The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter18

Walking a few steps, stepping over the narrow courtyard gate, it is the hidden garden where the fire broke out yesterday.

Seeing that the sun was rising, Lin Shen was already a little anxious to wait, when he saw Yu Qiansi's red clothes crossing the courtyard gate, he immediately stomped and chased after her.

"Oh, you are here!"

Glancing at the servant in the Hou Mansion, he gritted his teeth and said softly, "Are you going to burn incense or what are you going to do? Auntie, let's stop causing trouble, and leave after the investigation of this case is done? "

Now that he is on the territory of the Marquis of Guang'an, he is really worried about Yu Qiansi's safety.

The playfulness in the corners of Yu Qiansi's eyes has not yet faded, seeing the scene in the courtyard, he became interested again, and was suddenly taken away by the scene in the courtyard.

It's not that she hasn't seen the mess after the fire, but this yard is really too much.

The pitch-black house glistened in the sun, like a drowned man covered in black mud, unable to stand upright or fall down.

Large tracts of grass and trees in the yard were black and covered with mud.The wall adjoining the house also suffered damage.In addition to fire extinguishing tools such as splash canisters and water dragons, there are also many half-black large stone sculptures in the yard.They come in different shapes, lying down or standing upright.I am terrified to see it.

But if we say that the most interesting thing is the pond facing the house and the other side of the yard is close to the wall.

The pond is not small but very deep. There is an old vine coming out of the rockery beside the pond, along the light bamboo frame set up in advance on the pond, meandering densely, the pavilion is like a cover, covering half of the pond.The mistress of the fire last night, the pergolas were not spared either, and the green near the edge showed a bit of scorched black-yellow, drooping weakly.

There is no place to stay under the pond, and what is covered under the pergola is a huge bronze monster with a strange shape that emerges from the bottom of the pond.

Yuqian paced back and forth to watch, the usual smile on the corners of her lips didn't stop, but the corners of her eyes and brows were full of astonishment.

"Water pestle?"

Even Boyi seemed startled by the things in the pond.The black waves in the pitch-black pupils surged and could not be calmed down.

Lin Shen saw that she had finally discovered the important point, led her over, and thought: "Isn't it! It's probably modified according to the water reel."

Yuqiansi has never seen a bronze water pestle before, what's more, although this thing looks like a water pestle, its use is quite different from that of a water pestle.

At this moment, together with Lin Shen, they turned their backs to the house and faced the pond.On both sides of the pond against the wall, there are rocky rocks covered with vines.

The water-filled side of the water pestle is close to a rockery that jumps out, protruding under the pergola, there is a gurgling stream flowing down from the top, and it is falling into the giant spoon, and the copper rod in the middle of the water pestle is slowly tilted. , Quite a bit of the tranquility of Su Turbulent Green Pool.

At the end of the right side, there is a copper round hammer in one piece.It seems that the weight is not light, and it is struggling with the giant spoon that is constantly storing water at the other end, as if unwilling to be lifted easily.

Under the round hammer is a flat copper round surface, the surface of which is faintly submerged under the water surface.

A copper sheet is attached to the crossbar near the left side of the water cone, which hangs straight down into a circular copper pipe below.The copper pipe is solid up and down, only a gap is exposed in the middle. At this moment, it can be seen that the large "Wu" character in the gap is hiding the upper part, and the "Wei" character in the afternoon has just emerged horizontally.

It is quite interesting to print out the lushness of the rockery through these hollowed-out characters.

Both the pavilion and the copper water pestle protrude from the bottom of the pond, and there is no place to stay in the whole pond.

Lin Shen explained: "This water flow is drawn from the stream in the garden that you can see outside. The water flow is calculated in advance. It happens to fill up a spoonful at twelve o'clock. At the last moment of Yin hour every day, when the giant spoon is full, Then all the water will be poured into the pond. The copper hammer on the right falls, making a huge bell, which resounds throughout Nan'an County. The scale in the middle copper pipe will return to the Maoshi."

Lin Shen stretched out a finger, shaking it left and right, emphasizing every word.

"For ten years, nothing has gone wrong."

In the past ten years, the people of Nan'an County have long been accustomed to listening to the bells of the Houfu Bieyuan to start their day.Even people who are on watch at night and need to watch the watch every day will adjust their own clocks with the bells of the other garden.

Yuqian caressed Yuli Qiankun, and praised with a smile: "People are 'shore flowers hiding water reels', but this one does the opposite, using the shore flowers on the rockery to reflect the beauty of the water reed, and it also has the function of telling the time. Very elegant."

Lin Shen looked left and right, and finally did not forget to lower his voice and whisper a reminder.

"Be careful with what you say. It is said that Empress Mingde personally designed it and gave it to the old lady. The old lady also specially designed the waterway of the whole garden for this thing."

Empress Mingde is the first wife of the first emperor, a daughter of the Cheng family who committed suicide within the palace walls ten years ago after hearing the bad news on the battlefield.The old lady came from the Duke of Anguo's mansion, and she has a good relationship with the Cheng family, even closer than the relationship between the Marquis of Guang'an's mansion and the Cheng family.

Lin Shen was worried that Yu Qiansi was not paying attention, so he went on and on about the relationship between these families.

"Since it is so important, and you have designed the waterway yourself, why throw it in this remote courtyard?"

The hasty "Cheng Shi Monument" echoed in my ears that night?Empress of the Cheng family?The old lady of Hou's mansion who was on good terms with the Cheng family?
Yu Qiansi tilted her head slightly and looked at Boyi who had already stood still, her eyes full of water cones.

It is not yet known whether the German bird was born in the egg, or whether the egg was born before the German bird.

Lin Shen cleared his throat, like old women on the street whispering gossip to Yu Qiansi's ears, his eyes full of joy.

"Not long after this item was delivered, something happened to Empress Mingde! It's unreasonable to throw away the imperial gift at will, but it's a bit eye-catching outside, so let's stay here."

Yu Qiansi saw that the pond on the right was not high from the water surface, and there was a drain.The drain is approximately below where the giant spoon falls.It seems that the water in this pond has exceeded a certain limit, and the water in the pond will be drained ahead of time and flow back into the garden outside.Here is the backwater channel they had just seen outside the yard.

At this time, when we look at the gardening design of the whole garden, we have to feel the exquisiteness of the old lady's design.When everyone sees the flowing water pond in the small garden, they will think that it is for the prosperity of the flowers and plants in the garden, but they don't expect that the flowing water is the real protagonist of the garden.

Seeing the intricacy and complexity of the water cone, Yu Qiansi immediately understood what Lin Shenxin said about the evidence pointing directly at Boyi.

Yu Qian let out a "Hello" to bring Boyi back to his senses.

He laughed and said, "So surprised, didn't you see this that night?"

Boyi looked disconcerted, and murmured: "It was too dark that night, I only heard the sound of running water, I didn't pay attention to it."

"If you don't light a lamp when you meet someone, what are you doing?"

Boyi stared back intently, and clenched his fists so that he managed not to get angry.

How many times has this happened!

She is really a new trick, and she blames herself for being absent-minded and always being fooled!Always caught off guard by her out of words.

Satisfied, Yu Qiansi turned around to face the dilapidated house, and ordered loudly: "Bring all the insiders here, and after I examine the corpse and check the scene, I will ask them one by one."

Lin Shen's eyes lit up, and finally he could see Yu Qian flexing his muscles again.Hastily waved his hands to signal his subordinates to do it, while nodding and bowing, he looked a bit like a hemorrhoid licker.

"I'm just waiting for you to say this. I ordered people to gather all the relevant people in the mansion early in the morning, and I also prepared the records for the first time I interviewed them."

As he spoke, he took a bunch of new booklets and presented them with both hands.

On the other side, someone had listened to the order and carried the corpse out, laying it horizontally on the grass.

Yu Qiansi lifted the white cloth and squatted down to examine it carefully.

　In order to avoid confusion, I drew a sketch to demonstrate the appearance of the water reel.

　　You can find it in the book review area and in this chapter~
　　The sketch is really sloppy, step on it lightly hahaha.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)