Murder

Chen Yunyue's room was very simply furnished, almost empty.

The quilt was neatly folded on the bed, and two thin clothes hung in the corner, moving in the night wind.

"A silent person." Sima Feng whispered, "occasionally has violent thoughts or tendencies. She should love her daughter...and Liu Qiao."

He touched the notch on the table.There are dozens of nicks, about half an inch deep, which is a scrawled and superficial "Liu".Next to the two pieces of clothing on the wall was a letter and a picture, all signed by Liu Qiao.The character reads "Everything is spring and people only grow old", and the painting shows a child digging for young bamboo shoots in a bamboo forest.

"There won't be any more clues here. This place has obviously been cleaned." Chi Yebai stretched out his fingers and wiped the window sill, it was very clean, "The rest of the Liu family don't want her."

"I think it should be her." Song Beiyan leaned over and said solemnly, "There are only so many people on Qingping Island, and she is the one who is most suspected."

"That's not what you said." Sima Feng leaned against the window, the lamp in his hand was dim, "This case... is a bit weird."

Chi Yebai nodded: "Yes."

Song Beiyan: "???"

"Two people died...or more people. There is a motive, and there is physical evidence in the yard, but there is no direct evidence." Sima Feng said, "Little Bai, do you remember the 'Pinghu Qiuguang' murder case three years ago? "

"Remember." Chi Yebai said.

Three years ago, Pinghu Qiuguang, Zhang Fanqiu and Zhang Shaoxia sneaked into the Longwei Escort, killed 38 members of the Escort overnight, and robbed more than 3000 taels of dart silver.Zhang Fanqiu is a young hero who became famous at a young age in the Jianghu, with a very good reputation, so when he found his Autumn Light Sword on the spot, the whole Jianghu was shocked.

There was Zhang Fanqiu's Autumn Light Sword at the scene. Before the incident happened, Zhang Fanqiu had just had a dispute with the Longwei Escort: the young master of the Longwei Escort competed with Zhang Fanqiu, and defeated Zhang Fanqiu with insidious means. Zhang Fanqiu was very angry and threatened It must be repaid a hundredfold.

But when Zhang Fanqiu was besieged by martial arts people on the mountain, he did not admit that it was his fault.This case was handled by Sima Liangren. Sima Feng rushed three hundred miles to the scene overnight, but what he saw was the complacent Jianghu man and Zhang Fanqiu's body under the cliff.

"All the evidence shows that Zhang Fanqiu is the most suspect." Sima Feng whispered, "But none of them can directly prove that Zhang Fanqiu killed someone."

Only then did Song Beiyan understand a little bit.

"Chen Yunyue is indeed the most suspect, but as long as she doesn't admit it, no one can assert that she is the murderer." Chi Yebai looked at Song Beiyan, "You can't say such things outside casually."

Song Beiyan nodded repeatedly.

Chi Ye tapped his fingers on the window sill and closed his eyes.

Countless tall bookshelves stood in the dark room, and a lamp was lit somewhere in the room, and the light was weak and dim.

He walked slowly in the darkness, touching every bookshelf with his fingers until he reached the place where the thing he was looking for was placed.

Outside the window seems to be daylight, bright and bright; but the room is full of darkness like thick ink.The lights were flickering, and he took a heavy book from the shelf.

The Pengyang City Records two years ago.

What happened in Qingping Island only takes up more than 200 pages of it.

He flipped through the pages quickly, and the words swirled from the page and fell into his eyes.

"...Liu Feng...Liu Qiao...died of illness...bandit..." The words he was looking for glowed red like blood, and they were gripped ferociously on his fingers.He was a little nervous, and as soon as he let go of his hands, the book fell to the ground with a bang.

He peeled those words off his fingers one by one, without stopping the bleeding.But new words grew out of the wound again, "night hunting", "beating", "death", "death", "death"...

He leaned against the cold bookshelf, sweat dripping down his back.

At this moment, the corners of his eyes suddenly lit up.

A six or seven-year-old child stood at the end of the darkness holding a small lotus lantern.

The child held up the lamp and spoke slowly, in a very soft voice.

--"noob?"

Chi Yebai opened his eyes, and Sima Feng was holding his finger, with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

"What are you thinking?" He scolded in a low voice, "Don't do this when I'm not around."

Chi Ye sweated a little from his temples.It's not a good feeling to dive into the depths of memory, there are always some irrelevant old things coming out to haunt him.

"It's okay." Chi Yebai smiled, and pulled his hand away, "There is no record of bandits in the Pengyang City Chronicle two years ago, and there is no record of Liu Feng being killed and skinned by bandits in the records of Qingpingyu. How did this thing happen and how did it go on? You might have to ask someone from the Liu family.”

The female family members of the Liu family were all waiting outside the small courtyard, as if they were very reluctant to go in.

Sima Feng said a few words to them, and immediately a woman raised her head and stood up.

"I am Liu Feng's wife." The woman looked indifferent, "We also suspect that Liu Feng was killed by Chen Yunyue."

Sima Feng was very interested: "Why?"

"Because Liu Qiao was killed by Liu Feng." The woman said coldly.

Sima Feng: "Oh."

At this time, a woman slowly added: "Liu Junfu was also killed by her. It is said that he had a sudden illness in the room, but in fact everyone on the island knows that it was caused by the wind."

Sima Feng: "Oh oh oh."

His lack of interest in responding made the woman who told the truth very dissatisfied. She stepped forward and continued: "Liu Junfu is so old, how can he bear her, a little fox? I don’t know how many precious medicinal materials, and I cook aphrodisiac soup in the kitchen day and night. The fox also pretended to be like it. At first, he cried when he said he wanted to take her as a concubine, but later he acted like a fool and helped boil the juice. The sound of tossing The whole Qingping Island can really hear it!"

Chi Yebai glanced at her, remembering that when she came just now, this woman claimed to be Liu Junfu's fourth concubine.

The women were aroused, and they all complained about Chen Yunyue's usual misbehavior in Liu's house.Sima Feng listened carefully, nodding and smiling, very harmonious.

When the women sent the three of them out of Liu's residence, his expression changed instantly.

"When Liu Junyong bought Chen Yunyue for his son, Liu Qiao was dying of illness. After Chen Yunyue married, Liu Qiao survived for five years and lived a peaceful life. The relationship between the husband and wife is very good. But Liu Qiao has to take medicine for many years. The decoction, Liu Feng's hands and feet are used in the decoction." Sima Feng made a chopping motion with the fan, "Brothers kill each other, mostly for family property."

Song Beiyan leaned aside and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I have heard many such stories."

Sima Feng looked at him and touched his chin.

Song Beiyan: "???"

Three years ago, Pinghu Qiuguang, Zhang Fanqiu and Longwei Escort were gone, and the territory of Qiuguang Sword Book and Longwei Escort fell into the hands of others.

This time in Qingping Island, several people died, exposing the matter of patting Hanako.Then, he and Chi Yebai got a medicine apprentice Song Beiyan who knew how to distinguish fragrance.