Everyone in the courtyard was in the same motion. Ling Xiang has long been not cheap, and he has already vowed not to marry a 'servant' for the rest of his life, Mrs. Fengtai, now that something has happened, everyone's first reaction is that Ling Xiang has been martyred.

Dugu's heart tightened, and he immediately returned with the 'waiter', his face was tense, his lips pursed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "How is Ling Xiang now?" ”

"Cut wrists, the room is full of blood, the slave maid has already asked for a doctor when she came, but the slave maid feels that it is a little hanging." The 'waiter' maid's face was pale, but her thinking was still very clear, and her words were orderly.

Dugu didn't ask any more questions, but quickened his pace and hurriedly walked into the courtyard where Mrs. Xiao originally lived.

Mrs. Xiao's body had not yet had time to be buried, and it was still on the couch in the original bedroom, and Ling Xiang's room was next door to Mrs. Xiao's bedroom. It's just that when Mrs. Xiao was alive, Ling Xiang set up a small couch in Mrs. Xiao's bedroom and stayed in the house, so that she could serve at any time.

Ran Yan also followed a group of people from the Dugu clan into Ling Xiang's house.

As soon as I entered the room, there was a strong smell of blood. Many of the 'women' covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves.

Song Guogong and the others had already passed by in the house, and a few small servants stood at the curtain of the inner room, blocking most of the people outside, and they couldn't see the specific situation inside from the outside.

Ran Yan followed behind the Dugu clan, but he was not stopped.

Inside the house, Ling Xiang was lying neatly on the couch, holding a bloody short knife in his right hand, and a neat cut wrist wound on his left wrist, the walls of the tent in the room were sprayed with blood everywhere, but the splash position was relatively low, and Ling Xiang's plain white dress was only stained with a small amount of blood.

But there was a great pool of blood on the ground.

Although Ran Yan has been staying by Mrs. Tai's side every day for more than a month, he hasn't said much to Ling Xiang, so he is not very familiar, even so, Ran Yan is still sad to see a familiar person turn into a corpse.

Xiao Song noticed the change in her mood, so he leaned over and secretly held her hand. Ran Yan was slightly startled and struggled twice, but his hand was held in his hand.

There were too many people in the house, and Ran Yan was afraid that if he moved too much, he would be noticed, so he had to quietly let him hold it. The warm palm wrapped her hand inside, and the uneasiness in her heart gradually calmed down, and it was replaced by a very solid feeling.

At first glance, there were almost no flaws in this scene, and if it weren't for the professionals in this area, they would definitely think that this was Ling Xiang's loyal martyrdom.

But Song Guogong and they are all people who have gone through vicissitudes, even if they can't see any flaws on the scene, but when they are taken together, they still feel that something is wrong. The brothers immediately discussed whether to inform the government of the matter.

A few people only discussed a few words, and the results were already there. Song Guogong turned his head and said with a straight face. Yuezhi, this matter has been 'handed over' to you, find out clearly"

The Xiao family is a famous 'family', if it is really a murder, it will really damage the reputation if it is spread out, but the paper can't contain the fire, and no one can guarantee that Ling Xiang's death can be concealed, the best way is; No matter how Ling Xiang died, he unanimously declared that he was a martyr, and gave him a high-level funeral system, "confused" the public, and "privately" investigated the matter, found out the murderer and "handed over" to the government, used the connections in the clan, and blocked the news.

Xiao Song didn't really want to take this job, but a room of clansmen couldn't help him.

He let go of Ran Yan's hand and let everyone exit the house, leaving only a few witnesses, as well as a few 'servants' beside Mrs. Tai, and instructed Bai Yi to call thirty guards to come over and guard Mrs. Tai's courtyard.

Then Xiao Song began to investigate the scene of the crime. Ran Yan understands his habits, he likes to investigate the scene in person, rather than waiting for his subordinates to report the results of the search, those guards are rough people, they will only look at large items, and some subtle clues can easily be ignored. Ling Xiang's room, and Mrs. Tai's room, see if anything is missing" After Xiao Song carefully looked at the two rooms, he ordered the four 'servants' beside Mrs. Xiao to enter the house to check.

Song Guogong and the others came out of the house and sat down on the water pavilion in the courtyard to discuss the funeral while waiting for the results of Xiao Song's preliminary search. And the 'women' all returned to the small east house.

When Ran Yan saw the corpse, he would involuntarily lean up, especially when he had just lost his breath, many small clues on the corpse were clearly visible at this time.

After a while, Liu Qingsong also hurried over, and together with Ran Yan, he examined Ling Xiang's body.

"How?" Xiao Song saw Ran Yan come out with the curtain, and immediately asked.

Ran Yan pulled off her gloves and sat down on the seat beside him, "The wound on her wrist is flat, and according to the wound, it seems that the wound is indeed caused by the short knife in her right hand, but······ The wounds inflicted by the deceased themselves and others differed in strength and direction. The wound on Ling Xiang's wrist was very deep, large inside and small outside, but Ling Xiang's posture of holding the knife was clearly not a backhand knife. ”

Generally, when I am holding a knife and cutting my wrists, the wounds are large on the outside and small on the inside, while those caused by others are diametrically opposite.

However, some people like to hold a knife in their backhand and cut it from the inside out, such as some people who are used to using double knives.

"Moreover, in the case of suicide, the vast majority of them will have 'tentative' wounds. People will have a sense of fear when they attack themselves, and it has little to do with whether they have the will to die, this is the natural 'shooting' of the human body, when the first knife goes down, most of them will not be a deep wound, if you want to die, you will definitely make up for one or two more knives. Ran Yan continued to see that Xiao Song had no doubts, so he continued, "The wound on Ling Xiang's wrist is only one knife, and it is deep enough to see the bones, unless it is a specially trained person, otherwise, ordinary people will never be able to cut such a deep wound on their body so neatly. ”

Ordinary people, no matter how courageous you are and how firm your determination to die is, but when you attack yourself, you will subconsciously have a sense of fear, thinking that your hand is very heavy, but in fact, when the knife is cut, it is definitely not as strong as others.

"The most important thing is that Ling Xiang has a bleeding spot under the conjunctiva of her eye, and I suspect that she was suffocated to death before cutting the wrist artery." Ran Yan finally summed up his opinion.

When the person is just suffocated, the heart stops abruptly, but the blood flow of the whole body will not stop immediately, and the murderer takes advantage of this time to cut the artery of the deceased, and there will be a splash, but its strength is far weaker than the living state. The arteries on Ling Xiang's wrists were severed by Qi Qi, if she was really alive at that time, the blood spots sprayed would definitely be more extensive than now.

Now it is basically certain that Ling Xiang was murdered.

After some search over there, Liang'er came in and reported, "Jiulang, the relics of Mrs. Tai's last words to be 'handed over' to her aunt's 'milk' and 'milk' are missing. ”

In addition to Ling Xiang, Mrs. Tai relied on Liang'er the most, so she also knew some of the things she placed.

"Relic? What kind of stuff? Xiao Song asked.

Ran Yan hadn't had a chance to talk to him about this matter yet, so he took advantage of this moment to tell him carefully about Mrs. Tai's 'handover' generation.

Who will steal Mrs. Tai's relics? Why steal that?

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