Chapter Forty-Nine: Wind and Rain
"What! The old man died tragically? Mo Yinfeng was very surprised, but there was a different mood in the surprise, and hurriedly asked, "How is the master...... Dead? ”
"It's not clear yet, and the poor road can't see it." Bai Qiuchi felt that he was a little strange, so he lied to see how he reacted.
"Master must have been killed by that monster!" Mo Yinfeng suddenly raised his head and said.
"How are you so sure?"
"Otherwise, how could there be no traces...... Mo Yinfeng seemed to realize something, and didn't continue, but he still looked very calm, and said, "So many people have been killed by that monster, Bai Dao Chief, please hurry up and destroy it!" ”
Steward Mo really has a problem. Bai Qiuchi deliberately said the death of the old man vaguely, how could he seem to know it very clearly.
"Steward Mo, I also think that the master was killed by monsters." Bai Qiuchi pretended not to notice his flaws and said, "But it shouldn't be that simple, so please call everyone to the hall." ”
"Okay."
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Bai Qiuchi took a few servants to the dark room, wanting to carry Master Hu's body up for further examination. Unexpectedly, he was shocked by what he saw.
The food on the table had been cleaned up, and there were still people here just when he was out.
When he came before, he put the old man on the ground and covered it with a white cloth, but now the old man Hu is lying on the bed, as if he is asleep.
Bai Qiuchi stepped forward to investigate and found that the blood on his body was gone, his lips were pale again, and there was no sign of poisoning at all. Strange, when he came over before, the old man obviously had obvious poisoning.
Bai Qiuchi regretted it a little, at that time, he should have called Jinxu to come over and guard it first, instead of rushing out directly to find someone, fortunately, he left the small bottle of food, he reached out to touch it, and the bottle was still there.
"Bai Dao Chief, do you have any orders?" The little guy who was waiting outside asked.
"You can come in and transport the master to the Ice Pavilion."
"Yes."
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Bai Qiuchi was full of doubts and came to the hall.
The second lady and the twin sisters were hugging their heads and crying, the two young masters were sitting without saying a word, and Steward Mo was instructing his subordinates to deal with the aftermath.
"Sorry, it's too late." Bai Qiuchi apologized, "Please mourn." ”
"Bai Dao Chief, what should we do next?" The second lady was helped up by her two daughters, crying.
"Second Lady ......"
"Brother Bai, the people from the Yamen are here!" Before Bai Qiuchi finished speaking, Jin Xu came to the hall with four or five people from the county government, saw that everyone was gathered, and asked, "Did something happen?" ”
"Master Hu has passed away." Bai Qiuchi replied.
"What?" Jin Su was taken aback, and the people from the county government who came with him were also very surprised.
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It's still a rainy night.
Bai Qiuchi frowned, thinking about the clue drawing, writing and drawing on it from time to time.
"Big Brother Bai, do you have any thoughts on the previous question?" Jin Su sat next to him and watched him not speak for so long, but he couldn't help but ask.
"These two things happened too close in time, and I'm going to sort out the clues first." Bai Qiuchi sighed and said sadly, "There have been five murders, but I can't stop them at all." ”
"Big Brother Bai, don't blame yourself too much." Jin Su comforted him, "It will definitely be over soon." ”
"It's so strange here, I always feel like it's not the end yet." Bai Qiuchi said, "Is there any news from Fanluo?" ”
"Not yet. He only said that he was going to go to the former prefect to find out the situation. Jin Su shook her head, "I'll tell him about our side too." ”
"Thank you for your hard work." Bai Qiuchi asked, "Have you settled the messenger of the yamen?" ”
"Steward Mo took them to the guest room." "When I went to pick them up, I told them a brief story. ”
Bai Qiuchi nodded, spread the drawings in front of the brocade, and said, "Look." Our plans need to be adjusted. The number of people who need to be investigated has increased - the second lady, the eldest young master, the third young master, the twin sisters, Ah Liang, Cui'er, Min'er (the maid before the eldest lady), and Steward Mo. ”
"Added Steward Mo?" Jin Xu said.
"That's right, when I interrogate in the past two days, I always think he is a little strange." Bai Qiuchi said, "When he was questioned for the first time, he had a brief eye contact with the second lady; When I heard the news of my master's death, I seemed to have known that he had died without a trace, and said that it was a monster who did it; When I was questioned for the second time, I said that I was in the account room at the time of my master's death, and I met him to go to the next person's room to find someone to strengthen the inspection, but he was in such a hurry, there should be another hidden reason. ”
"I don't see anything wrong with him. Was there anything special about the situation when the old man died? ”
"In fact, I followed Ah Liang to the dark room in the master's room, and Ah Liang was the first to find the old man's body, and he should have been scared away. When I first went there, I saw that the old man was not injured, but his whole body was bloody, and his lips were purple, so he should have died of poisoning, but when I took the family to carry the body, I found that the blood on his body was gone, and there were no signs of poisoning, no traces, just like the housekeeper said, there were no traces, he must know something. ”
"It's really strange, does Big Brother Bai know what poison it is?"
"At that time, I just tried it with a silver needle to confirm that it was poisonous, and I don't know exactly what it was. By the way, I came back with a little sample. Bai Qiuchi took out the bottle of food he had collected, "I'm sealed, there should be no problem." ”
"Brother Bai, you are really thoughtful." Jin Xu took out the crystal and approached the bottle, but the crystal did not change. Looking up at Bai Qiuchi and said, "It's strange, there's no demonic ......"
Bai Qiuchi was also puzzled, opened the bottle, and put another silver needle into it, but the silver needle did not change.
"Impossible, at that time, the silver needle obviously became very black immediately, indicating that it was very toxic." Bai Qiuchi was shocked and suspicious.
"Brother Bai, let's go to the Ice Pavilion to have a look." Jin Fu seemed to suddenly think of something.
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The two rushed to the Ice Pavilion.
"I forgot this method before." Jin Su walked to Master Hu with the crystal, the color of the crystal turned bright red, she looked up and said to Bai Qiuchi, "Brother Bai, the old man does have a demonic spirit, but it is not strong. ”
"What about the others?"
"It's been a while, you can give it a try."
"I'm sorry for you."
"The demonic aura remaining on the eldest lady's body is particularly strong, and Wan'er is the strongest." Jin Su checked them one by one, and suddenly said in a panic, "The body of the third lady is gone!" ”
"What?" Bai Qiuchi has been watching from the side, just now it seems that there is obviously someone under the white cloth, it turns out that it is just a trick.
Bai Qiuchi immediately rushed to the door and asked the guards about the situation: "Is there anything unusual when you are on duty today?"
"Nope."
"Bai Dao Chief, it's not good!" The eldest young master's maid, Lei'er, suddenly came in a hurry and said, "Just now, the eldest young master asked me to deliver supper to the officials, but there was no one in their room!" ”
"Could it be that they came out to investigate?" Jin Xu asked.
"Probably not, when I went, I asked Ah Qing who was on duty at the door, and he said that they didn't go out before I went in to deliver supper."
"Miss Lei'er, please inform Steward Mo and send more people to find them."
"I'll go right away." Leil ran away.
"There is a great possibility that the immovable corpse and the strong martial arts official can disappear out of thin air, but why did the eldest young master deliberately let Lei'er send supper?" Bai Qiuchi was full of doubts.
"Big Brother Bai, what should we do next?" Jin Xu asked.
"Find someone." Bai Qiuchi said, "The goal of the five people should be very big, and by the way, find out Ah Liang." ”
Jin Yu nodded, handed Bai Qiuchi a waterproof charm, and said, "Brother Bai, it's raining so hard outside." ”
"Thank you."
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Thunder and lightning, storms and rains.
"Xueyan, open the door."
"Yinfeng, why are you here?" Shu Xueyan opened the door and looked around nervously.
"Don't worry, no one is coming."
Shu Xueyan asked Mo Yinfeng to hurry into the house, and she shouted into the distance: "Xue'er, I'm going to sleep, don't let others disturb you." ”
Cher answered in the distance.
"Why do you ...... when it's so dangerous" Entering the house, Shu Xueyan turned off the lights and took out a towel to help Mo Yinfeng wipe the rain.
"Xueyan, we need to get out of here quickly." Mo Yinfeng grabbed Shu Xueyan's hand with a trembling hand.
"Why are you shaking so much?" Shu Xueyan sat him down, poured him a cup of hot tea, and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"I ...... At the time of patrol...... I saw the goose spirit yarn. At this time, there was a thunderclap outside the window, and the light of lightning instantly brightened Mo Yinfeng's frightened face.
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"Young Master, it's terrible......" Ah Liang said tremblingly.
"Tell me about the situation." Hu Yanshi motioned for him to sit down and said.
"The small one, as usual, went around several times to deliver the meal, and no one should have noticed it."
"You fool, that Bai Dao Elder has been following you for a long time."
"What? The small ones were not found. The little one should ......" Ah Liang wanted to kneel down again.
"Forget it, you go on." Hu Yanshi asked him to sit down, anyway, with his ability, it should be a matter of time before he discovered Ah Liang.
When he got there, he found that the old man had not lit the lamp, and that it was dark all around, so he put down the niche and turned to light the lamp. Who knows...... The little one lifted the lamp and looked at it, and found that the old man was sticking it to the wall......"
"Do you see what he looks like?"
He ...... His eyes were wide open and his whole body was dripping with blood, it was really terrifying......" Ah Liang closed his eyes in horror as soon as he recalled that scene.
"Stick it on the ......wall," Hu Yanshi asked thoughtfully, "Do you still see anything around?" ”
"I was already frightened, and the little one stumbled away with the lamp...... I didn't see it clearly. Ah Liang shook his head.
"Okay, you go to sleep first, if you don't want to be discovered by Bai Daochang, you can hide." Hu Yanshi warned him.
"Okay, the little ones don't walk around, and the small ones retire." Ah Liang retreated with a pale face.
Witnessing such a thing, it is estimated that he will not be able to sleep tonight.
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"Impossible...... Isn't she already dead? Shu Xueyan was very surprised.
"I was absolutely not mistaken...... Still wearing her clothes...... I saw her...... I went to the room where the official lived. ”
"What is she doing there?"
"I don't know."
"Then have you informed Bai Dao Chief?"
"No, I came to you right away." After taking a few sips of hot tea, Mo Yinfeng slowly calmed down, "It must be that monster...... The old immortality has also been solved, and I have already taken care of the aftermath, and others can't see it. If we don't leave, maybe...... Next time, it's our turn. ”
"But Ping'er ......," Shu Xueyan said hesitantly.
"You're still thinking about him at this time......"
"I ...... There's really no way to leave him alone......"
"Then find a way to take him with you."
There was another thunderclap, and they didn't notice that a small figure in the doorway, standing motionless in the rain.