Chapter 13: Wronged
The next morning, an exclamation broke the silence of the morning.
"What the hell is going on!" In the courtyard, seeing Xiao Qi's hands full of blood, Ling Haonan panicked.
"Sir...... Little ......"
"If you have something to say, what kind of system will it become!"
Xiao Qi wiped some tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and said, "Xiao Xiao, he's dead!"
Ling Haonan's eyes widened in disbelief, he didn't sleep all night last night, how could Xiao Xiao die quietly!
"It's in the bathhouse, go and see!"
Ling Haonan hurriedly put down the book in his hand and walked towards the bathing room.
At the door of the bathhouse, Xiao Xiao fell to the ground in horror, his head drooping, and his whole body was stiff and black as ink. Not far away, a hundred-year-old poisonous python lay on the ground, long since it lost its voice. On top of the snake's teeth, there are also a few pieces of Xiao Xiao's clothes.
"How can there be a hundred-year-old poisonous python here!"
The Ling Mansion is located in the middle of Qiushui City, far away from the woods. And the hundred-year-old poisonous python only moves in the woods on weekdays, and will not easily leave its own territory, let alone run to the Ling Mansion.
So where did this snake come from?
Thinking of this, Ling Haonan looked at Wang Dong silently, but he didn't see anything abnormal.
"Perhaps, it's because I'm overthinking. ”
"Why are you all here?"
Outside the door, a cute girl wearing a purple skirt with flowers walked to the bathhouse with blue and white steps. It looks similar to Ling Bing'er, but it is a little more reserved and elegant.
"Second Miss, don't go over. The maid Xin'er happened to pass by and shouted Ling Bingmeng.
"What's wrong?"
"Xiao Xiao...... Xiao Xiao is dead!"
Ling Bingmeng was stunned when she heard this, and said in a panic: "Do you see clearly? is it Xiao Xiao?"
Seeing Xin'er nodding, Ling Bing'er couldn't help but tremble under her feet, and took two steps back: "What...... It will be so. ”
"Second Miss, what's wrong with you?" Xin'er glanced at Ling Bingmeng strangely.
"I didn't ...... Nothing, just a little unbelievable. ”
"Miss, don't be sad, there is no way to do this kind of thing, who would have thought that there would be a hundred-year-old poisonous python running to the Ling Mansion. By the way, Second Miss, don't go over and look at it, you'll have a needle's eye. ”
Ling Bingmeng nodded and walked to his room in a daze.
Xiao Xin glanced back at the bathhouse, but she didn't want to stay here, scratched the back of her red hand, and turned around and walked to the guest room. Among the clothes he was holding, a bloody handkerchief showed a pointed corner.
"Go, call all the people over to me!"
"Yes, sir. ”
In the entire bathhouse, there is not a single trace of a fight. Only Xiao Xiao and the dead poisonous python were lying quietly on the ground, and the blood that flowed had dried up. In the doorway, there was an area of blood, which seemed to have been grazed by something.
The whole picture looks so weird.
When he first stepped into the bathhouse, Wang Dong smelled not only the fishy smell, but also a special aroma. Sniffed carefully, the smell was special, like smelling somewhere.
Looking at Xiao Xiao's death, Wang Dong always felt that something was wrong. Squatting down to look, a strangulation mark appeared in front of Wang Dong's eyes. Just about to pull open the covering shirt, he was beaten back by a leather whip.
"Okay, you Wang Dong! Yesterday Xiao Xiao let out a snake to scare you, and today you came up with this evil trick to kill Xiao Xiao, and I'm not done with you!"
"That's enough!" Ling Haonan's soul power surged in his palm, snatched Ling Bing'er's leather whip over, and threw it on the ground.
"Enough!
Looking at Ling Haonan, who was a little angry, Ling Bing'er pouted and stomped her feet coquettishly. I wanted to pick up my beloved little leather whip, but I was afraid of Ling Haonan's eyes......
"I didn't kill Xiao Xiao. Straightening up, Wang Dong glanced at Ling Bing'er and said.
Silence proves that there is a ghost in the heart, and it will arouse the suspicion of others. Although, the murderer was not him.
"Hmph, if you say no, it's not? Which murderer would write that I'm a murderer on his face?"
"Bing'er!" Ling Haonan's frowning brows deepened a little deeper.
"Dad~!Why do you always help this outsider speak!Do you know his origin?Do you know his character?" Ling Bing'er was not convinced, and argued.
"I still need you to teach me how to do things, get back to my room!"
"Hmph, go back!" Ling Bing'er muttered a few words, then picked up the whip and turned around and ran.
Ling Haonan raised his right hand angrily, but he was reluctant to fight. I waved my robe and turned away.
The cool morning breeze blew, and a milky white spider the size of a grain of rice floated from the beam of the house to Wang Dong's eyes. Wang Dong set it aside and looked up at random, but he didn't expect that there was another situation on the beams!
A little dust fell before the beams fell, and at one end of the main beam, a broken wooden branch was particularly conspicuous.
Wang Dong was about to remind Ling Haonan, but was blocked by Xiao Nan, who came in a hurry. In his hand, he also held a bloody handkerchief.
After seeing Wang Dong, Xiao Nan took a step back and narrowed the distance between him. There was a hint of panic and fear on his face.
"Why are you here now!" Ling Haonan's face was a little displeased, and he had already said that he would let everyone gather here. But all the people arrived, but Xiao Nan, who was usually quick with his hands and feet, refused to come.
Could it be that he has a ghost in his heart? But his cultivation has not even entered the early stage of the Soul Condensation Realm, how can he attract a century-old poisonous python?
While Ling Haonan was pondering, Xiao Nan handed him the handkerchief in his hand.
Ling Haonan twisted his brows again, took the handkerchief, and asked, "What is this for?"
"This handkerchief, is it...... I found out when I was cleaning my room. It was precisely because of this that I was delayed for a while. After that, Xiao Nan also looked at Wang Dong's face and moved farther away from him.
There are three guest rooms, but two of them are unoccupied, so obviously they don't need to be cleaned. And this handkerchief ......
"Master Ling. Seeing Ling Haonan's changing face, Wang Dong knew that he was beginning to doubt himself. Or rather, he never believed in himself.
"This handkerchief, not mine. ”
"You said it wasn't yours, why was it under your bed!"
After Xiao Nan finished speaking, he glanced at Xin'er unnaturally, the amplitude was very light, but Wang Dong looked at it all. He asked rhetorically, "Why, couldn't it be someone else who put it under my bed and framed me?"
"What do you mean, do you mean that I framed you!"
"I didn't say it, but I can't rule it out. ”
"That's enough!" Ling Haonan shouted, stopping the questioning between Wang Dong and Xiao Nan. I paced in the bath hall for a long time, and my brows were tense and loose.
"Yesterday, who was the last person to see Xiao Xiao?" I don't know how long it took before Ling Haonan spoke.
"It should be me, before I came to the bathhouse, the others were almost asleep. Only Xiao Xiao Mu washed the floor a little later, and when I went to the thatched house, I saw him enter the bathhouse. Xiao Qi hesitated for a moment and said to Ling Haonan.
Xiao Qi also knew in his heart that if he said this, he would also include himself as the object of suspicion. But if you don't say it, if you are broken by others, the scene will only be more embarrassing.
Ling Haonan nodded, he still believed in Xiao Qi.
"So, did you hear anything unusual?"
Xiao Qi shook his head: "I went to the thatched house for about half a burnt incense, and when I came back, I heard Xiao Xiao's giggles." ”
According to what Xiao Qi said, Xiao Xiao went to take a bath alone. So, why did he laugh for no reason? No, he was laughing at the hundred-year-old poisonous python, right?
Thinking of this, Wang Dong felt creepy.
"And when you go back, do you notice that the lights in the other rooms are on?"
Xiao Qi pondered for a while, but shook his head and said, "It was the middle of the night, and I was so sleepy that I didn't pay much attention to the other rooms except for seeing your study lit up." ”
Ling Haonan nodded, convinced of Xiao Qi's words. Come to think of it, under his majesty, if Xiao Qi lies, he will definitely show his flaws.
So he looked at Wang Dong and Xiao Nan again, and said in a deep voice: "That is to say, you two are the most suspicious." ”
In addition to the bloody handkerchief, Wang Dong lived alone in a room, and he had enough time to commit the crime. Coupled with the contradictions during the day, Wang Dong attacked this family who had just met and had no good feelings, and Ling Haonan felt that there was nothing strange about it.
And Xiao Nan appeared much later than others, and it is possible to create some so-called evidence that can confuse the public. After all, those grass snakes that fell yesterday scared Xiao Nan a lot.
"Bring Wang Dong and Xiao Nan into the firewood room and guard them strictly! Before the matter is settled, you are not allowed to release them privately!"
"Yes, sir!"