Chang Tai said that Mama was drowned.

Judging from the superficial features, it seems that she accidentally drowned herself when she washed her face, but anyone who hears such a cause of death will think it is a joke.

It is impossible for a normal person to drown himself while washing his face, unless there is an accident at this time. For example, patients with some sudden illnesses suddenly faint while washing their faces, resulting in burying their faces in water and drowning due to prolonged suffocation. But this peculiar way of dying may not be encountered in a hundred years.

Steward Luo looks like he is just an ordinary person, he has neither superb martial arts nor practicing spells, and he can't figure out how he drowned Mama without knowing it or noticing, but if Mama struggles so much at that time, there will be traces of struggle on her body. Oh no, Mama has struggled. According to what his righteous son said, on the night of the crime, he saw through the window that Steward Luo dragged Mama away from the front of the gatehouse. Unless it's perfunctory, he doesn't take it seriously at all.

Thinking of this, Xing Ruyi couldn't help but glance at Chang Tai.

With their eyes intersecting, Chang Tai could probably guess what Xing Ruyi was thinking at this time.

"The case happened suddenly, and I am not the errand officer in charge of the case, so some of the circumstances are not very clear. I only know that when I came, Master Luo and the county magistrate had already arranged for someone to transport Mama's body to the mortuary of the government office. ”

"This lord is right, he really hasn't seen it." Steward Luo opened his mouth: "Miss Ruyi may not know that Mrs. Luo and the county magistrate here are related. At that time, whether it was the relevant personnel in Luo's mansion or the officials of the government, they all paid all their attention to the old lady, as for this suddenly drowned grandmother, no one cared about the cause of her death, even if they knew the strangeness of her death, they didn't want to think deeply. If not, where would I have the opportunity to steal from the pillars? ”

"If Ruyi heard it correctly, Mrs. Luo's scene was handled by the housekeeper for you. Now that you know that the scene of the crime is a bit strange, why don't you try to make it more organized and make it look more like a suicide than a homicide? ”

"Why would I do that?" Steward Luo asked rhetorically, and then explained: "I have been taken care of by Mrs. Luo since I entered the mansion, and if I were not grateful, I would not have agreed to find this poisonous woman to avenge my daughter after a hundred years." I didn't save him that night, first, because it happened suddenly, secondly, because of my improper identity, and thirdly, of course, because of my own selfishness. On the other hand, I also hope that others can discover the strangeness in this case, bring the real murderer to justice, and give justice to the old lady. Skynet is magnificent but not leaky, and everyone who owes it must be repaid, Mrs. Luo is like this, the poisonous woman is like this, Master Luo is like this, and I am even more so. ”

"So, all the strange things on the scene were deliberately left by you, butler?"

"Sort of!"

Steward Luo did not deny it.

"Then the question just now, can the housekeeper tell Ruyi?"

"Actually, there is nothing." Steward Luo breathed a long sigh of relief from his chest: "This poisonous woman has the habit of incense, I just moved some hands and feet in her incense in advance, replaced the incense with incense, and originally planned to wet the paper while she was asleep, and then cover her mouth and nose layer by layer, creating the illusion of drowning."

Who knows, this New Year's festival, the incense seller outside is not kind, and sold some fake incense to me. The poisonous woman was unconscious for only a moment before she woke up, and when she saw that it was me, she stumbled and fled. I panicked, and I didn't follow for a while, so I let her flee to the porter. It's also a shame that this poisonous woman was not kind in the past, and she didn't treat the child with any sincerity, she shouted desperately outside the door, but the door never opened, and the child didn't come out to take a look.

I took her back to the courtyard, and I didn't care to do anything else, so I pressed her hand on the back of her head and pressed her directly into the basin. This poisonous woman didn't struggle anymore, so she went.

Originally, when the official came to the door, I was still a little nervous, for fear of being seen by others. It's not that I'm afraid of death, it's that there are some things I haven't done yet. Fortunately, the attention of those officials was not on this poisonous woman at all, and I was lucky enough to escape. After that, according to my prior arrangement, when the official sent the body of the poisonous woman to the mortuary, I secretly replaced it and carried it back to the courtyard. ”

Xing Ruyi thought of the three rows of special footprints he saw before, and suddenly asked, "Steward Luo, do you have a helper?" And is that helper lying in the mortuary of the government now? ”

"Ruyi, what did you say?" Chang Tai was stunned: "You mean, there is still a corpse in the mortuary of the mansion, and this corpse once helped Steward Luo transport the corpse of Grandma?" How is this possible? ”

"Of course it is!" Xing Ruyi said, pointing to the three rows of footprints on the ground. Afraid that Chang Tai couldn't see it really, he specially found a branch and circled it: "Brother Chang, look at these three rows of footprints, what's the difference?" ”

Chang Tai is a person in the public gate, and after carefully distinguishing it, he replied: "These footprints are walking side by side, looking at the size of the soles of the feet, it should be a man and two women, the woman in the middle has a lighter foot, and the man on the left has a heavier foot, and his body is a little tilted, and even the two sides of the footprints are also different shades." As for the woman on the right, it seems to be a lame, and it is a little strange when you look at the position where you landed. ”

"May I ask the young lady, can there be a lame woman in the mansion, about 30-40 years old, with an ordinary appearance, and she doesn't talk much on weekdays, and belongs to the kind of people who are easily ignored in the Luo Mansion?"

Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't know if there was such a person in the house. Fortunately, the maid beside Yun Xi was a clever girl, and when she sent someone over to ask, she asked about it.

There is indeed such a person in Luofu, who is a kitchen helper, because she speaks little on weekdays and does unnoticeable rough work, so the masters in the mansion hardly notice her. The girl next to Yun Xi, because she often goes to the kitchen to help Yun Xi do some decoction work, and has a lively temperament, she can talk to anyone, so she remembers it.

"Then the troublesome young lady will send someone to ask, the cook at the foot of the slope is still in the house. If not, when did it disappear? It is not clear to others, but the steward in charge of kitchen affairs is always clear. ”

Xing Ruyi's words fell, and Yun Xi immediately sent someone to ask again. The news that I got back was similar to what Xing Ruyi guessed, the cook lady at the foot of the slope was really no longer in Luofu, and as for when she disappeared, the person in charge didn't pay much attention, only saying that since the accident in the mansion, she had never seen that person again.

Because of the accident in the house, the masters are not in the mood to eat one by one, and the kitchen is also idle all of a sudden.

After listening to the reply, Xing Ruyi turned to Chang Tai: "Brother Chang? ”

"I know, I'll go to the mortuary of the government office now and take a closer look."

"No need!" Steward Luo said: "Miss Ruyi is right, Master Chang doesn't have to go on this trip in person, because the cook at the foot of the slope is in the mortuary of the mansion." Since I took the initiative to meet Chang Daren, I didn't think about continuing to cover up these things. That's right, it's always the lame cook who has helped me in the house. I have not met this poisonous woman for many years, and I have relied on this lame cook to help me find out the news, otherwise how can I keep track of this poisonous woman's every move.

This cook lady had fled to Yunjiaji, and when I first met her, I had already made plans for today. Over the years, I have left her in Luofu to give her food and clothing, which can be regarded as worthy of her.

On that day, the government came, and Master Luo was worried about Mrs. Luo's case, and he naturally had no intention of caring about this grandmother who died suddenly, and even in the hearts of most people, I was afraid that this grandmother was still thinking that this grandmother was to show her loyalty, and after hearing the bad news, she followed the old lady. I took the opportunity to propose to the lord that the body of this grandmother be transported to the mortuary of the government first, and then I would investigate the cause of this grandmother's death when she was free. Master Luo naturally agreed, and I, as the housekeeper of Luo's Mansion, naturally arranged for me to escort me.

In fact, long before leaving the house, the person lying on the stretcher had been replaced by a lame cook. As for those escorts, they are all my own people who have arranged them. After arriving at the mansion, the lame cook secretly got up and walked out with the little guys. The mortuary of this Yun family is different from other places, it is not in the palace, and next door, because it is full of dead people, there is no special person to guard it on weekdays, even if it is unlucky to pass by, they also walk around the road. Therefore, these actions of the cook were not noticed. Besides, even if someone saw it, at most they thought it was to visit the family of the deceased, and they would not have any other thoughts.

Because there were many people in the house at that time, although I replaced the body of this grandmother, I did not transfer her, but temporarily found a place to hide it first. After staying late at night, he and the lame cook worked together to carry her back and put her in the room. Then under the pretext of looking for something, he tricked the lame cook back to the mortuary, and after knocking her unconscious, he covered her mouth and nose with his hands, covered her to death, and carried her back to the stretcher.

The cook was lame, and she was always bored working on weekdays, and even if she was seen, the first sight must have been on her lameness, and no one had ever paid attention to her appearance. In fact, she looks seven or eight points similar to the poisonous woman. In addition, after death, the face will change more or less, so the matter of hiding from the sky and crossing the sea could have been done. ”

"One drowned, the other covered to death, the cause of death is different, how can you hide from the world?"

"If you meet a girl like Ruyi, then it can't be specified, but this Yun family's work may not be so dedicated by the girl. Besides, once Mrs. Luo's case is revealed to the world, where will others still have the heart to investigate the cause of a slave's death. It's just a hasty conclusion and burying the matter. ”

Steward Luo's words seem to be speculation, but Xing Ruyi has lived in Luoyang City for a long time, and he also knows that some officials are indeed very perfunctory in handling cases. At that time, if Steward Luo uses some means behind his back, crosses the sea all over the sky, steals beams and changes pillars, it can indeed be done.

"One last question." Xing Ruyi looked at Steward Luo's eyes: "Mama is dead, the great revenge has been avenged, and there is a lame cook to divert the attention of the government, Steward Luo, you could have escaped safely, why did you take the risk of leaving Mama's body here, and even use ice cubes to delay and cover up the time of death?" Isn't this an extra move to create unnecessary trouble for yourself? ”

"Can I enter that room?"

Steward Luo said, and walked in without waiting for Chang Tai's reply. After that, ignoring the fishy corpse water dripping from Mama's body, he went directly under the bed and dragged out a wooden box that was still stained with mud. When I opened it, there was a white skeleton curled up inside, looking at the skeleton and size, it should be a girl.

"It's—"

"My daughter! On the same day, Luo Fu sent someone to throw her into a mass grave to bury her, and I secretly brought her back, and then buried her in this courtyard under the pretext of renovating the house. I want my daughter to see with her own eyes how I helped her get revenge.

I brought back the body of the poisonous woman and froze it with ice, originally hoping to take her out of the house with the body of my daughter after the rumors in the house had passed, first bury my daughter's body so that she could really be buried in the ground, and then cut the poisonous woman with a thousand knives in front of her grave to comfort my suffering and suffering over the years.

But just last night, I dreamed of my daughter, and I dreamed that she was kneeling in front of my bed, looking at me with teary eyes, but not saying a word. I suddenly thought that maybe she didn't want me to help her get revenge in this way, and she didn't want me to become a bad guy with bloody hands on my hands! ”

"The human heart is always easily deceived by hatred, but after all the hatred is gone, I find that I am not as happy as I imagined, but very painful." Xing Ruyi said and sighed: "The matter of the Luo family, let's end here." ”

Chang Tai patted Xing Ruyi's shoulder and said, "I will first bring Steward Luo back to the mansion, and then I will order Lord Ming County and ask him to bring Master Luo." This Luo family, I'm afraid it's really going to start over. ”

Xing Ruyi didn't speak, but felt that he had suddenly become very tired and tired. She walked up to Aunt Lu, leaned her head lightly on her body, and said, "Auntie, Ruyi is tired, let's go home!" ”

"Ruyi girl!" Yun Xi suddenly called Xing Ruyi, and after hesitating for a moment, he took out a roll of silk silk from his cuff and handed it to her: "This was found in the dark room, and it was hidden by Xi'er, I thought it was something valuable, but when I opened it, it was a portrait." This portrait should have been painted by someone many years ago, but the characters in the painting look exactly like you, the girl you wish. Yun Xi knew that the person in this portrait was definitely not a girl, but it was such a coincidence, and it was really difficult to understand. After thinking about it, let's give her to you, the girl. ”

Xing Ruyi glanced at Yun Xi with some doubts, and saw that she nodded at herself, and then insisted on giving the silk to herself, so she took it. When I opened it, I saw that the woman in the painting did look very similar to herself, but her expression at the eyebrows and eyes was slightly different.

(Education 123 Literature Network)