Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, Ling Suwan, as in the past, got up early, cleaned herself up, skillfully put on the humanoid skin mask, and became the little attendant with a dark face and an unremarkable appearance.

As soon as she opened the door, she could see that there was something wrong with the floor at the door.

The entrance to her house was paved with bluestone slabs, and there were two small stone steps below the threshold, which were covered with moss because no one had set foot on them for many years before she moved in.

After she moved in, due to the injury of her hand, it was inconvenient to work, and the stone steps had not been cleaned properly, so she usually walked with extra caution for fear of slipping.

Today, however, on the stone steps, in addition to moss, she also found the smell of oil.

Someone poured oil on the stone steps!

This oil is colorless, and the flavor will dissipate after a long time, and if she doesn't have the ability to see the taste, she won't be able to find it at all.

It seems that someone is trying to make her wrestle, to see her embarrassed, or worse, to hurt her.

Ling Suwan remained silent and didn't make a sound, just picked up the place where the oil had not been splashed and walked out of the house, went to the kitchen to ask for some rice vinegar, and poured it on the ground where the oil had been splashed.

Ah Chun saw it and asked puzzledly: "Little Tanzi, early in the morning, what are you doing pouring vinegar on the ground?" ”

Ling Suwan smiled inadvertently, "Remove the moss!" I've heard that with some vinegar, you can get rid of it more cleanly. ”

"Really? How I've never heard of it. Ah Chun was suspicious for a while, and immediately believed her, rolled up his sleeves, picked up the broom, helped clean the ground, and said while sweeping: "Little charcoal, your hands hurt, get out of the way, I'll clean it." ”

"Thank you, Tsubaki." Ling Suwan's eyes were slightly wet, and she sincerely thanked this fat girl who was enthusiastic, simple, simple and kind.

Since coming to the capital, Ah Chun is the first person who is unconditionally good to her and takes the initiative to take care of her and help her, and it is also the only warmth she feels in this huge Guogong Mansion.

Not long after cleaning, I saw Ji Qing running over in a hurry, panting and urging Ling Suwan: "Little Tanzi, hurry up, my lord told you to hurry up and follow him to handle the case." ”

What's so urgent, could it be that a new clue has been discovered?

Ling Suwan entrusted the cleaning work to Ah Chun, put down the broom in his hand, and left with Jiqing.

Inadvertently, her eyes caught a glimpse of Jiqing. The faint yellow particles wafting out of the sleeves were not the smell of oil that had just been found on the stone steps at her door?

I see. This oil is actually auspicious.

The person who wanted to harm her turned out to be Jiqing.

But why did he want to harm me?

Did I offend him in some way?

Ling Suwan's mind kept turning, but her face was silent, and her steps were not chaotic at all, and she arrived at the gate of the front yard in a short time.

Lu Yuan was already waiting by the carriage. Seeing Ling Suwan hurriedly walking next to him, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his breath was not even even, Xu ran all the way from the backyard.

He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what he wanted to say, and finally only two words popped out: "Get in the car." ”

Along the way, Ling Suwan also knew the reason why Lu Yuan was in such a hurry to find her to go out early in the morning.

The identity of the female corpse was confirmed.

As early as when the girl's body was found, Dali Temple posted a notice to identify the body.

In the early hours of this morning, before dawn, a couple knocked on the door of Dali Temple.

According to the two of them, their daughter has not returned home since she went out a few days ago, and the two were about to go to the government to report the case, when they saw the corpse recognition notice posted at the door of the government office, the characteristics of the female corpse described were very consistent with their daughter, so they rushed to Dali Temple overnight to identify the body.

When they saw the corpse and recognized the appearance of the corpse, the husband and wife immediately wailed and cried, and the wife fainted from crying on the spot.

The girl who died bizarrely in the sleeping pool of Taohuatai was confirmed to be the daughter of Ding Wang, a tea merchant in the capital, Ding Baozhu.

Ding family has been in business for generations, the family background is quite solid, to Ding Wang's generation, although his name means "people Ding Xingwang", but unfortunately often backfired, Ding Wang's knees, the wife has only one daughter, named "Baozhu".

As the only daughter of the Ding family, Ding Baozhu was pampered and raised like a jewel from a young age, until she was sixteen years old this year, which is the age of a flower.

It's like a budding flower, which suddenly has its stem cut off, tears its petals, and completely withers away.

The Ding Mansion was built in the western suburbs of the capital, and the courtyard of the mansion was very luxurious.

Ling Suwan followed Lu Yuan one after the other into the courtyard where Ding Baozhu lived before his death.

Ling Suwan carefully inspected all the way.

Walking through the corridor and walking through the winding path, as she got closer and closer to Ding Baozhu's boudoir, the smell on her body became more and more obvious.

In her boudoir, all the furnishings are the same as before she left home.

Ling Suwan walked to the dresser first, and the bottle of balm with a unique fragrance was placed in a conspicuous place.

She handed the balm to Lu Yuan. "My lord, this is the bottle."

Lu Yuan took it, opened the lid and smelled it, the smell was quite fragrant, but in his opinion, there was nothing special.

"This is also what Cui used?"

"Exactly." Ling Suwan is very sure.

Because the last time she saw the balm on Hui Cui's body was too unique, she still remembers it vividly.

What's more, she is very sure of her memory.

Lu Yuan put down the balm bottle and looked at the housekeeper of the Ding Mansion who accompanied them in, "Where is your young lady's personal maid?" Why haven't you seen any of them? ”

The butler stammered for a moment before stammering, "Go back...... When he returned to Lu, the lord learned that the young lady had died unexpectedly, and he was heartbroken and ...... the maids and maids who served the young lady on weekdays It's all sold......"

No wonder, when I entered the courtyard just now, there was no one here.

"Where are the few who are waiting for you?" Lu Yuan didn't have a good airway.

The housekeeper trembled and said, "Those who serve you closely are ...... All...... Killed with a rod......"

What the? All killed?

Wouldn't that ask for anything!

Ding Wang, a fool, didn't care about people's lives, and brought trouble to him to investigate the case, if he hadn't taken this case, he would really be too lazy to deal with these stupid people.

Hearing that Lu Yuan, the little grandfather of Dingguo Mansion and the young secretary of Dali Temple, was here, Ding Wang, who was originally bedridden, struggled to get out of bed, and brought his wife, who was also lying on the bed with tears on her face, to see Lu Yuan together.

After experiencing the blow of the loss of their daughter, Ding Wang and his wife got a lot older all of a sudden, especially for Mrs. Ding, Ding Baozhu's death was like a catastrophe.

Although Ding Wang has no daughter-in-law, he finally has a concubine under his knees, but for Mrs. Ding, there is only one born to her, although the concubine also respectfully calls her "mother", but after all, it is through the belly, how can it be really intimate.