Late at night, the Gu family's living room was as gloomy as the mourning hall next door.

Gu Bingkun, who was woken up in his sleep, was like a skeleton, staring at his two eyes, curled up in the sofa, and didn't say a word.

In just a few days, he lost two sons in a row, and even Gu Bingkun was a hero, it was difficult to bear such a blow.

His only remaining second son, Gu Mangzhong, was a little at a loss, sometimes sitting down, sometimes standing up, with a look of disbelief.

In comparison, Li Ailian, who is closest to Gu Qingming's wife, seems quite calm.

From the last questioning, Han Yu learned that the relationship between this wealthy young grandmother and her husband was not as good as glue, and now it seems that she is even too lazy to do superficial work.

When the brother-in-law died, she cried a lot.

Han Yu complained silently in his heart, although this idea was full of malice, but the widow's attitude was indeed caring.

The shadow of death hung over the old mansion, and within twenty-four hours, the death of two young heirs seemed to drain the blood of the family, and even the luxurious chandeliers in the room became dimmed.

"Zhou Gongzi...... Do you have...... Found the murderer? ”

Gu Bingkun gasped and asked Zhou Erya, his eyes were full of begging, as if Zhou Erya was his lifesaver.

Zhou Erya hesitated, shook her head, and sighed lightly: "Gu Dashao's death has no clue yet. ”

For the sake of the Gu family's huge property, except for Old Man Gu himself, everyone in this mansion has a motive to kill him.

— even his wife, Li Ailian.

"I hope to be able to have Han Yu interrogate everyone and determine what they have been doing in the past hour."

When Gu Qingming was found, the body was still soft, and the murderer didn't have time to set up the scene, and he should have been dead for no more than an hour.

- It should be about the time when Han Yu found light outside the window.

"Okay."

Gu Bingkun nodded in agreement, a ruthless look appeared on his face, and he finally had a bit of a heroic demeanor.

In any case, he also wants to find the murderer and break the body into thousands of pieces.

There was nothing to doubt about himself, and for physical reasons, the old man would go back to his room at nine o'clock every night, and if it weren't for special circumstances, he would have slept until six o'clock in the morning.

What's more, he is old, in poor health, and the tiger poison does not eat children, so he has no motive and opportunity to kill his own children.

"I was with the master outside the suite, every night. Aunt Ann can testify to me. Sun Tangliang was frank and took the initiative to report.

Aunt An is the maid who serves Gu Bingkun, and she will bring a cup of hot milk to Gu Bingkun's room at 8:50, and the old man Gu will go to bed after drinking the milk.

At that time, Sun Tangliang was reading in the study outside the suite.

"But for the next few hours, you were left alone in the suite, and no one could prove whether you left the room between eleven and twelve."

Han Yu refused to let go of any suspicion and asked Sun Tangliang.

Sun Tangliang sighed helplessly: "This is indeed nothing, but the master sleeps very lightly, if I leave, he should be aware of it." ”

Gu Bingkun hesitated slightly, but finally nodded.

When people are old, their sleep is not very stable, and they are easy to wake up at a little breeze, and if they have any needs, they have to call someone.

It is precisely for this reason that he let Sun Tangliang sleep in the suite, which is also Sun Tangliang's filial piety.

Although he couldn't be 100% sure, Gu Bingkun felt that if Sun Tangliang had left, he should have noticed it.

Han Yu nodded, let Sun Tangliang go for the time being, and turned to interrogate Gu Mangzhong.

Judging from the current situation, the grain mango is the biggest beneficiary.

The elder brother and younger brother died, and he became the sole heir of the Gu family. As for the principle that the greater the benefit, the greater the suspicion, of course, the first one will suspect him.

"Between eleven and twelve o'clock, what are you doing?" Han Yu asked while holding a notebook to record.

Gu Mangzhong's face was ugly, and he asked angrily: "Do you doubt that I will kill my eldest brother?" ”

Zhou Erya saw that he was excited, and reminded softly: "It's just a routine question, don't be too excited, everyone in this house, we have to ask." ”

Ruling out the possibility of foreign invasion and killing, in fact, there are only a few people in the Gujia Mansion, and they can be screened one by one by the elimination method.

Gu Mangzhong was very jealous of Zhou Erya, suppressed the fire, and replied to Han Yu angrily: "Recently, the accounts of the yarn factory are a little messy, I have been sorting out the accounts in the study at night, and Steward Qi is helping me." ”

In the past two days, the Japanese yarn mills have become increasingly rampant, and the business of the Qinglong yarn mill has also been squeezed.

Gu Bingkun's health is not good, and the Gu family now attaches more importance to the speculative business in the securities market.

There is already a deficit in the accounts, and Gu Mangzhong is in a hurry.

Steward Qi is a middle-aged man in his forties, shrewd and capable, and well-behaved. He proved that since dinner, he had been with Gu Mangzhong to check the accounts, and the two did not leave the study until something happened.

This is also an alibi.

Han Yu turned to Li Ailian, and before he could ask, Li Ailian said coldly: "I don't have anyone to testify, I'm alone, of course I sleep in the room, where will I care about other people's affairs?" ”

The couple had been sleeping in separate rooms since the first year of their marriage, and Li Ailian had no idea why Gu Qingming appeared in the garden in the middle of the night.

Han Yu frowned and continued to ask, "Has he had any unusual words and deeds recently?" ”

Li Ailian shook her head, there was no sad look on her face, only a hint of mockery: "I have no more contact with him than anyone in this house." He thinks too much, I guess even if it's his own father and brother, I don't know what he wants to do. ”

Gu Qingming and Li Ailian are tired of each other, and they will quarrel if they say a few more words, and when it comes to intimacy, this couple is really not as good as other people in the house.

However, as Li Ailian said, Gu Qingming has been overthinking since he was a child, and his father and brother did not know him very well, and when asked why he appeared in the garden, no one could provide an answer.

The one-eyed dragon gardener's surname is Zhai, a native of Shandong, who was originally a bandit, but now he is actually also the bodyguard of the old man Gu, and he doesn't care about Gu Qingming's death.

"I didn't want to sleep in the garden, so I slept in Lao Qi's room, and I drank two cups of sorghum at dinner, and I slept until I was woken up by you. I don't know what's going on in the garden. ”

The gardener did not send a messenger after dark, and he did not violate the rules of the Gu family when he drank.

Han Yu smelled the strong smell of wine on his body, and believed most of his words.

In the end, Han Yu asked the cook, she was a widow in her early forties, and she didn't know if she was frightened or born like this, and her skin was as white as a dead person.

Her body is thin, her expression is in a trance, and her eyes always drift into the distance unconsciously.

"I ...... Stewing bird's nest in the kitchen and not knowing anything. ”

The bird's nest has to work hard to stew if no one is watching, but if she slips out for a few minutes in the middle, it probably won't make a difference.

The kitchen has a door that opens onto the garden, which was originally meant to make it easier to wash and care for the ingredients – but it also provides a shortcut to the scene of the murder.

"Just now, did Ah Yu and I see you in the garden?"

Zhou Erya, who had been silently observing everyone's expressions, suddenly asked.