According to Li Yuanfang's instructions, the servants of the villa brought a few charcoal braziers and placed them in the firewood room, the cold firewood room instantly became warmer, and the ice on the body of the deceased Xiaocui gradually melted!

Di Renjie calmed down, bent down and carefully examined Xiao Cui's body, there were no wounds on and off Zhou's body, but Xiao Cui's eyes were round and a little protruding, Di Renjie stretched out his hand and wanted to help her close her eyes, but found that it was in vain, the dead Xiao Cui was still staring straight at herself, Di Renjie took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, and covered Xiao Cui's face after unfolding!

Di Renjie beckoned to the housekeeper Tang Lu and said, "Butler Tang, what is this little cui girl doing in the villa?" ”

Tang Lu nodded and replied: "Lord Hui, this Xiaocui was originally a maidservant who served the lady, and then the lady disappeared, and they were idle, so the villain arranged for them to go to the backyard to help, mainly to do some washing and washing work!" ”

"Oh, I see! I heard that it was Zhou An's body that was found? Where is he? Di Renjie nodded and asked!

Tang Lu looked around and said, "Hey, were you still here just now?" Why is it gone? Come on, go find Zhou An! ”

Hearing Tang Lu's words, Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and Xiao Ying couldn't help but look nervous, Li Yuanfang looked at Di Renjie, Di Renjie nodded slightly, Li Yuanfang walked out of the firewood room quickly, and followed a few servants to find Zhou An!

However, things didn't go as Di Renjie thought, Zhou An just went back to the room to rest, and when he saw someone coming to call him, he hurriedly got down from the kang and followed Li Yuanfang and others back to the firewood room again!

"Zhou An, let me ask you, is it the body you found?" Di Renjie asked coldly!

Zhou An nodded and said: "Back to the big master, yes, the small one picked up water this morning, and when he started to shake the first bucket of water, it was nothing, and when he shook the second bucket of water, he felt very heavy, and it was not yet dawn at that time, and he couldn't see what kind of small one was in this well. ”

"Oh? Xiaocui also works in the backyard, when was the last time you saw her? Di Renjie asked!

Zhou An bowed and replied: "Back to the eldest master, the little one saw it once when he brought them water yesterday morning, and he hasn't seen it since!" ”

Dee

Renjie nodded, and immediately said to the housekeeper Tang Lu: "Steward Tang, are all the servants and maids in the village here?"

The housekeeper Tang Lu looked around at the crowd and replied, "Lord Hui, there are some people who should be working!" ”

Di Renjie said: "There is a housekeeper Lao Tang who has called all the people who have not arrived in the backyard of the village to come here!" ”

The housekeeper Tang Lu hurriedly responded: "Yes! Please wait! ”

After a while, everyone in the backyard was summoned to the door of the firewood room, and there were bursts of whispering in the crowd from time to time, and the servants and maids exchanged heads and ears in twos and threes, and suddenly, the door of the firewood room opened with a loud voice, and the crowd instantly quieted down!

Di Renjie walked out of the firewood room, stood in front of everyone, and asked loudly: "Presumably everyone already knows about the servant girl Xiaocui, who of you saw Xiaocui yesterday, if you have seen it, please stand next to Steward Tang, and if you haven't seen it, you can leave, however, I declare in advance that if someone has clearly seen it but doesn't report it, then the pavilion will arrest him in prison, and if it is serious, he will be beheaded, so everyone must decide according to the truth!" ”

After Di Renjie finished speaking, he stood in place and looked at the crowd in front of him, and there was another exchange of words in the crowd, and the housekeeper Tang Lu said a little angrily: "What's the matter?" Do you need to discuss if you haven't seen it? If you've seen it, you've seen it, if you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it, hurry up! The adults have already said that if anyone does not report it, they will be severely punished! ”

Butler Tang Lu's words seemed to be more effective than Di Renjie's, and as soon as he finished speaking, the crowd moved, and soon eight people stayed, and the rest of them all retreated to the side!

Di Renjie called these eight people to his side and asked, "You all carefully recall, when was the last time you saw Xiao Cui yesterday?" ”

Four of the eight people were maidservants who washed clothes with Xiao Cui, there were three servants in the house, and there was a housekeeper who patrolled the village!

The four maidservants all said that they were washing clothes with Xiaocui yesterday, and they never saw her again after dinner, and the servants of the three rooms said that they had met Xiaocui once when they brought dinner, and they never saw her again!

Di Renjie saw his strangeness, turned to the housekeeper Tang Lu and said, "Steward Tang, you let them all disperse, but remember, from now on, all the people in the village can't leave the villa!" ”

Tang Lu bowed and said, "Yes!" Please rest assured! ”

After speaking, the housekeeper Tang Lu took everyone away from the firewood room, leaving only the family member who was in charge of patrolling the village!

Di Renjie looked at the family in front of him and asked, "What is your name and what are you doing in the village?" ”

That Ding Shili said: "Back to the adult, the little one is called Yang San, who is responsible for patrolling the village at night!" ”

Di Renjie nodded slightly and said, "Oh? Night patrol? When was the last time you saw Tsui, when you were on your night patrol? ”

Yang San shook his head and replied: "Back to my lord, it's not the time to patrol the night, it was yesterday evening, the little one went home with something to do, probably around the time of the unitary, the little one just came back, and met Xiao Cui in the grove at the back door of the villa, she was crying there alone, the little shadow heard her seem to say something, madam, she was bullied or something, and then the little one walked over to see her, she didn't say anything, wiped her tears and went back!" The little one didn't care much, it didn't come to pass, and I found out that she was dead in the morning! ”

Di Renjie's expression tightened, and he asked, "Did you hear her mention Madame?" ”

Yang San nodded and said, "Hmm! I heard these two words very clearly, but because she was far away, and she was crying all the time, I didn't hear the rest clearly! ”

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Okay, you go back first!" ”

Yang San gave a salute, turned around and walked away, Di Renjie couldn't help but fall into deep thought, stroked his long hair, and stared blankly into the distance!

Seeing Yang San leaving, Li Yuanfang came over and asked, "My lord, could it be that this Xiaocui's death is related to the disappearance of the owner's wife?" ”

Di Renjie shook his head slightly and said, "Now Yang San's words alone can't be sure!" ”

"Ge Lao, I talked to the female relatives in the village, according to what they said, the most intimate maid before the disappearance of the owner's wife was this Xiaocui, and it was precisely because of this that the owner of the Tang village was angry and sent her to this backyard, and the maid who was close to herself became a maid who washed clothes and did chores!" Xiao Ying whispered beside Di Renjie!

Di Renjie didn't speak, twisted his hair and pondered, Xiao Ying and Li Yuanfang also quietly looked at Di Renjie who was deep in thought!

Smack! Smack!

There was a sudden sound of dripping water in the firewood room, Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and Xiao Ying looked at the firewood room together, only to see that the head of Xiaocui's body was dripping blood!