In Lan Zexuan here, Ximen March finally won a game of chess against Qiuqiu, and he immediately smiled, wanting to pull Qiuqiu to fight another round. Su Mengtang was already a little sleepy, so he said to Ximen March: "Good boy, Master is sleepy, since you won Xiaoqiu as you wished, let's stop here today." When Qiuqiu heard this, she found that Su Mengtang was already tired on her face, so she said with a smile: "It just so happens that I'm also sleepy, let's go down tomorrow." Ximen March heard Su Mengtang and Qiuqiu say this, and knew that his desire to pursue with victory could not be achieved, so he said very gracefully: "It's okay, if Xiao Qiu'er is sleepy, then even if I win again, I won't be able to win." One sentence made Qiuqiu and Su Mengtang laugh.

Ziwen went out and instructed the little maid to bring hot water, help Ximen and Qiuqiu wash, and help Su Mengtang put down her bun first and comb it with hair oil. At this moment, there was a sudden sound in Lan Zexuan's courtyard, Su Mengtang turned his head to look out the window, and looked at Ziwen again, Ziwen asked: Who is outside? Before the words fell, I saw Ziruo push the door in with a sad face.

Ziruo saw that there were little maids and children in the room, so she walked straight to Su Mengtang's side and whispered to her for a while. Ziwen didn't hear what Ziruo said, but when she saw the expression on Su Mengtang's face, she instantly became surprised and serious, knowing that things were not good, she hurriedly asked the little girl to take Ximen and Qiuqiu to sleep in the warm pavilion. Qiuqiu's heart also sank: Did something happen to the coral? Before she could think about it, a little girl carried her to the warm pavilion.

Ziyu was making the bed in the warm pavilion, and when she saw the children come in, she wanted to carry them to bed. saw Ziruo waving to her outside the door, so she handed over the affairs of her subordinates to the little maid and walked out by herself. As soon as he closed the door and turned around, he saw that Su Mengtang and Ziwen had already put on the clothes to go out, standing solemnly in the court, Su Mengtang's hair was scattered, and he was particularly moving in the candlelight.

Ziruo explained to her in a whisper: I just knew, the one in the Art of War Hall ran away, and the girl now wants the Art of War Hall to check, you stay here, protect the two little masters, and I will leave you a few family guards. When Ziyu heard this, she knew that this matter was not trivial, so she said to Su Mengtang: Girl, don't worry, I will not leave an inch in the warm pavilion, even if the one touches her at night, she will never let her touch the little masters. Su Mengtang nodded and said: Good girl, you are the best martial arts in my villa, and I will leave it to you here. With that, the group walked out quickly.

Su Mengtang had just come out of Lan Zexuan, and he saw Hu Da and the other two family members guarding the city tower standing under the stone steps. Hu Da greeted him and said to Su Mengtang: "Girl, now that the gate and corner gate are locked, no one can get out." The firewood steward has already divided the family into several teams, and they are all patrolling the Zhuangzi. Su Mengtang frowned and said, "Be sure to catch it alive, and don't let her hurt anyone." Hu Dadao: "This has been ordered." Su Mengtang said: Okay, then you can come with me.

When the group walked outside the pine forest, Ziruo turned around and took the lantern from the hand of a little maid and said, "Okay, you can go back." In Jiangnan Villa, the identity of the purple-clothed maid was second only to Su Mengtang and Ximen March, so the little maids and the two family members hurriedly handed over the lantern in their hands to them and Hu Da, and stood in place, and when they were far away, these people turned around and ran.

Yunhua was standing under the Xuantie Gate, and when he saw Su Mengtang, he said: I have already checked inside, it is not clean, Miss Su still don't go in. Su Mengtang flashed a trace of surprise on his face and said, "Brother Yunhua, after all, this is my villa, and I am not afraid of what happens." Yunhua was stunned: Su Mengtang's fast-talking personality has not changed for many years. He knew her temper, so he stopped arguing and led Su Mengtang and Ziruo into the passage.

Su Mengtang also took a breath when he saw Deng Er's corpse with a golden hairpin stuck in his throat. Yun Hua repeated what Chai Wu had just said to Su Mengtang in detail. After hearing this, Su Mengtang stared down at the lotus pond and muttered for a long time, and said: "Brother Yunhua, I think there are many strange things here, but I can't say it for a while. Yunhua said: "You speak slowly, let's analyze it." Su Mengtang raised his head and said, "Is Coral the Deng Er who killed him temporarily, or was it premeditated?" Yun Hua asked rhetorically, "What do you think of Miss Su?" ”

Su Mengtang shook his head and said, "I don't understand. If you only look at the situation here, when it was a temporary idea, Su Mengtang stabbed the door lock with a golden hairpin, and when Deng Er came to deliver the meal, she stabbed Deng Er to death through the fence, and then exchanged clothes with him, dragged him to the chair, and then escaped by pretending to be Deng Er. Yunhua nodded, these inferences could indeed be obtained on the spot, but he heard that Su Mengtang had something to say, so he asked patiently, "What if not?" Su Mengtang said: "Another guess is that Su Mengtang has accomplices. If this is not the case, then who lit Deng Er's lamp tonight? I asked about the purple veins before, and the lights are all right tonight. Someone must have known that Deng Er couldn't go back tonight, so they helped him point it, so that we didn't find out that Coral had escaped so quickly, leaving time for Coral to run out. ”

Yunhua suddenly felt that Su Mengtang's latter conjecture seemed to be more convincing, so he said: "There were not many people who knew about the matter of Coral coming to Jiangnan Villa, but in the afternoon, Xiaoqiu and them made a fuss, and there were many irrelevant people gathered here, maybe the news leaked out." Su Mengtang walked to a chair farthest away from the corpse and sat down, and said: "Only in this way, otherwise the matter of lighting the lamp will not make sense, and the accomplices of Coral must not be outsiders, otherwise they will not know the rules of lighting the lamp in Jiangnan Villa." Yunhua said: "But there was no contact with the coral in the afternoon, so how did this kind of cooperation communicate." Su Mengtang looked at Yunhua and fell into the imagination, she said: "That is another speculation, it is the person who lit the lamp for Deng Er, who bought Deng Er, and asked him to take the opportunity of delivering food to send a letter to the coral, or let the coral go." This can explain why Deng Er chose to come over when he was urging the light, probably because he wanted to take advantage of Bihu's busy situation as a cover. ”

Yunhua nodded and said: "It makes sense, I think Deng Er must have been bought, otherwise, if Coral kills in the process of delivering the food, then across the fence, no matter who the food is, it will inevitably fall, and there will be blood splattered on the ground, but you see, from the door here, there is no blood at all." Hearing this, Zi Ruo stepped forward with a small lantern to take a closer look, and said to Su Mengtang: "Girl, there is really no blood. ”

Su Mengtang heard Yun Hua's calm analysis and asked, "What Brother Yunhua means is that Deng Er went directly into the iron fence and walked to the chair before he was killed." Yun Hua said: "Exactly, and I guess that the mastermind behind the scenes is Tuo Deng Er who sent a note to Sango, and the content of the note is estimated to be for her to kill people and get out." Su Mengtang pondered for a moment and asked, "Where did Brother Yunhua deduce these details?" Yun Hua said: "If it is a message, then Deng Er knows the plan of the people behind the scenes, will he be willing to die like this?" Su Mengtang nodded and said, "But this Deng Er is an old man in my house, when my father was here, he was here, why would he be driven by outsiders to risk his life?" Yun Hua said with a smile: "Either I received the money, or I was caught." ”

Su Mengtang seemed to be awakened by these words, she looked at Ziruo and said, "You will ask the person who is in the same room as Deng Er later, has he gambled again recently, and how much has he lost?" Zi Ruodao: Outside, Hu Da and Deng Er are fellow villagers, so the slave and maid will go and ask. Yun Hua said to Ziruo: "Don't tell him the news of Deng Er's murder first, just say that Deng Er was injured, and I have saved his life inside." Ziruo said: "Understood, Childe." After speaking, he walked out of the Art of War Hall quickly. Su Mengtang looked at Yunhua and said, "Brother Yunhua, what do you mean?" Yun Hua also came over and sat down, and said: "When the news spreads, the people behind the scenes will inevitably take action when they hear that Deng Er is not dead, and they will inevitably take action and show their feet." Let's wait and see if we can get him out. Su Mengtang's eyes suddenly had a lot of admiration, and she said gently: "With Brother Yunhua here, I will have an additional military advisor." After Yunhua heard this, a sense of happiness rose in his heart.

Ziruo walked back at this time and whispered to Su Mengtang: Girl, Hu Da said that he didn't know about gambling money, but he saw Deng Er a little sad a few days ago, and when he saw him again this afternoon, Deng Er was a little proud, saying that he had good luck and wanted to invite Hu Da to eat and drink another day. Yunhua and Su Mengtang glanced at each other, knowing that the inference just now had been guessed eight or nine. Su Mengtang asked Ziruo, "How is the search now?" Ziruo said: I asked Hu Da to go out and ask just now, and there will be a letter in a while. Su Mengtang rubbed his temples and said a little tiredly: "I'll close my eyes and rest, wake me up at any time if there is news." ”