Fortunately, I had thick skin and thick flesh, and finally knocked the door open after several hits, and Xiaolan and I ran to her bed in three steps and two steps.

I saw Dong Mengming's whole body naked, lying straight on the bed with her white body, her eyes wide, her hands clenching the sheets, her teeth clenched, her expression hideous, and she was obviously blind.

Tears came down my eyes. Xiaolan didn't cry twice before fainting.

I cried while putting on her clothes, I didn't want her to die and let others see her body, I wiped my tears and helped her dress only to find out that she had a jade pendant, which was said to be a relic of her mother, she had been wearing it around her neck, and now it is gone.

By the time the master and the eldest young master arrived, I had already helped her get dressed and trousers.

As soon as the old man saw a good girl, now it has become like this, and when it was dark in front of him, he didn't know anything, and everyone hurriedly carried him out, and I and the eldest young master were left in the room.

"Who is it? Who the hell did it! The eldest young master clenched his fists, eager to catch the murderer immediately and beat him to death.

"No outsiders have come in our Liu Mansion all the time...... I don't understand either. "Without evidence, I don't dare to say casually about what I saw outside the wall yesterday. Because after all, he is outside the wall, and I can't wronged others.

"Come on, spread the word of the yamen, I must know what happened to Meng Meng." The eldest young master gave an order, and the people under his hands immediately got busy.

Things were tossed and turned until the afternoon, and the work was finally checked. "The eldest young master, according to Xiaomin's inspection, the eldest lady was suffocated to death, or she was suffocated to death with a pillow. And...... Yes......" I looked at the eldest young master, and then at me.

"Don't ramble, say it quickly." The eldest young master said sternly.

"Yes...... It's rape and murder. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard me scream.

"What! Rape and murder? This shameless bastard, how dare he...... He actually ......, "I have all the curses in my stomach, and the tears are falling down."

"I'm going to get this brute out, I'm going to skin him alive!" The eldest young master said fiercely.

He said something inconsequential and went out.

There was a funeral in the house, and all of a sudden, the lively Liu Mansion became lifeless, everyone's faces were heavy, and even the little young master didn't like to go out of the room.

I took a cup of ginseng tea and handed it to the eldest young master, "Don't be too tired, you've worked hard enough these days." ”

"But I don't have a clue yet. I'm sorry for Meng Ming, I'm the eldest brother, I can't protect her, and now I can't even catch the murderer. "He's been a lot haggard these days, and his cheeks are sunken.

I sighed and told me about the day I saw someone secretly looking into the east wing with the little master.

"If you don't know him? Will you recognize him when you see him again? The eldest young master grabbed my hand and asked anxiously.

I nodded: "But he didn't come to our Liu Mansion, we can't say that he did it." ”

"Who else but him, no matter what, we have to find him first." I have no way to change what the eldest young master decides.

He painted a portrait according to the appearance I described, he has always liked Danqing, and he has achieved a lot so far, so the painting is very similar.

According to the portraits he painted, the people of the Liu Mansion asked people to copy hundreds of them, and asked the people of the yamen to post them everywhere. Not only that, but the county magistrate's office Zhang also sent a police station to arrest the people in the portrait, looking around for the people on the portrait, as long as there was any suspicious person, all of them were brought back for questioning.

I know that Governor Zhang is an honest and honest person, so the master is relieved to let him investigate this case. But seven or eight days have passed, and there is no news at all, everyone can't sit still, Governor Zhang is busy day and night, but the person in the portrait just disappeared out of thin air.

Ten full days passed, and our anxious mouths were foaming. I finally saw Governor Zhang come to see the master with a few catchers.

It turned out that a farmer had found someone dead in an old dry well in the middle of nowhere, and when he fished up the body, he found that it was the person in the portrait.

As soon as I heard that the clue was broken again, could it be that the dead person really knew what was going on?

"I found out the identity of the dead man, he is a teacher, named Chen Xuanming, an honest and responsible person. He has a good reputation on weekdays, but the people in the study have found that he has not come back, and they can't find him anywhere, so it turns out that he has long been dead. According to him, he must have been dead for four or five days. Governor Zhang explained Chen Xuanming's situation in detail.

The old man nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, you can go back first." ”

"Yes, the subordinates retired." Governor Zhang went back with people

"Dad, you can go back and rest too. Come, help the old man back to the room. As soon as the eldest young master gave the order, someone helped the master to go back.

"It's really useless now, and all clues will be cut off when he dies."

I shook my head and said, "No, I grew up in a tavern, and no matter what, as long as people drink, they dare to reveal anything. ”

As soon as he was excited, he immediately came to his senses: "You mean we went to the tavern to inquire about the news?" ”

I shook my head again and said, "Who is not familiar with your face?" Everyone knows that you are the eldest young master of the Liu Mansion, and if you want to go, I will go. ”

"You're going alone?" He looked at me quizzically.

"I can't do it alone, it's better to find a helper for me, and it must be a new face."

"Looking for whom?"

All at once I remembered a raw, non-reproducible face: "There you go, little chef!" ”

Without further ado, I called the little chef that night and explained everything I wanted him to go out with me to find out the news. In the past few days, everyone has been anxious, and he has seen it all, and he is happy to go with me.

The next day, he and I changed into the clothes of the people in the market early, and wandered the streets when we left Liu's house.

After walking for several hours, and hearing nothing useful, I took him to the largest tavern, found a seat on the side, and ordered a jar of wine and a few side dishes.

The business here is much better than my old tavern, people come and go, you say I shout, it's not lively.

"Meat buns, can you really hear anything here?" The little chef had a look of disbelief on his face.

I took a bite of the dish and shook my head and said, "It's up to luck, I don't know." ”

At this moment a big man with a beard came in, and he sat down next to us.

"Man, come to a jar of good wine, a few side dishes, what you have is silver!" When he roared, everyone looked at him, but when they saw his fierce appearance, everyone immediately turned their attention away and pretended not to see him.