Long Xi nodded after receiving this reply, and walked back to the table in the room: "Ziwei, is there any lead powder?"

There are few people who use tea sets, and they must be cleaned every day, so there will naturally be fewer fingerprints on it, and the possibility of extracting fingerprints from unrelated people is greatly reduced.

"It's in the little red box on the dresser on your right. Zhu Xingyi replied casually. He had surveyed everything in this room, so he knew where it was. Lead powder, a common thing used by women to apply faces, is bound to be found in the bedroom.

Mo Kunlun watched inexplicably as the crazy woman took the lead powder, and then took a fine-bristled brush for brushing the powder, dipped it in the lead powder, and gently brushed it on the two cups.

But he couldn't laugh at all, the woman's expression was firm, and it seemed to infect him, so that he couldn't bear to laugh at her actions, as if there would really be new discoveries according to her method.

"I didn't expect it to be able to brush it out!" Long Xi straightened up after working for a long time, and shouted with a smile, "Ziwei, come and draw this fingerprint, I can't draw, so I won't be ugly." ”

Zhu Xingyi stepped forward happily and looked at the thin fingerprint mark on the cup in amazement. At first, he was also skeptical of Long Xi's behavior, but he didn't expect it to be so magical, and he could really brush out the so-called fingerprints.

Not only him, but the people around him and the people in Zhao Mansion were all stunned to see this magical scene, how could it be like this?

Mo Kunlun was even more surprised, she could really get the so-called fingerprints, he smiled unconsciously, the woman in front of him was radiant, and the whole person glowed with a different light.

He had a feeling that this woman should be like this, not the girl who was in the inn, but full of vitality and confidence, just like now.

Without saying a word, he picked up the pen and paper and drew according to the pattern that appeared on the cup, and drew his fingerprints after half a cup of tea. At this time, Long Xi had already brushed out the fingerprints on the other cup, and Zhu Xingyi also traced them when he saw this.

"Well, comparing fingerprints is the duty of the medical examiner, and I don't interfere much. Long Xi put down the lead powder and brush, and thumped his sore waist, "You can check the people who may have visited Xu Ju yesterday, and then extract fingerprints in turn, let them press them on the white paper, and then use my method, the person whose fingerprints are most similar is naturally suspicious, even if he is not the real murderer, he is the last person to see the deceased, and his confession has a very important role." ”

"I understand. Zhu Xingyi nodded quickly, called a servant and began to whisper.

Long Xi walked up to Mo Kunlun and raised his head to look at him: "County magistrate, if I can prove that there is a connection between these two murders, can I help our shopkeeper clear the charge of murder?"

Mo Kunlun was stunned, she didn't expect her to come to him to say this: "Of course, Xu Ju was still in prison when he died, and there was no chance of murder, if these two cases were committed by the same person, Tolerance would naturally be wronged." ”

"A gentleman's words, horses are difficult to chase, I believe you. I'm going to look for evidence, and you don't have to go back on it when the time comes. Long Xi patted the lead powder on his hand and walked out with a big grin.

As soon as she walked into the courtyard, someone shouted: "This sister, please stay." ”

Long Xi and the gang turned their heads and saw Zhao Kaizhi standing not far behind her, staring at her stubbornly.

The thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy had obvious traces of immaturity on his face.

"What's the matter?"

"Can I follow you into the search for the murderer. ”

Long Xi glanced at Zhao Lin, who was crying darkly, and hesitated: "You should accompany your mother more." ”

"But I want to find out who killed my father!" the boy tilted his head back, his gaze determined.

"Tracking down the murderer is, well, it's the responsibility of the government, you better stay at home in peace. ”

Zhao Kaizhi didn't listen to her: "You are not from the government, why can you not me!"

"Because I'm older than you, that's all. Long Xi looked at him amusedly.

"That's just a little older than me, a little clever. Zhao Kaizhi said angrily.

Long Xi was made to cry and laugh by his words, but he didn't want to deal with a child, so he simply closed his mouth and raised his legs and left.

"Slow down!" Zhao Kaizhi trotted two steps in front of Long Xi, opened his hands to block her way, and said hurriedly, "You take me to investigate the case, and I will tell you a secret." ”

"What secret?" Long Xi was interested when he heard this.

Could it be that this kid knows something secret about Xu Ju?

"You take me, I'll say. Zhao Kaizhi grasped this point and did not let go.

"Okay, okay, I promised to take you, you can say it, right?" Long Xi patted him on the shoulder helplessly.

The behavior of the two had already attracted the attention of others, and when Zhu Xingyi and Mo Kunlun walked out together, they happened to see Long Xi put his hand on Zhao Kaizhi's shoulder.

"Yanlan, what are you?" Zhu Xing asked.

"Don't tell them, or I won't even tell you!" Zhao Kaizhi turned sideways, bowed his head, and said in a low voice to Long Xi.

I just comforted him, after all, such a young child, it must be sad to encounter this kind of thing. Long Xi smiled, but sighed in his heart, this is really an arrogant and awkward little boy.

Mo Kunlun's expression was as usual, he only glanced at Zhao Kaizhi twice, and then left with the officials, and Zhu Xingyi also left after telling her a few words.

"Okay, you can talk about it now. Long Xi said.

Zhao Kaizhi looked around, pulled Long Xi to the corner of the courtyard, and the craggy rockery covered the two figures.

The young man's face was solemn, as if he was hesitant to tell what he knew.

Long Xi didn't rush him, she knew that it took a lot of courage and determination for a person to reveal what was hidden in his psyche. What he was going to say was very likely to be related to Xu Ju's death, and it was not easy for outsiders to understand.

came over for a long time, so long that Long Xi thought he wouldn't speak, he suddenly spoke, and his tone was so slow that he didn't look like a teenager: "I'm not my father's biological son, and my mother dropped me and her biological daughter in order to keep the position of the main room." ”

Long Xi felt a little embarrassed, this is the secret that this kid wants to tell her? Although it is very shocking to hear this kind of plot that has been seen countless times in the TV series, but this secret really does not help the case, could it be that Xu Ju's death has something to do with him?

"Don't worry, I won't fool you with this, I don't mean this matter of secret. Zhao Kaizhi looked at her with a slightly mocking smile, "I don't feel this matter myself." ”

Long Xi nodded awkwardly and motioned for him to continue.

"Actually, I already knew about it, and my father knew about it for a long time, but they all thought I didn't know. Zhao Kaizhi laughed at himself, "It's nothing, who knows if the little girl who was dropped is dead or alive." My father is a smart man, and of course he knows which is more important than a daughter who doesn't know his whereabouts or a son who is right in front of him. ”

"But some time ago a man came to my father with a girl about my age and said that the girl was his child. ”

Long Xi's heart jumped, knowing that the secret was about to enter the main line.

"My father saw him, and talked with him in the room for a long time, and when they came out, both of them looked calm and did not see any clues, but my father did not leave the girl. Zhao Kaizhi glanced at her and continued, "My father is actually a person who hates others for deceiving him, and he almost beat my mother to death when he knew my background. But he didn't, because he knew that he had no possibility of having children, and he was afraid that no one would die in a hundred years, so he could only raise me as his own son. ”

Xu Ju is only in his thirties, how can he have no possibility of having children? Long Xi was secretly suspicious.

Since he didn't keep the girl, it means that the girl was not his own daughter. But if it weren't for his daughter, how could he calmly talk to that liar for so long?" Zhao Kaizhi frowned, as if he was recalling something, "What's even more strange to me is that since that day, that man has visited my father three or four times, and each time he has been locked in the room for several hours, not knowing what they are talking about." ”

"This is quite strange, obviously a liar, why do you still come to the door twice in three days, is it a second time without giving up?" Long Xi touched his chin and wondered.

"What's even stranger is that my dad doesn't want anyone to know about it. So except for the first time the man came and was brought by the old butler, the next few meetings were the same person who entered through the side door and went directly to my father's room, and did not let anyone else see him. ”

Only then did Long Xi understand why this was a secret, because all of this was secretly glimpsed by Zhao Kaizhi, and neither Xu Ju nor the man expected him to know these things.

"Did you see what the man looked like?"

Zhao Kaizhi shook his head: "I'm afraid that they will find out, every time they stand far away, I can only roughly see that the person is about the same age as my father, half a head taller than my father, and slightly thinner." You can ask the butler if he met the man. ”

Long Xi thought for a moment and asked, "Since that person appeared, has anything unusual happened to your father?" For example, he never went to a certain place before, and since then he suddenly began to go there frequently. ”

"Nope. Zhao Kaizhi said with certainty, "My father's schedule is planned, and what should be done at what time of day has been set, and the tenants and the workers in the workshop can testify." ”

"Why don't you tell Mo Kunlun about this? Maybe he can help you find that person. ”

"My father said that he is not a good thing, he has been staring at my family's dye shop for a long time, and he has been taking the opportunity to find my family's bad luck, so I won't tell him!" the young man gritted his teeth and said, it seemed that Mo Kunlun was really a dog official who bullied the market.

Long Xi didn't think so, although there were a lot of well-dressed beasts in this world, but Mo Kunlun gave up the high-ranking official in the capital and returned to his hometown to become a sesame official in order to embarrass a small dye factory?