Chapter 5: The Old Man Is Dead

"Little Cui! Get in here! ”

"Little... Miss. ”

The maid pushed the door open, and without daring to say much, she knelt before her young lady.

"Miss Ben is so good to you, you still want to poison me, don't look at this white dust! Did you accidentally spill the medicine? There's your shoe print on it! ”

"No, no, miss! Miss will not dare to harm you if she gives the slave a hundred more dares! ”

"You dare to quibble!"

The young lady stretched out her palm again, wanting to slap it down.

"Miss Gao, this scene can be over!"

"What do you mean by that, my lord?"

The young lady froze her face and looked at Hu Xiu, who was full of indifference.

"Hehe~ Do you really want me to make it clear?"

"Let's go, little Fan."

Hu Xiu sneered a few times, and no longer looked at Miss Gao, leading his little servant to leave the Gao Mansion.

"Xiao Fan, what about your pillar with a sugar gourd?"

"Male... Childe, the villain accidentally lost it, and was originally going to follow you into the pharmacy, but there were too many people on the periphery, so I called one to help me get it, but the person was gone......"

"Childe, I'll pay you back when I send my monthly money next month."

"Childe doesn't lack your money, just pay attention next time."

Hu Xiu rolled his eyes in his heart, this little guy has a really big heart, this thing is given to others, and it's strange if people don't take it.

"How can this work, this money ......"

"By the way, your handkerchief needs to be washed well, it has my nosebleed on it."

This little guy is really stubborn sometimes, I said I don't have to pay it back, and he still wants to go against me.

"Hmm..."

"You're out there, don't you have someone you particularly want to meet?"

"People I want to meet~ Oh! There's a Grandpa Tang! I haven't seen him for a day today! ”

"What? Grandpa Tang? ”

Hu Xiuyimeng, the person he said he wanted to see was not a man!

"Yes, Childe, that's what I told you, the grandfather who sells sugar paintings, he has to go to Suzaku Street every day to sell sugar paintings, but he didn't come today."

"It can't be that he has something to do, or is he going to see relatives?"

"Impossible, Grandpa Tang's son and grandson died in the war, he no longer has any relatives, his only livelihood is to sell sugar paintings, if he doesn't do this, he will starve."

"Don't worry, maybe it's his old friend who is visiting, and the guests are gone, what are you thinking about in your little brain."

Hu Xiu knocked lightly, this little guy's forehead, he is not Conan, wherever he goes, there will be an accident.

"Take me to his house to see, you can feel more at ease."

……

"You're still not sure?"

Hu Xiu looked at the careless little guy walking in front of him, he almost bumped into someone just now, if he hadn't dragged him, he would have really bumped into it.

"It's not all, Childe, I'm thinking that Xiaocui is obviously the murderer, why didn't you arrest her."

"Tsk, Xiaocui is a murderer? Then I ask you, what was her motive for killing? ”

"It's very clear, Miss Gao abused her, she held a grudge, and she poisoned her."

"Then do you know what will happen to this slave if this Miss Gao dies? Killed? Or bury her young lady and bury her alive! If you are lucky, you were sold to the Qinglou, and you were ridden by 10,000 people in this life? ”

"This ......"

Xiaowu was stupid when she was asked, she didn't think about it that much, she was just standing at the door at the time, just following Xiaocui's push the door and entering, and directly understood the end of the story.

"She didn't dare to do this, she didn't have the guts, she didn't have the ability, this kind of medicine that made people angina pectoris, and then let people die silently, with her identity, she couldn't get it!"

"But the white powder has his shoe prints."

"Hehe, the white powder should be some kind of flour, in the Gao family, I took advantage of Miss Gao's inattention, rubbed some powder with my fingers, licked it, and it was not poisonous."

"What! Son! Why did you eat that powder in case it was poisonous! Then you're not..."

The little guy exclaimed, and the passers-by who led them looked at them a few more times, but he didn't care, he grabbed Hu Xiu's arm, and wanted to find a nearby medical center for their son-in-law to see.

"Are you a stupid pig!"

Hu Xiu knocked a hairy chestnut on his head, and his six senses told him that it was not poisonous, what was this little guy worried about? Didn't you notice that all the people on the street came to see it?

"Oops, my head hurts."

"Hmph, now you know it hurts? Do stupid things with all your heart. ”

Hu Xiu gently touched the bag that was a little bulging on the top of the little guy's head, he had just exerted a little harder.

"So, the murderer, who would it be if it wasn't Xiao Cui?"

Waiting for the onlookers, after they dispersed, the little guy asked again.

"I can't be completely sure, but I'm 80% sure that Miss Gao poisoned herself."

"Ahh How could it be Miss Gao!? ”

"Shhh

"Oh, but why did Miss Gao kill herself?"

"Acting, she's acting for me! The acting is good, but there are too many holes in this story. From the beginning of my composure, I began to have some doubts. ”

But she found out that Xiaocui was poisoned and scolded Xiaocui, instead of asking someone to drag Xiaocui out to sue the government. Like her, she beats people at every turn, has a rude and mean personality, and finds that the person who serves her wants to kill her, and at the first time, she actually called that person in to reprimand and scold? That's too deliberate, isn't it? ”

"And the white powder, I entered her boudoir and saw that her room was clean and tidy, it can be said that it was spotless, but the puddle left in the corner of the table was left with white powder, she was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see it, and finally I couldn't suspect Xiaocui's head, hehe~"

"At the beginning of this matter, I also suspected Xiao Cui, after all, she was the most suspicious, but when the whole thing was connected, Xiao Cui got rid of suspicion.

So even if this Miss Gao, even if she no longer looks like the so-called drugger, she is still a real drugger! ”

In fact, Hu Xiu didn't say one thing, that is, the reason why Miss Gao committed suicide, it is likely that she is in love with him.

wanted to come to a story of heroes saving beauty, and then the beauty promised each other with her body, but he didn't tell the little guy, after all, there was no evidence to confirm his conjecture.

……

"Xiao Fan, haven't you arrived yet?"

The little guy led Hu Xiu all the way back to Suzaku Street, seeing that it was getting late, and there were not many pedestrians on the road.

"Soon, Childe, Grandpa Tang lives on Suzaku Street, a little south, not far from the South City Gate."

Fine sweat broke out on the little girl's forehead, and his body was a little unbearable after running blindly this afternoon.

"Okay."

~

"It's here! Childe, this is it! ”

The little guy pointed to the house in front of him quite excitedly, the house was a little dilapidated and old.

But I saw that in the room in front of me, the doors and windows were closed, and the inside was not thorough, dark and gloomy, and I always felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing.

"Let's go inside."

Hu Xiu strode forward, and he couldn't show his cowardice in front of his little guy.

"Childe..."

Xiao Fan seemed to be a little scared, and followed closely behind Hu Xiu.

"What? Scared? ”

"I don't have one!"

Then, continue to follow closely.

"呯呯呯~"

"Is anyone there?"

Hu Xiu walked to the door and knocked on the door.

"Wow~Wow~"

The door was not locked, and the bearings of the door were probably a little old, but with a slight force, it was opened.

"No one?"

In the room, on the table facing the door, there was a worn-out lamp, the wick of which was lonely on top, and there was not a little oil underneath.

There were also a few plates, and there were some leftovers in them.

"Grandpa Tang? Grandpa Tang? ”

The little guy in the back also followed, gave himself a little courage, and shouted a few times inside.

"Nobody..."

Xiao Fan muttered to himself, felt the darkness and walked a few steps inside, pushing open the innermost door.

"Ahh

As soon as he opened the door, he saw two flames, floating and shaking on the ground.

"What the hell!!"

This little guy, as soon as he turned his head, then sprinted, plus a bear hug, he got into Hu Xiu's arms, and his forehead was directly knocked on Hu Xiu's chest.

"Ahem~"

Who can withstand this heavy blow.

"Meow~Meow~Meow~"

At this time, there were several cat meows from the house, and a pair of "dark fires" floated out of the house.

First a black cat's head poked out of it, and then the body.

"Meow Meow~"

It leaned against the threshold and rubbed its hair.

At this time, the little guy's hand around Hu Xiu loosened slightly, and his arm was really soft and hugged him, like the feeling of a water rope wrapped around his body.

"I can't afford to open it yet."

Raised his hand and flicked a finger on his head, this guy wants to lie on him and not get up?

"Oh... Pain, pain, pain, pain. ”

The little guy was in pain, let go of his hand, and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"Childe, you flick my forehead again."

"But if I don't play, then how long are you going to rely on me?"

“……”

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look."

Hu Xiu stepped in first, the room was empty, and the only thing on display was a large object that he couldn't understand.

"This is what Grandpa Tang used to make sugar paintings, he lived a very hard life, his son and grandson died because of the war, he lived alone, he had no relatives, and he didn't even have anyone to support him."

"Huh~ Someone is lying on the bed, is it Grandpa Tang?"

The little girl's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over, it was already late this day, and he couldn't see the big things, let alone the people who were lying down.

"Don't touch it!"

Hu Xiu shouted, but it was too late, and the little guy's hand was already on his shoulder...

"How is it slimy?"

"How do you feel the blood......

The little guy felt that his hand was sticky, thick, not like water, and when he took it closer, he realized that it was blood.

He stood there dumbfounded, and muttered:

"How can it be blood, how can it be ......"

"It's an old man, he should have died a long time ago, and his body is cold."

Hu Xiu stepped forward and touched the neck of the corpse, and tried to snort again, but he was dead.

He found that his eyes seemed to be a little different, in this semi-dark environment, the little maid didn't see the person lying on the bed clearly, but he saw a faint light, and he could see a rough idea.

It was an old man, his chest was stained with blood, the old cotton quilt under him was soaked in bright red, the deceased's eyes were wide, and his expression was a little frightened.

"It's impossible! Grandpa Tang is so good! He didn't wait for his daughter-in-law to find him to spend his old age in peace, how could he leave now! ”

The little girl's big eyes were full of tears, his eyes were slightly red, and he clenched his teeth, trying not to let the tears gush out.

"But he's dead."

"I don't believe it, let me take a closer look at Grandpa Tang, in case he still has breathing!"

The little demon was stunned, and reached out to grab the corpse.

"Little Fan! Calm down! People can't be resurrected after death, let him rest in peace, I will find the real culprit for him and avenge him. ”

Hu Xiu hugged his waist, if he really hugged the corpse, the scene would be destroyed, how else could someone solve the case?

"Woo woo woo ~ Childe, is it really hopeless? Don't you know how to do it? If you can save Miss Gao, you can definitely save Grandpa, right......"

The little guy turned around, turned his hand back, hugged Hu Xiu's waist tightly, snot, and tears wiped him all over his body.

"Alas, alas~ You are a big man, what's the matter with crying like this? Can you not embarrass our man's face?

This corpse is cold, how can you let me save it, blow the corpse? Let's face the reality, life goes on, we need to be optimistic! ”

Hu Xiu patted Xiao Fan on the back and comforted him heavily.