allonlinenovel Chapter 85: The Nest Is Overturned
Chapter 85: The Nest Is Overturned
If we ignore the original meaning of this poem and only interpret it literally, apart from the jade and hibiscus used to symbolize love, it just happens to match the things in the box.
The candlelight illuminates half of the cage, and the scent of musk wafts faintly.
But there was one wrong word.
Before Lin Lezhi could speak, Xiao Yihuo said, "There is a wrong word in this poem."
"Oh?" Lin Lezhi pretended not to know, looked at Xiao Yihuo and said, "Which word is wrong?"
Xiao Yihuo slowly explained: "This poem expresses the pain of missing a woman who is far away from me. Since we cannot meet in reality and can only meet in dreams, I can only express my feelings in words."
"Emerald and hibiscus are often regarded as objects of love, and there is nothing wrong with that. The problem lies here." Xiao Yihuo pointed his finger into the box, shining the wax on the word 'silver' on the half-caged silver jadeite and said, "The original sentence says golden jadeite, not silver jadeite."
"Then in your opinion, why did Xing Tianqi leave such a poem, and even deliberately write a wrong word?"
Looking at Lin Lezhi's relaxed expression, as if he was waiting for something interesting to happen, it was very likely that Lin Lezhi already knew the answer, but he didn't say it and threw the question to himself.
Xiao Yihuo smiled and said, "Xing Tianqi deliberately wrote a wrong word. I think he wanted to tell us that the answer is right in front of us."
Lin Lezhi listened with great interest, but Xiao Yihuo did not continue. Lin Lezhi smiled and asked, "Why don't you continue? What's the answer?"
"I want to hear it too. What does Lian An think the answer to this riddle is?"
Lin Lezhi raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You want to test me?"
"Aren't you?"
"Okay." Lin Lezhi straightened his body and said with a smile, "It's really easy to get sleepy if you don't use your brain at night. Let's just guess a poem riddle to keep our brain active."
Xiao Yihuo nodded, signaling Lin Lezhi that he could start.
Xiao Yihuo continued, "This line of poetry was seen by the poet in a dream, which means that the golden jade and embroidered hibiscus mentioned in the poem are not the real objects in front of him, and these two things did not appear in the box, but he deliberately used a wrong word."
"As you said, the answer is right before our eyes."
Lin Lezhi stretched out his hand to Xiao Yihuo. Xiao Yihuo understood and took out the fire starter in his arms, handed it to Lin Lezhi, and then lifted the lid of the box which was half covered with wax.
Lin Lezhi blew on the fire stick and brought the fire close to the edge of the sealing wax.
Under the slow heating of the fire, the wax gradually melted, revealing the sealed objects inside.
There was a jade pendant with a silver edge inside. The entire pendant was white and smooth, and it was obvious that it was made of top-quality white jade. Unfortunately, there were five or six cracks on the surface of the jade, which could be seen even with the naked eye.
It was because the jade was wrapped in silver that it was put back together.
"Xiao Fox, look here and see if we have seen this jade before."
Looking at the white jade in front of him, Xiao Yihuo did not think too much and said, "The material of this jade should be the same as the seal of the Xing family."
At this time, the flower in the lid was still slowly melting due to the temperature of the wax liquid next to it, and a small corner of a transparent object was exposed near the edge of the lid.
Lin Lezhi and Xiao Yihuo looked at each other, then brought the fire starter in their hands close to the edge of the corner. As the wax continued to melt, the object slid out of the sealed wax.
After seeing the original appearance of the thing, both of them were shocked.
This……
This thing looks exactly like the Xing family's seal, except that it is transparent throughout and has a part missing at one end. The word "Xing" is engraved on the end without the missing corner.
How could this be?
There is nothing mysterious about these two objects themselves, so Xing Tianqi must be trying to convey some message by putting them together.
"Did you see anything?"
Lin Lezhi shook his head and said, "It's not clear what message Xing Tianqi wants to convey, but it is certain that it must be related to the little white flower in the basement."
Lin Lezhi lifted up the jade. The middle part was the most severely damaged, but because of the exquisite craftsmanship, the objects carved on it could still be clearly recognized.
It is a flower.
Lin Lezhi compared the flowers carved on the jade with the small white flowers in the flowerpot. Both the appearance of the flowers and the color of the jade were extremely similar to the small white flowers in the flowerpot.
"According to what you said, the wax seal is on the top of the box but not to the mouth. The box can be opened and closed at will. The sealing is extremely poor. The box contains the extremely toxic Fu Sheng Zui. However, it happens that the sealing of this basement is very good."
"But neither Xing Tianqi nor we were poisoned."
"This means that there must be something in this room that can control Fu Sheng Zui." Xiao Yihuo said.
"That's right." Lin Lezhi cast his eyes to the flower pot beside him and said with certainty: "This thing can only be a small white flower that is still alive in the house."
Lin Lezhi walked to the flowerpot, squatted down, and said curiously: "This flower looks plain, and I don't know what it is called. I didn't expect it to have such magical effects."
"Qingchuan knows a lot of herbs that can be used as medicine. You can bring one back for him to see, but this is Fu Sheng Zui after all. For now, we should leave here first."
Lin Lezhi stood up and said, "We have to leave here, but these Fu Sheng Zui can't stay here any longer, lest someone accidentally walks in here."
"Well, that's what I meant."
The two put Fu Sheng Zui back into the box. Before leaving, Xiao Yihuo picked a small white flower from the flowerpot beside him, put it in the handkerchief he carried with him, then put it in his arms and returned to the ground from the basement.
Xiao Yihuo returned to the room, sealed the wooden box he brought back with wax, and put it away.
Just as I put it away, there was a knock on the door.
Xiao Yihuo walked to the door and opened it. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the aroma of wine.
Lin Lezhi walked into the room from the side with a glass of wine in his arms, and said as he walked: "I knew you were still awake, so I asked the waiter for some. Let's have a drink together."
"It's rare to find such an important clue. I haven't even started drinking with Mother Zhao yet. It would be a shame if I don't drink to my heart's content."
Xiao Yihuo coughed lightly, his eyes filled with disapproval, and said, "You call this a cup?"
Lin Lezhi placed several large jars of wine in his arms on the table. The jars made a heavy sound when they touched the table.
"What's wrong? You can't even drink this little bit of wine."
There was a lot of provocation in Lin Lezhi's words, and Xiao Yihuo's eyes darkened when he heard it.
Lin Lezhi shrugged and said helplessly: "Well, then it seems that the prince can't enjoy these fine wines. I'd better take them back to the room and drink them myself."
Lin Lezhi had just moved the wine an inch away from the table when Xiao Yihuo quietly closed the door and said with a smile, "Since Lian'an has invited me so kindly, there is no reason for me to refuse. Let's get drunk tonight."
"I'm just waiting for your words!"
After drinking more than thirty glasses of wine, both of them were a little drunk.
Lin Lezhi looked at Xiao Yihuo and said, "Actually, when you are normal, you look pretty good."
"Normal..." Xiao Yihuo murmured the word "normal" that Lin Lezhi had said, swirling the wine in the bowl, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, he said: "When the nest is overturned, no eggs are left intact. For me, abnormality is normal. Over time, I have forgotten what normal is."
Xiao Yihuo smiled and said jokingly, "Actually, I've been thinking about it since I met you."
"What are you thinking about?"
"If I could lose my memory like you did, maybe I could return to what you call normal."
Lin Lezhi smiled and said, "If you say so, then I am not normal either. How can it be considered normal for a person to forget where he came from and not know what to do? The only thing waiting for him is the word 'unknown'."
"So, aren't we both abnormal? We are also fellow patients." Lin Lezhi touched Xiao Yihuo's glass and said with a smile, "Just because we are fellow patients, this glass is even more worth drinking together. Come on!"
The two men drank the wine in their glasses.
After drinking, Lin Lezhi filled their glasses again.
"Didn't you say that you didn't forget everything?" Xiao Yihuo looked at Lin Lezhi, his eyes darkened with a hint of inquiry, and he said slowly: "You said... because of your mistake, you lost a very important person."
Lin Lezhi finished pouring the wine, put down the wine jar and said, "That's right, so losing memory is not a good thing. People with memory can think of happy things to divert their emotions when they are unhappy."
"But if a person with amnesia can only remember one painful thing, it will keep repeating in his mind even if he doesn't want to think about it."
Xiao Yihuo asked tentatively: "How much can you still remember?"
Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened, and he said with a distracted look: "I only remember... there was a person covered in blood lying in front of me. He was a very important friend of mine. Then I was confused and worried all day long, as if as long as I hid myself, everything would disappear and return to the starting point."
Lin Lezhi chuckled and said, "I can't remember anything else."
Lin Lezhi did not lie about this.
Ji Hang's death made Lin Lezhi live like a ghost for a long time. If it weren't for his arrogance, Ji Hang should not have died.
From then on, Lin Lezhi no longer got involved in anything related to the case, and all the criminal detective books in the house became things that Lin Lezhi dared not touch.
The only photo of Ji Hang in the house was also placed upside down on the table by Lin Lezhi.
In order to make himself forget those things, Lin Lezhi could only rely on drinking to survive for a long time.
But alcoholism did not bring me any relief. I did forget some unimportant things, but the more I didn't want to remember something, the more clearly I remembered it.
Unless you drink yourself into complete unconsciousness.
Lin Lezhi also thought about dying, but... there was a voice in his head that kept telling him so.
"Since God has given us the opportunity to live, we must cherish it."
This sentence has been the driving force of his life till now, but it is also the shackles that bind him.
As time went by, he finally forgot about it.
Lin Lezhi couldn't remember exactly how many years it took him to forget it.
Maybe three or four years, maybe five or six years, maybe even longer.
at last……
Lin Lezhi successfully forgot.
That photo will never be turned up again, and even the books about criminal investigation are covered with a layer of dust and no one knows about it.