"Yu Chengen, why did you kill them?" Zhang Wenyuan roared with a cold face.

Yu Chengen's face was expressionless, he bit his lip, looked at Li Canghai, and said, "Yes, I have no grudge against them, why should I kill them?" ”

Li Canghai glanced at him and said deeply: "Yes, you need a reason to kill, since you want a reason, then I will give you a reason." ”

"In fact, the series of murders that happened here all stem from an old incident more than ten years ago."

Hearing this, Yu Chengen and Zhang Wenyuan's faces changed involuntarily.

I heard Li Canghai say: "More than ten years ago, Zhang Yuanwai met a woman who was both beautiful and artistic, this woman's name was Feng Niang, and she was a famous talented woman in Yangzhou City. The two fell in love at first sight, but at that time, Zhang Yuanwai was just a down-and-out scholar, and he was very different from Feng Niang. Zhang Yuanwai wanted to get ahead and marry Feng Niang in a beautiful way, so he left Yangzhou when the two were in love. Half a year later, Zhang Yuanwai returned to Yangzhou, not only returned to his hometown, but also brought four young and beautiful concubines. ”

Zhang Wenyuan's face was a little ugly, and he said: "What did you do with the old things?" ”

"Please listen to me, speaking of which, this matter has a lot to do with the outsider." Li Canghai paused, and then said: "Zhang Yuan's clothes are back to his hometown, and he wants to marry Feng Niang. After the two got married, the position of the main house of the Zhang family naturally fell on Feng Niang's head. Feng Niang is gentle and virtuous, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, everyone in the Zhang Mansion respects her, and even the four concubines often ask Feng Niang for advice on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Li Canghai said.

Zhang Wenyuan listened to Li Canghai's words, and seemed to fall into a long memory, he nodded a little distractedly: "That's true." Feng Niang is a strange woman who has never seen her, and that time was the happiest day in my life. The Zhang family is also under her help, and the family background is thriving. ”

Li Canghai touched his nose, and then said: "Feng Niang was pregnant less than half a year after she got married. During this period, the staff loved Feng Niang a lot, like a pair of fairy couples, envious of others. However, just when Feng Niang was about to give birth, a strange thing happened. It was this strange incident that broke the original peace of the Zhang family. ”

Zhang Wenyuan's face instantly drooped, and he looked at Li Canghai in surprise, as if he was a little strange, how could he know about what happened back then.

Li Canghai was blind to the change in his face, and then said: "When Feng Niang was about to give birth, what was born was not a baby, but a skinned civet cat!" ”

When everyone heard this, most of these maids and maids had only come to the Zhang family in recent years, and they didn't know about the old affairs of the Zhang family.

"How can a man give birth to a tanuki?" The woman pretending to be Lan Yue asked in surprise.

Li Canghai sighed and said, "Yes, how can people give birth to civet cats?" Zhang Yuanwai didn't believe it, but it happened that a wandering Taoist priest passed here at that time and came to the door to say that the Zhang family had a demon and a disaster. In addition, Zhang Yuanwai saw the tanuki with his own eyes, so he believed it. ”

Zhang Wenyuan was like eating a fly, his face was as ugly as it was, he glared at Li Canghai viciously, trying his best to control his emotions.

This is the ugly thing of his Zhang family, if he was an outsider, he would have ordered someone to kill him a long time ago.

Li Canghai saw Zhang Wenyuan's anger, and he said lightly: "Don't be angry outside the staff, I'm not embarrassing the outside, but the events of the year have a deep relationship with these murders. ”

"Surprise?" Zhang Wenyuan gritted his teeth, he laughed angrily, he couldn't wait to go up and stab Li Canghai to death, could it be a surprise to expose his Zhang family's scandal?

Li Canghai didn't pay attention to him, but sighed and said: "Mrs. Zhang gave birth to a civet cat, and this matter quickly spread in the Zhang family. Feng Niang was disheartened by the loss of her child and the neglect she received, so she hanged herself on the day of the Chung Yeung Festival that year. ”

Zhang Wenyuan's face was gloomy, he flicked down his sleeves and hummed: "If Feng Niang is not a demon, how can she give birth to a civet cat?" I didn't kill her on the spot, I was already very merciful to her! ”

When Yu Chengen heard this, he suddenly stared at Zhang Wenyuan, his eyes were full of fierce light, his hands were clenched into fists, and he couldn't wait to rush up and tear Zhang Wenyuan apart!

"Shut up! Don't insult her! Yu Chengen gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice.

Zhang Wenyuan snorted coldly, and stared at Yu Chengen with the same viciousness: "She is a demon, and she was born a demon!" How can I say no? What are you that dare to be presumptuous in front of me? ”

"If you want to work hard, there will be time, can you let me finish?" Li Canghai said expressionlessly.

Zhang Wenyuan and Yu Chengen glared at each other, flicked their sleeves at the same time, and let out a cold snort.

"These three murders actually have one thing in common, although they are inconspicuous, they are like a rope, connecting the three murders together." Li Canghai said.

Conan thought for a moment and said, "Feng Niang's painting!" ”

Li Canghai nodded, he took out three paintings, and said, "At first, I found this 'Aoxue Hanmei Picture' in Hongmei's room, and I thought it was accidentally dropped. It wasn't until Azhu died that I found a 'bamboo and ink drawing' next to her, and I thought it was a little strange. Next, at the scene where Tangerine was killed, I also found a posthumous work of Feng Niang's 'Golden Chrysanthemum Bullying Frost', and I figured out the key. ”

Conan frowned and said, "Prompt killing? ”

Li Canghai sighed and said, "Yes, it's a reminder to kill." Actually, we should have thought about this a long time ago. It's just that he fell for the murderer, and he led him by the nose, suspecting Ueda Takashi, but ignoring this most important clue. ”

"What prompt kills? What exactly are you talking about? Zhang Wenyuan asked unhappily.

"The so-called prompt murder means that the murderer decides the order of killing in advance, and leaves clues at the scene to tell the discoverer the identity of the person who will die next. But this kind of suggestion is often more subtle, difficult to guess, and difficult to confirm. In these three murders, the murderer left a painting of Feng Niang, which is a hint. Conan explained.

Zhang Wenyuan frowned and said, "Can you explain it clearly?" ”

"Okay, then I'll give you a brief explanation." Li Canghai asked people to hang three paintings on the wall, and then said: "These four paintings are said to have been painted by Feng Niang before she died, and they are respectively titled Meilan Bamboo Chrysanthemum. Of course, there are only three of them on display, but if I guess correctly, this fourth painting has been hidden in this room. Am I right, Brother Rain? (To be continued.) )