Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue immediately followed Luo Shiwen to the place where the accident occurred, and they came to the northeast corner of the villa and saw the dead man. It's Bao Hong.

Bao Hong's body hung from a tree branch and swayed in the wind, her feet were at least half a meter above the ground, and there was nothing on the soles of her feet, obviously it could not have been suicide. Bao Hong's face was pale, her eyes were round and protruding outward, a small section of her tongue was hanging from her mouth, and her hands were hanging on both sides of her body.

Everyone else in the villa came, everyone stood around and quietly watched Bao Hong's corpse, no one made a sound, and the sense of fear invaded everyone's nerves, as if something was hiding in the darkness and watching them.

Suddenly, a low whimper broke the suffocating atmosphere, and everyone turned their heads to see that Qiao Ping, who was standing on the outside, had red eyes, as if he was trying his best to keep the tears from flowing.

"Put people down first." Shen Zezhi said as he walked forward.

Ji Ziyue, Qiao Ping and Guan Yueyang followed Shen Zezhi over, Shen Zezhi took a knife to cut the rope, and Qiao Ping picked up Bao Hong's body below and gently lowered her to the ground.

Shen Zezhi squatted down to check, Bao Hong's neck had a total of two strangulation marks, one deeper and one shallow, obviously she was strangled to death before hanging on the tree. Shen Zezhi noticed that there were bleeding spots in Bao Hong's eyelids and signs of cracking on both fingernails, which showed that she was suffocated.

Shen Zezhi stood up and asked, "Who was the last person to see Bao Hong?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, a voice rang out: "It's me." ”

Everyone looked at the source of the voice and found that it was Zhao's mother who spoke.

Shen Zezhi walked over and asked, "When was the last time you saw Bao Hong, and what was she doing?" ”

Zhao's mother said: "It's after dinner, let's clean up in the kitchen." After brushing the dishes, she said that she was not feeling well and wanted to go back to her room to rest first. I let her go. ”

Shen Zezhi turned his head and asked Qiao Ping: "Where were you at that time?" ”

Qiao Ping half-knelt beside Bao Hong, and he said in a low voice, "I'm with Steward Luo." ”

Luo Shiwen also said: "Yes, after eating, we will discuss together where to find Feng Lan's body." ”

"Who was the first to find the body?" Shen Zezhi asked again.

Guan Yueling raised her hand tremblingly: "It's me." ”

It was her again, Shen Zezhi couldn't help frowning. He said: "Bao Hong was strangled to death, I need you to tell me what you were with during the time when Bao Hong had an accident, and who can prove it." ”

Everyone looked at each other a few times and said yes.

Shen Zezhi said: "Let's put Bao Hong's body in the morgue first." ”

The more Ji Zi heard Shen Zezhi's words, he wanted to carry the corpse, but Qiao Ping took the first step to pick up the corpse and walked in the direction of the parking room.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally left in twos and threes. Shen Zezhi had been quietly observing the reactions of everyone in the Guan family.

After everyone left, Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue also went to the parking room, and when they walked to the door, they saw Qiao Ping half-kneeling next to the corpse, his throat making a dull sound, obviously trying to suppress his emotions. Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue glanced at each other and couldn't help but stop. It took a while for Qiao Ping to raise his head. Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue deliberately walked in with heavy steps.

"Are you alright?" Noriko couldn't help but ask.

Qiao Ping's eyes were still red, but now he had regained his composure. Qiao Ping is a taciturn person, and his presence is very low. He and his wife Bao Hong came to work in the villa together, and the couple has worked here for fifteen years. Bao Hong and Qiao are usually the same kind of people, they don't talk much, but they are very serious in their work.

Shen Zezhi walked over and patted Qiao Ping's shoulder: "Mourning is smooth, we will definitely find the murderer." ”

Qiao Ping nodded, although his emotions were well controlled, his hands were trembling slightly.

Shen Zezhi: "I want to talk to you, is it okay?" ”

Qiao Ping nodded, and Shen Zezhi said: "Let's go to my room in the villa." ”

Qiao Ping obediently followed Shen Zezhi and left.

After arriving at Shen Zezhi's room, Shen Zezhi asked him to sit down, and then poured him another cup of hot water, and then began to ask questions.

"Is there anything wrong with Bao Hong lately?"

Qiao Ping said: "No." ”

Shen Zezhi: "I ask like this, have you noticed that Bao Hong is distracted, it is the kind of absent-mindedness that does things, and there is something in her heart, you ask her and she always says it's okay." ”

Qiao Ping hesitated, Bao Hong did seem to have something on his mind recently.

Shen Zezhi: "Just now Mother Zhao said that when Bao Hong left tonight, she said that she was not feeling well, has she been in poor health recently?" ”

Qiao Ping said: "She always says that she is tired. By the way, she said last time she didn't want to do it. ”

Shen Zezhi's eyes changed and asked, "When did you say that?" ”

Qiao Ping said: "Yesterday." ”

Shen Zezhi: "Didn't she say why?" ”

Qiao Ping said: "She said that she was homesick and wanted to go back to her hometown to live. My son is about to graduate from college, and I have earned enough money to spend all these years. Actually, I want to go too. ”

Shen Zezhi nodded: "Today, before you went to see Luo Shiwen, did Bao Hong say anything to you?" ”

Qiao Ping thought for a while, and he said, "No." ”

Shen Zezhi nodded, comforted him a few more words, and then let him leave. After Qiao Ping left, Shen Zezhi took out the map of the villa. The Guan family's villa is more than 100 years old and is said to have been designed and built by a foreign architect living in China in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, the owner of this place changed several times, and finally it was bought by the Guan family, and then it became the Guan family.

The northeast corner of Bao Hong's accident is the most gloomy place in the whole villa, where a few locust trees were planted when the villa was built, so many years have passed, those locust trees have grown quite large, and the branches of the trees are staggered together in summer. Even though it's winter, the branches look terrible. It was almost eight o'clock when Bao Hong left the kitchen, and it was already completely dark at eight o'clock this season. What was she doing in such a terrifying place at this time?

Also, it was Guan Yueling who was the first to find the body, and why did she go to the backyard. Wasn't last night's lesson enough? Or is there a reason why she has to go?

Ji Ziyue pushed the door in, he looked at Shen Zezhi's appearance and knew that he was thinking about the case, so he didn't bother him, sat aside and poured a glass of water to drink.

Shen Zezhi smiled when he saw him and said, "What did you find?" ”

Ji Ziyue said: "It's not that I found it, but I just think it's strange why Guan Yueling ran to the backyard again and again." ”

Shen Zezhi said: "We want to go together." What was it about her backyard that attracted her? ”

Kiko thought for a while and said, "Could it be Feng Lan's corpse?" ”

Shen Zezhi said: "Why did the corpse attract Guan Yueling?" Although she is usually very domineering, she is a woman after all, and she is not very bold, so she actually runs to the backyard every time. It's not normal. ”

Ji Ziyue couldn't figure it out, so he asked instead: "Why did the murderer kill Bao Hong?" ”

Shen Zezhi said: "Bao Hong's death must be related to Feng Lan's death, she should have seen the murderer." ”

"You mean, the person who screamed that night was Bao Hong?" Noriko asked.

"Nope." Shen Zezhi shook his head, he stood up and walked to the window and said, "She is the second witness. ”

"The second?" Noriko crosses the road.

Shen Zezhi said: "Yes. On the night of Feng Lan's death, the first witness first discovered the murderer to kill Feng Kan, she couldn't help screaming, and at this time Bao Hong should have also hidden in the dark to see this scene. ”

Kiko Yue said: "Then why didn't she tell us before." ”

"She didn't dare, this person made her very jealous. Qiao Ping said that Bao Hong seemed to have something on her mind recently, and she said that she didn't want to do it anymore and wanted to go back to her hometown. "Shen Ze's way.

Ji Ziyue was puzzled: "According to Bao Hong's performance, she is helping the murderer to conceal it, why did the murderer kill her." ”

"Because she's leaving." Shen Zezhi said: "The murderer will not let those who have his handle get out of his control. ”

Kiko Yue said: "Who is this murderer?" Why did he do all these things? ”

Shen Zezhi: "I already have a little eyebrows, but there are still some things that are very strange. The murderer must be from the Guan family, but he killed two servants, and I think his purpose should be more than that. ”

Kiko Yue said: "What is his purpose?" ”

Shen Zezhi said thoughtfully: "What do you think of the people in the Guan family?" ”

Ji Ziyue thought about it and analyzed it one by one: "Guan Yuesong has been in a high position for a long time, he is a person who is very deep in the city, although he rarely speaks, but he has been silently following the development of things. And he is very controlling, and the way he speaks is in a customary tone of command. Hu Jiali, she doesn't seem to be interested in these things, there is nothing special. Guan Yuezhou has always been very weak-hearted, and his relationship with Feng Lan is very intriguing. Mu Qing is the strangest person, her husband has an affair with another woman, but she helps her husband cover up, which is very abnormal. And he and Guan Yuezhou don't have a deep relationship. Guan Yueyi is the person with the lowest sense of presence in the villa, and she will definitely appear when she should appear, but she always doesn't say a word, and her husband Geng Jun also shows indifference. I think Geng Jun might know something. Guan Yueling is a person who doesn't hide her emotions, and she now has a secret written on her face that I know, but I can't tell you. Duan Kai is Guan Yueling's fiancé, and he has always shown that he loves Guan Yueling, but it is precisely like this that it seems that his behavior is a bit contrived. I don't think his feelings for Guan Yueling are as deep as they seem. ”

Shen Zezhi said with a smile: "The analysis is in place. But you didn't say Kantai. ”

Ji Ziyue frowned: "I can't see it, Guan Tai's emotions are always well controlled, I can't see what he is thinking at all." But he must be the most stable person in the villa, and he has experienced a lot of things. ”

Shen Zezhi said: "The murderer is among these people, and the more he wants to hide himself now, the easier it will be to be exposed." ”

Ji Ziyue said: "You mean that the murderer will not kill again?" ”

Shen Zezhi said: "If Feng Lan's death is the same as we analyzed because of the rumors of the green bone jade, then the murderer's purpose has been achieved." ”