Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

When Xia Houhuan died, he was lying on the table, and arsenic was found in the half glass of wine on the table.Xia Houhuan himself, like Su and Yang, had traces of taking arsenic in his mouth.Although there is still no conclusion yet, the people in the village are in a state of panic. Everyone has their own inferences in their hearts. Rumors spread throughout the village with a pervasive attitude. In the whispers behind those people, the facts that everyone thinks they believe are portrayed over and over again. , and subjectively modify the details arbitrarily, so that in the end this assumption becomes unbreakable.

Because Tang Wuyi needed to interrogate some people further, Wen Tao asked Tang Wuyi for a key to the crime scene to investigate.In fact, this room had been carefully inspected by Master Xiahou and Su Yaowang when Su and Yang died.This courtyard is a two-entry room with white walls and blue tiles. A pomegranate tree has sprouted at the door. In autumn, red pomegranate fruits will grow in abundance, protruding from the wall, which also means many children and many blessings. Therefore, this courtyard was specially given to Su Ranran to live in.

The room has two entrances, the outer one is the living room, and the inner one is the bedroom. Because of the cold weather in the mountains, the two rooms are separated by thick brocade quilts.There is a simple couch in the outer room separated by a screen, which was originally for Ran Ran's personal maid, Si Yu, but Si Yu has been living in another courtyard because of her physical discomfort, and Liu Er, who was sent to take care of her, was not far away from her original room. , is next to this yard, so I didn't move here, I always wait on him during the day, and go back to my room to rest at night.

The inner room is completely the girl's boudoir, with an embroidered bed, a bed with light crimson butterfly patterns, a dressing table, and a wardrobe.On the night of the banquet, Su Ranran and Xiahou Baizhi asked Xiahouhuan to move a table over, and they enjoyed the banquet and wine here, and returned home happily.

Wen Tao observed carefully in the room, and noticed some charcoal slag left on the floor in the room. Wen Tao took out a handkerchief to collect some, and looked carefully under the candlelight. He saw that most of these charcoal slags were black. There are some off-white.I was looking at it, when I suddenly heard the conversation of the guard boy outside the door.

"Tell me, what is Tang Kaosheng still looking for?"

"Adults have their own reasons to check, I don't dare to speculate."

"Come on, you, I saw you gossip with Ding Er just now, what did they say?"

The voice suddenly lowered, it seemed to be whispering, and there was another exclamation: "They died exactly the same?"

"Exactly. If Miss Huan didn't do it, how come this room and the death pattern are exactly the same? She killed herself by killing Miss Su and Mr. Yang!"

"Why kill yourself?"

"Kao Sheng has come, and everyone has been interrogated that day. I am afraid that Mr. Kao Sheng will expose her that day. Seeing that her crime can no longer be covered up, she terminates herself at the place where she committed the crime."

"Tsk tsk tsk, people's hearts are unpredictable. Who didn't praise Miss Huan before for her ability to manage the family well, and she is a good housewife."

"You still say, the root is here. She is good at running the family, and she is the material for being the mistress of the house, but she is delusional, and she wants to marry the young master. Who is the young master, and he will inherit the villa in the future! Let's talk about our Han people. Traditionally, marriages with the same surname are not allowed. Since the master accepted her as a foster daughter and gave her the surname Xiahou, he cut off the possibility of her being with the young master. I really overestimated myself!"

"Did she really love the young master selfishly? She actually wanted to kill Miss Su?"

"I heard that on the night of going out to the banquet, after the banquet was over, someone saw her crying secretly!"

"Is this really the case? Usually she is very strong."

"It must be because she saw that the eldest young master's marriage is a foregone conclusion, and felt sad and angry. I heard that she cried so sadly. I have never seen her like this before, so I dare not answer."

"Hey, it's also a trick of good fortune. After all, Miss Huan is a rare and stunning woman, and she is so capable, to do such a thing..."

"Hmph, if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."

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Wen Tao listened quietly, thinking of Xiahou Huan's bright and dignified appearance when he first met her, her life experience told by the owner of Xiahou Huan, the glass-like eyes of the only surviving little girl in the family in the boundless wind and sand, and that day, After going out for the banquet, he sat on the roof of the front hall to digest his food, and caught a glimpse of Xia Houhuan in the moonlight.Looking at her back, she seemed to be lonely, but when she turned around and saw him, she had that expression and a sentence that she couldn't hear clearly, which seemed to be not Chinese.

Is it really her?Because she missed Xiahou Baiying, she actually killed his fiancée, and even slandered her for dying with another man on the eve of her wedding, almost embarrassing her natal family.

Wen Tao felt for the first time that if this is true, the sinister human heart is just as the master said.No wonder when he was in Kunlun, his master always told him that he could understand the world by reading thousands of books, and that if he entered the world with a sincere heart, he would inevitably be disappointed and hurt.He had a cold temperament since he was a child, so he didn't take these words to heart at the time.I don't want to feel that people are unpredictable and the world is unpredictable not long after I have just gone down the mountain.

Wen Tao went out of the room, locked it, pretended he didn't hear anything, and nodded to the two guards at the door, without giving them a glance.He originally wanted to go back to the room directly, but he walked to Tang Wuyi's door involuntarily, wanting to discuss the case with him.However, he never took the initiative to find someone, and he didn't know how to speak. He stopped in front of Tang Wuyi's door, and hesitated for a long time.

It was night now, and the rain was getting lighter, but it was still falling.Take a deep breath in the rain, your nose is still cold, but you can smell the aroma of soil and tender grass. Although it is not as pure and clear as Kunlun, with the smell of ice and snow, it contains infinite possibilities, maybe dirty, dirty, But there will also be gardens full of flowers, grass growing and warblers flying, all Vientiane beings, whether strong or weak, noble or humble, are all in their respective worlds, ready to go.

Wen Tao didn't open an umbrella, and there was already a dense layer of water vapor on the crescent-white plain robe. He stared at Tang Wuyi's room for a long time, he was the only one in the room, and his slender figure was printed on the screen window, with his hands crossed shoulders, It seems to be thinking.

Let's go back.Wen Tao finally made up his mind, before turning around, the door creaked open, Tang Wuyi saw that he was outside the door, his face brightened instantly.His face is usually strong and sharp, and his eyes seem to be able to look straight into people's hearts, but he is especially fond of laughing. It is a hearty laugh that comes from the bottom of his heart. Every time he smiles, it seems to be filled with all the goodwill in the world. involuntarily close.

"Taotao, I was looking for you, and you were standing at my door, what do you think is a coincidence?" Tang Wuyi smiled at Yanyan.

Wen Tao was a little embarrassed. He was embarrassed to say that he was stuck here because he didn't know how to talk to him about the case, and his eyes drifted to the side involuntarily.

"Come in quickly. I ordered two bowls of noodle soup. After we finish eating, let's talk about the case."

Wen Tao has been hungry for half a day, and now he feels hungry. Hearing the word noodle soup filled his body with joy, his eyes were instantly filled with starlight, and he smiled gratefully at Tang Wuyi.The first time Tang Wuyi saw him smile, he thought he was young and mature, but he didn't expect him to be a real young man.If Tang Wuyi's smile is full of goodwill in the world, then Wen Tao's smile is the Lingling mountain spring in the deep stream of no man's land, as if the world is the first and last pure.