Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

On the second day, there was a knock on Tang Wuyi's door.It was Wen Tao who came on time to discuss matters. Like the previous few days, he got up early and had already done morning exercises, breakfast, and scripture reading.Because he has been lingering in the villa for a long time, although he still wears the pure sun crown, he has changed into a moon-white plain robe, and only holds a whisk in his hand, not a sword.Not long after Tang Wuyi got up, there were still a few strands of hair on his forehead.While opening the door for Wen Tao, he explained: "It's inevitable to be slack after leaving the barracks for a long time." He picked up the silver hairband on the table and put it on his forehead, instantly feeling much refreshed.

Wen Tao stared at the Suzaku pattern engraved on his hairband and said: "Six-feathered Suzaku, the same rank as the lieutenant general." The military ranks of Shence are distinguished by the number of Suzaku feathers, the highest is Shence General Tang Jingxiao, and the seven-feathered Suzaku.Unexpectedly, the owner of the Dongdu Pavilion is actually the same as the deputy general, sitting in the position of Liuyu.

Tang Wuyi just smiled and said nothing, changed the subject and said: "Yesterday I went through the confessions of the people again, and now I need to interrogate Xia Houhuan again, you can go with me."

Wen Tao nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean. In this case, Xiahou's family members are more likely to commit crimes. If you want to move a foreigner into the female family's inner house, it is indeed cheaper for Xiahou Huan to act as a housekeeper."

Now the two are together.Xia Houhuan's room is not in the back garden, but closer to the front hall.When the two arrived, there were already two maids standing at the door with anxious expressions on their faces.Seeing Tang Wuyi coming, he was terrified.

Tang Wuyi said seriously: "Where is Miss Xia Houhuan?"

The two maids said: "Miss Huan meets all the servants in the middle hall at [-] o'clock every day. There is no mistake in arranging the day's affairs. Today, after the time has passed, we came to find Miss Huan. We knocked on the door for a while but there was no one. answer."

Both Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao felt tense, Tang Wuyi knocked on the door and yelled twice but got no response, then kicked it away, but saw that the room was neat and tidy, but there was no one there.

The two maids were greatly surprised, and immediately looked around, Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao also hurriedly informed the owner of Xiahou Zhuang, and ordered them to look for Xiahouhuan.

In less than a stick of incense, someone shouted: "It's not good, it's not good!"

Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao quickly followed the sound and found that Xia Houhuan's location was in the back garden, which was the room where Su Ranran and Yang Yunzhang died!

Because there was a murder case before, the bodies of Su Ranran and Yang Yunzhang were temporarily moved to another place, and this small courtyard was abandoned.Because of the remote location, everyone in the villa was panicked these two days, so no one visited this courtyard again.That's why everyone searched everywhere but couldn't find it just now, so they thought of coming here to have a look.When Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao arrived, they were in the innermost room, and Xiahou Huan was lying on the table, already dead.The death conditions were similar to those of Su Yang and Su Yang. They didn't find any poison when they died before, but they were only found to have taken arsenic. In front of Xia Houhuan, half a cup of wine was placed.

She was still dressed in red, and Sheng Xue's complexion was a little blue at this time, her head was lying on the table, her hair color was lighter than that of Han girls and slightly curly, and the purple magnolia on her hair looked faded The petals of the petals have withered and fell on the table.

Everyone who came one after another was horrified when they saw this, especially the owner of Xiahou Villa and Xiahou Baizhi.The owner of Xiahou Villa was crying and sat slumped. Xiahou Baizhi was hit even more. First, Su Ranran and then Xiahou Huan were her sisters who lived with her day and night. They were so weak that they couldn't support them at all.The two young masters of Xiahou's family were also very sad seeing this scene. Even Xiahou Baiguo, who had been complaining about Xiahou's joy before, had slightly red eyes.

Seeing this scene, Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao invited the owner of Xiahou Huan to the pavilion in the back garden, made a pot of tea, and listened to him tell about Xiahou Huan's origin.It turned out that the owner of Xiahou Village traveled around to collect medicinal materials several years ago.Once he was lost in the desert when he went to collect herbs outside the Great Wall. Fortunately, a Sogdian caravan passed by, saved his life, and took him to the destination of Kucha.This caravan is Xia Houhuan's clan.The owner of Xiahou Village and this caravan lived together day and night, supporting each other, and they did not part ways until they arrived in Kucha.But not long after we separated, I heard that the caravan was chased and killed by enemies on the way to trade, and only Xia Houhuan, an orphan girl, survived.She was only a five or six-year-old child at the time, and the owner of Xiahou Village took pity on her and brought her back to the Central Plains, raising her as his daughter.

"Huan'er's original name was Tihaji, which means peace and joy in Sogdian." The owner of Xiahou looked into the distance, and seemed to see the five or six-year-old girl again, whose eyes were much bigger than the children in the Central Plains. , like a black glass bead, shivering in the wind and sand all over the sky.He originally thought that this child would grow up smoothly under his protection, and the Chinese name he gave her was also the same as her real name.

Happy, safe and happy.

The pattering spring rain fell densely, more urgent and colder than the rain under the mountains.In just a few days, the famous Guiyun Villa in the martial arts world, and Xiahou's family from a family of medicine, had already lost three people in a row.

After sending off the owner of Xiahou, Tang Wuyi was still in the pavilion, leaning on the vermilion pillars, he stood tall and tall, and his black robe looked very oppressive at this moment.He was silent for a long time, and whispered from his throat: "What do you think?"

There was no emotion on Wen Tao's face, he seemed to be deducing various possibilities over and over again in his mind, and said for a long time, "The most convenient explanation is suicide."

Tang Wuyi didn't answer, and so did his current judgment.

The first is motivation.Kill Su Ranran and Yang Yunzhang and blame them for suicide.What was supposed to be a wedding feast, the bride died, what motive was there to kill the bride?Hate, love kill, want to replace it.Then she blamed Su Yang for committing suicide and was exposed, first by Su Yaowang, then by Tang Wuyi, she found that she would be exposed soon.Maybe it was during the torture yesterday.So suicide, the motive is guilt, or atonement.

Second is the location.Su Ranran died in her own room in the back garden, who can go in early and find a chance to control her?Female dependents.Who can bring Yang Yunzhang, a foreigner, to the back garden, or invite him to the back garden in the name of Su Ranran?Female dependents.Under what circumstances is Xia Houhuan most likely to appear in a room that has been left unused and where two people have died?Go voluntarily.

Finally, it was time. When Xia Houhuan was last seen as Zi, she was alone.What happened after that, no one can testify.

If this is the case, then what is missing in the whole chain is the technique, Xia Houhuan's technique of controlling Su Ranran and Yang Yunzhang.How to make the two of them lose consciousness in the middle of the night without disturbing anyone, and let her take poison at her mercy.However, there is no evidence for all of this... If there is no evidence, even if Xiahou Huan is the most likely murderer, the members of Xiahou's family, especially the owner of the Xiahou family, will find it difficult to accept it.

Dongdu Pavilion's move must convince all parties.After a long time, Tang Wuyi ordered: "That's all for today. The room where Xia Houhuan died must be sealed and locked. The key to that courtyard can only be left with me. No matter what, no one can die in that room."