The jailer found out that Cui You'an had committed suicide while delivering food to him.

The depressed scholar, after dinner, broke the rough porcelain bowl and cut his own throat with the fragments.

The gloomy cage was filled with the smell of dried blood. Yan Suwen stood outside the prison cell, watching the jailer lay Cui You's flat and carry the straw mat, and the two walked out in front of their eyes. She tried to see the expression on Cui Youan's face when she was dying, but she couldn't see anything clearly in front of her.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Changfeng stared at Yan Su, whose eyes were covered with tears, and asked, "Are you feeling sorry for Cui You'an?" ”

"No, I just feel that the world is impermanent, and life is much more fragile than I think." Yan Suwen wiped his eyes: "Not long ago, he was still standing in the morning light, calling me Miss Yan, saying that you are waiting for me in the mansion." In the blink of an eye, it was already yin and yang. ”

"If he doesn't die, he will be beheaded."

"I know." Yan Suwen took a light breath: "You asked Yunfei to tell him about Miss Ruxiang, right?" He must have understood that Miss Rue was not ruthless to him, but she just didn't want to delay him because of herself. Not only did he not understand her suffering, but he blindly complained, and even killed her because of his little selfish desires. ”

"How do you know that Chen Yunxiang has affection for him?"

"Because before Miss Rue died, the person she had in her heart was him." Yan Suwen turned his back: "When I first inspected the body, I found that Miss Ruexiang's fingernails were broken to varying degrees. At first, I thought it was left by her when she was struggling with Cui You'an, but later I found out that her nails were very worn, with a small amount of wood chips left between the nails and on the tips of her fingers, as well as some scraps of paint. The wooden box containing the Rue Girl was also different from the others, it happened to be painted red inside and out. So, I suspect that Miss Rue was not put into a wooden box after she died, but suffocated to death after she was put into a wooden box. I looked at the wooden box and found that there were many scratches on the wooden box, which gave me the idea of another autopsy. ”

"I know all of that."

"Hmm." Yan Su asked and nodded: "After examining the body of Miss Ruxiang, I went to see the wooden box again. This time, I made a new discovery, that is, before she died, the Rue girl did not scratch on the wooden box because she was uncomfortable, but carved a person's name with her fingernails. Cui You'an tried to bully Miss Ruehyang, as the victim, she knew exactly who the murderer was who wanted to kill her, and the reason why she left this name may also be to remind us who her killer was. But when I saw something else left on that name, I overturned that conclusion. ”

"What conclusion?"

"The reason why Miss Rue Xiang wrote Cui You'an's name is not to tell us that Cui You'an is the murderer, but to tell him that she actually has him in her heart. Before dying, people may think about a lot of things, but what they think about the most must not be what clues they leave to the government to solve the case, but the person they are most reluctant to do. Knowing the truth is important for the living, but not for the dying. The lines left on the wooden box were messy, but each stroke was carefully drawn, and after writing the name, she even stroked it repeatedly, leaving her lip print on it. ”

"Lip prints?"

"Hmm. On the wooden box, where Choi'an's name was written, I found a small patch of blood. This small patch of blood matched the crack on Miss Rue's lips. ”

"This ......" Gu Changfeng looked at Yan Su and asked, not knowing what to say, but seeing her snort, she walked in front of herself, and said as if pleading: "How is it?" I'm great, isn't I? ”

"Ahem." Gu Yunfei felt that it was not the right time for him to appear by himself, he coughed dryly twice, and said, "Master, that, Cui You'an's mother is here?" ”

"What is she here for?"

"Early in the morning, the catcher in the government went to Cui's house and told Cui You'an's mother about him. The old lady was also calm, she didn't cry or make trouble, she didn't even shed a tear, she went back to the house to get something, and then followed her to the mansion to collect the corpse. ”

"Do things like receiving corpses also need to be handled by the prime minister himself?"

"No, it's something, and you need to see it with your wife."

"What's that?"

"Human skin, a dried human skin."

A human skin, spread flat on a table topbed covered with brocade. People put on their clothes and drew some things, but because of improper preservation, all the things that were drawn became blurred, and even this human skin became crumpled, and if you don't look closely, you think it's a piece of discarded papyrus.

"This human skin is also peeled off in its entirety, and it has been treated with a certain technique, so there is very little blood stained on the surface of the human skin, and after post-processing, it can be used to depict patterns. From the analysis of the mechanism and feel of human skin, this should be the skin of Zhang Miaoling, and it is on the back. ”

"Could it be Jinniang?"

"Whether it's Jin Niang or not, we have no way of knowing." Yan Su asked and turned to Gu Yunfei: "What about Old Madam Cui?" Are you still in the government? ”

"I've gone back."

"She went back by herself?"

"Hmm. The prefect originally arranged a carriage and horses, and also arranged people, but the old lady was stubborn, saying that her son was a sinner, and she didn't dare to bother the officials in the government to send him off, so she was stunned that she drove the carriage and pulled Cui You'an's body away. Counting the effort, I should have crossed two blocks by now. ”

"If you want to find out the truth, you must first know how this human skin got into Cui You'an's hands. Mrs. Cui may not know the whole truth, but she will always pay some attention to what her son does. Otherwise, she would not have chosen this human skin to send to the yamen at this time. ”

"I'm going to bring Mrs. Cui back."

"No, I'd better go. No matter how strong the old lady is, her son must have died, and it is easier for women to talk to women at this time. Yan Su asked and folded the human skin and handed it to Gu Changfeng: "What do you think, adult?" ”

"I'll let Yunfei send you over."

Yan Suwen nodded, not reckless. Those black-clothed people who buried the Rue Xiang girl alive are still hiding in the shadows, and Rongcheng is not as peaceful as Yecheng, even if she is sure of self-preservation, she is not willing to make any more trouble at this juncture.

"Thank you, sir!"

"It's not too early, finish asking early, and come back early for dinner." Gu Changfeng said lightly as he put away the human skin.

Yan Su asked and bowed his head obediently: "Okay, I'll come back early." ”

"Hmm." Gu Changfeng snorted lightly, and asked the prefect of Rongcheng seemingly casually: "Is there any good restaurant near Cui's house, the kind that is well done with element dishes." ”

The prefect of Rongcheng hurriedly said: "There is a Shonan restaurant less than a mile away from Cui's house, and it is all vegetarian, but it is just ......."

"Just what?"

"It's just that the place is smaller, and the environment is noisy, I'm afraid it will disturb the Xiangye and Mrs."

"It's just a full stomach, it's okay." Gu Changfeng said, deliberately glancing at Yan Su and asking.

Yan Suwen pretended not to see it, beckoned to Gu Yunfei, and hurriedly went out.

"Madame, isn't it very touched, I have been with my father since I was a child, and I have never seen him so attentive to that woman."

"What's in your heart, my lord?"

"This is not enough to care, when did our Xiangye eat outside, that is, from meeting Mrs. You. Or a vegetarian restaurant near Cui's house? I am worried that Madame, you have been asking for a long time, and you are hungry, and I am reluctant to let you go so far and come back hungry. ”

"Really? Why don't I feel like that? ”

"That's ma'am, you don't have a heart."

"You're heartless." Yan Suwen glared at Gu Yunfei: "I am your grandfather's wife who has not passed through the door, isn't it natural for him to be good to me." ”

"Yes, all over the world, you dare to think so, madam." Gu Yunfei turned over and got on the horse: "Fortunately, it's not the first time that my grandfather has made an exception for you, and I, who is a subordinate, are gradually getting used to it." ”

"It's not the first time I've made an exception." Yan Su asked and got into the carriage: "When did the adults make an exception for me?" ”

"That time, you think that our master is really going to the little marquis, it is our master who feels sorry for you, Mrs., and is worried that the old lady of the Yan family will take you up the mountain, it is difficult for you, so I deliberately found someone to go up the mountain to support you. The result was good, but my waist didn't hold up, and I caught up with a murder. You don't know how difficult the old marquis is, because of that incident, there are many stumbling blocks for our family in and out, and the old marquis was subdued. Also, this is said to be called Mrs. before the door, that is, after passing the door, it is a question whether our family recognizes it or not. This can allow Xiangye to be a guard in person, except for the old lady of our family, and Mrs. You. Madame, tell me, isn't this an exception? Sometimes, I wonder if our family master let Mrs. you give some kind of obsessive Gu. ”

"Listen to what you say, I think it's possible. Or, you find a master to come over and solve your father's obsessive Gu, so that he can annoy me, annoy me, and retire me by the way? Yan Su asked and pulled the curtain.

Gu Yunfei met those eyes and quickly shook his head: "Yes, I don't dare." ”

"Since you don't dare, then what's the bother, hurry up and go to Cui's house."

"The Cui family is there, and at the age of Mrs. Cui, it is impossible to run out of Rongcheng with Cui You'an's body."

"It is impossible for Mrs. Cui to run out of Rongcheng with Cui You'an's body, but those who stay in Rongcheng may not find Cui's family. What the adults just said reminded me. The fact that the human skin was in Cui You'an's hands showed that he was much deeper involved in that matter than he confessed himself. Those people in black can't do nothing, and at the moment I'm only worried about whether Mrs. Cui is safe. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard the sound of a flock of birds fluttering, followed by a voice shouting: "Murder!" Not good, someone killed someone! ”