Chapter 213 You killed him!

"No, I won't sell it!" Hongxiu hurriedly grasped the hairpin tightly in her hand, and couldn't help cursing, "Spending 100,000 taels to buy a broken hairpin, are you crazy?"

Xie Zhuoning lazily raised his eyelashes, his eyes were cold, "I spent 100,000 taels, but Miss Hongxiu refused to sell me the hairpin. I want to ask, who is crazy?"

One hundred thousand taels would be enough to free her from the sea of ​​suffering and allow her to live a life without worries about food and clothing.

However, she refused without hesitation for a hairpin that was not very expensive.

Hong Xiu bit her lip and said, "I am happy with it. It's none of your business."

She still looks like she is invulnerable and nothing can happen to her.

Little do people know that when a person exposes his or her soft spots, she is no longer an iron wall.

Xie Zhuoning raised his hand and hit Hongxiu's wrist.

Hongxiu felt pain, her hand loosened, and the hairpin slipped out of her hand.

With quick eyes and hands, Xie Zhuoning stretched out his hand and held the hairpin firmly in his hand.

"Since Miss Hongxiu still refuses to cooperate, there's no need to keep the hairpin. First burn it with fire, then smash it with a hammer until it's broken into slag, then sprinkle it on Captain Jian's grave. Who knows, the grass on his grave may grow taller next year."

"You dare, you dare! I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!" As soon as these words came out, Hongxiu's expression instantly became excited, and she rushed over with a crazy roar, trying to snatch the hairpin back.

Xiao Jinxuan raised his hand and froze her.

She could only watch helplessly as Xie Zhuoning picked up a large iron hammer that he had gotten from somewhere, lifted it high up, and then smashed it down heavily!

"No...no...I say, I say!"

Xie Zhuoning dropped the hammer in his hand and clapped his hands, "Wouldn't it be better if you were so obedient earlier?"

Seeing Hongxiu relax, Yang Fangwen immediately asked, "Why did Captain Jian come to see you that day?"

Recalling the scene of that night, Hongxiu couldn't control the sadness in her eyes, "That day, I asked him to come to Yihongyuan."

She felt sorry for his efforts, and finally fell into this world of mortals.

The only way to make up for it was to redeem his mother's legacy - the hairpin, and return it to him personally.

But he did not take it away. Instead, he put it back on her head, told her that she looked very beautiful in it, and asked her to be well in the future.

As if leaving a last will.

I'm afraid by then, he knew that he could not escape.

Sure enough, the next day, news of his death came.

But he didn't drink any alcohol in Yihonglou that night, so how could he have drowned from being drunk?

Yang Fangwen was stunned. "So, you don't know how Captain Jian died?"

"How could I not know?" Hong Xiu Evil glared at Yang Fangwen fiercely, the hatred in her eyes spreading out like a substance, "You are the one who killed him!"

Xie Zhuoning tilted his head: "Huh?"

Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Yang Fangwen said hoarsely: "!!!"

In an instant, the atmosphere in the room became strange and unusual.

Coming back to his senses, Yang Fangwen quickly explained, "Ms. Hongxiu, you must have misunderstood me. He is my most trusted right-hand man. How could I kill him?"

Hongxiu was very sure, "Brother Liang said there were bad people in Jingzhao Prefecture and told me not to trust anyone. But not long after, you came to my house and asked about what happened that night. Who else could it be but you?"

After hearing this, Xie Zhuoning finally understood why Hongxiu had given Yang Fangwen a strong drug that day, wanting him to die in bed in an extremely humiliating and undignified way. She wanted to avenge Jian Liang!

The infiltration of Jingzhao Prefecture could also explain why Captain Jian was killed not long after he got the list!

Hearing that there was a traitor in Jingzhao Prefecture, which he managed, Yang Fangwen's eyes suddenly became stern and his expression was cold. "I will go back and investigate this matter thoroughly, and I will never let the culprit get away with it!"

"It sounds better than singing, but it's just a thief crying thief." Hongxiu turned her head away with disdain, not believing it at all.

Yang Fangwen had no choice but to look aside, and his eyes immediately lit up, "Even if you don't believe Yang, you can't not believe His Royal Highness Prince Xuan!"

"Your Highness Prince Xuan..." Hongxiu was stunned, and her heart began to waver.

It turned out that person was His Royal Highness Prince Xuan.

Every common people in the capital city knows that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is the most fair and just.

But Brother Liang once said that this matter is very likely to involve the royal family. What if Prince Xuan is also involved?

She stepped back cautiously, "No, I don't believe you either. Who knows if you two are protecting each other or are in the same boat?"

Xie Zhuoning nodded, shook his head and sighed, "I never thought that even the title of His Royal Highness Prince Xuan would not work."

After a brief pause, Xiao Jinxuan took out a jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to Hongxiu, "Maybe you can take a look at this."

"Oh, you want to bribe me with a jade pendant?" Hong Xiu sneered, but when she saw the jade pendant, her expression suddenly became serious, "Where did you get this jade pendant?"

Xiao Jinxuan spoke calmly, "Minister of Personnel, Cui Wen."

Taking small steps towards him, Xie Zhuoning lowered his voice and asked, "When did you take the jade pendant? How come I didn't know about it?"

"Before leaving." Xiao Jinxuan said.

He thought that in order to conceal their tracks, Cui Wen and Jian Liang would most likely not hand over the task in person.

So I asked casually whether they had agreed on any token of love.

Cui Wen gave him this.

"Why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"Hongxiu is very cautious. If she takes it out right at the beginning, it might backfire."

Key things should naturally be used in key places.

Hongxiu's heart was already a little shaken, and when she saw the jade pendant, she finally broke open, "Brother Liang said that the person who brought this jade pendant is trustworthy. Ask whatever you want to ask."

It really works!

Xiao Jinxuan and Xie Zhuoning looked at each other and asked, "You were the last person Captain Jian saw. Did he leave anything with you?"

Shaking her head slightly, Hongxiu still remembered the situation vividly. "He didn't give me anything. He just said he wanted to make a deal with someone. If anyone comes to me with the jade pendant, he will ask me to recite a poem."

"What poem?"

"The clouds and sky are fading away the summer colors, and the gongs and drums are scattering the candles. The golden swallows are returning to the cloud platform, and the water and the moon are merging into one."

Everyone knew that Jian Liang did not hand the list directly to Hong Xiu because he was afraid that it would bring her fatal disaster.

And this poem is the clue he deliberately left behind!

After carefully reciting these four lines of poetry several times, Xie Zhuoning said, "When the clouds and sky stop showing summer colors, it means the beginning of autumn."

Yang Fangwen thought for a moment, "The sound of gongs and drums and the sound of candles should refer to a wedding."

Some people get married on the Beginning of Autumn, which is the seventh day of August.

The first two sentences are easy to understand, but what about the latter part: "The golden swallows return to the cloud platform, and the water and the moon merge into one"?

Xiao Jinxuan narrowed his cold eyes, "There is a Golden Cloud Terrace in the mansion of Duke Zheng. It should be there."

There is an allusion to this Jinyun Terrace.

It is said that the Yin family was once a declining noble family. Later, a golden swallow flew into the Yin family. When a Taoist saw it, he immediately knelt down and exclaimed, saying "The golden swallow ascended to the cloud platform and went straight up to the ninth heaven." The Yin family was bound to produce a wealthy and noble person.

As a result, not long after, the eldest daughter of the Yin family was chosen to enter the palace, and she rose step by step thereafter and became the current Queen Mother Yin. Naturally, all the people in the Yin family also rose with the tide.

Therefore, the Yin family specially built a Golden Cloud Terrace at home, hoping that golden swallows would fly there from generation to generation to ensure the long-term prosperity of the Yin family.

There is another wonder on the Jinyun Terrace. It is said that at three o'clock in the night, if you stand on the terrace and look out, you can see that the sky and water are the same color, and the water and the moon blend together.

Xie Zhuoning sorted out the details, "That is to say, on the seventh day of the eighth month, the Duke Zheng's Mansion will hold a wedding banquet. At three o'clock in the morning, on the Golden Cloud Stage, Captain Jian will make an appointment with someone to conduct a transaction."

What to trade?

It is very likely the list he has in his hands!

She couldn't help but wonder, is Jian Liang really a good person?