Seeing that the old man selling tofu was getting farther and farther away, Jiang Xixi turned his gaze back to the two red lanterns hanging in front of the door, and said with a blank expression, "It turns out that this Liu Dahu's family is missing, no wonder he didn't send money to Li Chengye for a long time, and listening to the old man's meaning, this Liu Dahu has a good character, and he shouldn't give money on credit casually, but in this way, things are even more tricky," she looked at Cheng Muyou with a sad face, "Liu Dahu's family disappeared half a month ago, according to time, At that time, Shi Jin and Shi Fei should not have arrived in Liaoyang, so in this way, the two brothers did not see Liu Dahu at all, but the ending was the same as the Liu family, and they also disappeared inexplicably, so the two of them were not murdered because of a dispute over the account, but in this way, I can't figure out the cause and effect between these two things. ” Cheng Muyou's face did not move, but his voice was much lower than before, "Shi Fei Shi Jin came to Liaoyang County as a public family, you say, if they don't find Liu Dahu, who will they go to next?"
” Jiang Xixi's eyes lit up, "They will definitely go to the county magistrate here to ask him about the ins and outs of the incident, and possibly ask for his help." ” Cheng Muyou nodded, "Not bad." ” Jiang Xixi hurriedly said, "Then my lord, what are we still doing in a daze, let's go to Liaoyang County Ya quickly." ” Cheng Muyou looked at the mansion beside him, which was not popular at all, "Before going to the county office, I still want to take a look in the courtyard of the Liu family's mansion, so many members of the Liu family have disappeared here for no reason, I think we may be able to find some valuable clues in this mansion."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Jiang Xixi and the two officials, and several people understood, taking advantage of the deserted market in the morning, they turned to a remote courtyard wall with Cheng Muyou, and jumped into the courtyard from the wall in turn.
The layout of Liu's courtyard is rigorous, the building is elegant, the eaves and arches are towering, the walls are smooth as mirrors, the blue bricks and gray tiles, the carved beams and painted columns, it is very graceful and luxurious, and it is more outstanding under the surrounding dwarf houses.
It's just that in this courtyard that should be full of people, it is clean and cold, and even the floor in the house is covered with a layer of dust, and when you step on it, it is a shoe print.
Cheng Muyou looked at this deserted courtyard, thought about it for a while, and then turned back to Jiang Xixi and said to a few people, "Check around to see if you can find suspicious traces, remember, any suspicious clues can't be let go." ” The three of them got the order and walked towards different directions of the Liu family's compound, while Cheng Muyou walked alone along the road to the garden in the backyard, where the flowers and plants are lush and the fragrance is pleasant, in addition to the flowers and trees, the most conspicuous thing is a small pavilion similar to a beacon tower built with blue bricks against the wall.
The pavilion as a whole is two stories high, and there are stairs to reach it on foot, and a pavilion with six corners flying like an eagle spreading its wings is built on the top.
Cheng Muyou walked up the stairs and silently recited the three vigorous and powerful characters on the plaque: Zhanyue Pavilion.
He bowed his head and pondered: Looking at the moon, you can look at the moon when you climb here, but it is a good meaning.
Thinking so, people have come to the pavilion, look up, only to see the bucket arches stacked up, the eaves six picks, the east can watch the sunrise, the west can see the night moon, it is an excellent viewing place.
Cheng Muyou leaned on the railing and looked down, from this position, he could clearly see all the courtyards and houses in the Liu family's compound, and even Jiang Xixi could see where they were.
Under the morning light, the whole house seemed so quiet and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.
Suddenly, his eyes were shaken by a sudden light, and he put his hands into a pergola and squinted his eyes to look into the light, and he saw a rag doll lying there on all fours.
And what stinged his eyes just now were the two eyes on the face of the rag doll, which were sewn with two glass buttons, and were shining with dazzling brilliance by the morning sun.
Cheng Muyou walked down the stairs quickly, came to the courtyard wall and grabbed the rag doll, and the moment he got up, he found that there was a small wooden door inlaid on the courtyard wall, the door was not locked, and a corner gap was slightly exposed.
He stood still, staring intently at the crack, for some reason, his heart was tightening little by little, as if it was firmly grasped by a huge and cold hand, leaving no room for a beat.
The cold sweat on his back seemed to grow in an instant, flowing down his back to his heels, soaking his body cold.
But after only a moment's hesitation, he temporarily suppressed the fear in his heart, pushed open the wooden door and walked out.
The outside is very quiet, go out and you can see a delicate green mountain, between the mountain and the house, only separated by a lotus pond, this season, the lotus is in full bloom, the pink is brilliant, just like the morning glow that has just been dyed with color on the horizon, the lotus leaves in the field are looking away, and a pond of green waves has been accumulated, it looks very gratifying.
Cheng Muyou walked to the edge of the lotus pond, squatted down and looked inside, only to see the blue boundless, lotus leaves like open green umbrellas, floating lightly on the surface of the lake.
Hibiscus blossoms, like the cheeks of a spring girl, full and amorous.
However, even with such a view, it was not possible to let Cheng Muyou, who was squatting by the pool, slow down, at this moment, the chill on his body was even deeper, the cold sweat had fallen, but there was a thin layer of ice behind him, so cold that he couldn't help but shiver, as soon as his hand was released, the worn-out rag doll went down the trend, landed on the water, broke through the barrier of the lotus leaf, and fell towards the bottom of the water.
Cheng Muyou got up to grab it, however, when his fingers touched the water, they retracted violently as if they were burned.
He maintained this strange posture, hunched his back, his hands poked into the air towards the lotus pond, every part of his body was tense and unmoving, as if he was frozen.
The door behind her squeaked, and Jiang Xixi came out of it, "My lord, it turns out that you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time," Seeing that Cheng Muyou did not speak for a long time, she took a few steps forward, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"
What do you bend over to see?
” "There are people in the pond," Cheng Muyou said these words in a hoarse voice, "people are in the lotus pond, buried under the silt." ” Twenty-three corpses were dug up from the lotus pond, due to the low temperature of the river, plus they were all buried in the silt, so the corpses were not particularly corrupt, but the corruption is not bad does not mean that there is no corruption at all, after all, it has been dead for more than half a month, plus there are twenty-three people, so the smell of corpses spread throughout the street, and also attracted hundreds of onlookers.
Liaoyang County Ling Qu Zhengkun stood at the front of the human wall, blocked his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, looked at the corpses covered with mud in front of him with disgust, and asked the officials on the side: "Who found them and brought him forward." ”