Mystery Case

Zhang Xiaoyi: My lord is not well, a corpse was found in Fengqi Mountain.

Master Chu went to Fengqi Mountain.

Liang Xiaoyou: My lord is not well, a floating corpse was found in Mochou Lake.

Master Chu went to Mochou Lake.

Zhang Xiaoyi: My lord is not good, Feng Qishan's body has escaped!

Master Chu went to Fengqi Mountain and found that the "corpse" was actually a passerby pretending to be dead.I had no choice but to hurry back to Mochou Lake.

Master Chu: The body of Mochou Lake is also gone!Is someone playing dead again?Is it fun to tell me to run both ways?

He Wuzuo: I asked someone to carry the body away. If you want it, bring it back and return it to you now.

Lord Chu: =口=!

That night, the person who had dinner with Master Chu turned into a floating corpse.

Lord Chu: Evil... How can anyone eat this!

Chu Jiang took a few steps forward, took He Renjue's hand, and held it tightly.He Renjue turned his head and looked at him.

"I won't let go." Chu Jiangkai said a little willfully.

He Renjue was slightly taken aback, but he didn't break free. There was a faint warmth in his hand, which seemed to melt his heart.

The two walked for a while, when He Renjue suddenly said, "There is a dead body ahead."

"Ah?" Chu Jiangkai looked at He Renjue in surprise.

He Renjue didn't say anything, he pulled the Chu River away, and walked a few steps to the south, as expected, there was a white bone there.There is no flesh or skin left on Baigu's body, except for the clothes that covered his head when he was wrapped.

"It will take at least half a month for a corpse to turn into bones, and the weather is very cold recently, so it is almost impossible to completely turn into bones without more than a month." He Renjue said.He only talked a little more when he was examining the corpse.

Chu Jiangkai squatted down, looked at the bones, and said, "This is very strange. The clothes are not torn. But the corpse has already turned into bones."

"Well, and the color of the bone is very white, and the bone looks very clean. It doesn't look like it has been left in the wild for so many days."

"Could it be eaten by a wild beast or something?" Chu Jiangkai speculated.

"Impossible. If it was a beast, his bones would not be so complete." He Renjue immediately vetoed it.

"What about the bugs?"

"This, there is a possibility."

"Hmm..." Chu Jiang looked left and right, picked up a branch on the ground, and picked his clothes. A boxy thing rolled down because of his actions.Chu Jiangkai picked it up and took a look, then whispered, "This man is Liu Shusheng!"

That dead square thing is a seal, engraved with the words "Taoxi Layman" in seal script, which is exactly the same as the seal on the painting that Chu Jiangkai saw in Liu Ruyu's thatched hut.

"Could it be that Liu Ruyu disappeared for half a month because he was killed and thrown away?"

He Renjue shook his head, "Then this is even more impossible, you see." He pointed to the branch of the peach tree above his head.

Chu Jiangkai also immediately understood, "Half a month ago, the peach blossoms were withering. If he had been left here for half a month, his body would definitely be covered with peach blossom petals, instead of only a few fallen flowers like his body now."

"Ah."

Chu Jiang said again, "Is this a fake death? Liu Ruyu is just a scholar, who will he offend?"

"Let's not talk about this for now, call the yamen servants, move the bones to Wuzuo's room, and then carefully check when he died."

"Can it be detected?"

"Probably." He Renjue said vaguely.

Apart from the corpse, there was nothing suspicious around. Chu Jiang took the seal of "Taoxi Layman" and looked at it every day, but he couldn't see any results.

About three or four days later, Chu Jiang was bored and went to the street. He saw a seller of carved wooden hairpins. He looked closely and saw that these hairpins were carved in a unique and lovely way. He took one carved with magnolia flowers and asked the hairpin seller, "How much is this taels of silver?"

The hairpin seller waved his hand and said, "Hey, it's not so expensive, it's only fifty Wen a piece."

Chu Jiangkai saw that the price was not too expensive, so he took a few more glances. He took a fancy to another lotus, picked it up, and found that a lotus leaf carving was missing a hole. ?”

"The wood carvings are bound to be missing. Take a look at this." The person who bought the hairpin handed Chu Jiang a similar style, and said, "Although the styles are similar, each one is hand-carved. Although they are similar, they are different."

"Although they are similar, they are different..." Chu Jiangkai felt as if something flashed in his mind, and it was fleeting.

He spent money to buy lotus and lotus hairpins, and repeated these eight characters several times, but he couldn't understand it.

At this moment, there was a burst of crying from far to near. Chu Jiangkai looked back inexplicably, and saw a man dressed as a servant running past in a hurry, crying as he ran, "Master, you are gone!"

Chu Jiang had doubts in his heart, rolled his eyes, and immediately ran after him.The man ran into a house, Chu Jiangkai stepped forward immediately, the house was full of voices, but there was no one at the gate that should have been guarded.

After entering the house, Chu Jiangkai heard someone say, "This should be reported to the officials."

"Reporting to the officer?" A pretty voice sounded, and the surrounding area was immediately quieter. Chu Jiang couldn't hide his curiosity, so he approached a little bit, and saw a group of people forming a circle in front of the room door, with Liu Mei standing in the middle of the circle. Almond eyes, a beautiful woman with cherry lips and peach cheeks, the woman said in an extremely fierce tone, "What kind of official do you report for a night if you don't see a talent?"

Everyone didn't dare to speak, the woman said again, "This matter must have something to do with the new Miss Xu family."

The door behind the woman suddenly opened, and a young girl wearing a scarf came out. This person is probably the Miss Xu family that the woman said.

When the woman saw her, she said coldly, "Miss Xu, how do you explain it?"

Although Ms. Xu had no expression on her face, the corners of her eyes were red and swollen, apparently from crying. She said, "Fang Han didn't go back to his room at all last night."

Everyone was in an uproar, talking all over the place, how could it be possible.

Chu Jiangkai was listening. Although he didn't know what happened, he felt that Miss Xu was not lying.

The beautiful woman snorted coldly and said, "Where else would you go to if you don't go to the bridal chamber on your wedding night?"

Miss Xu didn't speak, just shook her head.

"Who knows if you did something to force the young master to leave." The woman looked at Miss Xu contemptuously.

Miss Xu clenched her lower lip tightly, and traces of blood spilled from her lips. With great difficulty, she finally said, "If you think it must be me, then report to the official and let Mr. Fuyin take the shackles." Copy me for interrogation."

"You can afford to lose this person, but our Fang family can't!" The woman said without letting her go, "There are many ways for you to tell the truth."

"Yixiu, don't force people too much!" Miss Xu is also an arrogant person, and she is not afraid of her threats at all.

The woman named Yixiu stretched out her hand and slapped the girl, and said, "Is Fang Yixiu also named by you?"

"Why don't you call me that, I'm the young lady of the Fang family!" Miss Xu's cheeks were swollen, and the corners of her lips were bloodied.

Fang Yi's embroidered willow eyebrows stood on end, obviously extremely annoyed, and she raised her hand to slap again.

This Fang Yixiu didn't know who she was, but no one dared to step forward to stop Mrs. Xin from insulting Mrs. Xin in this way in full view.Chu Jiangkai couldn't stand it anymore, and raised his voice, "Stop!"