Chapter 23 There is another mystery
"That's not the case! Mr. Zhou... may have such feelings for the girl, but the girl treats him as a congenial poet friend. It's just that I can't bear to see his pearl covered in dust and his ambitions difficult to realize... that's why I help him!" Xier said in a lower voice: "Besides, Mr. Zhou is born ordinary... The girl is used to looking in the mirror, how can she have other thoughts about such an ordinary face..."
What I mean is, family background and face, there must be a match, right? Mr. Zhou might want to promise that, but his girl doesn't want it.
The girl just wants to find a confidant to talk about poetry and prose, and to show her kindness.
Chang Kuo listened for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, slapping his thigh and saying, "That's right! The girls of our Chang family don't need him to come and marry them. Even if he wins the first place in the imperial examination, we don't care! For others, this pie in the sky may still have some hope, but for us Sui Ning, it's still a shame!"
Chang Suining also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know whether Ah Li was awake or stupid as rumored, he was thankful that he didn't give his true heart easily.
Or perhaps, it is because they have enough food, clothing and money that they are not easily tempted by those illusory promises about the future.
Their Ah Li is a little girl who was raised in luxury and pampered in the palm of her hand. Although she is sensitive, she is kindhearted and will extend a generous hand to help others because she appreciates their talents.
For this reason, if this person is really related to the accident of A Li, then he is absolutely unforgivable.
Xier said this and glanced at Chang Sui'an: "...After the young master knew about this, he suspected that the young lady was deceived, so he tried to dissuade her...but the young lady thought that young master Zhou was a virtuous person, so she didn't really listen."
"It's a good thing to help out of kindness. We don't lack this little money in our mansion." Chang Kuo looked at Chang Suining and reminded him gently, "But if your kindness is taken advantage of and deceived by others, that would be inappropriate... What do you think, Suining?"
Now that we're talking about this person, as his father, I have to give him some reminders.
Chang Suining nodded: "That's right, so I have to trouble my father to have someone carefully investigate this person's background."
Chang Kuo was surprised and pleased and agreed repeatedly.
"How often does this person send letters?" Chang Suining continued to ask Xier, "Did any letters arrive during the time I was away from home?"
"Usually, there is a letter every ten days or half a month... As for this period of time, I don't know." Xier said, looking at Chang Sui'an and Manager Bai.
Ever since the girl's accident, she has not left her room - the girl's accident happened under her nose, and such treatment is within the rules.
"There is a letter..." Although Chang Sui'an didn't want to mention this person, he said truthfully: "About eight or nine days ago, this person quietly slipped another letter through the back door."
"Is the letter still there?" Chang Suining asked, "I want to see it."
"Your sister is asking you a question!" Seeing his son's hesitant expression, Chang Kuo was about to grab the teapot at hand and throw it at him.
Chang Sui'an then said, "Sword boy... go get the letter."
Chang Suining asked Xier again: "Are there any letters from this person in the past?"
Since Ah Li truly appreciates the other party's talent, he will surely stay.
Xier did not answer for a moment when she heard this, but just looked at Chang Sui'an in embarrassment.
Chang Sui'an's face flushed red: "They are all... all with me, Jian Tong, you can get them all here."
The sword boy agreed and went down.
"After the girl got into trouble, my husband and I suspected whether it was related to Zhou Ding... So we secretly checked the last letter he wrote to the girl, trying to find out whether he had made an appointment with the girl in private." Butler Bai explained.
Chang Sui'an also said ashamedly: "Ningning, it was because my brother was anxious that I peeked at your things..."
Chang Suining did not comment, but only asked: "So, the last letter before the Lantern Festival did not mention any invitation?"
Manager Bai nodded.
Therefore, they dispelled their doubts.
Although the girl had contacts with this man, she did not overstep the boundaries. They could only meet through letters, and there was no other way of passing messages.
In addition, the other party had written to invite her eight or nine days ago, so it didn't seem like he knew that something had happened to the girl.
Manager Bai expressed all these thoughts and inferences.
Chang Kuoruo was thinking: "It's not necessarily that there is no suspicion... Sui Ning fell into the water that night and fell into the hands of the criminals. Sui An hired a boatman to salvage the fruit but failed. In the eyes of outsiders, it was a search for something, but if the fruit was really dropped by someone, then for the murderer it would be 'dead without a body', and he would be somewhat uneasy..."
Chang Suining nodded: "So, if this matter is related to Zhou Ding, then the letter from eight or nine days ago may be a cover-up or a test."
——Test whether A Li is still alive.
Manager Bai thought about it and nodded.
It is indeed possible.
However, they were anxious to find the whereabouts of the girl, so they did not investigate further after checking the letter. In addition, Mr. Yu soon got news about the girl, so they no longer pursued Zhou Ding's seemingly innocent clue.
At the moment, it seems that the girl fell into the water and fell into the hands of the kidnapper - perhaps these two things happened to coincide with each other.
Now that the latter incident has been revealed and the girl clearly remembers having fallen into the water, it is time to thoroughly investigate the former.
The letters were quickly brought back and filled an entire sandalwood box.
Chang Suining read through the letters one by one and said, "These poems are indeed extraordinary."
Chang Sui'an was inexplicably depressed - even if his sister's brain was broken, did she still admire Zhou Ding? "Just as my brother said, he is a liar."
Chang Sui'an and the others were all stunned.
"Sui Ning, what do you mean?" Chang Kuo asked hurriedly.
"I didn't think much of them before when I read them individually—" Chang Suining made up the first half of the sentence, then said, "Now that I put them together and compare them, I find that the styles of these poems are very different, and they don't seem to be written by the same person."
Chang Kuo was surprised: "It's all written in black and white, how can you tell the difference?"
"Of course." Chang Suining said, "Just like my father is good at swordsmanship and is also proficient in riding and shooting, even if he has dabbled in all eighteen martial arts, his emphasis is always different, and each person's martial arts style can also reveal their own character - similarly, the style of poetry attainments is also related to the experience and temperament of the poet, and the flaw in this letter lies here."
Either this person has a severe split personality and is a lunatic, or he is an extraordinary genius.
But such a genius would surely be revealed early, just like Wei Shuyi, who could not be hidden - and such a talent would certainly not lack people to "help" him.
"So... sister, are you saying that the poem Zhou Ding wrote for you was ghostwritten by someone else?!" Chang Sui'an was shocked and angry: "I thought he was really talented!"
"He should have some talent, at least his handwriting is pretty good." Chang Suining said, "Maybe he was too eager to please others. He knew his selling point was his talent, so he didn't want to lose that reputation. But he couldn't always write good works that he was satisfied with, so he borrowed or asked others to write for him. He didn't get caught the first time, so he did it the second time."
No matter how much Ah Li likes poetry, he is still young and is working behind closed doors.
But she was different. Since she started to learn, the teachers around her were all truly learned people, the best in the world.
Therefore, in her eyes, these things looked fake at first glance.
"I said... How can he be called a gentleman if he feels at ease to swindle a girl's money? This hypocrite must be a bad guy!" Chang Sui'an was extremely angry, but also had a bit of "I expected it" look on his face, and for a moment his back straightened.
Chang Kuo frowned: "Then this person is clearly deceiving Sui Ning... and how can a person with damaged talents and morals have a good character!"
"That's right." Chang Suining picked up the letter that Ah Li received before the accident. It was the day before the Lantern Festival.
She said slowly, "Besides, it was this person who invited me to meet him at the Lantern Festival."
There is another mystery in this letter.
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