Chapter 38: Flowing Beads (4)

Mengyun analyzed and said: "Of course, what I said is not necessarily right, this is also what I just thought of, you can listen to it first." It's like this, the night Spring Peach was killed. After Liuzhu helped Chun Tao back to the room, she thought that Chun Tao was drunk and should be going to sleep soon. So she just lit a candle on the table, and the light in the room was very dim. After the murderer covered Chun Tao with a quilt, he didn't leave immediately, and he didn't go around the room, it was Qiu Lan who misheard it under the bed because she was too nervous. After the murderer killed Chun Tao, he walked to the dresser again, intending to take the jewelry. But just as he was about to reach for it, through the dim light of the room, he saw a 'ghost' in the bronze mirror on the dresser, and the 'ghost' was still shaking slightly. At that time, the 'ghost' was lying on the beam of the house, and what scared the murderer the most was that the 'ghost' also poked his head out of the beam and looked down at him curiously. I think that the murderer at that time must have thought of the legend of the 'haunted' in the 'Fengyue Tower'. In addition, he had just killed Chun Tao, and his heart's endurance had also reached its limit, and Chun Tao's corpse was next to him. In the middle of the night, it was impossible not to be afraid, so the murderer thought that he must have encountered a 'ghost'. In this way, he could no longer bother to take the jewelry on the dresser, so he quickly ran away in a panic. To be precise, he was scared away by the 'ghost' on the beam. ”

After listening to Mengyun's words, Dong Meidai's eyebrows frowned, she raised her hand and gently rubbed her forehead, feeling that Mengyun's guess was a little unbelievable......

After a while, she glanced up at the beams, but there was nothing but dust on them.

I saw Dongmei thinking about it and asking, "What is the 'ghost' lying on the beam of the spring peach house you said?" Is it really a 'ghost'? ”

Mengyun shook her head with a smile, she said, "Sister don't be afraid, how can that 'ghost' lying on the beam of the house be a 'ghost'?" It was a man, a man lying on a beam. ”

Dongmei blinked, and she asked curiously, "The person lying on the beam?" Who could that be? ”

Mengyun shook her head, she smiled bitterly and said, "Now I don't know!" What I just said is also my guess. But this speculation is a more reasonable explanation for why the murderer didn't take the jewelry on the dresser after killing Chun Tao. ”

Dongmei asked suspiciously, "When did this 'ghost' lying on the beam of the room enter Chun Tao's room?" ”

Mengyun replied: "I think it should be the time when Liuzhu forgot to lock the door!" ”

After Dongmei heard this, she shook her head again and again, with an expression of disbelief, and she said, "This case can't be so bizarre. You want to! When the murderer was killing, there was a person hidden in the closet, a person hidden under the bed, and a person lying on the beams of the house, how could this be? ”

Mengyun smiled, she said: "There is nothing impossible, after the murderer killed Chun Tao, didn't there be a beautiful woman who made up three more knives on Chun Tao's corpse for the murderer?" Hahaha! ”

Dongmei rolled her eyes and said softly: "Don't open any pot without mentioning which pot, okay!" ”

Mengyun shook her head, she smiled bitterly, and said, "For Chun Tao's case, I actually don't believe much either. Perhaps, this is the truth. ”

Dongmei said: "If the truth is really like this, then the 'ghost' lying on the beam of the house must have seen the whole process of the murderer covering Chun Tao with a quilt, which means that he saw the murderer's face, right?" ”

Mengyun let out a long sigh and said, "Sister, do you remember what Chun Tao said before she died, 'Who are you?' 'Is it?' I think Chun Tao shouldn't know the murderer. In other words, when the murderer covered Chun Tao with a quilt, the murderer's face should have been covered with a black cloth, so the 'ghost' lying on the beam of the house, he may not have seen the murderer's face. ”

Dongmei said: "That means that even if we find the 'ghost' lying on the beam, it doesn't mean much!" He doesn't know who the murderer is! ”

Mengyun nodded and said, "Yes! However, I think this 'ghost' even if he didn't see the murderer's face, whether the murderer was male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, he should have seen it! ”

Dongmei nodded, and she asked, "Then what should we do next?" Do you go to find Liuzhu first, or do you go to find this 'ghost' lying on the beam first? ”

Mengyun lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "I think we should go to find Liuzhu first!" After all, this 'ghost' is not easy to find! ”

Dongmei said: "Okay, then you can help me get my hair done first, and then we will go to find Liuzhu together." ”

"Hmm."

Mengyun stopped thinking about the case, and she began to concentrate on fiddling with Dongmei's jet-black hair......

Liuzhu's room.

Mengyun and Dongmei sat on the chairs at the table, both of them looking at Liuzhu with a suspicious look......

Liuzhu sat on the edge of the bed, her head bowed, and she looked like she didn't care.

She fiddled with the handkerchief in her hand, her legs still swaying back and forth to hide her inner turmoil......

Mengyun broke the silence, she was the first to speak, and asked in a stern tone, "Liuzhu, let me ask you, the night Chun Tao died." When you came out of her room, you went straight back to your room, right? ”

Liuzhu glanced up at her, didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Mengyun sighed softly and continued to ask her, "However, I found your long hair on the big pillar on the first floor of the 'Wind Moon Pavilion', how do you explain it?" ”

Liuzhu tilted the corners of her mouth and showed a cold smile, she said, "How do you know it's my hair?" Can't it be someone else's? ”

Mengyun knew that Liuzhu wouldn't admit it if she didn't see her hair.

I saw that she got up from the chair and slowly walked in front of Liuzhu.

She took out a handkerchief from her arms, opened it carefully, and said lightly: "These long hairs are white, and only your hair is white in the 'Fengyue Tower'." ”

Liuzhu took a deep breath, she rolled her eyes, and said: "The hall on the first floor of the 'Fengyue Pavilion', I have been in charge of cleaning it recently, it is also possible that I accidentally left it there before, and it is not necessarily the night that Chun Tao died, what can these long hairs mean?" ”

Dongmei took the words, and she said loudly: "What can these long hairs mean?" It can show that you once rested your head on a large pillar. And when you are usually cleaning, do you lean your head against the big pillar? So, these long hairs are proof that you were once hiding behind a big pillar. In other words, you hid there on the night Chun Tao died in order to eavesdrop on the quarrel between Xia He and Chun Tao. With such obvious evidence in front of you, don't you still admit it? What exactly are you hiding? Could it be that you are the real murderer who killed Chun Tao? ”

Hearing Dongmei's scorching words, Liuzhu closed her eyes in pain, and she didn't know what she was thinking at this moment? Mengyun and Dongmei didn't bother her, just give her some time and let her think about it!

After a while, Liuzhu opened her eyes.

I saw her let out a long breath and said slowly: "Okay then! I said that on the night Chun Tao died, after I came out of Chun Tao's room, I really didn't go back to the room immediately. Actually, I just want to hear what happened to Xia He looking for Chun Peach? I didn't dare to stand at the door of Chun Tao's room and eavesdrop, I was afraid that Xia He would see me when she came out. So, I hid behind the big pillar on the first floor. Because I was hiding there, people on the second floor couldn't see me. As soon as I hid it, I heard the quarrel between Xia He and Chun Tao, because of Zhang Gongzi. In fact, the two of them have quarreled several times because of Zhang Gongzi, and there is nothing new. After a while, I heard no sound. I thought it should be Xia He going back to the room, and I left quietly. As I was leaving, the wooden thorns on the big pillar hung on my hair, and I didn't care, but I didn't expect to leave a few hairs there, and you found them. Why, you won't suspect that I killed Chun Tao, right? ”

Hearing Liuzhu's words, Mengyun's heart moved slightly, and she thought in her heart, "This Liuzhu is much more difficult to deal with than Lingyu." These long hairs can only prove that Liuzhu was once hidden in the big pillar on the first floor of the 'Wind Moon Pavilion', but they can't prove that she killed Chun Tao, what should I do now? ”

Mengyun thought for a while, and she asked Liuzhu: "It's not a big deal that you eavesdropped on Xia He and Chun Tao's quarrel, but why are you lying?" ”

Liuzhu's expression was very natural, and she replied lightly: "Chun Tao was killed, I was afraid that you would suspect me of being a murderer, so I lied, saying that I didn't eavesdrop, I went back to the room directly, why should I make trouble for myself!" ”

Seeing Mengyun raise her eyebrows, she smiled slightly, and said sharply: "You are still lying!" Isn't it? You didn't go back to your room immediately after eavesdropping, but went back to Chun Tao's room and covered Chun Tao with a quilt, right? ”

Hearing Mengyun say this, Liuzhu panicked all of a sudden, and she said hurriedly: "I didn't, I didn't kill Chun Tao, I didn't have the motive to kill Chun Tao, don't talk nonsense here." ”

Mengyun stared at Liuzhu's face tightly with her eyes, and she said loudly, "You have, you have a motive to kill Chun Tao. Chun Tao often beats and scolds you for no reason, and you have long been hateful. So you brutally covered Chun Tao with a quilt when she was drunk, right? ”

Hearing Mengyun say this, Liuzhu suddenly became excited......

I saw her stand up from the edge of the bed suddenly, pointed to her right arm with her left hand and said loudly: "This arm of mine was injured when I was a child, and I almost fell disabled, and I can't use it until now. Even if I wanted to cover the spring peach with a quilt, I couldn't do it. If you don't believe it, you can go to Aunt Feng and ask for clarification. ”