Who? Murong Xue asked.

"Maybe it's the one who came to look for her," Meng Tianchu said.

"Are you so sure?"

"There are some things we need to find from the only clues left to us by the deceased, we thought it was suicide, maybe it wasn't,"

"You mean there are still people who can't force her to die?"

Meng Tianchu sighed deeply and said: "When a person is already desperate, if someone makes another effort behind his back, it is like a person standing on a cliff, if someone pushes him behind his back, won't he fall down?" ”

When Murong Yuxue heard this, she gasped, a little incredulous.

Meng Tianchu called Wang Yi and asked him to go to Nuanchun Pavilion to ask again, to see the entry and exit registration of other guests in Nuanchun Pavilion on the day of Lian'er's accident, and then to see where else could enter Nuanchun Pavilion besides the main entrance of Nuanchun Pavilion.

After Wang Yi left, a person from the yamen came from none other than Fan Cheng's mute wife.

Meng Tianchu welcomed Fan Cheng's wife into the hall and instructed Murong Yuxue to hurry up and make tea, Meng Tianchu looked at the woman in her thirties sitting in front of her, although she was mute, her appearance was average, but her maintenance was okay, her skin was fair, her figure was moderate, and she behaved like the wife of a large family, and she couldn't tell that she was once just a butcher's wife.

Just thinking about it, the maid on Fan Cheng's side spoke: "My wife wants to come and ask, she heard that you once went to the house to find our master, is there something wrong with the master?" ”

Meng Tianchu replied, "Just ask Boss Fan about something." ”

The maid used sign language to draw a picture for Mrs. Fan, and Mrs. Fan nodded. Stand up. She didn't know what to say, and she was talking and drawing.

The maid said, "Our lady said it, so why don't you go to our master and ask?" ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Your family's family said that your master went to the capital. ”

After the lady looked at the maid's drawing. Smiling, the maid understood what Madame meant, and said, "Madame, you should go to our courtyard in the west of the city to have a look, the master should be there, not to the capital." ”

Meng Tianchu was a little surprised. First, I didn't expect that this lady would take the initiative to come to the yamen to tell her where her lord was, and second, this lady didn't look as unreasonable as Xiaoqing said.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly thanked him, he was worried that the little clue he had just found was broken, but he didn't expect that Fan Cheng hadn't left yet, fortunately, Mrs. Fan didn't know what she was going to ask Fan Cheng, or she wouldn't tell herself.

Mrs. Fan got up to say goodbye, Meng Tianchu personally sent Mrs. Fan away, and then returned to the yamen to call Zhu Hao and Murong Zhenxue. He had to hurry up and go to the east of the city, he hadn't thought about it before, this Fan Cheng had other places to live besides the mansion in the west of the city, it seemed. The rich man, like this rabbit, has more than one litter.

Murong Zhenxue saw Meng Tianchu walking in excitedly. Then he said, "Are you going to go to the west of the city?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "Yes, you went and called Zhu Hao, let's go now." Then leave a message for the yamen and ask Wang Yi to come over quickly after he comes back. ”

Murong Zhenxue saw Meng Tianchu's happy appearance, endured it, and still didn't speak. turned around and went to find Zhu Hao, but Meng Tianchu found out, and quickly stopped Murong Yuxue and said to her: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't be like this, I know you must have something to say." ”

Murong Yuxue saw Meng Tianchu say this, and said, "I only think it's a little strange. ”

Meng Tianchu saw her say this, so he said, "Then you can tell me the place where you think it is strange." ”

Murong Zhenxue walked to the chair where Mrs. Fan had sat and sat down, and said: "First, according to the usual ideal, it is not a good thing for ordinary people in the yamen to find someone, and this Mrs. Fan directly told us where her master was without asking us what was going on with her master, so is this residence real or false?" Besides, it is generally not a good thing for the yamen to ask someone, she should have concealed it for Fan Cheng, instead of telling us another situation she knows so quickly, what do you say? ”

Meng Tianchu heard Murong Zhenxue say this, and he was very careful, there were some details that he really ignored, whether it was true or not, but there was always something wrong, he nodded, and then said: "What you said makes sense, so what about your 'two'?" What is it? ”

Murong Zhenxue continued: "Second, now Xiaoqing's death should be a well-known thing, so we are looking for Fan Cheng naturally because of Xiaoqing, she knows the matter between them, and she should be more worried about her husband being involved in this matter, why can't I see that she has such concerns at all?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, since you analyze it like this, then we should be even more sure that Fan Cheng did not leave, but is really in the west of the city." ”

Rong Yuxue asked, "Why?" ”

"According to your thoughts, then she must want us to find her master, so how could she give us a fake news?"

Murong Yuxue thought for a while, stood up, and said as he walked out: "Then I'll hurry up and find Zhu Hao, you go and drive the carriage to the door, let's go immediately, and talk about it on the way." ”

Meng Tianchu, Zhu Hao, and Murong Zhenxue got into the carriage, and when they passed by the Nuanchun Pavilion, they happened to meet Wang Yi who came out of the Nuanchun Pavilion, Meng Tianchu beckoned him to get into the car, and everyone sat in the car, talking while walking.

Wang Yi said: "I'm afraid that this kiln is really going to cross, when I went, the girls inside were shouting to change places, that Feng Ming cried with a sad face, saw me go, and didn't care, I went to find the thug who asked that day, looked at the personnel registration in the past two days, and found nothing suspicious, but then I asked some girls inside, probably not ready to do it there, so I didn't worry about saying the wrong thing, and I also asked something." ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly said, "Then you go on." ”

Wang Yi continued: "A girl named Xiaohuan said that on the day of Xiaoqing's accident, Fan Cheng did bring the housekeeper here. It's just that the housekeeper enters the ground through the kitchen door at the back. This girl named Xiaohuan cooks in the kitchen. So know. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "How did she know that person was Fan Cheng's housekeeper?" ”

Wang Yi said: "I also asked, she said that in the past, Fan Cheng went in and out of the Nuanchun Pavilion almost every day, and his housekeeper often came to send things or bring messages to the little green girl. So everyone in Nuanchun Pavilion knows each other. ”

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Meng Tianchu said: "You go on." ”

Wang Yi said: "And she also said that when the housekeeper went, he brought two people with him, carrying a big cloth bag. ”

Meng Tianchu became alert and said, "Slow, Wang Yi, have you asked if Xiaohuan paid attention to that cloth bag at that time?" Did the butler take out the bag again when he left? ”

Wang Yi smiled. said: "With such a key clue, I naturally won't let it go." I also asked, that Xiaohuan said, the housekeeper gave her half a hanging money to let her go to the restaurant opposite the Nuanchun Pavilion and said that it was to buy a sauce duck for Xiaoqing girl, saying that Xiaoqing girl liked to eat, and said that the rest of the money was given to her, Xiaohuan was naturally happy to take the money and go, saying that when she came back, she also sent the duck to Xiaoqing's room. It's just that Xiaoqing didn't open the door, saying that the duck was for her to eat, and she didn't have any appetite recently, and she was very happy at the time. ”

Meng Tianchu's expression became solemn: "It seems that they just want to lure away Xiaohuan." Then find a place to put the body away. ”

Wang Yi nodded and said, "I think so too." Later, Xiaohuan said that Xiaoqing personally went down to the kitchen again, saying that Fan Cheng wanted to eat the rose dumplings made by Xiaohuan himself, and asked Xiaohuan to make it, Xiaohuan took the money and ate the duck, so he was naturally happy, so he did it. ”

Meng Tianchu heard Wang Yi say this, and he probably had a bottom in his heart, it seems that when Xiaoqing went downstairs to the ground, they put the body in Xiaoqing's room, it seems that this Fan Cheng is also poisonous enough, and he keeps saying that he loves Xiaoqing, and actually put the body in Xiaoqing's room. Now some things are clear, but I don't know why Fan Cheng likes Lian'er so much, why did he kill her?

Wang Yi continued: "Later, I asked another girl in Nuanchun Pavilion to know that Fan Cheng had actually not looked for Xiaoqing for a long time, and I heard that there was a new friend in another kiln, and I suddenly went that day, and asked Xiaoqing directly, Xiaoqing was quite happy, and the sisters also talked behind their backs that Xiaoqing didn't need to look at the bustard's face, after all, Fan Cheng is a rich guest, who doesn't want to find such a regular customer." ”

After listening to Wang Yi's speech, everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for Xiaoqing, she always thought that Fan Cheng had a change of heart, who knew that he was here to harm herself.

Half an hour later, the carriage came to the west of the city, everyone got out of the car, and asked a roadside tea stall, it turned out that Fan Cheng's house was only less than half a mile away from Cuiyun Villa.

Meng Tianchu and the other four came to Fan Cheng's house, it seems that this is a new house, compared with the house in the east of the city, this one is much smaller.

Wang Yi stepped forward and was about to knock on the door, Zhu Hao stepped forward and said: "It's better not to knock on the door, I think since he has the intention to hide and not let us find it, then it is easy for us to knock on the door, anyway, we are coming, I will first go from the back of this house to inquire about the situation and see if there is a back door, in case he escapes, you just wait here, I will come back immediately." With that, he left quickly.

Meng Tianchu and the three of them parked the carriage not far away to let the horses graze, and also to prevent the people in the house from hearing the movement outside. After a while, Zhu Hao came back.

Zhu Hao said about the situation he had checked: "The house has only been built for a long time, and there are no weeds around, but I found that there is a back door, and there is not only one, there are three." I went up to the house to take a look, because in addition to Cuiyun Villa, his house is relatively large, and the others are fields and farmhouses, and his house is relatively simple, courtyard

There was no one in and out, I went to the east wing and lifted a tile to look at the room and thought that there was a woman living in the room, and there were women's embroidered shoes and clothes in the house, but there was no one in the house, so I happened to change the room to see, and suddenly I heard someone talking, so I hurried down, and that's it. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Since there are people, we will wait nearby, and we will talk about it in the evening, no matter how many doors he is, anyway, we have enough people." ”

Murong Yuxue smiled and said, "Is it possible that you still let me guard a door, I can't do it, if I come out of the door I guard." I'm running faster than he is. And you said it last time. That Fan Chengxiang is a person who knows some kung fu, so I can't avoid it. ”

Meng Tianchu heard Murong Yuxue say this, and felt that it made sense. The four of them retreated to a place not far from this house and hid themselves, and then Meng Tianchu said: "It's not unreasonable for Xue Xue to say that the three of us have no problem, but Xue Xue is afraid that it won't work, then you can guard the door closest to me or Zhu Hao." If something goes wrong, we can come to your rescue. ”

Wang Yi thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhu is running faster, it's still early, why don't you bother Brother Zhu to go back and call some brothers again." ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and said, "There's no need, if we really don't think we have enough manpower, then we'll outwit us." Now I don't want to think about anything. In the evening, let's go find something to eat first. ”

Wang Yi listened to Meng Tianchu's words and went to find a place to eat, now there is still a period of time before dark, everyone has to eat something to persevere.

Two hours passed before I knew it.

Meng Tianchu took a nap for a while. I've been sleeping very little lately, even if it's only less than an hour. But it's still a lot of energy. He stretched comfortably, and found that it was completely dark, but the moon was fine. He looked at Fan Cheng's house through the cracks in the grass, and sure enough, the lights had been lit. He took out a small bag of things from his arms and handed it to Zhu Hao. Then he whispered, "Now you have to go in and find a way to put this thing in the food or water they drink, you know the weight." He knew that Zhu Hao had often used such similar things before, so he said so.

Murong Yuxue stepped forward to take a look, it turned out to be a sweat pill, so he said, "You don't always put such a thing on your body, do you?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, pretending to be mysterious: "Naturally, I won't tell you about these little girls, my family Jiayin said, be prepared, I think it makes sense." ”

Murong Yuxue knew that Zuo Jiayin was a master in this aspect, and it was not surprising that Meng Tianchu had such a thing.

Zhu Hao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the car and change my clothes." With that, he immediately disappeared into the darkness.

Murong Yuxue pursed her lips and said disdainfully, "It seems that you are all ready at any time!" ”

Meng Tianchu replied: "This shows that you still need to study hard, don't wear a small flower skirt when you go out, where does this seem to want to come out and arrest people." ”

Murong Yuxue didn't show weakness, snorted, and said with a smile: "Who wouldn't take the *sweat* medicine." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "We don't need to be so gentlemanly when dealing with villains, you know?" Girl. ”

Wang Yile watched Meng Tianchu and Murong Xue arguing, and also paid attention to the movement on the other side from time to time, and after about a moment of incense, Zhu Hao came back in his night clothes.

Meng Tianchu knew that the matter had been done as soon as he saw Zhu Hao's expression, so he stood up happily and shouted, Murong Zhenxue hurriedly motioned for him to be quieter, Meng Tianchu nodded Murong Zhenxue's forehead with a smile, and said: "Girl, it's thunder now, and they're afraid they won't wake up." ”

The four of them entered directly through the door opened by Zhu Hao, and then closed the door again.

Meng Tianchu and others, under the leadership of Zhu Hao, came to the east wing, Fan Cheng and a young woman were lying on the table, and there were two bowls of overturned lotus soup on the table.

Meng Tianchu asked, "Is there no one else?" ”

Zhu Hao replied: "There are two other people, one seems to be a housekeeper and the other is a maid, I have already fainted and tied up in the firewood room." ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Your speed is still quite fast." ”

Meng Tianchu motioned to Wang Yi to tie up Fan Cheng and the female rope, let him and Murong Yuxue guard them, and took Zhu Hao to the firewood room.

When he came to the firewood room, Zhu Hao took away the strips of cloth stuffed in the mouths of the housekeeper and the maid, Meng Tianchu took the lamp, approached the housekeeper and took a look, then hung the lamp on the beam of the room, and asked, "Didn't you say that you went to the capital?" How did you get here? ”

The housekeeper looked like he was in his fifties, thin and short, his eyes bulging like a frog, he glanced at Meng Tianchu fiercely, and said with a sneer: "Since you have already caught us, do you still know what the consultant does?" ”