The officials standing on both sides of the gate saw her coming, saluted, and gently opened the door a crack, "Miss Yan, Master Cheng is waiting for you inside." ” Yan Niang nodded at them, walked sideways into the permanent house, and as soon as she entered, the door closed behind her back, blocking out countless curious eyes.
Since the case has not yet been solved, everything in the house is still the same as at the time of the crime, only the bodies of the Chang couple have been transported and stored elsewhere.
Yan Niang saw Cheng Muyou standing in the bedroom on the left side of the gate, so she also bypassed the fish pond and walked along a stone-paved path, and when she walked to the door, she saw the blood scattered on the ground and on the window paper, so she stood still, staring at the two bloody footprints next to her.
"These footprints are Chang Yuan," Cheng Muyou walked out of the house, "Shi Jin has already compared." ” "Where is Chang Yuan now?"
"Xin'an Province."
"Did you ask him about that night?"
Cheng Muyou sighed lightly, "That kid should know everything, but because the scene was too bloody and beyond common sense, his mind was already confused."
If he forcibly mentions that matter now, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it, and if he goes crazy, then Chang Chunze won't be out of business. ” "The adults are kind enough to take the child to the mansion to take care of it personally, but," Yan Niang's eyes moved slightly, "This bloody footprint does belong to Chang Yuan, and there are no other traces at the scene, can't it be judged that he is a murderer?"
” "Chang Yuan has just turned six years old, how can he have the strength to kill his father and mother, and then throw the body pieces into the fish pond."
Cheng Muyou walked quickly to Yan Niang, stared at her unfazed face and asked.
"He doesn't have the skills to do it, but if he is manipulated by a spirit that night, he can do something inexplicable."
"I also suspect that this is strange, so I brought the girl here, but, does the girl have conclusive evidence?"
Yan Niang didn't speak, and walked straight to the side of the fish pond, Cheng Muyou followed behind her, "Miss Yan, is there anything strange in this fish pond?"
” Yan Niang caught the fish and insects and threw them into the pond, but after a long time, none of the koi fish came up to grab food.
Cheng Muyou frowned, "Where did the fish go?"
” "Dead."
"Yesterday I asked people to salvage corpses in the pool, and after tossing for a long time, it is not surprising that the fish died."
Yan Niang smiled, picked up the bamboo pole next to the pond and picked it up, and a red koi with bulging eyes landed on the ground at Cheng Muyou's feet.
She swiped the rod on the fish's belly again, and the belly flipped open to both sides, revealing the crimson flesh inside.
"My lord, come and see what's in the belly of this fish?"
She beckoned Cheng Mu to come over.
Cheng Muyou squatted down next to the broken koi, just lowered his head, and raised it suddenly, "In this belly, there is a human face." ” As he said, the blood stains and internal organs in the belly of the fish are nothing special at first glance, but when you look closely, it looks like a face, and the eyebrows and eyes of that face are lowered to make a sad and strange expression.
As soon as the words fell, a white mournful face floated out of the fish's belly, drifting higher and higher, and the color became lighter and lighter, until it reached a few feet above the ground, and disappeared.
"How can there be such a thing in the belly of a fish?"
Cheng Muyou exclaimed.
"It's a wronged soul," Yan Niang stood up and looked at the bloodstained fish pond, "This fish pond is shrouded in black smoke, and the resentment is very deep, I noticed it as soon as I came in." ” "Is it the unjust soul of the Chang couple?"
"That face just now, do adults think it looks like Chang Chunze?"
Cheng Muyou shook his head, "Of course it's not him." ” Yan Niang's gaze deepened and deepened, "My lord, please order someone to salvage the fish pond again to find out if there is any evil hidden in it." ” The small fish pond was searched again by the officials, and even every inch of the sludge was not spared, all the fish carcasses were salvaged, and the aquatic plants were also pulled clean, and the whole pond was only left with a shallow layer of water, and the bottom of the pond could be seen at a glance from above.
"My lord, the pool has been salvaged, and nothing has been found."
Shi Jin reported the obvious results to Cheng Muyou.
"Miss Yan, there's nothing in the pool."
Cheng Muyou repeated this sentence again, as if he was telling Yan Niang, and as if he was deepening his impression.
Yan Niang sat on the big stone by the pool, holding incense in her hand and looking at the water, "It's strange, the unjust soul must be attached to some kind of object, but the pool is clean, where has the evil thing gone now?"
” The old man set up the stall, and shouted at the crowd, "Come and take a look, as long as you have a copper plate, you can cast five times, which clever thing you throw, this thing will belong to you, and you will only make money and not lose money." ” The small vendor next to him said to him, "Old Tiantou, there are fewer and fewer people who come to throw arrows these days, I know why, everyone has been fooled once, and they won't come again, I see, you don't do this deceitful thing again, like us, honestly do a small business." ” The old man snorted at him, "Open your teeth, who deceives people, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, I never take advantage of anyone."
With that, he took out a wooden box and took something out of it and placed it at the front of the stall.
"Jade hairpin?
Old Tian Tou, didn't this hairpin be voted for a few days ago?
Why did it come to you again?
Oh, I see, you say that this hairpin is unique, but in fact it is all a lie, and you may have dozens or hundreds of hairpins in your pocket. ” The old man Tian had a ghost in his heart, and he no longer refuted him, he stood in front of the stall, and shouted at the people passing by, but the people who stopped were sparsely pulled, and there was no longer the scene of everyone watching a few days ago.
Pei Ran cautiously walked forward with a piece of clothing, and when he heard the voice of the old man, he subconsciously turned his head, but at this moment, his eyes were firmly locked: the butterfly jade hairpin was lying firmly in the box at the front of the stall, its color seemed to be darker than when he first saw it, but it was also more breathtaking.
Pei Ran stood still and looked at the jade hairpin blankly, but the scene that happened in the silk shop just now came to his mind: Don't talk about buying that good piece of Hongli brocade, he hadn't even heard of it, so he was given to a Qinglou woman by Captain Qin, and his jade could only wear the ordinary silk in his hand, which really couldn't help but touch his heart.
"Childe, do you want to throw arrows, a copper plate is thrown five times, and you only make money and don't lose money."
Lao Tian saw that he finally had a customer, and greeted him with a smiling face.
Pei Ran did not hesitate, he took out a hanging copper plate used to buy gifts and stuffed it into the hands of the old Tian Tou'er.