A cat meow came from under the small building, and Xing Ruyi squinted his eyes and saw a wisp of smoke drifting into the stone mill where the tofu was grinding. The stone mill moved, as if it was being pushed by someone, making a "squeak" sound.

Xing Ruyi shook his head, too lazy to look at the deliberately scary stone mill again, but instead set his eyes on the entire small building.

This small building, at first glance, does not seem to be a problem. Downstairs are some tools for grinding tofu in the Liu family, which are placed very neatly. Upstairs is relatively simple, with only a small amount of clutter on hold. From the first floor to the second floor, it is connected by simple wooden steps, which looks very solid. On the surface of the wooden steps, there are obvious traces of trampling and wear, it seems that what the neighbors outside the door said is true, the daughter of the shopkeeper Liu, often goes upstairs to help her father get something.

Why is it the daughter of Shopkeeper Liu, and not Shopkeeper Liu?

The answer is very simple, because the footprints left on the wooden steps are relatively small, and the woman's body is lighter, and it will not cause too much burden on the steps when stepped on all year round, so there are almost no traces of deformation and concave on these steps. Moreover, at the wear on both sides of the steps, Xing Ruyi found some broken silk, whether it was color or texture, it was more in line with the young woman's dress.

Walking up the steps to the second floor, Xing Ruyi did not find any obvious traces of "stumbling" upstairs. If according to the neighbors, the daughter of the shopkeeper Liu went upstairs late at night to pick up something and accidentally fell down, then there will definitely be a condition upstairs for her to "stumble". Even if it is cleaned up by Shopkeeper Liu afterwards, there will be some traces of "struggle" on the edge of the fall.

For example, the marks of hand scratching, no matter how bad, will leave traces of clothes being hung on the edges. This is a person's survival instinct, unless that person loses this instinct at the moment of "stumbling". Another point, Xing Ruyi did not find what the shopkeeper Liu's daughter wanted to pick upstairs.

Could it be that she just went upstairs and fell downstairs and died?

She stood upstairs and glanced down. Not far from the small building, there is indeed an obvious trace. Although it was carefully covered, it still couldn't hide her eyes.

Lifting the corner of her skirt, she jumped lightly from the upper floor, and with a whisper in her ear, she landed steadily beside the first trace.

Clapped his hands and looked up, but saw two acquaintances.

Catch Liu Sheng quickly, and Lin Hu, who is also fast fishing.

"Lord Liu, Lord Lin? How did you end up here? ”

"Madame asked, and it just happened that Yanagi wanted to ask. Didn't Mrs. go to Luoyang with her husband? How did you get to this walnut village again? ”

Xing Ruyi squinted and smiled, and replied generously: "I'm lost." ”

"Lost? Is Madame serious? ”

"Seriously. When Ruyi came out of the Yang family with her husband, didn't Lord Yanagi stand not far away and watch? Because the road was unfamiliar and he was worried about regeneration deviations, the husband also specially hired a young man to drive a car. ”

"I hired a guy to drive the car, why did Madame go astray again?"

"Look at what the adults asked, it seems that Ruyi and his husband are deliberate. Speaking of which, I don't want to blame that guy, he kept saying that he would send us to Shendu, but he regretted it shortly after he came out of Yangjiaji. said that it was too time-consuming to go back and forth, and there was still an old mother to take care of at home, but Lord Liu said, what should I do when I encounter such a situation?

Anyway, Ruyi and her husband were soft-hearted, and they couldn't bear to be harsh, so they let the young man go back. As a result, the horse ran astray and came to this stockade.

Lord Liu has just asked so much, can Ruyi ask, why did you two come here? Could it be that it is also for the sake of the shopkeeper Liu's family to defraud the corpse? ”

"Corpse? Fraud is something that monks and Taoists worry about, and I'm here to visit my uncle. ”

Lin Hu accosted him on the side.

Xing Ruyi glanced at the wing room and asked in a low voice, "Shopkeeper Liu is Lord Lin's uncle?" ”

"Cousin, not my mother-in-law. However, my family has few relatives, and this cousin is also a relative. Lin Hu touched his head, and his eyes slipped around the courtyard: "Speaking of which, I haven't been here for several years." I remember when I came back last time, I was only so tall, and Qingwei's girl came to me. Who knows, in the blink of an eye, the person is gone. ”

"Qing Wei?"

"The daughter of the shopkeeper Liu. Why, doesn't Madame know? ”

"Should I know?" Xing Ruyi asked rhetorically, looking at Liu Sheng's eyes: "Ruyi and Fujun have just entered the village, passing by this tofu factory, and seeing a group of people around, they thought that the tofu in this tofu workshop was particularly delicious, so they came over." Who knows, when I came to the front, it wasn't until it was the daughter of the shopkeeper Liu of the tofu workshop who cheated the corpse.

As for me, there is nothing else wrong with it, but this curiosity is heavier. When he saw that the door of the courtyard was open, he boldly came in and took a look. No, as soon as I came down from the small building, I met the two of them. ”

"So, madam, are you trespassing on a private house?"

"Did I break in? I clearly walked in on two legs. ”

Xing Ruyi made a walking gesture with his hands.

"Madame has already taken a look, please leave now." Yanagi said, making a gesture of please.

"What do you mean, Lord Liu? Even if you want to rush, it should be Lord Lin Hulin's mouth. People are nephews, what about you? Could it be that this shopkeeper Liu is also your uncle? ”

Xing Ruyi said, walked up to Lin Hu, and looked at Lin Hu with a smile: "Lord Lin, do you want to rush Ruyi out?" ”

"This ......," Lin Hu looked at Liu Sheng out of the corner of his eye.

Liu Sheng's face was expressionless, but the information revealed in his eyes urged Lin Hu to quickly drive Xing Ruyi out.

"That, Mrs. Yin......"

"Just call me wishful." Xing Ruyi clapped his hands: "Lord Lin has to think clearly before rushing to Ruyi." If I really go out, Qing Wei's death will really become a complete case of confusion. When the time comes, the Liu family will really cheat the corpse. ”

"Madame, can Lin Hu ask, what did Madame mean by saying this just now?"

"Anyway, just call me wishful. As for the sentence just now? Nature is the superficial meaning. ”

"Oh, you know that I, Lin Hu, am a rough person, and I'm not Brother Liu, so my brain can still move from time to time. Madam, no, Ruyi, what exactly do you mean by this? What is a completely confused case, could it be that Qingwei's death is not an accident? ”

"Who said Lord Lin's brain is stupid."

"Lin Hu, just call me Lin Hu. It's just a small catch, where can you afford the word adult. ”

"I also think the word Lin Hu is more smooth." Xing Ruyi walked up to the trace and nodded on it with his toes: "What do you think this is?" ”

"There are blood stains on the ground, and although it has been treated, the blood has seeped into the ground, and it is difficult to remove these marks even if you clean them. Next to the bloodstains, there were some other things, so the bloodstains on that piece were a little cloudy, and the color was lighter. Moreover, there were still strands of hair on the ground, which were messy and torn off. Qing Wei fell to his death, so the place where Mrs. Yin stepped on should be the place where Qing Wei fell to her death. ”

"Yagyu is Yagyu, and his observation is more meticulous than ordinary people. Yes, this is the place where Qingwei, the daughter of Shopkeeper Liu, fell to her death. The piece in between, with a bloodstain, was formed by a heavy blow to the head. This piece, if Ruyi is not mistaken, it should be brain tissue, which is what you often call brain plasma or something. Well, brain pulp, I heard that it is more similar to tofu brain. ”

"And then? Any questions? ”

"Absolutely." Xing Ruyi pointed to the small building: "Both of them are fast catchers, and the dead people they have seen in ordinary times should have handled a lot of cases." Do you two think that such a tall building can kill a person? Taking a step back, even if Qing Wei was more unlucky, when he stumbled and fell, his head happened to hit the ground. So, I want to ask, what kind of posture must be in this fall to make people fall like this? ”

Hearing Xing Ruyi's question, Liu Sheng's eyes narrowed.

Yes, with the height of the Liu family's small building, it is impossible for the person who lost his footing to change the posture of falling from the building in mid-air. Falls, must be formed in an instant. In other words, if Qing Wei wants to cause such a scar, it must be caused by the face facing up and the head facing down. It is impossible to cause such severe trauma when lying on the side, or on the stomach, and it is impossible to die immediately at the moment of the fall. ”

"Tsk." Xing Ruyi made a small voice: "It seems that Liu Sheng, you have already thought of the crux of the problem. ”

"When Qing Wei fell from the building, he was face up."

"That's right! If you want to cause such a large wound, the most likely thing is to face up and the back of the head down. Well, here's the proof. This stone was supposed to have a partial protrusion. It is probably that after the shopkeeper Liu lost his beloved daughter, he removed it, so these incisions are still new, and they are very smooth, and the incision position is not large, but the color of the blood stains left around is the deepest. This shows that the blood began to spread from this place.

At the current height of this small building, if you want to fall with your face up, you should be in the same position before you fall. Let's assume that Qing Wei accidentally stepped on something when he was picking up something on the second floor and fell downstairs. Well, there will definitely be traces on the upper floors. For example, the traces of friction on the soles of the feet, the traces of the railings on the clothes, and even the traces of the subconscious grasping of the hands, but Ruyi Fang just went upstairs to see it, and there were no traces. Isn't that abnormal?"

Before Xing Ruyi's words fell, Liu Sheng had already given Lin Hu a look, and Lin Hu quickly ran up to the second floor.

"Well, I'd like to remind you again. According to the neighbors, Qing Wei went upstairs late at night. If it's late at night, you should have a candle in your hand. Even if you stumble and fall, the candle should remain upstairs, or downstairs. ”

Xing Ruyi pointed to a place.

"But nothing! Isn't this also questionable? ”