Chen Chaoyan glanced at the handkerchief in her hand again, and couldn't help but say with a wicked taste: "This handkerchief was found under Wu Qiang's corpse. ”

Wen Xing let go instantly.

When the handkerchief fell, Chen Chaoyan quickly caught it.

Wen Xing looked at the handkerchief, took two deep breaths, and asked seriously, "Are you sure the handkerchief was found under Wu Qiang's corpse?" ”

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "The two little brothers can testify." ”

Wen Xing looked back at the servant, then grabbed her hand and walked quickly towards Old Madam Song.

Mrs. Song was old, and the night was already deep, and after waiting for a while, she didn't see Chen Chaoyan come back, so she returned to the carriage under the persuasion of the two mothers-in-law.

The carriage stopped in an open space three feet away from Wu's house. Not far from the clearing, there is a bamboo forest.

Deep in the bamboo forest.

The jade-faced boy leaned on the bamboo, shaking the jade bone landscape fan, wanton and calm.

Chonglou stood behind him with his sword in his arms, still with a cold face.

Ling You held a thin bamboo branch in his mouth, leaned on the bamboo, looked at Chen Chaoyan who was being pulled towards this side through the gap, and snorted intentionally: "Just go inside and walk around, and you will find out whether the murderer has real skills, it is already clear at a glance." ”

Chonglou didn't squint: "Do you have real skills, what does it have to do with you?" ”

"I knew you couldn't afford to lose," Ling You continued to hum, "In the afternoon in Xiaoshan Pavilion, I was the first to find her, and she was the first to be recommended by me in the Song Mansion just now, do you say it has anything to do with me?" ”

"So what?" Chonglou still didn't squint, "It was indeed you who first found her, but it was Gongzi who first saw that she was investigating the case." It was also Childe who asked you to follow her and see how far she could go. If you want to say that it has a relationship, it also has something to do with Childe! ”

Ling You spit out a thin bamboo branch and snorted coldly: "You are just jealous of my discerning eyes." ”

Ling Quan squinted at him, "Do you believe this?" ”

Ling You was just about to refute, but the jade-faced boy reminded: "It's here." ”

Ling You immediately glared at Chonglou, and then quickly looked towards the outside of the bamboo forest.

Wen Xing took Chen Chaoyan to the carriage, and after glancing at Mother Song coldly, she endured her fear, took the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said in a loud voice: "Old lady, the murderer has been found, it is Mother Song, this is the evidence that she fell here!" ”

The moment Song Ma saw the handkerchief, it was like falling into an ice cave. When I heard her words again, my legs went limp. Kneeling on the ground, she cried out with a dead face, "Old lady......"

Old Madam Song's expression was flat, "Say, why did this handkerchief fall here?" ”

"Handkerchief ......"

As soon as Mother Song was about to explain, Chen Chaoyan interjected: "Have you finished investigating the things I asked you to investigate?" ”

Wen Xing nodded, and looked at Old Madam Song again. Seeing that Old Madam Song didn't stop her, she replied: "The first to find out about the water was Zhao San, the one in front." He said that when he got up at night, he saw the bright hall here, so he was curious to go around to see, and after seeing that it was walking water, he hurried back to call someone. ”

"He called almost all the people in the village over, and after everyone worked together to extinguish the fire, they all retreated outside in a bit of shock when they saw the tragic situation of Wu's mother and son."

"Soon after, Lord Zhou came over."

Chen Chaoyan glanced at Lord Zhou, who was watching coldly, "Who reported the case?" ”

Wen Xing shook her head.

"It's a case reported by a husband." Lord Zhou took the initiative to say, "When the husband saw the fire here, he didn't worry about running to the yamen to report, and it happened that the official had not slept yet, so he brought the yamen over." ”

Chen Chaoyan asked casually: "When did Zhao San find out about the fire?" ”

Wen Xing replied: "On the second watch." ”

Chen Chaoyan silently calculated the time period of the second watch, and then asked: "What time is it on the second watch?" ”

"Around two o'clock," Wen Xing said, "the fire is extinguished between five and six o'clock." ”

It is between 9 and 11 p.m., 9:30 at 2 o'clock, and between 10:15 and 10:30 between 5 and 6 o'clock.

Chen Chaoyan silently converted to the hour system and motioned for her to continue.

"Wu's mother and son's home is some distance from the village, and in normal times, Wu Qiang always comes to Song's house at dawn to find our son-in-law, and Wu goes to the city to do her unsightly deeds." Wen Xing pursed her lips, "I asked several people, and they all said that the Wu family mother and son did not have much contact with the people in the village, but occasionally, the Wu family would buy some melons and fruits and snacks and distribute them to them. They don't know anything else. ”

"What's the shady thing?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

Wen Xing said shamelessly: "Be a prostitute." ”

Chen Chaoyan couldn't help frowning.

If Wu is a prostitute, then the interpersonal relationship will be a little complicated.

Lord Zhou's threat was still vivid, and it was impossible for Mrs. Song to give her more time to investigate slowly.

Therefore, I can only abandon this clue for the time being, and start with the time of fire and the cause of death instead.

Chen Chaoyan looked at the two central scenes, and slowly calculated: "Zhao San discovered the fire at the second quarter of the hour, and in order to achieve the brightness he said, the fire must be completely burned. It takes at least a quarter of an hour to fully burn, that is, the time when the real fire starts is a quarter of an hour. ”

"Both bodies have been charred, but the carbonization is not serious, the fire started at one hour, and the fire was extinguished at five to six minutes, which is about the right time."

Retracting his gaze, Chen Chaoyan asked Wen Xing again, "Have you asked the people in the village, when have you seen the Wu family's mother and son today?" ”

The people next to him didn't ask, but they asked Zhao San. Zhao San said that at the beginning of the unitary period, when he came back from the ground, he saw Wu's mother and son eating. Speaking of this, Wen Xing suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said, "In addition, Zhao San and several others also said that in the past six or seven days, neither the Wu family nor Wu Qiang has left the village!" ”

Usually I leave home at dawn, but in recent days, I haven't gone anywhere, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Chaoyan continued to ask, "Zhao San...... Forget it, where is Zhao San, you go and invite him over, I'll ask her personally. ”

Wen Xing looked at Mrs. Song, and after Mrs. Song said, 'Go', she went to invite Zhao San over.

Zhao San said vigilantly and panickedly: "I didn't set the fire!" ”

"I know it wasn't you who set the fire," Chen Chaoyan said after whispering to reassure him, "Please come over, I have a few questions I want to ask." ”

Zhao San quickly said, "I don't know anything!" ”

Although it shouldn't be, Chen Chaoyan couldn't help but laugh, "My question is very simple, can you hear any quarrels or big movements here at home?" ”

The distance of about 50 meters, whether it is long or not, whether it is short or not, whether it can be heard is a very important evidence to judge the cause of death of Wu's mother and son without dissecting.

"Wu Qiang has a loud voice," Zhao San muttered a few words, and said, "When he and his mother usually talk to each other, half of the people in the village can hear it." If you want to make a noise, you can hear it from across the village. ”

Loud voice.

Chen Chaoyan's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "Did you hear any movement tonight?" ”

Zhao San said with certainty: "No." ”

"In the past six or seven days, has anyone come to the village to look for them?" Chen Chaoyan asked again.

Zhao San still said with certainty: "No." ”

"I'm done, thank you." Seeing Zhao San walk away, Chen Chaoyan pondered for a moment before looking at the silk handkerchief in Wen Xing's hand, "This handkerchief is in Wu Qiang's corpse ......"

At this point, Chen Chaoyan suddenly thought that these two corpses belonged to Wu's mother and son, right?

Subconsciously, she raised her eyes to look at the light screen.