When Zhu Ba's family and Li Yu parted that day, Yang Qing revealed the direction of finding Xinlan's body. Based on the current clues, he believed that the key lay in the sack used by Zhu Ba to carry the body. Zhu Ba buried the body. The time is only about half an hour. We have to find the location first and then dispose of the body. There must not be much time to carefully handle the sack. Therefore, the sack is likely to be near where the body is buried. This may be the direction of the search. Something will be gained.
Unexpectedly, Xinlan's body and the sack were not found for several days. Li Yu also came over to talk to Yang Qing about the interrogation of Zhu Ba. Because of the relationship with the Wang family, the county government had not yet investigated Zhu Ba. He had been severely punished, so he gritted his teeth and refused to plead guilty. Today, Li Yu ordered someone to send word that Deng Zhi and Deng Shangshu, who were envoys to Soochow, would return to Chengdu today. He was busy with official duties and would not come to analyze the case with Yang Qing.
In the first year of Jianxing, Yang Qing was also familiar with Deng Zhi and Deng Bomiao's mission to Soochow. This time, Deng Zhi used his superb diplomatic skills to prompt Sun Quan to sever his alliance with Cao Wei and make peace with Shu Han again. , successfully completed Zhuge Liang's task of rebuilding Soochow, which can be said to be the greatest contribution. Of course, Sun Quan also sent Zhang Wen and Deng Zhi back to Shu in order to exchange opinions between the two sides and further listen to the Shu-Han court's opinions on the alliance, so as to express to Zhuge Liang face to face the intention of Han and Wu to rebuild the alliance.
Presumably soon, Mr. Zichi will shine at the banquet to welcome Zhang Wen, the envoy of Soochow. Alas, why are you thinking about these things now? Yang Qing shook his head and stopped thinking about these national events for the time being. The most important thing at the moment was to help Brother Ziyu solve this murder case as soon as possible. Of course, this was also to bring justice to the Xiahou Mansion as soon as possible.
"Is Yang Langjun at home?"
There were several knocks on the door and a clear female voice. This voice was already very familiar to Yang Qing. The owner of the voice had often come over to talk to him about the case in the past few days. It happened to be a coincidence that he had just thought of Xiahou Mansion. Xia Houyue came, smiling secretly in her heart, and hurried over to open the courtyard door: "Ms. Xiahou is here, please come in quickly."
"Yang Langjun, is there any progress in the case today? Has Zhu Ba confessed?" Xia Houyue asked eagerly as soon as he sat on the stone bench.
Yang Qing shook his head and said, "No progress has been made. Brother Ziyu has no time to come over today. Qing plans to visit Zhu Ba's house later."
Xia Houyue said in frustration: "That's it. Poor Xinlan has been killed, but the slave family can't even find her body and bury it properly."
"Mrs. Xiahou, please don't be too sad. Qing and Lieutenant Li will definitely find Xinlan's body." Yang Qing comforted: "Although Qing has learned too much from the virtuous master and servants in the past few days about the night Xinlan died. The details of the front and back of the house, but I still hope that the wise master and servant will think about any missing details, such as what other objects are on Xinlan. Maybe this object fell somewhere on the road, so that we can follow it and find it. Xinlan.”
Xia Houyue shook her head and said, "The Nu family really can't think of anything Xinlan brought with her when she went out that night."
A look of disappointment flashed across Yang Qing's face when he heard this. This is normal. Recently, everyone has tried their best to recall Xinlan's makeup and what items were on her body. Everyone who could recall told herself that she shouldn't have taken this seriously. Hope, it seems that it is more practical to pray for the thieves to search for Xinlan.
"Um, Yang Langjun, I thought that there was something that Xinlan might take with her." Just as Yang Qing and Xia Houyue were sitting speechless, Mulan, who was standing behind Xia Houyue, suddenly spoke.
"Really, what is it?" Yang Qing asked eagerly.
"My maid is not sure. This is just my inference."
Xia Houyue asked curiously: "Why didn't I hear you say it when I came here? Even if it is an inference, tell it quickly. It will not help the case."
Yang Qing echoed: "It's okay if it's an inference. Mulan, please tell me."
Mulan said: "My maid only remembered it when she was cleaning Xinlan's things last night. Madam knows that everyone in the house has two silk bags embroidered with the word Xiahou. Xinlan made one of them into a sachet, which is The one she found in the shabby house a few days ago and the other one were used by her to store some small items. But after sorting out her items last night, she couldn't find another silk sac. So, the maid thought Did she carry both silk sacs with her?"
It turns out that the sachet has been dropped in the broken house. If another sachet is carried by Xinlan, it may also fall somewhere due to the bumps of movement. This will help to determine where Xinlan is. .
After Yang Qing thought about this section, he asked, "I wonder what is in this silk bag?"
"They should be some rose flower seeds." Mulan replied: "On the morning of my wife's birthday, she took us to the market and bought many flower seeds. In order to distinguish them easily, each of us used a silk sac to It only holds the seeds of one kind of flower. My servant remembers that the heart orchid holds the seeds of rose flowers."
Xia Houyue looked at Yang Qing's questioning eyes and said, "It is true. A few days ago, the Nu family wanted to plant some flowers in the backyard, so they took Mulan and the others out to buy some seeds. They wanted to plant the seeds in the next few days. Planting the seeds, who knew something like this happened, so we put it aside for a while. Mulan didn't mention it, and the slave family also forgot about it."
Yang Qing secretly thought: So it is a silk sac containing rose seeds. This is easier to identify. Wait a minute, rose flowers...flowers...plant flowers...chrysanthemums...
This sudden aura was like a bolt of lightning that pierced through the barrier that Yang Qing had felt for many days, causing him to suddenly recall some places that had been ignored. No wonder he always felt that something was wrong, and he had left out such obvious details. Wow, it's so stupid, it turns out to be so simple.
Xia Houyue and Mulan on the side were surprised to see that Yang Qing had not answered for a long time. They also saw that his face was suddenly happy and angry, and he was suddenly slapping his forehead with his hand and muttering something to himself. They shouted in unison: "Yang Langjun, Yang Langjun..."
Yang Qing heard the shouting, came back to his senses and responded: "Um, Madam Xiahou, what's the matter?"
Xia Houyue thought angrily to herself, what else is going on? You are suddenly silent there, with a strange expression on your face. If you don't know, you might think you are possessed by an evil spirit.
"Nothing, I just saw you haven't spoken for a long time, so I was curious." Xia Houyue said with a smile.
Yang Qing explained: "You are rude. Just now I suddenly thought of a key clue. I may already know where Xinlan is buried, so I lost my mind for a moment."
Xia Houyue heard this and said anxiously: "Is it true? What's the clue?"
"Thanks to Mulan's reminder, I came up with the clue." Yang Qing looked at Mulan and smiled.
Mulan looked at Yang Qing with a blank look on her face: "I...how can I, my maid..."
Yang Qingdao: "It was your mention of the silk sac containing rose seeds that reminded me that a flower was also found in Zhu Bajia."
"Flowers from Zhu Ba's family?" Xia Houyue asked in confusion.
"Exactly. When I found out that Zhu Badeng was washing his hoe at the well late at night, I carefully checked in and around the well but found nothing except two dried chrysanthemums."
"Chrysanthemum?" Xia Houyue asked doubtfully.
"Yes, they are chrysanthemums. At that time, I just thought they were thrown by Zhu Ba or He on the ground, so I never paid attention to them. It wasn't until I mentioned the flowers just now that I realized that those two chrysanthemums were most likely Zhu Ba. Washed off when cleaning the hoe.”
"Washed away? Doesn't that mean that there are chrysanthemums growing where Zhu Ba buried the heart orchid?" Xia Houyue is also a perceptive person. When Yang Qing said this, he immediately understood the key point. . But she then thought of other possibilities, and then asked: "Could it be the Zhu family's own chrysanthemum?"
Yang Qing said: "No. I have seen Zhu Ba's house before and after, and there is not a single flower in his house. As for whether it was picked from outside, I think this possibility is extremely small. Zhu Bayi A rough person is not a flower lover, and He is a woman who is busy with housework, so she would not have that leisure time. Therefore, I think those two chrysanthemums were stuck to the hoe when Zhu Ba was digging a hole to bury someone."
Xia Houyue nodded and said: "That's true. But where is the place with chrysanthemums?"
"This Qing Dynasty has already speculated. Wang Tong once said that he went to the villa to rest that night to enjoy the flowers, and the flowers were the chrysanthemums in the back garden." Yang Qing said: "This place is very close to Zhu Ba's house. Zhu Ba is completely The body can be buried in the back garden of the Wang Family Villa within half an hour."
"Yes, from the current point of view, the only thing that can connect Zhu Ba and Juhua is Brother Wang's annex." Xia Houyue said: "In that case, why don't we go to the Wang family now to find out?"
Yang Qing cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Qing Zheng has this intention. He also asked Madam Xiahou to ask Mulan to go to the county government office to report the matter to Li County Lieutenant. Please go with him if he has time, and send someone to come if he has no time to escape."
Mulan did not wait for Xia Houyue's instructions and said hurriedly: "I understand, my slave."
