Chapter 15 Falling Lotus Well
The next day, Bai Qiuchi wanted to go to the eldest lady to continue to understand the situation, so he hurriedly had breakfast and went out. At the door of the room, I happened to meet Xin'er who came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.
"Miss Xin'er, did you send the eldest lady back to the room last night?"
"The slave maid gave the umbrella to the eldest lady, but she said she would go back by herself."
"Okay, thank you."
I don't know why, Bai Qiuchi had a bad premonition, and he used his light skills to rush to the eldest lady's room.
"Is this girl, the eldest lady in the room?"
"She's just out." The maid Weile replied.
"Does the girl know where she went?"
"The slave doesn't know."
"Thank you, girl." Bai Qiuchi was a little puzzled, didn't he say last night that he had a good question and came to the eldest lady to ask today? However, with the character of this eldest lady, she will not wait for Bai Qiuchi at home for no reason. He had to look around first to see what else he could find.
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"Hahahaha......" There was a cheerful laugh from the garden, but if you distinguish it carefully, it seems that two voices are overlapping, and Bai Qiuchi follows the prestige, it is the twin sisters who are flying kites.
Although there is wind in the sky, it is still not suitable for kite flying on a rainy day, right? But they actually let the kite fly in the air, and the shadows of the two ran and frolicked in the drizzle, without the slightest sadness of their grandmother's death.
Both of them were wearing exactly the same white dresses, and they also wore white lotus flowers on their heads, the hairpins were silver butterflies, and the silver bells on the steps made a crisp sound with their jumps.
"Oops! The kite is broken! Sure enough, the kite was wet from the rain and fell straight down, but it hung on the eaves.
"Humph! What a disappointment! The two of them looked at the obviously unreachable kite, and spoke in unison, and their voices were exactly the same, and they spoke at the same time as if they were talking alone.
"Excuse me, two girls."
"Who are you?" The two asked together.
"Hmm...... "These two little girls look like they're fourteen or fifteen years old, are they so forgetful?" Bai Qiuchi reluctantly introduced himself, "Poor Dao is the Bai Dao chief who came to help solve things. ”
"Oh! Come to think of it! It's the one who sings at my grandmother's festival. Hu Nianan clapped his hands, tilted his head and said with a smile.
"......" That's chanting the mantra of the dead, not singing! Bai Qiuchi was a little speechless.
"Nian'an, that's not singing!" Sister Hu Nianci spoke a little more maturely, but their voices were really indistinguishable, "That's storytelling!" ”
All right...... Retract the words she just said she matured.
"If you don't dislike it, Poor Dao can help the two girls get the kite back."
"Really? That's great! Before the kite could be retrieved, the two sisters began to clap their hands.
I saw Bai Qiuchi a little down, flew to the roof, picked up the kite directly and landed steadily, without touching a brick or tile, clean and neat.
"Wow! That's amazing! Hu Nianan was dumbfounded.
"Thank you Bai Dao for being long." Hu Nianci flew over and took the kite.
"You're welcome."
"If you look at it so closely, this Daoist elder brother is so good-looking!" Hu Nianci suddenly came up to see, and Hu Nianan also suddenly came up to see.
"Oh really! Brother Dao Chang is handsome and powerful, I really admire him so much! Hu Nian'an's eyes flickered.
"It's a five-body throw!"
"Obviously my brother taught me that." Hu Nianan grimaced.
"You're mistaken, be careful that my brother thinks you're stupid and doesn't teach you." Hu Nianci gently tapped his sister's head.
"My brother won't teach me!"
The younger brother they are talking about should be the third young master Hu Yanping, right? Isn't he speechless and illiterate? How do you teach the two sisters to read?
"Excuse me, I don't know if the younger brother I just said is the third young master?"
"Yes! My brother is a very powerful person. Speaking of his younger brother, Hu Nian'an's proud expression was overflowing.
"I wanted to inquire about your brother."
"You can't ask about your brother!" Hu Nianci suddenly said, "Even if my brother is so handsome, I can't say it!" ”
"But ......" Hu Nianan looked at his sister with some hesitation.
"Nian'an......" Hu Nianci looked at his sister and said gently.
Something flashed in Hu Nian'an's eyes, and he immediately changed his words: "I can't say it." ”
"Goodbye, handsome Daoist brother!" Hu Nianci pulled his sister, and the two fled with a smoke, not forgetting to turn around and grimace in the distance.
I really can't help it...... Facing the little girl, Bai Qiuchi always felt a little powerless.
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There was a sharp knock on the door in the rain.
A servant opened the door and saw a woman standing in the rain without an umbrella.
"This girl ......"
"I'm here to find Bai Da...... Bai Dao is long. The person who came was also dressed in white, and she smiled, "I am his disciple, and he ...... Forgot to take this. Shaking a cloth bag in his hand.
"Oh, it turned out to be a disciple of the Dao Master, please come in." The little servant saluted respectfully and got out of the way.
In fact, Bai Qiuchi's three-legged cat kung fu about spell casting was still taught by her, but if it was Bai Daxia's master, no one would believe it.
She shook her head helplessly.
Finally, I can see him again.
"Ah——————h
As soon as I walked through the door, I heard a piercing scream.
"What's going on?" The woman in white asked with a frown.
"It seems to have come from the lotus well." There is a little guy to answer.
"Take me there!"
The group rushed in the direction of the lotus well.
"Steward Mo, this is ......" The little servants stopped when they saw Steward Mo running from the other direction.
"Less nonsense, get over quickly!" Steward Mo rushed over first, the woman in white followed closely, and the little maids ran behind.
On the ground were overturned buckets, and two maids sat on their knees.
"What's the matter with you guys?" Steward Mo asked the two maids who were fetching water.
They were visibly frightened. One of them trembled and pointed to the lotus well, and the other couldn't even speak.
"Go and see what's going on." As soon as Steward Mo gave the order, a small servant walked up and wanted to turn the bucket up.
But he found that he couldn't move, so he had to look at Steward Mo for help.
"Fool!" Steward Mo waved his hand, and the remaining two servants also went up to help.
At this time, a maid relented, and she shrank and said, "Just now...... The water that came up was bloody...... And...... This ......"
Steward Mo took the hairpin that the maid handed over tremblingly, his eyes widened in surprise, and said, "Isn't this the eldest lady's favorite blood jade golden hairpin?" ”
"Mo ...... Steward Momo ...... "The little guys were also very frightened, and one of them was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and almost let go of the bucket that he had pulled up with great difficulty.
A man was pulled up, dressed in white, with long black hair scattered. When I turned it over, my eyes were wide open, and I was already a little swollen, and it turned out to be the eldest lady.
"Big Lady!" Steward Mo hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Go and find the Bai Dao Chief!" ”
"Yes!" The two little guys hurriedly went in different directions to find someone.
"Let me take a look." The woman in white stepped forward.
"This girl is ......," Steward Mo asked.
"I'm a disciple of the White Dao Chief."
"It turned out to be a disciple of Bai Daochang, so there is Miss Lao." Steward Mo hurriedly took a step back.
"Brocade." Bai Qiuchi followed the sound and saw the chaotic scene, knowing that he was late again, and the brocade that he hadn't seen for a long time was performing an autopsy.
Hearing someone call her, Jinxu looked back: "Bai ...... Master! Fortunately, she reacted in time and almost showed her stuffing.
Seeing the body of the eldest lady on the ground, Bai Qiuchi sighed, every time a new clue appears, there will be a situation again, but he is powerless to stop it, hoping that the matter will be resolved quickly and there will be no more casualties.
"What do you see?"
"Master, come and have a look! Judging by the appearance and puffiness of the corpse spots, it should have been a night before she died. ”
"That's right," Bai Qiuchi opened her mouth and looked, "But she ......"
"Steward Mo, Madame is gone! I'm looking for Hakuchichi! Ah, Daoist, it's good that you're here! The eldest lady's maid, Wei'er, cried and hurriedly ran over, "This is what I saw in the eldest lady's room." ”
Bai Qiuchi took it and saw that it was a suicide note.
"Madame! Why do you ......" Vile saw the eldest lady at this time, and cried and pounced.
"Girl, please don't touch her for a while." Jin Fu helped Vier.
"Madame! How could you suddenly commit suicide! The old lady is gone, the old man is gone, madam, what should we do if you are gone! Vile cried, and the maid next to her began to cry too.
"No, she didn't drown by suicide." Bai Qiuchi hurriedly read a few lines on the suicide note, and affirmed his judgment even more.
"But it's really Madame's handwriting." Vile affirmed.
"As long as the reaction characteristics of drowning death and the injury performance are combined, it can be determined whether it is a drowning death or was thrown into the water after death. People who drown themselves will be white with hypoxia, blue lips, slightly watery stains in the mouth, dilated pupils, bleeding on the mucous membranes, and eardrums will also rupture and bleed due to water pressure, as well as edema. Because they struggle in the water, there will be water in the lungs, and mud and sand will enter the mouth and nose, and those who are covered and discarded in the water after being covered and discarded in the water will not be able to breathe. Bai Qiuchi explained.
"That big lady, she ......"
"I just saw that there was no foreign object such as sand and stones in the mouth of the eldest lady, and her face was silver-gray, which was in line with the usual situation of suffocating to death. The eldest lady must have been killed first before throwing herself into the well, this well is not big, the eldest lady has multiple abrasions on her body, there are no other sharp weapon wounds, and there are no other traces of fighting around, indicating that the eldest lady knows the murderer or she has no time to react. Butler Mo, please deal with it here, and notify all the people in the family to gather in the hall. Jin Fu and Miss Wei'er, we have to go to the eldest lady's room immediately. ”
"Okay, Bai Dao Chief." Steward Mo immediately began to instruct the family.
Bai Qiuchi and the three of them ran to the lady's room.