The wind in the West Lake gradually became hot, and Su Wuming's forehead was slightly sweaty.

The carriage stuck in the middle of the tree was pulled out by Tang Xiong, and the carriage was a little wet, indicating that the carriage had indeed stopped here when it rained last night.

I searched up and down the carriage, but there was nothing but a whip, an oil-paper umbrella, and a woman's clothes.

When Nangong Yan saw the shirt, she was a little surprised, and said, "Could it be that the deceased coerced a woman to come here to steal joy, but was pushed into the lake and taken away by someone, right?" ”

Nangong Yan's words surprised everyone, but no one could answer, Su Wuming took out the woman's shirt and smelled it, frowned slightly and then shook his head: "Probably not, no one has worn this shirt yet, it is new." ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, Nangong Yan wanted to say something more, but suddenly there was a burst of shouts not far away, everyone turned their heads to look, and saw that it was Qian Sheng and Jiang Ying, after the two of them came to him, Qian Sheng hurriedly said: "Lord Su, I have ordered someone to carry the body back, it is estimated that I will soon know the identity of the deceased, let me see if Lord Su has any other instructions!" ”

Su Wuming smiled, then pointed to the carriage and asked, "Lord Qian has been in Qiantang County for many years, in this Qiantang County, who can afford such a carriage, you should know clearly, right?" ”

After Qian Sheng saw the carriage, his face changed slightly, and then he hurriedly asked, "Master Su, how can there be a carriage here?" ”

"The dead must have ridden here!"

Qian Sheng heard that it was the deceased who rode in, nodded again and again to show understanding, and then said: "Qiantang County is quite rich, and there are seven or eight people who can use this kind of carriage, but as soon as I look at this carriage, I know that it is the carriage of Huangfu in the west of the city, Lord Su, please see, on the curtain of this carriage, there is a trace of embroidered birds, in the entire Qiantang County, only the carriage of Huangfu embroiders this." ”

Hearing that Qian Sheng knew whose carriage it was, everyone was overjoyed, and Su Wuming hurriedly said: "Since Lord Qian knows that this is the carriage of the Huangfu Mansion, then we will hurry back to Qiantang County, and on the way, I will trouble Lord Qian to tell me about the affairs of the Huang family." ”

Qian Sheng nodded again and again, and the group hurriedly set off.

On the way, Qian Sheng said: "Master Su, this Huang family is one of the richest families in our Qiantang County, and they are very respected by the people, the main reason is that the former master of the Huang family, Huang Shicheng, is kind and benevolent, and often helps the people here......"

Before Qian Sheng finished speaking, Su Wuming hurriedly asked, "Huang Shicheng is the previous master, what about the current one?" ”

Qian Sheng smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "Blame me, I didn't make it clear, this Huang Shicheng, he passed away a month ago, and now the entire Huang Mansion is the old lady Huang who said it, she is Huang Shicheng's mother, and now she is in her seventies, but her body is still quite handsome, but although the Huang Mansion is said by Mrs. Huang, the business of the Huang family is managed by Huang Shicheng's son Huang Hong, this Huang Hongchang is a talent, and he is very business-minded, looking at the current situation, their Huang family's business is going to a higher level!" ”

After listening to Qian Sheng's words, everyone already knew a little about the affairs of the Huang family, and if they wanted to know what the relationship between the deceased and the Huang family was, they would go into the city and ask.

After everyone entered the Qiantang County Ya, they immediately sent someone to the Huang family to call someone to identify the corpse, and after a while, a housekeeper touched the person into the lobby, and after he saw the corpse lying on the ground, his face changed suddenly, and said: "Lord Hui, the deceased is our Huang Mansion's big housekeeper Zhao Bo, just ...... It's just that he went out of the city to greet Miss Yuan last night, how could he die here? ”

Hearing that the person was called Uncle Zhao's housekeeper, Su Wuming frowned slightly, and asked a little puzzled: "What is your name, and what position do you hold in the Huang Mansion?" ”

The man hurriedly replied: "The villain's name is Qin Er, and he is the second housekeeper of the Huang Mansion, sometimes there are many things in the mansion, and Uncle Zhao can't be busy alone, so he will ask me to share some of it for him." ”

Su Wuming looked at Qin Er carefully, he was probably less than thirty years old, slightly fat, his eyes kept rolling, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After reading it like this, Su Wuming continued to ask: "You said that Uncle Zhao went to greet Miss Yuan last night, so who is Miss Yuan?" ”

Qin Er didn't dare to hide anything, and hurriedly replied: "Back to my lord, that Miss Yuan's name is Yuan Rong, she is the daughter of my son's uncle, and she is my son's cousin, Miss Yuan has been living in her uncle's house before, and then her uncle's family fell in the middle of the road, and the days are not as good as one day, and her uncle also died of depression in half a year, before my lord died, I wanted my son-in-law to welcome Miss Yuan into marriage with him, it is said that this is the previous wish of the lady, my son-in-law is filial, so a month after the death of the master, the family has stabilized, He sent the chief butler Zhao Bo to greet Miss Yuan, this Zhao Bo had followed the old lady to the lady's house before, so he sent him. ”

After Qin Er finished speaking, he stood aside and waited quietly for questioning.

Su Wuming touched his chin and said, "Miss Yuan knows about welcoming Yuan Rong?" ”

"I know, I sent a letter to Miss Yuan before I went, asking her to wait in the Waterfall Building outside Yanguan County, I don't know where the body of the big butler was found, is there any whereabouts of Miss Yuan?"

Qin Er's expression was a little nervous, Su Wuming was a little strange to see him like this, when he found Zhao Bo's body just now, he didn't see him like this, why did he get nervous when it came to Yuan Rong now?

"Uncle Zhao's body was found in the West Lake, as for your Miss Yuan, I don't know for the time being, and the official will send someone to the Waterfall Tower to take a look!"

"So, the chief butler was killed on the way to the Waterfall Tower outside Yanguan County, who is so hateful, why did he kill the chief butler?"

This problem is exactly the problem that Su Wuming and the others want to solve, and at this time, Qian Sheng looked at Qin Er and said coldly: "Since you are the second housekeeper, then you must know who has an enmity with Uncle Zhao?" ”

As soon as he heard Qian Sheng's words, Qin Er hurriedly said: "Lord County Order, although the villain is the second housekeeper, I don't know who has a grudge against Uncle Zhao!" ”

"Really?"

"Really, Uncle Zhao is the old man of the Yellow Mansion, no matter who respects him, who dares to have a grudge against him!"

"What about you?"

"Me?" Qin Er was a little surprised, and said again and again: "The county magistrate said that, how could I have a grudge against Uncle Zhao, I was a housekeeper for the first time, and many places have to rely on Uncle Zhao." ”

"But after he dies, you will be the great butler!" Qian Sheng was still unrelenting to Qin Er.

At this time, Qin Er defended again and again: "My lord, I was promoted by the young master of our family, and the young master of the Huangfu will be the master of the family in the future, and the position of the big housekeeper will definitely be mine, I don't need to kill people for what is originally mine, please be aware of it." ”

Qian Sheng snorted coldly: "Lord Ben will find out!" ”

After speaking, Qian Sheng glanced at Su Wuming and said, "Master Su, do you have anything else to ask?" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "No, you can let this Qin Er go back, but I'm afraid I'll have to bother Lord Qian to send someone to Feipu Tower to see if that Miss Yuan Rong is still there!" ”

"This is easy to say, Su Da** can rest assured!" After Qian Sheng finished speaking, he immediately ordered the officials to hurry to the Waterfall Tower.

The waterfall building is not very far from Qiantang County, and it can be reached in one hour if you are fast, and it may take two hours to go back and forth.

So after noon, everyone had lunch, and the official came from the Waterfall Tower, and he came with a woman with pear blossoms and rain.

The woman was graceful, graceful and quiet, only a pair of crying red eyes and her beauty were a little incongruous, the official took the woman to the county office, and reported to Qian Sheng and Su Wuming: "Back to the two adults, the subordinates rushed to the waterfall building, and saw the woman waiting in front of the building, asked her name, only to know that it was Miss Yuan, she heard that Uncle Zhao was killed, and immediately cried sadly, and the subordinates were good to persuade, so they persuaded her." ”

Yuan Rong still seemed to be a little choked at this time, Su Wuming glanced at her and asked, "When did Miss Yuan arrive at the Waterfall Tower?" ”

Yuan Rong didn't understand why Su Wuming asked her this question, but she still quickly replied: "After receiving my cousin's letter, I hurriedly rushed to the Waterfall Tower, probably arrived at the Waterfall Tower yesterday afternoon, but I waited in the Waterfall Tower for a long time, and no one came to pick me up." ”

After Yuan Rong finished speaking, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears slightly, and after Su Wuming glanced at her, her brows furrowed slightly, and said, "After you arrived at the Waterfall Tower, have you stayed in the Waterfall Tower?" ”

Yuan Rong nodded: "Soon after I arrived at the Waterfall Tower, it rained heavily, and I couldn't go anywhere, so I could only stay in the Waterfall Tower." ”

"So can anyone testify?"

When Su Wuming asked this question, Yuan Rong's face suddenly changed, and Qian Sheng hurriedly asked, "Master Su, do you suspect that Yuan Rong killed Uncle Zhao?" ”

Su Wuming ignored Qian Sheng, only stared at Yuan Rong, and asked her to answer the question she had just asked.

Yuan Rong was a little sad and angry, but still replied: "Before going back to the house to rest, there is someone who can testify, at that time, in order to wait for someone, I have been sitting downstairs in the Waterfall Building, and the shopkeeper of the Waterfall Building can testify for me, and then I can't wait for a long time, and the Waterfall Building is going to close again, so I had to go upstairs to rest. ”

After listening to Yuan Rong's words, Su Wuming didn't say much else, and after smiling lightly, he said, "Miss Yuan, is she waiting for someone from the Huang Mansion to pick you up, or will we send someone to escort you to the Huang Mansion?" ”

Yuan Rong looked slightly nervous, and said, "Send me to Huangfu, cousin is busy with business, and he may not have time!" ”

After Yuan Rong finished speaking, Qian Sheng was going to send someone to escort Yuan Rong to Huangfu, but at this time, Su Wuming suddenly smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then the official will send you back, after all, the official wants to go to the Huangfu to ask about something, just by the way." ”