Chapter 2525 Taihe Academy
There are not many records about Sister Chun, only words like poor and leaving on her own initiative.
Yin Yuan was careful and even recorded Sister Chun's address. Unfortunately, when Su Yan found her, Sister Chun's family had already moved away, and now a couple was living in Sister Chun's old house.
Su Yan looked at the narrow wooden door. The word "Fu" on the door was extremely shabby, but it was still trying hard to protect this family.
Su Yan stood in front of the door and looked around for a moment. Before she knocked, she saw a woman pulling open the bolt and sticking her head out. She didn't expect that the person coming was a young woman. "Are you... here to see my husband?"
Obviously, he regarded Su Yan as an indecent woman.
Su Yan said softly, "Sister, I'm here to look for Sister Chun, she's my mother's sister. My mother was sent to another family when she was young, and now she's seriously ill and won't last long. I wanted to see my aunt before I left, but we only know this place."
"Sister Chun's niece?" The woman saw that Su Yan had a kind face, was polite, and spoke very courteously. She let down her guard a little, opened the door, and said, "Sister Chun has been gone for many years. We have been living here. We don't know where she went."
Su Yan's eyes were filled with disappointment that could not be concealed. "My mother said that she was sold to a merchant's house as a maid a long time ago. It took me a lot of effort to find out that she had redeemed herself and married. She had obviously found a home, so where else could she go?"
Su Yan added some details, and the woman trusted her even more after hearing them.
She felt sorry for Su Yan's filial piety and tried to recall: "At that time, she said she was going to accompany her husband to visit distant relatives, and she left in a hurry. This house was sold to us at a low price. Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed quite strange. Who would have a problem with money?"
Su Yan cooperated: "Distant relatives? Do I know them? I can go find them."
"It happened so many years ago. She might not be alive anymore. Girl, you should go home and stay with your mother." The woman paused, as if she remembered something, and took Su Yan's hand. "I remember that she left something for me before she left. She said that if anyone looks for her in the future, I should give it to them."
Su Yan perked up and looked at her, "What is it?"
"Just wait, I'll find it for you."
Su Yan didn't know what Sister Chun left behind, but her intuition told her that this thing was not simple.
While waiting, Su Yan entered the yard.
The yard was narrow, and the woman managed to clear out a small piece of space to grow some vegetables in the autumn.
Although it was a little shabby, compared with other people in the Zhou Dynasty, it was already a good life where they could live and work in peace and contentment.
Su Yan thought of Zhao Mingde, and also of Yun Xing and Yun Zhou.
No one knows what was recorded in the files they took away.
After a while, the woman brought a small package and handed it to Su Yan.
Su Yan was afraid of causing trouble to the woman, so he didn't open it in front of her, but just thanked her repeatedly.
She found a tea stall and sat down, put the package on the table, opened it and found that there was a piece of clothing inside.
The cuffs of the clothes were obviously torn and there were patches on the collar. They were old children's clothes.
It is impossible for Sister Chun to leave only old clothes, and these old clothes were worn by children, so there must be other intentions.
Su Yan searched carefully and found a sewn cloth bag inside the old clothes.
The mouth of the cloth bag was sealed with needle and thread. Su Yan noticed that the needle and thread showed signs of having been tampered with.
There is an inconspicuous iron hook inside, which is used to unlock the lock.
Su Yan had never searched Ciyu Village, so he didn't know if there was any place in Ciyu Village that needed an iron hook to open. But seeing that there was a lot of oil stains on the iron hook, he guessed that it often appeared in the kitchen or was often used by the cooks in the kitchen.
Su Yan did not delay and prepared to go to Ciyu Village again with the iron hook.
As soon as I got up, I heard a loud noise.
A storm suddenly arose on the peaceful street. The vendors quickened their pace and hid in the alleys on both sides. A few children squatted on the street and looked around curiously, but they were all hurriedly taken away by their parents.
Anping Town is a small town, and few notable figures come here. A few years ago, a small group of Hu people made trouble in front of the city gate and harmed many suburban residents. Although they were finally driven away by the Changwei Army, the people were still frightened.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. A group of people and horses were seen coming from the city gate in the distance. Two people were riding horses in front, followed by two rather luxurious carriages, and there were also entourages behind them. On both sides of the long street, there were yamen runners who had been waiting for a long time, clearing a path for the carriages.
Even Magistrate Qin would not have such a scene. The person who came might be of higher status than Magistrate Qin.
The common people who had no time to avoid the carriage stood respectfully on both sides of the long street, and when the carriage approached, they all knelt down.
Su Yan followed suit and asked the waiter at the tea stall nearby in a low voice, "Who is here?"
"The county magistrate is here, and something big has happened in our town! Oh, lower your head, this is disrespectful to the county magistrate!"
The carriage hurried past Su Yan, carrying with it a cold and murderous aura.
Su Yan looked up and saw the second carriage passing by. A slender hand lifted the curtain, revealing the handsome profile of a young man.
That face flashed before Su Yan's eyes, and Su Yan was a little dazed for a moment.
The curtains fell quickly.
After the county magistrate's carriage drove away, Su Yan got up from the ground and touched his poor knees.
Although she was a bit shameless, she was still not used to kneeling before others. Although she had helped in the government office over the years, she was not a formal coroner and had never kneeled before.
If she wants to find out the cause of her parents' death in the future, she will probably have to go through all this, so she has to get used to it as soon as possible.
When we returned to Ciyu Village, there were no constables in the yard.
A small number of constables were taken away by Captain Zhao to investigate the case, and the rest were called to the yamen, presumably to welcome the county magistrate.
Su Yan found Lianxiang and asked her to take him to the kitchen.
"There is no fixed person in the kitchen. We have two meals a day here, and whoever's turn it is will cook. I prepared it yesterday. As for what Sister Chun you mentioned does, I really don't know. It's been too long. I think even if you find someone who was in Ciyou Village back then, I'm afraid they won't remember these details."
Su Yan said: "Just take me to have a look, maybe there will be some new discoveries."
Although Lianxiang was not optimistic, she knew that Su Yan's words carried a lot of weight with Captain Zhao, so she naturally did not dare to stop him.
Su Yan found an excuse to send the people in the kitchen away and closed the door.
On the left side of the kitchen is the stove, and the large iron pot on the stove is big enough to cook meals for everyone.
On weekdays, Lianxiang only does some simple cleaning work, and there is a lot of oil stains on the stove.
Su Yan walked to the wooden rack where various cooking utensils were placed and checked carefully, trying to find something that needed the iron hook among the miscellaneous items, but found nothing.
But it’s not surprising. If it could be found easily, it would have been discarded long ago.
The fact that Sister Chun dared to leave the iron hook behind at least shows that the thing is in a hidden place and is not easy to find.
Su Yan looked at the kitchen, which was neither big nor small, and thought for a long time, then his eyes fell on the blue brick floor.
She squatted down and groped bit by bit.
There was nothing wrong with the blue bricks, so Su Yan went to check the wall again.
The earth wall was not very flat, and parts of it had been blackened by fireworks, and it felt almost like an iron hook.
Su Yan's hand continued to move down to the bottom, and finally touched the loose place.
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