"Understood!" , Shi Yuning nodded in agreement, turned around and went out.

"Could this be the footprints left by the murderer?" , Cao Xiaohui looked at the footprints on the snow in the yard and asked with a frown.

"Even if it's not, it can't be separated from the murderer," Nie Xiaohu said as he walked into the courtyard.

The white snow was neat and flawless, and the two clear footprints were particularly eye-catching, and Nie Xiaohu circled the yard along the edge of the fence, but didn't find anything special.

"How can there be a door here?" Cao Xiaohui looked at the arch in the center of the fence wall and said to herself, "Could it be that they are a family?" ”

"Why don't you go next door and have a look?"

Nie Xiaohu glanced at the arch and turned to leave, but suddenly stopped, turned around and turned back again, slowly approaching the arch.

Because it was a north wind blowing last night, the column on the north side of the arch was also covered with a layer of snow, and at the intersection of the north side column and the semicircular door top, there were half footprints, Nie Xiaohu looked at the column on the south side again, because there was no snow on the column, so there were no footprints left.

Nie Xiaohu looked at the half of the footprints on the pillar and thought for a while, and then said, "Let's go, go next door and have a look!" ”

At this time, the results of the autopsy also came out, and Nie Xiaohu walked out of the room while looking at the corpse and walked towards the next door.

The time of death was around midnight last night, and the cause of death was a blunt blow to the head, a ruptured skull, and died of excessive bleeding.

There was also a group of people watching the excitement in front of the door next door, and six catchers stood on both sides of the door, forming a passage, and Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui entered the house through the passage.

There were three people sitting in the living room, two men and one woman, one man in his forties, wearing a foreign suit; The other man was dressed as an undergarment and looked to be about twenty years old; The woman was a young girl, wearing a blue cashmere cloak with a pink cotton jacket inside, wrapping her petite body bulgingly, looking sleepy-eyed, as if she had just gotten up, the three of them were nervous, I don't know what was going on, Shi Yuning and the others were standing around.

"Who's the head of the household here?" , Nie Xiaohu looked around the simple living room, looked at the two men and a woman and asked.

"My lord, in Xia Wei Jiayang, he is the head of this family," the man in his forties stood up and clenched his fists and said.

"This is my servant Ah Fu, and this is my niece Wei Xiaowei, who is fifteen years old this year," Cui Jiayang introduced.

"I've seen my lord!" , The subordinate Ah Fu and the girl Cui Wei got up and said in unison.

Nie Xiaohu glanced at them slightly, and then asked, "Outside Wei, you... You just live here? ”

Wei Jiayang was stunned for a moment, then looked up and looked around, then reacted, and hurriedly explained: "In the next family lives in Zhengping District, opened a restaurant, called Haokeju, here is a small courtyard of my family, usually no one lives, now it is winter, the river is frozen, and the children are clamoring to come to skate, so I took them here to live for two days, and I arrived the day before yesterday." ”

"Kids? Who else but her? Nie Xiaohu frowned slightly.

"Oh, and the dog Qingyuan, he went out to drink with his friends last night, and he didn't return overnight, so he guesses he'll be back soon."

Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"This unassuming thing!" , Wei Jiayang continued, "I neither study nor do business, I am idle all day long, dancing with guns and sticks, making a group of fox friends and dog friends, and worshipping a master, but I have more or less practiced a little fur kung fu, and I can turn over more than a dozen heels in one breath." ”

"Who's living next door?" , Nie Xiaohu pointed to the left.

"Oh, next door lives Xiaowei's aunt, named Ren Qiuling, she is not easy, she was widowed at a young age, she lives here alone, and she doesn't even have a maid by her side, alas!" , Wei Jiayang shook his head and sighed lightly.

"I see, no wonder there is a door between the backyards of the two of you," Nie Xiaohu nodded and said.

"Our two families are close relatives, so we opened a door on the fence in the backyard for the convenience of communication," Wei Jiayang nodded and replied.

"Ren Qiuling was killed at home last night, do you know at this time?" , Nie Xiaohu said lightly, his eyes firmly locked on Wei Jiayang's face.

"What?" , Wei Jiayang was taken aback, his eyes widened, and his face was incredulous.

"Uncle, my aunt ...... her", Wei Xiaowei on the side leaned towards Cui Jiayang with a frightened face.

"Where were you all last night?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"We're all sleeping in the room," Wei Jiayang replied.

"Have you ever been out?"

"No", Wei Jiayang shook his head and said, "It snowed last night, it's so cold, why are you going out?" ”

"What about you?" , Nie Xiaohu looked at his subordinate Ah Fu again.

"I didn't go out either," Ah Fu whispered with his head down, looking visibly nervous.

"I... I don't know if I've been out or not", the girl Wei Xiaowei said with a pursed mouth.

"Don't know? You've been out on your own, don't you know? ", Nie Xiaohu asked with a frown.

"I... I have a problem with night travel, sometimes I fall asleep and go out on my own, and I don't know where I went, what I did," Wei Xiaowei said softly.

"Yes", Wei Jiayang nodded and said, "This child has a problem with night travel, I remember that once last year she came to my house, and suddenly appeared in the yard at night, still with her eyes closed, and happened to be seen by the people who went to the toilet, and scared him a lot." ”

"There is sleepwalking," Nie Xiaohu thought.

"What about her parents?" , Nie Xiaohu nodded and asked.

"My brother and sister passed away last year due to illness, and every time my brother went out to do business, he put her in my house."

"Understood", Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"Miss Wei, I see that you are not very sad to hear that your aunt was killed, what? Don't you like her? Nie Xiaohu looked at Wei Xiaowei and asked.

"Like? Phew! As soon as Wei Xiaowei heard this, she immediately changed her face, and a fierce look flashed in her eyes.

Nie Xiaohu was startled by her "phew", and then asked with a smile, "Why is this?" Isn't she your own aunt? ”

"So what?" , Wei Xiaowei's eyes were already full of hatred at the moment, "She's an old witch!" Penny pincher! Miser! She's dead, but she's quiet! ”