"It's better to die."
It was precisely because of his calm tone that these words sounded more thrilling.
Two pairs of eyes, the old one and the young one, have the same fear and shock at this moment.
The woman sneered: "Don't you understand?" She picked up an ax that had been prepared on the ground and said in an extremely cold voice: "When you are all crushed to pieces, go to the Palace of Hell to ask for a clear explanation!"
Without any more nonsense, he held the ax in both hands, raised it high, and struck forward hard.
"Bang——"
"Ding--"
The door was kicked open, the ax hit the ground, and the woman fell beside him.
All this happens at the same time.
The torches were lit one after another, and the entire temple suddenly became as bright as day.
The woman was lying on the ground and raised her face to look out. Two figures, a man and a woman, came into her eyes. She looked slightly surprised and asked, "You didn't leave?"
Lu Anran took a step forward and looked at the woman on the ground. Her face was still covered with a thick mask, but her eyes were black and white, exceptionally bright and transparent, "It's like we didn't expect it to be you."
Yun Qi held the fan in one hand and put the other behind his back. Without deliberately making any gesture, he looked noble, arrogant and romantic, saying, "Hello, Mrs. Tian."
Except for the original heavy makeup and exaggerated makeup, even the expressions had changed, but it was not to the point where Lu Anran and Yun Qi could not recognize the person, so when Guanyue knocked off Tian's axe, Yun Qi kicked the door open and came in. The first thing he saw was the light of the fire. When it was illuminated, they recognized the woman's identity.
The woman, Mrs. Tian who liked to be a matchmaker, slowly got up. When she raised her head, she had already regained her composure, "It seems that you have suspected me for a long time."
Guanyue squatted on the ground and picked up a dagger. After seeing a small hole in the dagger, he hissed and sighed: "It's so strong."
Mrs. Tian fiddled with her hair and smoothed her clothes. Her eyes melted into the darkness of the night and were extremely cold. She turned to the father and son who were tied up and frightened and had not yet recovered. There was sarcasm in her eyes and she smiled sarcastically, "You thought you were saved. ?Originally, I wanted to take your lives with my own hands...but this is fine, I will make you despised by everyone in the world."
Guanyue grabbed Village Chief Yin's arm with her open dagger and was about to cut the rope when Mrs. Tian stopped her and said, "Young Master Yun and Miss Lu must have a lot to ask. I advise you not to answer them first."
Guanyue asked Yunqi with her eyes. The latter hooked up a chair with his feet and sat down. He leaned forward and rested his forehead on the handle of the fan. He raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Let's arrange a place for the father and son. Let's chat with Mrs. Tian first." "
Once the door is closed, it is still the same Buddhist hall. The Buddha statue sits on the ground and is benevolent to the common people. Three pieces of fragrance are used to pay tribute to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The four deceased people are placed side by side. The incense continues, lingering and chasing their souls.
The scene is weird, and what’s even weirder is the atmosphere between Sister Tian and Yun Lu facing each other.
Lu Anran was dressed plainly, but her cloak was a flamboyant red. The night fire was burning, and her eyes were quiet and deep. She looked at Sister-in-law Tian and said: "Wearing linen and mourning, who are you mourning for?"
Putting aside her grandiosity, Mrs. Tian smiled coldly, without any trace of a smile in her eyes, "Let's not talk about it for now. I'm very curious. Since you have suspected me for a long time, why did you go around in such a circle, pretending to leave and then quietly return."
Lu Anran looked at each other calmly and said, "We don't know your motives, so we can't guess what you want to do next."
Yun Qi raised one corner of his mouth and smiled playfully: "Since we are in a difficult situation, it is better to sit back and watch. Maybe we can see something else."
Sister-in-law Tian sighed, her expression less cold, but also revealing an infinite desolation, "I have already told you that these two are extraordinary and different from the peasant women like me, but I didn't expect them to be so clever and clever."
Yun Qi said: "Sister-in-law Tian, you are so humble. Most peasant women in the countryside can't handle your plans."
Mrs. Tian raised her eyes: "When did you start to doubt me?"
There were corpses in the Buddhist hall, so it was difficult to burn the charcoal pot. Lu Anran put his hands in his sleeves, with his palms against the sleeve burner, and said slowly: "I smelled a smell on Su Su the day she fell off the cliff. What a coincidence. What’s more, it’s similar to the fragrance that led us to see Widow Wang at the Xishan Cemetery that night.”
Sister-in-law Tian remained silent and listened to Lu Anran continue: "Widow Wang went to the cemetery to cry at the grave at night, probably because someone arranged for her in front of her mother-in-law, and because Widow Wang suspected that you were gossiping, when you met her on the road, There was also pushing." After a pause, his eyes moved slightly, "It should be that you deliberately waited on the road she must pass by so that you could rub the fragrance onto her."
Sister-in-law Tian whispered: "Everyone in the village knows that Widow Wang and I have been at odds for a long time, and the pushing and shoving incident is not surprising."
Yun Qi rubbed the jade carving on the fan handle and nodded sincerely: "Yes, so naturally we will go to Widow Wang's place and ask around. Maybe she will lead us to the cemetery and naturally throw out a letter from the Jin family. , it was the drama planned by Widow Wang herself.
Widow Wang was very close to Yin Tianming and assumed her to be the murderer. She had access to Village Chief Yin's house. If she forced Jin to death in order to be with Yin Tianming, and then Yin Tianxiang found out that he was threatening her, she would If you don't stop doing this, you might as well kill Yin Qiusu, the loser. "
"It was exactly at this time that Mrs. Wei directly pointed out that Widow Wang was the murderer." Yun Qi raised three fingers and shook his head. He put his fan on his nose, his eyes rolled and he smiled with a bit of evil that would confuse all sentient beings, "If With Yin Tianming's cooperation, it seems that the motive and conditions for committing the crime are in place."
"Yes." Lu Anran agreed: "Widow Wang took the initiative to tell us that Wei loved to put on makeup and had appeared on the stage. Moreover, when we asked Su Su where she was on the night of the accident, her words were evasive, which increased her suspicion. "
Yun Qixiao said: "But there are also contradictions. First, Mrs. Wei slapped her. After that, she stopped going to Village Head Yin's house. Until Mrs. Jin jumped into the well and committed suicide, she did not dare to come close. This shows that Widow Wang is a coward. Small people.
Second point, you said that Widow Wang once had an affair with a village scholar, and she did not hesitate to entrust her family fortune to the scholar just to support him in his studies. This shows that Widow Wang has a lot of plans in mind, and she is not just focusing on Yinjia Village. "
Sister-in-law Tian said: "Is that because of this?"
Lu Anran shook his head: "The most important thing is."
Yun Qi held the handle of the fan and tapped the armrest of the chair, with a firm tone: "Ms. Wei, she directly told us that Widow Wang was the murderer. Isn't that the biggest suspicion?"
Lu Anran said calmly: "When I was testing, Wei blurted out that Yin Tianxiang died outside when he should not have known."
"This stupid woman." Mrs. Tian was disdainful.
Yun Qi tugged on the jade pendant by the handle of the fan, looking casual and arrogant as usual, "Ms. Wei sang in operas and had private meetings with men from other villages. It cannot be ruled out that after Yin Tianxiang found out, she killed her husband impulsively. Especially after the death of Wang Yin. The incident was particularly suspicious. And I paid special attention to it. When Yin Tianxiang died, although she acted very sad, she was not. Instead, something happened to Yin Wang and Yin Qiusu, and she was frightened and fell ill. "
As he spoke, he changed the topic, his casual tone became a little sharper, he leaned forward slightly, and raised his eyes: "But she is dead."
Lu Anran glanced sideways: "Yes, now that she is dead, her suspicion will be cleared."
Mrs. Tian frowned, not understanding the context of these words, and asked: "You said it yourself that she committed suicide out of fear of crime."
"I don't believe in ghosts, so it can only be someone who is playing tricks." Lu Anran turned his eyes, and the shadow of the lamp fell on his eyes, turning into a bright light, "Do you still remember the day when the Wei family committed suicide?"
"Is it just because I also showed up at the village chief's house?"
"You want to say it's the wrong time, but you're wrong about one thing."
Mrs. Tian's fingers clasped the armchair, her face tightened slightly, "What?"
Lu Anran raised his hand and rubbed his nose, "You should have discovered that I am sensitive to smell when you first saw me."
Sister-in-law Tian did not deny it, and Lu Anran continued: "That's why there is Xishan Cemetery with incense to lead the way. If there is a smell that seems to be nothing on Su Su's body, the ointment in the bathtub when Yin Tianxiang died, including the incense left on the window sill of Mrs. Yin's Buddhist hall Traces, everything, are all designed to make Wei the final scapegoat."
Yun Qi clapped his palms with a fan and exclaimed: "Sister Tian is very calculating. I'm afraid from the very beginning, when you approached the Wei family to join forces, you had already planned for her to be the scapegoat. It's a pity that the Wei family didn't even know about it until she died."
Sister-in-law Tian stared at Lu Anran and said, "I still don't understand, why do you suspect me? I obviously have nothing to do with everything."
Lu Anran's eyes were half-opened, and his gaze was obviously calm, but there was a strong oppressive force in the tranquility, which made Mrs. Tian's chest stagnate.
"But it was also the smell that made me recognize you."
After returning from Widow Wang's house, on the day of Wei's 'suicide', Lu Anran and Yun Qi met Mrs. Tian by chance.
"Long before the night when Yin Tianxiang was killed, Mrs. Wei gave you a key to the backyard. That day when you came out of that door after killing Mrs. Wei, you saw us at the door. In order not to attract attention, you deliberately greeted us like It's like I just came here.
In addition, you also went to Yin Tianxiang's room, took a little balm and put it on the edge of the bathtub, and then put the whole box of balm on Wei's body. You were so covert, just to let us know for sure that Wei Even if he is not possessed by ghosts and gods, he commits suicide out of fear of sin.
But you have forgotten that lilac is called the ghost flower, not only because of the time it blooms, but also because of its light and elegant fragrance that lingers for a long time, like a ghost that lingers for a long time.
It just so happened that I smelled it on you, which made me take a new look at you, a person who has always been 'aloof'. "
Mrs. Tian exhaled, lowered her head, and said in a tone that sounded like she was mocking herself or admitting defeat, "I'm already very careful."
Lu Anran said: "The most important point is that I checked Wei's body and found that the gold hairpin inserted into her heart was in the wrong direction, and it was not the gold hairpin that was fatal. She died of suffocation."
Judging from Jin Chai's wounds and blood stains at the scene, Wei was first injured by Jin Chai, and then dragged to the ground, covering her mouth and nose, and suffocated to death. As a result, a lot of her hair was broken when she struggled.
Yunqi flipped his wrist, put his fan against his chin, and slightly raised his lips: "The Wei family did not commit suicide, so it is self-evident who the murderer is."
Lu Anran looked at Mrs. Tian and narrowed her eyes, "Although you seem to be thoughtful and well-planned, in fact you are full of loopholes. It's just that you seem to be an outsider every time, so that no one would think that you were the one who committed the crime."
