After seeing Li Deqiang's body, Lin Tianyang was stunned, this young man was the person who followed Xiang Jianben before, at that time Zhao Honglian felt that there was a demonic aura on this young man, but he didn't care, he didn't expect that after a few days, this Li Deqiang would die.

Li Deqiang's death was indeed a bit miserable, the skin on his body was scratched, his eyes were open, full of fear, his tongue was also pulled out, and a few cuts were cut, that is, in a word, except for his eyes, no place is good.

"Look at this" Niu Zhutou lifted Li Deqiang's pants, and a big hole was broken in his crotch, his lower body also disappeared, and the pouch of his descendants was also broken.

"What kind of hatred is this, how can you do it so miserably?" Lin Tianyang said in a low voice.

"There are a lot of wounds, but they are not cut by a sharp blade, but like a claw, this aspect is your domain, you can see what is going on." Zhou Hongtao said.

Lin Tianyang felt a strong demonic aura as soon as he came, this Li Deqiang must have died in the hands of the monster, but what kind of monster it was, Lin Tianyang was not sure, he could only guess that it was a monster like a wild cat.

"I can't tell what killed him yet, but it certainly wasn't done by a kind-hearted man." Lin Tianyang said, and then asked the descendants of the Li family, "Where does your son-in-law live?" Take me to see it. ”

"Lin Zhutou, come with me." A man who looked like an old housekeeper said, and then took Lin Tianyang and walked inside.

"Uncle, what are your son's hobbies? Or what do you like to do? Lin Tianyang asked as he walked.

"Our sons usually don't have any hobbies, they just read and write every day, and then study poetry and songs with some other sons, and they don't have any special hobbies." The old butler replied.

Lin Tianyang and the old housekeeper came to Li Deqiang's room, and Lin Tianyang carefully checked it in the room.

Lin Tianyang picked up a handkerchief at the head of Li Deqiang's bed, this handkerchief was embroidered with a plum blossom, and it carried a fragrance, so he asked, "This should be a girl's thing, right?" ”

"This is really not our son's thing, our son's usual daily life is taken care of by me and the two maids, and I have never seen such a handkerchief." The old butler replied.

Lin Tianyang nodded, and then asked, "Could it be the maid in your house?" ”

The old housekeeper shook his head and said, "This shouldn't be either, the maids in the house all use uniform handkerchiefs, and they all embroider their own names on the handkerchiefs, and this handkerchief is not from our house." ”

"Uncle, you can also bring the other two maids who are serving Li Gongzi, I want to ask them." Lin Tianyang said.

"Those two maids just called Zhou Zhutou, and I just asked someone to call them." The old butler said.

"Okay, let's go find Zhou Zhutou and them." Lin Tianyang said.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the room, Zhou Zhutou and Niu Zhutou came.

"Uncle, you go and ask the others to see if your son-in-law has any abnormal behavior before your son-in-law's accident." Lin Tianyang said.

"Okay, I'll go." The old butler answered, and went to find the others.

"What did you find?" The cow catcher asked.

Lin Tianyang handed over the handkerchief and said, "I think it has something to do with this handkerchief." ”

Zhou Hongtao looked at the pattern on the handkerchief with Niu Zhutou, and Zhou Hongtao asked, "You mean that this Li Deqiang's death is related to the peach incident?" ”

Lin Tianyang nodded and said: "I'm so skeptical, and the material on this handkerchief is very high-quality, not something that ordinary people can use, people should be asked to check the origin of this handkerchief, and this plum blossom should also represent someone." ”

"Very good, I'll let someone check it right away, just let Su Yan go, he has research in this area." Zhou Hongtao said.

"Did you find anything? Those two maids must know something, right? Lin Tianyang asked.

Niu Zhutou nodded and said: "According to the two maids, one night a month ago, Li Deqiang came back in a panic, as if he was extremely frightened, and after coming back, he didn't go out for three days, and he didn't let them tell them about it, and he also gave them hush money; But since half a month ago, Li Deqiang has been a little abnormal, he often has nightmares at night, and his behavior is getting more and more weird, but Li Deqiang doesn't let them talk about these things, and the master is busy with government affairs, so he has no time to care about Li Deqiang, and he doesn't know Li Deqiang's changes, I didn't expect that Li Deqiang was killed last night, and he died so badly. ”

"Looks like it started that night a month ago." Lin Tianyang said.

"I've had someone check it out." Zhou Hongtao said.

"We have to investigate this matter ourselves, maybe it will involve other sons and young ladies, and those brothers under our command should not dare to ask those people." Lin Tianyang said.

At this time, Lin Tianyang thought of Xiang Jianben, and thought of the few people who followed Xiang Jianben that day, maybe they could know some information, but they wouldn't give those ordinary officials a good face.

At this time, a servant came over to report to the three people, saying that Xiang Jianben and a few people were coming.

When Lin Tianyang heard Xiang Jianben's name, he smiled, he just thought of him, and he came, just right, saving himself the effort to find him.

Xiang Jianben's faces were very sad, and after seeing Lin Tianyang and the three of them, they hurriedly came over to greet the three of them.

"Three, we are not outsiders anymore, I hope you can find the murderer, bring him to justice, and avenge Brother Li." Xiang Jianben said.

"That's for sure, we must arrest the murderer, and we will definitely make Li Gongzi blind." Zhou Hongtao said.

"Rest assured to Xiang Gongzi, we will definitely catch the murderer, but we still need Xiang Gongzi and others to cooperate with our investigation." Lin Tianyang said.

"I believe in you." Xiang Jianben said, and then continued: "We have all played together since childhood, we are all good brothers, we have to die so miserably, we must avenge him, we are all here, what do you need, just look for us." ”

Lin Tianyang nodded and said, "Li Deqiang is lucky to have friends like you, Xiang Gongzi, let's talk about it." ”

"Okay." Xiang Jian should have said.

The two of them slowly walked to a nearby pavilion and sat down.

"I can't imagine that the last time we met, there were still talking and laughing, and we made an appointment to drink together, but I didn't expect that this time we actually met under such circumstances." Lin Tianyang said.

"The world is impermanent, during this time, I see that his state is not quite right, he is always distracted, I always feel that he is a little abnormal, I can't imagine that he was actually killed, and he died so miserably." Xiang Jianben said.

Lin Tianyang nodded, and then said: "I also heard from the people in their mansion, saying that Li Deqiang came back in a panic one night a month ago, and since then he has been weird, do you know what happened to him that night a month ago." ”

After Xiang Jianben heard this, he pondered, and then said: "I didn't stay with them for two days, after Li Qiang left Beijing, everyone else also left Beijing, we were seeing off Ma Tiesheng for a few days, for three days, we were all in Mafu, and when it was over, I met Qiang again, and he was a little in a trance." ”

Hearing this, Lin Tianyang knew that the cause of Li Deqiang's death was in those days, and it might really have something to do with that handkerchief.

"By the way, Brother Xiang, do you know who uses a handkerchief embroidered with a plum blossom?" Lin Tianyang asked again.

When Xiang Jianben heard this, he replied: "I know, it is Miss Xiaomei's handkerchief; Oh, Xiaomei is a member of another Qinglou in addition to Fangqinglou, proficient in poetry and songs, we often go there to talk to her, each of us has a handkerchief of hers, but my one is not on my body, in my house, if Brother Lin wants to see it, I can let people get it now. ”

"That's not needed, I just want to ask who this handkerchief is, because I saw one in Li Deqiang's bedroom." Lin Tianyang said.

"You don't suspect that Qiang's death has something to do with Xiaomei, do you?" Xiang Jianben asked.

"There is this suspicion, but I still have to verify it, have you seen this Xiaomei recently?" Lin Tianyang asked.

"No, the people who went to them the first few days said that there was something going on in her old house, she left, and she would come back after a while, and I didn't go again in the past few days." Xiang Jianben replied.

After Xiang Jianben finished speaking, he looked at Lin Tianyang, and then said, "Let's go, I'll take you to Lin Qinglou." ”

Lin Tianyang and the others explained to the others, and then they left the main bookkeeper's mansion and rushed to Lin Qinglou.

After arriving at Lin Qinglou, the two of them walked in.

"Xiang Gongzi, you haven't been here for a while, we have another pair here, just waiting for you to come right." A woman looked at Xiang Jianben and said with a smile.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll be right in a while, find me a place, find another one who can play the piano, just let Xiaofang come, I haven't heard her play the piano for a long time." Xiang Jianben said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll let her accompany you right away." The woman said with a smile.

"I won a thousand taels here last time, and that was the time you helped me." Xiang Jianben whispered.

Lin Tianyang smiled when he heard this, followed Xiang Jianben and slowly walked inside, and finally walked into a private room.

Two people walked into the private room with their front feet, and someone brought tea and snacks on their back feet, and then a young woman walked in with a piano in her arms.

(End of chapter)