"It's the "Song to Send Out the Number One Scholar" that the villagers used to sing when sending their children to take exams year after year." Lin Bo replied, "What's wrong, girl?"

"...It's okay." Xuan Wei smiled apologetically, "Can I ask, what does this song mean?"

"Young girl looks like she has a lot of poems and books in her belly, but she can't even understand one of our white songs?" Lin Bo looked at her angrily and said:

"Reed means that it is simple and tough. It is also a warning to the children when they are taking the exam. In the future, they must not lose the reed character of our water village people;

"Osmanthus fragrans is even more obvious. Isn't the number one scholar called 'winner'? Of course, I wish the children high school;

"Isn't it the simplest thing to have auspicious clouds? If the children are on the list, aren't they just auspicious lights shining on the countryside?

"As for the crab - this thing is so domineering, who can be like it? Of course it is the number one scholar at the top of the list, with a talent that can be passed down from the top of the list!"

Xuanwei remained silent for a long time.

Of course she doesn't know what these things mean.

It's just that these things seem to be inextricably linked, but the connections don't seem to be firmly established -

Reeds, osmanthus, auspicious clouds, crabs.

The first three items all appeared on Chu Su's hairpin, and the fourth item appeared on the hand of Liu Yusi's daughter.

It's okay for Chu Su to have these things on his hairpin. Chu Yanmei said that he came from this village.

But there was still something missing from Chu Su's hairpin.

At the banquet, Xuanwei paid more attention to the crab-shaped jade in Miss Liu's hand. First, the jade was extremely expensive, which was inconsistent with Liu's official salary and normal family expenses; second, he felt that the size of the jade was very expensive.

The shape is very consistent with the missing piece on Chu Su's hairpin.

In addition, now that I hear this song, it is even more confirmed that these four phenomena should be combined into one hairpin.

It is normal for Chu Su to have such a hairpin full of high school elements.

But the most important piece of jade fell into the hands of Miss Liu. Why?

"Miss Chu," Xuanwei pulled Chu Yanmei to confirm again, "do you remember what the notch on your brother's hairpin was originally?"

Chu Yanmei was stunned: "I don't know, I feel like ever since I saw him wearing that hairpin, there has always been a piece missing in the middle."

"Then when did your brother start wearing that hairpin?" Xuan Wei asked.

"I can't remember this clearly." Chu Yanmei looked at her strangely, "It must have been many years... I feel like I have seen this hairpin from him since I was a child, and it has always been like this. But he

It seems that I seldom wear it, and when I don’t wear it, I keep it locked in the cabinet. Why do you ask?”

Xuan Wei didn't answer, and then asked: "How long does it take to grow up? What's the age difference between you and your brother?"

"Ever since I was a child, it's been since I can remember. He is twenty-nine, and he and I are fourteen years apart." Chu Yanmei began to get impatient, "So why are you asking these questions? No, this is also related to the case.

Bar!"

Xuanwei shook his head: "It's nothing, it just might be related to the purpose of Second Master's trip."

She would go back to Miss Liu or Mrs. Liu and ask how long the crab-shaped jade had been in their house.

As soon as she heard that it was about the second master, Chu Yanmei stopped asking. She knew that many things the second master did were secret and she could not ask.

So I continued to sing and row with Uncle Lin.

The fishing boat slowly circled along the small river, and gradually we could see the main entrance of the most 'luxury' school in the village.

Xuanwei looked up while lost in thought and saw a plaque hanging on the door.

There are four big characters printed on it: Fuwan Academy.

"The words on that plaque were inscribed by my brother." Seeing her looking at the plaque, Chu Yanmei raised her chin and said, "Is it written well?"

Bang.

Another thought flashed through the lightning, Xuanwei looked away and said: "Well... the writing is very good. By the way, has any local magistrate been invited to teach in this school? Who have they probably been invited to teach? Yes.

What if there is no resident gentleman?”

Just as Lin Bo was about to answer, a boy's call came from the shore: "Grandpa, grandpa! I have finished practicing all the words I want to learn today! Check it quickly!"

Lin Bo quickly docked, got off the boat and took the book held by the boy. He looked at it and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, I wrote very neatly today. Take it to your sister Mei and her friends to see!"

The boy shrank his neck and nodded timidly: "Hello, Brother Mei! Hello, Brother Mei's friends!"

"How many times have I told you to call me sister Mei in front of the elders, and call me brother Mei when we go out to play!" Chu Yanmei glared at him, and flipped through the book, "Oh! I was distracted by my calligraphy practice before.

Did you notice it? Look, there are still people drawn in the grid on the first two pages!"

Xuan Wei was just casually glancing at it, but he paused when he saw Chu Yanmei pointing at the little figure drawn by the boy in the grid.

That childish portrait with little brushwork actually paints the purest image of a character: with flowing hair and beard, neatly dressed and upright, standing with hands behind his back.

The clothes were painted with several strokes of greenish gray, and the hair was naturally painted with ink color. The color tone of the entire character is light and cold, except for something on the top of the bun, which can be seen with two dots of red, several dots of blue, and one stroke of gold.

"Little brother, who is this picture you draw?" Xuan Wei knelt down and asked the boy softly.

The boy glanced at his beautiful sister and touched the back of his head in embarrassment, "I don't know who it is, but there is a painting hanging in the school, and I just drew based on that painting."

Xuan Wei then asked: "In the school? Can you take me in and take a look?"

"Okay, okay!" The boy agreed happily.

Uncle Lin suddenly made a serious face: "Grandson, it will get dark soon. Go home quickly."

The boy hesitantly said, he had just agreed to take his beautiful sister to school.

Chu Yanmei said: "It's okay, I'll take her there, you go home quickly."

The boy turned back three times and walked away. Chu Yanmei said to Uncle Lin: "Let's go, Uncle Lin. Let's go to the school and have a look. When we get there, we won't bother you anymore and we can go back by ourselves!"

For some reason, Lin Bo's attitude seemed to have become cold, "The school is closed at this point and you can't get in."

Chu Yanmei said "oh" and spread her hands to Xuanwei: "I can't see it. If you really want to see it, come early tomorrow."

Xuan Wei glanced at Uncle Lin thoughtfully and smiled, "It doesn't matter. I was presumptuous."

Lin Bo quickly sent them to the shore again.

When leaving, Xuanwei heard Uncle Lin say to Chu Yanmei in a very low voice: "Don't bring strangers here in the future."

"Ah?" Chu Yanmei was puzzled, and Uncle Lin gave her a look that said, "You better understand it yourself." He rowed the boat away.

The two of them rode back to the Punishment Division. It was already completely dark.

Chu Su was sitting on the stone steps with a slightly gloomy expression, lost in thought.

"Second Madam." When he saw Xuanwei and his sister coming back, he quickly stood up, bowed and asked, "I just came back to the Punishment Division, and I didn't see you back. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I sent someone to look for you...I don't know.

Where did Madam take Yanmei to?"

Chu Yanmei shouted: "What do you mean she took me to where? This is Taozhou, I took her, okay! I went back to my hometown and rowed Uncle Lin's boat. I also sent

Who are you looking for? You see, I have had accidents outside at night for so many years..."

Chu Su was looking at them worriedly, but when he heard Chu Yanmei said she had gone back to her hometown, his expression changed almost invisible in an instant.

"Why are you going so far back?" He glanced at Xuanwei inquiringly, and then said angrily to his sister, "Now that the second master has something urgent to leave, and the case is urgent, you still have time to go boating."

Chu Yanmei was surprised: "Ah? You and the second master had something to do at the same time. It's not the same thing. Where did the second master go? When will he come back?"

Xuanwei stood nearby, looking at the top of Chu Su's hair without saying a word.

"Master Chu," she couldn't help but ask, "Is there something missing from the hairpin you are wearing?"

Chu Su's expression froze again for an instant.
Chapter completed!