"Oh no, Tiger Head!"

Just after the two of them went upstairs, less than a pillar of incense, Mao Guangjian's exclamation came from the staircase.

Nie Xiaohu's body shook violently when he heard this, he almost jumped up, took three steps and two steps and rushed up the stairs, Cao Xiaohui and the others also followed, leaving only the Yu family stunned in front of the table with wide eyes.

When he went up to the second floor, Nie Xiaohu saw Mao Guangjian standing anxiously at the staircase, and Yu Jianji was standing at the door of the second room from the staircase, and he also had a frightened expression.

The door was open, Nie Xiaohu stood at the door and looked in, only to see a young man dressed as a scholar lying on his back on the bed, the corners of his mouth were full of blood, his eyes were wide open, and he was already dead of anger.

Nie Xiaohu entered the room and carefully examined the body, the deceased was Mao Kaifeng, who looked like he had died of poisoning, and the corpse had a white cloth wrapped around the thumb of his right hand, which should have suffered some skin trauma, but other than that, there were no external injuries elsewhere around the body.

The furnishings in the room are not messy at all, there is a teacup on the table, there is still a little tea left in the cup, the four treasures of the study are neatly placed, and in the pen holder Nie Xiaohu found a knife for cutting paper, the blade is very thin, very sharp, and there is a thin layer of blood on the knife.

"Little Maozi", after leaving the door, Nie Xiaohu said to Mao Guangjian.

"Tiger Head!" At this time, Mao Guangjian gritted his teeth with hatred.

"You are at the door, no one is allowed to enter without my order!"

"Understood!" , Mao Guangjian agreed, and put one hand on the handle of the knife on his waist.

Everyone returned to the living room downstairs, Yu passed out again after hearing the news of Mao Kaifeng's death, Nie Xiaohu sighed lightly, and asked the maid who was in charge of cooking in the kitchen to help him back to the bedroom.

"Brother Hu, no matter how I look at the room, it doesn't look like someone has ever entered it, the furnishings in the room, the floor, and even the bedding on the bed are very neat, and there is no trace of a fight," Cao Xiaohui said with a frown.

"Hmm!" , Cao Xiaohui nodded.

"In this case, could it be that Mao Kaifeng committed suicide by taking poison?"

"Why? Why did he kill himself? ", Nie Xiaohu asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

Cao Xiaohui bit her lip and thought about it, and whispered as if she was muttering: "Could it be that he killed his father and then committed suicide in fear of sin?" ”

"It's really possible to make trouble!" Yu Jianji suddenly interjected on the side.

"Oh?" , Nie Xiaohu raised his eyebrows, looked at Yu Jianji, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"Why do you say that?"

"My cousin and my brother-in-law, although they are father and son, the relationship between the two is actually not very good."

"Tell me about it!" , Nie Xiaohu suddenly came to his senses and asked with interest.

"It's not all because of my cousin's mother!"

When Yu Jianji heard Nie Xiaohu's question, he immediately opened the conversation: "I heard my cousin say that his mother died of illness, and when her mother was sick, my brother-in-law once came to see a doctor, and the doctor prescribed a prescription at that time, one of which was a Lingzhi that was more than fifty years old, and my brother-in-law was too expensive to spend money, so he said that it was a quack doctor and drove him away."

Later, another doctor came and prescribed a prescription, and the medicine in the prescription was all ordinary medicinal materials, and my brother-in-law took the medicine according to the prescription for my cousin's mother, but the result was not better, so after a few months, my cousin's mother died of illness.

After his cousin beat him, he hated his father in his heart, believing that his mother's death was caused by her father, and he mentioned it more than once in front of me, saying that sooner or later, he would have to kill my brother-in-law.

Whenever I heard this, I only thought that my cousin was angry, and I didn't take it to heart, I didn't expect him to really ......."

"Really?" , Nie Xiaohu then asked.

"I... I'm just guessing, don't take it seriously", Yu Jianji lowered his head and muttered quietly.

Nie Xiaohu smiled, stopped talking, but pulled a chair and sat down comfortably.

"That's right, Xiaohui!" , Nie Xiaohu looked at Cao Xiaohui and said.

"Huh?"

"What did you talk to Madame Yu about while we were out?"

"It's nothing, it's just a short topic among parents."

"Mrs. Yu's age is so different from Old Man Mao, you didn't ask?"

"I asked, Mrs. Yu said that she married Old Man Mao in order to repay her kindness."

"Repay the favor?"

"Well, that was last spring, Mrs. Yu's father passed away due to illness, only her and her younger brother were left in the family, his father lost money in the timber business during his lifetime, and owed a lot of foreign debts, at that time, a large number of creditors came to force debts, and their sisters and brothers were helpless, bullied, and all the family property including a hundred acres of forests was sold to pay off the debts, and there was no money to bury their father, alas!"

Cao Xiaohui sighed, and then said: "Fortunately, Old Man Mao took a righteous action, paid off all the foreign debts for Mrs. Yu, and paid for the burial of her father. ”

"Oh, I see!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded and sighed slightly.

"Wait!" , Nie Xiaohu leaned back in the chair, squinted his eyes, and lifted Erlang's legs.

Then the living room fell silent, and after about half an hour, there was a sound of galloping horses' hooves outside the courtyard, and Nie Xiaohu was in good spirits and immediately stood up.

"Tiger Head!"

Shi Yuning shouted loudly and walked in, followed by the servant and ten catchers.

"Just in time!"

"Mr. Liu, the body is on the second floor, you go up to the autopsy, and the teacup on the table in the room, check whether the cup is poisonous?" , Nie Xiaohu said to him.

"Good!" , nodded in agreement, and then went upstairs.

At this moment, Nie Xiaohu caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that Yu Jianji was slowly approaching the door.

"Where are you going?" , Nie Xiaohu said coldly, staring at Yu Jianji's gaze like two sharp knives.

"I'm in a hurry, I want to go to the toilet," Yu Jianji said in a low voice.

Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Shi Yuning on the side hurriedly raised his hand.

"It just so happens that I'm also in a hurry, I've run all the way, but I'm suffocating, let's go, I'll be your companion!" After speaking, Shi Yuning walked to Yu Jianji's side.

Nie Xiaohu smiled at Shi Yuning and nodded with satisfaction.

"On... Do you want to be a companion in the last toilet? Yu Jianji muttered, not moving.

"Let's go!" , Shi Yuning pushed Yu Jianji out of the living room from behind.

Watching the two disappear at the door of the living room, Cao Xiaohui asked suspiciously: "What, Brother Hu, do you suspect it's him?" ”