Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Early this morning, a boy from the Xie family was cleaning the yard, and suddenly he smelled a bloody smell. After searching for the smell, he found that it was the room where the housekeeper lived. was frightened, for he saw blood in the crack of the door.

The boy was terrified, and hurried to call for someone. Everyone bravely opened the door, and saw the butler dead, staring at him with a look of despair on his face, holding a bloody knife in his hand. And he was stabbed in the chest, it looks like he committed suicide.

Ni Yexin led the people there immediately. When they arrived, the house where the butler lived was already surrounded, and the police officer and Wu Zuo were there, but because Ni Yexin and the others hadn't arrived yet, no one entered the room. Stand guard outside.

Ni Ye rushed over in a hurry, walked to the door and saw the butler lying on the floor of the room at a glance.

When they arrived at the gate, there were already many people around the yard, most of them were servants of the Xie family, all of them were talking in low voices, and there was also the sound of someone crying. He supported her, but she was so crying that she almost collapsed and couldn't stand up.

Ni Yexin took a look, and hurried into the room first.

The butler's room is neatly arranged. It is said that the servants found bloodstains. When they came in, they broke the door. The door of the room was latched, and the windows were not locked, but they were all closed. Not open.

There was only the body of the butler in the room. The body of the butler fell to the ground. There were bloodstains on the table and chair beside him. The chair was overturned. It seemed that the person who was sitting on the chair fell off the chair.

Wu Zuo followed Ni Yexin in for an autopsy, took a preliminary look, and said, "My lord, the fatal injury is the knife wound on the chest. Judging from the shape and size of the knife wound, it is very likely that it was caused by the knife in the housekeeper's hand."

Ni Yexin also looked at the corpse carefully, and reached out to touch the joints of the corpse.The housekeeper's corpse had already shown rigor, and the joints had also hardened, but it had not reached the peak state of hardening of the whole body.

They saw the butler yesterday afternoon, and found the butler dead this morning. The death was so sudden that everyone was terrified.

There were voices of servants whispering outside, and many people turned pale with fright. Ni Yexin didn't even need to prick up his ears to hear someone saying that it was haunted, and the evil spirit must have come back to take revenge.

I heard that the little girl who killed the eldest son was sent to the government by the housekeeper, so the servants said that even if the girl turned into a ghost, she would definitely come to seek revenge on the housekeeper, but the housekeeper died suddenly.

The butler seemed to have committed suicide. His body had already become rigorless, and he was holding a dagger in his right hand. It was very difficult to remove it now.

The housekeeper's mouth was wide open, and his eyes were also staring. The expression on his face seemed to be magnified by the pain, but when Ni Yexin saw him for the first time, he felt that the most prominent expression on his face was not pain, but despair.

Wu Zuo wanted to take the body back to the Yamen for further autopsy, and there was very little information that could be obtained from a simple autopsy here.

Ni Yexin waved his hand and asked several officials and Wu Zuo to take the corpse away first.

Ni Yexin and the others stayed in the house, wanting to see the butler's room again.

The officer carried the butler's body, opened the door and went out, and the crying outside the house became louder again.

Ni Yexin frowned and asked, "Who is that crying girl outside?"

When he came here just now, Ni Yexin saw that girl, she was well dressed, she didn't look like a maid of the Xie family.

The policeman didn't know who it was, so he called a servant from the Xie family to come in.

That servant is a young servant, it is said that he has been following the housekeeper, and usually helps him.The butler has also been in Xie's house for many years, Mr. Xie has great trust in him, the butler has a special courtyard to live in, and there are two young servants around him.

The servant in front of them was one of them, and the other one had something to go back to his hometown, he had been away for more than half a month, and he would not come back for another half month.

The boy hurriedly said, "It's the housekeeper's eldest daughter."

"Eldest daughter?" Ni Yexin said.

The servant nodded and said, "The steward has an elder daughter and a younger son, but the younger son fell ill when he was young and did not support him, so the elder daughter has the only child."

The housekeeper had a dead son, so he was very kind to his daughter.Later, he was busy with the Xie family's business and had no time to marry again, so he had no son.

The eldest daughter is now 20 years old and has been married for many years.Because the housekeeper is very much taken care of by Mr. Xie, the eldest daughter still left from Xie's house when she got married, and married a wealthy businessman from a small town next door.

Although that family is far less wealthy than the Xie family, it can still be regarded as a relatively prestigious family in the local area. A housekeeper's daughter can definitely marry her, which is definitely a high ranking.

I heard that the rich businessman married the housekeeper's daughter because he wanted to have a relationship with the Xie family.At first, the rich merchant's family wanted the rich merchant to marry Mr. Xie's daughter, but the daughter was still young. The rich merchant came to Xie's house once, and unexpectedly met the housekeeper's daughter. It was love at first sight, so he married the housekeeper's daughter and went back. .

The housekeeper's daughter has turned into a young lady. These years have been good, and she already has a child, a boy.

Originally, the rich merchant's family was not very satisfied with the identity of the housekeeper's daughter, but now that they have a grandson, and the business with Xie's family is doing well, they treat the housekeeper's daughter better and better.

The housekeeper's daughter came to visit her relatives these few days. She used to live in a nearby town and didn't come back often.But a few days ago when she heard that Xie's family had died, she was a little worried, so she came back to take a look. Unexpectedly, this morning, she found that her father had died.

Ni Yexin was silent for a while, then asked the boy, "Did you notice when the butler came back last night?"

The boy thought for a while and said, "Yesterday, the housekeeper came back very early. Because of the busy business, the housekeeper usually didn't come back until midnight. When I returned to the yard yesterday, I saw that there was light in the house of the housekeeper. It must be came back."

Ni Yexin said: "Did anyone come to him after that? Did he go out?"

The boy said: "No, absolutely not, no one came, and the housekeeper didn't go out either."

Although the butler has a separate courtyard, it is not better than the owner's house. The yard is small and the house is not very big. The place where the servant lives is not far from the place where the steward lives. heard.

The boy said: "Last night was very quiet, I didn't hear any sound, how could I have thought... how could I have thought that this morning..."

The young man slept soundly, he didn't expect that someone in the room next to him would suddenly die, thinking about it makes hair stand on end.

Ni Yexin asked again: "Then who did the housekeeper meet yesterday?"

The young man was in a dilemma, and said: "My lord, the steward met too many people yesterday, I can't count them all."

Recently, Mr. Xie is not in good health. The butler sees a lot of people and needs to help Mr. Xie with his business matters.

In the past, when Mr. Xie was in good health, Mr. Xie took care of some more important matters, and the housekeeper took care of some trivial matters. Then the housekeeper finished the accounts and showed them to Mr. Xie for a look.

The young master is still young, so he can only help with some simple things, but Mr. Xie has already taught him to read the accounts, and sometimes the little master will look over the trivial matters sent by the housekeeper, so Mr. Xie will not go to see them.

As for the eldest lady and the second lady, both of them are women, Mr. Xie doesn't like letting them intervene in business matters.

The eldest lady is very quiet and never asks about business matters.But the second wife is different, she always inquires intentionally or unintentionally.

It is said that the second wife is a Xiaojiabiyu, and the family is also engaged in business, but they are all small businesses, which cannot be compared with Xie's family.

After the second lady entered Xie's house, she wanted to help build a bridge for her family, and wanted Mr. Xie to do business with her family, so she always brought some soup or snacks when Mr. Xie was dealing with business matters, and said Two good words.

The housekeeper did meet a lot of people yesterday. He went to the shop to meet a few shopkeepers, and then met Ni Yexin and his group when he came back.

Later, I went to ask Mr. Xie for instructions, said a few words about the business with Mr. Xie, and left.

And because of the quarrel between the second wife and the first lady, the housekeeper went to both sides of the first lady and the second lady, and invited the doctor to see the two ladies.

As for the rest, which maidservants and servants the housekeeper met, there are really too many to count.

After careful calculation, it is not easy to be a butler, he is like a spinning top all day long, very busy.

The servant of Xie's family told Ni Yexin that the butler is an honest man, he never begs any servant, and he never scolds others angrily. Everyone thinks he is a good person.

Ni Yexin nodded after hearing this, and said: "Chi Long Zhao Yin, go and question all the members of the Xie family, ask them what they were doing last night, and ask them when they saw the housekeeper recently. What did you say?"

Chi Long and Zhao Yin agreed and said, "Yes."

The two of them were about to leave, but Zhao Yin paused and said, "Master Ni, you look very bad, are you sick?"

Ni Yexin was taken aback, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his forehead. Just now Murong Changqing said that he looked like he had a fever, but Ni Yexin touched his forehead, and felt that he was not hot at all, nor uncomfortable.

Murong Changqing frowned, and glanced at Ni Yexin, and sure enough, his face was still very red, as if it was even more flushed than before.

Murong Changqing also raised his hand, and put it on Ni Yexin's forehead.

Ni Yexin was shivered by him, feeling that the back of Murong's hand was too cold.

Murong Chang touched it affectionately, and frowned even more tightly, saying: "Leave this to Chi Long and Zhao Yin, you and I will go back first."

Ni Yexin said: "Wait, hero..."

Before he finished speaking, Murong Changqing grabbed his wrist, and he was pulled out forcefully.

Chi Long hurriedly said: "Master Ni, go back and rest for a while, and the Xie family will go back to the inn to find you after we finish asking."

Zhao Yin nodded.

Ni Yexin was not allowed to speak any more, he had already been dragged away by Murong Changqing.

Ni Yexin didn't cooperate at all, he kicked his legs and said, "Hero, my feet can't even occupy the ground, put me down quickly."

Murong Chang said affectionately: "Shut up, be honest."

Ni Yexin: "..."

Although Ni Yexin didn't think his fever was that serious, Murong Changqing's attitude was not like treating a patient at all.

He was dragged out by Murong Changqing, and when he got out of the yard, he saw the housekeeper's eldest daughter still kneeling on the ground crying, crying like she was about to faint.

Ni Yexin took a look, pulled Murong a few times, and said: "Wait, just wait, wait."

Murong Chang felt helpless, and just let go of his hand a little, and Ni Yexin slipped away from his palm like a loach.

Ni Yexin immediately ran to the girl, squatted down, and asked softly, "Are you the housekeeper's daughter?"

The girl had tears in her eyes, she looked up and saw Ni Yexin, she cried and nodded, "I am... my father..."

Ni Yexin said: "We are here to investigate the murderer, can you tell me who your father usually has a bad relationship with?"

The girl shook her head in confusion, she seemed to be thinking carefully, but she couldn't think of anything, and finally said suddenly: "Yes, yes, yes... yes..."

The girl didn't seem to be able to open her mouth, so she finally whispered, "It's the second lady."

"Second madam?" Ni Yexin also whispered, "The relationship between the housekeeper and the second madam is not good?"

The girl nodded, and said while crying: "My father has been with the master and the eldest lady for many years, and the second lady came in later. The second lady was very arrogant after entering the door, and even more arrogant after she had a child. When the master is not around I like to tease the eldest lady. The second lady thinks that my father belongs to the eldest lady, so she doesn't like to see my father. I remember one time, I don't know what happened, anyway, the second lady was very special when the master was not there that day. He was so unscrupulous, swearing in the yard, calling my father an old bastard, saying that sooner or later the master will beat my father to death."

The girl said it was all here, and cried even more fiercely.

Ni Yexin comforted the girl and said, "You should go home first, staying here will inevitably make people chew their tongues, and we will find the murderer as soon as possible."

The girl nodded, but the tears still couldn't stop flowing down.

Ni Yexin wanted to help the girl to stand up, but when he stood up like this, he suddenly felt dizzy and his eyes were dark.Because I couldn't see it suddenly, I couldn't grasp the balance for a while.

The girl let out a cry and said, "Your Excellency..."

Murong Chang had a quick eye and a quick hand, and immediately snatched Ni Yexin away.

Ni Yexin was about to fall halfway up, which frightened the people next to her.

Murong Chang frowned affectionately and said, "How is it?"

Ni Yexin waved his hands, felt better after a while, and said, "It's all right, it's an accident, maybe it's because I've been squatting for a long time."

Murong Changqing sighed helplessly, and said, "Can we leave this time?"

Ni Yexin smiled and nodded.

Murong Changqing put one arm around his waist, half supporting and half hugging Ni Yexin, Ni Yexin was so beautiful that her nose bubbles were about to come out, she leaned her head into Murong Changqing's arms, the corners of her mouth stretched to the base of her ears, completely unsatisfied As if sick.

Murong Changqing glanced at him expressionlessly, and said, "Master Ni is sick, but he still goes to take pity on him."

When Ni Yexin heard this, he smiled even more happily, and said, "Hero Murong, are you jealous?"

Murong Changqing didn't say anything, but he was really upset.

Actually very upset.

For the paranoid leader Murong, his desire to conquer and possess are almost of the same quality, both of which are beyond the mark.

Although Murong Changqing never said that he had any special feelings for Ni Yexin, but since the two of them had a kiss that couldn't be more pure, the essence has actually changed.

Ni Yexin said: "Hero, don't be jealous, that girl is indeed pitiful. Sigh..."

"Why are you sighing?" Murong Chang said affectionately.

Ni Yexin said: "Just now I observed the butler's body and the butler's room, and I always feel that the butler probably committed suicide."

"It's really suicide?" Murong Chang was taken aback, feeling a little unbelievable.

Ni Yexin nodded, and said, "It's very likely. But he should have been threatened, not because he wants to die."

Murong Changqing was silent for a while.

Ni Yexin said: "As for the bargaining chip of the person threatening the housekeeper, I'm afraid it's the housekeeper's daughter and grandson? Other than that, there's nothing else, so it's quite pitiful when you think about it."

Murong Changqing still did not speak, took him out of Xie's house, and then said: "Go back to the inn first, I will call the doctor for you."

Ni Yexin waved her hand and said, "It's really not necessary, it's just a small cold, just take some medicine and you'll be fine."

Just as Ni Yexin was talking, Murong Changqing felt that Ni Yexin seemed to have no bones in his whole body, and he approached his arms limply.

Murong Changqing was taken aback, thinking that Ni Yexin had passed out, but when he lowered his head, Ni Yexin was looking at him with "excellent spirit" eyes.

Murong Chang frowned affectionately and said, "What are you doing?"

Ni Yexin said: "I'm sick, so I must provide some benefits. Take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of you, otherwise it will be difficult to find such an opportunity in the future."

As Ni Yexin said, he not only leaned into Murong Changqing's arms, but also stretched out his hand to touch Murong Changqing's chest twice, and then snickered.

Murong Changqing: "..."

Murong Changqing's eyelids twitched twice, he felt that his worries just now were unnecessary, Ni Yexin was still so energetic, it was definitely just a small, silent typhoid fever.