Jing" on the wall of the car again.

Li Shubai looked at her casual painting, only frowned slightly. He turned his gaze to the shadows of the mountains and rivers faintly outside, and his voice was still calm and quiet: "About this case, just such a clue. What is the key to solving this case in the day?"

"Since I can't find the clues and material evidence from the previous few times, the best way is to predict the time and place of his next move, and the goal." Huang Zixia didn't lift his head, only looked at his fingers, slowly Count it.

"I think so too. So, if you are sure, I can give you a few days to investigate the case together with the arrest of the capital-but you need to take care of your hair, and you can't let others discover that you are a woman."

"No need." Huang Zixia raised her hand and gently touched the hairpin on her head, turned her face to look at him, although her expression was still dignified, but her lips were slightly raised, revealing a confident and calm arc. I already know the basis and reason of the murderer's crime. If I have a good idea, as long as the murderer dares to appear, I can find out where he will appear."

Li Shubai looked at her confident appearance, and was slightly startled: "Are you already sure?"

"Yes, I only need the prince to give me a yellow calendar." A light breeze came slowly outside the window, slowly penetrating through the curtain, and the slowly rotating sunlight came in, covering Huang Zixian's body, shining her brightly and dazzlingly. His eyes were as clear as dew, staring at Li Shubai in front of him without any hesitation.

Li Shubai was in a daze for a while, and said, "Okay, then I'll wait and see."