The Plow

"What did you see?"

Alan couldn't answer, just whined in vain, slurred.

But her face was obviously full of extreme fear, and all the contents that could not be expressed in words were written on her expression, so that her whole body was shaking like a sieve.

She clenched the corner of her clothes tightly, and tremblingly took out a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe the sweat, but because she was too nervous, she took out all the keys and miscellaneous things, and Tingling rolled down the stairs and scattered all over the floor .

She made gestures indiscriminately, trying to explain it to everyone, but only the old housekeeper could understand it.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The old butler also changed his expression.

"What's going on?" Yue Dingtang asked.

The old housekeeper stammered: "She, she's lost her mind, you don't need to worry about her..."

Yue Dingtang's face darkened: "Say!"

The old housekeeper was helpless: "She said she saw Madam just now, how is this possible! Madam has passed away long ago, and besides, it's in broad daylight!"

He said so, but he still couldn't help showing a look of fear.

The policeman was still hesitating, Ling Shu stepped on the stairs back to the room in three steps at a time.

Of course the room was empty.

They didn't close the windows just now, so they were blown open again by the wind.

The light gauze of the bed curtain is flying, elegant and soft, maybe this is the reason for the maid's illusion just now.

"There is nothing, you read wrong." Ling Shu said.

But Alan hid behind the housekeeper, daring not to come in again.

"Is this yours?" Yue Dingtang came over and handed over the thing in his hand.

Keys, handkerchiefs, lipstick.

Alan hurriedly picked them up, but couldn't hold one firmly, the lipstick fell on the floor again, and rolled into the bottom of the bed.

Ling Shu bent down to help her pick it up.

When he straightened up again, in addition to the lipstick in his hand, there was also a mass of dark debris.

It's not pure black either, with a little grayish yellow in it, which looks like cinders, but it's not.

Yue Dingtang: "Gongbang Tu?"

Ling Shu looked at the old housekeeper and Alan: "Your wife still smoked opium before her death?"

The old butler was subconsciously taken aback by the question, but Alan was a little flustered, and quickly danced and gestured.

"Alan said that Madam hated the old man smoking opium before, but one day she suddenly asked her to buy some opium for her to try. Alan couldn't persuade her, so he had to buy it. She didn't see Madam very often. Smoking, I just take a sip occasionally when I am in a bad mood, and I dare not tell others."

Opium is also divided into good and bad varieties, and Gongbantu is the top grade.

Nowadays, people of insight, everyone hears of opium and hates it deeply, but the world is chaotic, and orders cannot be banned, which has become a dead letter.

The cash-strapped and addicted smoke pipes after work, while the rich, of course, smoke at home.

Ling Shu: "When was a while ago?"

The old housekeeper: "Alan said it was about a month ago."

It's been a month, and I haven't been addicted yet, and naturally I don't smoke often, but this is already the first step into the abyss.

Just looking at Yuan Bing's current virtues, one can see how opium can turn a person into a beast.

Who would have thought that Du Yuning, who was good at singing and dancing in school and loved by many progressive students, would end up like this?

Those laughing voices and youthful spirit seemed to be something from a previous life.

Ling Shu: "Is this fat yours?"

Alan gestured.

The old housekeeper: "She said, this is given to Madam who didn't use it before her death."

Alan nodded and pointed to the drawer of the dresser.

Ling Shu stepped forward and opened it, and there were more than half of the box filled with various lipsticks, including imported foreign brands and new domestic ones.

These days, rich ladies are keen on chasing famous brand fashion. Since the Chinese market was opened by foreign products, clothing and cosmetics such as CHANEL and LV have been seen frequently, and they will compare with each other. Du Yuning’s half box of lipsticks is actually not a luxury. , but compared to the current situation of the Yuan family in decline, it is a bit ironic.

The old housekeeper said: "Madam is generous. Sometimes she will bring us snacks when she comes back from the house. There is an old servant who has worked in Yuan's family for decades, Ah Feng, who is going to resign and go home. She not only paid a few months For the wages, I also bought some new clothes for Ah Feng."

He and Yue Dingtang went to the small building at the back and asked Yuan's family one by one, but unfortunately they couldn't find any useful information.

After the decline of the Yuan family, Yuan Bing's wages for them were sometimes delayed. Except for the old man like the housekeeper, other people's minds were naturally floating, and some of them took jobs from other places in private. The tree will fall and the hozen will scatter.

But when it comes to outsiders, they probably don't have the guts to collude with outsiders to kill the mistress.

These days there was a lot of turmoil, the Yuan family was forbidden to go out, and everyone was terrified. The people in the patrol room repeatedly questioned them, and they had almost exhausted all the questions that should be asked.

Ling Shu: "What did Yuan Bing say?"

Yue Dingtang knew what he wanted to ask, shook his head and said: "We have already asked what we should ask, he and Du Yuning have been separated for a long time, and they usually live under the same roof, and they haven't seen each other all day long. On the day of the incident, Yuan Bing went to the Jinfen Building to look for sister Yao. He also spent the night there and never came back. There were witnesses. Also, when we interrogated him, he happened to be addicted to cigarettes, so we couldn’t ask any questions. This is why."

People who are addicted to cigarettes don't recognize their relatives, their mouths and noses are watery, and they can't distinguish between friends and enemies, let alone communication.

Ling Shu: "Have you ever heard of Yuan Bing, who does Du Yuning have a close relationship with?"

Yue Dingtang: "Yes."

Ling Shu: "Who?"

Yue Dingtang: "You."

Ling Shu: ...

Yue Dingtang: "The warlord's daughter-in-law died strangely, and his son identified the suspected adulterer as the murderer. I don't have to think about it. I know what those newspapers will write. This is definitely explosive news. Even in order to gain attention, many newspapers even "suspected" Neither word will be added."

Ling Shu said in a low voice, "For my precious life, I want to solve the case as soon as possible more than anyone else."

Yue Dingtang patted him on the shoulder: "There is a long way to go."

Ling Shu: "Where are Yuan Bing's relatives? I remember that the Yuan family is a big family. After Yuan Bingdao died, although the family property was left to Yuan Bing, Yuan Bing still had a few aunts. At that time, there were many lawsuits. These people also killed people. motivation."

Yue Dingtang: "Yuan Bingdao has three younger sisters. The elder sister married far away in the United States, the second sister is in Hong Kong, and the third sister was the one who filed a lawsuit with Yuan Bing at the time. She died of illness last year and had no children. There is nothing suspicious about it."

While talking, the two went downstairs and went out, preparing to get in the car.

Yue Dingtang raised his head and looked back at the balcony on the second floor.

It was Du Yuning's room they had been to just now.

There is a lot of traffic in front of the door, people come and go, how many days and nights, Du Yuning looked at the bustling world from here.

Her soul has long been imprisoned in this gorgeous cage.

I long for the outside world but don't have the courage to escape. I envy the wings of freedom, but I don't want to part with the extravagance I'm used to and enjoy.

Her ending was already doomed almost as early as that year when she obeyed her parents' orders and married into Yuan's family.

However, the moment he raised his head, there was a flash of lightning.

Yue Dingtang's expression changed suddenly!

Ling Shu was about to tell Yue Dingtang that he wanted to go back to sleep, when suddenly a strong force came from Yue Dingtang's direction, he was pushed and thrown, and fell heavily to the ground.

There wasn't even time to react, the shoulder landed on the ground, and he fell into a daze.

"You fucking—"

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang!

Where they were standing just now, there was an extra flower pot.

The clay pot was broken into several petals, and the soil and branches and leaves were scattered all over the ground, scattered and broken.

Without the protection of the soil, the delicate rose died on the spot, unwilling to rest in peace.

"Mr. Yue! Are you all right?"

The patrolman looked terrified.

If Yue Dingtang hadn't been sent to look back just now, if the reaction was delayed by half a second, the flower pot would fall down, and the consequences would be disastrous.

"fine."

Yue Dingtang patted the dust off his coat, and stood up gracefully.

Ling Shu covered his shoulders and grinned, holding back the words he wanted to curse, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

Stretching out a hand, Yue Dingtang raised an eyebrow at him.

Ling Shu unceremoniously yanked and stood up.

"For the kindness of life-saving, the fountain will repay it." Yue Dingtang deliberately patted the painful spot a few times, and almost pushed Ling Shu to the ground again.

"I'll go take a look!"

Before Yue Dingtang could speak, the policeman ran back to Yuan's house.

Yue Dingtang: "There was no wind just now."

Ling Shu: "There is no one in the room."

They just went to see it, inside and out, plus the old housekeeper Alan and the police, five people with ten eyes, unless a living person can become invisible, they can't see it.

Hell.

Soon, the patrol came back panting.

"No one in the room! No one in the main building!"

Of course there was no one. When they left, they deliberately locked the door. The key was in the hands of the policeman. How could there be someone.

But the sky was bright and sunny, there was no wind or rain, a flower pot was placed on the balcony, how could it suddenly fall down?

The patrolman obviously also noticed the strangeness, and couldn't help showing a trace of fear on his face.

Besides, when Alan Fei said that he saw his wife, it was hard not to let people's imagination run wild.

"Give me the key, I'll tell your boss later." Yue Dingtang stretched out his hand.

The police handed over the key without hesitation.

Even now, when he thinks that he will be on duty here at night, he is a little terrified.

Before they knew it, they had already stayed at Yuan's house for nearly an afternoon.

The rosy rays of light flow freely in the sky, smearing the gorgeous style of antelope hanging horns in the mouth of the Crescent Poet.

But Yue Dingtang and Ling Shu felt like two flies caught in a net, bumping headlessly.

But the person holding this net is an invisible person.

The other party may be the murderer who killed Du Yuning.

The fire of Xiaoji noodle shop may not be accidental.

In this way, Lingshu will become the target of thousands of people.

Once public opinion ferments...

"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! Shanghai socialite Du Yunning died unexpectedly!"

"Extraordinary! The celebrity Du Yuning was killed, who is the real culprit!"

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! Freshly reprinted two hours ago, the content is shocking, the quantity is limited, first come gets!"

Newsboys yelled all the way and galloped past them.

Yue Ding and Tang had sharp eyes and quick hands, and grabbed him.

"How much is it, I want two copies!"

"okay!"

The little newsboy smiled, took out two newspapers from the few newspapers in his arms, and stuffed them into Yue Dingtang's hands.

"Is this newspaper easy to sell?" Yue Dingtang handed over the money and asked casually.

"It's sold very well. Look, it's only been a while, and there's only so much left. If you two are a little later, you will be gone!"

There are quite a few tabloids in Shanghai, which are not as well-known as Shenbao and Ta Kung Pao, so they can only find another way, relying on fabricated and exaggerated rumors and romance-hunting stories to earn sales.

For example, Yue Dingtang had never heard of the "Whampoa New News" in front of him.

He took the newspaper, and all he saw was a huge headline——

Shanghai socialite Du Yuning died unexpectedly!

There are two subtitles below -

From a talented woman in the Republic of China to a wealthy lady, why did the famous ladies die?

From a childhood sweetheart to the son of a warlord, the heartthrobs who deal with it end up playing with firecrackers?

Full of gimmicks and instant eye-catching.

The author has something to say: a small theater that has nothing to do with the text

Ling Shu: Thank you for saving my life...

Yue Dingtang raised his eyebrows: You can figure it out.

The next day, Ling Shu released a vicious dog to bite Yue Dingtang, and let the dog chase him for three streets, then Shi Shiran went to lure the dog away with a meaty bone and rescued Yue Dingtang.

Ling Shu raised his eyebrows: I will pay back the grace of saving my life.