Xu Chu didn't know much about horses, and now he saw that the big guy had been baring his teeth at him, and he immediately stopped approaching, just waiting for Xiao Qinglang to speak.

Xiao Qinglang nodded and said with a slight smile: "The so-called old horse knows the way, it should be so. ”

"Childe's family also raises horses?"

"Well, I love horses, and I am glad to feed them with my own hands whenever I have a good foal."

When Liu Er heard him say this, he laughed along. Sure enough, it is very important to find a common language in the clichés of relationships. Just like now, even if he can't speak directly because of Xiao Qinglang's noble temperament, Liu Er's attitude is still much more attentive in addition to respect. At the very least, there is no impatience at the beginning.

"Recently, something strange happened, and the lady in front of me had an accident, which scared Shengzi out of his guts. Later, my stable was haunted, probably because of the death of my wife. ”

"You mean you saw your wife in the stables afterwards?" Xu Chu's face changed slightly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

Liu Er was stunned, and suddenly remembered the previous housekeeper's explanation, and couldn't help but feel annoyed, for fear that he would get into trouble because of this. But when he saw the sharp and wise eyes of Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu, he still hesitated and replied: "I didn't see it, but on the night of Madame's accident, Xiao Lao'er saw a sneaky figure in the stable, and then he couldn't see it for a while." ”

"A flash?" Xu Chu frowned, his eyes swept back and forth in this stable, but he saw that there were only two car frames parked in the corner of the wall, there was no other exit, and there was no place to hide.

"It's just a flash, I remember it clearly. At that time, it was the night of the accident, and it was dark and not very clear, so I didn't react at that time, so I thought it was some kind of petty theft. For fear that someone would enter the house and do something bad, I also came here with a lantern to look for it. Liu Ersheng was afraid that someone would get into trouble by not being clear, so he hurriedly said, "There was some commotion at that time, and even the master was alarmed." Later, the old man searched for it with the little servant around him, and instructed the housekeeper to send someone to look for it before and after the stable and the carriage frame, but unfortunately he didn't find anything. I really thought I was dazzled at the time......"

"It wasn't until later in the stables that I was feeding the horses that a pearl fell out of the hay. I've seen that the bead was sewn on the shoes of the lady when she went out, and it was very conspicuous, and we people may not be able to touch it once in our lifetime. ”

"It scared me a lot at the time, and it was because of this that I firmly believed that the ghost of the lady had come back that night." He didn't want to hide the bead in private, but when the official came to ask him, his attitude was very bad, and the master and the housekeeper seemed to be very stiff with the government, so he was worried that he would also be implicated.

After all, the yamen has never solved the case, and if he takes out the beads himself, who knows if he will be pulled to be a scapegoat. This kind of thing is not unprecedented.

"Before, I also wanted to tell the master that I wanted the master to be too much for the wife. But when I went to see the lord that day, I happened to hear the lord angrily tell the butler that the adults can't wait, and they will all suffer if they drag on like this, so it is better to find a scapegoat to carry the crime down first. He looked ashamed, glanced at Xu Chu with palpitations, and saw that she did not show a look of contempt and suspicion, before continuing, "In this case, how dare I speak." Seeing that I am also a person who has half of my body in the ground, I don't want to be rich and rich on weekdays, I just want to be safe......"

Obviously, Xu Chu understood Liu Er's mind very well. She comforted a few more words, and told Liu Er that they would not talk about this matter. After this assurance, the two of them walked to the shed where the forage was stored in the southwest corner of the wall in Liu Erqian's thanks.

"That's where I picked up the pearl that day." Liu Er was very attentive and led people to the side of the shed, only to see that in addition to the forage that was more than half a person high, there was also a black water tank, which was very difficult to see at first glance if it was placed at night. "Then I looked for it again, and there was nothing in the daytime, except the pearl in my hand. But the day before I got up early to pile up the hay and clean the stables, I didn't have the pearls......"

At that time, he was so shocked that his back broke out in a cold sweat, and he even muttered every day that his wife was wronged and had a debt, so don't come to scare him. In the next few days, nothing strange happened. But the thought of the pearl hidden in his pillow made him restless.

"Alas, speaking of which, the lord is also miserable. He and his wife were husband and wife when they were young, and they had a deep relationship with his wife. I heard that my wife was still an orphan, and I finally got the love of my lord, so this kind of thing happened......"

As he spoke, his voice suddenly stopped, and then he smiled and said, "Look at my mouth, it's far away when you talk about it." ”

Xu Chu said with a smile: "What you said, it's already rare that you are willing to tell us the truth." If we put it on someone else, if we want to ignore the pearl and keep silent about it, we have no way of knowing, right? ”

A few more people said a few more words, and it wasn't until Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu walked to the frame to check in detail that Liu Er didn't bother anymore.

The frame of the carriage was slightly higher, but it was not too big, and Xu Chu looked at it for a long time, but he didn't find a place to hide people. And there are no hidden grids on the left and right sides of the car walls or even on the roof. Looking at it, only the wooden plank under the foot of the carriage is warped, and it seems that it is still missing.

"This frame is broken?"

"Oh, you mean the piece under your feet, on the day of Madame's accident, the people opened the curtain and saw the corpse and couldn't be frightened. Later, when the old man hurried back to help his wife's body, when a few people went up to help, they accidentally trampled on it. Liu Er glanced at the inside of the carriage and saw the obvious big hole inside before he opened his mouth to explain.

When Xu Chu heard this, his brows not only did not loosen, but wrinkled more and more tightly. Xiao Qinglang looked at the damage without saying a word, but saw that there was only an empty frame at the bottom of the compartment. And this frame is obviously slightly taller than the average frame.

He stretched out his hand and groped for a moment where the bottom of the compartment was broken, then squinted and said, "It's the wood of the elm tree, that is, red teak." ”

This wood is produced in the far north, the wood is hard, in addition to the rich and noble families to make the carriage frame, the most common in the market is to make the eyebrows of the short stick. Because of its wooden characteristics, the sticks made are extremely powerful and difficult to break, and are often used by martial arts practitioners.

It is really far-fetched to say that such a hard wooden board will be broken if only a few people step on it.

When Xu Chu heard him say this, he became more and more sure that the Liu family was hiding a secret. She took a step forward and squatted down almost against Xiao Qinglang's arm to take a closer look.

"Strange ......," she muttered to herself, a little puzzled, "how so?" ”

However, because there were still outsiders standing behind her, she only glanced at Xiao Qinglang silently, and did not express her doubts directly.

The two of them looked at the carriage side by side, and the wheels were no different from the axles. After only a few breaths, Xiao Qinglang suddenly hooked his lips and smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "Xiao Chu, I will probably find the evidence before you today." ”

Xu Chu followed his gaze and saw a wisp of blue-green cloth hanging on the wooden board near the broken axle. It doesn't look expensive, and even the material is similar to the material used in Liu Er's heavy cotton clothes and pants, and it's even a little rough.

"......" Xu Chu smiled dumbly, and deliberately complimented, "Childe's eyes are really good." ”

After putting away the silk thread, Liu Ercai, who was looking at it from the side, shook his head and said, "It looks like a cotton coat worn by the people in the house, but the turquoise color should be worn by the maids in the house." I guess it was Zhu'er, who went out with his wife that day, who hung up her clothes. ”

Whether or not it is useful for solving crimes, it also proves that something must have happened when they were in the carriage and they didn't know about it. Otherwise, how could Zhu'er's clothes appear in the broken part of the carriage that was damaged after entering Liu's house!

You know, according to the coachman and the dossier, before the carriage broke down, Zhu'er had disappeared.

Beneath their feet were the uneven axles of the wheels, and by the daylight shining through the open clothes, they could clearly see the axles and the ropes on the wheels that held the carriages in place. Xiao Qinglang flicked it with his fingers a few times and said in a low voice, "It doesn't look abnormal, the traces have not shifted, it's just that the carriage is a little old, and the piso is a little loose." ”

At this time, there seemed to be a faint bloody smell in the carriage, but it was not serious, if it wasn't for Xiao Qinglang's careful identification, it would almost be like nothing. It's just strange that only the corpse and the head don't smell of blood on the car, but there is still some weird sour smell.

After a while, as if he had suddenly thought of something, Xu Chu suddenly looked up at Liu Er and asked, "Uncle Liu, do you know where the wooden plank that fell from this carriage went?" ”

"Oh, the old man ordered me to send it to the kitchen for firewood. If you come one day later, I am afraid that this carriage will be cut down and burned. Liu Er said a little confused, "This carriage is broken like this, even if it is repaired, I am afraid that it will not be repaired." ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he suddenly got up, looked at Xiao Qinglang and said, "I'm going to the kitchen." ”

Xiao Qinglang was clear, obviously the two of them wanted to go together. Probably because of his own experience in autopsy, Xu Chu guessed something wrong even if he didn't smell the smell of nasal congestion. And Xiao Qinglang, because of the sour smell that seemed to be absent, suddenly thought of a place with her.

At the moment, there is no one else except Liu Er, so the two of them went to the kitchen to look for it under the guidance of Liu Er.

At this time, the kitchen was quite idle, and the cook was instructing a few miscellaneous mothers-in-law to pick up the fish that had just been caught today. There are also two handyman-like servants, who are boiling water and cleaning.