A female corpse was found in the back garden of the Yang Mansion.

The female corpse was face down, sunk in an abandoned lotus pond in the back garden. When Liu Sheng rushed over with Lin Hu and a group of officials, the female corpse still maintained the posture of being found by the family.

Su Tianlin, the current head of the Yang family and the fiancé of Miss Yang, the prospective son-in-law of the late Master Yang, stood at the corner gate of the backyard, and when he saw Liu Sheng coming with the officials, he stepped forward and gave a salute.

"It's hard work for Liu Sheng and Lin Hu brothers."

"The deceased is from your Yang Mansion?"

Su Tianlin nodded: "Although this female corpse has not yet been recovered, the housekeeper in the house has already identified it, and what this woman is wearing is indeed my Yang family's belongings." As for who it is, it is still being investigated. ”

"Who found this female corpse? And when was it discovered? How was it discovered? ”

"This ......" Su Tianlin glanced back and said, "When it happened, I was still busy in the shop, and the specific situation is still up to my housekeeper." ”

Su Tianlin beckoned, and the housekeeper ran over in small steps.

"I've seen Lord Liu, I've seen Lord Lin."

"The housekeeper doesn't have to be polite, let's tell me in detail about the discovery of the female corpse."

"This is really not the place to talk, there is a gazebo over there, the little one has already ordered someone to prepare refreshments, two adults here, please."

"No need, just stand here and say, we'll go see the situation of the female corpse later."

"Things have to start with this lotus pond. This lotus pond was dug by the late lord for his wife, and after the death of his wife, this lotus pond was no longer taken care of. Master, I feel that the scene is sad, so I let people temporarily seal this back garden, and the lotus flowers here will grow with them.

Originally, there was nothing, but after a long time, this untended lotus pond always exuded a fishy smell. It was time to clean up the silt of the lotus pond, so my uncle instructed us to clean up the lotus pond and level it, and wait until next spring, so that the gardener in the house could watch and plant some flowers and plants that the young lady liked.

So, early this morning, the little one led someone to open the door of the back garden to clean up the silt in the lotus pond, and by the way, he also found someone to pull some soil, and after preparing to clean it, he filled it in.

As a result, halfway through the cleanup, the lady was found. The little ones knew that this was a murder, so they didn't dare to move again, and then they ordered someone to notify their uncle, who then sent someone to report the case in the yamen and invited the adults to come over. ”

"Do you know who this female corpse is?"

"The corpse is lying on her stomach, most of her body is stuck in the mud, don't say that the little one can't see her face, but if she sees it, if it is not cleaned, I am afraid that she will not be able to recognize it."

Yanagi nodded, feeling that the housekeeper was still very careful in what he said.

"Is there anyone missing in that house, especially maids and slaves?"

"If you go back to your lordship, someone has already gone to investigate."

As soon as the butler's voice fell, a servant hurriedly ran over. Ran to the butler, put his hands together, and put his mouth to the butler's ear. The housekeeper glanced at Liu Sheng and said to the little guy: "The master of the mansion is here, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't be obsessed and pretend to be mysterious." ”

After speaking, he said to Liu Sheng: "This little guy's name is Yang Chun, and the little one just asked him to find out if there are any missing people in the mansion." ”

"Is there a result?"

"This is Lord Yanagi of the government." The housekeeper pointed at Liu Sheng and said to the little servant, "If you find something, just say it directly." ”

"Back to the housekeeper, back to Lord Liu, there are only two people missing in the house at the moment. One is Aunt Li, the assistant chef in the back kitchen, and it is said that her son is sick, so she took leave to return to her hometown a few days ago, and has not come back yet. Another ...... This other one is the green branch girl in the house. I heard that this green-branched girl went out to buy supper for the young lady, but she didn't come back as soon as she went. Miss has been angry for many days because of this incident. ”

"You were talking about the Green Branch?"

"Yes, the little one is talking about the Green Branch."

"When did this green-branched girl disappear?"

After thinking about it for a while, the little girl hesitated to say a day.

"This is the hour that the little guy who is on duty at the door gives the little one, and as for whether it is accurate, the little one can't be sure. Because in addition to the main gate, there are several side gates in the house. These side doors, usually no one is on duty at night. The green-branched girl was waiting by the young lady's side, and she probably had these keys to the side door in her hands. Therefore, whether the green branch girl came back, when she came back, and when she disappeared, no one in the house can say clearly. ”

Perhaps the little guy said more, and the butler coughed at the right time. The little guy is also a person who knows how to listen to the voice by looking at his face, and when he heard this light cough, he hurriedly glanced at the housekeeper and closed his mouth.

Yanagi glanced at the butler, who smiled and lowered his head.

"Since she is serving by Miss's side, is it possible that Miss Yang Mansion doesn't know when this green branch disappeared?"

"Lord Liu doesn't know. Since the death of the lady and the lord, a lot of things have happened in this mansion one after another. The young lady was already sad because of the affairs of the lady and the master, and was disturbed by those things later, and her temper and temperament also became strange. Don't say that it is the maids who serve the young lady, that is, if the uncle wants to see the young lady, it depends on the mood of the young lady. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, yes. About half a year ago, Miss has been driving out the maids around her one after another. Nowadays, the only one who often serves by Miss's side is the nurse who grew up watching Miss. The maids next to them all live in the courtyard outside, and they can only enter when the young lady has something to order. ”

"Then your young lady's temperament is really quite strange."

Lin Hu couldn't help but snort, and the housekeeper still smiled with him.

"There is only one young lady under the knees of my late lord and wife, who grew up pampered since childhood. The lady passed away, and the master left, and it was reasonable that the young lady could not bear such a big change for a while. Besides, although this green branch is from the young lady's yard, it is not the maid that the young lady is waiting for. She has smart legs and feet, and she does things quite properly, and in the past, she helped the young lady run errands and do things like going out to buy. Oh, Miss's rouge gouache, dim sum and food, etc., have always been in charge of the green branch, but these things are not needed every day. ”

Liu Sheng didn't ask any more, but gave Lin Hu a look. Lin Hu nodded, led a group of servants to the lotus pond, and after asking some information, he selected two family members to go down to the lotus pond with the officials to salvage the corpses.

In the back garden, a light fell. This light did not alarm anyone.

The stealthy Xing Ruyi walked to the edge of the lotus pond with the fox, and Xing Ruyi squatted down, supporting his chin with one hand, watching the servants and the family members salvage the female corpse together.

"Say, who will die in the lotus pond?"

"Who does Madame think?"

"Green Branch!" Xing Ruyi said, looked up and smiled at the fox standing aside: "Although I don't know if this green branch is the benefactor of Yingniang, I always feel that Yingniang did not choose to take on the responsibility today for no reason." Moreover, I think there are other reasons behind Yingniang's framing me. ”

"Madame, is she overthinking?"

"Thinking too much?" Xing Ruyi blinked his eyes, clapped his hands and stood up, pointing to the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion not far away: "It's far away, and I can't hear it too clearly when I listen to that housekeeper." But my judgment tells me that the housekeeper actually knew that it was the green branch that died in the lotus pond, and the words he just said seemed to be explaining the situation to Liu Sheng, but in fact, he was excusing the young lady of the Yang Mansion. Nine times out of ten, the death of this green branch is related to Miss Nayangfu. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion around them, and those who had just pulled out half of the corpses actually dropped their corpses one after another, and ran up from the lotus pond with rolling belts. Even Lin Hu, after taking a look, changed his face.

"What's going on?"

Yanagi heard the voice and walked over as well.

"There's something weird about that corpse!"

Lin Hu pointed to the female corpse in the lotus pond, and his face was faintly white. Yanagi didn't ask again, but jumped lightly and went down to the lotus pond. Ignoring the smelly mud overflowing the surface of his feet, he squatted down directly, and lifted the female corpse, which had already exposed most of her body, directly out of the mud.

After a person dies, the body will become very heavy, especially if the female corpse is still in the mud, but it is very easy to mention it. As the mud fell, it dragged off the clothes on the woman's corpse. Only then did Yanagi see that in addition to the female corpse's head, hands, and feet, which were still intact, her entire body was almost hollowed out. In other words, the upper and lower bodies of the female corpse have no flesh and skin, and even the internal organs have disappeared, leaving only a skeleton connected together.

"Boss, is this corpse decomposed?"

Although some can't see this scene, as a fast catcher, it is also a little unreasonable to escape at this time. After taking a few deep breaths, Lin Hu returned to the edge of the lotus pond and asked as he looked at the female corpse that was held in his hand by Liu Sheng.

"It's not like natural rot."

Liu Sheng said, lifted the female corpse to the side, and motioned for Lin Hu to take it over.

Lin Hu hesitated, closed his eyes, took the corpse, and put it on the ground.

In the place where they couldn't see, Xing Ruyi had already come to the female corpse.

"It seems that this Yanagi still has a few brushes, and judging by the degree of rot in his hands and feet, it hasn't been long since this green branch died. Even if her head was lightly rotted because it was naked/exposed in the mud, it was impossible for her flesh to rot completely, and not even a trace of her internal organs could be seen.

Xing Ruyi said, and gently scraped the mud on the surface of the female corpse's sternum with his fingers.