Li Lan died, and the death was even stranger than the daughter of the shopkeeper Liu of the tofu factory. This incident caused a small panic in the walnut village.

When Xing Ruyi entered the Li family with Lin Hu and Liu Sheng, his nose instantly smelled the familiar smell, which was the fishy smell unique to the beauty like jade paste.

Li Lan's body has been placed on the bed, and judging from the overall situation of the corpse, she, like Liu Qingwei, died by accident. On the windowsill of Li Lan's bedroom, traces corresponding to the wear and tear of her clothes were also found.

Judging from the scene and the situation of Li Lan's body, Li Lan seems to have accidentally planted it here when she was admiring the moon at the window. It's just that when he fell to the ground, he was a little unlucky, and he happened to nest in the neck, causing the neck bone to break and die on the spot. ”

"Another accidental death?" Lin Hu touched his head.

"Judging from the scene and the body, it does look like an accidental death, but how can a person who died unexpectedly have this on his neck?" Xing Ruyi pulled the clothes on Li Lan's neck with his hand: "Look at these lines, do they have a feeling that makes you familiar." ”

On Li Lan's neck, there is a row of dense and shallow marks, and those traces are arranged very neatly. Lin Hu looked at it for a long time and shook his head: "I can't see it." It doesn't look like a rope or a mark left by something like a sheet. ”

"It's snake scales." Xing Ruyi let go of his hand: "When a person falls, it is indeed possible to die directly or indirectly because of touching the neck. To be honest, the odds are really small, but just because it's small doesn't mean it's none. But Li Lan's neck bone was not broken by a fall, but was broken by a snake. If you don't believe it, feel it yourself. ”

"I'll forget it, I'm not a pretend, I can't touch anything. However, my eldest brother often examines the autopsy, and he still has some understanding of the work process. Lin Hu looked at Liu Sheng: "That big brother, why don't you touch it." ”

"No need, I believe what Mrs. Yin just said."

Liu Sheng leaned in front of the door and looked at Xing Ruyi, as if he had no intention of walking in at all.

"It wasn't an accidental death, it was a snake wrapped around my neck. Could it be that this Li Lan was first frightened by the snake, and then fell down? Lin Hu shook his head: "This case in Hutaozhai, how can one be more strange than the other, and one is more strange than the other." ”

"It's weird, it's weird, it's weird, it's weird, but it's also related." Xing Ruyi pointed to Li Lan's dresser.

"This is ......" Lin Hu picked up the small bottle, lowered his head and sniffed it, and then took it to Liu Sheng like a treasure: "Boss, do you see if this is the legendary beauty like jade paste?" ”

Yanagi glanced at it and nodded.

……

At this time, the Yufang Building was extremely deserted, but there were many onlookers standing bustling outside. The daughter of the shopkeeper Liu of the tofu workshop died, and the daughter of the Li family, the little merchant, Li Lan, also died.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in Hutaozhai, and even the business with Yufanglou plummeted.

Hearing the voices of discussion outside, the maid Xiaoqing walked out from behind the counter, and then closed the door with a cold pair of eyes. When he turned around, he saw a man in a black robe in the center of the hall.

"Master!" Xiaoqing bowed her head respectfully: "The government somehow released such words, at this time, no one in the Hutao Village dared to come to our Yufang Building anymore." The master's affairs, I'm afraid that they will be delayed. ”

"It's okay, I've already obtained almost everything I need to take." The black-robed man said, throwing the things in his hand to Xiaoqing. "How many people are left on the roster?"

"Back to the master, there are three people left. One of them is the wife of the owner of the Hutaozhai Silk Cottage, and does not meet the criteria for the owner's selection. The reason why he sold this beauty like jade paste to her at the beginning was entirely because this person was too difficult, and Xiaoqing didn't want to provoke more right and wrong and attract the attention of others to our Yufang Building. ”

"What about the remaining two?"

"The other two are all young women who have not yet gone out of line, and they all meet the requirements of the owner. But to this day, neither of them has come to the door again. Xiaoqing is worried that these two people ......"

"Time is running out, since this Yufang Building can't be opened, there is no need for you to wait here anymore. Go out and see, see which one fits, and bring that one back. ”

"Yes, master." Xiao Qing nodded, and then turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the Yufang Building.

The black-robed man owed himself and took off the black cloak that was wrapped around him. Beneath the cloak was a young body and an aged face.

He was about to sit down on a nearby stool to rest for a while when he heard a voice in the air.

"It's a demon! It's not a demon! ”

"Who?"

As soon as the black-robed talent finished asking, the fox appeared with Xing Ruyi. Facing the dark man's sinister eyes, Xing Ruyi didn't care at all, but circled around him twice with great interest.

"It's really strange, I've only seen snake demons desperately cultivating themselves into adults, but I've never seen people desperately cultivating themselves into demons. Could it be that you are also for love? ”

The black-robed man originally just looked at Xing Ruyi with hostility, and he knew in his heart that being able to appear in Yufang Building in such a way was naturally not an ordinary person. Right now, Xiaoqing is not there, and according to his skills, he can't fight the man who stands still and exudes powerful demonic power.

"Who are you? Why did you come to my Yufang Building? ”

"Nosy people. As for why we came, it was because we promised the two officials to help them figure out the two murders that happened in Hutaozhai, and by the way, the real murderer behind the scenes was arrested. ”

"Catch the real culprit?" The black-robed man smiled, and the folds on his face piled up because of the smile: "The real murderer is here, it depends on whether you two have the ability to arrest me." ”

"Xianggong, he's provoking you." Xing Ruyi was unwilling to be lonely and fanned the flames.

"You're not a demon, or you're not a demon in the first place."

The fox swept the black-robed man in front of him, and finally came to a conclusion: "Since you are not a demon, why should you be with a demon, and do this kind of thing that is not only harmful to yin morality, but also unfavorable to yourself." ”

"Yes, I'm not a demon, but what's the difference between me and a demon right now." There was a trace of bitterness in the eyes of the black-robed man: "Although I am not a demon, I can also see that both of them are not ordinary people, and this gentleman's mana is even stronger." Catch and take, let it be yours, and why waste so many tongues? ”

"Since I'm not a demon, I don't need to do it."

"Oh, my husband doesn't look down on you." Xing Ruyi glanced at the black-robed man: "Or, let's talk about it, why do you want to hurt people, maybe I can still help you intercede in front of those two officials." ”

The black-robed man snorted coldly and turned his face away.

Xing Ruyi was not annoyed, walked over with a smile, and immediately grabbed the wrist of the black-robed man. The black-robed man was stunned for a moment, followed by an old face that quickly turned red.

After a long time, Xing Ruyi let go of his hand and said, "It turns out that you are really trapped by love." ”

"You...... What are you just doing? ”

"Mind reading." Xing Ruyi shook his wrist: "As for me, I can also use a spell to find out the secrets hidden in his heart by touching a person." Are you here to meet your new wife? ”

The black-robed man's eyes dimmed: "That's right, the reason why I did these things was entirely for my wife. That gentleman was right, I wasn't a demon, I was a human, at least I was a human being. I am a scholar, and my wife, although she is not a famous daughter, is a small jasper. Because she is the only daughter in the family, and she is a recognized beauty within a radius of 100 miles, knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, when she reaches the age of leaving the cabinet, there is an endless stream of people who come to ask for relatives. In desperation, my father-in-law had to come up with a way to openly recruit relatives, and I was lucky enough to be selected. ”

"This is also a fate in the dark."

"It's fate. It's a pity that because my family is in trouble and my family is very poor, even if I am willing to be wronged, I can't get into my father-in-law's eyes. Although my father-in-law reluctantly recognized my identity and agreed to let me live in the house, the marriage was delayed again and again. In the end, my father-in-law and I made a rule that I would not be able to marry my wife until I was the top student in high school. ”

"The boy starts a family first and then starts a business, although your father-in-law is stronger, but these requirements are not excessive."

"It's really not too much, I'm a scholar, and it's also my ambition to get famous. It's just that I never thought that what my father-in-law really wanted was not my high school champion, but my life. On the day I was heading to Shendu to catch the exam, something particularly strange happened to me.

Every night, as long as I fall asleep, I will have the same nightmare. That dream seemed to tell me that I would only be at the top of Sun Shan's name, not high school. Just when I was worried, extremely uneasy, and even depressed, I met a fellow countryman. This fellow told me that my wife has been allowed to live by my father-in-law. I was irritable and wanted to see it for a short time, so I walked to the river in a trance and walked towards the center of the river......

I don't know if it was because I didn't deserve to die, or if God had mercy, I was saved by a fisherman who was fishing in the river. I spent many days recuperating in the fisherman's house, and when I returned to the city, I realized that the imperial examination had ended, and that I had lost my name as I had been in my dream. ”

"You didn't take the exam, how did you come from."

"What Madame said is that I didn't participate, so why didn't I fall off the list." The black-robed man laughed self-deprecatingly, and the folds on his face became deeper and deeper: "At that time, I only felt that there were five thunderbolts, and I didn't know what I should do next. However, the nightmare did not end there, and I found myself aging rapidly, and within a few days, I became an old, gray-haired old man. ”