The little bird was already chirping, and the morning light sprinkled on Gu Peiqing's face, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Aye's childish face.

"Ahh Why are you so close to me! Gu Peiqing stretched out his hand and pushed Ah Ye's face away.

"My lord, you're awake, I've brought you water to wash up. Feilan's father-in-law had already practiced in the courtyard, and he told me that he must solve the case before leaving, and asked me to bother you less. After Ah Ye finished speaking, he put some steamed buns and eggs in front of Gu Peiqing, "I don't know what adults like to eat, so I took something simple." ”

"How to call it today has changed, I used to call myself a villain, but today it's me, me, me." After Gu Peiqing finished washing, he motioned for him to come over and comb his hair.

"Adults are approachable."

Suddenly, the door was opened, and the red silk girl walked straight in, Ah Ye hurriedly blocked Gu Peiqing, and said, "The red silk girl, my family is still washing, and it is inconvenient to see people now." ”

"It's okay, he's not a yellow-haired girl, he looked like that last night when he was disheveled, and no one disliked him. At least I've got my hair combed now, right? Hongsi stood in front of Gu Peiqing, her eyes were full of unhappiness, although she didn't want to admit it, he looked quite handsome and young.

Even though the candle was dim last night, she remembered the look of disgust on his face when he talked about her appearance, and she rolled her eyes at him without hesitation.

"What's the matter? It wouldn't be that Miss Red Silk thought that I couldn't sleep last night, so she had to have breakfast with me when she woke up early in the morning. Miss Red Silk told me that if you still want to sit firmly in the position of Oiran, a light veil mask is still essential. ”

"Gu Peiqing, your mouth is really not enough for me to tear, if I refuse you, you will repay you like this?" The Red Silk Girl snorted coldly, and a small bird outside flapped its wings and flew, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the morning light danced vividly on her face. Gu Peiqing looked at the light and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know what to say.

"Let's get down to business." He cleared his throat and withdrew his gaze.

Hongsi sat down at the table and said, "I also guessed a seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, eight or eight, I thought about it last night, this bet is very interesting, I think it can." Don't you still need to find out, and so do I? In this way, we will write down the name of the murderer now and then investigate, but we can't change it, and wait for the truth to come out and see which of us is right and who is wrong. ”

Gu Peiqing smiled confidently and said, "Red Silk Girl, please write." ”

The two put the note in the box, and the box was kept by Ah Ye. "I trust Ah Ye, he won't let you change your answer casually." Hongsi looked at Ah Ye, her eyes full of trust. Ah Ye was also infected by this gaze, and nodded emphatically.

"Miss Scarlet, I have a little question for you. You entered Yun Niang's small room last night, what was it like inside? ”

"It was very clean, and there was most of the lotus seed porridge on the table, the mashed impatiens, as well as rags and brushes. However, I guessed most of them when I saw the impatiens juice, and I didn't look at the other objects carefully. ”

Gu Peiqing first went to the room where Yun Niang's husband He Qing was resting, he was still sitting on the bed, his face was miserable, and his eyes were dull, like a walking corpse.

"Uncle He, please mourn, Lord Gu came to ask you some questions about Mrs. Zun, and your detailed answers are conducive to your understanding of solving the case and catching the murderer as soon as possible." Ah Ye poured a glass of water for He Qing and Gu Peiqing.

He Qing's eyes widened when he heard this, and a trace of soul returned to his body: "My lord means that Yun Niang was killed by someone?" ”

"Almost, I'd like to ask you about your whereabouts yesterday."

"Yesterday Lao Li and I went to transport forage, and the forage at our post station has always been the best alfalfa, and we have to buy it from a feed village twenty miles away, and we usually buy it every five days. Usually I leave at dawn and can come back when it's time for dinner. Yesterday, the post chief told me that there would be officials from the city who had arrived, and asked me to prepare more alfalfa, so I came back a little late. At the door of the post station, I heard Xiao Ran crying, I asked her what was wrong, she said that Yun Niang hanged herself in the upper wing, I was thundered for a while, I couldn't believe it, entrusted the feed to Lao Li, and ran towards the wing. I didn't expect to see Yun Niang, I didn't expect it, she just left. He Qing covered his face with his hands, and the tears began to fall again. There were purple-red marks on his sleeves, Gu Peiqing approached him, leaned down and patted him on the shoulder and whispered comfortingly: "Please mourn, Yun Niang doesn't want to see you so sad." His eyes kept on his sleeve.

Gu Peiqing came out of the room and instructed Ah Ye: "Who is Xiao Ran, tell her to come to the hall." Gu Peiqing arrived in the hall on the first floor and saw Hongsi walking towards the backyard with a solemn expression.

"My lord, your name is slave?" A petite woman asked softly, and Ah Ye followed behind and pointed at her.

"What are you responsible for in the inn?"

"If you go back to your lordship, the slave is responsible for helping the kitchen prepare the ingredients."

"When was the last time you saw Yun Niang yesterday?"

"The slave maid got the news a few days ago that there will be a big man coming to our station today, so we have been busy preparing the ingredients. Yun Niang saw that we were working so hard, and she also came over to help. Yesterday at noon, I prepared all the dishes and put them in the pot to keep warm, waiting for the adults to come. Yun Niang said that she was very tired in the past few days, and wanted to go back to her room to rest, so she went to the backyard without eating lunch. She told me to prepare a bowl of lotus seed porridge and that she would come to the back kitchen later to get it. Later, Brother Achai asked me to fly a kite outside the post station, I followed him, played until the sunset was about to set, and then returned to the post station, at that time the lotus seed porridge was gone, I thought Yun Niang might have woken up at some time to take it. ”

"What did you do when you went back to the station?"

"At that time, the adults hadn't come yet, and a few cooks were still checking the dishes one by one to see if they were still hot, and I had nothing to do on the side, but I stayed in the kitchen. Later, when I heard that the adults were coming, I hurried to serve the food, and then went back to the kitchen to wait for them to remove the dishes, and I was ready to wash and rest. Then I was going to go back to the backyard after washing the dishes, and suddenly a few cooks came down to the hall, saying that Yun Niang hanged herself, I wanted to go up to take a look, but a cook stopped me and told me to go to the door and wait for Uncle He to come back and tell him about it. ”

"Yun Niang has always been very good to people?"

"Of course, she'll make her own rouge, lipstick, and sachets for us."

Gu Peiqing nodded and asked, "Do you have a good relationship with Ah Chai?" ”

She blushed suddenly, and said: "Although Brother Achai has only been here for two months, he can talk to me very well, don't look at him thin and small, but he is very powerful, and he is usually diligent and willing to work." Her eyes lit up, and Gu Peiqing and Ah Ye both smiled slightly, which was the girl's careful thoughts written on her face.

At this time, Hongsi came back from the backyard, Gu Peiqing had just finished chatting with Xiao Ran, he waved his hand at Hongsi and called her to come to his side.

"Miss Redsilk, it's almost time for lunch, how are you investigating?"

With a wave of her little hand, she patted her chest and said, "I'm making rapid progress, just talk to the post chief and the servant."

"That's a coincidence, so am I."

The post chief was taken to Gu Peiqing's room by Ah Ye, and both Hongsi and Gu Peiqing looked very murderous, which startled the post chief.

"Post chief, may I ask if Yun Niang is only responsible for the sprinkling and cleaning of the upper wing room?"

"That's right, but sometimes she sees that everyone is too busy to help."

"The furniture, doors and windows are the same in every upper room?"

"Yes."

"Where were you and the adults waiting for Grandpa Feilan yesterday?"

"Watching the sun sink down, thinking that you are almost there, we all went to the front yard at the door and waited."

"There was no one in the hall then?"

"I don't know. The cooks were preparing dinner, Lao Li and He Qing were carrying fodder outside, and I instructed Ah Chai to chop firewood in the backyard. As for Yun Niang, I didn't make arrangements for her. ”

"When did the guards at the staircase of the upper wing start to be on duty?"

"Those guards were arranged by the county magistrate, and they passed by when the adults were listening to the red silk girl playing the piano."

"I'm done, what do you want to ask?" Gu Peiqing looked at Hongsi.

"May I ask the post chief, does Yun Niang live in a small house in the backyard or does she have another residence?"

"She bought a field and a house in the countryside, and would go back to live four or five days a month, and He Qing would also go with her, and the two would borrow a fast horse from the post station."

"It's coming." Ah Ye shouted at the door.

Zhou Yanzuo carried a box and saluted Gu Peiqing, he looked like he was in his forties, he was very strong, a bit like a butcher.

"Come in, please." Gu Peiqing stood up and poured tea for the servant. The post chief saw that someone was coming, and said, "Master Gu, you still have a distinguished guest, I'll go and busy with me first, if you have something to do, call me again." Then he retreated.

"Master Gu, let me tell you about the female corpse, the cause of death was hanging, but from the remaining food in her stomach, it was found that there was ecstasy."

"What did she eat?"

"Lotus seed porridge, we also went to the small courtyard where she lived last night, and found some lotus seed porridge left in the rag on her table, which contained ecstasy."

"What about the time of death?"

"Yesterday."

"That's when the guards start on duty."

Hongsi nodded, agreeing with Gu Peiqing's opinion.

"I've got it all right." Gu Peiqing seemed confident.

Hongsi's face was not very good at this time, Gu Peiqing teased her: "But Miss Hongsi is worried about writing the wrong answer at this time?" Don't worry, I'm a gentleman, and I promise not to ask too much. ”