On the second day, Shen Qianmo took Luzhu and Mama Xu to the small courtyard that was on fire that day.

Shen Qianmo has lived in this small courtyard for more than ten years. When she was three years old, Xie died, and she was raised by Cui. Cui's already had a grudge against Xie's, so naturally it was impossible for him to like the daughter she left behind. When Mrs. Shen was there, the Cui family was still restrained, and the face was still passable, since the old lady Shen was disheartened and lived in seclusion in the Buddhist hall, and the Cui family became the head of the Guogong Mansion, she was directly thrown into the most remote and deserted courtyard of the Guogong Mansion, and left her to fend for herself.

After the fire, the courtyard became more and more dilapidated, and there were traces of smoke and fire everywhere. Because the small courtyard was originally an unattended place, Mama Xu deliberately did not let people enter or leave under Shen Qianmo's instructions, so the scene was not damaged much.

Before Shen Qianmo entered the burning room, she motioned to Lu Zhu and Mama Xu to tie their veils as well. Although several days have passed, there will still be some harmful gases and charcoal dust at the fire scene, and if you don't wear a veil, it won't be long before your nostrils and mouth will be filled with black smoke, and you will hurt yourself for a long time.

When the three of them were ready, they entered the room. Shen Qianmo quietly observed the surroundings of the room. To find the cause of the fire, it is necessary to determine where the fire started from, and to be precise, the source of the fire. Shen Qianmo started from the outer room where the damage was relatively light, and looked at it carefully, not letting go of any corner. No way, there are no technical tools here, you can only rely on your own eyes.

Luzhu and Mama Xu watched quietly on the side, and suddenly felt that they had never seen such a young lady, and the calm and wise light emanating from her eyes made her whole person seem unreal.

"Luzhu, you said you slept here that day, didn't you?" Shen Qianmo looked carefully at a small bed outside and asked.

"Yes, miss." Luzhu replied, "On that day, the slave maid waited for the young lady to lie down and slept here. I don't know why, as soon as I lay down, I fell asleep, and when the slave woke up, I found that I was already outside, and the fire in the room was already very strong, and the slave and maid couldn't find you everywhere, so I wondered if the young lady was still in the room, and was about to rush in to find it, and I saw the young lady coming out of the room and falling at the door. ”

In this way, someone must have moved their hands and feet, otherwise there is no reason why Luzhu would sleep so deadly. Shen Qianmo looked carefully along the windowsill and suddenly found that there was some white powder on the side of the windowsill, which was not very conspicuous because it was mixed with black smoke and dust. She asked the green bamboo to wrap the white and black mixture in a silk scarf and enter the inner room.

The inner room is where Shen Qianmo sleeps, it is not big, and there is not much furniture, it is "simple" in two words, you can imagine how bleak Shen Qianmo's days in the Guogong Mansion are.

The original owner's father has lived here for more than ten years, and he can still grow up, I have to say that Mama Xu and Luzhu have made great contributions. If it weren't for the meticulous care and protection of the two, the original owner would not have grown up so smoothly. It's a pity that after all, it was calculated that it couldn't be prevented. At the age of 18, she should have married into the Rongwang Mansion and became the princess, even if she was not loved by the prince, at least she had a decent identity and status, and she died in a daze, which is really not ordinarily miserable!

Shen Qianmo felt distressed by the misery of the original owner, and strengthened her belief that she must live a good life on behalf of the original owner, and from now on, she will not be bullied again.

She peered along the wall. The government has declared the fire an accident. In ancient times, wooden houses and the frequent use of candles and oil lamps were common, and accidents such as fires were common. But Shen Qianmo didn't think so. If it is a candle or so on, there will be smoldering at first, and then there will be an open flame, but depending on the degree of burning here, it is not like this.

She noticed an ink painting falling from the crack in the wall behind the dresser, which was painted by Xie during his lifetime, and was the original owner's favorite painting, which had been hanging on the wall above.

Shen Qianmo picked up the painting on the ground. The painting was burned only one corner, and most of the area was not overburned and there were no traces of smoke. The wooden frame of the painting is seriously charred, and the charred and uncharred parts are clearly demarcated, and the inclination angle is very straight, indicating that the fire is directly open flame when it burns to this painting. It is believed that an open flame ignited the painting that was originally hanging on the wall, but after the painting was ignited, it fell from the wall into the gap between the dresser and the wall due to the force, causing it to be completely extinguished without burning.

So where did this igniting flame come from? The dresser was close to the window, and she looked at it, and sure enough, there were signs of prying. So it is said that someone pried open the window that night and threw the already lit open flame into the room, which happened to ignite the painting, and the painting fell off the wall after being ignited, and happened to be caught in this gap, causing it to go out completely without burning.

Unexpectedly, the painting left by Xie before his death became the key to finding the truth of the fire. Shen Qianmo can only understand that it is the Xie family who has a spirit in the sky. It's just that I understand these truths, but the people in the Guogong Mansion don't understand, how can I find out this arsonist?

She frowned slightly, and the one who could set fire to the Guogong Mansion in the middle of the night must be someone in the mansion. With a twist of thought, she went out the window. Outside the window was a muddy field, and the original owner had nothing to do to plant a little flowers and plants. Looking at it this way, Shen Qianmo really found a pair of footprints, which could not be easily found because they were covered by a few begonia flowers next to it.

Who is Shen Qianmo, who has been engaged in forensic forensics for many years, she can see at a glance that this pair of footprints is deep and shallow, and it is obvious that the owner of the footprints is a cripple. She asked Luzhu and Mama Xu: "Is there anyone in the house who has a leg disability?" ”

Luzhu and Mama Xu looked at each other for a while, and they all thought of someone, Zhao Sanhuai.

Zhao Sanhuai is the assistant cook in the mansion, and he has only been in the Guogong Mansion for a few months, because he is usually polite to Luzhu and Mama Xu, unlike some subordinates who give them a look because of Shen Qianmo's unpopularity, so the two of them have a good impression of him. The two really couldn't imagine that Zhao Sanhuai would be the arsonist.

"I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart." Mama Xu sighed. Lu Zhu was even more angry, because she usually saw Zhao Sanhuai, and she screamed at Brother Zhao, which was really disgusting.

It's just that Zhao Sanhuai and their young lady have no grievances, why did they set fire to the murder? Green bamboo had a question in his heart.

Shen Qianmo and Mama Xu glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, this girl Luzhu is really naïve. If it weren't for the fact that there was a master behind him, what good would it be for Zhao Sanhuai, a subordinate who had just come to the Guogong Mansion not long ago, to set a fire in the small courtyard where Shen Qianmo lived alone for no reason?

But who is this messenger? Is it Cui or Shen Qianxue, or is the two conspiring, or is it someone else? These Shen Qianmo can't be verified for the time being, and now they can only start from this Zhao Sanhuai.

However, although Zhao Sanhuai is a subordinate, he is not her subordinate after all, and with Shen Qianmo's strength in the mansion, there is no way to move him, she needs someone to support her. At this time, she thought of Old Madam Shen.