Chapter Forty-Eight: Confusing
"Please send the body of the third lady to the Ice Pavilion." Bai Qiuchi instructed the little maid, and asked the maid Lin'er to inform the second lady, the eldest young master, the second young master, and the housekeeper that they came over.
"Big Brother Bai, what should we do next?" When everyone else is out, Jin Su asked.
"The people from the county government should be arriving soon, you go and pick it up first. I'll go find Ah Liang first. ”
"Okay." Jin Xu nodded and walked out quickly.
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"Young Master." There was a quiet knock on the door.
"Come in." The eldest young master, Hu Yanshi, was facing away from the door of the room, burning something.
"Big young master, it's small. That thing ......"
"I know." Hu Yanshi didn't look back, looked at the debris and smoke that had turned into ashes in the basin, and said slowly, "You will hide in my secret pavilion for the past few days." ”
"Thank you, young master! Thank you, young master! Ah Liang knelt down to thank him, he hesitated to speak, "Actually, the old man ......"
"I already knew that you followed the master and followed me at the same time......" Hu Yanshi sneered and turned around.
"Big young master, the little one is damned, the little one is wrong! You...... Spare a small life! I also have no choice but to ......" Ah Liang kowtowed desperately, not daring to look up at Hu Yanshi.
"Alright, don't say any more." Hu Yanshi didn't investigate where Master Hu was, nor did he ask him what benefits he gave Ah Liang, saying, "This dark pavilion can go outside, you have to go to deliver food as usual, don't make him suspicious." ”
"Thank you to the eldest young master, thank you to the eldest young master for not killing......" Ah Liang still knelt and didn't dare to get up.
"What does he usually do when you deliver food?" Hu Yanshi asked.
"The little one just delivered the food, and left after the delivery, and I didn't care too much. If I have to say it, it's nothing special, either watching his lotus products while drinking tea, or practicing calligraphy on the side of the stage. Ah Liang thought for a while and said, "But when I went there yesterday, I ......."
"Big Young Master, Daoist Bai invites you to the third lady's room!" An announcement was heard outside the door.
"Got it." Hu Yanshi responded, looked at Ah Liang again, and said, "You continue." ”
"When I went to deliver the food last night, I saw the old man motionless in front of the sealed window, I called a few times before he answered me, asked me to put the food on the table, and come back tomorrow to clean up, I will leave immediately."
"Sealed windows?" Hu Yanshi frowned and thought for a while, and said, "If you have a chance, you can take a look at the specific situation of that window." ”
"Okay, I'll see when I go deliver food."
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Bai Qiuchi searched for a lot of places and asked a lot of people, but he still couldn't find Ah Liang, so he had to go back to the room first to prepare for questioning.
When he came to the room, the housekeeper Mo Yinfeng was reproaching the guards, the second lady Shu Xueyan and the second young master Hu Yanbin were sitting on the stool waiting for Bai Qiuchi, the twin sisters were playing on the side, and the eldest young master Hu Yanshi was pacing in the room.
"I think you already know the specific situation, first of all, where were you all last night?"
"We sisters have been together all the time, just playing in the room." Hu Nianan said, Hu Nianci nodded in agreement.
"Last night...... I went to see the Lower Ser...... The young lady's situation, and then went back to the room to sleep. The second young master hesitated for a moment, but still said it.
The eldest young master didn't react much.
Speaking of which, the young lady Lan Thaning has been in a coma for so many days, and Jin Su has been in a coma several times but has not been able to wake her up.
"Last night, I was alone in my room making incense." Shu Xueyan said.
"I'm patrolling everywhere." Mo Yinfeng turned his head sideways and glanced at Shu Xueyan and said.
Although the time was less than a second, Bai Qiuchi noticed this detail, but he didn't delve into it, and said to Hu Yanshi: "Young Master, I heard that you came to the third lady's place last night. ”
"That's right." Hu Yanshi said, "I can talk to you about the specific situation alone. ”
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"Young Master, did something happen to you and the Third Lady here last night?" Bai Qiuchi asked.
"Originally, I wanted her to tell you everything she knew." Hu Yanshi smiled without emotion.
"Originally?"
"But then, I decided to tell her that I was just taking advantage of her." Hu Yanshi said calmly.
actually said this familiar sentence easily, he also told Wan'er at that time, and then Wan'er died in Huangquan, and now it is the turn of the third lady.
"As the eldest lady said, this woman is not a good thing, and she speaks harshly."
Big Lady ...... As a son, he did not call the eldest lady a mother.
"Is it because she provoked you that you pinched her and tried to put her to death?" Bai Qiuchi suddenly asked, wanting to try the radical method.
"I just wanted to warn her not to go too far." Hu Yanshi said, "I really want to know the truth, so with what I know about her, if she doesn't give up on me, she won't tell you more useful information." ”
"What about after you argued with her?"
"After that, of course I'm gone, why stay and waste time with a slut?"
"What's going on with Ah Liang in that guy?" Bai Qiuchi looked into his eyes, judged the truth of his words, and continued, "Can you explain why he appeared here in the middle of the night?" ”
"I don't know about this, I won't care about a subordinate's business." Hu Yanshi also looked at Bai Qiuchi, looking very calm, and said, "Since we have a common goal, I will exchange information with you." ”
"Then has the eldest young master made any discoveries recently?"
"There's nothing too valuable lately, but I think it's coming soon." Hu Yanshi nodded to Bai Qiuchi and left.
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Bai Qiuchi knew that Hu Yanshi didn't tell him the truth completely.
While thinking about what he said, Bai Qiuchi walked out of the room.
He remembered that at that time, a little guy said that this Ah Liang had a connection with the eldest young master, but he said that he didn't know about Ah Liang's affairs, it seems that he didn't plan to talk about this matter, and what idea was he playing? I don't know if there is no one who received the yamen from Jinxu......
Suddenly, a figure flashed quickly and quickly ran into the garden.
Who is that figure, could it be Ah Liang?
Bai Qiuchi hurriedly hid in the dark and observed, only to see him hurriedly shuttling through the rockery, sneaky appearance.
When I looked closely, it was really Ah Liang, and I finally found it.
Without thinking much about it, he flew after him. But he didn't get closer, but kept a certain distance to follow.
Ah Liang was not a martial artist, and even though Bai Qiuchi was very close, he didn't notice it. So Bai Qiuchi simply got closer.
I saw Ah Liang holding a delicately carved wooden box in his hand, which looked like a food niche.
It's not meal time, where is he going with this box that he doesn't know what to hold?
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Ah Liang seemed to be cautious, and walked around several times before walking to the master's room.
What is he doing here? Does it have anything to do with the disappearance of the master?
I saw him look around, and after making sure that there was no one, he carefully pushed the door open and immediately closed it.
Bai Qiuchi stood silently by the door, and used the most old-fashioned method to poke a very small hole in the window. Through the small hole, he saw Ah Liang holding the top of the third vase on the left on the bookshelf with his left hand, turning it three times to the left, and then turning it back to the right twice, and the bookshelf automatically moved away, revealing a secret door.
It turns out that there is something else in the master's room.
Ah Liang walked in, and the secret door slowly closed again.
Bai Qiuchi concentrated and continued to observe the situation in the room.
In less than half a pillar of incense, Bai Qiuchi suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the rockery. Although it was small, it couldn't escape Bai Qiuchi's ears, so he quickly hid it.
It's Ah Liang again! He ran in a hurry, his expression was very frightened, what did he see? Don't......
Seeing him running away, Bai Qiuchi immediately turned around and pushed open the master's room, turned the vase like Ah Liang, and immediately rushed into the secret door.
A staircase led down, and it was pitch black all around, but Bai Qiuchi didn't pick up the torch next to him, and ran down with ease.
Looking around, the chamber was arranged like a room, with all the simple daily utensils, and it looked like it was supposed to be a temporary place of refuge.
At this moment, a sealed window caught his attention. What are the windows used for the underground secret room? He pushed it and sealed it tightly. It was important to find someone, so he didn't stop long.
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Bai Qiuchi moved his steps slightly, searching.
No one?
Suddenly, something dripped on Bai Qiuchi's shoulder.
Another drop.
As soon as he looked up, he saw a scene that he would never forget.
It was Master Hu, who had been missing for a long time, and he didn't know what force was tightly nailed to the ceiling, and his body was already embedded in the wall. His whole body was soaked in blood, and it was estimated that it had been a while, but the blood had not completely coagulated, so only dripping blood remained. I saw his eyeballs burst out, his muscles burst out, and he knew that he was greatly frightened at a glance.
However, there was no sign of a struggle around, as if this terrible murder had happened in an instant. Only the overturned food niche proved that someone had indeed been here, and it should have been Ah Liang who had just fallen to the ground in fright. And that series of footprints should have been left by Ah Liang, who fled in a hurry.
This is definitely not something that ordinary humans can do. If it weren't for the worldly masters, what would it be? Bai Qiuchi seemed to know the answer.
But thoughtfully, he looked around to see what other clues there were. He noticed that the door on the other side of the room was open, and rushed over to see that it was another secret passage, from which Ah Liang should have run out, leading to the rockery garden outside. I was about to go out for a while to find Ah Liang immediately to ask for an explanation, but I saw that on the table not far away, there were eating utensils and leftovers that had been eaten and had not had time to clean up.
The meticulous Bai Qiuchi hurriedly took out the silver needle and inserted it into the leftovers, and then pulled it out to see, the silver needle immediately turned black, and sure enough, it was highly toxic, he took out a small bottle from his arms, filled a little leftovers for a sample, sealed it, and left a evidence.
Then Bai Qiuchi managed to put Master Hu down, and after a careful examination, he found that his lips were purple, and there was obvious poisoning, but there were no scars on his body, and it was unknown where the blood in his body came from.
It's really weird and incredible......
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Bai Qiuchi used his light skills to rush to the room where the people lived, but found that Ah Liang was not in it at all, he rushed out and almost collided with Mo Yinfeng.
Mo Yinfeng appeared here at this time, is it too coincidental?
"Steward Mo, the master has found it." Bai Qiuchi told him while observing his reaction.
"Found it?" Mo Yinfeng's eyes had a hint of doubt, but they returned to normal with only a flicker, "It's good to find it, it's good to find it." ”
"But ......," Bai Qiuchi's speech slowed down deliberately.
"Where's the master? How is he? It seems that Mo Yinfeng is very eager to know the situation of the master.
"The master has died tragically." Bai Qiuchi carefully examined him with his afterglow while announcing the tragic news.