"It seems that this guy knows very well what Hou San died."

Li Xuan was on the roof, through the "skylight" he opened, observing Zhao Si who was trembling in the quilt.

"And it must have something to do with him."

"Otherwise, why would he be afraid to be like this?"

Zhao Si is hiding at home now, and he is still afraid of becoming like this, and he knows very well in his heart that he will be next.

Li Xuan looked up at the Zhao Mansion.

The garrison of the Zhao Mansion is still very tight, and you can see patrols everywhere.

It may not be easy for the murderer to break into Zhao's mansion and take Zhao Si's life.

"If Zhao Si has been hiding at home, it should be very difficult for the murderer to succeed."

Li Xuan stayed on the roof for a while, but found nothing more.

Zhao Si was determined to hide in his bed.

Seeing that he was scared to this extent, he should really feel that there was a female ghost asking for his life.

Li Xuan felt a little bored, shook his head and left the Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Si is not dead, he doesn't care anymore.

Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.

Even if Zhao Sizhen died, he should be damned.

Li Xuan was now more curious about whether Princess Ankang had found anything.

When Li Xuan climbed out of the courtyard wall of the Zhao Mansion, Xu Lang also slowly walked out of the shadows.

He half-knelt in front of Li Xuan, and Li Xuan jumped directly onto his shoulder unceremoniously.

"Master Xuan, shall we go and meet the young lady now?"

Xu Lang asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded, this Xu Lang was very eye-catching, but it saved him the effort of writing.

When Li Xuan and Xu Lang returned to Hu Yulou, it was almost noon.

Hu Yulou was particularly deserted during the day because of the successive incidents last night.

During the day, Hu Yulou is also open, but it is far less lively than at night.

And the performances during the day are also more fresh and refined, not as hot as at night.

Li Xuan and Xu Lang returned to the private room on the second floor and found that there was no one here.

Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an have not yet returned.

Li Xuan sat on the table, while Xu Lang stood aside.

On the table, there was tea and snacks just delivered by Hu Yulou's guys.

Li Xuan looked bored at the hall on the first floor.

There were only singing and music performances on the stage, and the guests were only sitting at one or two tables, which was deserted and unpresentable.

Last night's excitement was like a dream, and it felt unreal.

Li Xuan looked upstairs.

The staircase leading from the third floor to the fourth floor has been cordoned off, and there is a wooden sign that reads "Under repair".

There are two people guarding next to the wooden card, and they don't look like Hu Yulou's thugs, they should be the Hou family's family members.

Li Xuan remembered that Hu Yulou's mother Zhou was under house arrest in the boudoir on the fifth floor.

"I don't know if Zhou's mother found out that her belongings were gone."

Zhou's mother hid under the pillow before, and the belongings she brought when she was about to run away were put into the Dihong bone ring by Li Xuan last night.

After all, this is Zhou's mother's territory, and Li Xuan estimated that if she wanted to run, there would definitely be a way.

But before she escaped, if she found that her belongings were gone, she didn't know if she would simply get out.

Li Xuan said hello to Xu Lang, and then quietly went out of the window of the private room and climbed upstairs.

Xu Lang saw Li Xuan go upstairs, but he didn't see it, and waited with his back straight like a spear, even if there was no one, he still maintained a professional attitude.

Li Xuan easily climbed to the fifth floor, but before he got close to the window, he heard a rummaging sound.

He grabbed the window with his paws, and then looked inside through the gap, and sure enough, he saw Zhou's mother who was rummaging frantically in the house.

The room that used to be neat and tidy is now a mess, and there are all kinds of things scattered on the floor.

Zhou's mother's hair and clothes were also messy, her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked haggard.

"Where's the thing, what's the thing......"

Mother Zhou babbled in her mouth, her eyes full of panic.

She distinctly remembered that she had packed up all her belongings last night, put them in a small wooden box that only she could open, and hid them under her pillow.

Zhou's mother wanted to get out and leave last night, but found that the small wooden box under the pillow was missing.

Later, the Hou family put her under house arrest, which was also convenient for her to find her belongings, but until now, she has searched the house and found nothing.

"Recruited thieves?"

"How could there be such a coincidence......

"Could it be that it's really haunted!"

Zhou's mother sat on the chair suspiciously, biting her nails involuntarily, looking very nervous.

"Impossible, impossible......"

"If there is really a ghost, how can the business on this flower street be done now!"

"Somebody must be playing tricks in the dark, it must be so."

Zhou's mother sat down for a while, then stood up again, and was in a hurry in the room.

Now that Hou San is dead, Ayimu is still missing, and she herself has been placed under house arrest by the Hou family.

If she continues like this, her best outcome is to go bankrupt and return to her old business.

At that time, she will be sold to pay off her debts, and the rest of her life will be completely over.

Obviously, Mama Zhou is not a master who sits idly by.

Zhou's mother climbed into her bed, and then pressed it back and forth on her bedboard, and after a while, there was a sound of blinking.

"Meow, sure enough, there is a back hand."

Li Xuan, who was peeking outside the window, saw this scene and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart.

The mechanism under Zhou's mother's bed was very delicate, and with the sound of the machine, a passage appeared under her bed, and it was pitch black and I didn't know where it led.

And the amazing thing is that Li Xuan can still clearly see the space under her bed, and there is no change.

"I even make use of visual and spatial illusions, and the craftsmanship is very good."

Li Xuan exclaimed.

Mother Zhou carefully put her lower body into the passage at this time.

This passage should be slide-like and can be slid down.

Mother Zhou held her hands on the entrance of the passage, and seemed to be a little hesitant.

I'm afraid I'm still reluctant to give up my belongings.

But now the bow is on the string, and it has to be sent.

In the end, Zhou's mother gritted her teeth, let go of her supporting hand, and slid into the passage with a swish.

Li Xuan hurriedly climbed into the window, and then leaned over to the edge of the passage to look inside.

In the dark passage, there was no trace of Zhou's mother, but the sound of clothes rubbing on the slide could still be vaguely heard.

"Mom is really good at playing this week."

Li Xuan was hesitating at the door of the passage to slide down with him, but as soon as he put his head to the entrance of the passage, he couldn't help frowning.

"This tastes ......"

Li Xuan moved his nose and immediately took two steps back in fright.

At this time, the entrance of the passage began to close slowly, and the sound of the machine sounded automatically.

But at the last moment when the passage was closed, Li Xuan clearly heard screams coming from inside the passage.

And the owner of that voice is none other than Zhou's mother.

"Ah......h

With a hint of burnt smell penetrating into his nose, Li Xuan believed that Zhou's mother was probably more than lucky now.

"Have you prepared for this secret passage a long time ago?"

Li Xuan felt a little afraid, but he didn't expect the murderer to be so well prepared, allowing Zhou's mother to fall into the trap by herself.

If he hadn't smelled that familiar smell at the entrance of the passage just now, I'm afraid he would have been unlucky with Mother Zhou.

Li Xuan looked at the closed passage and immediately shook his head.

"No, you can't chase from here."

He leaned over to the closed passageway, sniffed vigorously with his nose, locked in the smell, and immediately climbed out of the window, looking for the smell.

Outside, the smell was much more blurry, but Li Xuan found that the burnt taste was getting clearer and clearer.

"Down there."

Li Xuan came all the way to the window on the first floor, and then, like a hound, he followed the smell all the way to the backyard of Hu Yulou.

It was the first time he stepped into this place, and he found that Hu Yulou's backyard was not small.

The backyard is surrounded by a number of low-rise bungalows, which look like they should be able to accommodate a lot of people.

The kitchen, carriage and warehouse are also arranged here, which really occupies a lot of space.

It seems that Hu Yulou's real estate alone may be a lot of wealth.

Li Xuan followed the smell and came to the warehouse and found that the smell came from the bottom of the warehouse.

He searched in the storeroom for a long time, and only then did he find a hidden cellar entrance through the direction from which the smell came.

It just so happened that there was no one in the warehouse now, and Li Xuan directly opened the entrance to the cellar.

Although it was dark inside, it was difficult for Li Xuan.

His green cat's eyes can see things clearly in this environment.

Li Xuan went all the way to the deepest part of the cellar, and he found that the smell of burnt paste was coming from the corner of the wall, but there was no way in front of him.

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with the smell coming from behind this wall."

"There must be a mechanism."

Li Xuan searched for the wall, knocking and knocking.

Finding that something was wrong with the sound in the corner, he pressed hard a few times, and the wall suddenly collapsed inward, and then turned around, revealing a narrow passageway.

As the passage was opened, Li Xuan's vision suddenly lit up, and the smell of burnt paste filled his nose.

In the dark secret room, a corpse was burning, and it was the green fire of last night on the corpse, and the smell of stinky garlic filled the nose while the green fire was burning.

Li Xuan knew that the smell was poisonous, but it didn't have any effect on him.

Judging by the body shape and the unburned clothes on her body, this is undoubtedly Zhou's mother.

Li Xuan sighed, it is estimated that Zhou's mother never thought that she jumped into the fire pit by herself until she died.

"Burned like this, it's hopeless."

Li Xuan bypassed Zhou's mother's body and went to the exit of the passage to check.

Previously, Zhou's mother followed here, all the way from the boudoir on the fifth floor to the secret room in the cellar.

Li Xuan sniffed, and then gently touched the slide in the passage with his paws.

As a result, he touched some slimy liquid.

Li Xuan took a closer look at the liquid on his paws, sniffed it a few more times, and already understood what it was.

"Is this the thing that turns this place into a slide that can't be touched?"

Li Xuan shook his head and sighed, and quickly shook off the mucus on his claws.

He didn't want to set himself on fire out of a moment of curiosity.

Then, Li Xuan walked around the secret room in the cellar again, because Zhou's mother was turning her body into flames, the secret room was very bright.

The secret room contains some clothes and disguise props, as well as a wooden box with scattered silver taels, which should be roughly estimated to be a hundred taels.

This hundred taels of silver range from silver ingots to sparse broken silver, and it should be convenient to use in the market.

I think it's the coiling that Zhou's mother has prepared for herself all the year round when she runs.

Li Xuan unceremoniously accepted it into the Dihong bone ring.

Then, there was nothing else in the chamber.

In addition to the clothes in the secret room, there are no documents such as some documents that Li Xuan expected.

After all, this is a cellar, and the dark, damp environment is not conducive to storing those things.

Li Xuan is still very sorry about Zhou's mother's death, he originally had a lot to ask Zhou's mother, but now it seems that there is no play.

Li Xuan looked back at the still burning corpse, and then silently walked out of the secret room, closed the mechanism in the corner of the wall again, and restored it to its original state.

Zhou's mother's death is not worthless.

At least, Li Xuan felt that if the news of Zhou's mother's disappearance spread, the murderer would definitely come to take a look.

A masterpiece made by himself, the murderer must also want to appreciate it.

Li Xuan thought that these had already left the cellar and quietly returned to Hu Yulou.

With the identity of a kitten, he returned to the private room on the second floor without alarming anyone.

And when he came back, he found that Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an had returned.

The two princesses were getting together, muttering quietly, not knowing what they were discussing.

It's just that looking at the sneaky appearance of the two of them, Li Xuan can't help but laugh a little.

"This detective game has made them more and more into the drama."

Li Xuan jumped on the table violently, startling the two of them.

"Ah Xuan, I don't know how to squeak when I come back."

Princess Ankang complained, patted her small breasts, and then naturally hugged Li Xuan into her arms.

Princess Yuan'an on the side suddenly blushed and her heart beat, looking very nervous, staring directly at Li Xuan.

"Ah Xuan, you were so close to me just now."

"I can smell his burnt body odor."

"It's worthy of the little kitten I fancied, and the smell on its body is so different."

Princess Yuan'an hugged her red face, looking obsessed.

Li Xuan and Princess Ankang are not surprised now, but they don't see the current appearance of Princess Yuan'an.

"Uh-huh."

Princess Ankang coughed dryly, waking up Princess Yuan'an.

"Sister, let's move on to the current case."

"Uh, yes, yes, sister."

Princess Yuan'an suddenly woke up and put away her infatuation.

Seeing that she cleared her throat, she spoke:

"Sister, I've inquired."

"There have always been rumors of hauntings on Flower Street, but in recent days it has been particularly noisy."

"It's all because of a girl who died a horrible death last month, and people say she's here to take revenge."

"Coupled with the fact that strange things have been happening lately, this thing is getting more and more true."

Not to mention, Princess Yuan'an went out this morning, but she really inquired about the haunted things clearly.

It can be seen that this guy is not completely incapable of investigating the case, but he just didn't pay attention to it before.

Now that she was starting to be curious, the efficiency of the investigation had suddenly increased a lot.

Listening to Princess Yuan'an's words, Princess Ankang also looked solemn.

"Sister, have you ever heard the name of the dead girl?"

Li Xuan and Princess Ankang both had an expected answer in their hearts, and they now need to pair up with Princess Yuan'an.

As a result, Princess Yuan'an shook her head:

"Sister, I've inquired about this, but I haven't been able to get a definite answer."

"I heard that the dead girl is not famous, just an ordinary girl on the flower street, not an Oiran or anything."

Hearing this, Li Xuan and Princess Ankang couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

But then Princess Yuan'an changed her words, lowered her voice and said to them:

"But there's one thing I've inquired about."

"The dead girl was in Hu Yulou before she died."

"But as soon as I inquired with Hu Yulou's people, they were all hesitant and refused to elaborate, probably because my mother didn't allow them to talk about it that week."

Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh when he heard it.

In this way, Zhou's mother's death may also be inevitable.

"Sister, if I'm right, most of the dead girl is called Sissi."

Princess Ankang said with a complicated expression.

She had previously known through Li Xuan about Ash's evaluation of the other doctor's doctor and Sissi.

For this kind of person who can save stray cats, Princess Ankang still has a good impression.

I think at least they should all be kind people.

Ash had said that Sissi hadn't come to see him in over a month.

Although Princess Ankang also had some psychological preparations, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

Especially when many clues brought by Princess Yuan'an can match them.

Then, Princess Ankang also told Princess Yuan'an the news they had heard from Doctor Fang before.

After hearing this, Princess Yuan'an said without thinking:

"Nine times out of ten, this murderer is the doctor."

Li Xuan and Princess Ankang couldn't help but be silent, because they also guessed.

"But we don't have any evidence now, it's just mental evidence."

Princess Ankang said.

No, Princess Yuan'an shook her head:

"I'm afraid my sister doesn't know, it's the son of the servant who died this time, if the clues we know are known by the government, they can also take people down first."

"As for the rest of the evidence, they can naturally pry it out of Doctor Fang's mouth."

"When the time comes, even if the murderer is not him, he will have to be him."

What Princess Yuan'an said was the truth.

"Therefore, before we have a conclusion, the clues in hand cannot be revealed at will."

Princess Ankang said solemnly.

"No one knows about the relationship between Dr. Fang and Sissi, at least that's what I did before."

The relationship between Dr. Fang and Sissi was told to Li Xuan by Ash.

But except for a cat like Gray Ash, when Princess Ankang heard the news on Flower Street later, no one knew about the relationship between the two.

In this way, the relationship between them should be a secret.

Seeing that the two princesses finished communicating the clues they found, Li Xuan also began to share his own clues.

He patted the table with his tail to attract the attention of the two princesses, and then dipped in water on the table and wrote a few words.

"Mother Zhou is dead."

Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an were all shocked, but neither of them doubted Li Xuan's words.

"Ah Xuan, when did this happen?"

"Not long ago, Zhou's mother's body was still burning."

Li Xuan continued.

Then he wrote about what had happened before and showed the two princesses.

"Mother's secret passage this week should be her own secret, how did this murderer find out?"

Princess Yuan'an wondered.

This kind of secret secret passage, Zhou's mother will not make a big deal of it, right?

Even if someone in Hu Yulou knew where this secret passage was, it should be Zhou's mother's cronies.

This couldn't help but make Princess Yuan'an begin to waver, and the idea that Doctor Fang was the murderer.

Even if Dr. Fang is close to Hu Yulou's Qianqian, how could an ordinary girl know Zhou's mother's secret passage?

Zhou's mother's secret passage was obviously manipulated by the murderer, so she jumped into the fire pit and was burned to death.

Both princesses fell into deep thought.

At this time, Li Xuan wrote a few more words.

"The murderer may go to check on Zhou's mother's body, and he will have to send someone to keep an eye on the cellar, maybe he can run into the other party."

"Ah Xuan is right!"

Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an nodded in unison.

The words of the two in unison made them look at each other and smile.

Then, Princess Ankang looked to the side.

"Xu Lang, can you separate people to keep an eye on the cellar and take turns to be on duty for twelve hours."

"Miss, there's no problem, I'll arrange it."

Xu Lang took a step forward and simply agreed to the matter.

"If I heard that Zhou's mother was gone, I guess I would like to confirm it."

"The murderer has gone to such great lengths, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary grudge."

"Ahh

Princess Ankang couldn't help but sigh.

The person who was still talking to her in the morning had died in less than a day, and the feeling of yin and yang was a little unreal for her.

But now there is no time for Princess Ankang to sigh more.

Li Xuan patted the table with his tail again, and then went on to write:

"Zhao Si should know the details, he may be the murderer's next target."

"We want to know the truth, and he is an important breakthrough."

"If even Zhao Si is dead, I'm afraid the truth will only be known to the murderer himself."

Then, Li Xuan briefly wrote down what he saw and heard in the Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Si's reaction to being so scared was that everyone could see that there was something wrong with it.

In addition, Zhao Si and Hou San always have conflicts, and they can be regarded as sworn enemies.

As the old saying goes, it's your enemies who know you best.

"It seems that we have to find a way to meet Zhao Si once."

Princess Ankang groaned.

"Sister, do you want to reveal our identity?"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid the Zhao Mansion won't let us in."

Princess Yuan'an said with some concern.

Princess Ankang thought for a moment, then asked:

"Hey, this time we went out of the palace to investigate the case, what are the rules?"

Princess Yuan'an thought about it and said with some uncertainty:

"I remember that Mr. Zhao only emphasized that the process of investigating the case needed to be recorded."

As she spoke, Princess Yuan'an looked up at the two eunuchs who were in charge of recording them.

These two people don't say a word all day long, and their sense of existence is low to the limit.

If they hadn't brought it up now, they would have forgotten that there was such a person who had been following them.

"In addition, it is emphasized that things such as reporting to the Ministry of Internal Affairs before leaving the palace, and there seems to be no other rules after that."

"Hey, it seems that this month's competition is quite free."

Hearing this, Li Xuan also realized that something was wrong.

They had clear rules in their previous games, but this month seems to have been a bit too liberal.

And Emperor Yongyuan has always liked to hide small easter eggs in the competition.

Li Xuan estimated that the rules of this month's game were so free, I am afraid that there was also Emperor Yongyuan's own intentions.

"In that case, then let's make our identities clear and visit Zhao Si, it's not against the rules, right?"

Princess Ankang spoke, looking at the two fathers-in-law who were in charge of the record.

But the two fathers-in-law didn't seem to hear the words, and they didn't even react at all.

Princess Ankang shrugged at Princess Yuan'an and spread her hands:

"It seems that there is no problem."

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