Chapter 129: Burning Heart (3)
Rose said lightly: "It's okay." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Guys, listen up. If it is really drowned, within a day of being fished up, the accumulated water in the abdomen will naturally drain and calm down. I was wondering why Yumei's abdominal cavity was still swollen after several days of death. She paused and said, "So please cut the throat of the deceased and open the abdomen of the deceased." If there is no sediment in the trachea and no water in the abdomen, the deceased will be killed. ā
He couldn't help but ask: "If you are thrown into the water after being killed, why is there mud and sand in your mouth and nose, and your abdominal cavity will rise?" ā
Rose said, "What's so hard about this? Sediment can be poured into the mouth and nose of the deceased, but not into the trachea, so whether it is fake or not, you can know when you look at the trachea. As for the abdominal cavity bulging...... she continued, "examine the whole body of the deceased, especially the ankles, if there are triangular or circular wounds?" If there is, it must be used to access the thin tube, and it will be like slaughtering a cow or pig, and the abdominal cavity will be swollen and swollen by blowing. ā
Rose continued, "If Yumei drowns herself, no one will pretend to be her and make all kinds of pretentious things. She must have been killed first, and then thrown into the water. The murderer was well aware of the trend of the stream in the house, and calculated correctly to get her body here. It is also very easy to know where Yumei's body was thrown into the water from and then flow here to wait for the fake Yumei to come and throw it into the water. ā
Rose glanced at the people with different expressions, and said calmly: "The murderer must have calculated the time before pushing Yumei into the water." Because if you stay in the water for too long, you will definitely be able to detect it, and then it will contradict itself. Therefore, if you estimate the time from the time of dressing up in the room to the fake death of the person who pretended to be Yumei, and then extrapolate backwards according to this time, where the body was put into the water, you must know the scene of the murderer's crime. ā
Rose took out another thing from her sleeve and said, "Green Calyx said that Yumei came out of the Immolation Heart Pavilion, so she dressed up in front of the dressing table. You also said that the appearance of Yumei has a distinct 'plum blossom makeup'. But I only found this box of rouge on the dressing table, but it was full of use, and there was no trace of use! Her gaze swept over everyone, but it was as sharp as a knife: "First of all, I'm thinking, Yumei's 'plum blossom makeup' must have been made up a long time ago, not in her own room!" ā
Everyone was moved, and Zhang Dahai shouted: "Not bad! Why didn't I notice this? ā
Rose smiled: "The rouge in the world is made of pomegranate or mountain flower juice; There is a kind of rouge in 'Rose Dock', called 'Blood Hibiscus', but a certain amount of heavy silk is added to the red and blue, which is not only lighter and more transparent in color, but also long-lasting and not easy to fall off. I've seen it before, and the plum blossom makeup on Yumei's forehead is exactly the 'blood hibiscus' used. However, the 'Blood Hibiscus' is extremely valuable, and a small box costs ten taels of silver, and it is not a makeup that ordinary people can afford. ā
She chuckled and said all the beautiful things of the boudoir, but when she heard it in everyone's ears, she felt an indescribable chill.
Another gust of north wind blew, and the heavens and the earth became darker and darker. It was already twilight around, and there were lamps everywhere in Liufu, and the lights shimmered, faintly shining through the shadows of the trees.
Rose continued: "Yumei must have been extremely happy that day, so she also got the rouge of 'Blood Hibiscus', and dressed herself up happily. She turned her head to look at Lu Shaoshan and said with a smile: "Zhang Huwei, do you really understand?" Who in this house has the rouge of 'Blood Hibiscus'? Who in this house is the most in line with this dressing table brocade stool? Where was Yumei's body thrown into the water from? Well, by the way, when the person pretending to be Yumei ran out of the door, he happened to meet Mama Li, and after the stone pounced into the water, he (she) heard Mama Li's call again; In his heart, the other people of the Zhiqing Mansion would soon come when they heard the news, so he (she) couldn't get out and go far away in this short time, and could only mix in with the people who came to the scene. ā
Mama Li let out an "ah", as if she wanted to say something, but she only opened her mouth a few times and didn't say a word. Rose glanced at her and said, "Escort Zhang, these four things are easy to find out, and it will be clear who the murderer is." ā
Zhang Dahai hadn't come to his senses yet, only to hear Rose say softly: "It's not too early, I'll go back first." ā
After speaking, he really walked away.
However, after walking more than ten steps, I suddenly heard the voice of the water lady behind me, and it was indescribably quiet and peaceful: "The girl stays, and the concubine has something to ask." ā
Rose stagnated, turned around abruptly, looked at Shui Niang, and said, "Mrs. Shui, the rouge on your cheeks should be the 'Blood Hibiscus'?" ā
As soon as the words came out, the audience was shocked. Although most of the people guessed, they were not as deafening as the words of the rose, and the green calyx screamed, and tightly pulled Mama Li on the side, but was surprised that the other party was also trembling.
Shui Niang smiled, her smile was still a little charming: "The girl is discerning, can you tell the concubine that Yumei is just a maid with a humble status, why should others put her to death?" ā
Rose glanced at Shui Niang and said lightly: "If I am not mistaken, Yumei was killed by you in your residence in Lady Shui, you calculated the time, sank her body into the water, and floated downstream." The person who dresses up and sings in the room is also your lady pretend? Otherwise, when your residence is a pillar of incense from here, why can you appear here immediately after Mama Li calls for help? ā
"Yumei is by no means a lowly maid." She took out the embroidered handkerchief she had taken out of the room and said, "The little handkerchief she usually embroiders is just an ordinary lotus leaf, but it is really delicately embroidered. If you talk about skills, it is in the capital, but I am afraid that only the prince's mansion can find such a person with exquisite craftsmanship! How many taels of silver can the small Liufu afford to buy such a high-quality maid? ā
Shui Niang was stunned, and then Gege smiled: "Yes, Yumei, this girl, is also careless." If he hadn't shown everything, he wouldn't have died so quickly! She glanced at everyone, and there was a bit of fierceness between her eyebrows: "It's a pity that it is impossible for a dead person to speak again!" Why she died, you'll never know! ā
After a long roar, the whole person was like a big bird, and it actually rose into the air and landed on the roof of the high pavilion in one leap!
The green calyx exclaimed, "Water...... Mrs. Water! She was so frightened that her fingers trembled so much that she couldn't say a word.
Zhang Dahai snorted coldly: "Want to leave?" Then he jumped up and swept straight up to the roof!
Wow! Zhang Dahai's sword slashed through a large area of silver light in the air, shining extremely bright in the twilight, and the sword light carried a murderous aura, whistling like a wave, and rolled straight towards the water lady!
Shui Niangjiao laughed and waved her hand!
Whoosh a few times! But it's the dark green light that hits you head-on! Zhang Dahai's sword did not retract the backlash, a piece of silver light, and in an instant, all the dark green light points were involved in it!
There was a sudden light in front of him, but it was those dark green light spots, which suddenly rose from the silver light, and instantly turned into green flames, like living creatures, and rushed towards the sea in reverse!
"Hell fireworks?" Zhang Dahai shouted, the true qi on the sword rose sharply, and those green flames touched the sword qi, and then extinguished! Only a green flame was not completely extinguished, it disappeared in a flash, and it could graz Zhang Dahai's wrist, Zhang Dahai screamed in pain, and almost threw the sword out of his hand!
The tip of the water lady's toes only lightly touched the head of the roof beast, and her body only turned slightly in the air, her arms stretched out, and her sleeves fluttered, like an immortal crossing the clouds, and the whole person flew straight ahead, looking like she was about to escape.
The water lady took a long breath and was about to fly up, but she felt that there seemed to be a faint fragrance on the tip of her nose, which was refreshing.
When she looked at it, she couldn't help but be shocked:
The cold wind of the night, blowing a rose petal, instantly blocked all her path.
In the rain of flowers, there was a woman in white, slowly rising from the eaves, her sleeves fluttering in the night breeze, bringing a faint fragrance of roses.
This well-known blue enchantress is really a fairy, and it seems that she has an extra temperament as cold as ice, which makes people with rich experience like Deshui Niang can't help but feel a sense of horror in their hearts.
Rose held a rose in her hand and walked slowly. Her gait was so graceful and light, as if she was stepping on it, not a frozen and slippery ridge of tiles, but a ripple from the water. said lightly: "You can't run." ā
Shui Niang gritted her teeth and took out several sleeve arrows! The arrows were jet-black and obviously highly poisonous. She didn't dare to slack off, the poisonous arrow just got out of her hand, and she had already pulled out a short sword as cold as water from the placket of her clothes, and it was as fast as the wind, and it went straight to the rose!
Roses do not dodge or dodge, roses on the lips, exhale and blow!
The blown petals erupted and spread out in an instant! It was like a huge invisible hand, grasping the most mysterious and vast power between heaven and earth, but with a gentle push of the petals, those sleeve arrows stagnated in the air, and Ge Chang made a few soft sounds, and fell between the green tiles.
In the scream of the water lady, the whole person has fallen from the sky and fell heavily on the roof tiles!
She half-raised her head and looked at the snow-like woman in front of her in despair: "You...... You're not human......"
Zhang Dahai chased after him with a sword, and when he saw this strange scene, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Rose looked at Shui Niang coldly and said, "Mrs. Shui, the matter has come to this, so you don't have to hide." Why did you go to such great lengths to kill Yumei? You are just an old concubine in Liufu, why do you know how to use 'hell fireworks'? What is the purpose of your hiding in Liufu? ā
"Yumei's origin is extraordinary, and Mrs. Shui, you are also so mysterious. I think you must all have your own purpose to come to Liufu in this town. Maybe it's because you discovered Yumei's secret that you have murderous intentions towards her, and even your death has to be deliberate and put on a strange skin for her. Now what I'm going to ask is, Mrs. Water, what exactly are you worried about, trying to stop? ā
The water lady shook her body and floated a strange smile: "I won't tell you." You people, you don't understand anything. ā
She suddenly raised her hand and waved it as best she could! Rose's face changed abruptly, and she shouted, "Stop! Everyone rushed forward, but it was already a step too late - Shui Niang didn't know when, she had quietly touched a poisonous arrow she had just shot from the ground, and it was just a "whoosh" that had already slashed deep into her throat!
Blood splattered! In the cold night, drops of blood spread out, but the blood spots that fell on the tile surface were as thick as ink. The water lady is like a shadow puppet who has pulled off her muscles and bones, lying down softly and never moving.
Rose leaned down, glanced at it, then straightened up, and without saying a word, her figure had floated down the high eaves.
The sky was gray, it was almost dusk, and there were layers of clouds, which were deeply pressed down from the sky.
"Who has come to look for Shui Niang and Yumei recently?" Rose asked suddenly.
"Shui Niang doesn't have any relatives. It's Yumei...... On the fourth day before she died, a man who claimed to be her distant uncle came to see her, but his family stopped her at the door and could not enter the house. Zhang Dahai thought for a while and replied.
"On the fourth day before she died, she had relatives to visit her without success, and on the third day before she died, she began to embroider the lotus handkerchief overnight." Rose casually handed the handkerchief on the table to Zhang Dahai and said, "Let's take a look." ā
"Hey, that Mrs. Shui killed Yumei and pretended to be her to make a splash into the water, but how could she sing this "Mo Shanghua"?" The green calyx was puzzled.
Zhang Dahai said: "I heard that Miss Liu liked that drama at the beginning, and the two said that they would elope, but she didn't go, and in the heavy snow, she coaxed the drama to wait by the river all night." The people of her family still had to arrest the actor to see the official, and the actor was also strong, ashamed and angry, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. ā
His face was full of disdain: "The Liu family is ashamed, there are many phantoms in the house, speaking of which, it is just a ghost in people's hearts." ā
Rose sighed and said, "The Xiaorou I met yesterday, in such a cold weather, she wears so little, and I don't know who is in this house, whether she has a family or not, and how her family takes care of her." Now that Shui Niang is dead, this Liufu has lost the last principal, and I am afraid that it will be even more ruined in the future. Miss Liujia used to be not, but now she is crazy and crazy, she has no parents, and she doesn't even have her father and concubine, and she doesn't know how many times more pitiful she will be than Xiaorou after that. ā
Zhang Dahai was silent, but he picked up the handkerchief, pulled out the sword, wiped the blade with the handkerchief, and sang in a low voice: "Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed." His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and these two words were sung without any moving timbre.
But for some reason, when the rose heard it in her ears, she felt an indescribable depression welling up in her heart.
The long sword in Zhang Dahai's hand was sharp, and under careful wiping, it was even more crystal shining and extremely cold, and the rose saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but say: "Acacia swordsman Zhang Dahai, the fourteenth road acacia swordsmanship is famous in the rivers and lakes, I heard that the sword used is also called the Acacia Sword, is this sword?" But I don't know where the name of the sword came from? ā
Zhang Dahai didn't raise his head, but stretched out an index finger, tried the blade of the sword slightly, and slid it through: "Acacia sword, Sauvignon Blanc." The sword got its name because of its length. ā
"Long?"
"Yes, the length of the sword is uncertain, just like a person's lovesickness, I can't tell it, and I can't tell it."
Late at night.
The shadow of the candle fluttered and fell on the graceful face of the rose, as if it were the wing powder of a butterfly sifting between the flowers; The silhouette of such a focused contemplation has an indescribable beauty.
As soon as the candlelight jumped, Rose straightened up from the shadow of the lamp, tucked the things in her hand into her sleeve, smiled slightly, and said, "I'll go back when I go." ā
Zhang Dahai exclaimed: "Where to go?" ā
Rose smiled: "Go where you need to go, naturally." ā
The cause of Yumei's death has been clarified, and there is no need to keep the scene, so the body has been moved to the abandoned garden for burial, and the officials guarding the gate of the original lower courtyard have long been withdrawn. Lu Cao and Mama Li were timid, so they moved to another courtyard early, but they only guarded an old courtyard at the door, and they also closed the door early and went to sleep.
Under the eaves, a wind lamp fluttered in the night wind, flickering with a miserable white light. The stairs were full of dead leaves, and when they were blown by the wind, they flew away in all directions.
Rose entered from the lower courtyard, passed through the small door, and there was a red wall in front of him, and the black lacquer door was tightly closed, and the three-character plaque of "Burning Heart Pavilion" on the door was crumbling. There is only a hole the size of a head in the wall next to it, and at a glance, it is clear that this is the way for ordinary maids to deliver food and clothing.
Rose stopped and whispered, "Burning Heart Pavilion, Burning Heart Pavilion...... The name itself is not very auspicious. (To be continued.) )