Speaking of this, Conan paused and said playfully: "It is also interesting to say that this Zhang Wenyuan is very wealthy, but he treats Yu Yanrou with courtesy and has never made any trespassing." ”

"Oh? And such things? Li Canghai was a little surprised, no matter how this Zhang Wenyuan looked, he was a romantic person, he spent a lot of money to redeem Yu Yanrou, could it be just to keep it for appreciation?

Conan smiled slightly and said: "Although Yu Yanrou has fallen into the Qinglou, she is a performer and not a person, Zhang Wenyuan seems to be tired of the overlord's trick of making a bow, and wants Yu Yanrou to dedicate herself to him willingly." Therefore, not only treated her with courtesy, but also specially built a hundred flowers building for her. ”

Li Canghai snorted coldly and said lightly: "This Zhang Wenyuan is really good at pretending!" ”

Conan said: "Although Zhang Wenyuan is a complete hypocrite, he really didn't force Yu Yanrou anymore. ”

"That's it, let's not talk about it for now. Closer to home, who do you think is most likely to commit murder? Li Canghai shook his head and turned his attention to the murder again.

Conan pondered for a moment and analyzed: "Hongmei is Zhang Wenyuan's concubine, and Zhang Wenyuan seems to have no reason to kill his concubine. The rest of the concubines and Hongmei are sisters, and they don't seem to have any motive to kill her. Yu Yanrou just came to Zhang's house, and she has no grudge against Hongmei, and she has an alibi, which can also rule out suspicion. Yu Chengen was drunk last night, and the maid Liangchen can also testify that there is no time to kill. And Ueda Takashi and Qiu Ju secretly fornicated, and there was no suspicion of murder. In this way, the murderer is like a ghost, coming and going without a trace, leaving us without a clue. ”

Li Canghai picked up the teacup and said, "It's not without clues. can easily kill Hongmei, which at least shows that the murderer is someone who is familiar with Hongmei. ”

Conan nodded and said, "What Brother Li said is reasonable. The murderer's method of murder was clean and neat, leaving no traces, which shows that it was not an impulsive killing, and it is very likely that it was a long-planned killing. ”

Both fell silent at the same time.

At this time, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the door: "Oh no! Dead! Come on! ”

The two glanced at each other, their hearts tightened at the same time, and Conan hurriedly pushed Li Canghai out of the room.

The two followed the sound and walked quickly, and soon came to the West Garden.

The Zhangjia Courtyard is very large and is divided into four gardens, namely the East Garden, the West Garden, the Back Garden and the Painting Garden.

The East Garden is a place of hospitality, and all guests also live in the East Garden, while the West Garden is where the daughters of the Zhang family live.

The residences of Lan Yue and the other concubines are in the West Garden, including Hongmei's room.

In the west garden, there are many rockeries, verdant grass and trees, in addition to pavilions and pavilions, there are also many famous flowers and green bamboos, the scenery is pleasant, and it is very suitable for living.

Li Canghai's room is just close to the West Garden, and it is reached through an arch.

After hearing the scream, Conan pushed Li Canghai, and the two soon came to Xiyuan.

I saw a maid sitting on the ground trembling outside the door of a house, next to her tea bowl shattered, her face was frightened, and her mouth kept shouting: "Dead, dead!" ”

At this time, before everyone arrived, Li Canghai and Conan hurriedly walked over.

I saw the door open, and a woman in red was lying on her back on the ground, this woman was none other than Zhang Wenyuan's concubine, Ah Zhu.

Azhu had a piece of bamboo stuck in his chest, and blood flowed all over the ground, but he had long since lost his breath.

At this time, everyone rushed to come, and when those female relatives saw this, they were so frightened that they screamed again and again.

"Azhu! Azhu! Wake up, what's wrong with you? Zhang Wenyuan's eyes widened angrily, and he rushed over with a roar, hugging Azhu's body and shouting.

Ueda Takashi and Yu Chengen also followed everyone here, and they gasped when they saw the tragic situation in front of them.

"Brother Li, what's going on?" Yu Chengen touched his nose and asked in surprise.

Li Canghai shook his head, and he said to Zhang Wenyuan: "Outside, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn by the way." Also, get out of the way of the troublemaker, I need to check the body. ”

Qiu Ju and Lan Yue looked at Ah Zhu's corpse lying on the ground with horrified faces, their lips turned white, they walked to Zhang Wenyuan's side, helped him up, and said, "Master, Sister Ah Zhu's death is strange, let's let the immortal chief conduct an autopsy first." ”

After several persuasions, Zhang Wenyuan stood up.

Li Canghai nodded to Conan, and Conan immediately asked everyone to take a few steps back and asked one by one.

Li Canghai rolled up his sleeves and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

In the room, all the furnishings are in good order, and there is no sign of messiness.

From the large amount of blood spilling from Azhu's body, it can be seen that this is the scene of the first murder.

Li Canghai carefully examined the corpse, and the deceased's tongue was located between the upper and lower jaws, and there were no red spots on the upper and lower eyes and face, indicating that the deceased did not die of suffocation.

But it was indeed as everyone saw, dying of bamboo through the chest.

The corpse was still warm, and the time of death should have been within half an hour.

Li Canghai thought about it, then held the bamboo with his hand, pulled out the murder weapon, and a stream of blood suddenly spurted out of the wound of the deceased, almost spraying him in the face.

Holding the bamboo in his hand, Li Canghai observed it carefully.

This bamboo is no more than two inches thick, about half an arm long, and there are branches on the bamboo nodes, and there are a few bamboo leaves on the branches.

The end of the bamboo that penetrated into the corpse seemed to have been cut diagonally with a sharp object, and the cut surface was sharp and smooth, like a knife blade.

After Li Canghai looked at it, he immediately put down the bamboo joint. At this moment, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something pressing under the corpse.

He called Yu Chengen to come over and help, lifted Azhu's body slightly, and found a scroll from under the corpse.

The scrolls have been stained red with blood.

Li Canghai unfolded the scroll and saw that there was a painting of ink bamboo painted on the scroll.

"Ghosts! Ghosts! Lan Yue, who was standing outside the door, saw the picture and suddenly screamed in horror.

Everyone was taken aback by her, and Qiu Ju hurriedly spoke to comfort her.

Lan Yue seemed to be crazy, and shouted in horror: "It must be Feng Niang!" It must be Feng Niang's ghost who has come back to kill people! Ghosts! ”

"Sister Lan, calm down, where are the ghosts? What's wrong with you? Qiu Ju's face was also a little ugly, and her voice trembled.

Lan Yue pointed to the painting and shouted, "That's the ink bamboo picture painted by Feng Niang!" It must be Feng Niang who is back! Feng Niang is back! ”

Zhang Wenyuan's face was full of anger, he waved his hand and gave Lan Yue a slap, and shouted, "Shut up for me!" Feng Niang has been dead for more than ten years, how can she kill people? ”

Lan Yue was a little stunned by Zhang Wenyuan's slap, she looked at Zhang Wenyuan blankly, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed from the corners of her eyes.

Zhang Wenyuan seemed to feel that his hand was heavier, he sighed, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of Lan Yue's mouth, and said, "Lan'er, there are no ghosts in this world, you calm down." Qiu Ju, send Lan'er back to rest, so that she can take care of her! (To be continued.) )