I am the best in the world with the crime solving system

The layout of the library...

Chen Chaoyan stopped in her tracks.

The tea table is carved out of strange stone.

All kinds of shelving flower pots are also randomly hollowed out with strange rocks, or planted with two or three bulbs of narcissus; or plant a water lily, and add one or two small fish; Cover one or two places with moss, and then plant one or two small flowering trees; or cover the whole area with moss, and then plant a small clump of phoenix bamboo.

Novelty, chic, and full of fun.

Xie Xuan was dealing with letters on the petrified wood desk. Chen Chaoyan didn't want to disturb him, so he walked lightly among the potted plants, admiring them quietly.

Halfway through the appreciation, Shi Shu and Wen Mo came in with tea.After Chen Chaoyan signaled them to put the tea on the coffee table, she continued to appreciate it, and only sat down by the coffee table after appreciating everything.

Xie Xuan finished processing the letter in his hand, and when he rested his pen, he held a cup of tea and asked, "Princess like this kind of scenery?"

Chen Chaoyan looked at the small pot of phoenix bamboo on the petrified wood desk, nodded and said, "It's not interesting."

"Have you visited the garden?" Xie Xuan asked.

Chen Chaoyan nodded again, "Took around for a while."

Xie Xuan looked at her, "I like it very much?"

Chen Chaoyan smiled and said, "I like it very much."

Xie Xuanyang raised his eyebrows, "Why did you wake up so soon?"

Chen Chaoyan repeated what he had just replied to the servant.

Xie Xuanqian took two sips of tea: "Have you figured out how to check?"

Chen Chaoyan shook his head, "I didn't think about it."

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chen Chaoyan further said: "Qi Wu is a cautious person, and his actions are even more decisive. If he hadn't had a special liking for pear blossoms, we would have almost no chance of recognizing Yang Shan as him. The scene of the crime was the same, and his actions were clean. Not to mention, there are no traces left. If you want to catch him, I'm afraid you can only use the most stupid way to visit one by one."

Xie Xuan was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Have you seen the corpses of Yang Wei and Sun Huairen in the mortuary?"

Chen Chaoyan also shook her head again, "Not yet. The case happened half a month ago. I don't know if their bodies are stored in the mortuary. I just asked Shun Xin to ask Mr. Li."

Xie Xuan clasped his hands and tapped on the desk, "The princess thinks, what is the reason why Qi Wu killed them?"

Chen Chaoyan put down the teacup, sighed slowly, and asked without answering: "Before leaving Dongyin County, the guard reported that the prince sent them to search for Qi Wu in the nearby counties with Qi Wu's portrait, is it true? Fake?"

Xie Xuan laughed, "Princess thinks that such a thing can be faked? Or can fakery deceive the person who wants to seek power and usurp the throne?"

Seeking power and usurping the throne... Have you started talking so clearly?Chen Chaoyan glanced at him, "This kind of thing can't be faked. Is it true that someone in Chang County has seen Qi Wu?"

Xie Xuan looked at her with a smile, "What does the princess think?"

Chen Chaoyan met his eyes. After a while, she withdrew her gaze and slowly analyzed: "Whether it's true or not, according to Mrs. Yang, Qi Wu is A Changshan who was half-pulled and half-pulled away by Yang Wei and Sun Huairen. According to Yang Wei's wife, Yang Wei mentioned that he wanted to buy the courtyard next door the day before the incident. The murderous intention should be that Yang Wei and Sun Huairen somehow saw through Qi Wu's disguise and wanted to jointly ask him for money. In order to prevent future troubles, Wu launched a murderous plan."

Xie Xuan asked: "But he killed them and exposed himself."

Chen Chaoyan was about to say, 'Yes, this is exactly what I can't figure out', Li Deqing hurried in, and after a quick salute, he said: "The body was found in Wenxin Lake in Wenhai Town. Judging from the clothing of the corpse, it might be Yang...Qi Wu!"

Chen Chaoyan got up quickly, "When did it happen?"

"Just now, Ma Liang, an old man from Wenhai Town, sent someone to report the case." Li Deqing said quickly, "According to the reporter's description, the clothes on the body are exactly the same as the day Qi Wu disappeared!"

"Go and have a look!" Chen Chaoyan said decisively.

What Li Deqing wished for, after saying hello, he took a step ahead of her and said, "I'll go prepare the carriage first."

Chen Chaoyan also said hello, and followed closely behind him.When he reached the door, he remembered that he forgot to ask Xie Xuan's opinion, so he hurriedly stopped.Turning around, she saw Xie Xuan following her, and at the same time she felt relieved, she immediately said: "I was in a hurry, and I forgot to ask the prince, please don't take offense."

Xie Xuan didn't speak.

After getting into the carriage and starting to drive towards Wenhai Town, seeing that he still didn't speak, Chen Chaoyan asked softly, "Is your lord angry?"

Xie Xuan squinted at her, and said indifferently: "What does the princess think?"

Chen Chaoyan tilted her head: "I thought the prince had a big heart and would never get angry over such a trivial matter."

Xie Xuan let out a sigh.

"Okay, I know I was wrong." Chen Chaoyan coaxed patiently, "I promise, there will never be a next time."

Xie Xuan glanced at her, "If there is a next time..."

Chen Chaoyan interrupted him, "There will be absolutely no next time."

Xie Xuan looked at her with a half-smile.

Chen Chaoyan said: "My lord doesn't trust me?"

Xie Xuan lazily smiled and said, "Is the princess planning to beat you up?"

Chen Chaoyan figured that even if he followed his normal pace, there should be news of Miss Su Si in the past two days, so he couldn't help but smile, and said in a good-tempered manner: "My lord misunderstood, I was in a hurry and ignored my lord, It's true that I was wrong, but I also wanted to catch Qi Wu earlier, so that we could eradicate the rebellious officials and thieves for Wei, so that the prince can be as wanton as before."

Xie Xuan joked, "So, should I still thank the princess?"

"You don't need to thank you." Chen Chaoyan said generously, "As long as the prince is no longer angry."

Xie Xuan chuckled twice, took the tea she graciously handed over, and teased: "It's really rare to see the princess so proactive."

Chen Chaoyan smiled and did not speak.

Xie Xuan glanced at her, and then looked outside, "Wangfei is so urgent, is it because she suspects that Qi Wu is not the one who died?"

"There is such a suspicion, but whether it is true or not, we will only know after seeing it on the spot." Chen Chaoyan said.

Wenhai Town is at the foot of the two mountains ahead of Achang Mountain.

It is not too far from Juchang County.

When they arrived, Wenxin Lake had already been surrounded by three layers of people inside and three layers outside.

Fortunately, the old man Ma Liang was a very prestigious person. After being informed that the body was found in the lake, he sent people to the county government to report the case, and at the same time had people surround Wenxin Lake.

After Zhechong soldiers drove the onlookers back a few feet, Chen Chaoyan followed Xie Xuan and quickly walked to the central scene under the guidance of Li Deqing and Ma Liang.

The body was floating face down and back up next to a pile of water chestnut leaves very close to the lake shore, and had not yet been fished out.

After Chen Chaoyan took a rough look at the length and shape of the corpse, he turned around and asked the old man, "May I ask you, who was the first to find the corpse?"

The old man ordered his grandson to follow, "Go and call Ma Liu over."

The grandson immediately ran to the crowd and shouted loudly: "Uncle Ma Liu, my grandfather told you to come here."

The short, black and thin Ma Liu followed his grandson to the front, looked at Xie Xuan fearfully, then at the corpse in the lake, and asked shyly, "Master, are you looking for me?"

"It's not me looking for you, it's this..."

"Miss Chen." Li Deqing continued, "Miss Chen is a master at dissecting corpses and solving cases."

Fearing that Ma Liu and the elders would look down on them, Li Deqing said again: "The several cases in Luyang County and the old case of the Qu family in Dongyin County were all solved by Ms. Chen."

After looking at Chen Chaoyan twice in surprise, the old man nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

After Chen Chaoyan bowed his hands, he looked at Ma Liu.Ma Liu hurriedly followed suit, and bowed to her too.After Chen Chaoyan returned the salute again, she said, "I have a few questions I want to ask, please..."

Ma Liu quickly said: "Miss Chen, just ask whatever you want!"

Chen Chaoyan stopped beating around the bush, and said directly, "Uncle Ma, when did you find the body?"

Ma Liu had never been so respected before, and after glancing at Xie Xuan fearfully, he replied flattered: "I came here in the morning to pick some water chestnuts and went back to cook wine. After the boat launched, I Just a few random strokes, and he popped up from the bottom of the water. I thought it was some prank, so I stretched out my hand and pulled it twice, only to find out that it was a dead person. I was so scared that I hurried back and told the uncle."

Ma Liang said: "After he told me, I asked Shisan to report the crime to the county government."

Chen Chaoyan asked: "Afterwards, did anyone move the corpse?"

Ma Liang said firmly, "No."

Chen Chaoyan asked again: "Does anyone know the corpse?"

Ma Liang looked at Ma Liu, and Ma Liu immediately said, "I don't know him."

Ma Liang looked at his grandson again, and after the grandson said 'I don't know', Ma Liang ordered his grandson to ask the spectators around, but Chen Chaoyan stopped him.

Chen Chaoyan walked to the lake, took advantage of the light screen to observe the corpse for a while, then turned to Li Deqing and said, "Find someone to bring the corpse up."

Li Deqing immediately beckoned a few yamen servants and ordered them to go to the lake to retrieve the corpse.

While they were salvaging, Chen Chaoyan walked around Wenxin Lake and watched.

Xie Xuan glanced at the yamen servant who was salvaging the corpse, and followed her. Amidst the discussion among the crowd, he asked in a low voice, "What is the princess looking for?"

"I'm looking for where the body fell from." Chen Chaoyan stopped for a while and looked around. Wenxin Lake is located in the middle of Wenhai Town, and most of the houses in the town are built around the lake.The area of ​​Wenxin Lake is about five mu. Willow trees and peach trees are planted on the shore of the lake, and there are water chestnuts in the east and west in the lake.

It was mid-October, the willow branches were verdant, the peach leaves were green, and the green grass was fragrant. Although the scenery was not comparable to the recovery of all things in March in Yangchun, it still had a special interest.

It is a pity that such a beautiful place has a murder.

Chen Chaoyan looked back from a distance, and fell back to the grass between the willow and peach trees, and explained as he walked: "All around the lake are residences, no matter whether the deceased is Qi Wu or not, whether he committed suicide or was killed, if you want to If you don’t splash water and startle others, you can only slowly enter the water from the shore.”

Xie Xuan turned his head to look at the corpse. The corpse was just one zhang away from the stone steps leading down to the lake from the lake shore.

Chen Chaoyan followed his gaze, then shook his head and said, "It's not there."

Xie Xuan glanced at her: "Why?"

Chen Chaoyan looked at the high mountain in front, "My lord can see through careful observation that Wenxin Lake is a living lake. The people of the town not only enjoy entertainment here, but also do laundry and washing vegetables here. If the corpse is really at the current location, then it is impossible to was discovered."

Xie Xuanshun carefully observed her words twice, then nodded, and started searching together with her.

But unfortunately, the two searched twice in a row, but found nothing.

Xie Xuan looked at her frowning eyebrows, and reminded slowly: "Since there is no evidence that the water fell from other places, has the princess ever thought that maybe he fell into the water from the stone steps?"

Just as Chen Chaoyan was about to shake her head, Xie Xuan motioned her to look at the peach and willow trees beside her.Chen Chaoyan followed his gaze and saw the bamboo poles supporting the peach trees and willow branches, his eyes lit up for a moment, and he hurried over.

There are peach trees and willow trees on the shore of the lake, big and small.Under the two old willow trees and the old peach tree not far from the stone steps, there are three bamboo poles standing respectively to support the curved branches of the old willow tree and the old peach tree.

Chen Chaoyan approached and saw three bamboo poles standing under the branches of old willow or peach trees in a triangular arch.The intersection of the three bamboo poles is tied tightly with bamboo strips.

but……

One of the bamboo poles arching the old willow tree is loose!