"Huh." Shen Yueran laughed twice, "What about the means?" What kind of means did Li Xinyi kill, and what kind of means did the adults think the people would use if they wanted to kill? ”

Wei Yi was silent.

He always remembered that she ran to him sweating profusely at dusk yesterday, begging him to give up ten shortbreads to Yu Xiaoying, whom he never knew. The glow was harsh, and she stood towards it, forced to squint, uneasy at not knowing what he would say.

He couldn't associate her like this with a cold-blooded murderer who could strangle a human life with his own hands.

Or rather, it's not a matter of means at all, it's people.

He didn't think she would kill.

"You, it's still the same sentence. If you want to kill someone, just poison the shortbread filling, so why bother. He said perfunctorily.

Shen Yueran nodded in acceptance, and said smartly, "Since the adults think that the people are innocent, if the real murderer shows up tonight because of the arrest of the people's daughter, can the people ask the adults for a reward in advance?" ”

I already knew you had other plans, philistine woman!

Wei Yi leaned sideways, "What do you want?" ”

"Fifty-" Shen Yueran thought for a while, and hurriedly waved her hand, "No, no, a hundred, a hundred?" ”

"A hundred what?" Wei Yi was displeased. She is opening her mouth wide in the lion, you must know that a hundred taels of silver is enough to buy a house in Wenchi County.

"A hundred shortbreads." Shen Yueran said.

Wei Yi was stunned.

"Yes, a hundred shortbreads." Shen Yueran became more and more sure that her little abacus was playing well, and said proudly, "If the murderer can be caught, the folk girl hopes that the adults can buy another hundred shortbreads." ”

Of course, the purpose of her hope that he would buy another hundred shortbreads was not for him to "eat", but for him to "buy". You know, he is the one who makes the county order obey his words, and such a person buys a hundred shortbreads in one go, which is more eye-catching than hanging a cloth sign on the head of the city.

One to ten, ten to hundred, hundreds to thousands, it won't be long before the people in Wenchi County will come to buy her shortbread.

Thinking of the day when the guest came, Shen Yueran secretly rejoiced.

"That's it?" Wei Yi couldn't believe his ears.

She's been labeled a murderer!

Since she was imprisoned, she didn't think about how to restore her reputation and how to appease her family, but instead she had to eat, drink and sleep well and then "begged" him to buy her shortbread?!

This woman is enough—strange!

"Well, a hundred, okay?" Shen Yueran was worried.

"Okay." He readily agreed, "If you catch the real culprit, I'll buy you two hundred shortbreads." ”

Two, two hundred!

Shen Yueran was so excited that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, she saw the paper scattered on the ground, ran to the corner to get a broom, and while she was busy cleaning it diligently, she said continuously, "Adult, it's okay, two hundred, two hundred, you must ......count when you speak."

Judging the appearance of the two of them, Wei Yi laughed dumbly, and he was about to raise his feet when he was suddenly stunned.

"Y-sweep again?" He frowned and said in a deep voice.

Shen Yueran's hands froze, and then she smiled, "The adults must have listened to the words of the people's daughter-in-law in the public court, thinking that the people's daughters would not even sweep the ground." In fact, the folk girl will do it, but she just doesn't want to do it......"

"No, you take the broom in front of you and sweep it again." Wei Yi seemed to have thought of something.

"In front of you?" Shen Yueran said according to Wei Yi, the broom is in front and the body is behind.

She laughed, "You can't sweep it clean." When sweeping the floor, you can only sweep it clean by sweeping backwards, and sweeping forward can only leave a series of footprints. ”

Sweeping and mopping floors must follow the most basic principle, from the inside to the outside, from the inside to the surface, in order to completely bring the dirt out of the space. Although the reason is very simple, it is not surprising that the high-ranking people may not have touched the broom at all. Just like the pampered Cong Hao, he remembered that he had to help him with housework for the first time, but he didn't help him out......

Phew, Bah, Bah –

What do you want that scumbag to do?!

She spat at herself a few times in her heart.

"A string of footprints?!" Wei Yi muttered.

No wonder the cleaned floor leaves footprints!

No wonder the footprints are only seen in and out!

No wonder footprints are everywhere in the room!

He suddenly brightened.

The series of footprints at the murder scene turned out to be like this.

Strange footprints, the first mystery solved.

It's just that if this is the case, then the murderer cannot be a descendant of the Li family. It is possible that the murderer is a person who, like him, never cares about housekeeping.

If it weren't for the Li family, who else would be able to sneak into the Li family in the dead of night?

- Only the workers of the Li family's charcoal shop!

If the murderer had been planning for a long time, would he have quietly prepared a key to the charcoal gate?

His eyes lit up, and he was about to pick up the file that had been set aside, when there was a sharp knock outside the door.

"My lord, my lord, the murderer has been caught, the murderer has been caught...... Zhang Wenxing shouted excitedly.

His face turned pale, and with a lunge, the door opened.

"Don't forget the two hundred ...... adults"

The door fell with a bang.

Shen Yueran ate the last dish of the night - closed-door soup.

******

"My lord, as soon as that person appeared, the lower officials decisively sent someone to arrest ......"

"The adult's clever calculation makes the subordinate admire ......"

Zhang Wenxing's high-pitched voice accompanied the footsteps of the two of them became farther and farther away in the silent night, and Shen Yueran was immersed in the joy brought by the promise of two hundred shortbreads.

She cleared the paper into the paper basket, thought for a moment, pulled out another one, folded it and put it in the cuff.

Adult's handwriting, maybe one day you can use a chicken feather as an arrow to play a majestic role.

With nothing to do, she climbed into the soft Luohan bed, half-asleep, and closed her eyes to recuperate.

It didn't seem to be too long, and the official banged on the door, "Hey, let's go!" ”

She turned over and sat up, and couldn't help but look up at the window, the moon was empty, and the time difference was a moment.

******

Lowered his head and followed the official all the way, and walked straight towards the Shen family.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there is only the footsteps of two people on the empty streets.

"Brother Cha, have you caught the murderer who killed the eldest lady of the Li family?" Shen Yueran didn't dare to get too close to the officer, and she didn't dare to stay away, she was a little uneasy, but she couldn't tell whether the uneasiness came from the middle of the night or because of the knife on the officer's waist, only she had nothing to say.

"Hmm." The officer, who didn't speak much, snorted.

"Dare to ask who the murderer is?" Shen Yueran asked again.

"Yu Ziqiang." The servants did not stop.

Yu Ziqiang?!

Shen Yueran was stunned, as if she had heard this name somewhere.

- By the way, Li Xinyi once mentioned that Yu Xiaoying's father Yu Ziqiang works in the charcoal shop, so the person who killed Li Xinyi was Yu Xiaoying's father!