Widow Wang took the two of them to the ancestral grave of Village Chief Yin's house. Lu Anran didn't see any footprints along the way.
Speaking of footprints, Lu Anran said curiously: "Since there is only one road, I didn't see your footprints just now."
"Oh, my house is at the innermost place. I took a shortcut from the foot of the hill and climbed over a hill. It was better to get closer than from the outside, and..." Widow Wang crossed her chest and rubbed her arms, "This cemetery It’s too big, and it’s a bit scary coming in from the entrance.”
Lu Anran glanced at her suspiciously, and met Yunqi's gaze. The latter raised his eyebrows at her - do you believe it or not?
Lu Anran lowered her eyes and remained silent. It was not difficult to verify the truth of what Widow Wang said. What she wondered about was who was pretending to be a ghost, just to elicit the ghost letter from Jin?
Thinking about it carefully, even though the "Old Lady Yin" whom Lu Anran was following tried her best to act like a bloated and slow elderly person, she still inadvertently showed that she was different from the old lady's vigor.
So, who is it not Mrs. Yin?
Is it really a coincidence that Widow Wang appears here?
"By the way, the lilac flowers on your body... huh?" Lu Anran sniffed twice, "The smell is gone."
Widow Wang had a puzzled look on her face: "What kind of floral smell? I never put oil or gouache on my hair. We are all doing farm work, how can we have such leisure time? In the past, we were just the Jin family..." After saying this, it seemed that the Jin family has now become A taboo in Yinjia Village, "It is estimated that only the Wei family can wipe it now."
"Yin Tianxiang's wife?"
"Well, she sang in opera before marrying to Yinjia Village. She is very experienced in this. She dresses up all day long and often asks people to go to the county town to bring some rouge and gouache."
What a coincidence for an opera singer? !
Lu Anran couldn't help but wonder, could the female ghost he met the day he entered the village be Wei in disguise?
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The two of them sent Widow Wang home first. On the way back, it was especially quiet on the cold winter snowy night.
"When we talked about Wei just now, you looked a little strange. Do you doubt her?" Yun Qi seemed not to be afraid of the cold. He wore a loose fox fur coat, and his collarbones were exposed on his neck. The white color dazzled his eyes.
Lu Anran shrank his shoulders, and his cape and hat covered most of his head. Only a pair of eyes were left, as bright as washed, "When we entered the village, we met a person."
"A female ghost singing? Haha, that's interesting." After hearing this, Yun Qi curled the tip of his tongue with interest, "Do you doubt the Wei family?"
Lu Anran clasped his cold fingers together, raised his eyebrows and said, "Perhaps the singing was a coincidence, but unfortunately, that night, Yin Tianxiang fell off the cliff and almost died."
"Ms. Wei wanted to murder her husband, and then pretended to be a ghost to threaten Yin Tianxiang. Let's not talk about her purpose. You entered the village on a temporary basis. How could she have calculated it accurately and waited there just to let you see her ghost appearance? , How many miles away are you waiting for Yin Tianxiang?" Yun Qi said: "Then it would be more appropriate to find a random villager, wouldn't it?"
Lu Anran rubbed her index finger unconsciously, and heard Yun Qi continue: "What about Widow Wang? Did she conspire with the Wei family to create a drama today?"
"Probably not." Lu Anran also felt that his inference was too arbitrary just based on singing, "Mr. Wei once slapped Widow Wang, and when she mentioned Wei just now, Widow Wang sounded a little contemptuous."
Yun Qi narrowed his eyes: "Miss Lu, it's not like you to be biased based on just one letter."
Lu Anran suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured down on him, and his whole body shivered.
She began to doubt the Wei family. In addition to the fact that Widow Wang accidentally said that the Wei family sang in operas and liked to put makeup on her face, it was also because she had read a letter before.
Flashing in her mind, Mrs. Wei, dressed in filial piety, smiling and smiling, exited Yunqi's room. She then determined that Mr. Wei was as she said in the letter, and she became prejudiced against Mr. Wei.
"It's my fault." Lu Anran said with deep conviction: "Especially in a murder case, all theoretical speculations are based on objective evidence."
Yun Qi tilted his head and looked at Lu Anran, whose eyes were full of contemplation and his lips curled up with a silent smile. He stepped forward and said with a calm demeanor: "Yinjia Village is not big, but there are quite a lot of grievances and hatreds in it."
To their surprise, at this time, the whole village was huddled in pits and turning off the lights to sleep, but Village Chief Yin's house was brightly lit.
"Master." Guanyue came out and stood next to Yunqi.
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "Stay away from me, you smell like mud."
Guanyue twitched the corner of her mouth and took three steps back. She felt like a villain in her heart. You asked me to move rocks!
Without looking at the moon to block the light, Yunqi looked inside and said, "Oh, everyone in the room is here. What's going on?"
Village Chief Yin stood up with a gloomy face: "Please ask this young master's men to return the things to us. This is a matter for my Yin family and has nothing to do with the young master and others."
Needless to say, Guanyue took out a letter from his sleeve pocket.
Yun Qi and Lu Anran looked at each other naturally - another letter?
Guanyue kept his movements unchanged, and his face was too serious to be more serious. However, his eyes turned around several times, and his mind was full of activities: When did the Crown Prince and Miss Lu have such a tacit understanding? Can you communicate with your eyes? What happened in the past two days that I don't know about? A man and a woman alone, tut tut tut…
"When I received a letter from Mo... ahem, I wanted to bring it to you, but I saw a letter on the steps outside the yard and picked it up. I asked Village Chief Yin if anyone in his family had lost the letter. , my subordinates opened it and took a look..." Guanyue briefly described, "Then everyone gathered here and waited."
Lu Anran only had one idea. There were so many letters tonight, they all came together.
"Master Yun, it's for your own good that I don't let you interfere." Village Chief Yin's eyes showed a few traces of red blood under the candlelight. His face seemed to be thinner and sunken, and the panicked tree shadows cast a gloomy look. , "Since the letter is written to me, it would be too unreasonable for the young master's men to snatch other people's letters at will."
Guanyue turned around, stabbing everyone in the eyes with the sword on his waist, "I asked just now, none of you admitted that it is an ownerless thing. Is it a problem for the person who found it to decide where to keep it? "
Lu Anran was convinced that Guanyue and Yunqi were their masters and servants, and they sounded like scoundrels and deserved a beating.
"That's good. When it comes to the things in my hands, I will naturally have the final say." Yun Qi said with a wicked smile.
Village Chief Yin's face twitched twice, then he bit his tongue and said, "I have advised Mr. Yun. Since Mr. Yun insists on having his own way, you will be responsible for any consequences."
Yun raised his thumb and index finger and flicked the envelope hard. Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, he threw the letter to Lu Anran, "Ugly girl, come here. You are full of evil spirits, and the two are equal to each other."
Lu Anran: "..."
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"The sinful man is hiding in the Yin family. He is deeply in debt and has too many books to write. At midnight, he will take your life."
——Seek life from Yama. '
The blood dried up and turned into a shocking black-red color.
Lu Anran examined it word by word and said for a long time: "Judging from the consistency and color, it should be human blood, but the blood stains have solidified and it cannot be further distinguished based on the smell and taste."
Guanyue couldn't help but interjected: "What should it mean...?"
Lu Anran looked at him and said seriously: "Don't you know that the body structure of primates is most similar to that of humans?"
Guanyue, who was inexplicably disgusted, touched his forehead. Why did he need to know this?
"The important point is the content of the letter." Yun Qi tapped his slender fingers on the letter paper, turned to Village Chief Yin and others: "I see clearly, it is indeed a letter from your family."
Village Chief Yin did not move for a moment. Wei clasped her hands and trembled: "Master Yun, I have never seen you so scary."
"Yes, yes." Yin Tianming's face turned pale, and he forced a smile and said: "I don't know who is playing a joke. It's not worth disturbing. Everyone is restless in the middle of the night. Please go back to your room."
Yun Qi chuckled: "Okay." Halfway through, he suddenly turned back: "Although the village chief doesn't need my help, I have a kind heart, so I would like to remind you that you'd better be careful tonight, just in case. Woolen cloth?"
Wei's heart skipped a beat, especially when Lu Anran handed the letter back, she subconsciously ducked to the side, her eyes flashed slightly, and she laughed dryly: "Master Yun said... that's true. Thank you for reminding me, Master."
Lu Anran glanced at her one more time, and as Yun Qi left, Village Chief Yin behind him shouted: "Close the door!"
When they were approaching their room, Yunqi took a long step and blocked Lu Anran's way. Lu Anran raised his eyes and asked what he meant?
Yun Qi asked: "Why didn't you take out Jin's letter just now?"
"One more thing is worse than one less thing. If we tell the story about the letters we found in the cemetery, it will inevitably cause some trouble. Moreover, we picked up both letters. The village chief should suspect that we are faking it."
Yun Qi nodded in agreement and said, "I don't think you are a nosy person. Why did you rush to the front when you saw the corpse that day?"
Lu Anran turned her head to avoid his sight, pressed her fingers and did not speak.
'Dong~' There was a sudden pain in his forehead. Lu An then turned around and looked into Yunqi's eyes, which were deeper than the cold night. The stars in the sky were reflected in the light and shadow.
"You're not old, but you're very thoughtful." Yun Qi turned around and waved his hand back after saying, "It's boring."
Lu Anran stayed there for a brief moment and walked towards his room.
Guanyue, who was watching from the beginning, squatted on a tree and wondered whether the prince was interested in her or not. His heart was indeed unfathomable.
Before Lu Anran could step in, Chunmiao rushed towards her from unknown directions, hugging her and crying with snot and tears.
"What are you doing?" Lu Anran was slightly disgusted by the snot Chun Miao rubbed against her body.
Chunmiao was frightened. She stopped crying and still sobbed: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Lu Anran covered her mouth: "Let's talk after burping."
After going in and drinking a cup of hot water, her mood finally stabilized. Chunmiao wiped away her tears and said fearfully: "Miss, Yinjia Village is not clean. You suddenly disappeared. I am worried. I just asked Xu Jia and the others to find someone... Oops!"
Lu Anran looked at her: "Don't be surprised."
"Xu Jia and the others may have left the village to look for the young lady at this moment, so I have to inform you."
"Go." Lu Anran held a cup of hot tea to ward off the cold and called to Chun Miao who was running outside. "By the way, let Xu Jia help me with something."
Suddenly, dogs barked suddenly, one after another, and the whole village fell into noise in an instant.
"What are you doing? Why don't you let me out?" Chun Miao shouted dissatisfiedly at the gate of the yard.
Soon, Village Chief Yin came over with a group of people and asked, "Where did you do my granddaughter Su Su?"
