Chapter 12: Cannibalism and Incompatibility
The ghost made the god worse, Xu Youran chose to close the door with his backhand, leaned on the door panel and opened his eyes wide. She faced Mulan, who had been dead for a long time, and her hands and feet instantly became cold, as if the woman lying on the ground was herself. She took a deep breath and looked around, only to see that the tables, chairs and benches were undamaged, not like there were signs of a fight, except for the wooden windows facing the alley, which were wide open and the wind through the hall was blowing in.
Why?
She breathed several times before she regained her senses. This person intends to frame the blame, but his purpose is not to be innocent and insignificant to himself who has no grievances with Mulan - the object of his framing is Yang Yizhi, a friend of the North Rudder Lord Fir of Wanmu Library.
Longdong's threat last night made Xu Youran make up his mind. If she doesn't find a chance to leave, she is afraid that she will hurt the pond fish and hurt her father and Erniang. It's just that she is quite obsessed, how can she be willing, whimsically looking forward to being able to meet some unruly peers through the Mid-Autumn Festival, and will accept her as a little woman.
That being said, she also had to pack up and be ready to leave at any time. She carried the gift of Long Jin in her arms, like sitting on pins and needles, thinking about it, she went upstairs to Yang Yizhi's room, and put the silver hairpin into Yang Yizhi's most untouchable luggage - tonic and dried persimmons.
"The love is deep and righteous, the fool is empty, and the little girl is frightened and does not dare to admit her feelings. Please also ask the Long family to keep it on your behalf, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, and there will be a period in the future. Xu Youran held back for a long time before writing some hypocritical words, and then read through, and felt that his face was feverish, so he simply closed his eyes, stuffed the note into the box, and stuffed the box into the medicine bag.
Thinking of coming to Yang Yizhi and his peers to sing about wine, drinking all this thing that forgets his worries, he was drunk and drunk, and he didn't go back to the room until midnight. And whether the thief discovered his small movements, or took advantage of Yang Yizhi's drinking and did not return to check his luggage, it is unknown. As for how he took the silver hairpin, it is impossible to find out whether he knows the identity of his daughter. If he really intended to blame Yang Yizhi, there would be a way to identify this silver hairpin to him.
No, since Xiao Er led the way, let her be the first to enter the room and find the corpse, she had a perfect plan. I'm afraid that yesterday from the mouth of Hongye Li or Long Jin, I accidentally learned that Long Jin bought hairpins, and it was speculated that Yang Yizhi gave silver money and entrusted two small servants to go to the market to buy jewelry, and wanted to give it to the person he liked.
Now he only needs to scream, and then confess to the official that this is the hairpin that Yang Yizhi entrusted to buy, and half of the suspicion hangs on Yang Yizhi for no reason.
However, the fact that the person was able to talk to Hongye Li or Long Jin confirmed that he had been in and out of the Penglai Inn for the past two days; From his recent behavior of not being close to Yang Yizhi, he thinks that he will betray Uncle Yang with his own self-protection, which shows that Xu is a person from Wanmu Library; And he didn't know that Long Jin was the third young master of the Long family, which meant that he was not a storyteller in Los Angeles in the Southern Helm.
A hundred thoughts turned a thousand times, but between breaths, Xu Youran did not hesitate and slowly approached Mulan. The scar on the expressionless Mulan's face looks even more terrifying, how she was injured so much, how she fought to the position of the helmsman of the North Helm, and how she ended up dying in a foreign land, I am afraid that these bitter pasts are only known to God.
Regardless of whether Yang Yizhi is implicated or not, she can't take this risk. So, without hesitation, she pulled off the silver hairpin and wiped the blood and filth off the corner of Mulan's clothes. The silver hairpin has never been blackened as new, and there is no sign of poisoning. She slipped the silver hairpin into her trousers and hid it under her clothes.
Then, Xu leisurely walked to the window, the room where Mulan lived was on the second floor, about five floors on the opposite side, it was not difficult to enter the house from the roof with a zipline and hook, but there was no sign of breaking the window to enter, it was obviously a thief. She stretched her neck to look down, only to see an ox cart parked in the alley, covered with straw, which was a suitable place to stay, so she climbed on the windowsill and jumped down, just on top of the straw, the old ox was frightened and ran forward a few steps, was restrained by the reins, took a few steps back, and almost stepped on Xu Youran who rolled to the ground.
Xu Youran clapped his hands, and in addition to the soil, there was also soot on them. She touched under the straw, and unsurprisingly touched a black hand. said that it was so familiar, this ox cart turned out to be the mount of the charcoal lady last night. She looked left and right, but she didn't see the eldest lady.
But none of this has anything to do with her. She deliberately faked sounds and traces, just to make a second set of crime scenes, and only hoped that the officers and soldiers could follow this wrong clue and get as far away from Yang Yizhi as possible. Seeing that there was no one around, and before anyone could react, she ran away, went around the alley, found an ancient well with the silver hairpin, and finally ran to the farther market to buy a set of women's clothes, and hid it on the thatched toilet and straw hut not far from the inn.
Everything was ready, in the alley, there was silence all around, and she couldn't help but weaken her legs and feet, squatted on the ground, and cried silently. She closed her eyes, the dead Mulan in front of her kept smiling in front of her eyes, the afterimage lingering, anxiety and fear intertwined, making her face hot. There was a commotion in the direction of the inn, and she slipped in from the backyard, sat in the gazebo, and picked up her teacup.
"It's a big deal!" Noisy in the rooms.
"Are you alright?" Long Jin circled around the courtyard for a while, and then saw Xu Youran in the pavilion, so he immediately rushed to her side, and saw that she was unharmed, so he relieved himself, "What suspicious characters do you see?" ”
"Panicked, what kind of system, what's the matter...... Xu Youran yawned and put down the teacup softly, "Said slowly." ”
"Mulan helmsman...... Passed away......" Long Jin said so, touching her hand, it was actually hot, he was stunned for a moment, and put the back of his hand on her forehead, which was hotter than his hand, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"If you don't sleep well, you can't adapt to the water and soil. What did you just say, didn't I hear it wrong, what's wrong with the helmsman of Mulan? She couldn't help but shudder, but Long Jin didn't notice.
"Passed away. The fir helmsman told us all to go to the lobby to be dispatched. Long Jin pulled Xu Youran to the lobby, and there were more than ten people sitting in the lobby, whispering in small pieces, and no one dared to make a loud noise.
"Who did you say ended up in the Helmsman Mulan's room?" The voice of Qingtong, the deputy helmsman of the south rudder, was not loud, but it was loud, and even the two of Long Xu at the curtain could hear it clearly.
Xiao Er was frightened, pointed to Xu Youran, who had just entered the door, and said, "Back to the uncle's words, the villain vaguely remembers that it was the little guy who served Yang Gongzi." Previously, Miss Mu asked me for a bowl of ginger syrup because she was unwell, and before I finished boiling the water, I saw Xu Gongzi sneakily entering the guest room from the backyard. I thought maybe the two of them had something to say, so I didn't dare to bother, so I put down the sugar water and went to do other things. ”
It seems that this little two people receive benefits, and the embarrassment is already a stone hammer, but it's a pity that no one will believe it if she identifies it now.
"Come up and speak." Qingtong frowned and asked Xu Youran to come over. Xu Youran ignored Long Jin's pull, and walked boldly to the counter, and when he passed by the dozens of people, he caught a glimpse of their suspicious and disgusted eyes, and sighed that just a day ago, he was still a fellow traveler who got along with brothers. Now it's a stranger, and it's no longer what it used to be. Only Yang Yizhi sat in the crowd, looking at her worriedly.
Spruce and Poplar came down from the third floor, and saw that Qingtong was already confronting Xu Youran, so he said, "You said earlier that this little guy and you would read books in front of him, but suddenly disappeared, but is it true?" ”
"Every word is true." Poplar Road.
"How do you say that?" Qingtong asked Xu Youran.
"I admired the Qingyu scholars, so I went to see him, and I met unexpectedly, which was really outstanding, which made me ashamed of myself, and I was sick, so I sneaked back. As soon as I arrived at the inn, I went up to the third floor to rest, and I didn't enter the room of the Mulan helmsman. If I want to stab, I should quickly return to the study of Sanwang and form an alibi, so that it can not leak. Or it is better to flee after committing the murder than to be asked by you now—why should I show myself and stay in the inn and be caught? ”
Spruce looked at Xu Youran, he was indeed pale and sick, and he really didn't have the strength to hurt people.
"Then why are you from the backyard?" Qingtong asked, took her hand and opened the palm, these hands were dark and rough, and at first glance they were the fine scars left by doing farm work every day, not a person who practiced martial arts.
"The heat in the house made people dizzy and nauseous, so I went down to the courtyard to blow a cool breeze and soothe my mind. What's the matter, how long will the co-rudder hold my hand? Xu Youran raised his head and replied without humility or arrogance.
"You calm down first, don't be impulsive. The helmsman of Mulan was injured by a hidden weapon, and he could not be killed with one blow unless he was skilled in martial arts. Xu Loach has no power to restrain the chicken, and may not be able to compete with the North Rudder Lord. Spruce persuaded Qingtong to say, and Qingtong let go.
Yang Yizhi stood up, limped over, and said leisurely, "Don't look for someone to be angry, I'm in the business of storytelling, not the messenger of the six doors, and the detective still needs to be interrogated by someone to collect evidence-when will the people from the Terracotta Division come over?" The latter sentence is to ask Momiji Li.
Red Leaf Li was guarding the door and looked into the distance: "It should be almost there." ”
The corners of Qingtong's mouth rose, and his right hand suddenly made a move, hitting Yang Yizhi's face, Yang Yizhi's figure flickered, and he dodged the surprise attack, but Qingtong's back move had arrived, and he was instantly grabbed by Yang Yizhi's wrist, and the two were deadlocked, but Qingtong spoke out first, and said: "I think Brother Yang is very good at martial arts, but I don't know if this lame leg will be a way to cover people's ears and eyes." ”
"The deputy helmsman laughed, Yang has been disabled since he was a child, and he has learned some methods to move his muscles and bones to prolong his life, and he can save his life at a critical moment, and he can't talk about any martial arts." Yang Yizhi replied in twos and twos.
"Where are you today?" Qingtong asked.
"I drank heavily last night, and I didn't drink anymore - I went back to the house to sleep, what should I do?"
"Who testifies that you have not been out of the guest room?" Qingtong continued to ask.
"There is Zhou Gong to testify, what, you want to talk to him?" Yang Yizhi laughed angrily at his suspicion, he had always been good friends with Mulan, why did he want to kill her.
The two were confused, and at this moment, the catcher of the Soldiers and Horses Division and a brocade guard wearing a brown hat were welcomed into the door by Momiji Li.
Bai Yingchun followed the two officials into the door step by step, and explained to Jinyiwei: "Our Wanmu Shuge was originally a storyteller who had no quarrel with the world, but how did we know that all the way to the north, we first encountered a bandit and almost lost our lives in the countryside, and then we encountered the assassin Nanrudder who lost my life in Huangquan. I think that someone wants to do it to our Excellency, with the intention of getting rid of dissidents and clearing obstacles. Please also ask Lord Ruan and Lord Liu to be aware of everything and give us justice. ”