Eight corpses, and the boatman fished out eight corpses from the reeds.

Of the eight corpses, two were women and six were men, and the cause of death was almost the same, they were all stabbed in the neck.

"It seems that these are the people who disappeared from the flower boat."

"That's right, judging from the way they dress, these four girls are on the upper floor, and these six male corpses are guests."

"Is there one else missing?" Yan Su asked, staring at the four female corpses, "On this boat, should there also be a responsible grandmother?" Judging from the dress of these four girls, they are all extremely young women, so where is the grandmother? ”

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, this grandmother who climbed the Bird Tower is the Lian Yunzhi Lian girl who was seen by the Xiangye on the shore before. This Lian girl was not on the boat, but because she was old and couldn't find a place for herself, she got on the boat. Because Xiaguan's uncompetitive son often ran to this boat, Xiaguan personally brought people to catch him twice, and by the way, he knew this. ”

"What does Lord Yang mean is that this kind of bird tower belongs to Miss Lian Yunzhi?"

"Yes, I was surprised when I first met. There are many boats on the Wei River, but the boats of this size are all women in their forties, and only this Bird Tower is a younger girl. Afterwards, I also asked my son who was not angry, and he said that the boat was not the girl's, and it was only because the mother who was in charge of the boat was sick that the boat was sold to Lian Yunzhi. ”

"The original grandmother? Does anyone know each other? ”

"I only know that the surname is Cui, and the person calls Cui Niangzi, and there is a small yard on the shore. But where the small courtyard is, the lower officials don't know. ”

"Send someone to check, if you can see that Cui Niang, invite her to the boat." Yan Suwen commanded, and at the same time motioned to Er Rong to let the boatman out of the backwater area.

"Madame, do you think something is wrong?"

"Does the husband think so too?"

"Shen Jiu found a special spice in the Ascending Bird Tower, indicating that the killer had already done something in the cabin before boarding the ship. If this person's purpose is only Yang Zhi, he only needs to kill Yang Zhi alone, why should he kill all the guests and girls on the Dengque Tower. ”

"That's what I wondered, it might be easier to kill one person than it would be to kill an entire boat, and it would be better to hide the truth. But this killer seems to be intent on making things bigger. Also, since special spices were used on this boat, why were only Lian Yunzhi and Yang Zhi thrown into the water at that time, and the fatal injuries of the two of them were very different from those of the eight people in the same boat. This murderer targeted Yang Zhi, maybe it was because of Lord Yang, so what was he targeting Lian Yunzhi for? ”

Gu Changfeng thought for a while, "There are indeed some unreasonable things hidden in this matter, but it's time for Madam to rest, let Yun Fei and Shen Jiu deal with these nerve-wracking things." No matter how bad it is, there is still a Yang Huairen. ”

Yan Suwen looked at the eight corpses spread in the boat, and his chest was faintly uncomfortable, as if he was about to vomit, and as if he was regurgitating acid. endured it, nodded at Gu Changfeng, and entered the houseboat accompanied by Errong and Youbai.

The follow-up treatment of those corpses was all in charge of Lord Yang Huairen, Yan Su asked for peace of mind to raise the fetus, and did not ask again. The original itinerary, because of this flower boat case, stayed on the river for two more days. In the past two days, Yan Suwen has only met Gu Changfeng twice, each time in the middle of the night. As for Gu Yunfei and Shen Jiu, they have never seen each other once. Not patronizing Yunfei and Shen Jiu, even Jiang Li seemed to have returned to the elusive state of the past. Fortunately, the scenery on the Wei River is not bad, if you don't think about the flower boat case, eat and drink, and look at the scenery, it is also pleasant.

In the evening of the third day, Gu Changfeng came back, with Gu Yunfei with an excited face, as well as Shen Jiu and Jiang Li who had no expression on their faces. Shen Jiu's body, in addition to the smell of corpses stained in the past two days, there was also a little more dusty smell.

"What about Lord Yang Huairen?"

"Go back to the house, he is a Yecheng garrison, so naturally he can't stay outside for more."

"Lord Yang went back? Then is this flower boat case also figured out? ”

"Madame, don't worry, I'll talk to you later." Gu Changfeng asked Yan Su while calming the anxious Yan Suwen, and at the same time asked Gu Yunfei to urge the boatman to open the boat. Their trip has been delayed by the flower boat case, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach Beiliao within the scheduled time.

In the process of sailing, Yan Suwen learned the hidden story behind the flower boat case. I thought that this murderer was coming for Yang Zhi, but I never thought that it was for Lian Yunzhi.

The original owner of the Waiting Bird Tower was not surnamed Cui, and the reason why she was called Cui Niangzi was because of her husband's family Cui. 12

This Cui Niangzi's husband was originally a butcher, but because he was ruthless and had no rules to do things, he soon became a water bully of the generation along the river. Two years ago, there was a crackdown on bandits in the imperial court, and Cui Niangzi's husband was killed in that crackdown on bandits. After the death of the Cui butcher, Cui Niangzi hid with her son, and then used the money left by the Cui butcher to buy a flower building, and began to make another living on the river.

The girls in this flower building were all on the shore. The reason why they go to the water is mostly because of poor skills, or because they are old and decrepit and can no longer find benefactors on the shore. On Cui Niangzi's boat, there were originally six girls, among which the girl named Cardamom had some affection for Cui Niangzi's son, and her identity on the flower boat was also the most special.

"There were six girls, which means that between the Flower Boat Case, this Cardamom girl had already left."

"It's not about leaving, it's about getting caught."

"Caught? What crime was committed? ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!? Killed whom, Cui Niangzi? Or is it the son of Cui Niangzi? ”

"Neither, it's a guest on the flower boat. The guest's surname is Luan, a small local fisherman, and one of the men who adores Cardamom Girl. According to the records of the government office, the witnesses rushed in after hearing a sound in the cabin, and after entering, they saw the man surnamed Luan lying on the ground neatly dressed, and a large pool of blood had accumulated on the ground. The cardamom girl stood not far from the man surnamed Luan, looking stunned and a little flustered. She held a bloody knife in her right hand, and her left hand was stained with a lot of blood. There were also traces of blood splattering all around the cabin, on the floor, on the tables and chairs. ”

"The cardamom girl killed the man?"

"Judging from the scene, the cardamom girl is indeed the murderer, but the cardamom girl herself said that she was wronged."

"There are so many people on this boat, doesn't anyone know what happened that day?"

"Nobody knows, because there were only three people left on the flower boat that day. Cardamom, Lian Yunzhi, and the young man Luan who suddenly got on the boat and asked to listen to the music. On the day of the incident, it was the Tangram Festival, Cui Niangzi took the girl on the boat to go ashore to buy things, Cardamom stayed on the boat because she was unwell, and Lian Yunzhi claimed that she stayed to take care of Cardamom. Of course, she also explained that the reason why she didn't follow Cui Niangzi off the boat was because she was old and was no longer interested in the things that these little girls liked. ”

"There are only three people on the boat, the man surnamed Luan is the deceased, Cardamom is the perpetrator, and Lian Yunzhi is an eyewitness, so they really have their own arrangements."

"Madame is right, it is true that each has its own arrangement, and it is coincidentally as if it had been designed. This cardamom girl was originally staying on the boat because of illness, and this son surnamed Luan was supposed to go to the city to deliver goods that day. He was a fisherman, and he had to go into town every two days. Catching up with this tangram festival should be his busiest time, but he didn't do the business of making money, ran to the Dengque Tower to listen to the music, and proudly chartered a whole boat, and named the cardamom girl to play for her. When he learned that Cardamom was ill, he still insisted on accompanying her, and Lian Yunzhi acted as a lobbyist for Luan Gongzi at that time.

According to the Cardamom Girl's description, after playing a song for Luan Gong, she drank the tea sent by Lian Yunzhi, and then fell asleep dizzily. When she woke up, she found Luan Gongzi lying on the ground, and Lian Yunzhi's screams came from behind her, and she didn't know that she had killed someone until she got on the boat, and she had killed Luan Gongzi.

Lian Yunzhi denied Cardamom's claim, and the official did not find the bowl that Cardamom Girl said on the boat. Lian Yunzhi's statement is different from that of Cardamom Girl, she argues that it was Na Luan Gongzi who saw that there was no one on the boat and wanted to do something wrong to Cardamom Girl, and Cardamom Girl was anxious to kill Luan Gongzi.

Because no one confirmed what the cardamom girl said, and the human and physical evidence at the scene was complete, the cardamom girl was convicted of homicide. On the day the verdict was announced, Cardamom Girl crashed into the wall and died in prison, leaving the word "wronged" on the wall before she died. This case was also identified as a strange case. ”

"It's really a bit strange, if it's really as Lian Yunzhi said, this Luan Gongzi was killed by the cardamom girl because she wanted to do something wrong, what was she doing as a bystander? Also, where did the murder weapon in the cardamom girl's hand come from? ”

"There's something even more bizarre." Shen Jiu took out a page of paper and handed it to Yan Su and asked, "This is what the lower officials got from asking the prison officials." According to the jailer, before Cardamom hit the wall, Lian Yunzhi had asked him to piggyback something for Cardamom Girl. ”

"What's that?"

"It is said to be a medicine to stop bleeding."

"Has the jailer ever tested it?"

"No, I didn't. By then, Cardamom Girl had already been sentenced to death, and it was only a matter of time before she was beheaded. At that time, the Lian Yunzhi girl showed a pitiful appearance that was particularly reluctant to give up her sisters, and only said that it was a medicine to stop bleeding, and it was used by the cardamom girl to heal her wounds. The jailer was a rough man, and without thinking much about it, he gave it in. ”

"It's a pity, that thing is gone, and I don't know if it's really a hemostatic drug, or something else, and I don't know if this cardamom girl hit the wall, whether it is related to what Lian Yunzhi gave her."

"Madame is from the Yan Mansion, she should be able to see what this is." Without waiting for Yan Su's question to land, Shen Jiu took out something from his cuff and handed it over.