Warm fragrance cloud around

That night, Cheng Jiangyun kept watching that the candles in the room were extinguished, and the voices of the people completely died down, before returning to Dali Temple under the stars and moonlight.

The next day was a sunny and sunny day.

As the weather gradually became hotter and hotter, the frogs and insects in the yard began to become active, and a few frog calls could be heard vaguely, but they were not too noisy to be annoying, but added a bit of leisure.Lin Junnuan was used to getting up early, and after Xia He took care of her to wash up, with a look of disgust and grievance on her face, she still changed into men's clothes for her.

"Miss still looks good in a skirt." After changing her clothes, she still muttered unwillingly.

Lin Junnuan smiled brightly, lifted her chin, and whispered close to her ear, "How about wearing it for you to see at night?"

Xia He blushed and hummed softly, bent down to help her straighten out the folds at the hem of the gown, took two steps back, tilted her head to confirm, and then winked at Chuntao outside the door, asking her to bring in the breakfast .

Today's breakfast has a lotus leaf porridge, which is made by grinding the juice from the top buds of new lotus leaves, adding a few wolfberries and enough white sugar, the green is dotted with vermilion, the color is crystal clear It is sweet in the mouth, and there seems to be a faint fragrance of lotus in the nostrils. Lin Junnuan unconsciously drank two bowls in a row.

It is almost the season of lotus blooming.

She wiped her mouth with the handkerchief, and winked at Xia He: "Don't worry, when I find out what I want to check, I'll change into a skirt and take you to see the lotus."

Today's Dali Temple seems to be much quieter than in the past, perhaps because Jian Yuanhou was assassinated, I guess Master Cheng will not be in a good mood, everyone doesn't want to touch his brow and get angry, so they are all cautiously clenching their tails.

However, in fact, Cheng Jiangyun's mood was not as bad as everyone guessed. After returning home last night, he slept soundly, and he was full of energy in the morning. He even ate half a cage of buns more than usual, which made watching chess almost move him to tears.

As soon as Lin Junnuan came to Dali Temple, he was "kindly" stopped by a guard, "My lord seems to be in a bad mood today, and I was scolded and cried while watching chess, you can have some snacks!"

so exaggerated?Lin Junnuan shrank his neck, thanked the man solemnly, and said that he would be notified in time if there was any gossip, before tiptoeing into Cheng Jiangyun's room.

"It's a bit late today." Cheng Jiangyun looked at her and said calmly.

Uh, is this trying to find fault with her?Lin Junnuan rolled his eyes and said shyly, "The morning glow is so beautiful, I accidentally saw the gods, and I wasted some time. Please forgive me, my lord."

Cheng Jiangyun's eyes followed her to the sky outside the window, and the morning light fell from the sky, as if it could illuminate all the dark corners of the world, and everything was brilliant and peaceful.

He stared at it for a moment, then retracted his gaze, suppressed the raised corners of his mouth, "Stop talking, it's time to investigate."

When it came to business, Lin Junnuan immediately became serious, "My lord, I have something to say."

"Go ahead."

"My lord, please grant me a request."

"Tell me."

Lin Junnuan looked at him secretly, with a faint smile in doubt, and he didn't seem angry, so he calmed down and continued: "My lord, please give the order to allow Amin's friends to take the body back Burial."

"Amin's friend? Are you referring to Ah Hua?"

"Well," Lin Junnuan explained to him that Amin's younger sister Xiaozhen temporarily lived in Ahua's house, "I don't intend to excuse Amin, but he is dead after all, and it is useless for adults to keep his body , it is better to simply open the door and let people bury him, so that the living people will have less regret."

Cheng Jiangyun drooped his eyelids, and his amiable expression just now slowly sank.He suddenly didn't want to hear the name Ahua from her mouth.

"I see." After a while, he said again: "Today, there is still an autopsy, and let them go to Jingzhao Mansion tomorrow."

"Autopsy?" Lin Junnuan was puzzled, "Didn't you have an autopsy yesterday?"

Cheng Jiangyun raised his eyelids, "Wu Zuo found something wrong, I came to ask for orders in the morning, and decided to do another autopsy."

"What's the problem?"

"The shape of the dagger seized by officers and soldiers from the scene did not match the shape of the wound on the neck of the deceased."

Lin Junnuan couldn't help but gasped, "You mean... there are other murder weapons?"

"That's right," Cheng Jiangyun nodded calmly, "It's even possible that the deceased did not commit suicide."

***

Hearing that Amin might not have committed suicide, Lin Junnuan subconsciously thought of that weird wooden sign.

"Actually, I learned something yesterday. Amin's younger sister said that the wooden plaque was a relic of their father. It is said that it can make people's wishes come true."

"All wishes come true?" Cheng Jiangyun's eyes moved slightly, "That barbarian woman said the same."

"A barbarian woman? You mean A Yao?" Lin Junnuan's eyes widened, "One person may be superstitious, but two people say so, it will definitely not be groundless."

She clasped the table and thought for a moment, then expressed her absurd conjecture, "Could it be that this wooden sign is really their death talisman?"

Before Amin died, there was only Jianyuanhou by his side. If he wanted to know the truth about his death, the most convenient way was to ask Jianyuanhou directly. However, this method is now undoubtedly a dead end. That angry look could not possibly provide them with any clues.

How did such a good father and son become like this? Lin Junnuan took a sneak peek at Cheng Jiangyun, um, Mr. Cheng behaves in a casual manner. The one who has the problem must be Hou Ye. They say that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepdad. as expected.

She hesitated for a moment, but asked directly: "Have you found any clues from Lord Hou?"

"He met Min Chongshan and talked about the relief food."

"So they really..." She didn't say the last words, she immediately came to her senses, and hurriedly changed her words: "Maybe it was just mentioned casually, and it doesn't mean that Master Hou is related to him."

Knowing that she was flattering herself against her will, Cheng Jiangyun looked over with a half-smile, making Lin Junnuan a little puzzled, "Did any other murder weapon be found at the scene?"

"No, that's exactly the problem."

"Could it have been taken away by others?" Many people at the scene had the opportunity to take away the murder weapon, such as Lord Hou, and the guards of the Hou Mansion. Lin Junnuan said in a low voice at the end, she did not forget herself The person sitting in front of him is the prince of the Hou family, which is a bit embarrassing.

Cheng Jiangyun didn't care, and said lightly: "It's hard to say now, everything is speculation."

"So, we have to go back to the scene again." Lin Junnuan snapped his fingers.

After yesterday's torrential rain, most of the blood on the floor of the alley has been washed away, only the dark red blood on the wall still stubbornly remains, proclaiming that a life has passed away here.

Even if there were any clues left, they should have been washed away by the rain now, and Lin Junnuan couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. If he had known this, he should have checked it a few more times yesterday.

There were puddles of puddles on the ground, and she tiptoed over carefully, her eyes fell on the blood spattered on the wall.

"How tall is Lord Hou?" She asked suddenly.

"Slightly shorter than me," Cheng Jiangyun compared above his eyebrows, "about here."

"Where's Ah Min?" Lin Junnuan just asked, and immediately asked and answered, "No matter what, he must be taller than me, it's not right!"

"What's wrong?"

"The location of the bloodstain is wrong."

She tapped on the wall with her fingertips, "Look here, does the vacant piece look a bit like a human head?"

"It's kind of like that."

"Imagine the scene at that time. Amin's neck was cut off by others or by himself, and the blood spurted out and splashed on the wall. The reason why such a gap was left shows that there must be someone blocking him from the wall."

"Ah."

"But in this way, there is a problem with the height of the bloodstain. You see," she spread her arms and gestured. "The head left on the wall is about the same height as me. What does that mean?"

Cheng Jiangyun's eyes darkened, "It means that the person standing in front of you is about the same height as you, or a little shorter."

"That's right!" Lin Junnuan's eyes lit up, "Master Hou is much taller than me, if he is in front, the position of the head shape should be higher, not to mention Ah Min, that is to say, There was a third person at the scene, maybe that person was the murderer."

After listening to her analysis, Cheng Jiangyun lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

If there is really a third person at the scene, and he is the real murderer of A Min, then when he killed, what was his father doing, and why the murderer was able to safely leave Jian Yuanhou, who had witnessed his murder, alone. leave?

When the guards and officers and soldiers rushed to the scene, they only saw the injured Marquis and the dead who had fallen to the ground. They were able to quickly leave the scene in a short time without leaving any traces of breaking the door or climbing over the wall. .

Afterwards, Lord Hou never mentioned that there was a third party at the scene, and deliberately prevented him from investigating the case, as if deliberately keeping the murderer a secret. The two probably knew each other. All kinds of clues made him think of a possibility, suicide.

Lin Junnuan was not idle when he was thinking. He stood on tiptoe to look hard at other traces on the two walls of the alley. However, due to his limited height, he was so tired that he could only see a piece of green vines on the parapet wall. He was so impatient that he almost jumped on the spot. .

"Want to turn over?" Cheng Jiangyun asked hoarsely.

"Well," thinking of the last experience of climbing over the wall, she quickly waved her hand again, "No, I just want to see if there are any traces on the wall..."

Before the words landed, Cheng Jiangyun had already lifted her up by the waist, flew over the wall and entered the small courtyard inside the wall, and immediately retracted her hand after landing.

The experience of lightness kung fu leading people is so exciting no matter how many times you go through it, Lin Junnuan closed his eyes, stood where he was and took two deep breaths before recovering.The yard in front of me seemed to have been abandoned for many years, and the yard was covered with weeds one or two feet deep, and a path paved with cobblestones was looming in the weeds.

There are several obvious trample marks on the weeds, and the broken marks on the grass stems are still fresh, which should have been left in a day or two.

If such a clue is still hidden, then a blood-stained robe stuffed in a crack in a wall in the corner of the courtyard should be used as direct evidence of the presence of a third party at the scene.