Volume 3 The Clock Chapter 10 The Living and the Dead
Facing Zhao Wu'an's half-joking-sounding words, An Qing was stunned for a moment, and then waved her hand and smiled: "How can I do this kind of thing, I must come to Zhao Jushi." ”
With that, he playfully stuck out his tongue.
Zhao Wu'an didn't have the slightest joking look, stood up, and said with a smile: "I'm a complete outsider, from beginning to end, I haven't even been to the scene in person, how can I be as convincing as you?"
An Qing opened her mouth in surprise, thought for a while, and said with a little annoyance: "I, how can I know who it is......"
"How many people were in the mansion at the time of the incident?" asked Zhao Wu'an.
"Mrs. Ning, Pang Li, and two maids are here. However, Jinlan and Guixi claimed to have stayed together all the time and didn't know what was going on outside. An Qing recalled, "Pang Yu said that she slept all afternoon and didn't even get out of bed. ”
She subconsciously took her fingers and curled her hair, "Xu Chang and I went to the market and met Ning Dantong who had returned home, the two of them should not be murderers." But for the other three, I don't have any clues. After Ning Longhai's death, the reaction of those people was also too bland, as if they were saying that they had conspired to murder the head of the family, which was really chilling. ”
Zhao Wu'an silently listened to An Qing's nagging without a match, his brows furrowed, and his face was cloudy.
“...... Zhao Wu'an?"
Zhao Wu'an came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, only to find that An Qing had approached his cheek at some point, and looked concerned: "What's wrong with you?
Zhao Wu'an was stunned, rubbed his eyebrows lazily, and said lightly: "It's useless to talk too much, it's better to go to the scene and take a look." ”
His attitude was as resolute as ever, but An Qing felt a little tricky: "However, the door of Ning Mansion is closed now, so it must be a refusal to see guests......"
"Why bother walking through the door. Zhao Wu'an smiled, "Didn't you say it yourself, this old man's home and Naning Mansion are just a wall." ”
An Qing was stunned for a moment, and then her expression became nervous: "You don't take any risks! I just woke up and was about to climb over the wall, what should I do if I fall and get injured!"
Zhao Wu'an couldn't laugh or cry: "A wall of dirt can still block a second-grade master?" ”
An Qing took a sullen step back, stepped off the edge of the bed, snorted softly, and twisted her head to the side.
Zhao Wu'an lifted the thin quilt on his body, got out of bed and stood up. Although his body felt fine, and the trauma barely affected his movements, the moment he got up, he still felt that his eyes were dark, and his body shook slightly.
An Qing, who had just taken a step back, hurriedly stepped forward to support him, with a look of concern on her face.
Zhao Wu'an waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay." Let's solve the case. ”
Solve the case.
These three words are very suitable for An Qing's meaning, and they can inexplicably remind her of the days when she first met in Qingdi Township.
An Qing smiled sweetly, her eyes curved like crescent moons. "Okay. ”
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Although it is said to be separated by a wall, there is actually an alley less than two feet wide between the two courtyards. On one side is the broken and slag remnant wall, and on the other side, even the white paint is clean and eye-catching. When the two are put together, the contrast is particularly obvious.
"Since the door of Ning Mansion is closed on weekdays, no one else will enter or leave before and after Ning Longhai's death. Even if he died of a deliberate murder, the only one who murdered him would be someone from Ning Fuzhong. Zhao Wu'an said lightly, "You must think so, right?"
An Qing listened to what he said, and at the end suddenly came up with a rhetorical question, and suddenly felt deceived, and subconsciously retorted: "It's definitely not right! This wall is so low, no one can climb it! Everyone nearby must be suspicious!"
But now that Lao Langzhong has gone, there is no way to ask him if there are any suspicious people who have been haunted recently. However, it is not ruled out that Lao Langzhong himself is a murderer. ”
Zhao Wu'an said to himself as he walked forward along the path.
If you think so, then Xia Lian, who only comes once every ten days, is very likely to be inseparable from it. There is actually nothing wrong with that idea of catching fast, but it is too eager to succeed, but it is easy to startle the snake. ”
An Qing followed Zhao Wu'an step by step, her eyes wandering aimlessly over the wall that didn't seem to have any problems, not understanding why Zhao Wu'an was staying here.
Zhao Wu'an suddenly stopped quietly. An Qing couldn't look at the road ahead, so she put it on his back and shouted pain and retreated.
"Why did you stop all of a sudden when you were walking well!" An Qing glared at him, and then thought that Zhao Wu'an was recovering from a serious illness, and his attitude was inevitably a little too rough, and his sharp eyes couldn't help but soften slightly, like a hungry lion cub.
Zhao Wu'an didn't care, and turned around, his eyes were as lazy as ever, but with a slight soft smile. "Look. ”
"What are you looking at?" An Qing asked.
"The truth doesn't come out on its own, it's hidden behind the fog, so you have to find out. The way to find this is to look. Zhao Wu said quietly, "Don't ask me what to see, but you have to see everything, and ask yourself, what is suspicious, what is seemingly unrelated, but crucial." ”
"When you see all this, you see the truth. Zhao Wu'an turned his head and quietly looked at the towering Guanyuan Pavilion in the Ning Mansion, "Guanyuan Pavilion fell to his death?" ”
The sunlight reflected Zhao Wu'an's white clothes, casting a thin figure on the snow-white brick wall, like the sundial he saw in the bazaar that day.
An Qing was stunned, seeing his steady appearance, his mood was a little low for no reason. "You can tell so easily, I can't do it......"
Zhao Wu'an patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, think about it, what have you seen all day?"
An Qing frowned, and said casually according to her memory: "Xiao Yu'er, medicinal herbs, white silk on the plaque, sundial ......"
Zhao Wu'an couldn't cry or laugh: "It's not these, there is one of the most critical clues, you ignored it." ”
He looked at An Qing seriously: "That is, the water leak in the hall." If it's still used every day, why does a large pool of water suddenly come out?
An Qing was stunned, Zhao Wuan's words did have the effect of clearing the clouds and seeing the sun. Something that had been wondering before seemed to have suddenly been revealed.
"This ...... You should ask Xu Chang, right?"
Zhao Wu'an nodded, and said, "But we can't go directly into Ning Mansion." ”
"It doesn't seem to be okay...... An Qing bit her lip helplessly.
Seeing her serious and distressed appearance, Zhao Wu'an really couldn't hold back, gently rubbed her long silky hair, and whispered in his ear: "But I didn't say it, Ning Mansion won't be able to enter." ”
"No matter what the reason, they will refuse......" An Qing still stood stupidly in place and meditated.
Zhao Wu'an chuckled lightly and said lazily.
"The living can't get in, but the dead don't. ”