How Xiao Yunfan will meet the emperor, meet Ah Li by chance after leaving the capital, fight fiercely with Tu Long, the bloody king of hell, the death of Yu Nansong and his wife, Ling Taixu's plan for kidnapping, etc. Shui Hanyan is thrilling to hear, and a pair of big eyes suddenly The spirit flashed, sometimes showing sadness, sometimes full of joy, as if he had experienced it himself.
Before I knew it, it was dusk. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the roof, and the gray tiles were dyed golden, and the leaves rustled in the evening breeze. After Xiao Yunfan told everything, the depression and annoyance that had accumulated in his chest for the past few days was greatly reduced. When my heart felt relaxed, the faint shadow between my eyebrows also disappeared.
Shui Hanyan glanced at the sky and said quietly: "Brother Xiao, it's time for me to go back." Xiao Yunfan said: "Oh, let me see you off." After hearing this, Shui Hanyan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart. . A smile appeared on her lips, she shook her head and refused, "No need, Brother Xiao, you still have to investigate the Chishui Gang, so you should keep your spirits up.
I was already bored staying in the house, and the senior sister was busy supervising the cultivation of the disciples in the palace. I wanted to find a friend to chat with, but no one in the Chishui Gang or the martial arts people had close friendships with me. After thinking about it, the only one I had was you, Brother Xiao. Yan'er was very happy after listening to you talk so much. . I have hands and feet, and I can go back on my own, so I don’t have to worry about my brother giving me away. "
Xiao Yunfan straightened his face and said, "You are telling the truth. Brother Xiao is not old enough to be able to walk a few steps. Even if I am 70 or 80, I would still be happy to accompany Yanmei for a few steps." The water contained smoke. He smiled and said, "That's good. When Brother Xiao is seventy or eighty, he can still accompany me for a walk, then I will definitely be happy."
She said this, but she thought in her heart: "Brother Xiao loves Sister Feng deeply in his heart. In this life, Brother Xiao will accompany her until she grows old. And what about me? In my life, he may only be able to accompany me." It’s a short section, and it’s a very, very small section. However, even if it’s a very small section, I’m still happy in my heart.”
The two walked to the stone path outside the courtyard. Xiao Yunfan stretched and yawned. Shui Hanyan joked: "You said you're not tired, look at you yawning, do you dare to open your mouth and eat the sky?"
Xiao Yunfan stretched out his hand and scratched her nose and said, "Where can you scold my elder brother like this?" He pointed to the sunset in the sky and said, "It's better than you. I always think about eating clouds, and now I still eat them in my dreams." Clouds?"
He said this in a smoky voice, recalling the time when he and Xiao Yunfan were on the Shenlong boat watching the morning glow and catching the clouds, and his cheeks suddenly became dizzy and he was extremely shy. Thinking about the past experiences of the two of them, I felt infinite sweetness in my heart.
The two walked for a while, and suddenly there was the sound of quarreling in the distance, and the two stopped and looked around. I saw the eldest son Yan Zhenting grabbing his younger brother Yan Zhendong's clothes and shouting: "You'd better stay away from her, otherwise I will kill you?" Yan Zhendong said: "Huh, Xiaocai likes me. , it’s you who is entangled with him.”
Yan Zhenting's eyes widened and he said, "I've already said it, if you dare to say a word to her again, I promise to kill you." Yan Zhendong saw his stern expression and stopped talking. The other party loosened his hand and walked away. Yan Zhendong watched his eldest brother walk away, spit hard, then turned and left.
At this time, a woman in Tsing Yi was looking behind the rockery. When she saw Xiao Shui and two people looking at him, she couldn't help being frightened and hurriedly hid.
Shui Hanyan said: "Brother Xiao, we seem to have seen something we shouldn't have seen." Xiao Yunfan said: "Then just pretend we didn't see it." Shui Hanyan saw that he was approaching the wing where Xuannv Palace was, and said: " You should go back and rest quickly."
Xiao Yunfan nodded and returned along the original path. On the way, he thought about the case and said to himself: "It seems that things in the Yan family are not that simple. Not long after the death of the eldest lady, the son is not by his mother's side, but he comes here to be jealous of his younger brother. It is really disgusting. Yan The old man was so wise all his life, how could he give birth to a bastard son like them?"
The next morning, Xiao Yunfan had breakfast and sat with Tingyun in the room chatting. Tingyun said: "Brother Xiao, have you found any clues about this matter?" Xiao Yunfan said: "Not yet, but now there is something I have to leave to you." Tingyun said: "What's the matter?"
Xiao Yunfan said: "That day, I interviewed the Yan family. Where are the transcripts compiled by the Yan family? After you asked him to come, he divided the testimonies into male and female categories. I will go back later. Take a look." Tingyun said: "Okay, little sister, let's do it now."
At this moment, a person outside the door ran over in a panic. The servant gasped and said, "Master Xiao, what's wrong?" Xiao Yunfan's heart sank and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" The servant's face turned pale and he said, "My second young master died in the garden. In the flower garden inside. The chief steward asked me to report to you, please come over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yunfan started running towards the Yan Mansion Garden, and Ting Yun and the servant also rushed over. Everyone gathered around. When the second lady saw her son's tragic death, she cried so hard that she fainted. Xiao Yunfan pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward. Yan Qi looked embarrassed and said, "Xiao Daxia, you are finally here."
Xiao Yunfan looked into the flower bed and saw the second young master's face pressed to the ground, his eyes bulging, and his limbs spread out. He was actually wearing a red dress that only a bride would wear, and he was also wearing pairs of shoes on his feet. Embroidered shoes. The back of his head was bloody and bloody, and it was obvious that someone hit him on the back of the head with a blunt object to death. On the ground beside his hand lay a hoe.
Xiao Yunfan put a finger in front of his nose and couldn't bear to take a closer look. He ordered people to turn Yan Zhendong's body over, and saw that the deceased's face was covered in blood and mud, and his clothes were stained with mud.
Even though the man's death was horrific, he still suppressed the disgust in his heart, stretched out his hand to inspect it, and then said to Yan Qi: "Carry the man away." As he said that, his eyes fell on the hoe. superior. He grabbed the wooden handle of the hoe and thought in his mind: "What is this second young master doing here in the middle of the night wearing women's clothes and carrying a hoe? Could it be that he wants to dig something or bury something?"
With this in mind, he raised the hoe and turned over the ground in front of where the deceased fell. Sure enough, he found a blue bundle in the soil. He stretched out his hand to push aside the soil and lifted out the baggage. He originally wanted to see what kind of treasure the second young master had dug up, so that he was killed. Bar
He unwrapped the bag and took a look, and immediately gasped. There was actually a human head inside. This man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and some stubble on his cheeks. It was none other than the eldest son Yan Zhenting.
The onlookers exclaimed and took a few steps back involuntarily. Someone in the crowd exclaimed: "The wronged soul demands his life! The wronged soul demands his life!" Yan Qi shouted violently, grabbed the skirt of the man's clothes, slapped him in the face, and cursed: "What are you talking nonsense about? ?" The man's cheeks suddenly became red and swollen, and he didn't dare to speak anymore.
Seeing this head, Xiao Yunfan, who had always been bold, changed his face in fear, and his scalp became numb. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to collect himself.
Suddenly he thought: Mr. Yan’s head is here, but where is his body? He stood up and immediately shouted: "Quick, let's go to the eldest master's room and take a look." Yan Qi hurriedly ordered people to comfort the second lady, while others moved Yan Zhendong's body to the mourning hall. He led his two followers and went to Yan Zhenting's residence with Xiao Yunfan.
The four of them walked outside the courtyard. Two servants quickly walked up the steps and pushed the door open. However, the door was opened from the inside. Seeing that the two of them were incompetent, Yan Qi became anxious. He pushed the two of them away with his big hand and kicked the door panel with his flying foot. With a bang, the door panel fell down and a cloud of dust rose up.
A strong smell of blood came out of the room. Everyone walked into the house covering their mouths and noses, and saw a headless body sitting on the floor, with bloody flesh and blood on the neck and dried blood. On top of the corpse, she was also wearing a bride's red dress and a pair of embroidered shoes.
Yan Qi couldn't help but turn pale as he looked at the scene in front of him. Xiao Yunfan no longer looked at the headless body, but raised his head and looked at the roof. The vents on the roof were closed. He thought in his mind: "If the second young master managed to kill the eldest young master, how did a living person like him leave the house? And since it was he who killed the eldest young master, who killed him? ?
Are there really ghosts in this world? It was the ghosts who were causing trouble and killing them. "
One mystery after another is like a spider web that puzzles Xiao Yunfan. He stood in the room for a long time. After a long time, Yan Qi said: "Master Xiao, if you finish reading, then I will find someone to carry away the body of the eldest son." Xiao Yunfan nodded, and then sighed. : "Yan Guan's family, I have a few words to say to you alone." Yan Qi said: "Okay, please come with me."
The two of them walked towards Yan Qi's study and sat down separately. Xiao Yunfan's face was solemn and he said slowly: "Steward Yan, let me ask you, has there ever been a woman in your house who died an unexpected death?"
Yan Qi lowered his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said, "After what Master Xiao said, I remembered two things. Four years ago, there was a maid named Jin Lan who was working in the house. She was beside the eldest lady. The maid later hanged herself for no reason. She was wearing red when she died.
Two years ago, a maid named Bai'er died after falling into a well. When she was fished out, she was also dressed in red. In order to calm the matter, the master suppressed the matter and gave the maid's family a large sum of money, saying that their daughter was sick. After asking a doctor to see her, she was seriously ill and died. "
Xiao Yunfan was thoughtful, his eyes flickered and he asked again: "Does the housekeeper know who the maid named A Cai serves?" Yan Qi asked in confusion: "Master Xiao, why do you ask about this girl?"
Xiao Yunfan said: "When I was passing the garden yesterday, I saw the eldest young master and the second young master arguing. There was a figure peeking behind the rockery. I only saw the figure of a woman, but not her face. The eldest young master and the second young master were talking. The name A Cai was mentioned in it, so I asked this question."
Yan Qi frowned and said: "This Ah Cai is the maid in the third lady's room, and she also came to the house about four years ago. What do you mean, Master Xiao, there is something wrong with this girl?"
Xiao Yunfan touched his chin and said: "What I'm surprised about is that since she is the maid in the third lady's room, how can she have the opportunity to get close to the eldest young master and the second young master?" Yan Qi sighed: "Well, maybe Master Xiao doesn't know that this eldest young master is a playboy. Tai Sui usually likes to flirt with women. Except for the people around the second and third ladies, he has never touched him. He has never touched the maids beside the eldest lady..."
Xiao Yunfan nodded and asked: "How is the second young master's character?" Yan Qi said: "The second young master is not very interested in women, but he likes gambling. You said that he has an affair with that maid A Cai, which makes me very surprised. Accident."
Xiao Yunfan stretched out his hand and pressed his temples, thinking in his mind: "Could it be that these three lives in the Yan Mansion are related to the woman who died four years ago? That Jinlan was the maid next to the eldest lady. Could it be that the eldest son forced her to commit herself? Jinlan's temperament He was fierce, refused to obey, and then committed suicide by hanging from a beam.
If this is the case, then the deaths of the eldest lady and the eldest young master can be explained, but who killed these two young masters? Could it be..."
Seeing that he was silent, Yan Qi said: "Master Xiao, do you think the death of the eldest and second young masters is related to the people in the third room?" Xiao Yunfan was startled, then came back to his senses and said: "You are right, I have too This kind of consideration. So I would like to trouble the Yan Guan family to find someone secretly to keep an eye on the third room first, so as not to alert the enemy.
Even if we now deduce that the murderer is probably the third lady's person. But it doesn't count until you find conclusive evidence. I need to question the servants next to the eldest son, and I would like you to send them over again. In addition, I will give the oral notes of those servants that night to my adopted sister, Miss Tingyun. "
