"Lord Song, at three o'clock this morning, there was a murder case in the Chen Mansion. After investigation, Yin of the Imperial City Mansion reported to the Criminal Department. ”

Song Yiyao raised his head from the official document file, "Death? ”

The whole person was wrapped in the quilt, without struggle, and suffocated to death. Suspected of suicide? Guan Yu read out the official document reported, and his tone was unconsciously suspicious.

A man will suffocate himself alive? How does that sound so unreliable?

"Let's go, let's see."

Song Yiyao stood up calmly and took off his cloak.

"Meow?" The golden group cautiously made a voice to remind the two masters of their presence.

The two of them were playing and playing just now, so they had to think about it.

"Do you want to fight next time?"

Tang Jingruo's cloak had been fastened, and he looked up and asked. The two dumplings hurriedly shook their heads together.

"Come down."

Before he could finish speaking, two balls rushed down from the top floor of the bookshelf. One after the other ran out of the room.

Originally, Song Yiyao thought that he would never enter the Chen Mansion for the rest of his life, but he didn't think that it was because of a case.

The newly bought house of the Chen Mansion is not small, with three entrances and three exits, but it is a little remote.

Because of the murder case, there are still officials guarding the gate of Chen's mansion. The crowd could not leave. The people passing by pointed their fingers at this situation and guessed what was going on.

The deceased is Chen Nanxing, the eldest young master of the Chen family, and the body is still in the house.

The old man is seriously investigating the cause of death little by little. Seeing that the people from the criminal department were coming, he said hello and did not delay the movements under his hands.

"Is the cause of death asphyxiation?" Song Yiyao asked.

"The face is purple and swollen, and the corpse spots are dark purple-red, which can almost certainly be asphyxiated to death. The time of death was about last night. ”

The old man pointed out the wound to them as he spoke. Guan Yu's face changed, covered his mouth and ran out. No matter how many times he looked at the corpse, he still couldn't accept this sudden impact.

Song Yiyao squatted down with a calm face and discussed with the old man.

Tang Jingruo silently looked away and looked at the bedside.

There, in mid-air, unnoticed by everyone, there floated a faint ghost.

The blue-gray face still couldn't hide her beautiful face, and the strangulation marks on her neck and her position in mid-air made it difficult to guess how she died.

Such a delicious grievance is simply a big meal! As soon as Jin Tuan Hongtuan entered the room, he aimed at her. Ran up to her and crouched down. As if she was afraid that this female ghost would run away, she poked left and right. Although I wanted to eat it very much, I still endured it and waited for Song Yiyao to deal with it.

After Song Yiyao and Lao Zuo confirmed the death factors, the moment before he stood up, he caught a glimpse of a thin wound on the forehead of the corpse. Asked:

"And what is the matter with his wound here?"

He glanced at the wound, which was so slender that it couldn't be smaller. The old man explained: "That should have been accidentally scratched by something." ”

Because after all kinds of physical characteristics of the corpse, the cause of death was undoubtedly suffocation, so he didn't care about the small wound.

Song Yiyao glanced at the female ghost, turned his head sideways and said to Guan Yu, who came back with his eyes closed after vomiting: "Gather all the people in the mansion in one place." ”

Guan Yu answered, didn't dare to look at the corpse, and hurried away without begging.

In the room, only the two of them remained.

"Are you a ghost, is it him who is complaining?"

Song Yiyao looked directly at the female ghost and asked.

The female ghost clicked her neck and tilted it at a ninety degree angle, asking suspiciously, "Can you see me?" ”

"Yes."

I thought about what had happened before. The female ghost's face became dazed: "I didn't kill him." Who killed him? Why didn't I kill him? ”

"My lord, everyone is already waiting in the main hall."

Song Yiyao agreed and said, "Let's go, let her think about it here." ”

There are not many maids and servants in the Chen family, there are only a dozen in total, plus Mrs. Chen's Ziniang and Chen Kongqing. Chen Shukang did not come, and it is said that he rolled his eyes and fainted when he learned the news. He was still lying in his room and refused to wake up.

When the two arrived, the servants were whispering in twos and threes. In the crowd, a maid stood on the side with her head bowed, not participating in the discussion, and her distinctive expression was particularly obvious.

And the servants glanced at her in twos and threes, and there was no kindness.

"What did the dead do yesterday? Have you ever had a conflict with anyone? ”

Song Yiyao stood in front of the crowd and asked.

The servants bowed their heads and did not dare to speak. A few of them looked at the lady and the young master standing at the front with their eyes darkly.

This scene was really interesting, and there was a smile on the corner of Chen Kongqing's mouth: "Lord Song, you don't know, my good big brother has never clashed with others one day." He punished the servant yesterday morning, and in the morning he the teacher whom his father had so hard to invite. He didn't do good things at noon, and he quarreled with me in the afternoon. If you talk about conflicts and personal enmities, he really has them with everyone here. ”

What kind of master is it, he can cause so many things in one day.

The people present who had not seen Chen Nanxing before his death couldn't help but feel curiosity and amazement in their hearts.

Chen Kongqing paused and continued:

"If it weren't for his father not letting him go out and make trouble, I'm afraid that the imperial city would be full of his enemies by now."

In this case, there is a need for interrogation in each of them. Song Yiyao picked a few people. Interrogation began.

"Why did the deceased reprimand you yesterday? When was the last time you saw him? ”

Song Yiyao raised his name and asked.

The servant first confessed before replying, "The villain accidentally knocked over a vase in the morning, and the little one did something wrong." collided with the eldest young master, and the eldest young master should reprimand me. How can the little one be resentful. ”

He lowered his head and said, only to look up at Song Yiyao's expression at the end.

Song Yiyao took notes with an expressionless face and motioned for him to continue.

"Finally, the last time I saw the eldest young master was yesterday at noon, and the eldest young master and his wife."

At this point, he paused, clearly worried.

Song Yiyao took in his expression.

When the servant saw that he did not answer, he could only bite the bullet and say:

"The two of them had an argument over something. In front of many people, the eldest young master angrily threw down the stool and left. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Because I don't know what is small, the little one was just outside at the time and happened to see it."

The servant's eyes wandered again as he spoke. It's clearly something to hide.

Song Yiyao asked him to press his handprint and said, "Okay, you go back first and let your lady come in." ”

Zi Niang is the current hostess of the Chen family, and she is the stepfamily that Chen Shukang later married. The background is not high, after all, after such a fuss back then, few women from families are willing to marry it.

She was no more than forty years old, and her face was gorgeous, and after entering the room, she bowed first, and without waiting to ask her, she said mysteriously:

"Oh, Lord Song, you don't know. I'm afraid of this, I'm afraid it's a female ghost asking for her life! ”

"How?"

"To tell the truth, we originally stayed well in Jianghuai, because of him, he played with the feelings of other girls, had a new love, and forgot the old love. As a result, the girl didn't think about it. ”

Zi Niang made a gesture of hanging to Song Yiyao to see.

"You just saw that he died exactly like your girl. They were all suffocated to death! ”

Watch her vocal and emotional performance. Song Yiyao made a frightened expression for face.

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's not it, because that girl was martyred, and her family is also a figure with a head and a face in Jianghuai."

Speaking of this, she sneered: "My master, heh, I'm afraid you don't know why he is in a hurry to recognize you!" ”

Song Yiyao nodded slightly and waited for the following.

"He intends to take advantage of your current status and momentum to return to Jianghuai."

"If you can go back to JAC. It's not a good thing for you, why are you telling me? ”

Zi Niang laughed: "Look at what you said, it's not that I can't stand you being deceived by him!" ”

"More than that, I want to know the reason for the quarrel between you and the deceased yesterday at noon?"

Zi Niang let out a long sigh and explained:

"Yesterday it wasn't because he made another mistake and did something wrong. He started bullying my maid in front of me. scared the little girls into crying and refused to give up.

I just said a few words about him. He slammed the door and left. People say that stepmothers are difficult, and I finally saw it. Whether he's wrong, it's even more wrong if he does! Since his mother died, I feel sorry for him as a motherless child. They showed favor everywhere, but they fed me with food and dogs, and cut the clothes I sent over.

Even so, I didn't feel sorry for him in the slightest. ”

Song Yiyao looked directly at her and remembered the Chen Kongqing just now.

It's really interesting for mother and son. Chen Kongqing directly pulled a bunch of people out, but he didn't mention the conflict between Ziniang and Chen Nanxing at noon.

Zi Niang tried her best to pull things on other things, and even did not hesitate to pull out her previous grievances with Chen Nanxing. For whom, it's also a little obvious.

But instead of piercing, she smiled and told her to draw a charge, calling for the next person.

"I just wanted to ask something, don't be nervous."

Song Yiyao pushed over a cup of hot tea and said with a smile.

The little girl was still a little scared, and her hand slowly stretched out and held the cup. His head was still down, almost as if he were at home, waiting to be embarrassed.

Song Yiyao smiled kindly, and his tone was soft and slow:

"What did the deceased argue with Zi Niang yesterday at noon? You can rest assured that no matter what you say, our criminal department will guarantee that the testimony will not be leaked. ”

"Yesterday at noon, I had lunch, and the eldest young master asked me to change a pot of tea for him in the main hall. I changed the kettle dragon well for him again. ”

At the door of the main hall, the maid Huan'er stepped in with a wooden plate.

Shen Nanxing sat on the mahogany Taishi chair, and hung his son: "It's so slow to change the pot of tea, did you go to the tea mountain to pick it?" ”

Huan'er didn't dare to answer, put down the teapot and poured him a cup.

In the steaming heat, Shen Nanxing grabbed her hand. Rubbed it twice.

"Look at it, I don't want to let you into my room, my hands are rough like this. I'll be distressed! Or. You're following me today? ”

Huan'er shook her head and stepped back, trying to break free.

Shen Nanxing put away the smile on his face:

"Huan'er, you don't want to toast or eat. It's your blessing that Young Master Ben can take a fancy to you! ”

"Slave and maid are blessed, eldest young master, you should spare the slave and maid." Huan'er couldn't stop feeling sick in her heart and begged for mercy.

"How come," Chen Nanxing refused to let go, got up, and pulled Huan'er into his arms violently. The hands became more and more irregular. Huan'er was anxious and scared, trying hard to break free. Tears fell down one by one.

"Yo, what are you doing? The eldest young master is in a good mood and wants to accept his aunt again? Huan'er, if you don't want to be a maid, just tell me that it's not good, I'll be the master and let you follow the eldest young master. Even if you like to be sneaky. I can't be here. ”

At the door, Zi Niang didn't know how long she had been standing, and there were several maids behind her. I don't know how long I've watched the play.

"What does it have to do with you?" Chen Nanxing stopped his hand, sat back down, and crossed Erlang's legs.

Seeing the disdain in the eyes of Zi Niang and the maids behind her, Huan'er's heart, which was originally glad that she was saved, gradually cooled.

"It doesn't matter, I'm the wife of the Chen family." Zi Niang came in proudly and sat on the main seat.

"It's up to you, huh."

Chen Nanxing said with a look of indifference on his face.

Zi Niang smiled even more happily, and asked rhetorically:

"If it's not me, is it because of your mother who ruined the master's life and harmed the master's half of his life?"

Chen Nanxing couldn't hear Zi Niang ridiculing his mother the most, and slammed the cup in his hand.

"Yo, I was wrong just now, it's not only your mother who ruined my master's life, but also you."

Zi Niang's favorite thing is to watch Chen Nanxing get angry. It's better to smash as many things as possible, so that Chen Shukang will hate him more and more. The relationship between father and son deteriorated, but she was looking forward to the most thing.

And if it weren't for him, how could their family have fallen to the point of being driven out by the Jianghuai Chen family.

Chen Nanxing's anger accumulated more and more: "Hmph, then you are not picking up things that others don't want in the end." ”

This sentence also hit Zi Niang's fire, and she picked Chen Nanxing's mistakes in her words to fight back, and she had already calculated how to sue in her heart.