Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Ni Yexin continued: "That jade pendant was definitely not lost last night."

Chi Long scratched the back of his head and said, "Master Ni, how do you know?"

Ni Yexin pointed to his eyes and said: "I saw it. After the death yesterday, a group of people gathered in the courtyard of the eldest lady. At that time, Feng Qian's jade pendant had disappeared. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. , I didn't react for a while."

"Afterwards." Murong Changqing folded his arms and said flatly.

"What Hero Murong said is true." Ni Yexin said immediately.

Murong Changqing: "..."

Ni Yexin said: "Feng Qian is such a precious jade pendant, he lost it all night and didn't know it, and it was a bit strange that he had to be reminded by the maid. You know, Feng Qian is not someone else. His personality is so careful. Ruchen is also easy to get into the horns, so he should be the most concerned about this kind of thing. Then there is the cut of the jade pendant rope, everything is very strange."

"That's right," Chi Long said, "And why did the jade pendant fall here? It didn't seem to be there yesterday."

Ni Yexin said: "Of course not. I looked at everything here carefully, and there was not even a fly. Such a large piece of jade pendant fell in the grass, and the jade pendant is not green. How can I not see it?"

Murong Chang frowned affectionately and said, "So what's going on?"

Ni Yexin said: "It seems that things are a bit complicated. But there are roughly two possibilities."

"Don't be tricky, tell me quickly." Murong said affectionately.

Ni Yexin immediately said in a doggy manner: "First, someone took advantage of Feng Qian's inattention and cut off the jade pendant. And Feng Qian really happened to not notice that the jade pendant was missing all night. When he woke up in the morning to look for the jade pendant It just so happened that Mr. Ren, who came to Feng's house to make a fuss, saw it."

Chi Long scratched the back of his head and said, "What about the other possibility?"

Ni Yexin said: "The jade pendant was not lost, someone deliberately cut it off and left the jade pendant there."

"Ah?" Chi Long was a little confused and didn't quite understand.

Ni Yexin said: "Of course, this person is naturally referring to Feng Qian."

"You mean..." Murong Changqing frowned and said, "Feng Qian deliberately cut off the jade pendant and threw it in the grass in the yard for others to see?"

Ni Yexin said: "I guess he didn't throw it away on purpose. As long as you hold this jade pendant, bend down to pick it up in the corner of the yard, and pick a time when someone is passing by, it will be conclusive evidence."

Murong Chang frowned affectionately, and said, "Why would he do this?"

Ni Yexin said: "It's not easy, because he has a clear alibi."

"What do you mean?" Murong asked affectionately.

Ni Yexin said: "When Feng Laosan died, not only the old butler testified for Feng Qian, but also many servants and maidservants could testify for Feng Qian. Feng Qian had sufficient alibi. But now he is here What do you think he meant by playing tricks on one hand?"

Murong Chang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Does he want to cover up the murderer?"

Ni Yexin said: "I suddenly felt that Feng Gu is probably not dead. Then who is that mummy?"

When Ni Yexin said this, everyone was a little confused.Feng Qian's behavior was indeed very strange. He seemed to be afraid that others would not misunderstand him, insisting that others think he was the murderer.

But unfortunately, when Feng Lao San died, Feng Qian had a clear alibi, and it was absolutely impossible for him to kill himself by himself.

Feng Qian was obviously desperate to disturb people's eyes and ears.

Ni Yexin said: "I'm afraid Feng Gu is not dead, and probably killed Feng Laosan."

After careful consideration, everyone felt that this possibility was very high. After all, the relationship between Feng Qian and Feng Gu had always been very good. For whom would Feng Qian take such a big risk?

Zhao Yin said: "My lord, should we monitor Feng Qian?"

Ni Ye thought thoughtfully, shook his head, and said, "I think it's superfluous. What Feng Qian meant was to make us think he was the murderer, divert our attention, and let us monitor him. He was already prepared. How could it be possible? Is there any gain? I don't think there is any gain."

Chi Long said: "Then what should we do now?"

Ni Yexin said: "Chi Long Zhao Yin, you two go out and go far and near to find out if there is any family that has lost a corpse."

"Throw away the body?" Chi Long was taken aback.

Ni Yexin said: "Maybe someone is missing. If the mummy is not Feng Gu, then it must be someone else. Go check it out."

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Yin said immediately.

Zhao Yin and Chi Long left, Murong Chang looked at Ni Yexin affectionately, and said, "What are we going to do?"

Ni Yexin also took a look at Murong Changqing, and said in a low voice: "If you don't mind, hero, can we go back and finish the ginger porridge?"

Murong Changqing: "..."

Murong Changqing naturally wouldn't let him go back to drink the half bowl of ginger duck porridge, and as soon as they left, the maid probably cleaned up the table.

Ni Ye was heartbroken, so he had no choice but to continue investigating the case with Murong Changqing.

Ni Yexin said: "If we ask Feng Qian directly, he will definitely not tell us, so I think Feng Qian should put it aside for a while, and it is useless to ask. We might as well go to the eldest lady first."

Murong nodded affectionately.

The lady was also ulterior motives, she didn't tell the truth several times, and she witnessed Feng Gu's murder yesterday, so she really needs to ask more carefully.

The two of them went all the way to Da Furen's courtyard, but before they got there, Ni Yexin frowned, covered her mouth and nose with her hand, and said, "It's so choking, is it on fire? Why is it so smelly?"

Murong Chang said affectionately, "I don't know."

The two quickened their pace, and when they reached the door of the eldest lady's room, they smelled a choking smell.

Ni Yexin stepped forward to knock on the door, and soon a maid came to open the door. As soon as the door opened, it seemed as if there was soot spraying out from inside. The courtyard was "surrounded by fairy air", and it was so gray that it was hard to see clearly.

Ni Yexin coughed and said, "What are you doing?"

The little servant girl looked disheartened, and when she saw Ni Ye, she stopped raising her eyebrows and looked like she was about to cry, and said, "Our eldest lady...the eldest lady is burning paper money."

Ni Ye asked puzzledly, "Who is it for?"

The little maid looked like she was about to cry, and said: "The eldest lady said...the eldest lady said that she is going to die soon, someone is going to kill her, and you have to burn some paper money for yourself, otherwise she will definitely be very miserable after death. "

for myself……

Ni Ye was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't know what kind of expression he should put on, this was the first time he had seen him burn paper money for himself.

The little maid said: "After the madam was stimulated yesterday, she kept... kept... talking strange things, and burned the paper money all night. We persuaded her not to stop, but to burn the paper money while crying."

Ni Yexin said, "Let's go in and have a look, okay?"

The little maid hurriedly stepped aside and led them inside.

Because of the things that had been burned all night, the yard was almost useless, and there were ashes everywhere.After walking a few steps inside, I saw a woman squatting on the ground. There was a large copper basin in front of her. The fire in the large copper basin was very hot. The woman threw paper money into it one by one, muttering to herself. of.

The woman is of course the eldest lady. A few days ago, she still looked like a young lady, but now she looks like a crazy woman, with disheveled hair, sloppy clothes, and a pale, bloodless face. , squatting in front of the brazier, if it is night, it looks like a female ghost.

There was a little maid beside the eldest lady to persuade her, but the eldest lady seemed to be bewitched, as if she didn't hear it at all.

Ni Ye was sharp-eyed, and saw that one part of Da Furen's hair seemed to be scorched, and she must have been teased by the fire.

When the little maid heard him mentioning it, her eyes were red, and she said: "It was accidentally burned. The eldest lady refused to dress up, and she didn't let us tidy her hair. She almost burned several times. How can this be?" Do it."

Murong Changqing frowned and said, "Is she crazy?"

Ni Yexin said, "I'm not a doctor."

Murong Chang said affectionately: "Then what do you think we can ask?"

Ni Yexin: "..."

They were originally here to ask questions, but now that they looked like this, I'm afraid they didn't come at the right time.

Ni Yexin and the others backed out, just in time to see the old housekeeper approaching.It is estimated that the old housekeeper also heard about the eldest lady, so he came here to have a look.

The old housekeeper came with the doctor, saw them greeted each other, and left in a hurry.

The two came out from the eldest lady, Ni Yexin couldn't help dusting off her clothes, her body was covered with dust trowels.

Murong Chang flicked his sleeves uncomfortably, feeling that his snow-white clothes had turned gray.

Ni Yexin was patting his clothes when he saw Murong Changqing walking towards the gate, he quickly caught up and said, "Hero, where are you going?"

Murong Changqing said: "Go back to the room and change clothes."

Ni Yexin hurriedly chased after him and left, saying: "Hero, I washed your clothes for you yesterday, and you can change that one."

Murong Changqing ignored him, Ni Yexin quickly stepped up, ran back to the room first, took out the washed clothes, dried them overnight, Ni Yexin was still neatly folded, and handed them to Murong like offering treasures Long love.

Murong Changqing was about to enter the door, but was blocked by Ni Yexin.

Ni Ye held the clothes in his heart, and said: "Hero, I washed it clean. Look, it is white. There is absolutely no mark of braised pork."

Murong Changqing glanced down, although there was no expression on his face, he still picked up the clothes.

Ni Yexin was so beautiful that her snot bubbles were about to pop out, and she grinned up to her ears.

"You don't have to worry about doing these things in the future." Murong Chang looked at him affectionately, and said in a calm tone, "I'm a person who can't do anything but kill people. I never thought about falling in love with anyone. , and there won’t be any in the future, so don’t waste your time.”

When Ni Yexin heard what he said, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said, "Hero, don't be like this. You have a serious and ignorant face. If you look like this, I will mistake you for an innocent little virgin."