I still remember that when I was at home before, my grandmother often combed her hair, and she often combed her grandmother's hair, so she was no stranger to combing others' hair. She combed it very gently, and Dongmei, who was sitting in front of her, seemed to be satisfied with her technique, and she motionless let Mengyun fiddle with her hair.

Mengyun carefully looked at Dongmei through the bronze mirror on the dresser.

I saw that her skin was like snow, her eyes were like a pool of spring water, and she had a light and soft temperament when she was looking forward to it, which made people unconsciously move for her, what beautiful eyes! The top brand in this Fengyue Building is really beautiful like a flower, Chu Chu is moving, and the beauty is intoxicating. It's just that this Dongmei looks like her lost sister, Meng Yan......

Mengyun secretly thought in her heart, "Sister and I haven't seen each other for ten years, and I was only four years old when she went missing. Sister's appearance is already a little blurry in my memory, no, how can Sister be here? It's a brothel! It must be the wrong person, the two of them are just a little similar. ”

Dongmei found that Mengyun was combing her hair and still secretly watching her. She smiled slightly at the bronze mirror, "Most of the beautiful women in the world are concentrated in the palace and the Qinglou, but you are so beautiful, you shouldn't come here." If you were seen by the emperor in the palace, he would be fascinated. Your beautiful face is even better than the eight beauties in the palace! Do you know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, play and sing? ”

No one had ever praised Mengyun so much when he was at home before. I saw her bow her head shyly, and said softly: "I'm just a little country girl who knows a few words." My sister's appearance is beautiful and vulgar, her body is slender, her skin is delicate, her eyes are beautiful, and she is born with a light spirit, which is really indescribably gentle and lovely. My sister is the most beautiful person in the world, and if I were a man, I would be fascinated by you! ”

Dongmei smiled, and she said softly: "What a sweet little mouth!" In the future, if I have the chance, I will teach you everything I have learned here. Here, to be an ordinary little maid is to be angry, it is not enough to be good-looking, you also need to have talent and know how to make others happy. ”

After saying that, she let out a long sigh.

In this way, Mengyun started a new life in this Fengyue Building......

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

In the past month or so, Mengyun has not only gotten used to life here, but also become familiar with all the people here. In fact, there are still more good people than bad people, and no one here bullies her, and no one makes her angry. As Aunt Feng said, "Be obedient and obedient, don't think about running away, you will have a good life." ”

Today is August 12.

After Mengyun got up, she thought to herself, "Dongmei drank too much wine last night, let her sleep more this morning." He didn't rush to wake Dongmei up.

She came to the courtyard under the big tree. Sitting on a stone bench, breathing in the fresh morning air, he looked up blankly at the bird perched on the branch overhead. The little bird was chirping and bouncing, and it was so cute to look carefree.

At this time, Zi Yan hurriedly ran over from outside the Moon Gate, and she said with an anxious face: "Mengyun, it's not good, something happened to Chun Tao." ”

Mengyun asked, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's wrong with Chun Tao?" ”

"Come with me!"

As she spoke, Zi Yan took Mengyun's hand and ran towards the courtyard where her sisters lived.

Mengyun followed Zi Yan and hurried to the door of Chun Tao's room.

A few people here are whispering, "I was fine last night, why did I die this morning?" ”

"I don't know, Chun Tao was still talking to me yesterday, and now that the people are gone, I'm so scared!"

At this moment, Aunt Feng hurriedly walked over, followed by Chun Tao's maid, Liuzhu.

Someone shouted loudly, "Let's let go, let Aunt Feng go in and see what's going on." ”

Aunt Feng walked into Chun Tao's room first, and Mengyun followed behind. Zi Yan dragged her, revealing a frightened expression, "Don't go, it seems to be dead." ”

Mengyun patted Zi Yan's hand lightly and whispered, "It's okay, I'll just take a look." ”

This was the first time she had walked into this room since she came to the 'Fengyue Tower', and the layout of the room was almost the same as Dongmei's room.

The first thing that catches your eye is the table and chairs in the room, which are placed diagonally, and one of the chairs is still lying on the floor. It seems that there was a conflict in the room.

Mengyun came to the window, and she pushed it open. From here, you can see everything in the backyard, and you can see a small guy fetching water by the well. She deliberately looked at the railing on the window, it was intact and there was no sign of prying.

Aunt Feng saw Mengyun open the window, and she ordered, "Close the window, don't move everything here." ”

Mengyun said "um", closed the window, and came to Chun Tao's bed again.

I saw Chun Tao lying quietly on the bed. Her hair was messy, her eyes were half-open, her face was bruised, she was motionless, and she had long lost the breath of a living person. There was an obvious bump on her forehead on the right side, and the quilt on her body had been lifted open, revealing that the clothes were quite neat, except for a few broken spots in the middle of the quilt, revealing a small amount of blood.

Aunt Feng reached out and tried Chun Tao's snort, shaking her head gently. She turned to a small servant outside the door and ordered, "Da Zhuang, go and report to the official, this person is dead." ”

The little guy named Da Zhuang agreed, turned around and ran out.

Aunt Feng glanced at Mengyun and asked her, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Mengyun shook his head and said, "Don't be afraid, my father used to be a catcher in the yamen, and often told me some stories about solving cases, so I am not afraid of corpses." ”

Aunt Feng nodded and said, "It turns out that you are the daughter of the fast catcher, no wonder you are so bold." You see, the other girls have been hiding for a long time when they heard about this. Let's go and wait outside, and the official will come to ask you later. ”

With that, she shook her head and walked out of the room.

Mengyun glanced at Chun Tao lying on the bed again, and thought to herself, "I was fine when I ate and drank last night, why did I die today?" The bruise on her face should have been suffocation, and the damage on the quilt indicated that she must have other wounds on her body, but I couldn't see it under the quilt. It seems that this is a very obvious homicide. ”

Mengyun walked out of Chun Tao's room with a heavy heart.

The enthusiasm she subconsciously felt for solving the case suddenly gushed out like a spring from the depths of her heart. This made her instinctively think about a question, "Who killed Chun Tao?" ”

Mengyun's interest in solving crimes comes from Abba's teachings when he was a child. When she was only a few years old, Abba often told her stories about solving crimes. Of course, there are also things related to how to conduct an autopsy and how to identify the murderer.

Every time Abba was talking, Grandma didn't stop her, but listened with interest on the side, and sometimes Grandma would interject a few words at the right time. It seems that it is very likely that Grandma fell in love with Abba because Abba has the talent to solve cases......

Mengyun walked down the stairs to the entrance on the first floor. She deliberately looked at the inside of the door, and there was no door. She has been serving Dongmei for more than a month, and she has never looked at this door carefully.

Mengyun asked Zi Yan suspiciously, "There is a door plug in the door of the small building where we live, why is there no one here?" ”

Zi Yan counted her: "You've been here for more than a month, and you didn't even know that there was no door plug here." How do you get in if there's a door plug? It's impossible for the sisters to come and open the door for you. Besides, the doors of the sisters' rooms are all locked, and there is no need to plug in this door! ”

Mengyun nodded and came to the courtyard with Zi Yan.

This courtyard is located in the center of the Fengyue Tower, and the area is about the same size as the courtyard where the maids live. In the middle of the yard, some flowers and plants that my sisters like are planted, and the surroundings are also cleaned.

Mengyun carefully looked at the small building where her sisters lived, it was more exquisite than the other buildings in Fengyue Tower. I saw that directly above the gate on the first floor, there was a wooden plaque with three big characters written on it: "Fengyue Pavilion".

It is a detached two-storey building. The ground floor is just a spacious hall with a staircase on the right side of the hall. The first room on the left side of the second floor is where Qiulan lives, the second room is occupied by Xia He, the third room is occupied by Chun Tao, and the fourth room is occupied by Dongmei, whom she serves.

The other sisters in the Fengyue Building all live in another small building on the east side of the "Fengyue Pavilion". It seems that this "Fengyue Pavilion" was specially built by Aunt Feng for the four top brands.

Zi Yan walked over and grabbed Mengyun's hand, revealing a look of fear, "You said, Chun Tao won't be killed, right?" Everyone says that this Fengyue Building is haunted, it can't be true, right? ”

Mengyun comforted her, "Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in this world at all, and ghosts exist in people's hearts." Perhaps, Chun Tao just offended someone! ”

Zi Yan glanced around, and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she continued in a low voice: "When I first came to this small building to serve Qiulan, I thought that this small building was weird, very deserted, not as lively as the small building where our maids lived. It's like there's no popularity here. Later, I found out that it was the four major cards in this Fengyue Building that were not in harmony with their hearts, and they looked harmonious on the surface, but in fact, they were secretly screaming in their hearts! ”

"Why is that?" Mengyun asked suspiciously.

Zi Yan guessed and said, "Maybe it's because of the silver and the guests, the sisters are often jealous for a guest." To put it bluntly, it's for the money in the guest's money bag, and I heard that Chun Tao and Xia He quarreled over a guest. ”

At this moment, someone shouted loudly: "The official is here!" ”

Mengyun hurriedly turned his head to look at the moon gate in the courtyard, only to see a group of officials walking in with a person who looked like an official.

Aunt Feng hurriedly greeted her and said a few words to the official. The man nodded, and followed Aunt Feng into the "Fengyue Pavilion".

Mengyun was very curious about Chun Tao's death, so she also followed, she wanted to see how the official mission was handled.