Chapter 91: Footprints
It is still Hong Right who came to report the situation of the Bai family. Lu Li secretly praised in his heart, this is a man who forgets to sleep and eat when he works!
The strong sense of appreciation in his eyes can be seen by anyone, Xing Zuo, who was picking up the wall in the distance, bit his fist and was sad, obviously it was his own work, but it was Xiao You who was in the limelight in the end, he was really unwilling......
Princess, why don't you look at me...... No, no, you hurry up and forget about me, I'll be fine...... I'm much more diligent than Xiaoyou!
Hong You said that the housekeeper Guan Shan did go out to give people away. Because of the official road along the way, there are many pedestrians and stalls, and the carriage of the Fu Yin family is different from other families, and many people remember Guanshan.
There is nothing abnormal in the past two days, but they just urged Bai Xu to bury Bai Mingtao, and now the time has been set for the funeral tomorrow morning. Their daughter Bai Fang has been doing something wrong in the past two days, except for burning paper in the mourning hall, that is, secretly washing clothes.
The person in charge of tracking quietly checked that it was a set of women's dresses, with a concubine-colored daylily pattern with a ruler-wide hem, and the style was young and lively, which should be her own clothes. In addition, Bai Fang also carried someone behind his back to the concierge last night, saying that he was going out in three days.
Aunt Fang did not speak or act suspiciously, but once she walked out of the inner courtyard mourning hall and met Bai Minghai at the corner, and the two of them said a few words. They were speaking in the middle of nowhere, too far away to be heard.
Mrs. Bai has been in a stable condition for a long time after taking medicine, and she has gradually spent more time waking up, but she still can't speak. After she wrote in the palm of Cheng's mother's hand for a while, Cheng's mother's face changed greatly, her expression was surprised, and she said: Mrs. actually saw someone having a private meeting at night!
Mrs. Bai's room had the window open, how Cheng's mother asked, and how Mrs. Bai reacted, they all saw it.
Mrs. Bai once vaguely saw the private meeting between men and women at night, but she didn't see who it was, thinking that it was just a small maid in the family, so she asked the housekeeper Guan Shan to strengthen the management of slaves. That day, she went to bed tired and tired, smelled a dark fragrance in her nose, and then slept very deeply, and she didn't know who came into the house and hurt her, and she didn't know how Lu Li saved her, but she suddenly had a sharp throat pain in the nightmare, and she took medicine after waking up.
It has been several days since this incident, and if Cheng's mother hadn't been reminded by Lu Li and asked her to try to think about it, she wouldn't have remembered this mess. And the reason why Cheng's mother didn't come to sue SΓΉ Lu Li as agreed is that she thinks that the ugliness of the family is not good to spread to the outside world, and the second is that Mrs. Bai didn't see the face of the fornicator clearly and didn't know who it was. If the news is not revealed, others will know that Mrs. Bai didn't think about it, so they will rest assured that they won't do it again.
"The person who started to do it can endure it for so many days, either because he was premeditated and afraid of arousing suspicion, or because the clothes or things on his body were accidentally seen by Mrs. Bai. The clothes or things were worn on the day of the private meeting, and the person who did it was worried that Mrs. Bai would remember, so the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry. Lu Li concluded.
Shen Wansha touched his chin, "That makes sense...... But there are still no more clues, and Lord Bai is forced to be buried again, what should I do? β
Not to mention that Shen Wansha is in a hurry, Bai Xu is also in a hurry, he quietly handed over the letter yesterday, Xiong Lie looked too closely, and often made threats and threats, he didn't dare to contact Lu Li head-on now, but the cause of his father's death was unknown, and he was really unwilling.
Lu Li was very stable, "Although the corpse can get the most clues when it is fresh, it may not be impossible after a long time, didn't Bai Xu say that he used ice for Lord Bai?" Xiong Lie looks at it strictly, we can't file a case without official evidence and pursue it privately, but this person is buried, and he still cares about it? β
"What do you meanβ" Shen Wansha's eyes lit up, "Open the coffin for an autopsy?" β
"Let's see if there's any need for that." Lu Li clasped his hands together and supported his chin, "It is not certain that we can find out the murderer before the time of dissection." β
"How?"
Lu Li thought for a while, "Bai Fang isn't going out?" We couldn't enter the Bai Mansion, so we ran into her outside. Look at Hong You again, "Find out this person who has fornicated with others." β
No matter how complicated the case is, it is all made by people, but if it is done, there will be traces. Bai Mingtao has a lot of secrets, and Zhao Zhu said that the salt luck and greed for silver seem to be too far away, and he can't start for a while, so he starts to check with the people around him.
"Well, no matter what, this person who fornicates with others is the biggest suspect, and Mrs. Bai's business must have been done by this person!" Shen Wansha nodded again and again, "Maybe the matter of the two of them was known to Lord Bai, so these two people killed Lord Bai first!" β
"It's possible." Lu Li rubbed his hands gently, "What I remember more is the silver needle in Lord Bai's abdomen." Under what circumstances did these three silver needles pierce in, does Lord Bai know? Using a silver needle to control the life and death of a person is still calculating time, which ordinary people can't do. β
Shen Wansha smashed his palm, "Yes, this person must understand medicine!" Otherwise, you have to know martial arts and know the direction of the acupoints! β
Lu Li looked at Shen Wansha appreciatively, as if he was praising the young master for getting smarter and smarter.
Shen Wansha blinked his eyes and raised yΓ¬, and struck while the iron was hot, "Shall we go to the Qinglou again?" That Qunfang Pavilion...... Didn't Kashiwa-sama go there before the accident? β
"I have to go there......" Lu Li said as he looked out the window.
Zhao Zhu was exercising in the morning again. As before, I got up just after dawn, with one set of punches and one set of sticks, and still didn't wear a shirt.
His figure is extremely vigorous, every action fully explains what strength and beauty are, the crystal sweat is sprinkled all over the body, the texture is shining in the sun, the broad shoulders are strong and the waist is long legs, and the good figure that makes people blush and drool......
Lu Li was envious and jealous for a while, and asked Hong You, "Does Brother Zhao know about these news?" β
Hong You paused before nodding.
Lu Li chuckled, "You are Brother Zhao's subordinates, although the matter is my request, you have to report to Brother Zhao first when you come back, I understand, you don't have to be nervous." β
Hong You nodded slightly, standing still like a wooden stake.
Xing Zuo in the distance couldn't help but smash the wall with his fist, this nerd! This is a good time to pat yourself on the back and let the princess remember, you are talking!
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In the evening, the group went to Qunfang Pavilion. Shen Wansha took the lead and smashed out the words of the old bustard with silver: Lord Bai did come to Qunfang Pavilion the day before the accident, but he didn't even have a cup of tea, he left, and a girl didn't call him!
Shen Wansha was curious, "Don't call you a girl when you go to the Qinglou...... Do what? Can't hold back the difficult road and get into a thatched house? β
The old bustard was happy, "This young master is so ingenious, but Master Bai didn't come to the thatched house, so he routinely asked about the business in the building." β
Lu Li had already circled around the Qinglou at this time, "Where did Master Bai come from?" But from that side door? β
"How does Childe know?" The old bustard looked surprised, "Lord Bai said that it is closer to go out from the side door. β
Because this door is the most hidden, it is most convenient to do something else.
Lu Li tilted his head and asked Zhao Zhu, "Is this door really closer?" β
"It depends on where the destination is," Zhao Shu muttered, "If you go home, the distance is about the same, and if you go to the government, it is indeed closer." β
"Lord Kebai came at night, and he had already left the palace."
The two looked at each other quietly, and at the same time looked at the side door with their heads in unison, their eyes flickering.
"Let's go!"
"Check it out!"
Almost in unison.
Lu Li was a little jealous when he saw them so tacitly, and he also wanted to think the same thing with Xiao Lizi!
Outside the side gate is a small dark alley, out of the alley is a fork in the road, one side leads to the bluestone wide road in the direction of the palace, on the other side is the dirt narrow road, look at the direction...... Like a suburb?
Lu Liti, "Let's take a look!" β
Shen Wansha is a noisy person, nothing is more important than curiosity, and he waved his fist and responded happily, "Okay!" β
Zhao Zhu looked at the sky, and then looked at the dark guard team falling in the distance, "Okay." β
There are no trees around, and the path at night is empty and quiet, except for the sound of insects chirping in the distance. At first, it was okay, but after walking for most of the day, Shen Wansha felt bored, "What is there to come from here?" β
"There is the sound of water." Lu Li's ears moved, and he asked Zhao Zhu, "Is there a sound of water?" β
Zhao Shu nodded and pointed to the left front, "There is a river over there." β
But that side is not the direction of the road, and the path winds forward, and does not pass through there.
The water along the river is heavy, and the grass and trees gradually increase. When he got closer, Lu Li bent down to look at the ground.
Shen Wansha squatted down, "What are you looking for?" β
"Has anyone been here?" Although it was a few days ago, it hasn't rained recently, and if anyone has walked it, there will be traces......
Zhao Shu saw the clue one step ahead of him, and pulled away a piece of grass vine, "Here!" β
Lu Li hurriedly walked over, under the grass vine is soft floating soil, there is a slightly clear footprint on the floating soil, the footprint is seven inches and five minutes long, three inches and eight minutes wide, no pattern, it is a man's footprints.
Shen Wansha also saw it, "Can you see whose it is?" β
"Who's not necessarily," Lu Li recalled looking at Bai Mingtao's body at the time, "but if Lord Bai's feet are wearing shoes, they will match this size." β
"Didn't Nabai-sama come here before!" Shen Wansha covered his mouth in surprise.
Zhao Zhu's voice was calm, "Go to the front and have a look." β
Lu Li responded, and several people walked forward slowly.
On the way, I saw some footprints of the same size and characteristics, but they were not as clear as the one just now. The footprints went all the way to the left, through a grove of trees, to the river.
The river is very wide, the current is fast, and the main channel is not visible in front and behind. It is a dangerous shoal, and the river turns sharply in this direction, turning from south to west. The river beach is mostly small pebbles, there are no footprints, there is nothing.
But the footprints disappeared after chasing here, there was a deep river in front of him, the water was in a hurry and the boat could not be released, and Bai Mingtao could not go to the river, so this should be his destination.
The night before Bai Mingtao's accident, under the pretext of going to Qunfang Pavilion to divert the attention of interested people, he actually came here quietly...... Someone I saw.
Or is it ...... Something was done.
Lu Li pondered for a moment, "Let's look separately and see if we can find anything!" β
Having said that, he didn't have much hope, Bai Mingtao was a very smart person, and he would definitely be cautious about what he wanted to do.
But this time it was really rewarding.
Shen Wansha found a small gold bracelet engraved with years of peace.
The small gold bracelet is made of red gold, hanging a golden bell the size of a lotus seed rice, with a diameter of only two inches, but it is quite exquisite, in addition to the four words of peace and security, it is also engraved with a lotus flower, which is very high-grade.
But such a small gold bracelet can only be worn by young children.