Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Mu Nanting was obviously taken aback, and said, "What? Miss Shi left after hearing the sound of the piano?"

"It's absolutely true." The female disciple nodded repeatedly and said, "I didn't lie."

Mu Nanting said: "This is so strange."

Old Shi was so sad that he was in a daze, the people of the Shi family quickly helped him into the house, fortunately most of the disciples of the Shi family were good at medicine, so they gave him a diagnosis and treatment in a hurry.

Mr. Shi has only one granddaughter, no grandson, his son is not young, and Shi Meixin's mother has passed away long ago, so it is impossible for Mr. Shi to have any more grandchildren.

Old Shi was in a daze, calling Shi Meixin's name in his mouth, and when he got better, someone would help him to go out, presumably it was the senior brother who wanted to go out to find Shi Meixin.

Shi Meixin disappeared in the middle of the night. The female disciple said that the senior sister went to find the senior brother, but Shi Meixin died early in the morning. Everyone's first reaction was that it was Shi Meixin's senior brother who killed her. I am afraid that Elder Shi felt the same way. I have to go out and find someone to make a theory.

Daxia Shi hasn't come back yet, the disciples are not sure to pay attention, after all the master is not young anymore, if something bad happens, it will be even worse.

Gu Zhaojing said, "Why don't I help my uncle go."

Gu Zhaojing was also a little uneasy, feeling that this matter had something to do with him anyway, so he told Qiu Wuyi and the others, and wanted to help Shi Lao go out.

Ni Yexin said, "I want to go and see."

Murong Changqing was very helpless towards Ni Yexin, but he did not refute it.The medicinal materials have not been obtained yet, they are going to stay here, it is much better for Ni Yexin to investigate the case than to chat with Mu Nanting.

Ni Yexin didn't know what Hero Murong was thinking, anyway, Hero didn't object, so Ni Yexin followed Gu Zhaojing, and Murong Changqing followed behind them.

Gu Zhaojing wanted to go out, Qiu Wuyi naturally followed, Qiu Wuxu looked around, and he was the only one left, so he just followed.

A group of people came out from Shi's house, the town was too small, soon many people knew that something happened to Shi's house, and the eldest lady of Shi's house was murdered to death.

Someone saw Shi Daxia hastily searched around the town early in the morning, then went out of the city, and when he came back, he carried a corpse, which unexpectedly belonged to Miss Shi.

The Shi family is well-known in this town. They practice medicine to save lives, regardless of whether they have money or not. As long as they come to the Shi family, the Shi family will definitely help with medical treatment, and they can be regarded as the number one benevolent person in the town.

When everyone heard that the eldest lady of the Shi family had died, they all thought it was inconceivable, it was a pity.

When Ni Yexin and the others came out, they heard a lot of people discussing this matter. Many people really knew about Shi Meixin's senior brother.

The town has been connected for a long time, and there are always people playing the qin. It is estimated that everyone who has lived in the town for a long time has heard the sound of the qin. Some people do not know who is playing the qin, but some people recognize it. It is a disciple of the Shi family. Playing the piano, I know some things more or less.

A group of people came out of Shi's house, and the road pointed by Mr. Shi became more and more remote. They saw desolate small houses around them, as if they had been abandoned for a long time and no one lived there.

Ni Yexin looked around, and saw a few people gathered outside a small house in the distance, including Shi Daxia who had just left.

Shi Daxia and several disciples were talking to an old woman.

The old woman guessed that she lived in the small house nearby, and said, "I've been walking for a long time, I don't know who is playing the piano."

Ni Yexin only heard this sentence, but felt that this sentence was also quite unbelievable.

Shi Daxia inquired with the old woman for a long time, and finally the old woman left and went back to the small house next to her.

Only then did Shi Daxia see Mr. Shi coming, he hurried up to help him, and said, "Father, why did you come here?"

Old Shi said, "Where are people?"

Shi Daxia's expression was not good, and he said: "The neighbor said that he left five days ago, and it is said that he went back to his hometown."

"What?" Shi Lao said with a shocked face: "How could it be possible to leave? Then what is the matter with the sound of the piano every day? It is impossible for people to leave long ago. They are definitely lying to us!"

Shi Meixin's senior brother is called Lu Yan, not much older than Shi Meixin, but young.Lu Yan suffered two setbacks in a row. Because he was framed, he came back almost penniless. He bought a small house with his last savings and lived here.

This place is very desolate, and there are almost no neighbors, but there is an old lady living here, and it is very easy to get along with.

After Lu Yan came back, he went to Shi's house to look for Shi Meixin a few times, but Shi Daxia didn't want his daughter to marry Lu Yan, so he didn't want Lu Yan to come.

The Shi family also heard about Lu Yan's matter. It was because Lu Yan saved Shi Meixin that he abolished his martial arts and delayed his future. Daxia Shi also knew about it. He wanted to give Lu Yan a sum of money as compensation, but Lu Yan didn't want it, so he left up.

The Shi family heard that Lu Yan's life was not very good, and he lived in the wasteland beside the town.Just now Shi Daxia brought someone to ask Lu Yan to question him, but when he knocked on the door, no one answered, but the old woman who lived next to him heard the voice and came out.

The old woman said that Lu Yan had left five or six days ago, and she said she was going back to her hometown. When she left, she had almost no luggage, just carrying a piano on her back.

The old woman said that on the night Lu Yan left, she indeed heard the sound of the piano, and thought that Lu Yan had not left and came back.But it was too late, and the old lady had already rested, so she didn't get up and go out to see it.

The old woman made breakfast the next day, and she wanted to give it to Lu Yan and give him some to eat, but when she went to knock on the door, she found no one in the room, and it seemed that Lu Yan hadn't come back.

The old woman thought it was very strange, and later at night she heard the sound of the piano, she got up and went out to look, but she didn't see anyone, and she didn't know where the sound of the piano came from, it was faint.

Although the people in the Shi family didn't like Lu Yan, the old lady said that Lu Yan was a good person, he looked gentle, and he would help her with some things when he lived here.Lu Yan usually comes to help when she sees the old woman moving rice, but Lu Yan has an injury in her right hand, and the old woman can tell that she can't lift heavy objects at all and can only use her left hand.

Because Lu Yan is easy to get along with, the old lady took good care of him. At night, when Lu Yan played the piano, he sat in the small yard in front of the house and played the piano. The old lady didn't feel that it disturbed her sleep, so she didn't say anything. .

That day she came out in the middle of the night to see that the yard was empty, and the sound of the piano was faint, as if it was in the distance, but it didn't come from the yard anyway.

After dawn, the old lady went to look again, but Lu Yan did not come back, and there was no one living in the house.

Shi Daxia originally came to question why Lu Yan killed his daughter, but now, everyone was a little dazed, Lu Yan had already left, how could he kill someone?It's just that Lu Yan left long ago, so what happened to the sound of the piano?

Could it be that Lu Yan actually just left the hut here, but didn't go back to his hometown, and went to live elsewhere in the small town?

Old Shi said: "Lu Yan has no father and no mother, where will he go when he returns to his hometown?"

Ni Yexin heard that Lu Yan was an orphan, so it might not be true for Lu Yan and the old woman to talk about returning home.

Ni Yexin said suddenly: "Young Xia Mu, by the way, I heard you mention that you said that the sound of the piano has been played in a mess these days? Could it be that Lu Yan left and someone replaced him playing the piano?"

Mu Nanting was startled, showing an expression of sudden realization, but quickly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not. I live in my uncle's house these days, and indeed I hear the sound of the piano every night, and the sound of the piano is indeed a bit strange recently, although At first glance, there is nothing wrong with it, but after a little understanding of the rhythm, you can find that many of the piano sounds are badly played, or even messed up. It's just..."

Mu Nanting stopped talking halfway through, making the people next to him very anxious.

Mu Nanting said again: "It's just that I vaguely remember that from the fourth day I lived in my uncle's house, the sound of the piano became messy, and it was obviously very good before. Do the math, that day should be eight days ago , It’s not that five or six days ago, the time didn’t match up.”

Just now Ni Yexin raised the possibility of someone replacing Lu Yan. Everyone thought it was indeed possible, but after Mu Nanting said this, everyone suddenly questioned it.

Lu Yan left five days ago. If it is said that someone replaced Lu Yan, that's why the piano skills suddenly became poor, then the sound of the piano should have changed since five days ago, how could it have changed since eight days ago? ?That doesn't make sense.

Ni Yexin felt it was unbelievable, and wanted to ask the old woman again, while Shi Lao wanted to go to Lu Yan's house to see if Lu Yan had left or hid in the house.

Lu Yan's house is right in front. There are two houses surrounded by a small yard. One is the main house, and the other is the kitchen for cooking. It looks very simple. The windows of the kitchen are all broken. If it is blocked, no matter it is day or night, there is always a north wind blowing into it.

The fence in the small yard is very simple, and there is no such thing as a lock. The door opens as soon as you push it, and there is no padlock outside the main house when you walk in. The door panel is deformed and cannot be closed.

Ni Yexin ran to the old woman to confirm the time when Lu Yan left and the sound of the piano.The old woman was very sure that Lu Yan left five days ago, and the night he left, he played the piano in the yard and sighed while playing the piano.

Ni Yexin saw that the old woman was not lying, so she asked, "Then, have you noticed anything wrong with Lu Yan recently?"

The old woman thought for a while, and said: "Yes, of course there is. The little boy suddenly sighed ten days ago. I asked him what unhappy things happened to him, but he didn't say anything. Later, he became ill. Yes, the cough was severe, I asked him to see a doctor and take some medicine, he said that he is a doctor, he can treat his own illness, nothing serious, just a typhoid cold, it will pass after a while."

Lu Yan has been ill all the time, and his body seems to be very weak, which makes people feel distressed.The old woman killed a chicken and made soup for him, which was said to drive away the cold.

The day Lu Yan said he was leaving, he was still in poor health.So the old lady was very surprised when she heard that he was going to leave suddenly, and told him to take care of his health before leaving, otherwise he would fall into the root of the disease.

But Lu Yan didn't listen, saying that he had to go, and he didn't know why he was in such a hurry to go back to his hometown, so he took his piano and left after lunch.

Although the old lady was old, she was in good health and spoke orderly and clearly. Ni Yexin felt that it wasn't that the old lady had made a mistake in her memory, and there was no difference in the order of things.

Ni Yexin said: "Then did you hear the sound of the piano last night?"

The old woman nodded and said, "I heard it."

Ni Yexin said: "In the middle of the night, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, did you know that?"

"This..." the old woman said, "I couldn't hear anything when I fell asleep. Anyway, when I woke up this morning, there was no sound. I got up before dawn to feed the chickens, and I didn't hear the sound of the piano at that time." gone."

Ni Yexin nodded and said, "Then, did you see the eldest lady of the Shi family running over to look for Lu Yan?"

The old woman said: "I didn't see it, and no outsiders saw it."

Ni Yexin asked the old woman carefully, and then came out of the house.The others stood at the door and listened without interjecting.Ni Yexin asked very detailed questions, and everyone had nothing to ask.

Ni Ye thought about it, and felt that this matter was quite strange.

The old woman said that Lu Yan started to feel depressed about ten days ago, probably because Mu Nanting came to Shi's mansion.Mu Nanting and Shi Meixin have a marriage contract, Mu Nanting must have proposed marriage when he came, so it is normal for Lu Yan to be lost.

Later Lu Yan fell ill, maybe this is why Mu Nanting said that the sound of the piano suddenly changed.

It's just that these can't explain why Lu Yan left and the sound of the piano continued.

Mu Nanting's complexion was not very good, and he was rarely serious, and said, "What's going on."

Ni Yexin said: "There are only two possibilities."

Mu Nanting immediately asked: "What?"

Murong Changqing obviously knew Ni Yexin very well, and said, "First, Lu Yan is gone, and second, Lu Yan is not gone."

When Ni Yexin heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Hero, you are so smart."

Mu Nanting almost rolled his eyes, thinking it was nonsense.

Ni Yexin said: "Lu Yan left, someone pretended to be him playing the piano. Lu Yan didn't leave, and played the piano in a different place. There are only two possibilities. But no matter what, Miss Shi died, it doesn't matter whether Lu Yan is the murderer or not. Are you sure, does he have a reason to kill Miss Shi?"

Qiu Wuyi immediately interjected, attracting everyone's attention, and said, "I know, I know, hate comes from love!"

Ni Yexin couldn't help but want to laugh, and said, "You little one still understands this? But I think, if Lu Yan is because of Miss Shi's marriage to Mu Shaoxia, then he should have killed Mu Shaoxia instead of killing Shi. Miss."

Mu Nanting felt a little pain from being hit by an arrow in his knee.

Mu Nanting said: "Lu Yan's right hand is useless, he wants to kill me, is it somewhat impossible?"

Ni Yexin said: "Yes, that's a good point. Lu Yan's right hand is useless, and he strangled Miss Shi with one hand, and left Miss Shi with no strength to resist. I also find it quite suspicious."

When Ni Yexin said this, everyone remembered that Shi Meixin was strangled to death, and there were deep bruises on her neck. Judging from the bruises, she should have been strangled to death by her left hand, although Lu Yan's left hand was fine. But pinching Shi Meixin's neck with one hand can make Shi Meixin unable to resist, which sounds incredible. The most important thing is that Shi Meixin is also a martial arts practitioner, and she also knows some martial arts.

Mu Nanting was speechless, and now he was a little suspicious whether the murderer was Lu Yan who suddenly disappeared.

Ni Yexin said again: "Besides, if Lu Yan wants to kill you, he might as well collude with Ms. Shi directly and let Ms. Shi use a beauty trick to directly poison your meals. What martial arts is needed."

Mu Nanting: "..."

Mu Nanting was really speechless, silent for a long time, and finally said: "Then who killed Miss Shi? Miss Shi didn't have any grudges with anyone."

Shi Meixin has always lived in Shi's house, and seldom travels far, because Shi's family has been semi-retired, so Shi Meixin seldom walks around in the martial arts forest. She mostly practices martial arts on weekdays, and then sees others, and has nothing to do.

Mu Nanting couldn't think of who would kill Shi Meixin suddenly.

Ni Yexin and Mu Nanting alone said that Murong Changqing was jealous. Although they were investigating the case, they still wanted to make a bowl of old vinegar.

Shi Daxia found that there was no one in Lu Yan's house, and he didn't have any luggage. He seemed to have walked for a long time, but he still didn't believe it, and took his disciples to another place to find someone.

Shi Lao struggled a lot, and his physical strength was a bit weak, so he was helped back to Zhuangzi.

The rest are Ni Yexin and the others, and of course Mu Nanting.

Ni Yexin looked at the sun and said, "It's already noon, let's have lunch outside and ask about Miss Shi by the way."

Murong Chang nodded affectionately and said, "Let's go."

Qiu Wuxu and the others walked back together, and Mu Nanting immediately caught up and said, "I'll go with you too."

As soon as Mu Nanting finished speaking, he heard Murong Changqing sneer, and said very concisely: "It's not convenient."

Mu Nanting froze when trotting over, never seen such a straightforward rejection.

Ni Yexin almost burst out laughing, seeing Murong Chang's jealous look, she didn't say anything, just said: "I'm hungry, let's go."

Everyone else left, Mu Nanting was left alone, and suddenly felt that he was a bit unwelcoming, couldn't help sighing, and had to go to Shi's house alone.