Chapter Twenty-Eight: Something Happened in the Courtyard

Lu Chongning recognized this embroidered shoe, which also made everyone feel very surprised and panicked, which means that it is very likely to be Zhang's ghost!

Jian Dingyong nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Since this is the case, Li Mi, you will stay overnight and find out the matter." ”

Li Mi didn't believe in evil, so he immediately nodded and said, "You should be effective." ”

Lu Chongning was also excited, and said to Jian Dingyong: "Ming Mansion, can the students also stay?" If you can see your deceased wife, the student will have no regrets in this life, but he has a heart disease, and he must study hard in the future! ”

Li Mi couldn't bear to see Lu Chongning like this, this infatuated show was really touching and sympathetic.

But he was worried that there were too many people left, and the "female ghost" would not come again.

However, Jian Dingyong had no concerns about this, he nodded slightly and said: "You and the Zhang couple have a deep relationship, if it is really her, maybe she will come out to see you, I don't think it is better to do this, you live in Wu Yong's room, as for Li Mi, you can hide in the dark..."

When Lu Chongning heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Jian Dingyong, and Li Mi also felt that it was more safe.

If it is really the ghost of the Zhang family, maybe he will really come to see Lu Chongning, if it is a Japanese coward, he may be very wary of his Li Mi, but Lu Chongning is a talented man who has no power to restrain the chicken, and he will be bold.

Li Mi didn't believe in the saying that he couldn't walk Huangquan Road without shoes, but he agreed with Wu Yong's opinion, whether it was a person or a ghost, she would definitely come back!

Because if she is a fine worker, she will definitely come back to get this shoe, otherwise this shoe will become a clue for the government to track her down!

In ancient times, shoes were all handmade, thousands of appearances, none of them were exactly the same, different workmanship and embroidery, can become clues.

can become a meticulous work, lurking in Suzhou City, lurking under the nose of the county government, they are all people who are as careful as a needle, how can they leave such a big flaw, so she will definitely come back!

After the previous toss, it was first aid to Wu Yong, and when he recovered, it was almost late, everyone listened to the ghost story, and they were a little scared, Jian Dingyong left with his master, leaving only Xing Zhutou and two catchers.

Jian Dingyong specially told that tonight's affairs, Xing Catcher and Catcher Hurry, all obey Li Mi's assignment, which is equivalent to giving Li Mi temporary authority.

This also made Master Qian and Wu Yong feel very unhappy, but they were afraid that Li Mi had really entered the eyes of Jian Dingyong, and after this case, the county government was afraid that there would be a place for him Li Mi.

However, Li Mi is Wu Yong's savior after all, if it weren't for Li Mi, Wu Yong would have choked to death by that sour jujube.

Although he had a holiday with Li Mi, he left his post without permission, and there was this kind of thing, if he wants to get Jian Dingyong's reuse in the future, he must be cautious, and he can't have any more mistakes, let alone go against Jian Dingyong's meaning.

Therefore, Wu Yong explained to the eldest lady and the fourth lady, and treated Li Mi with courtesy, so he waited for him, and only at night did he let Lu Chongning be placed in the fourth lady's room, and Li Mi hid in the wing room next door.

After all, it was just night, the courtyard was brightly lit, Wu Yong only woke up today, the wives and concubines, the children and the slaves, people came and went, and it was also lively, whether it was a person or a ghost, it was impossible for that guy to sneak in at this time.

So Li Mi took advantage of this opportunity to come to the fourth lady's room and do a scene investigation in advance.

Because it is the boudoir of the fourth lady, it is cleaned very diligently, and it can be described as spotless, and it is a little difficult to leave footprints in such a clean environment.

Li Mi checked the doors and windows, and there were indeed no traces of strong breakage, and after a careful search, there was still nothing related to the case in the room, and he really couldn't figure out what these would-be robbers were looking for.

Could it be that Zhang still has important information that he has not been able to convey? If this is the case, should the Japanese soldiers suspect that Wu Yong took this thing from Zhang's body, so they came to search?

"First Wu Yong's official house in the county government, and then Wu Yong's other courtyard, did this Wu Yong really take something important from Zhang's body?"

Li Mi couldn't help but think so, after all, on the day of the crime, he received a reminder from Qingque'er that he was already one step late when he arrived at the scene, and he was all late, so it was hard to say whether Wu Yong would do anything.

A small priest can buy such a large family property, he is definitely not a clean white person, and his hands and feet will definitely not be clean, and it is possible to really take something valuable from the Zhang family.

Maybe it was because of the thief's weakness that he was so sure that the female ghost would definitely come back, because he knew that what the female ghost really wanted to get back was not a shoe at all, but something he stole from Zhang's body!

Li Mi thought so, so he didn't search the room anymore, because there was nothing in the office, and he was afraid that Wu Yong had already hidden it closely!

Li Mi wanted to ask Wu Yong directly, but there was no evidence, it was completely his own inference, and it was inevitable that he would be suspected of asking and slandering directly, his relationship with Wu Yong was deep enough, if this was not the case, the relationship with Wu Yong would be even more stiff.

And Wu Yong has already left his post once, and if he makes a mistake again, he is afraid that he will not even be a proper official, even if he really took something, I am afraid that he will not admit it.

Thinking about it like this, Li Mi also had an idea, since this thing was kept by Wu Yong, he Li Mi could think of it, and he would definitely be able to think of it.

They searched the county officials' houses and the bedrooms of the other courtyards to no avail, and they would definitely turn their targets to Wu Yong himself!

Unless she is a real female ghost, she will come here to find shoes and her infatuated showman husband, if she is a widow, she really came for that kind of thing, and it is impossible to come to this room again, but take the opportunity to search Wu Yong's body!

Moreover, tonight, Li Mi and Lu Chongning, and even Xing Zhutou and the two catchers are all in the courtyard of the fourth lady, and Wu Yong's main residence for recuperation must be empty, and that person is afraid that he will take the opportunity to start!

Thinking of this, Li Mi inevitably became excited, he had actually set a strategy, simply let Lu Chongning stay here, he secretly went to the main house to wait for the rabbit, whether it was a person or a ghost, he would definitely be able to catch it!

However, the sky was not too dark at the moment, and Li Mi was not in a hurry, so he asked Lu Chongning a question, which had been shrouded in his heart, and he couldn't figure it out.

"Lu Maocai, there was a fire in Yizhuang that night, Mrs. Zun's shoes should have been burned, right, this shoe should be at home, right?"

This is also Li Mi's doubt, if these shoes are really Zhang's, how can this female widow wear dead people's shoes?

She was able to get Zhang's shoes, does it mean that she once searched Zhang's room and couldn't find what she wanted, so she turned to Wu Yong?

On the night Wu Yong hit the ghost, Li Mi was attacked in the county officials' house, and it is impossible for this female widow to know the art of doppelganger, so there are two female widows? Or even more?

And after Li Mi listened to Lu Chongning's answer, he was even more confused, because Lu Chongning shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this, according to the rules, all the things inside must be burned, but I don't allow anyone to touch the things in the room... No one is allowed to enter that room again..."

Li Mi couldn't help but be moved by Lu Chongning's infatuation, but Lu Chongning continued: "But... Uchiko doesn't like to wear embroidered shoes on weekdays, and there are only two pairs of such shoes at home, except for the one that Yizhuang burned down, and the only one she wears now..."

This is also what makes Li Mi even more confused!

If there is only one pair of shoes, then it should be buried with the Zhang family, how can this female widow wear Zhang's shoes!

"Lu Maocai, do you recognize it? Is it really Mrs. Zun's shoes? Will it be the same style? Or was there someone else who had embroidered the uppers of Madame's shoes? Li Mi continued to ask.

Lu Chongning shook his head decisively, took the cloth bag from the table, took out the shoe, and pointed it out to Li Mi.

"This upper is my own handwriting of the hibiscus brocade chicken, when the women are red, see the heart, will indeed borrow the past to copy, but the inner child has a habit, like to embroider a small koi pattern on the upper of the shoe, sir, you look at it..."

Li Mi took the shoe, and really saw a small pattern embroidered on the upper of the shoe, although the line was simple, it could still be seen that it was a small koi with a long beard!

In other words, there is no doubt that this shoe should be Zhang's!

Could it be that Wu Yong bumped into the ghost of the Zhang family? But even if there really are ghosts, shouldn't they be virtual shadows without substance, how can they leave a shoe?

If it weren't a female ghost, but a female widow, would this woman still dig up the grave and open the coffin and take Zhang's shoes to wear them?

These would-be robbers are clearly tracking down and looking for something important, and even traced Wu Yong's head, so they may dig up the tomb and open the coffin, and search for Zhang's burial, is it really a hand-in-hand?

But even if it's a good deal, what's wrong with it, why are it shoes? Could it be that the Japanese people have such a heavy taste from ancient times to the present?

Li Mi is also puzzled, but since he is interested in criminal investigation, the mystery is not pressure, but attraction, the more bizarre, the more motivated he is!

It was also because of Wu Yong's delay in this incident, otherwise he would have been able to investigate Chen Shi's background, find out why Zhang chose Chen Shi as the motive for the assassination target, and then find the murderer who killed Zhang, maybe he could also verify who the real assassins were who carried out the assassination of those Japanese after Zhang passed on the news.

After chatting with Lu Chongning, the night gradually deepened, Wu Yong had already fallen asleep, and the courtyard was quiet, but perhaps it was the haunting that made people panic, the entire courtyard was still brightly lit, and the rooms did not dare to blow the lights to rest.

Li Mi asked Lu Chongning to keep watch in the room, and he walked out.

He inserted Asakusa's short knife into his waist, and then went to Wu Yong's compartment.

Although Wu Yong dotes on the fourth lady, but when he encounters a major event, he has to rely on the eldest lady after all, and he stays in the eldest lady's room tonight, and in the small pavilion in the courtyard outside the room, there is also a torture room official on duty at night, in case there is another haunted thing.

Although he was in the prime of life, he was also a superstitious man, sitting under a lantern, drinking a little wine to strengthen his courage, humming a little song in a low voice, and waving his hand from time to time to drive away mosquitoes.

Li Mi's investigation skills are quite excellent, in order to capture the adultery, he squatted and became a 10,000-year-old fossil, and he experienced it all day long.

In order to get a better view, he chose the surveillance location on an old laurel book in the corner.

This old tree is like an umbrella cover, enough to cover the figure, Li Mi grinds herbs such as mint mugwort leaves out the juice in advance, adds borneol, and smears it on the body, so that mosquitoes dare not get close.

It's not that Li Mi is arrogant and expensive, and he is afraid of mosquito bites, but he is worried that repelling mosquitoes will make movements and expose himself.

In this way, the servant was already asleep in the pavilion, and there was a sound of snoring like thunder in Wu Yong's room, listening to it should be the eldest lady, and from time to time I would hear Wu Yong complaining a few small words, thinking that he was so noisy that he couldn't sleep because of the snoring of the eldest lady.

After another half an hour, Wu Yong couldn't stand it, and gradually there was no sound, it was time to fall asleep.

Li Mi is also too sleepy, after all, he has been spinning like a top in the past few days, and he has never stopped well.

Seeing the drowsiness coming, Li Mi thought about squinting for a while, when there was a sudden slight noise on the courtyard wall, a broken grass mat hung on the thorns on the wall, and then a black shadow climbed over the wall with great agility!