Yuzhou Thorn Shi has been interrogated, "In the ancestral hall of the Cui family, she was punished and confined by Cui Peng, and she wanted to kneel in the ancestral hall for a night. ”

Qin Huan slowly walked down from the public hall, "Lord Thorn Shi, would you like to accompany this Shi Gongzi to the Cui family ancestral hall to have a look." ”

Yuzhou Thorn Shi glanced at Qin Huan, and then at Shi Beiyan, "I wish I was willing, but don't you go to Taoyuan Village, county lord?" ”

"The fortune teller said that this month is a good day to pray for the dead, and there is no hurry."

Qin Huan could see that Yuzhou Thorn Shi was still hesitating, so he pretended to be Lao Cheng standing next to him and whispered.

"The curse of the Rakshasa ghost is making a lot of noise in the capital, but if it is in Yuzhou, this case can be solved, wouldn't it be the credit of Lord Shi, and even His Majesty will praise your lord at that time."

Yuzhou's piercing Shi's eyes rolled around, this case is a great achievement if it is solved, even if it is not broken, it is a curse, even the officials of the capital can't solve the curse case, what is he afraid of.

"Arresting the real culprit is a matter within the responsibility of the lower officials, and the lower officials should find out!"

The whole person of Yuzhou Thorn Shi became excited, and led the official to Cui's mansion.

Two people died in the Cui family overnight, and when they stood outside the mansion, they heard the sound of crying.

Qin Huan asked about the situation of the Cui family on the way.

Cui Peng is the only son of the Cui family, he has four sons and one daughter, his wife died in childbirth in the early years, and there are two concubines in the house, but there has been no continuation.

Cui Ying is Cui Peng's youngest daughter and the daughter of his wife, and she has been very pampered since she was a child, so she has also developed an arrogant temperament.

When Cui Ying was fourteen years old, Cui Peng set out to choose a husband for her, Yangshan County is not a big county, and Cui Peng couldn't choose a better family for a while.

Until last year, Cui Ying somehow got acquainted with a poor boy and threatened not to marry him, Cui Peng was furious and found Cui Ying a scholarly family in the outdoor area.

Seven days later, it was the day when the two families agreed to get married.

Qin Huan entered the Cui Mansion, the Cui family's mansion is not very luxurious, but it also belongs to the middle and upper level, and in terms of a county order, it is an "extraordinary" performance.

The group was greeted by Cui Peng's eldest son, Cui Yang, who was dressed in white and had blue and black eyes, and when he led them to the ancestral hall, he still had tears in his eyes.

"Condolences." Qin Huan could feel the pain of her loved ones leaving, apart from comforting, all she could do was find the real murderer.

Cui Yang wiped away the tears in his eyes, and looked at the burned ancestral hall and gradually became distracted, "My little sister is arrogant, but I didn't expect her to die and didn't want to listen to her father's words, and our Cui family died at her hands." ”

Qin Huan's eyes fluctuated, "On weekdays, what is the relationship between Cui Ying and Cui County Ling?" ”

Cui Yang sniffed, "My mother died after giving birth to my little sister, and others said that my little sister was unknown, but my father didn't believe it, and treated my little sister as the reincarnation of my mother."

The food and clothing of our four brothers can't catch up with Xiaomei alone, my father is so good to her, but she cursed her father to death, the Cui family has raised her for seventeen years, and she is not as good as a man who has known her for a year! ”

In the cognition of the Cui family, it was also Cui Ying who set herself on fire and cursed Cui Peng to death.

Cui Yang has grievances in his words, but his grief is also true.

Cui Ying self-immolated, which complicated the Cui family's feelings for her.

At this time, if you ask more, it will poke people's hearts, Qin Huan asked you to bring Cui Ying's autopsy sheet, and after an autopsy, Cui Ying was indeed burned to death.

But it is precisely because of the burning that it is difficult to find useful clues on the charred corpses.

Shi Beiyan fanned the folding fan and looked at the devastated ancestral hall in front of him, which burned down, leaving only a few charred pillars and broken beams.

"Didn't anyone find out about the fire in the ancestral hall last night? He burned a living person to a charred corpse to extinguish the fire? ”

When he asked this, Cui Yang was wiping his tears, and Qin Huan glared at him, but he didn't care.

Cui Yang wiped away his tears and choked up, "Last night was the second half of the night when the fire broke out, and the people in the house were lazy and asleep, and they didn't find out in time, and by the time we finished extinguishing the fire, the little sister had already become like this." ”

"How long does it take from discovery to extinguishing the fire?" Shi Beiyan is still in a businesslike tone.

"Less than an hour." Cui Yang tried his best to put out the fire last night before dawn.

"Where is Cui Ying's body in the ancestral hall?"

"Right in front of the stage."

After Shi Beiyan asked, he swaggered towards the ancestral hall, Qin Huan also stepped in, and Shi Yi followed behind.

Yuzhou Thorn Shi didn't have the guts, and he was far away from the ancestral hall.

Cui Yang and the descendants of the Cui family did not want to set foot here again.

Shi Beiyan stopped in front of the tablet, and only the scorched wood left in the place where the tablet was served, and everything that could be burned in the hall had been burned out.

Some porcelain tiles could not be burned, and were now falling to the ground in pieces, Qin Huan noticed two enshrined bowls on the ground, and a few vases.

She crouched down and examined the porcelain one by one.

"It is impossible for a living person to be burned to death without struggle, when Cui Ying immolates herself, she will be in pain, and in the process of struggling, she will inevitably break many things.

But the ancestral hall here is so big, and most of these porcelains are intact. ”

Some of the destroyed porcelain, Qin Huan picked it up and looked at it, it should have been smashed when the beams collapsed.

Shi Beiyan walked around the ancestral hall and agreed with her point of view.

"Cui Ying was ignited in a state of coma or death, when a person is unconscious, extreme pain will awaken people's consciousness, but there are no traces of struggle at the scene, she is very likely to be burned after death."

"It seems that someone is imitating the crime." Qin Huan stood up, and the self-immolators of every curse case in the capital confirmed that it was voluntary, presumably someone here knew a lot about the curse, so he carried out this murder.

"That's right, and this person is familiar with Cui Mansion, and can kill Cui Ying without alarming anyone." Shi Beiyan inferred.

Qin Huan frowned, "Do you suspect that someone in the Cui family committed murder?" ”

"Not necessarily, it's just that at present, the Cui family and those who are familiar with the Cui family are more likely." Without conclusive evidence, Shi Beiyan will not make a conclusion.

Qin Huan checked all the clues in the ancestral hall, and there was no other suspiciousness, so he said to Shi Yi, "These porcelains are kept as evidence, the ancestral hall is sealed, and no one is allowed to enter before the case is closed." ”

"I'll arrange it." This is not the capital, Shi Yi needs to negotiate with the people of the yamen, and he walks out of the ancestral hall.

Qin Huan raised his head, looked through the black withered beam, and looked at the sky, "You said Cui Ying, do you hate Cui Peng?" ”

Shi Beiyan's eyes stayed on the woman's side face, paused, and followed her gaze to the distant sky, "You already have the answer in your heart." ”