"It's better to die."

It is precisely because of the calm tone that it is even more thrilling to hear.

Two pairs of eyes, old and young, had the same fear and shock at the moment.

The woman sneered: "Don't understand? She picked up an axe that had been prepared on the ground a long time ago, and said very indifferently: "Wait for you to break your bones and scatter ashes, and go to the palace of Hades to ask for a clear understanding!" ”

No more superfluous nonsense, holding the axe in both hands, raised high, and slashed forward.

"Bang-"

"Ding—"

The door was kicked open, the axe fell to the ground, and the woman fell to the side.

All this happened at the same time.

Torches were lit one by one, and the entire temple was as bright as day.

The woman was lying on the ground and raised her face to look out, and two figures, a man and a woman, came into her eyes, and her face was slightly surprised: "You didn't leave?" ”

Lu Anran took a step forward and looked at the woman on the ground, her face was still covered with a thick mask, but her eyes were black and white, extremely bright and transparent, "Just like we didn't expect it to be you." ”

Yunqi held the fan with one hand, and put the other one behind his back, not deliberately making any gesture, but also noble and arrogant, full of grace, "Hello, Sister-in-law Tian." ”

Except for the original heavy makeup and exaggerated makeup, even the expression has changed, but it is not to the point that Lu Anran and Yunqi can't recognize people, so when Guanyue knocked out Tian's sister-in-law's axe, Yunqi kicked the door open and came in, and when the firelight illuminated, they recognized the woman's identity.

The woman, that is, the sister-in-law Tian who likes to be a matchmaker, slowly got up, and when she looked up, she had already returned to calm, "It seems that you have long doubted me." ”

Guanyue squatted on the ground and picked up a short sword, and after seeing that the short sword had made a small opening, he hissed and sighed, "What a lot of strength." ”

Sister-in-law Tian ruffled her hair, smoothed her clothes, her eyes melted into the darkness of the night, extremely cold, and turned to the father and son who were tied up and frightened and had not yet come back to their senses, sarcasm flashed in her eyes, and she laughed and ridiculed, "You think you are saved?" I wanted to cut off your lives with my own hands...... But this is fine, and you will be spurned by the world. ”

Guanyue insisted on holding the short sword of the open mouth and grabbed the arm of Village Chief Yin, and was about to cut the rope, but Sister-in-law Tian stopped: "Young Master Yun and Miss Lu must have a lot to ask, I advise you not to solve it first." ”

Guanyue asked Yunqi with his eyes, and the latter hooked a chair with his feet and sat down, leaned back to support his forehead with the handle of the fan, raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "Arrange a place for their father and son, and we will chat with Sister-in-law Tian first." ”

As soon as the door is closed, it is still that Buddha hall, the Buddha statue sits on the ground and is benevolent, three branches of incense pay tribute to the Buddha and monks, the four deceased are side by side, the incense continues, and the soul is entwined.

The scene is weird, and what is even weirder is the face-to-face atmosphere of Sister-in-law Tian and Yun Lu.

Lu Anran was dressed in a plain dress, but the cloak was flamboyant red, the night fire was scorching, a pair of eyes were quiet and deep, and he looked at Sister-in-law Tian and said: "Wearing linen and wearing filial piety, who are you mourning for." ”

Faded away from the exaggeration, Sister-in-law Tian smiled indifferently, and there was no smile in her eyes, "Let's not talk about this first, I'm curious, since you have long suspected me, why did you go around in such a circle, pretend to leave and then return quietly." ”

Lu Anran looked at each other calmly and said, "We don't know your motives, so we can't guess what you want to do next." ”

Yun Qi raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled playfully: "Since you are in a predicament, it is better to watch from the wall, maybe you can see something else." ”

Sister-in-law Tian sighed, her expression was a little less indifferent, but it revealed a kind of infinite desolation, "I have long said that the two are extraordinary, different from us and other village peasant women, I didn't expect it to be so clever." ”

Yun Qi said: "Sister-in-law Tian is modest, ordinary village peasant women can't do these plans for you." ”

Sister-in-law Tian raised her eyes: "When did you start to be suspicious?" ”

The Buddha Hall put the corpse in the charcoal basin, Lu Anran put his hands in his sleeves, palms against the sleeve stove, and said slowly: "On the day Su Su fell off the cliff, I smelled a smell on her. Coincidentally, it is similar to the fragrance that led us to see the widow of the king in the cemetery of the West Hill that night. ”

Sister-in-law Tian was silent, and listened to Lu Anran continue: "Widow Wang went to the cemetery to cry at night, because someone arranged her in front of her mother-in-law, and because Widow Wang suspected that you chewed the root of your tongue, and when you met her on the road, you also pushed and shoved. After a pause, his eyes moved slightly, "It should be that you deliberately waited on the way she had to pass before you could rub the fragrance on her." ”

Sister-in-law Tian snorted lightly: "Everyone in the village knows that I have been at odds with Widow Wang for a long time, and it is not surprising that I pushed and shoved. ”

Yun Qi rubbed the jade carving on the handle of the fan, and nodded sincerely: "Yes, so naturally we also have to go to Widow Wang's place to walk around, ask questions, maybe lead us to the cemetery, and naturally throw out a letter from the Jin family, which is the drama planned by Widow Wang herself."

Widow Wang and Yin Tianming walked very closely, assuming that she was the murderer, she had the conditions to enter and leave the house of the village chief Yin, if she forced the Jin family to die in order to be with Yin Tianming, and then Yin Tianxiang found out that threatened her, she would not do anything, and simply killed Yin Qiusu, the oil bottle. ”

"It was at this time that Wei directly pointed out that Widow Wang was a murderer." Yun Qi raised three fingers and shook it, the fan was against his nose, and his eyes turned and he laughed a little bit of evil that turned all beings upside down, "If Yin Tianming cooperates, it seems that the motive and the conditions for committing the crime are there." ”

"Yes." Lu Anran agreed: "Widow Wang took the initiative to tell us that Wei loves to apply grease and powder, and has been on the stage, and when we asked Su Su where she was on the night of the accident, her words flickered, which increased her suspicion. ”

Yun Qi smiled: "But there are contradictions, one is that Wei slapped her, and then she no longer went to Village Chief Yin's house until Jin committed suicide by jumping into a well, and she didn't dare to approach, which shows that Widow Wang is a cowardly person."

The second point, you said that Widow Wang had an affair with Xiucai, the head of the village, and did not hesitate to entrust her family wealth to Xiucai, just for him to study, which shows that Widow Wang has a lot of success in her heart, not just focusing on Yinjia Village. ”

Sister-in-law Tian said: "Is this because of this? ”

Lu Anran shook his head: "There is one more important point. ”

Yun Qi held the handle of the fan and tapped the armrest of the chair, and his tone was firm: "Wei, she directly told us that Widow Wang is the murderer, isn't it the biggest suspicion?" ”

Lu Anran said lightly: "When I was tempting, when Wei Shi should not have known, he blurted out that Yin Tianxiang died outside. ”

"This stupid woman." Sister-in-law Tian was disdainful.

Yun Qi dragged the jade pendant with the handle of the fan, and his expression was always casual and arrogant, "The Wei family has sung and had a private meeting with a man from another village, and it is not ruled out that after Yin Tianxiang found out, she killed her husband impulsively." Especially in the case of Yin Wang's death, it is extremely suspicious. And I paid special attention to it, when Yin Tianxiang died, although she was very sad, but in fact, she didn't, but Yin Wang and Yin Qiusu had an accident, and she was scared and fell ill. ”

As he spoke, the words changed, and his casual tone was a little sharper, leaning forward slightly, and the tails of his eyes were raised: "But she died." ”

Lu Anran looked sideways: "Yes, she is dead, and her suspicion will be cleared." ”

Sister-in-law Tian frowned, she didn't understand the connection between these words, and asked: "She committed suicide in fear of sin, it was you who said it yourself." ”

"I don't believe in ghosts, so someone can only be a ghost." Lu Anran's eyes turned, and the shadow of the lamp fell on the bottom of his eyes, turning into a bright light, "Do you remember the day when Wei committed suicide?" ”

"Is it because I'm also at the village chief's house?"

"You want to say the time is wrong, but there's one thing you're wrong."

Sister-in-law Tian clasped her fingers on the armchair, her face tightened slightly, "What?" ”

Lu Anran raised his hand and rubbed it on his nose, "You should have noticed that I was sensitive to taste when you first saw me." ”

Sister-in-law Tian did not deny it, and Lu Anran continued: "So there will be a cemetery in Xishan to guide the way with incense, if there is a vague smell on Su Su's body, the balm in the bath barrel when Yin Tianxiang died, including the traces of incense left on the windowsill of the old lady Yin's Buddhist hall, everything is to let Wei be the last substitute for the ghost." ”

Yun Qi slapped his palm with a fan, and sighed in admiration: "Sister-in-law Tian is so calculating, I'm afraid that from the beginning, when you found the Wei family to join forces, you had already planned for her to be a substitute for the dead ghost, but poor Wei didn't know until she died." ”

Sister-in-law Tian stared at Lu Anran and said, "I still don't understand, why do you suspect me, it's clear that I have nothing to do with everything." ”

Lu Anran's eyes were half-opened, and his eyes were obviously peaceful, but a strong oppressive force could be revealed in the tranquility, which made Sister-in-law Tian's chest stagnate.

"But it's also the smell that makes me recognize you."

When I went to Widow Wang's house and came back, that is, on the day of Wei's 'suicide', Lu Anran and Yunqi met Sister-in-law Tian by chance.

"As early as the night before Yin Tianxiang was killed, Wei gave you a backyard key, and that day you killed Wei and came out of that door, but you saw us at the door, in order not to attract attention, you deliberately greeted us, as if you had just rushed over.

In addition, you also went to Yin Tianxiang's room, took a little balm and smeared it on the edge of the bath tub, and then put the whole box of balm on Wei's body, you want to cover it up like this, just to make us sure that Wei's suicide is even if he is not possessed by ghosts and gods.

But you forget, the lilac flower is called the ghost flower, in addition to the flowering time, but also because its fragrance is elegant but long, like a ghost lingering, not going for a long time.

It just so happened that I smelled it in you, and I re-examined you, who have always been 'out of the way'. ”

Sister-in-law Tian exhaled, lowered her head, and said in a tone that seemed to be self-deprecating and admitted: "I'm already very careful." ”

Lu Anran said: "The most important point, I have examined Wei's corpse, and the golden hairpin inserted into the heart is in the wrong direction, and it is not the golden hairpin that is fatal, she died of suffocation." ”

Judging from Jin Hai's wound and the blood stains at the scene, Wei was first injured by Jin Hai, and then dragged to the ground to cover his mouth and nose and suffocated to death, so that he was trampled on a lot of hair when he struggled.

Yun Qi flipped his wrist, pressed a fan against his chin, and hooked his lips slightly: "Wei didn't commit suicide, so who the murderer is, it goes without saying." ”

Lu Anran looked at Sister-in-law Tian, her eyes lit up, "Although you look thoughtful and well-arranged, in fact, there are many loopholes, but you seem to be an outsider every time, so that people can't imagine that you committed the crime." ”