The bloody smell in the firewood room choked Mu Yirong's brows, and he rushed into the firewood room with a strong step.

Han Xiangzi, the green swordsman who finally stopped smiling with his eyebrows and eyes, followed and rushed in quickly, only Seocho greedily sucked a mouthful of blood, chewed the bun in his mouth, and walked into the house slowly.

The nose did not have the sensitive caretaker of the three people, but when he saw the abnormal appearance of the three people, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly ran into the firewood room.

Then, the gatekeeper saw the maidservant Xiao Tao, her forehead covered with blood leaning under the load-bearing pillar in the center of the firewood room, her eyes were round, and her head was tilted to the side.

Directly above the pillar that Xiao Tao was leaning on, a large area of blood was clearly visible, so red that Deng was so frightened that the caretaker fell to the ground.

Mu Yirong stepped forward and put his hand on Xiao Tao's neck, but he had no pulse and died of anger.

When the caretaker heard that Xiao Tao was dead, he immediately jumped up from the ground like a corpse, jumped up, and rushed out of the firewood room while shouting "dead".

It wasn't until the caretaker ran far away that the footsteps had disappeared, but he could still be heard shouting in a voice like a broken gong, shouting "Dead, dead", which showed that he was frightened.

Seocho wrapped the dustpan in one hand and sent the elm money bun to his mouth with the other, squatting down, his eyes fixed on the dead peach.

When the green swordsman Han Xiangzi saw Seocho's unchanged appearance, he suddenly felt that he didn't want to eat dinner very much.

Seocho, who was staring at Xiao Tao, seemed to have found something, and bit the elm money bun in his mouth, and was about to reach out.

But the dustpan around was a little in the way, so she put the dustpan on her bent knees, but she still felt inconvenient, so she handed it to Mu Yirong, who was standing aside.

Mu Yirong angrily asked if Seocho wouldn't be put on the ground, and Seocho replied without raising his head, "What should I do if I am kicked over by others?"

Mu Yirong was speechless, took the dustpan, held it carefully, leaned over to look at Xiao Tao's body, and asked Seocho what he found?

Xiao Tao's forehead was covered with blood, dripping onto the front of the placket, and it was wet.

Seocho first looked at Xiao Tao's hands, feet and back, and saw that there were no other wounds, so he stretched out his hand to the back of Xiao Tao's head, touched a few strands of hair, and handed it to Mu Yirong.

Mu Yirong frowned and said, "Is there someone who grabbed the back of her head and hit the pillar and killed her?"

Ruicao nodded, agreeing with Mu Yirong's statement, and reached out to pick up Xiao Tao's broken hair hanging in front of her forehead, and examined the wound on her forehead.

"What are you doing here?"

A shrill woman's voice sounded at the door, Mu Yirong stood up straight and turned around, and saw a middle-aged woman who was pregnant with Liujia and dressed as the housewife, supported by a maidservant, walked into the door, followed by housekeeper Liu Fupang and other people.

Seeing that it was Mu Yirong, Steward Pang hurriedly took a step forward and introduced to Mu Yirong and the others, "This is my wife." ”

As he spoke, he introduced Mu Yirong and Ruicao to Mrs. Liu, who were officials of Dali Temple who came to the capital and were investigating the case here.

And when he was about to introduce the green swordsman Han Xiangzi, he paused slightly, and he didn't know how to introduce this chivalrous man who heard that his master was attacked and came to see the monster.

Qing Swordsman Han Xiangzi smiled and said hello to Mrs. Liu, and introduced herself, "Under the Qing Swordsman, I am helping Mu Shilang investigate the case, please don't care." ”

Mu Yirong looked at the green swordsman Han Xiangzi and asked him with his eyes, when did the official ask you to help investigate the case?

The green swordsman Han Xiangzi just smiled, and took the dustpan elm money bun from Ruicao from Mu Yirong's hand, which was simply a very eye-catching yamen official.

Mrs. Liu has read some books and knows etiquette, and when she heard that Mu Yirong and others were officials of Dali Temple, the color on her face softened slightly, "I don't know if the adults are here, the women are offended, please forgive me." ”

But after Mrs. Liu said this, she immediately changed her words: "The woman just heard that the old man of the slave family was attacked in the house and was in a coma for two days. Since the adults are officials of Dali Temple in the capital, they must be very capable, I wonder if we can track down the person who hurt my master?"

Mu Yirong twisted his eyebrows and glanced at Steward Pang, and then looked at Mrs. Liu, "Madame doesn't know, your mansion Pang Guan's family and the maidservant Xiao Tao were all injured by monsters?"

Mrs. Liu first glared at Steward Pang, and then snorted, "Steward Pang's old eyes are dizzy, maybe he is wrong, there are no monsters in this world, they must have been committed by villains." As for Xiao Tao's cheap maid, she is a lowly fox girl, who thinks about how to climb into the master's bed on weekdays, and is full of lies. None of what she said was credible. ”

When Mu Yirong heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Madame, do you know what kind of villain you are trying to harm your master?"

"Naturally, they covet my family's money"

Halfway through Mrs. Liu's words, she suddenly closed her mouth, and her eyes drifted away uncomfortably, "Anyway, the person who harmed my lord must be a villain with ill intentions, not a monster." How can a person like us who believes in Buddhism and is pious and upright make trouble with the evil and filthy things of monsters. Wait for Mrs. I tore the mouth of that cheap little peach, see if she dares to talk nonsense in the future!"

"She can't speak without you tearing her mouth apart. ”

After the green swordsman Han Xiangzi said this, he turned around and looked away, and Mrs. Liu saw Xiao Tao, whose face was covered with blood and couldn't look at her, was so frightened that she stumbled and almost stood unsteadily, but fortunately she was supported by the handmaid beside her.

The maid who held the lady looked handsome, her eyebrows were twisted, and she glared at the green swordsman Han Xiangzi very fiercely, her eyes full of reproach.

Han Xiangzi Qing swordsman squinted his eyes and smiled, and Mu Yirong took a step to the side, blocking Xiao Tao's body, blocking Mrs. Liu's sight.

Steward Pang saw that Mrs. Liu almost fainted, and hurriedly asked someone to help Mrs. Liu go back to the room to rest.

Mrs. Liu, whose face was pale, staggered around with her bulky body, but she couldn't take a step for half a day.

Mu Yirong, whose eyebrows were tightly twisted, turned his head and glared at the green swordsman Han Xiangzi, the green swordsman Han Xiangzi shrugged his shoulders and made an innocent statement, "I thought she came when she heard the news, but I didn't expect it"

The green swordsman Han Xiangzi was halfway through his words, and looked at the caretaker who ran away before, "Isn't it the letter you went to report to Mrs. Liu?"

The caretaker Ding stepped forward tremblingly, and was about to open his mouth, and Steward Pang, who sent Mrs. Liu out of the door, walked back.

He went to inform the old man, and on the way to the old man, he happened to meet his wife, and he had to explain to her in a hurry. ”

Steward Pang's old face, after learning the news of Xiao Tao's death, seemed to have dozens of more wrinkles, and his dry yellow complexion was as if he had been smeared with a layer of wax, and he was completely colorless.

He sighed deeply, and his voice became more and more dull, "Adults have also seen it, my wife is pregnant, and she is not young, and the old man does not dare to alarm her, for fear of having fetal gas." Unexpectedly, it was a coincidence that she was bumped into by her. ”

Mu Yirong stared at Steward Pang with both eyes, "I just heard what Mrs. Liu said, she already knew that County Lieutenant Liu was attacked, and said that it was not a monster, but a villain plotting against the Liu family's wealth." Could it be that before he left the house, he was patronized or threatened by gangsters?"

Steward Pang's cloudy eyes have completely lost their brilliance, and his back is getting worse and worse, and he waved his hand in denial, "It's nothing." It's just that the lady's family is a big family, and when she got married, she bought a lot of dowry. Mrs. Lau was worried that her expensive dowry would be remembered, and she was often exhausted, which was pure speculation and not true. ”

After a while, he swallowed his saliva, and reaffirmed his previous statement with a nervous expression, "The day before yesterday, the old man and Xiao Tao really saw the green-clothed monster with their own eyes, not dazzling, nor deceitful. ”

Mu Yirong didn't answer Steward Pang's words, but looked at the caretaker who was still trembling and shrunk at the door, "When you were guarding the door just now, did you hear any movement in the firewood room, or did anyone enter or leave?"

When the caretaker heard Mu Yirong's question, he shrank and wanted to take two steps forward to answer, but his feet trembled like chaff, completely uncontrollable, and after trying for a long time, he couldn't take a step forward, so he could only continue to shrink at the door, and saluted Mu Yirong and replied, "Lord Hui, when Xiao Tao was just locked up for a while, she went crazy and made a lot of noise, and kept shouting that there were monsters trying to harm her." Everyone wanted to tie it up, but Steward Pang was kind-hearted and felt sorry for Xiao Tao, so he didn't let him tie it, and stepped forward to appease Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao quieted down. Later, after everyone went out, the little one stayed at the door, no one entered or left, and no unusual movement came out of it. ”

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