Just remember

The time of Hai has passed, and there are still three hours before dawn.

It was supposed to be the moment when everyone fell asleep soundly and everything was quiet, but at this moment, the residence of the Beiyuan Xuanmiao Sect was full of voices and crowds. Half an hour ago, all the guests in Xiahou Villa received a message from the servants of the villa. The owner of the villa invited verbally, saying that Miss Nie Shuang's death has been found out, so please come to Beiyuan to gather.Afterwards, no matter if you are already asleep, ready to fall asleep, or unable to sleep all night, regardless of whether you like it or not, you can only put down your own affairs and "happyly" go to the appointment.

"We were called here in the middle of the night, did the murderer find out?"

"Who knows, nothing good will happen anyway."

"So, where there are many people, there are also many right and wrong."

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Take care of your tongue."

"Tsk."

The gathering is almost complete, but the caller has been silent for a long time, and all the heroes can only talk to each other, passing the long night.

The onlookers were extremely bored, but those involved got involved——

"Who is the murderer?" Fang Shulu whispered to Qingfeng beside him.

Qingfeng's face was confused: "I don't know."

Fang Shulu showed a subtle expression of "don't hide it from me": "Didn't you go to him in the afternoon, why, it wasn't revealed?"

Now it's Qingfeng's turn to have a subtle expression: "How do you know that I went to him?"

Fang Shulu was at a loss for words.

Qingfeng understood after a second thought, and laughed dumbly: "You have been paying attention, right?"

Fang Shulu sighed: "This happened in Xiahou Villa, it is no small matter, a little carelessness... well, I hope he escapes safely."

"I think he looks quite confident," Qingfeng comforted Fang Shulu and himself, "Let's put our hearts in our hearts."

The two chatted in a very low voice, but they were still caught by Pei Xiaoyi who was not far away.In fact, the man who seemed to be indifferent had already picked up all the conversations he could catch.He didn't know why, so that he could hear useful clues and help that person solve the case?Don't be naive.If the murderer had been so stupid, he wouldn't have been able to hide until now.No, the point is why did he help that person solve the case?Is it because he is afraid that that person will be implicated if he can't solve the case, which will affect his detoxification?The one who can detoxify is Ding Ruoshui, so why not die for Chun Jinran?

"What are you thinking about so preoccupied?" A soft question suddenly came from next to my ear.

Pei Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

"The brows are all knotted, it's not like you." Jin Liyun smiled lightly.

Pei Xiaoyi calmed down and returned to his usual indifference: "I don't let people sleep well in the middle of the night, so I have to stand here stupidly, don't frown, why should I smile."

Jin Liyun looked at his face without blinking: "I really want to see how you smile."

Without saying a word, Pei Xiaoyi gave her a bright smile.

Jin Liyun pouted, said "no fun", and ignored him.

Pei Xiaoyi put away her smile for a moment, as if the spring blossoms before were just an illusion.

Qiu Yang, who was standing in the distance across from them, yawned with a displeased face: "Brother, your friend is really good at picking the time."

Bailang was in no mood to respond.When he was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, he felt that the case had some clues, and he was happy for his friend for a while, but when he really saw his friend in the main hall, he felt a drum in his heart.Because what he saw in front of him was not the Chun Jinran who was always confident when he knew him.

Chun Jinran stood in the middle of the main hall, his fisted palms were already sweating slightly.He knew everyone was looking at him aboveboard or furtively, but that wasn't where his nervousness came from.From the beginning to the end, he was only worried about one thing - whether the murderer could plead guilty and bring justice to justice.He is afraid of failure, not because failure will kill him, but because failure will make the dead forever wronged.

"Chun Shaoxia, the old man has invited all the guests of the villa here according to what you said," Xiahou Zhengnan's voice was not loud, and the words "Chun Shaoxia" in front of him were almost drowned in the noise of whispering, but it was miraculous that at that time When he said that he was invited here, the hall was completely silent, as if there was no one there, so the following words with the same volume seemed extremely weighty against the surprisingly quiet background, "You It's time to start."

As Xiahou Zhengnan's last sound faded away, the already quiet people no longer moved rashly even with their expressions.Silence flooded up like a river, silent and depressing.

It was Chun Jinran who broke the suffocation.

I saw him cupping his fists and saluting: "Thank you, owner." Then he pondered for a moment and added, "But there are some things I want to say first."

Everyone felt an inexplicable sense of relief.Chun Jinran's gentle voice was like a gust of wind, which revived the stagnant water and made ripples.

Xiahou Zhengnan said calmly, "Please tell me."

Chun Jinran said: "Thanks to the trust of the owner, I have entrusted this matter to my subordinates and Master Dingchen for investigation. Master Dingchen has indeed done his best. Whether it is on-site inspections or interviewing people, he is meticulous and meticulous. But After all, the master is a Buddhist. In this chaotic world, it is inevitable that he cannot do what he wants. Therefore, after doing everything that can be done, the matter of inferring people's hearts is fully entrusted to me. That is to say, what I say and do after I do Whether it is deduction or proof, it is all done by the next person, and has nothing to do with Master Dingchen."

"The old man is a bit confused," Xiahou Zhengnan smiled, "Shaoxia Chun said these words, is he trying to win credit, or is he trying to win?"

"You can do whatever you want with the owner."

"Okay, from now on, Master Dingchen has nothing to do with this matter. Young Xia Chun, can we start?"

"Thank you, owner." Chun Jinran thanked him again, then turned around, looked around, and after looking at the people present, he said slowly, "I know everyone is getting impatient, so gossip Short talk, let's start directly. Yesterday morning, Miss Nie Shuang was found dead in her room by the maidservant of the villa. She seemed to have hanged herself. , This is a homicide disguised as suicide. Later, Master Dingchen and I checked again, and it was indeed the case. There were two rope marks on Miss Nie Shuang's neck, one at the back of her neck, which was caused by someone strangling her from behind. A line that did not intersect at the back of the neck was caused by the assailant who faked Miss Nie Shuang as a suicide. The only thing Guo Daxia didn’t judge right was that Miss Nie Shuang didn’t die when she was strangled for the first time, but just fell into a coma Well, what really caused her death was the second hanging. The murderer was determined to put Miss Nie Shuang to death. But there is one thing that doesn't make sense, that is, the house is full of mess, as if Miss Nie Shuang had had a fierce fight with the murderer However, after questioning, no matter whether Mrs. Kuyi or Mrs. Lin Qiaoxing, the two who live closest have never heard the sound of fighting. It is too strange that there is no sound when the chair is overturned. Then , there can only be one explanation. There was no fierce fighting at all, and the mess at the scene was just a cover-up arranged by the murderer. After killing Miss Nie Shuang, he either put these things down or moved them with very light movements, causing the There was a false appearance of a fight. But here comes the problem again. Since the murderer wanted to pretend to be a suicide scene, he also made it look like there was a fight. Isn’t it contradictory? No. This is precisely where the murderer is clever. Because from the beginning to the end he He didn't expect the 'fake suicide' to be successful, he knew that the homicide would be obvious when a discerning person saw the two traces, so what he really wanted to hide was not the 'homicide', but the 'identity'."

"Chun Shaoxia, can you make your words more clear?" Xiahou Zhengnan originally just listened casually, he didn't care who the murderer was, as long as he could give an explanation to the Xuanmiao faction, but after listening to it, he fell into it god.

"Okay." Chun Jinran nodded, and further explained, "What kind of situation will a fight happen? There is hostility, defense, and confrontation. For example, when you are sitting in the room, suddenly an enemy or someone you have never met When you break through the door, you will naturally enter into a fighting state immediately. So what kind of situation will there be no fighting? No hostility, no defense, so that the assailant can be caught by surprise, for example, talking to a friend who is talking..." Chun Jinran raised his arm He clenched his hands into fists and pulled slowly to the sides, "Suddenly strangled your neck from behind."

The heroes who listened earnestly felt a chill on their necks for no reason.

"You mean the assailant is Shuang'er's friend?" Mrs. Ku Yi shook her head in disbelief, "Shuang'er has lived in Xuanmiao Nunnery for a long time, and has never made friends with anyone in the world, let alone enemies. And since they are friends, Why do you want to do this again?"

"Master, you devote yourself to teaching disciples, but you don't understand their hearts." Chun Jinran sighed softly, "During the second inspection of the site, I found two pieces of paper written by Miss Nie Shuang, one was a poem, and the other It’s words. Poems are about thanking the teacher, but the words are ambiguous. No matter how you look at it, it’s like a love between a child and a daughter.”

"Talking nonsense!" Master Kuyi raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, "Don't you want to ruin Shuang'er's reputation and reputation for Xuanmiao!"

"Teacher, don't be impatient, and listen to me slowly." Chun Jinran lowered his head and took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and then looked at the crowd, "The matter must be traced back half a year or more. Nie During an errand trip, Shuang met a man from the rivers and lakes. The two fell in love and had a good time. After returning to the Xuanmiao School, Nie Shuang, who had fallen in love with her, was in a dilemma. She wanted to be with her lover for the rest of her life. But I know that Master Kuyi will not agree, because even if the disciples of the Xuanmiao Sect have not been shaved, they are already practicing with their hair. The entire Xuanmiao faction was humiliated. But after a while, Miss Nie Shuang stopped worrying, because her lover had changed her mind, and the whole life she thought was just a dewy marriage with the other party. Originally, when the matter came to this, it would be fine if it ended without a problem But I don’t know whether it’s because of the deep fate or the doomed fate. In this Xiahou Villa, Miss Nie Shuang reunited with the other party. The girl who had given up her heart asked him to meet at night, and wanted to try one last time to save the other party. The time of the meeting was Choushi last night. Unfortunately, the result of the meeting was not satisfactory. Miss Nie Shuang begged hard, but what she got in return was indifference, so the girl became anxious and threatened to end the relationship. It was announced to the public. At this time, the Jianghu man realized the seriousness of the matter, so he put on a look of embarrassment, coaxed and lied, and Yu Yinshi followed Nie Shuang back to the residence. After returning to the room, Miss Nie Shuang couldn't help it anymore , weeping, but there must still be a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that the prodigal son will turn back. How did she know that the prodigal son did not turn back, but had murderous intentions! The next thing, as I said before, the man killed Nie Shuang After the girl, she made another disguise, thinking that the clothes were perfect, so she escaped."

"Wonderful, really wonderful!" Xiahou Zhengnan admired, but it was hard to tell whether he was sincerely admiring or joking in his tone, "It's a chaotic and unresolved case, but it turned out to be a basin of clear water after you searched it over and over again. I don't know." , I thought you were there at the time."

"Master Xiahou is joking."

"Since you can explain the whole process in such a detailed and clear manner, do you know who the murderer is?"

"Yes."

"Then don't be a fool," Xiahou Zhengnan leaned back on the back of the chair, looking leisurely, "It's over early, and everyone can get back to sleep."

"The murderer is..." Chun Jinran shifted his gaze from Xiahou Zhengnan's body to his side, and said word by word, "Mr. Ling, Xiahou Fu."

The whole hall was in an uproar.

Xiahou Zhengnan was also stunned, for the first time real shock and shake appeared on his face.

Xia Houfu couldn't sit still anymore. In fact, during Chun Jinran's statement, he had never heard of his sweating, and now there are big beads of sweat rolling down his forehead: "Don't spew blood! Evidence , say that I am a murderer, what evidence do you have!"

Chun Jinran smiled slightly, and chanted loudly: "Since I was a child, I was lonely and had no one to pity me. I only dedicated myself to the Xuanmiao Temple. I sent a few strokes of writing and ink to my benefactor, and I got good fortune and Zen."

Xia Houfu sneered: "What kind of evidence is this?"

Chun Jinran shook his head lightly: "Young Master Xiahou, you should read more and provoke less girls. If so, you will find that it is not enough to just take away the half of the words."

"I don't understand you!"

"Before I couldn't figure it out, how could a girl who wanted to get back together with her lover, a girl who tossed and turned in pain for many days, suddenly became interested when she saw her lover's pain reach its peak, and wrote a thank you poem. Master’s poem, isn’t this a strange thing? Later, I discovered the mystery of it by chance. This poem, on the surface, is a poem of gratitude to the suffering teacher, but it is actually a poem with hidden characters. The first three sentences The first characters are zi, yi, wen, what do they add together?"

Xia Houfu was stunned, and then fell back to the chair, his lips trembling, but he was unable to make a sound for a long time.

All the heroes looked at each other in blank dismay, some who could read and reacted, opened their mouths uncontrollably, in shock and astonishment, the answer was ready to come out——

"Xia." Chun Jinran answered for him, "And the last sentence, you can get good fortune and longevity, and you can get Zen. The meaning is that the two words, put together, become a pair. Fate, the wind and rain are gone, where are you floating." In the last few words, Chun Jinran almost sighed.

Xia Houfu shook his head and kept shaking his head. It took a long time before he realized something, and suddenly said: "My surname is not Xia, but my surname is Xiahou! Her lover's surname is Xia, not me!"

"It's you!" Lin Qiaoxing rushed out suddenly, her face was flushed from crying, and she was out of breath, "It's you! Senior sister, senior sister didn't know how to read at all...half a year ago...suddenly...suddenly said that she wanted to learn to write and write Poetry, she also said that a girl must be talented to be cute...but she learned and learned, she told me, junior sister, it is so difficult to compose poetry...I said no, don't learn it...the senior sister said no, Not only do you have to learn, but you have to learn well, so good that you can hide your secrets in it... Your surname is not Xia, but the senior sister must be hiding you, she just hasn't learned well enough, so good that you can hide all your surnames in it... You If you don't harm her, she... woo..."

Xia Houfu: "Master Kuyi, your disciple is talking nonsense, and you just let it go like this?!"

Kuyi Shitai's face was serious, he hesitated to speak.

"Xia Lang——" Chun Jinran squeezed his voice and called out affectionately, like singing a play, "One day husband and wife, one hundred days of grace, how could you treat me like this?" After shouting this sentence, he suddenly lowered his voice, as if he had changed from a woman to a woman all of a sudden. Became a man, "I told you already, I'm just playing around with you, you're the one who's being sentimental! If you want to stalk me like this again, be careful that I'm not welcome!"

Xia Houfu's face was ashen, his voice trembling, as if his three souls had lost his seven souls: "You, how do you know..."

Chun Jinran looked at him indifferently: "Nie Shuang told me just now. She also told me that although she is not good at learning and can only hide the word Xia in it, that's fine, because she likes to call you Xia Lang..."

Xia Houfu shook his head violently: "Impossible, this is impossible!"

Chun Jinran raised her hand and took out the jade pendant from her bosom, shining it in front of the other party: "Not only did she tell me everything, but she also gave me this."

The livid color on Xiahoufu's face turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "No, I didn't kill her, I just went to the small courtyard to meet her, and they were fine when we parted, I didn't kill her, I really didn't kill her..."

Bet won.

Chun Jinran raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Xiahou Zhengnan: "Master, what do you think should be done?"

Xia Houzhengnan has been silent for a long time. In fact, since Chun Jinran said that the murderer was Xia Houfu, the old man has been expressionless except for the initial shock, and even his eyes are like deep pools. I looked at it, but I couldn't see the other party's mood swings.

Finally, Xiahou Zhengnan said, "Can you show me that jade pendant?"

"Of course." Chun Jinran handed over the jade pendant respectfully.

Xiahou Zhengnan played with the jade pendant for a long time.In fact, it doesn’t need to be like this, the special jade pendant of Xiahou’s family is very easy to recognize, the shape, the pattern and the word Xiahou carved in the middle, the heroes onlookers can recognize it just by looking at it from a distance.And there are only two such jades in the world, one is hanging on Xiahou Zhengnan's waist at the moment, and the other is in his hand at the moment.

"Where did you get this jade pendant?" Xiahou Zhengnan asked in a low voice.

At this moment, I can't say those nonsense anymore: "I found it in the deserted courtyard next to Beiyuan. Last night, Mr. Ling and Miss Nie Shuang had a tryst here, and accidentally dropped the jade pendant there."

Xiahou Zhengnan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the next moment, he looked at his son.

Xia Houfu knelt down on the ground with a plop: "Father, the boy really didn't kill anyone! The boy did meet Nie Shuang in the small courtyard last night, but he left after rejecting her. She was fine when she left, and the boy really didn't kill anyone." ah!"

Xiahou Zhengnan didn't speak, but his slightly heaving chest betrayed his emotions.

Chun Jinran unconsciously clenched his hands tightly. That's all he can say and do. The next situation is beyond his control. Whether it's life or death, whether it's a hero who hunts down a murderer, or a villain who falsely accuses a villain, it's all in his hands. Xiahou Zhengnan had a thought.

I only hope that the other party can be scruples about the leisurely mouth full of quacks.

Just when Chun Jinran was optimistic and praying, a soft and melodious female voice pierced the solemnity of the room——

"Young Hero of Spring."

Chun Jinran turned around in surprise, looking at Jin Liyun who came out of the crowd, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Chun Shaoxia." Jin Liyun called out again.

Chun Jinran had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Miss Jin, what's the matter?"

Jin Liyun bowed slightly: "I just heard from the young man that after Mr. Xiahou returned to the room with Miss Nie Shuang, Miss Nie Shuang cried for a while, didn't you?"

Before Chun Jinran could speak, Lin Qiaoxing had already jumped in first: "Yes! Senior sister is crying, I heard it!"

Jin Liyun smiled and looked at Lin Qiaoxing: "May I ask when Miss Lin heard the crying?"

Lin Qiaoxing frowned, but still answered truthfully: "It's around Yinshi."

Jin Liyun tilted his head slightly, looking a little embarrassed: "This is strange."

Chun Jinran narrowed her eyes: "Why did Miss Jin say that?"

Jin Liyun looked at him again, and two red clouds had already flown onto his cheeks: "Because at that time, Mr. Xiahou and Li Yun were together."