They didn't stay long in the small space at the end of the cave, because Tianyi and the others had searched carefully, but Ling Lan found several sets of incomplete footprints at the edge, and Mo Ziyu couldn't be sure whether it was left by the murderer or their own people.

Because the temperature was too low, the two of them went out quickly and returned the same way, and there was a damp and fishy smell spreading throughout the cave, which made Ling Lan's nose very uncomfortable.

She realized that the glowing stones might have some radiation in them, and that staying here for a long time might have an effect on her body.

When she came to the entrance of the cave, Ling Lan rubbed her nose and took a deep breath, feeling very depressed inside.

The others had already left, leaving Tianyi waiting in place, and when he saw them come out, he first briefly reported the situation.

It turned out that they found new soil not far away, which was the trace of being turned over, and it was obviously dug up and backfilled soon after, and after re-excavation, they found two packages, which contained some women's soft clothes, which had been brought back for Steward Zhou to determine whether they belonged to the three murdered maidservants.

Other than that, they found nothing else.

Ling Lan listened to what suddenly flashed in her mind: "Package? ”

"That's right, and the subordinates are still very strange, obviously three maidservants were killed, why two packages." Tianyi was puzzled when he thought about it.

Ling Lan stared at the front thoughtfully, if she said this, could it be that the three maidservants who were killed were preparing to leave the Four Princes' Mansion before the accident?

But even if you leave, why isn't it above board? Still coming to this cave?

"It seems that they were going to elope with someone else, and then they were taken to a cave and killed." Mo Ziyu analyzed.

Ling Lan was stunned: "Elopement? ”

Mo Ziyu put one hand behind his back: "Go back and look at those packages." ”

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As the saying goes, it's easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, especially Ling Lan's right hand was injured and she could only hold on to the tree trunk with her left hand, and she had to compromise after almost falling down a few times, and was supported by Mo Ziyu...

The Criminal Department, it happened that Steward Zhou was also there, he first checked the two packages to make sure that they belonged to the murdered maidservant, but he couldn't tell which two they belonged to, and then he wanted to stop talking.

"Steward Zhou, there are no outsiders here, you might as well say anything directly." Mo Ziyu got straight to the point.

Cautiously raising his eyes and glancing at it, Steward Zhou sighed heavily: "Master Mo, the old slave did have something to hide before, and he felt that it should have nothing to do with this case, and he didn't tell the truth for the sake of the reputation of the house." ”

As if expected, Mo Ziyu was very calm, but his gaze sank a little.

Seeing this, Steward Zhou continued: "In fact, the old slave heard before that the first two maids who were killed had a good relationship in the house, but because they have not been confirmed, they can't be sure, and there is a clear rule in the house that people are not allowed to make a private agreement for life, and it will be spread out to hurt morals and morals, and damage to reputation. ”

Listening quietly, Ling Lan couldn't help but complain, what kind of rule is this?

No wonder Mo Ziyu guessed that it was elopement so quickly, it turned out that he had some understanding, the two of them had the same heart and were worried about being discovered, and it was not easy to leave the Four Kings' Mansion at the same time, so they chose to elope?

She always thought that this was something that the lady of the big family did, but it turned out that the people in the big family could also do it...

This is to blame for unreasonable rules, how can it hurt customs and damage reputation?

At Mo Ziyu's request, Steward Zhou said that he would investigate the matter immediately after returning and strive to get a result as soon as possible.

The twilight was deep, and Ling Lan sat on the swing and swayed gently, like a rootless duckweed!

Her mind was a little confused, she needed to reorganize what had happened today, and she always felt that she had overlooked something important.

At this moment, there was suddenly a little more inexplicable aura in the air, Ling Lan looked sideways behind her, and saw Qiao'er standing not far away looking at her.

The other party came quietly, and he didn't know when he appeared, it was estimated that it didn't take long, because Ling Lan hadn't noticed anything unusual before.

Looking at each other, Qiao'er seemed to be taken aback and immediately came back to her senses: "Miss Ling, your vigilance is really strong, you found out as soon as the slave maid came." ”

Ling Lan half-leaned on the armrest and smiled knowingly: "You are still as elusive as ever." ”

Qiao'er shook her head slightly and slowly approached: "I heard that you were injured, and the slave maid felt ashamed, so come over to see if your injury is serious?" ”

"Oh? I don't know why I feel guilty? Ling Lan didn't answer the rhetorical question.

After hesitating, Qiao'er still explained softly: "If it wasn't for the slave maid who asked you to visit the adult last time, you wouldn't have been injured, it's all the slave maid who is not good." ”

Ling Lan stopped the swing and stood up, moving her neck lazily: "It's okay, you're just worried about you adults, I know." ”

It didn't seem that she was so understanding, Qiao'er was very surprised: "Miss Ling, don't you really blame the slave?" ”

The corners of Ling Lan's mouth raised a touch of arc, and she shook her head slightly with a soft smile: "Of course, look at your face is not very good, is it uncomfortable?" ”

"No, no, thank you for being so generous, the slave is really worried that you will be angry because of it."

There was only half a meter between the two of them as they spoke, and Ling Lan approached casually: "Look at what you said, I seem to be easily angry." ”

When the sky darkened, the expression on Qiao'er's face was a little complicated, she looked away from Ling Lan, and shook her head silently to indicate no.

At this moment, Ling Lan suddenly raised her hand, a silver light flashed in the night, Qiao'er noticed that something was wrong but didn't have time to avoid it, because the distance was too close and defenseless, she only felt a pain behind her right ear, and soon a numbness spread to her whole body...

A quarter of an hour later, Caiyun looked at Qiao'er who was tied up very entangled, very worried.

"Miss Ling, isn't this okay?"

Because Ling Lan's left hand was not strong enough, she could only ask Caiyun to help help Qiao'er into the house and tie her up.

"It's okay, let's go down first!"

"Yes, the slave and maid will stand down first." She hesitated and looked at Qiao'er lying on the ground, and finally walked out quickly.

Qiao'er's first reaction when she woke up in a daze was cold and firm. The hard ground was very uncomfortable, and after a slight movement, she suddenly woke up, and she was actually tied up.

"You, you?"

Struggling to sit up, she found that Ling Lan was sitting on the chair opposite and sipping tea, and she was suddenly so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"Not surprised, not surprised."

"You, you actually know kung fu?" Qiao'er finally finished speaking.

Ling Lan sneered, with mockery in her eyes: "You girl has appeared three times and twice, making her mysterious and unkind, let's just talk tonight, what do you want to do?" ”

"The slave maid didn't, Miss Ling, you misunderstood, you said before that you wouldn't bother with the slave maid." She immediately changed to an honorific title and had recovered from the shock.

"Yes! I didn't want to worry about you, but you sent it to the door yourself, wouldn't it be very disappointing if this girl didn't do something? ”