This small wooden building, sitting north and facing south, they originally came in from the backyard on the north side, but now they went around to the main gate on the south side, and saw that there was a copper lock on the door.

When she encountered this kind of thing in the past, it was naturally difficult to do so this summer, and now there is an experienced adult next to her, and she really doesn't want to be too "diligent".

"Since it's locked," she said respectfully, "My lord, why don't you come back tomorrow?" ”

Lu Yi didn't seem to hear her words at all, and ordered: "Open it, don't make any noise." ”

I couldn't do it this summer, so I had to pick up the three pieces tied around my waist, pick out one of the slender silver skewers, bend down to aim at the keyhole, and poke and pick it lightly, and after a soft click, the copper lock was opened.

Lu Yi saw it in his eyes and asked lightly: "This lock-picking kung fu is also taught by Yang Chengwan?" ”

"That's not it," said the chief, "there was a prisoner in the cell, no one came to visit him, and he didn't have any silver taels on him, and he was good at drinking. Every once in a while, he asked me to buy him a pot of wine, and he taught me lockpicking skills in exchange. After studying for half a year, he was asked to be beheaded, and he couldn't learn. ”

As she spoke, she pushed the door open a small crack, dodged in, and after Lu Yi also came in, she closed the door again.

Listening to her tone, there was a bit of melancholy, but I didn't know if it was a pity for the prisoner, or a pity that she didn't learn everything, Lu Yi looked at her through the moonlight outside the window, and then turned his eyes away and looked at the scene in the room......

Directly opposite the door was a red-lacquered tunic horseshoefoot digging tooth table, on which was a large empty lacquer plate. Behind the table are screens depicting palace figures, all of which are ordinary objects.

Bypassing the screen on the left, a dark wooden staircase leads to the second floor.

As soon as I stepped on it this summer, I heard the squeaking sound of the plank under my feet, and then another kick, and another creak. On weekdays, the wooden staircase rules of some years are creaking, but when the night is quiet, the movement is really harsh.

Frowning, she had to go up as lightly as she could, and when she reached the second floor, she suddenly saw a pair of green eyes at the top of the stairs......

She froze, her eyes dry, and blinked.

Lu Yinyin's eyes also blinked, staring straight at her.

This summer took a deep breath, calmly, calmly, step by step retreated, and bumped into Lu Yi who came upstairs.

"He seems to be on top, I heard that the soul is the most vicious, let's not disturb him, go quickly!" She wanted to squeeze down from him, no matter whether Lu Yi left or not, she was going to withdraw anyway, and her life mattered.

The eyesight is much stronger than this summer, Lu Yijing didn't move automatically, grabbed her hard, looked at the green eyes and said, "That's a cat." ”

"Huh?" This summer was stunned, turned his head and looked back, but he still couldn't see clearly, and he learned the sound of a mouse in his mouth, "Squeak...... Squeaky ......"

"Meow, meow, meow."

The green-eyed responded enthusiastically, arching up, their furry tails wagging in the moonlight.

This summer breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now it's time for you to let go, right?" Lu Yi's tone was not good.

When I looked back this summer, I found that I had unconsciously grabbed Lu Yi's collar tightly, and quickly let go, seeing that the robe was messy, so I apologized for him again.

"Sure enough, it's Haoran righteousness."

Lu Yi sneered, brushed her hand away, and walked straight upstairs.

The cat jumped down from the railing of the stairs, didn't recognize it, meowed, and rubbed under Lu Yi's feet. Only this summer did I see that this was an orange tabby cat, with a fat head and a fat head, and a smooth coat.

"Could it be Zhou Xian's cat? Because I miss my old master, I have been staying in the small building and not leaving? She followed upstairs, guessing, "...... Maybe Zhou Xianji's soul is attached to it? ”

The fat cat rubbed his head on the top of the boot vigorously, Lu Yi raised his foot in disgust and pushed it aside, and the fat cat rubbed it over again with a strong will, rubbing it even harder.

"Look, it's trying to get you right."

This summer seems to have read the voice of the fat cat.

"Why do you think that there must be grievances in Zhou Xianji's case?" Lu Yi asked suddenly.

This summer, I realized that Fang had just called it an "unjust soul", and now I said "revenge", although it was unconscious, but he had already revealed his views on the case.

"I'm just guessing." She wanted to prevaricate.

Lu Yi nodded: "It turns out that the six doors are investigating the case like this, just based on blind guessing, they have preconceived ideas." ”

"Hey! You ......," he was annoyed by him this summer, "how can it be called a preconceived." This is the money for repairing the river, and he is fully responsible, where in this world is such a stupid person to shoot himself in the foot. If Zhou Xian had embezzled the 100,000 taels of river repair money, he should have absconded with the money, how could he hang himself? ”

The fat cat meowed at her feet, as if echoing her words.

Lu Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you think he committed suicide in fear of sin?" ”

"I ......"

I was only halfway through my sentence when I heard a hoarse voice downstairs scolding, "Who? Who is on it? ”

The official post in charge of guarding this place is an old man over sixty years old, his voice is quite loud, and he walks very slowly, from hearing his voice this summer, to his trembling upstairs with a lantern and appearing in front of her, it took a lot of tea.

The fat cat meowed, the thick tail swayed, and rubbed it over enthusiastically as usual, and the old man bent down and struggled to scoop the cat up and hold it in his arms.

"Uncle, you raised this cat?" This summer handed over the card of catching fast and couldn't help asking, "What did it eat to grow up and be so fat?" ”

"It has to eat two meals of lard in the morning and evening."

"What! Two meals in the morning and evening! Bibimbap! ”

This summer suddenly became very indignant, and when he looked at the cat again, his eyes were already full of envy and jealousy.

"You two are here to investigate?" The old man approached the lantern and saw the word "catch" on it, "No one told me why." How did you get in? ”

"I don't like to alarm too many people when I investigate cases." Lu Yi said lightly, "Are you the post man here?" ”

The lantern was dim, and the old man didn't see Lu Yi's flying fish robe clearly for a while, and explained to him this summer: "This is Lord Lu Yi, who has experienced Lu Yiwei's experience. ”

Hearing the five words of Jinyiwei, the old man hurriedly stuffed the fat cat and lantern into Jinxia's hand, and saluted respectfully to Lu Yi: "Humble Wang Chi, see Lord Lu." ”

"Have you been in charge of guarding this mansion all along?" Lu Yi asked.

"Yes."

"When did Zhou Xian move in?"

"You're talking about Lord Gongbu Lang Zhongzhou, he came just after the winter solstice last year." Old Wang Tou sighed, "I didn't expect him to hang himself." ”

This cat is heavy and clingy, and this summer it is difficult to put down the lantern, and it is difficult to put the fat cat on the shoulder.

"You tell me the whole story." Lu Yi commanded.

Lao Wang Tou has talked about this matter several times in the past few days, but Lu Yijin's identity is present, and there is a kind of non-angry and authoritative demeanor when he speaks, so that he does not dare to slack off, and still talks about it in detail from beginning to end.

"That night, Lord Zhou came back very late, and his face was not very good-looking. The boy told me that the smoke cage was not warm enough, so I asked me to raise another brazier. Later, I came back and went to sleep, until the next morning, when I saw the upstairs window open, I thought that Mr. Zhou had gotten up, but when I went upstairs to take a look, I found that Mr. Zhou was already hanging on the beam. ”

The old king pointed to the top of his head, and the latter looked up at the beam above his head, and hurriedly moved a few steps to the side.

"Since it was a suicide, there should be a stool kicked away by him and the sound of smashing to the ground, this floor is made of wood, the sound must not be small, don't you hear the movement?" This summer asked.

The old king pointed at the fat cat embarrassedly: "Ah Hu often knocks things down, I'm used to hearing it on weekdays, and I don't care if I hear it." ”

When Ah Hu heard its name, he meowed, and flicked his tail in a good mood, which happened to sweep around her neck this summer, making her itch.

"Where did the stool fall?" Asked this summer.

"It's the stool." The old king motioned to her to look at a round stool next to her with a waist and bulging legs, "I remember that it seems to be crooked here." ”

Got by the cat's hair and sneezed twice in a row, and returned Ah Hu to him this summer, and then half-squatted down to check the round stool by the candle flame of the lantern, and sure enough, he saw an obvious depression on the side of the paint, and then carried the lantern to check the ground......

"His scholar didn't hear any movement?" She wondered.

"In those two days, the little scholar contracted the wind cold, and fell asleep after drinking the decoction at night, and I called him when he got up early."

At this time, Lu Yi had been standing quietly beside him, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he asked, "Zhou Xian has been living in since he moved in, how many times have you raised the brazier?" ”

"Only once that night."

"Was it cold that day?"

"It was raining that day, and it was a little cold. And when Lord Zhou came back, his clothes and robes were wet from the rain, probably because he was not lightly frozen. ”

"He didn't sit in a sedan chair?" This Xia Qi said, "Still no umbrella?" ”

The old Wang Tou tried to think about it, and said: "It's strange to say, Lord Zhou has always had a sedan chair before, and that day I don't know why there was no sedan chair to send him back." ”

Lu Yi turned to look at the window and asked, "Which windows were open that morning?" ”

Lao Wang stepped forward and opened the two windows on the northwest side: "These are these two." ”

As soon as the window opened, a gust of wind rushed in, and Ah Hu "meowed" twice dissatisfiedly, arching into the person's arms. Lu Yi approached the window and looked out, even if the moonlight was so good tonight, there was really no scenery to see, only uneven houses.

"Master Zhou usually always opens the window here." The old king was also puzzled by this.

This summer, I opened several south-facing windows one after another, probed outward, and suddenly said in surprise: "This side is right opposite the back garden of the official post, the view is good!" ”

The old king said with a smile: "Yes, this place has the best scenery, there are peach trees underneath, and it is the flowering season now." ”

"It seems that this week is no longer a person who loves flowers, and he has failed to live up to this great □ in vain." This summer, I shook my head to look at the three drawers of books, the drawers were opened, and they were all empty, needless to say, Zhou Xianji's correspondence and other things must have been sent to the yamen. The top of the bookcase was also empty, with only pen holders, inkstones, and washers remaining.

"Have you touched this thing?"

She asked the old king.

The old king shook his head: "No, after the people from the yamen came, they locked the door, and I never came up again." ”

This summer stretched out his finger and rubbed it vigorously at the bottom of the inkstone, withdrew his hand and looked at it carefully, there was only a faint ink mark on his fingers, and then he looked at the water and it was clean.

"How?" Lu Yi asked.

"It seems that Zhou Xian has no suicide note." As soon as the words fell, this summer seemed to think of something, and carried a lantern to illuminate the wall, and carefully shone it wall by wall......

The old Wang didn't understand what she was doing at all, but Lu Yi knew it.

The author has something to say: I was so happy to be smashed by Huo Shengwu and meow sixteen two long reviews, whoops, friends, let the long reviews come a little more turbulent~~~~