This letter was not written recently. Judging by the handwriting and paper, it should have been about three years ago.

Three years ago, did it have anything to do with that fire again?

It is not yet possible to fully conclude that this suicide note was written by the eldest lady herself.

Bai Qiuchi asked Wei'er as he walked, "When and where did you find this letter?" Did you see me before when I went to the eldest lady's room this morning? Or earlier? ”

"I've never seen it before, and I didn't care too much about it in the morning, I found it next to the pillow when you went to clean up your room after you left."

"Did you see Madame go back to her room last night?"

"I went to deliver supper on time last night, and when I saw the eldest lady lying on the bed, I didn't dare to disturb, so I put down the supper and left."

"Do you see clearly? Are you sure that person is the Grand Lady? ”

"She's facing away from me, but it's true that the clothes are the eldest lady's. When Bai Daochang asked, I wasn't sure if it was the eldest lady. ”

"So the guy who went out this morning, didn't you see it clearly?"

"I only saw the back. She combed her hairstyle like that of the eldest lady, and also wore the eldest lady's blood jade golden hairpin, and she was also wearing the eldest lady's clothes. Vile said as she recalled.

"Don't you all wait for the eldest lady to freshen up and change her clothes? Didn't you find out at that time? Jin Su felt strange and asked.

"The eldest lady basically takes care of her own makeup, and she usually doesn't take anyone with her wherever she goes, and occasionally calls us to follow. Usually we just go to clean the room, so we don't care too much about the lady's absence, but the lady's room is very clean and tidy, almost no need for us, we usually clean one day a week. ”

"Is this the only hairpin Madame?" Bai Qiuchi asked.

"That's right, just this one, it was passed down from the old lady to the lady, it is said that this is the hairpin passed down by the Hu family to the eldest daughter-in-law of the past dynasties, it is made of blood-colored jade, it is very special, the lady loves it very much, and she will wear it every day."

"I see." In this way, the murderer or accomplice must definitely return to the scene of the crime again and leave the golden hairpin, but isn't there a great risk of being found in this way?

"How many times a day do you have to fetch water at home? When is the water fetched? Bai Qiuchi also wanted to know about the timing of the discovery of the body.

"The kitchen is once before breakfast, lunch and dinner, and at other times we can go to each courtyard to fetch water at any time, but it is usually during the day, we all think that this well is gloomy, and we will not come here at night."

"Is this the right source of water at home?"

"There is also a lotus pond, but the lord there does not allow us to use it, saying that there are holy relics in the lotus pond, and we all draw water from this well."

Bai Qiuchi thought, then there may be such a situation, the murderer first quickly suffocated her to death on the way back to the eldest lady, did not leave her time to struggle to attract the attention of the patrol family, and then took her hairpin, threw her into the well, and then disguised herself as the eldest lady and returned to her room, so that the maid deliberately saw herself, thinking that the eldest lady did not go to find someone in time when she came back. The woman was most likely the murderer or accomplice.

But why bother to disguise yourself as a big lady? Was it simply to delay the discovery of the body, or did she go to the eldest lady to find something? Is it just to find this suicide note from the eldest lady to disguise suicide? How could Madame have written a suicide note beforehand? How did the murderer know that there was this suicide note and where it was stored? And will there be any connection with this hairpin? Later, the hairpin appeared at the scene of the crime again, indicating that the murderer had returned, but how could he be so accurate for the person who fetched the water to catch it? Maybe it's in a bucket of water? The corpse was found only when the water was fetched, and the water for washing had to be prepared before breakfast, but now it was discovered when the corpse was thrown into the well. But if it hadn't been thrown into the well last night, then the corpse would only become like this if it had been soaked in the lotus pond for one night, right?

There are still many doubts, and the first thing to ask is to see who does not have an alibi.

As they spoke, they came to the lady's room.

Feng Wanting's room is very elegantly furnished, the curtains in the room are solemn crimson, goose yellow as embellishments, but it is not atmospheric, there are almost no decorations, and her flying and domineering personality is far from it.

Bai Qiuchi took the lead in checking the wardrobe and asked Wei'er to see if the eldest lady's clothes had decreased.

"Are there any clothes you saw the eldest lady wearing yesterday and today?"

"Hmm...... The eldest lady wore a white embroidered filial piety dress yesterday, and when she came back at night, she was also dressed in white. The one this morning, I remember, was crescent-colored, huh? The clothes are still here! ”

"Are these two styles of white clothes only available to Madame?" Jin Xu asked.

"Madame doesn't like white very much, this dress is specially customized by Suzhou tailors for the purpose of holding a memorial service."

"Is this master tailor still in the house?"

"He's the eldest lady's tailor, and he lives in Mirror Lake City, so I'll go directly to him if necessary."

"After a while, Miss Wei'er will smuggle him to the poor road. and can't let anyone know. Thinking about it, Bai Qiuchi said to Jinxu, "Jinxu, please go with Miss Wei'er." ”

"No problem." Jin Su agreed, she pointed to the dresser, "Master, it looks a little strange here. ”

On the dresser, Feng Wanting's things were neatly packed, and there was nothing strange at first glance.

"Madame always has the habit of cleaning the table and putting the accessories in order after grooming." "And Madame likes to line up her jewelry and put it on the table for you to choose from. ”

"It's here." Jin Fu approached and pointed to the jewelry and makeup boxes.

"Do these two boxes usually open?" Bai Qiuchi asked Wei'er.

"Madame, she all groomes herself, and I don't know."

The top of the makeup box is very clean, indicating that it is cleaned and used frequently. However, the jewelry box is stained with dust, which means that it is not commonly used and rarely cleaned. However, the lock is very clean, it feels like someone has touched it, and in order to keep it as it is, the box should not have been picked up.

"Jinfu, does the jewelry box need to be locked?" For this question, Bai Qiuchi is a little unclear.

"We ordinary girls shouldn't need it, what's the secret here, or is it just that Madame's jewelry is very expensive and needs to be locked, right? There should be boxes that are easy to open on the market, and boxes that can be locked should be customized, right? ”

"Yes, it was also made by the eldest lady who specially found a skilled craftsman, and the master craftsman should also live in the city, and he will also help the Taoist master invite him when the time comes."

"There's Miss Lovell."

"This keyhole doesn't look like an ordinary key can be opened, and you have to see if the lady has this key on her first. I don't know if the murderer has found it and opened this box. ”

"Okay." Jin Xu sighed in his heart, not long after they met, they were about to deal with things again.

"By the way, Miss Vier, can you find Madame's handwriting here?"

"Here's the manuscript paper that Madame usually uses to practice calligraphy."

Bai Qiuchi took it and carefully compared it with the words on the suicide note, and the handwriting was indeed that of the eldest lady. The content of this suicide note, which was written three years ago, is also very strange, with only two lines written on it: "The sin is so heavy that you should be punished, and your own sins should be judged." ”

Does the sin here refer to the Hu family or herself, and what does the eldest lady's own sin mean? Was the fire three years ago related to the eldest lady? But at that time, the eldest lady had her own thoughts, which was certain.

He looked at the size of the makeup box and the jewelry box, as if something flashed in Bai Qiuchi's mind, shouldn't the jewelry box be bigger than the makeup box?

"Which will be bigger, the brocade, the makeup box or the jewelry box?"

"Generally speaking, of course, it is a jewelry box, because it has to hold a lot of jewelry, and many jewelry cannot be pressed."

In this case, the shape of this keyhole seems to be ......

"Jinxu, you guys are watching the scene here, I'll go and bring the lady's hairpin!" I just forgot to take such important evidence.

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"Yan Shi, I'm here to prove my alibi." Yan Lingsha came to the eldest young master again early in the morning, and as soon as she entered the door, she was straight to the point.

"You really killed her......" Hu Yanshi was sorting out the documents on the desk, without raising his head.

"The same cannot be said. I didn't kill her, but I wasn't there and didn't save her. Yan Lingsha moved to the desk and helped Hu Yan polish the ink.

"What's going on?"

"I did want to kill her last night, but I waited too long on her way back to the house, and I was cold and hungry, so I wanted to find another opportunity. Just as I was about to leave, I saw someone walking over, dressed in white, it was Feng Wanting. I thought that God had destined me to deal with her, so I hid myself and waited for her to come near, but when I poked my head out again, and found that she had fallen silently by the well, and when I walked over and looked over, she stared at her, and immediately died. I thought I might find out about me, and I wanted to make her look like she was suicidal, and I couldn't kill her with my own hands, so I pushed her into the well. Before that, I took off her hairpin and pretended to be her and went back to the room, so that I wouldn't find out so quickly. Let her soak for a night, and it must be ugly when she finds it again, hahahaha!

"You're still in the mood to laugh, and if you judge the time of death, you'll definitely find out who showed up in her room last night."

"So, I was here with you last night!" Yan Lingsha squeezed her eyes and sat down against Hu Yanshi.

"What are you wearing?"

"Well...... I asked the master to make the same clothes as hers. ”

"Did you think of this day a long time ago?"

"Of course not, be prepared, I have also made the same clothes as the second lady." Yan Lingsha proudly showed off, "Of course, I won't be stupid enough to find the same master to do it." ”

"Aren't you afraid of being found out when you go to her room?"

"No, I've investigated, with her character, the room won't let people in easily. I just had to show the maid the back, and that was the case when I came out in the morning. ”

"You spent the night in her room?"

"Yes, I remember you said that she seems to be hiding something in her room."

"Did you find anything?"