The green calyx was no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, not large enough, and full of childishness. As soon as she heard www.biquge.info the word "Yumei", a terrifying look suddenly appeared in her pupils, and she stammered: "Yes...... Be...... That night I had a cold, and I was dizzy after drinking the medicine, so I came back from the young lady and fell asleep. Anyway, the young lady is locked in the house all day long, and we just deliver food and water for a few years. I slept ...... After falling asleep, I heard the door ring...... Sister Yumei, she ...... She came back into the house. ”

She swallowed her saliva and pointed to the dressing table, her voice already shaking: "She...... She just sat there...... first combed his hair, then made up in the mirror, and spent most of the time on incense. ”

"I vaguely heard her singing...... Sing that "Mo Shang Flower"...... I wondered how she could sing...... How dare you sing ......"

Rose frowned and said, "Mo Shanghua"? ”

Shui Niang sighed lightly and said, "I can't hide it. Although everyone in the town loves to sing plum songs, no one can sing this song except my young lady. ”

Rose blurted out, "Your young lady can sing?" ”

Rose's heart flashed Xiao Rou's shadow in an instant, but then she smiled and said: "Miss Liu is almost fifty years old, and that Xiao Rou is only ten years old, of course she is not Miss Liu Family." ”

Shui Niang bowed her head and said: "In the past, the Hundred Flowers Class, one of the four small classes of Meiqu, was famous all over the world, and this song was written by the red card drama of the Hundred Flowers Class. Our young lady was in love with him, and she could sing this song, and he taught her ......."

Rose asked, "And then?" ”

Shui Niang was interested and hurriedly replied: "Miss was about to elope with him later, but she was caught by the master, humiliated the play, and locked Miss in the Jade Heart Pavilion, wanting to break their thoughts." Who knew that the actor was ashamed and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water. On the first seven days, we went up and down the house, but we clearly heard him sing the song "Mo Shanghua" outside the wall, and there is a proverb among the people on our side, saying that it is obsessed and dies, and it should be turned into a ghost called 'ghost'. Our Miss...... Since then, I have gone crazy. ”

She said plainly, but a cold wind blew, and the faint music seemed to sound in everyone's ears, but they couldn't help but feel a chill on their backs.

Green Calyx relieved himself and shouted, "So no one in our town can sing, and no one in the house dares to sing." That day, I listened to Sister Yumei's singing, and my heart was scared and strange. ”

She took a long breath and continued: "I listened to her singing while dressing up in the mirror, she likes to dress up and dress up every day, and the dressing table is also what she begged Mrs. Shui to reward her, and the rouge gouache on the dressing table is never moved by us, and we dare not sit on her dressing table." After a while, she stood up and pushed the door open. Her pupils widened suddenly, obviously thinking of something terrifying: "I felt a little strange, and I heard Mama Li calling her at the door, and she ignored it." ”

Rose suddenly turned around and said, "Let's go out and have a look!" ”

Everyone came out with her, but when they saw her walking outside the courtyard gate, she suddenly stopped, pointed to the edge of the pool, and asked, "Mrs. Shui, did Yumei throw water from here?" ”

Shui Niang nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Everyone saw that the edge of the pool was bare, there was not a single plant or tree, and there was a gray and white stone bank, which lined the blue water even more gloomy. Thinking back to the dark night, the woman who sang the song floated in, threw herself into the water without warning, and her soul returned to the bottom of the water, and I couldn't help but feel a chill.

The green calyx trembled and followed out, she was young and timid after all, and an old servant woman next to Lala shouted: "Mama Li, Sister Yumei threw water from here, right?" ”

Everyone looked at the old servant woman together, but seeing that her face was pale, they nodded again and again: "Yes!" Be! That day, I waited for the tea in the upper room and came back, and met her at the door. I talked to her, but she ignored me, pushed out the courtyard door and ran towards the pool......" She nervously wrung her fingers: "It's dark, and there is no light outside the courtyard, so I heard her secretly call 'Liu Rou'!" Then there was a 'plop' sound of water......"

Everyone changed color in unison, and said in a lost voice: "Liu Rou?!" ”

Mama Li stroked her chest with her fingers, as if she wanted to calm her fear: "The 'Liu Rou' she called was simply not her usual voice...... Is that...... It was a man's voice......" She glanced at Shui Niang with some trepidation, and lowered her voice: "Lady Shui, really, that's ...... That was Jiang Yulang's voice back then...... I remember it clearly, with some southern Jiangsu accents...... It's so obvious......"

Rose shouted, "Who is Liu Rou?" Why did this Yumei call her name before she died? ”

Shui Niang was so frightened that she "plopped" and collapsed to the ground: "Liu Rou...... My young lady's surname is Liu, and her single name is a soft word......"

Rose suddenly said, "Mrs. Shui, how old did you say your young lady was?" ”

A strange look appeared on Shui Niang's face, and after hesitating for a moment, she still replied: "She is three years younger than the concubine, and she is forty-seven years old this year." ”

There was a slight suffocation, and then there was another unspeakable silence.

Zhang Dahai on the side muttered: "Yumei is young, there is nothing sad, why do you want to drown and commit suicide?" But if it was said that he killed her, the courtyard guard that night saw her go back to the house and never went out, and the roommate was just a little girl and an old woman, who could kill her? ”

The green calyx screamed, waved his hand again and again, and said, "I didn't!" Sister Yumei's ...... that night It was a weird tight night, and I was dizzy again......"

Mama Li glanced at the female corpse, suddenly grabbed Shui Niang's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Mrs. Shui, I know!" I know why Yumei committed suicide! I know! ”

"Mrs. Water, damn the old slave! Damn the old slave! The old slave already knew," her withered fingers pointed far away, and said: "The day before Yumei died, she told the old slave that for the past seven or eight days, she had heard the young lady singing in the courtyard every night, and she had sung it all the time for thirty years. But these days, there seems to be a man's voice singing harmony with her! Yumei said that she went in quietly once, obviously listening to a man's voice, and when she entered, there was nothing inside! I watched a woman from afar, dressed in a costume, singing alone on the stage in that courtyard! ”

Shui Niang's face suddenly turned pale, and she lost her voice and said, "What? Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier? Are you old and confused? ”

Mama Li almost cried: "When the old slave saw Yumei dead, he was so scared that he couldn't remember anything!" All I know is to call for help! Help me! Fortunately, Madame, you came the fastest, otherwise the old slave would have been scared to death! ”

Everyone looked back in horror and looked at the Jade Heart Pavilion in the depths. There seem to be a lot of big trees planted in the museum; The canopy of the trees is towering, the leaves have fallen completely, and there are only countless pale black branches that cut straight into the sky, which looks very strange.

Zhang Dahai muttered, "Strange thing...... Could it be that Liufu is really cursed and attracts ghosts to worship? ”

Everyone's faces changed abruptly, and the green calyx screamed again, clutching Mama Li tightly, almost fainting on the spot.

"Between heaven and earth, the mighty spirit lasts forever. The things of the underworld can't see the light of day, and besides, people often have ghosts in people's hearts, so are ghosts really coming to haunt people? Although Yumei's death is weird, there is no unsolvable murder in the world, only the law that cannot be escaped! Rose said.

"If you abandon the theory of ghosts and gods, what does Zhang Huwei think about this murder?" Rose looked at Zhang Dahai and asked.

Zhang Dahai's heart was pounding, and he said confidently: "Before asking the case, it is natural that there are three major elements: place, person, and time. ”

He turned to the water lady who was stunned and asked, "Mrs. Shui, since Yumei is the lady's maid, the place of ordinary activities is nothing more than the Jade Heart Pavilion where the young lady lives inside, and the lower courtyard outside the hall. Right? ”

Shui Niang nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Dahai said: "Well, if you have a location, you are a character." The people who have been stationed in this Jade Heart Pavilion for a long time, except for the young lady, are the people who are waiting for her in the lower courtyard. After all, there are only three people: Green Calyx, Mama Li and Yumei; From the perspective of questioning the case, when it comes to the person who has the closest contact with Yumei, I am afraid that the suspicion is also the greatest. ”

Mama Li was so anxious that she cried out and said, "Me and Green Calyx have nothing to do with Yumei!" ”

Rose glanced at her and smiled, "What are you anxious about?" You are the ones who live inside, not the ones who can only come into contact with Yumei. There are still many people in this mansion who can come into contact with Yumei, such as the subordinates who sent grain, rice, clothing and food to the Yuxin Pavilion, and the principals like Mrs. Shui. I often look at the recent situation of the young lady, and I am more diligent, and there are some. ”

Shui Niang was stunned to hear this, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Boss Rose, you are going around, but you can also go around the concubine." ”

Rose asked Mama Li: "On the day of Yumei's death, besides you, who else came to the Jade Heart Pavilion?" ”

Mama Li shook her head and said, "No one." Sending things is the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, Mrs. Shui lives far away, and there are several courtyards from here, and it takes a pillar of incense to come over for an hour, and you can only come once in three or two days. ”

Rose's heart suddenly jumped, and when she thought of something, she blurted out: "If there is no one else in this courtyard, only the Jade Heart Pavilion leads to it, is it ......?"

Zhang Dahai said loudly: "Could it be that your young lady started to go crazy and ran out of it to hurt her?" Speaking of this, he also shook his head and said, "No, then at least Mama Li should see someone pushing Yumei into the water." ”

Everyone looked at each other, only to be puzzled.

Rose sat on the brocade stool in front of the bronze mirror at this time, and did not make a sound.

After a while, he slowly stood up and asked, "How tall is Yumei?" ”

Green Calyx replied: "Sister Yumei is half a head shorter than the slave maid, and much shorter than Mrs. Shui. ”

Yumei is indeed petite, and her feet are empty when she is on the morgue. Rose nodded, turned around, pointed to the stool in front of the dressing table, and said, "When Green Calyx sees the woman sitting in front of the mirror grooming, it must not be Yumei!" For tall women, this stool can be much more suitable. But Yumei is so petite, how could she use this stool? ”

The green calyx suddenly slapped the door of the head and exclaimed, "This stool is mine!" Huh," she turned around and pulled a slightly taller half-old brocade stool from the side, and said, "This is Sister Yumei's, she...... Why would she use my stool? ”

The sharp light in Rose's eyes flashed, but Zhang Dahai suddenly understood and shouted: "She is not Yumei!" The person sitting in front of the mirror to make up won't be Yumei at all! ”

When he met Rose's appreciative gaze, he continued to say in one go: "Yumei loves to make up the most, and the mirror naturally has to face the height of her face, but this height can't reflect her face!" How does she comb her hair without a mirror? How to put on plum makeup? ”

The green calyx lost her voice and said, "What? It's not Yumei in the house? But the courtyard prince and Mama Li both said......"

Mama Li also said blankly: "When she ran out, she was as tall and short as Yumei." ”

Rose smiled slightly and said, "The night is dark, and the courtyard and Mama Li are old and can't see clearly; She hurried into the house, and ran out in a hurry, refusing to stop even telling her, didn't she have a ghost in her heart? Moreover, she bowed her head and bowed her waist, which was naturally not much different from her usual height. ”

Shui Niang exclaimed in surprise and muttered, "But why is this person pretending to be Yumei?" She committed suicide by throwing herself into the water...... Isn't it a loss for your own life? ”

Rose sneered, "Who said she killed herself? She didn't throw water at all! ”

I only heard her say again: "Just now Lu Calyx said, Yumei ran out of the door, just 'plopped', and jumped into the pool." Mama Li, think about it carefully, did she run past you, only to get to the edge of the pool, and then jumped into the pool with a 'plop'? ”

Mama Li nodded again and again, "Exactly!" The sound of the water was so loud that it scared me! She called 'Liu Rou', and then pounced...... There was no silence. ”

Rose smiled and said, "I'd like to invite everyone to go outside and take a look at the pool." She glanced at Zhang Dahai and said, "I just wonder if Zhang Escort is willing to do a small favor?" ”

The shore of the pond is made of gray and white long stone, because of the age, it is slightly damaged, the water surface is clear, and there is a layer of withered grass roots floating there.

Zhang Dahai was wearing only a single dress, stood hesitantly by the pool, and said, "Do you really want to jump?" ”

Rose said lightly: "Zifei fish, Anzhi fish?" Personal experience is the main basis for solving the case. Zhang Huwei, whoever achieves great things must have a big mind and be able to prevent great suffering. You are still young, can't you endure hardship? ”

Zhang Dahai was speechless, so he had to settle down, gritted his teeth, and jumped into the pool!

There was a soft sound of "bang", and everyone retreated, but they saw that the water surface was slicing, and it was obvious that Zhang Dahai was swimming underwater.

There was another sound of water, but it was Zhang Dahai who came out of the water, and he stood up from the water, but the water only reached his waist.

Rose's eyes were as bright as water, and she stayed on Zhang Dahai and asked, "But I don't know what knowledge Zhang Escort has?" ”

Zhang Dahai smiled slightly and said, "At this time, I already knew that when Yumei jumped into the water, she would not die at all!" He turned his gaze, swept over the people whose faces changed slightly, and said, "Or, the one who jumped into the water is not Yumei at all!" ”

He pointed to the water in the pond and said, "I just tried my best to jump, but the water level on the shore was only up to my waist." Yumei, a weak woman, couldn't jump directly into the deep water, how could she 'plop' and then be silent? I'm afraid that after a 'bang', I will shout that this water will not drown people! ”

Rose smiled, "That guard means ......"

Zhang Dahai said loudly: "It was not a person who jumped into the pool at that time!" I found a big rock at the bottom of the pool, and the bottom of the pool was covered with slippery moss, but it was very clean. I'm afraid that the one who plops down is this object! ”

Mama Li opened her mouth wide and muttered, "Emperor, that Yumei...... After Yumei threw herself into the pool, the old slave ran to call someone to save her, and they ...... They fished Yumei's body from this pool! ”

Rose smiled coldly at this time and said, "What's so difficult about that?" Long before that plop, I was afraid that Yumei would have been killed, and her body had sunk safely at the bottom of the pool here! ”

Zhang Dahai gasped and said, "Why do you say this? How did the corpse come over? How did it just flow here? ”

"The bottom of the pool is uneven, this water flows from west to east, and there is a low hurdle on the east side, if the corpse is pushed by the undercurrent, it will definitely be stopped by that hurdle!" Rose said.

Zhang Dahai didn't dare to answer, and then he was puzzled: "It's only this Fuzhong waterway criss-crossed, who knows where it rushed from?" ”

Rose didn't answer, and instructed Zhang Dahai: "Guard Zhang, please go and call the complaint." ”

came over for a while, he was a man in his forties, and he looked honest.

Zhang Dahai asked first: "Do you really find out that Yumei drowned?" ”

He replied: "Back to my lord, we also have doubts in our hearts, so this is why the villain has tested it a few times." But there was mud and sand in her mouth and nose, and her lower abdomen was swollen, which was exactly what it was like to drown, and she naturally drowned. ”

Rose suddenly asked, "Have you ever opened your throat?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "Open throat autopsy?" ”

Shui Niang couldn't help but say on the side: "Boss Rose, since you are confident, it is better to say it all." (To be continued.) )