"The kind of incense that men are used to?" Xiao Shengzi scratched his head: "But the old horse only smells of cow dung." ”

"The smell of cow dung?" Xing Ruyi looked at Xiao Shengzi.

"Ah, cow dung smells. The old horse could not be idle, and loved to toss in his orchard when he had nothing to do. One morning, he dragged his son to tidy up dry cow dung in the orchard, saying that he was feeding the fruit trees. According to his neighbors, this old horse is just that. ”

"It's not an old horse, a person who stays in the orchard all day long, he has no mood and no chance to dye this incense."

"After talking for a long time, what kind of fragrance did you say, Ruyi girl?"

"Sandalwood, but in the sandalwood, there is also some aroma of burning leaves. This smell seems to be unique to temples. ”

"Temple? Ruyi girl, do you mean that this deceased person went to the temple? No, what does this going to the temple have to do with the killing of the dead? ”

"It doesn't matter, it's something you're going to investigate soon, I'm just telling you what kind of incense the incense on this handkerchief will be. Also, the incense of this veil is so strong, it cannot be caused by one or two pilgrimages to the incense. In this temple, are there all the old men who unsign the signature? ”

"Oh~" Xiao Shengzi showed a knowing look.

"Oh, what, I didn't see that your eldest brother Chang is angry, these things, let's wait until you have time to investigate. It doesn't have to be related to the case, but it doesn't have to be unrelated to the case. ”

"Do you remember what this dead man looked like? Not how she looked, but what she looked like when she died. ”

"It's scary."

"It's not scary, it's scary. The deceased's eyes burst out, as if he was about to stare out, there was some dried blood at the corners of his mouth and nose, and there was an obvious bruise on his neck. ”

"Strangled?"

"He was strangled to death after being frightened." Chang Tai added. According to the husband and son of the deceased, after witnessing the dispute between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the husband took the son to the orchard. Before leaving, the deceased was heard cursing in the room. This mother-in-law is a matchmaker, not only can she speak well, but she is also very good at scolding, and she is famous in the neighborhood. Su Rili, she not only scolded her daughter-in-law, but also her husband. The husband of the deceased was an honest man, and his temperament was also a little cowardly, and he was very afraid of his wife, and hiding in the orchard had become a habit for him. ”

"It's quite rare to be a wife and make her husband afraid."

After working in the orchard for a while, the husband went home with his son at the urging of his son. It was the son who called the door, he first called a few times and no one answered, knocked on the door and did not open, and in a panic, he took an axe to chop wood and cut off the door bolt, and when he came in, he found the deceased lying on the ground with some blood on his body. ”

"If it was strangled to death, why is there blood on this body...... Was the deceased injured? ”

"I was injured, there was a hole here in the chest, I don't know what caused it, and no murder weapon was found at the scene." Xiao Shengzi poked at his chest: "Oh, by the way, the puppet in the government said that the murderer should have strangled the deceased to death first, and then poked the deceased again." Otherwise, the posture of the deceased could not have been like that. ”

"Which look?"

"I don't know, I don't see it." Xiao Shengzi shook his head.

Xing Ruyi walked to the door and tried to open and close the door, confirming that the door of the deceased's house could not be completely closed, so the deceased's husband and son were able to cut the bolt with an axe. In other words, what looks like a closed death scene can also be artificial. The murderer could have killed the deceased, closed the door, and then reached through the gap between the two doors, and made the bolt close through the inside.

When I was a child, my grandmother's old house also had this built-in door bolt, but because the door was old, the closure was not very tight, so you only needed to put your hand into it, and you could open the door bolt from the inside with patience.

"According to what you say, Miss Ruyi, this murderer must be someone who knows the situation of the Ma family very well."

"It's not just about understanding." Xing Ruyi lifted the hem of her skirt and sat directly on the threshold of the Ma family: "First of all, this person must be a person who is very familiar with Han Lihua's mother-in-law, if it is not an acquaintance, it is impossible to open this door, even if the other party secretly opens this door, Han Lihua's mother-in-law will definitely shout when she sees him, I am not sure that she will die so quietly." Secondly, as Xiao Shengzi just said, this murderer must be a person who is very familiar with the Ma family, he knows that Han Lihua's husband and father-in-law went to the orchard, so he was able to kill people calmly, and fake the scene after the killing. So, who could this person be? Will he just hide in the crowd outside the mansion? What kind of grudge did he have against Han Lihua's mother-in-law, and why did he choose to kill her in this way? Han Lihua's mother-in-law is so powerful, she is so angry that she doesn't even dare to stay at home with her husband and son, who is this murderer? Why did Han Lihua's mother-in-law temporarily be kind to him? It's amazing. ”

"It's amazing."

"Can I go and meet Han Lihua's father-in-law?"

"Yes." Chang Tai acquiesced.

"Shall we not watch it? Shall we just go back? When the old man asks, how should we answer? I don't think I found anything. Xiao Shengzi asked in a daze.

"Why didn't you find out, oh, this handkerchief."

"It's just a handkerchief, which is also called finding out something?"

"How old is Han Lihua's mother-in-law?"

"About forty, right?"

"How do you usually dress?"

"Except for the hairstyle, I dress like a girl who has never been out of the cabinet, which looks a little weird."

"I'm asking about the fabric of the clothes."

"I don't know the fabric either."

"Where's Big Brother Chang?"

"It's a little better in the average family."

"But this veil belongs to the Splendid Workshop." Xing Ruyi shook the pink veil: "The embroidery of the Splendid Workshop is divided into four categories, the first category is exclusively for the palace, that is, for those princesses and mothers in the palace. This second category is a noble category, which is for those ladies and ladies of the princely general's mansion to buy, but not exclusively, as long as you have enough money, you can also buy it, such as me. This third category is a treasure category, which is worn by the wives and ladies of ordinary large families, and most of my clothes and shoes are also of this level. Finally, there is the fourth category, which is for small families to choose. Although it is the fourth category, the price is also expensive. It's just such a small handkerchief, and it costs about fifty taels anyway. ”

"Fifty taels? Just such a veil? ”

"It's a new product this spring, and it's a pear blossom painted on it." Xing Ruyi shook the veil away: "I never think this pear blossom painting is beautiful?" I did it. ”

"Ruyi girl, you drew it?" Xiao Shengzi was a little surprised.

"Am I drawing strangely? Secretly, I will tell you that I am now the chief designer of the Splendid Workshop, and I painted many of the patterns of the clothes in the Splendid Workshop. Of course, these are not the point, the point is, is Han Lihua's guild willing to buy such a valuable veil for her mother-in-law? Or, is Han Lihua's mother-in-law willing to do it herself? If you are not willing to do it, then where did this veil come from? ”

"It's a good one." Xiao Shengzi answered casually.

"It's a gift, but it's not necessarily a good one. Check it out. ”

"Check? Ruyi girl, don't be kidding, it's just such a handkerchief, where do you let me and Brother Chang go to check? ”

"You don't have to run too far, just ask around Ma's house. I didn't ask who gave Han Lihua's mother-in-law a handkerchief, but asked who was working in the temple nearby, and it was still a long-term job. As for the age, it should be about the same as Han Lihua's mother-in-law, or a few years older. Relatively lean, very shrewd, and very energetic. ”

"Murderer! Ruyi girl, is this one you just depicted the murderer? ”

"You go look for it first, and if you can find such a person, bring him back to the yamen. Even if not the murderer, he is a suspect. Brother Chang took me back to the mansion first, and I went to meet Han Lihua's father-in-law, and then asked this old horse some information to confirm. ”

"Ruyi girl, you are so powerful. I didn't think of what you said. ”

"I don't blame you, and it has nothing to do with your own ability to handle cases, the main thing is that you have gone through too few things. If you were like me, if you read the story of solving the case since you were a child, you would have thought of these things a long time ago. ”

"Story? Where? Can I take a look? ”

"Yes, yes, but it's all in my hometown." Xing Ruyi forked his hand: "That's it, I promise you, when you are free, I will tell you a few more stories about solving the case." Didn't this ancestor say, I have never eaten pork and seen pigs run, and I have seen more pigs, so it is not difficult to imagine what this pork tastes like. ”

"Ruyi girl, don't coax me, I've seen a lot of pigs running, but the aroma of this pork can only be tasted in your mouth."

"If you want to listen to it, you will listen to it, and if you listen to it, you will remember it, and you may use it in the future." Chang Tai pointed out the door, "What do you want to ask Lao Ma?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to ask, what is the relationship between the husband and wife on weekdays?"

"One lives here, one lives there." Chang Tai pointed to the two wings: "If you just ask this, you don't have to run to the mansion anymore." I've already asked before. ”

"Why do you want to live in a separate room for this good couple? Was it requested by Han Lihua's mother-in-law? ”

"No, it was the old horse himself who asked for it. Lao Ma said that he suffered from sleepwalking, and when he got up at night, he was easy to frighten his wife, so he took the initiative to ask to live in a separate room with his wife. In addition, Lao Ma's son also confirmed that Lao Ma had indeed confessed that in order to let them go to bed at night, they must bring the door bolt before they go to bed at night. ”

"Sleepwalking?" Xing Ruyi pondered for a moment: "How did this old horse know that he was suffering from sleepwalking?" It was seen by others, told by relatives at home, or confirmed by him after he went to see the doctor. ”