The garden is full of flowers and colors, at least hundreds of varieties.
There are so many flowers in different seasons and different regions. I don’t know what method Lu Beihai used to plant them in the same place.
Tao Ziming closed his eyes and felt the entire garden carefully at this moment.
Not to mention, just when he was observing like this, he really discovered the problem.
It is said that in the westernmost part of the back garden of the City Lord's Mansion, there is a well used for daily water collection.
This well is not too deep, about five meters from the ground.
The result was just one night seven days ago.
The gardener at that time, Lao Wang, was watering the flowers in the backyard.
After the water in the kettle was used up, Lao Wang came to the well as usual.
When they threw the bucket down and picked it up again, no one expected that the well water in the bucket would turn blood red.
In an instant, a crow cawed in the back garden.
Lao Wang felt a chill on his back, looked at the blood-red well water in the bucket, and screamed.
Because that night, Lao Wang found a head sticking out from under the well. The wet and bloody head could not be seen clearly, but it gave people a feeling of coldness all over the body.
That night, Lao Wang fainted from fright. The next day, although he truthfully reported what happened that night to the people above him, no one believed him. They only said that he was a delusion caused by drinking too much.
It wasn't until Tao Ziming's arrival today, when Tao Ziming noticed something unusual in the well and called the servants in the courtyard to inquire, that the matter resurfaced.
"So, does the root of all problems come from that well?" Li Wuyou knocked on his head and slowly walked towards the well.
In broad daylight, there was no way to tell anything unusual, because at this moment, this well seemed ordinary to everyone.
Lu Beihai said: "Little brother, just tell me. Is there something wrong with this well? How about I find someone to seal it?"
Tao Ziming smiled and shook his head: "If this matter could be solved so simply, it would be much easier to handle. It's a pity that the complexity of this matter is far beyond your imagination."
Because only when Tao Ziming used the Heart Sword Heart Eye, he could see clearly that at the bottom of the well, there was a white skeleton lying.
"Mr. Lu, I wonder if there has ever been a murder case in your well?"
Hearing Tao Ziming's inquiry, Lu Beihai shook his head: "Over the years, my house has been safe, and there have been no missing persons. I have never heard of a murder in this well."
Tao Ziming was a little confused: "That's strange. If there has been no murder in the house, then whose bones in the well belong to them?"
"What are you talking about? There is a white skeleton under the well?" Lu Beihai frowned, "Little brother, are you serious about this?"
Tao Ziming nodded: "City Lord Lu, do you think it is necessary for me to deceive you?"
Lu Beihai stared at Tao Ziming for a while, then finally waved and called the servant.
Immediately, he ordered people to dive directly to the bottom of the well. About half an hour later, a white skeleton was actually fished out from the bottom of the well.
The figure of the white bone is somewhat slender and short. It looks like it should be the corpse of a woman, and there is a silver bracelet on the right wrist of the white bone.
Tao Ziming found a crack on the white bone's neck.
Based on Tao Ziming's experience, this crack should be caused by man.
This at least shows that the owner of this body was not drowned at the bottom of the well, but was strangled to death and then thrown into the well.
Tao Ziming stepped in front of the corpse and suddenly looked at Lu Beihai: "City Lord Lu, are you sure this corpse is really not from your house?"
Lu Beihai frowned slightly, but at this moment, the old housekeeper suddenly pointed to the silver bracelet and said: "City Lord, this bracelet looks so familiar, it seems to belong to the maid Xiaocui who left alone a year ago.
It's normal for the city lord to have no impression, because Xiaocui has been helping in the kitchen and rarely appears in the front yard, but I recruited her.
One day Xiaocui suddenly left without saying goodbye, but left a letter in her room. I thought she had returned to her hometown, but I didn't expect that her body would be found under the well. This is terrible. What a surprise. "
City Lord Lu looked at the old housekeeper: "Why don't I know about this?"
The old housekeeper knelt on the ground with a plop: "City Lord, you were busy with some important things at that time, and I really couldn't bear to disturb you. And I thought she really went home, who knew that this was the case."
"Forget it, get up." Lu Beihai shook his head and reached out to pull the old housekeeper up from the ground. He turned to look at Tao Ziming and Li Wuyou, "The two young heroes think that this maid of ours, after all, How did you die?"
Li Wuyou looked at Tao Ziming and saw Tao Ziming chuckle: "Why would the city lord ask questions knowingly?"
Tao Ziming smiled like this, and Lu Beihai also laughed: "Since the young hero is so sure, why not leave this matter to the young hero as well. I hope the young hero can recover the money for this innocent maid." A justice.”
Tao Ziming waved his hand. This matter naturally could not trouble him, because he had already guessed who the murderer was.
When the body was carried up from the well, the reactions of everyone present could not escape his mind.
One of them had the most unusual reaction, and that person was Lao Wang, who was responsible for watering the flowers in the backyard.
The cold sweat streaming down his forehead, his eyes full of fear, and his trembling calves all showed that this person was afraid of something.
Tao Ziming came to Lao Wang and reached out to pat his shoulder. The man's shaking body softened a little.
"Don't be afraid. It's daytime now. Even if he wants to harm you, he won't show up now."
When Lao Wang heard what he said, his voice became stuttering again: "You...what did you say? I...why can't I understand a word? Xiaocui and I have no enmity, why did she want to harm me? Woolen cloth?"
Tao Ziming smiled lightly: "Whether there is injustice or not, we will find out tonight."
After finishing speaking, Tao Ziming asked the others to go back first, and then sat alone in the backyard, quietly waiting for night to fall.
As night falls, the back garden seems to be unusually dark tonight.
Soon, the city lord, Li Wuyou and the housekeeper came over.
During the day, Tao Ziming had ordered them to come to the back garden at this time.
Tao Ziming said to the old housekeeper: "Bring that old Wang up now."
