Chapter 912 Liu Wei Saw that Everyone Couldn’t Understand, so He Simplified It a Bit
Liu Wei said: "There is a vase on the table in the inn room. The vase is gorgeous in style and is incompatible with the other decorations in the inn. The flowers inside are just fine flowers, but they are just ordinary mountain elixirs. This flower is not Although it is a rare species, many people buy and sell it in flower shops. This kind of flower is abundant in the southwest. It has long been heard that people in Lingzhou regard this flower as a companion flower. They are planted at the door of almost every house. Place three Shandan plants on the front table in the house In the middle, there is a safe place to live. There are exactly three Shandan plants in Yao Guang's room, and the vase looks like he bought it specially. This is unlikely to be a coincidence."
After listening to this, Xingyi and others recalled what the inn room looked like.
Some people think of the flowers placed in the center of the table, but they never notice how many flowers there are and what flowers they are.
A few flowers have so many possibilities.
"With just a few flowers, it's not possible to directly determine the origin of the deceased, but with the addition of other flowers, it's difficult to draw a conclusion." Liu Wei continued: "The beds in the inn all have their heads facing inward and their tails facing outwards, which is in line with the human body. Engineering, of course, you may not know what ergonomics is, but you just feel that it is very comfortable. Therefore, one family is like this, and every family is like this. Over the years, it has become a fixed pattern. This is good, but it does not apply to every area, at least. , which is disadvantageous in war-prone areas."
Liu Wei saw that everyone couldn't understand, so he simplified it a bit.
"In areas where wars often break out, people all want to be safe, but how can they be safe? What should they do if there is a sudden enemy invasion at night? What should they do if there are soldiers stationed nearby and a war is about to start at any time? Because there are many security risks, they are used to keeping their beds The position should be as close to the door as possible, and even people have changed to a resting style with their heads turned outward and their feet turned in, so that if anything happens, they can hear, react and escape immediately. Not only Lingzhou, but also people who have been fighting all year round Ordinary people in border areas have this habit. Storytellers say that people in Lingzhou have one more thing to think about. They will also tie a hemp rope on the bedside with a bell hanging on the rope. Once something happens, the person will be It would ring the bell and wake up other people nearby. Just now in the inn guest room, I saw signs that the simple bed had been dragged. Because the guest room was not big, the deceased probably just moved the basin shelf from the door to under the window. , thus changing the position of the bed and the shelf, the difference is too small. Furthermore, Yao Guang’s bedside is tied with a rope with a bell hanging on it. Of course, he is not worried about enemy invasion, but just afraid of someone following him. Man, the night is not good for him, and if he has a bell tied to it, he can ring it immediately, alarming and alerting others nearby.”
Xingyi and others tried again to recall the scene in that guest room, but they couldn't remember it.
Perhaps the differences are too small. The subtle arrangement of the bed, the subtle position of the pillow, and even the bell appear so subtle and unnoticeable under the cover of the bed curtain. The obvious mountain dandelions on the table are even more obvious. Even if he saw it, he simply ignored it.
The group began to whisper.
"There are others." Liu Wei didn't stop and added: "There are four chairs in the inn room, but only three are placed in front of the table. There is only one empty seat on the square table, which looks awkward. And That chair was not moved out of the guest room because it was broken. It was placed on the left side of the closet. This shows that the chair was moved there deliberately. Why was it done? Whose hands and feet can a chair interfere with? Careful If you look at it, you will find that the focus is on the chair that has been moved alone. The Central Plains people have the habit of storing cellars. No matter how small the house is, there will definitely be a cellar to store things that cannot fit in the house, or wine, but Lingzhou was a deserted area in the early years. Most of the people living here were victims of disasters from surrounding countries. They were not completely Central Plains people. Therefore, they were not good at and recognized many Central Plains people's living habits. They did not like them. A dank cellar prefers a sky cellar facing the sky, that is, hiding things on the beams. There are also people who build the space on the high beams into storage cabinets to facilitate hiding more things. Qingyun Rong's ancestors conquered the south and the north. The Lingzhou area was taken over a hundred years ago, and Lingzhou was transformed from a deserted area into the land of the Qingyun Kingdom. It was guarded by officials, and because it was located on the border, it became a gathering place for wars. However, no matter how the ownership of the land changed, The people who live there cannot change. For hundreds of years, they have followed the life wisdom of their ancestors and lived a life that is somewhat different from other Central Plains people. Tianjiao only exists in Lingzhou, although people in Lingzhou later learned about it. Cellar existed, but they still used to put things in cooler and ventilated places above instead of the cold and damp underground, and they continued to live in the way they thought was most comfortable.”
Speaking of this, Liu Wei glanced at Xingyi and the others and said: "In those days, Yao Guang should have put something on top. If you look carefully, you can still see footprints on the chair, but the marks are very shallow. It’s just a layer of dust.”
Xingyi has heard of Tianjiao.
There is a staff member in the master's mansion, and that staff member is from Lingzhou. After coming to Liaozhou, he is not used to many places, and the most unaccustomed thing is the house.
Xingyi went to that person's room once and was deeply impressed. The person was on the roof, separated by a board and there were stairs beside him. Xingyi didn't know the situation at the time and asked what he was doing.
The man said that he likes to put some uncommon things on it.
Xingyi asked, is it because the wardrobe can’t fit in it? You can talk to your master about building a separate small warehouse in the yard.
The staff member shook his head and said that there was no need for a warehouse. It was just that the people there were accustomed to putting the most commonly used and small items in cabinets, while the less commonly used items would be placed in the sky cellar. It was easy to pick up and bright and transparent. Not easy to break.
Xingyi didn't understand much at the time, but he also respected other people's hometown traditions, just like the Wu tribe who liked to keep bugs and snakes in their rooms.
Now that his husband talked about it, Xingyi immediately understood it.
Liu Wei talked about a few more small details of the room.
In fact, Liu Wei didn't know anything about life in Lingzhou before. It was only because of the Ji family incident that she read a lot about Lingzhou and heard about it from books.
After explaining the possibility that Yao Guang was from Lingzhou, Liu Wei added: "The fastest and most common way of transportation from Lingzhou to Kyoto is by water. I believe that you people who are wandering on the edge of life and death, wandering all over the world. , is the clearest.”
Xingyi said: "Take a carriage from Lingzhou, pass Lancheng Prefecture in Anzhou, go up to Yanfu, cross the Liangjiang Waterway, and reach Qingzhou diagonally. From Qingzhou to Kyoto via the official road, it is the fastest way."
"Look here." Liu Wei pointed to the ashes under the table and cabinet and said, "The hole here is most likely where Yao Guang hid the valuables. Of course, the murderer has already got there first. In my opinion, The murderer may not have gotten it."