The maid was so painful that her face was distorted, but she didn't dare to scream, she bit her lip tightly, and she didn't dare to make a half-sound.

Only then did Feng Die let go of his hand, and when he turned around, his face was already full of smiles, and he said sorry repeatedly, he didn't notice it just now, and drank with the squire.

Yunzi, who had been secretly paying attention to the actions of the wind butterfly, saw this situation and said to Lu Jinping: "The wind butterfly you like is not a good thing, she is so vicious to her subordinates, and she seems to be full of resentment towards that scholar. ”

Because of the crowd around him, Lu Jinping couldn't do martial arts, of course, he couldn't hear what Feng Butterfly was saying, and when he heard Yun Zi say this, he couldn't help but glance at Feng Die in surprise.

Next is a collective song and dance arranged by the rich man Ma to sing and dance his Chunhualou singer, and this song and dance is full of ambiguity or obscenity, teasing the man's senses, so the audience is even more cheering and full of voices. It was as if a barrel of oil had been ignited, and the whole thing boiled.

Feng Die saw that Feng Tingshi and Lu Jinping were talking and drinking with people, and she didn't care about her, so she glared at her maid, and then quietly got up and disappeared into the crowd and walked out. **Zhu Yunniang has been beside her, and when she saw this, she hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Where are you going?" ”

"I'm in a hurry, go change clothes." Wind Butterfly said.

"Then go and come back quickly, Feng Tingshi can't have no one here."

"Yes, I know."

With that, Yun Niang quickly walked out of the small door on the side and came to the outside of the courtyard. The noise in the hall was much quieter.

It was still drizzling outside, and the long string of red lanterns hanging under the eaves were not affected by the rain, and still glowed red, shining on the yellow gold bricks on the ground, looking unusually magnificent.

Feng Die asked the maid Xiaoxiao and said, "Where is Gongzi He?" Didn't he say he wanted to see me? Where is it? ”

"Me. I don't know, he didn't say it just now. ”

"You're dead, won't you ask?" Feng Die scolded hatefully, reached over, grabbed the small pretty face, and twisted it with all her might. The pain made her pretty face deformed, of course, more because of the pain, tears fell down. However, he did not dare to say a word.

It wasn't until the wind butterfly pinched out the blood on its small face that she let go. He said, "If the dead man doesn't come, I can't wait like this, can I?" ――I just said that I was in a hurry, and I really wanted to urinate, so you guarded it for me. ”

"Yes." Small, and didn't even dare to look up.

The wind butterfly looked at the rain curtain again. It's not big, and it's not a big problem to go back and forth in the rain. He lifted his skirt and walked quickly out of the eaves, towards the latrine in the corner of the courtyard.

Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed, and also stepped on the yellow gold bricks into the rain.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance.

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Front yard hall.

The melodious sound of silk and bamboo, coupled with the sound of thunderstorms outside, has a taste of drum concerto.

Feng Tingshi hadn't actually watched those fiery songs and dances before, he was talking to a few squires. is in full swing, and a high-level literati and ink artist like him disdain to watch that kind of song and dance.

Said a conversation. Feng Tingshi turned around to look for Wind Butterfly, but he couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he didn't see Wind Butterfly's side. Zhu Yunniang kept staring, and hurriedly came over to make amends and said with a smile: "Master, Miss Fengdie went to change her clothes in a hurry, and she will come back in a moment." ”。

Feng Tingshi nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a sharp hysterical cry in the distance outside, reaching everyone's eardrums.

If the noisy singing and dancing just now hadn't ended, I'm afraid that the people in the front hall wouldn't be able to hear it. But now that the voice has been lowered, this voice has reached everyone's ears, and they can't help but be stunned.

The rich man's face changed slightly, and he said to the manservant next to him, "Who is making noise outside?" Such a ghost shouting and ghost screaming has disturbed the lord and Feng Tingshi, beware of his skin, go and see! ”

A few turtle fathers agreed to rush out of the house quickly, and after only a few moments, there were terrified screams from several men: "It's terrible, the wind butterfly girl has been burned to death!" ”

When they heard this, everyone's faces changed.

Feng Tingshi subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Lu Jinping. The two of them got up and walked out together. The others followed and rushed out of the side door of the front yard.

The rain was still falling outside. But they didn't care about the rain, and went straight into the rain curtain and walked quickly in the direction where the screams came. When I got closer, I saw a few turtles and butterfly maids standing in front of the thatched toilet in a corner of the yard. Xiao Xiao was sitting in a puddle on the ground shivering, blindfolded, whimpering and crying.

And the fathers-in-law pointed to the latrine in horror, and said to Feng Tingshi and the others: "Wind Butterfly Wind Butterfly girl, she was burned to death inside." ”

Feng Tingshi thought that he had heard it wrong, but at this moment, he couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard these turtle lords say this. Looking up, the inside of the latrine was black and hollow, and it was not real, but there was a smell of burnt meat.

He hurried a few steps forward and came to the latrine. The door of the latrine was ajar, and he looked in, and he couldn't help but scream, and took a few steps back. The gold bricks on the ground were a little slippery after being soaked in water, and he couldn't help but slam, and fell down after looking up, but fortunately, Lu Jinping, who had been following behind him, was quick and held him up, so he didn't fall on all fours.

Feng Tingshi's voice was trembling, his old face was already pale, he grabbed Lu Jinping's hand, and said tremblingly: "Sir, you, go and see if it's a wind butterfly." ”

Lu Jinping said: "Don't worry, Lord Thorn Shi, I'll take a look." ”

After that, when Feng Tingshi stood firm, he let go, took two steps forward, and looked inside, sure enough, there was a humanoid object curled on the wooden board of the squatting pit in the latrine, but the body was much smaller.

Lu Jinping turned around and said urgently: "Bring a lantern here!" ”

The turtle promised to run quickly, and soon brought a few lanterns. One of them was handed to Lu Jinping, and the others were held high in their hands. They knew that this lord was going to investigate the case, and he definitely needed lighting, which should be imaginable without the lord's orders.

Lu Jinping held a lantern, walked at the door of the latrine, and looked inside. At this time, a slender hand stretched out next to him and took the lantern in his hand, Lu Jinping looked back, but it was Yunzi.

By the light of the lantern, Lu Jinping first looked at the corpse, which had been burned to the point that only the crippled head, toes and palms remained, and the body had basically been completely burned.

Lu Jinping gasped, he had never seen such a fierce fire, able to burn a corpse like this in such a short time.

He then looked around, in the end, it was the newly built Qin Lou's thatched toilet, although it was not gorgeous, but it was definitely cleaner and tidier than the ordinary thatched toilet, and it was relatively spacious inside, with a total of several pedals. The manure pit of the latrine is buried in the ground, and the squatting pit has a step, and because it is newly built, there is not much smell in the latrine.

There was only one door to enter the latrine, and the corpse was curled up in this squat pit at the entrance.

Lu Jinping's gaze fell on the remaining feet of the deceased. The feet were wearing embroidered shoes, and the upper of the shoes was made of two woven peony flowers, although most of the body had been burned and could not be identified, but from this unique embroidered shoes, it can be preliminarily judged that the deceased was a wind butterfly.

Lu Jinping was checking the situation in the latrine here, and Feng Tingshi over there had already settled down, and angrily pointed at the maid who was crying on the ground and said, "What's going on?" Who burned your girl to death? ”

Xiaoxiao shook her head and cried and said, "The slave ......, the slave doesn't know, the slave and the maid are just waiting under the tree in front of them, so that no one will go in and disturb the girl." But no one came, I waited for a long time, and the girl didn't come out, so I was a little worried, thinking that I shouldn't fall asleep in it drunk, right? So I came to take a look, and when I got to the door, I smelled a burning smell, and I was surprised, how could it smell like this when it was raining? I went up and called twice, but I didn't hear the girl answer. So I went up and pulled the door, and when I pulled it open, I looked in, and saw the girl lying there, burned to the point of not being able to do so. I screamed in fright, and here you are. ”

Feng Tingshi said: "Have you ever seen someone approaching the latrine? ”

"I didn't ...... No, I don't. Xiao Xiao said with a flustered expression.

"None? You're right next to the latrine, and you don't see it? ”

"It's ......, it's really ......, I didn't see it...... Great"

Feng Tingshi saw that Xiao Xiao flickered and his expression was wrong, and immediately said sharply: "You! Dare to deceive the official, come here, give me a palm! ”

Xiao Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Big master spare his life!" I, I'll be honest. I ...... just now, the girl twisted my face just now, and it was bleeding, and I saw that she was so angry, I really didn't dare to approach, so I waited for a while under the porch in the ......, and I didn't come to the latrine, so I couldn't see if anyone came to burn the girl to death, and I didn't know who did it......"

Feng Tingshi was so angry that he kicked Xiao Xiao in the face, kicked Xiao Xiao in the heel, and scolded: "You useless thing, you don't follow your master, let your master be burned to death, you wait, wait until I catch the real murderer and come to you to settle accounts!" ”

Xiao Xiao was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he turned over, his face had been kicked out, and he was drenched in blood, and he was crawling on the ground crying, but he didn't dare to speak.

Feng Tingshi pointed to the turtle males again and said, "When you ran over, did you see any suspicious people nearby?" ”

Several turtle men looked at each other, and replied together that they hadn't seen it, and this maid was the only one.

Feng Tingshi asked if anyone nearby had seen any suspicious people, etc., and these people were all panicked, looking at each other, but they just shook their heads in panic and said that they hadn't seen them.

Feng Tingshi finally got a satisfactory woman, and this was the beginning, but he was burned alive under his nose, which made him heartbroken and even more embarrassed. He wanted to catch the murderer to avenge his sweetheart, but he didn't have a clue, he didn't know what to do, and when he saw Lu Jinping standing in front of the toilet without his hands behind his back, he seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly seemed to see a savior, and hurriedly went over and said, "Sir, how is it?" Is there any trace of the murderer? (To be continued......)