The autumn rain was lingering, and the dilapidated courtyard on the west side looked especially desolate and desolate under the rain. Fuling stood at the door, sometimes looking at the blue-gray sky outside, and sometimes looking back at Qin Wan who was standing by the long desk.
Her young lady has been standing beside the long case for almost half an hour, even carefully arranging the second aunt's teeth, and carefully inserting every tiny bone that was put aside before. Now, there is only one bone left in front of her young lady.
Fu Ling glanced back again, the courtyard was dilapidated, the window paper on the door was already torn, and although the door was half closed, it still couldn't block the cold wind that broke in from outside. He couldn't stop turning around and walked to Qin Wan's side, "Miss, it's getting late, it's very cold in this room, we'd better go back earlier."
The room was not only chilly, but what was even more unbearable was the stench from the corpses of Liu Shi and Liu Chun. Qin Wan didn't even wear a face towel to cover his face today. He just stood there and smelled so many corpses. What should I do if I am poisoned
Qin Wan was facing the door sideways, half of her face was hidden in the shadows, and she couldn't tell her emotions. She lowered her face slightly, and looked at the thumb-sized bone on the table with a cold and deep look, "Are you cold? ? Why don't you go back first?"
Fu Ling smiled wryly, "Of course the servant is not cold, the servant is feeling sorry for Miss, Miss has been standing here for a long time, even the two yamen servants can't bear the smell, let alone you."
There are several rooms in this yard, the main hall is used for mortuary, and the side hall is temporarily placed with tables, stools, tea and other things for the guards and servants of the government office to rest. Fu Ling sighed and touched Qin Wan's shoulder, "On Miss It's cold, I'm afraid I'll get sick if it goes on like this!"
Qin Wan shook her head, and then went to look at the human skeleton she had posed.
Without the involvement of the tendons, most of the bones could not be connected, so Qin Wan could only pretend to be embedded in it. She looked at it carefully and frowned.
Before that, she felt that these broken bones were too small to be fixed. It would take some time just to arrange the teeth in order, and these details were useless to the case, and when the time came to bury the second aunt, all these bones would be taken care of. Buried, there is no need to make it into a human form. Since it is useless, Qin Wan saved all the effort until he found this small bone...
This is a small bone as thick as a thumb. Qin Wan looked up and down, but at first he didn't recognize where it came from, and when he put the other broken bones into the human skeleton, he couldn't find anything missing. , Isn’t this bone extra? Then Qin Wan carefully looked at the small bone. Although the bone was not big, Qin Wan weighed it and felt that the small bone was probably a human bone...
Since it was a human bone, how could it be with Second Aunt's bone
Qin Wan couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help but have a suspicion. Could it be that someone else died in that well
Thinking of this, Qin Wan shook his head again. The Yamen sent by the Huo Zhifu searched for a long time, and made sure that there were no other bones.
Qin Wan picked up the bone on the felt blanket and looked at it carefully for a few moments before his eyes.
Did she make a mistake? What kind of animal bones are these
Qin Wan suspected that there were other tricks in the well, and worried that he was wrong, so he hesitated for a while.
Thinking of this, the rain in the yard suddenly intensified. The autumn rain was cool, and the cool wind with water vapor rushed into the house. Qin Wan couldn't help shaking, and turned around to see that the barren courtyard was shrouded in darkness. Amidst the rain curtain, outside the courtyard wall, the continuous eaves and terraces of the Qin Mansion were all shrouded in a haze of rain and mist. Qin Wan sighed and turned around.
"Go back, you have indeed stayed here for a long time."
As soon as Qin Wan opened her mouth, Fu Ling was overjoyed and hurried to the side to hold an umbrella. It was a bamboo umbrella with a red lacquer handle and blue paper surface. On the top of the bamboo umbrella was painted a touch of green lotus in ink, which was quite elegant.
Qin Wan pulled the skirt of his clothes, closed the door, and then came out with Fu Ling. The servants in the side hall heard the movement and came out. Seeing that Qin Wan was about to leave, he hurriedly saluted her. Qin Wan explained a few words to them , This is out of the yard.
This is the first autumn rain in the southern country. Qin Wan used to go to the west and north with his father, but never went to the south. Although it is autumn, the water pavilions and flower gardens of the Qin Mansion are still green, only in the west. A few clumps of withered and yellow weeds can be seen occasionally by the side of the small path. Qin Wan's heart was calm, and he raised his eyes to look at the past. It was heavy and dark, gray clouds piled up in the sky, as if a bigger rain was brewing, the wet moisture stained Qin Wan's skirt, and made her heart also damp and hazy.
Because it was raining harder and harder, Fu Ling carefully held an umbrella for Qin Wan along the way, and the two master and servant walked more and more slowly, with no one around, only raindrops were left pattering on the umbrella surface. It is rainy all year round. If it is in the northwest, at this moment, there is only the northwest wind that can blow people's cheeks dry.
Walking slowly all the way back to Ting Lan Yuan, Qin Wan saw Wan Tang walking out of the main house as soon as he entered the courtyard.
When Qin Wan saw it, Fu Ling naturally saw it too. She frowned, and her face was a little annoyed.
Wan Tang came down a few steps and stood under the eaves to salute. Xu Shi saw the angry expression on Fu Ling's face and hurriedly said, "Miss, forgive me, this servant is watching the rain getting heavier and heavier, looking at the two people in the Miss Nuan Pavilion. One of the windows was left open, so I went in and closed the window."
Fu Ling was not sure if what Wantang said was true or not, but she admired Wantang very much earlier, so she went to see Qin Wan, and saw Qin Wan's face was alienated, as if the expression was also stained with this coolness. Qiu Yu was a little indifferent.
"I'm still worried that it's raining in the Angler, so just close it."
Wantang raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Wan. She seemed to be relieved, and bent her lips and said, "The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Miss, be careful. Come into the house quickly. The servant is here to burn a pot." When the hot water comes, let Sister Fuling make new tea for Miss."
Qin Wan nodded, and walked up the steps with Fu Ling calmly.
Seeing Qin Wan's appearance, Fu Ling wasn't sure what she was thinking for a moment, she only glanced at Wan Tang, and smiled as usual, "Then go get a new tea set..."
The corners of Wantang's lips curled up, and she happily accepted the order.
As soon as she entered the room, Fu Ling put down her umbrella and came forward, "Miss, is there anything unusual?"
But who knew that Qin Wan just went into the Nuan Pavilion after cleaning his hands, but he didn't intend to investigate, "Don't worry about it."
Fu Ling was secretly amazed in her heart, thinking that Qin Wan had just caught the cold, so she went to prepare tea as Wantang said. Not long after, Fu Ling came in with a new tea. Fu Ling poured tea and handed it to Qin Wan. Turning around, he gasped in horror.
"Miss, you, why did you bring this back..."
Qin Wan was sitting on the long couch beside the bed, leaning lazily on the pillow, but there was a small bone lying on his hand, Fu Ling looked at the white bone, could it be that it was just before the long case? That extra bone
Fu Ling put the tea soup aside with a trembling heart, and said in a low voice, "Miss, why are you bringing this back? It's not good!"
Qin Wan pinched this small bone with his fingers, even lifted it up, facing the light, and looked up slightly, "This kind of bone is not like the bones of other animal corpses, but this bone, I actually looked at it for a while. I can’t tell where it came from, I’ve seen it a few times just now, and the second aunt’s bones were found almost intact, so where did this come from?”
Fu Ling didn't know where it came from. She looked at the bone and heard Qin Wan say that the bone was a human bone. She felt a cold sweat on her back. Qin Wan's autopsy is an autopsy, and seeing a doctor is a doctor, but he brought the dead bones back to the house Come here, no matter how you think about it, it's a little creepy, but seeing Qin Wan's focused look, Fu Ling knows that she can't persuade Qin Wan.
Fuling was making tea at the side, while Qin Wan was looking at the bone, a small bone, but this time it stumped Qin Wan, Qin Wan only saw the night falling, but did not see where it came from, and the autumn rain outside the window Still lingering.
Fu Ling just said that there was an autumn rain and a cold one, and at night, the weather suddenly turned a lot colder. Qin Wan didn't like to go out at all, and the rain didn't matter to her. On the contrary, when it rained, the world was everywhere The sound of the rain and other noisy noises were suddenly cut off. The sky and the earth were far away, and there was a special kind of silence. When it was such a good time, it was time to burn incense, but Qin Wan still held on to that bone at night...
"His Royal Highness and the magistrate have both returned to the government office. They haven't come here now, so they must not have drawn any conclusions." Fu Ling said while cleaning up the table for Qin Wan, but Qin Wan had already thought of it.
The second aunt died for eight years, and she had been in the mansion for two years. Since Qin An said that he bought the second aunt from the kidnapper, the files they want to check must be at least ten years ago.
It has been so long, and every day the government office will produce a large number of official documents, and the official documents every day are miscellaneous, not only for the criminal proceedings, but it is not easy to find these files in the file warehouse of the government office, and even more It is said that the missing person who matched the second aunt was found in the complicated and smoky sea of files.
Qin Wan knew that the amount of the project was huge, because government offices, prefectures and counties were handing over official documents layer by layer, and cases such as disappearances were sometimes missed by the county offices below. Jinzhou people, even if her family members report to the government, they may be from Jianzhou or Shengzhou, or Fengzhou further away, and even if the second aunt is from Jinzhou, the people who check the papers are very likely to miss it and think that Er Yiniang was not from Jinzhou, so she had to be careful and careful about such details, and it would take more time to do so. Within three days, Qin Wan was not in a hurry to wait for the results.
After dinner, Qin Wan finally thought about giving Qin Li ointment tonight, so he started to make a plaster with the new medicine Poria had brought during the day. Just as the ointment was ready, there was a knock on the window outside the Nuan Pavilion .
Fuling has long been used to it, so she stepped forward and opened the window. Outside the window, there was a layer of cold moisture on Qin Li's body. Seeing Fuling, her eyes did not have the usual teasing look. Qin Wan took the medicine bag and ointment and went to Before, "This is a new medicine. One is for external use, the other is for internal use. I have written all of it on it. You can find someone to find it after you go back."
Qin Li nodded. Although he was ill, he still ordered people to move.
"Ninth Sister, do you have any clues about the case between Liu Shi and Butler Liu?"
For so many days, Qin Li hadn't asked, but now he asked, Qin Wan raised his eyebrows, "Second Brother, why do you ask this?"
Qin Li's eyes flashed, "If something like this happened in the mansion, you should be more concerned."
Qin Wan looked at Qin Li for a moment, "I'm looking into Second Aunt's background."
Qin Li frowned, "What's the origin of Second Aunt?"
"That's right." Qin Wan tentatively said, "When the second aunt came into the house, the second brother should have remembered things. I don't know if the second brother can remember where the second aunt is from?"
Qin Li lowered his eyes and shook his head, "Mother doesn't allow us to talk to Second Aunt, nor run over to play, I don't know." As he spoke, Qin Li said anxiously, "It's raining, so I won't stay any longer. It's getting colder. Ninth Sister, be careful, I'm leaving first."
Qin Wan quietly watched Qin Li turn and leave, and then slowly closed the window lattice when the figure was no longer in sight.
After standing still for a while, Qin Wan went to the inner room to rest.
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Although there was a patter of rain outside the window all night, Qin Wan slept very well that night. When he opened his eyes at dawn the next day, the rain outside hadn't stopped. It was raining, and it was hard for Qin Wan to go Walking around in the yard, I simply stayed in bed for a while.
Fu Ling got up as in the past, and carefully walked to the ear room with the balm and other things for washing. After a while, she walked to Qin Wan's window. Listening to Qin Wan's breathing, she felt something was wrong, and immediately pulled the bed curtain away slowly. .
As soon as the bed curtain was opened, Fuling couldn't help but gasped again.
"Miss! Why are you still looking at the bones?!"
On the bed, Qin Wan leaned against the head of the bed, still holding the bone in his palm.
Fu Ling thought it was unlucky at first, but now she is used to it, Qin Wan sighed, "I still can't figure out where this bone is, maybe I remembered it wrong?"
When Qin Wan said this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "Are there any medical books in the library in the mansion?"
Such a question stumped Fu Ling, "I don't know about this, but the young master must know, Miss, go ask the young master?"
Qin Wan had read the theory of bones and veins in a previous medical book, and she had memorized it for a long time. She thought she would never forget it with her memory, but she didn't expect that there was a bone that she couldn't recognize!
Qin Wan immediately lifted the quilt and got out of bed, "Hurry up and change clothes, let's go find elder brother."
Fuling knew about Qin Wan's temper, so Fuling still gave a wry smile, "Miss must have breakfast first." Having said that, she still neatly waited on Qin Wan to freshen up.
After freshening up and dressing up, Qin Wan looked at the breakfast that had been delivered and only drank a bowl of soup. The rain outside hadn't stopped, and it didn't seem to be slowing down. It just kept falling like a transparent silk curtain. Fu Ling took another green bamboo umbrella and accompanied Qin Wan to the Linfeng Courtyard. As soon as they reached the gate of the Linfeng Courtyard, Qin Wan saw Qin Shuang stepping into the courtyard before them.
Seeing this, Fu Ling said in a low voice, "Miss doesn't know yet, Miss Wu and Miss Six had a falling out, Madam called Miss Six out last night, I don't know what she said, Miss Six came out crying, and said in front of the servants Fifth Miss slandered her."
Qin Wan shook his head. The relationship between Qin Xiang and Qin Shuang was naturally about something outside of the purple bamboo forest yesterday. Qin Xiang defended his mother, and Qin Shuang was unwilling to reconcile. Naturally, he wanted to quarrel, "Don't worry about it."
After Qin Wan said something, she still walked forward, Fu Ling said in a low voice, "Yes, we don't care, the lady's status is not low at present, we are not afraid of any of them."
Qin Wan laughed when he heard the words, and went straight into the courtyard of Linfengyuan. The servant saw them coming, and immediately went in to report. Not long after, Mo Shu came out to greet her, "I haven't seen Miss Jiu coming over for a few days, please..."
Mo Shu was as enthusiastic as ever, Qin Wan walked in, and as soon as he reached the entrance of the inner room, he saw Qin Shuang talking with reddish eyes, but when he saw her appear, he touched his eyes and stopped talking.
Qin Wan smiled, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to trouble you."
Yao Xinlan leaned on the couch, "I wish you could come here every day, is it true that His Royal Highness and the prefect did not come to the mansion today, so you come here when you are free?"
Qin Wan sighed, "I don't know yet. I really want to trouble my sister-in-law when I come here. I was looking for my elder brother, but it seems that my elder brother is not here."
Yao Xinlan looked at Qin Wan with surprise, but Qin Wan never offered to ask them for help.
"Ninth sister, tell me quickly, what happened?"
Qin Wan said bluntly, "I want to look for two medical books. I don't know if there are any in the library in the mansion. I saw Mr. Huo borrowing books last time, so I thought it would be more convenient if the library has them, so I don't have to go outside. found."
"So that's how it is." Yao Xinlan smiled, "Isn't it just borrowing books? This is not troublesome. Your elder brother went to visit his father. I heard that his father is not well this morning, but I can make decisions about the library. , the key is in our courtyard, I asked Mo Shu to get the key and take you there? I don’t know what book you are looking for, and I don’t understand, so you can go and see it yourself?”
That couldn't be better, Qin Wan quickly thanked, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Yao Xinlan waved her hand, and immediately ordered Mo Shu, and after a while, Mo Shu took the key and sent them to the library.
After leaving Linfeng Courtyard, Qin Wan said, "Sister-in-law's complexion looks much better."
Mo Shu also exhaled, "Yeah, Miss is in a good mood these few days, and people are also active with Shu, walking around every day, and her spirit is much better than before. not worried."
The rain was gurgling, and a thin layer of mist gathered among the trees and trees not far away. Qin Wan felt at ease when listening to Mo Shu's words, but before Yao Xinlan was drugged, and Yao Xinlan's nightmare, all shrouded her heart like this rain and mist , a hazy layer that can't be seen from a distance, and can't be touched when it's close, but it does exist.
Mo Shu walked in front alone holding an umbrella, Fu Ling held an umbrella for Qin Wan and walked behind, the three of them went straight to the library, the Qin family was a wealthy family after all, and naturally there was a heritage of writing in the family, Qin Wan entered the library, Seeing that the collection of books exceeded her expectations, Mo Shu said at the door, "Miss Nine, go in and have a look by yourself. There are medical books, but I don't know if there are any that Miss Nine wants."
Qin Wan nodded, and went into the library alone. The library is not too big, but every row of bookshelves is full of books. After walking a few steps, Qin Wan saw the category of medical books, but medical books are small categories. She has read all the books she can reach, and most of them focus on pharmacology, but it is not enough to read the theory of bones and veins. Some of the valuable ancient books and famous paintings were still locked, Qin Wan couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Fortunately, she didn't have absolute hope, and when she couldn't find what she wanted, she pushed it out. Seeing that she came out empty-handed, Mo Shu and Fu Ling knew that Qin Wan hadn't gained anything. Mo Shu couldn't help but feel apologetic, "What book is Miss Jiu looking for?" ? Why don’t you send someone out to buy it?”
The medical books are all secret, not to mention that most of what she is looking for now only has a single copy, Qin Wan shook her head, "Don't bother, and it's not necessary to look for it, it's good to read it when I have a chance in the future."
What Qin Wan said was true, Mo Shu sighed, "Okay, Miss Nine will go back to Linfengyuan again?"
The library is also to the east of the mansion, but Qin Wan glanced to the west after hearing the words, "I'm afraid I have to go over there to have a look."
Knowing that she was going to help Yan Chi and Huo Huaixin investigate the case, Mo Shu nodded upon hearing this, "Yes, that servant will leave."
Mo Shu took a step ahead while talking. Qin Wan and Fu Ling watched her leave in front of the library before heading west. The two took the shortcut between the flower beds and saw a few osmanthus trees in a short time.
The sweet-scented osmanthus cake that I had just eaten yesterday still had a lingering fragrance. Qin Wan looked at the tender yellow flower buds that were wet by the rain and then crumbling. Anyway, she was only going to see Aunt Liu’s bones, and Yan Chi was still there. She hadn't entered the mansion yet, so she was not in a hurry, she stopped and said, "These buds are about to fall, we might as well pick some and take them back to make wine and fragrance."
Fu Ling laughed cheerfully when she heard the words, "Miss, take the umbrella, and this servant will pick it up."
Qin Wan took the umbrella, and Fuling burst out happily. It can be seen that she loves these funny things very much, but she was restrained in the same place with Miss Jiu in the past. It fell down with a light touch. Fuling took out the sachet and handkerchief in his sleeve, first put it into the sachet, and then connected it with the handkerchief. The two of them didn't bring any utensils. I found it very interesting, and immediately thought of the past time.
She was not so gentle and quiet at the beginning. When she was young, she followed her father to different positions. She was not well-bred and taught boudoir studies, and she was not like other daughters of everyone who had studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She only loved chess and books The second way is because her father likes this way, and her calligraphy and chess skills are all learned from her father. Although her mother loves the piano, but because of her poor health, she seldom plays, let alone teaches her. As for painting, she is really a layman.
In the second year when my father served as the criminal inspector of Liangzhou Road in the north, there were two osmanthus trees in his small house. In September and October of that year, the two osmanthus trees were covered with fine yellow osmanthus flowers. The small flower bone flower, with its rich and lively fragrance, is the most dazzling scenery in autumn in the north, which is far more bleak and chilling than the southern country. At that time, she was just a child, and the old servant at home wanted to I went to pick sweet-scented osmanthus to make cakes for her, but she stopped her. The little man was holding a handkerchief, and stood under the tree eagerly waiting for the flower bones to fall. His mother laughed at her stupidity, but his father picked her up. To touch the tip of the sweet-scented osmanthus.
She held one of her small white hands underneath, and touched the top of the tree with the other hand. As soon as the tree top moved, the golden osmanthus flowers fell into her palm. In Bai Shengsheng's palm, the golden osmanthus flowers, she will Burying her face into her palm, she took a deep breath, the warm and sweet scent of osmanthus almost made her drunk at a young age...
"Miss, let's go back and get a big dustpan to put it in!"
Fuling's magpie-like cries pulled Qin Wan out of her memories, and she came back to her senses, only to see that Fuling's sachet was full, and her handkerchief was also full of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, because I can't fit it anymore, so I have to hold the handkerchief with both hands.
The corners of Qin Wan's lips curved slightly, "Okay, let Wantang pick them later!"
Fu Ling smiled immediately, and took a sniff with her eyes closed, "It smells so good, I want to eat Mrs. Liu's sweet-scented osmanthus cake!"
Qin Wan laughed, seeing that she was still standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree drenched in the rain, she couldn't help but went up to hold an umbrella for her, "I want to eat, I'll go later and let her make it for you tomorrow, remember to eat it again Grab some snacks and go over…”
After Qin Wan finished speaking, the umbrella had already covered Fu Ling's shoulders, and suddenly, there was a "stab".
Both the master and the servant froze in their smiles, and they all raised their heads. Good guy, the blue bamboo umbrella was scratched by a branch protruding obliquely. Qin Wan frowned, and Fu Ling pursed her mouth, "Ah ... This is the most beautiful umbrella in our yard. Because it is Miss Pei, the servants always use this umbrella... "
Qin Wan also had some regrets, "It's my fault, I didn't see it..."
"No, no, blame the servant girl, the servant girl is standing under this tree..."
The two masters and servants were fighting, but a group of people walked up the path on the left side of the osmanthus tree. The person in charge saw Qin Wan and Fu Ling and immediately came up to him, "Meet Miss Nine..."
Qin Wan turned around and was slightly surprised that it was Caihe, "Why are you here?"
Cai He turned her head and glanced at a few male servants standing not far away, "Miss Nine still doesn't know, yesterday the magistrate and His Royal Highness said that there is no need to investigate Zizhu Forest, and the old lady still taboos the well, so let Man filled that well."
Qin Wan looked at the men with mud spots on their boots, "Filled?"
Cai He nodded, "It's almost over. It turns out that the floor tiles under the flower shed have also been laid. Now the old lady should feel at ease. Miss Jiu doesn't know, the old lady hasn't slept well for the past two days."
Qin Wan felt a little strange in his heart, Jiang Shi actually believed in ghosts and gods to this extent
While Caihe was talking, seeing Qin Wan and Caihe standing strangely, he looked up and saw that the umbrella in Qin Wan's hand had been punctured, "Ah, this umbrella is broken, Miss Ninth, I want my servant to give you a new one." Come? Throw this one away."
Qin Wan took a step forward, looked at the opening, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just a small opening."
Cai He could see Qin Wan's love for this umbrella, "This umbrella is really elegant and beautiful. Later, the servant will send you some paper umbrellas from the warehouse?"
This couldn't be better, Qin Guan suddenly felt that Caihe was so young that Jiang's value was not in vain.
"That would be great, please."
Cai He blessed Fushen, "How dare you do this, Miss Jiu, please wait a moment."
Qin Wan nodded, and Cai He left with a few men. Seeing Cai He leave, Fu Ling said in a low voice, "Sister Cai He is really good at dealing with people, and she can tell what Miss is thinking at a glance."
Qin Wan bent her lips, "So she can be the old lady's servant, let's go back quickly, fortunately the umbrella is only a little broken, and it can still cover us..."
Qin Wan's tone was relaxed and her smile was genuine. Poria held a veil of sweet-scented osmanthus and got under the umbrella, feeling happier than ever before, "Miss, do you still remember that the master and wife used to ask people to pick sweet-scented osmanthus in autumn? The servants are the ones who pick the most, because this master has rewarded the servants before."
Qin Wan said "Oh", "What did you get?"
The corners of Fu Ling's mouth twitched, "Hey, this servant knows that the young lady can't remember, but it was a long time ago. The master rewarded the servant with a pendant! That pendant is always worn by the maidservant, but last year the young lady fell ill. It's hard to be tough by Qian Bai."
Qin Wan frowned, "Is there such a thing?"
Fu Ling snorted, "No way! So he is not a good person!"
Qin Wan sighed, "I'll buy you a better one next time..."
"I don't want it, my servant, I only hope that Miss will be well!" Fu Ling puffed up her chest as she spoke, "A piece of pendant can cure Miss' illness, and this servant thinks it is very worth it!"
Qin Wan didn't say any more, but he remembered the matter in his heart. Just now, when he recalled the past, he still felt a little sad, but when he saw Fu Ling, the sadness faded a lot, but he suddenly thought of the people who were thousands of miles away. Come to Beijing.
More than a month has passed since that incident, King Yong took the crown prince, presumably everything has come to an end, and she is still in precarious situation in Jinzhou, when will she get the chance to return to the capital
The master and the servant returned to the yard, Fu Ling first went to put down the sweet-scented osmanthus that had already been picked, and then went to call Wan Tang and the others. After a few instructions, Wan Tang took Wan Xing and Wan Tao to pick the flowers by themselves. Qin Wan put the fresh sweet-scented osmanthus on the incense burner, and the smoke from the agarwood filled the room with the scent of the sweet-scented osmanthus.
"Miss, is this how you make incense?"
Fu Ling widened her eyes curiously, and Qin Wan said, "The old man burns pine, cypress, and tangerine peels to burn incense. Although there is a way to make incense, we can also make the house more fragrant. Isn't that the same way?"
Fu Ling looked at Qin Wan with bright eyes, "How does Miss know so much..."
As soon as the words were finished, the courtyard door slammed softly, and Fu Ling stood up, "It must be to deliver umbrella paper!"
After talking, Fu Ling walked out quickly, Qin Wan only heard her say a few words to someone, and after a while, Fu Ling came in holding a stack of umbrella papers, but as soon as she entered, Fu Ling smiled wryly, "Miss, this is a shame. Really... What we want is cyan umbrella paper, but what the servant sent is water red umbrella paper, how can this be good?"
Qin Wan raised her eyes and looked over, as expected, the umbrella paper that Fu Ling held in her hand turned out to be water-red in color.
Fu Ling sighed, "Caihe must not have said what color we want, or the slave in the warehouse did it on purpose, Miss, let's go get a new one..."
Qin Wan looked at the umbrella paper for a moment, the corners of his lips curved slightly, "No need."
Fuling let out a "huh", Qin Wan got up and said, "Go get the scissors, and bring the leftover white apricot paste from yesterday."
Fu Ling didn't know what Qin Wan was going to do, but she did it anyway. Qin Wan picked up the water-red umbrella paper and cut it a few times, and then asked Fu Ling to bring in the umbrella. After a while, the bamboo umbrella had dried up. Fu Ling opened the bamboo umbrella, and Qin Wan leaned down holding the fast red umbrella paper. After a while, Qin Wan straightened up, "Look..."
Fu Ling immediately picked up the umbrella when she heard the words, and when she looked at it, she saw that there was a water-red red lotus on top of the umbrella that was originally only ink and blue lotus. Immediately, the ink painting became full of color and vitality, and Fu Ling smiled, "Miss is really... amazing!"
Qin Wan's eyes were rarely smug, but she was not ostentatious, only a smile permeated her eyes, and her usually cold face became vivid, she glanced out the window, "No one came here today? "
Fu Ling said, "Yes, His Royal Highness hasn't come yet."
Qin Wan turned to look at Fuling for a moment, "I'm talking about the government office..."
Fu Ling was putting away her umbrella, and said to herself, "Oh, I thought Miss was talking about His Royal Highness, but these days, Miss and His Royal Highness have talked a lot more than before."
Having said that, Qin Wan seemed to have realized that since he knew that Yan Chi had changed his identity, Yan Chi officially came to investigate the case. Unlike the past when he was a bystander, this time he became the chief officer of the case. Implications immediately increased. Yan Chi was quick-witted and scheming. Although it was the first time she was investigating a case, every time she figured out something, he would understand without having to explain it. They had never had a deep intersection before. , this time there seems to be a bit of tacit understanding.
Since Yan Chi hadn't come yet, and had been delayed for such a long time, Qin Wan decided not to go to Xiyuan. At this time, the courtyard door was pushed open again, and a few laughs came in. Qin Wan knew that it was Wantang and the others. When he came back, he also stood up and went out to look.
In the yard, Wantang and the others were carrying a small bamboo basket and each holding an umbrella. Not to mention, it was very pleasing to just stand under the rain. Wantang took the lead when Qin Wan came out. Stepping forward, "Miss, we don't collect much as ordered."
Qin Wan nodded, Wantang and the others put away their umbrellas and handed over their bamboo baskets.
Fuling swept over one by one, and suddenly saw a few small white daisies lying in one of the bamboo baskets, Fuling's eyes lit up, "Did you pick Xiangxuehai..." After a slight pause, Fuling said uncertainly, "Ah , is this Xiangxuehai or Yaotai Yufeng!"
Xiangxuehai and Yaotai Yufeng are both very high-grade white chrysanthemums in Dazhou. When the flowering period is in full bloom, they are all chrysanthemums. Son, I couldn't be sure which species it was for a while, because the difference between these two kinds of white chrysanthemums is very small, and it is even more difficult to distinguish when the buds are not in bloom.
Wan Tao took a step forward, and said with a bit of joy in her eyes, "It's the Xiangxuehai, Sister Fuling, look, this is the Xiangxuehai that hasn't bloomed yet, you can open the flower heart, there are yellow pistils in it, but you can't see it right now , I cut it off with a flower branch, I can put it on the young lady's desk, and it will bloom in a few days."
Fu Ling took a closer look at the place Wan Tao pointed at, "Huh, it's really..."
Seeing Wan Tao's expression waiting to be praised, Fu Ling was about to praise her, but Qin Wan, who was standing beside her, suddenly turned around and entered the room. Tao even blinked, the joy on his face dissipated, leaving only a little panic, "I... did I do something wrong and say something wrong..."
Fu Ling put down the bamboo basket, "I'll go and have a look, you just wait, it's fine."
Fu Ling turned around and entered the house, and walked all the way to the inner room before seeing Qin Wan. Qin Wan turned his back to her and lowered his head slightly. He didn't know what he was looking at. Fu Ling walked to Qin Wan's side suspiciously, and looked at her , suddenly a little dumbfounded.
Qin Wan was still holding the bone in his hand, and when he left so suddenly just now, he came in to look at the bone!
Fu Ling had no choice but to feel that her young lady was possessed. She was about to speak, but Qin Wan raised her head with bright eyes!
"Why didn't I think of it... so it's like this..."
Qin Wan's eyes were as clear as the moon, her face was filled with radiance, and the brilliance between her brows and eyes was touching, but Fu Ling couldn't understand what she said.
Fu Ling froze for a moment, then said in astonishment, "Miss, what's wrong? What didn't you think of?"
Qin Wan looked down at the bone again, as if he was certain of something, he turned to look at Fu Ling, "I didn't expect... I always thought it was an adult's bone, so I didn't recognize it... But who said it must be an adult's bone , it is also possible that this is the bone that the little girl has not grown into yet... "