When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was a little surprised, but he still didn't speak. Let Xi Ruoyao continue.

Xi Ruoyao said: "After dinner last night, I wanted to take a bath, so I asked Xiao Er to boil water for me." After a while, the little er named Ergou came up, said that it was from the kitchen, asked if he wanted to prepare a supper for me in the evening, and asked me what to eat, I didn't think about it at that time. After he left, I suddenly wanted to eat their guan'er cakes, so I went downstairs by myself. I was going to tell the people in the kitchen, I went downstairs, and when I was about to get to the kitchen, I suddenly heard two people talking in a whisper, I didn't want to listen, but I suddenly heard the little two who came to my room just now and asked me what I was eating, that is, the second dog you said, he said something, I have never seen such a beautiful maid before. It's a pity that I followed the wrong master, if I were still alive, I would definitely marry her. I didn't want to listen to it, but at that time, I instinctively thought that he was talking about Lian'er, so I stood aside and eavesdropped. ”

"And then?"

He told another person that he found Lian'er near Cuiyun Villa on the morning of Lian'er's departure. He was fascinated by his beauty before, and when he saw that she was alone, he had a bad heart, so he kept following. ”

"And then?"

Before he finished speaking, the innkeeper came, and I hurriedly walked out, pretending not to find the kitchen, and as soon as I talked to the boss, he and another fellow also came out of the room where they were talking, and found that it was me, and their expressions were very nervous. At that time, I wondered, is Lian'er's death related to him? So, after I went back, I made an excuse that I was going to Cuiyun Villa, and sure enough, the boss asked Ergou to show me the way. ”

"Did you ask him? Did he admit it? ”

"When we had taken him out of the inn, we took him out into the suburbs, and when we asked him, he thought he had expected me to ask him this, so as soon as I said that, he collapsed to the ground in fright. At first he refused to admit it, but then my guards went up and beat him a few times, and he said it. ”

"Then how did he transfer the body to the brothel?"

"We also asked him about this, and he said that he first ** Lian'er in the suburbs, and he was not going to kill her, but because Lian'er recognized him as a guy in the inn, he was afraid that she would sue the official. So he stoned her to death. Later, he ran back to the inn out of fear, and he did not know why the body had arrived at the brothel. ”

Meng Tianchu thought about the situation of his own examination of the corpse, the deceased had indeed been hit on the back of the head with a heavy object, but after opening the head, he found that the injury was not fatal enough.

"Miss Xi, you have also seen the corpse of your family Lian'er, you probably remember. In addition to the scar on his head, there were more than a dozen scars on his face and a scar on his neck. Didn't you ask him all this? ”

I asked, but the guy was very stubborn, and refused to admit that he had done the scars, and later, I thought it was probably because my guards were used to doing things on weekdays. When I hit him, I hit him harder, and then he lay on the ground, saying that he couldn't breathe, and he was in pain, and we didn't care, thinking that he was pretending to be dead, and then he lay on the ground motionless, and my guard came up to take a look, only to find that he was really dead. ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, stood up, jumped out of the car, and lifted the curtain: "That girl, what do you think should be done with this matter now?" ”

Xi Ruoyao also walked out of the car: "We are at fault, but he also killed someone after all." ”

"He didn't kill anyone!" Meng Tianchu looked at Xi Ruoyao and said.

Xi Ruoyao was very surprised: "Didn't I tell you about it just now?" He himself admitted that he was the one who killed. ”

"He thought he had killed Lian'er, but in fact he just knocked her unconscious, and she wasn't dead at that time."

"You didn't see it, how do you know?"

"First of all, the fatal wound on Lian'er's body was not the one that was smashed with a stone, but a sharp object that cut the carotid artery in her neck, and she died of blood loss."

"He must have done it, but he didn't admit it."

"There is no reason for him not to admit it, he has already admitted that he killed someone, why not admit that he killed someone in what way? What's more, the deceased was found in a brothel. And he went straight back to the inn. ”

"Do you have any common sense? Why do you believe what he says? Xi Ruoyao said angrily.

"Isn't this something we can ask the innkeeper?" Meng Tianchu turned to look at the boss, "Boss, I want to ask, when did the second dog from your inn arrive at the inn on the day of Miss Lian'er's accident?" ”

"It's about an hour later than usual, and when I came back, my clothes were wet, and I was scared, and I broke three bowls in the kitchen, and I said that he was there, and everyone in our inn can testify to it."

"If he really killed Lian'er, he wouldn't have had time to transport the body into the city. Then find the right time to put the body in the brothel. ”

"So you mean the murderer is someone else? So why should he admit it? Xi Ruoyao couldn't figure it out.

Meng Tianchu walked up to Su Yan's father, and as soon as Meng Tianchu stepped forward, he quickly lowered his head.

"Steward Su, maybe you know." Meng Tianchu said.

When Su Yan heard this, he immediately stepped forward and stopped in front of his father, and looked at Meng Tianchu viciously: "Master Meng, what do you mean?" You can't find the murderer yourself and can't solve the case, so you look for people everywhere to suspect that it is the murderer, is this how your yamen solved the case? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "I didn't say anything, I only thought of asking your father when I listened to the conversation between your father and you last night." ”

"What are we talking about?"

"You may not remember what you said, but your father was still awake at the time, and he will not forget. You tell me? Steward Sue. ”

"I didn't kill anyone, I really didn't want to kill her, really, though, I really wanted her to die. But I didn't kill her, I spent the day with Miss, and she could testify for me. Steward Su said with a frightened expression.

Xi Ruoyao nodded: "Yes, at this point, I can completely testify to my housekeeper." ”

"Then where did you put that little two's body?"

"It's in a dry well in the suburbs."

"Well, now that we've been standing here for a long time, I don't think Miss Xi can just say goodbye and leave. After all, you killed people, and even if you are relatives of the emperor and the country, you probably can't kill whoever you want. ”

Xi Ruoyao sighed: "Okay, then whatever you want, it's just that I have to find someone to go back and report to my family." ”

"That's your business, and you're the mastermind of it. You and the guard who killed the man can leave without leaving. ”

After Meng Tianchu and the others took Xi Ruoyao and the guard back to the yamen and imprisoned them, they instructed Wang Yi to find the body first, and then asked Murong Yuxue to find the family of the two dogs to identify the body.

After Wang Yi retrieved the body, Ergou's mother pounced on it and became painful.

Meng Tianchu carefully looked at the deceased's injuries, found that there were no obvious injuries on his body, and asked, "Old man, does your second dog have asthma?" ”

Ergou's mother nodded while crying with a handful of snot and tears: "Yes, my second dog has had this wheezing problem since he was a child, and his father and I never dared to touch him since he was a child." Who knows, which ruthless person actually beat him to death. ”

After the mother of the second dog took the body of the second dog away, Murong Zhenxue said, "How do you know that the second dog has asthma?" ”

"I also listened to what Xi Ruoyao said before. She said that when they beat him before, they found that Ergou suddenly had difficulty breathing, and I was thinking about it at the time, but this also shows that Lian'er was definitely not killed by Ergou. ”

"Why?"

"Most asthma patients can't do heavy work, and he naturally can't carry a person so far back to the city with his bare hands and hide in the Nuanchun Pavilion."

"That's what you said, but I don't understand, why that murderer is so strange, ordinary people abandon the body in the wilderness, but he deliberately brought the body back to the city and put it in the most lively warm spring pavilion, what a strange person."

"It seems that we need to go to the place where the second dog knocked Lian'er unconscious. Maybe you'll find a clue. ”

"Okay."

Meng Tianchu and Murong Zhenxue called Zhu Hao and Wang Yi to get into the carriage and were about to leave. As soon as I walked out of the gate of the yamen, I saw Feiyan and Zuo Jiayin walking towards this side talking and laughing.

Meng Tianchu lifted the curtain of the car, Feiyan's eyes were still sharp, and he saw Meng Tianchu in the car at a glance, and whispered something to Zuo Jiayin, which made Zuo Jiayin giggle.

"You girl, I know that as long as Jiayin smiles, you must have said something bad about me." Meng Tianchu said with a smile.

"Anyway, in your eyes, I will never be as good as the two sisters Jiayin and Fengyi, and you don't think I'm good at anything. Hum! Feiyan glanced at Meng Tianchu and said angrily.

Zuo Jiayin said: "Feiyan, just to say, she feels that she hasn't seen the young master for a long time, why did she see her today, it seems that she has lost some weight." ”

Meng Tianchu knew that Feiyan was just talking, and he wouldn't really be angry with himself, and he still had something to do, so he smiled and looked at Feiyan who was pouting on the side, and said, "Okay, it's all my villain's heart, okay?" What are you here to do? Is there something going on at home? ”

Zuo Jiayin hurriedly walked up to Meng Tianchu, leaned close to his ear and said with a smile: "You probably really forgot, today is Sister Fengyi's birthday, and we are afraid that you will forget, so we rushed to tell you that you will remember to go home for dinner at night." ”

As soon as Zuo Jiayin said this, Meng Tianchu remembered. patted his head vigorously, and said in annoyance: "Look at me, if you don't say it, I really forgot it." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the time, if he went to see the scene, then he might not be able to come back, Murong Yuxue thought that he could see Meng Tianchu's thoughts, so he said, "Why don't we go again tomorrow morning." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, and was about to speak, when he heard someone shouting his name in the distance, he looked at it, and it was actually the girl from Nuanchun Pavilion, Xiaoqing.

Meng Tianchu jumped out of the car and saw that the girl was walking very fast, her steps were very staggering, and she almost fell when she was almost in front of her.

"Master Meng, please save me." The girl named Xiaoqing walked in front of Meng Tianchu and knelt on the ground with a flutter, Meng Tianchu naturally couldn't step forward to help, Murong Yuxue quickly jumped out of the car and helped the girl up.

"Girl, if there is anything you say as soon as possible, why bother?" Meng Tianchu saw her expression and knew that something big was wrong.

Xiaoqing was helped up by Murong Zhenxue and began to sob.

Meng Tianchu turned around and motioned for Zuo Jiayin and Feiyan to go home, as soon as this little young girl came, she naturally wanted to go back to the yamen, and it was not good for them to stand here.

When they turned around and left, Meng Tianchu said to the little young girl: "If you have anything to say, let's go in and talk about it." ”

Xiaoqing looked at their carriage: "You're not going out, are you?" Shall I not disturb you in this way? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I was originally going to go out, but now I don't have to go out." Don't think about it, it has nothing to do with you, it's because we don't want to go out. Let's go, let's go into the house and talk about something. I don't know what's going on lately, but it's getting cold and hot again. ”

A few people returned to the yamen, Murong Yuxue poured a glass of water for Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing put it on the table and didn't drink, and before she could start talking, tears flowed down again.

"Girl, if you have anything to say, don't be in a hurry, speak slowly. As long as our master can help, he will definitely do his best. Murong Yuxue was most afraid of women crying, so she hurriedly comforted her.

The little young girl nodded. Only then did he start to speak: "Yesterday, my mother gave me an eviction order, saying that I am old, and being in Nuanchun Pavilion will only affect her business, and that I am a broom star, that is, I brought bad luck and bad luck to Nuanchun Pavilion, and asked me to leave." ”

"Is there anything you can't give up in that kind of place? Wouldn't it be a good thing to let you go now? Murong Xue said.

The little young girl sighed deeply. His expression darkened more and more. "At our age, who will feed me if we leave now? Even if a rich family marries a concubine, it is young, and I am already old, but those poor families, I can't bear that hardship. In this way, you may look down on me, but I am telling the truth, I am used to the days when I open my mouth for food and stretch out my hands for clothes. Besides, who would want to bring a woman like me home with those good people? ”

"Then you came to me today, what do you want me to do for you?" Meng Tianchu said.

"Master Meng, I know that you still have weight in talking in this county, can you tell our mother, let me stay in Nuanchun Pavilion, don't let me go, please!"

Meng Tianchu said: "Don't you have a good match, the rich businessman named Fan Cheng, and now you know that you can't stay in Nuanchun Pavilion, why don't you let him buy you a house in this city, and give you some money, so that you can live well for the rest of your life?" You're going to have to come out of that place sooner or later, you say? ”

When Xiaoqing heard Meng Tianchu say this, she looked desperate, stood up, didn't speak, and walked out of the door.

Seeing this, Meng Tianchu hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Little young girl, I don't mean to help you, I also do it for your good." ”

The little green girl just smiled faintly, lowered her head and didn't look at Meng Tianchu: "When a woman is young, she is a flower, and when she is old, she is grass." After saying that, she walked straight out of the door, no matter how much Murong Yuxue called her, she didn't look back.

Meng Tianchu looked at her back, and suddenly seemed to owe this girl something, he looked at Murong Zhenxue and said, "Am I disappointed her?" ”

"How so? You're also doing it for her good, besides, didn't she say how good that man was to her before? It's not impossible to marry and go home, it's not impossible to set up a home outside, you men, how can you treat women like this. Murong Xue said.

"Look at you, you've killed a lot of people with a rod, I'm not that kind of man." Meng Tianchu argued.

Meng Tianchu stayed in the yamen for a while, and suddenly remembered that it was Xia Fengyi's birthday in the evening, and he should still go to the street to buy her a gift, and when he walked out of the yamen, he suddenly saw Zuo Jiayin and the maid Xia Lian walking out of the small door of the back kitchen, thinking that they were going to sell something.

"Jiayin, where are you going?" He stepped forward happily