did not meet tonight

The servant took the head off, and everyone present immediately recognized him as Chen Tai who had been missing for two days. They searched every corner of the manor, but forgot to look outside the wall.This is Yan Meilan's room, she was already so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, trembling all over, with tears and snot all over her face.It rained for two consecutive days, and the air was very humid. The head was blown by the wind and rain, emitting bursts of stench, and green liquid dripped down. It was placed on the table with its eyes open, which was extremely terrifying.

Chen Zhe burst into tears, Chen Qiankun couldn't accept the reality in front of him, almost fainted, and was helped down to rest by his servants, Xu Xueru sobbed softly, all the people present were moved and saddened by Chen Tai's tragic experience.

No one dared to touch this head. After asking Xiao Yu's opinion, Chen Zhe put on gloves and put it in the freezer for temporary storage.The relationship between him and Chen Tai is not very close, but they are close relatives no matter what. Seeing Chen Tai's decapitated body, he cried so much that he couldn't help himself. Yu Yuanyuan couldn't speak to comfort him, so he could only cry silently beside him .

Someone had already called the police, but due to the blockage of the mountain road, the police would not be able to arrive for a while. Tan Dongshu also made a special call, hoping that Xiao Yu could help maintain the scene for the time being.The case of Lu Baoqian's murder has not yet been settled, and now that this kind of thing happened again, the manor was filled with gloom and mist, and all the servants stood neatly in the hall, not daring to breathe.

The place where the head was found was the servant's dormitory, and the body had not yet been found. Chen Zhe had already ordered people to search every room, and no place could be missed.He was sitting on the sofa, and everyone was present except Chen Qiankun.Lu Yaning's room was facing the window, and as long as she thought of a head facing her all night, she would tremble all over, terrified, and huddled on the sofa with a pale face.

Chen Zhe glanced at the servants in front of him, and asked, "Can any of you tell me what's going on?"

They looked at each other, but they couldn't answer anything. Who would have thought that the second young master's head would hang outside the servant's building. They had searched all the remote places, but they never found that it was so close.

"If you tell me honestly, I won't involve other people, otherwise, none of you will be able to stay out of it!" Chen Zhe slapped the table with his palm, his sharp expression was completely different from before.Yu Yuanyuan sat next to him, startled by the loud noise.The servants looked at each other, and finally an older male servant stood up and said, "Eldest young master, we really don't know about it at all, since the second young master found it outside Steward Yan's house, maybe she will know something. "

Yan Meilan was immersed in incomparable fear when she suddenly heard someone mention her, she trembled all over, raised her head, and happened to meet Chen Zhe's gaze, her knees softened, and she fell to her knees with a plop.Chen Zhe's complexion was very bad, his eyes were red, he looked at Yan Meilan and said: "Sister Yan, you have worked in the Chen family for more than ten years, we have always trusted you, and you have been very attentive to find Artest after Artest disappeared. , but he is outside, didn’t you notice it?”

Yan Meilan was trembling, and her voice was intermittent: "I really don't know, it's been raining all the time, so I didn't open the window"

"In this case, explain to me why he is outside your room?" Chen Zhe said in a stern voice.

"I don't know, I really don't know." Yan Meilan shook her head violently, she looked really terrified, after all, no one could accept it.Yan Meilan is not married and has always lived alone. She is the life steward of the manor and is in charge of most of the keys to the entrances and exits. Because of her different status, she is very strict in disciplining the servants, so her popularity has not been very good.

Lu Yaning raised her head from the sofa, and suddenly said: "I remembered, when Bao Qian first arrived at Chen's house, she was not familiar with the place, and she once got into an argument with you, right?"

Yan Meilan was startled, and hurriedly explained: "It was a misunderstanding that time, and I apologized to Miss Lu that day!"

"But your relationship has always been very tense. Bao Qian also mentioned to me that you targeted her intentionally or not. For uncle's sake, I can only not care about you." The more Lu Yaning thought about it, the more something went wrong, "I remember the birthday party You prepared the drinks on the table, did you take this opportunity to kill Bao Qian?"

Yan Meilan was stunned, and shouted with a pale face: "Miss Yaning, you can't just spout blood here without proof! I have worked in the Chen family for more than ten years, and I haven't even trampled to death an ant. Why? Will you kill Miss Lu because of such a trivial matter? Young master, I am wronged, Miss Lu's death has nothing to do with me!"

Talking about her hands and feet, she climbed up to Chen Zhe's legs, and grabbed his trousers tightly.Two murders occurred in a row, one of which was his own brother. Chen Zhe has no reason to think about it in detail now: "Then you tell me, what is going on with Artest?"

"Eldest young master, I really don't know! Since the second young master disappeared, my servants and I have been looking for him everywhere, and they can all testify to me. I have absolutely no selfishness!" Yan Meilan urgently wanted to explain clearly, " It's been raining for the past two days, and I haven't even opened the window. If I really did it, why would I leave the second young master in my room? Someone must be trying to frame me while I'm away, please beg Young master, check it out!"

Xu Xueru wiped away her tears and said, "Azhe, this matter is of great importance, and we cannot make a hasty decision like this. Since the police won't be able to come for a while, why don't we let them all stay in the room and wait until the police arrive."

"Aunt Xu is right, Ah Zhe, I understand how you feel, but we need to calm down more and more at this time." Yu Yuanyuan held Chen Zhe's hand, still crying in his voice, "Uncle Chen needs more You take care of it, you must cheer up and persevere."

Chen Zhe knew that it was far from being able to make a wise judgment based on his current situation, and Yan Meilan had no need to kill Chen Tai at all, so he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "Go back to your room and stay here, without my Allowed, no one is allowed to walk out of the gate."

Yan Meilan was unable to stand up, and was dragged away by two servants. Xu Xueru was worried about Chen Qiankun, and decided to go over to have a look. Lu Yaning never dared to go back to that room, and Chen Zhe asked Yu Yuanyuan to take her to other places to rest first.There were only a few people left in the huge living room. Xiang Jingyu looked sad and wanted to comfort Chen Zhe, but he couldn't say anything when he opened his mouth.

Chen Zhe sat on the sofa blankly, still unable to believe the facts in front of him, he muttered: "How could this happen, how could this happen?"

"No one else has been in or out of the manor in the past few days, so the murderer is probably still hiding in a corner." Xiao Yu glanced around, and his words made the rest of the people nervous.

"Mr. Xiao, do you think the murderer who killed Brother Tai is the same person who poisoned him before?" Xiang Jingyu asked.

"We can't rule out this possibility. The top priority now is to find Chen Tai's body first." Regarding the murder case, Xiao Yu knew what to do was the best and most appropriate way.

"We searched the manor before, and there was no clue at all." Chen Zhe held his head, looking very annoyed, "I should have listened to Yuan Yuan, if I called the police earlier, perhaps Artest would not have encountered such an accident .”

"Think about it carefully, is there anything else you missed." Ye Jian reminded.

"My mind is in a mess right now." Chen Zhe's voice was choked up, unable to calm down.

"How about this, you go to see Mr. Chen first, and I'll watch over here." Xiao Yu said.Chen Zhe nodded, his face was tired and haggard, he thanked Xiao Yu, and walked outside in a daze.Looking at his back, Xiang Jingyu sighed and said, "Brother Zhe is really pitiful, you have to carry such a big matter by yourself."

"Mr. Xiang, pay more attention to safety these few days." Xiao Yu can be sure that the murderer is still in the manor. The blocked road makes this a closed room that looks empty and closed. People outside can't get in, and people inside I can't get out either.

"I know, then I'll go back first." Xiang Jingyu stood up and said goodbye to them.

The crowd of people who had been in the dark just now had dispersed, leaving only Xiao Yu and Ye Jian, but the oppressive atmosphere had not diminished at all, Ye Jian sighed and said, "I didn't expect the second victim to appear so soon. Or, if the murderer is the same person, what is the purpose of killing Lu Baoqian and Chen Tai, and these two people usually don't even talk when they meet, so what can they have in common?"

"The fact that they have nothing in common doesn't mean they have nothing in common with the murderer," Xiao Yu said.

"But if someone in the manor has enmity with them, Chen Zhe shouldn't know about it," Ye Jian couldn't understand, "and Chen Tai is the master, and Lu Baoxi is also an important guest. The two of them come back only once in a few years. How much hatred do you have to kill them?"

"Have you ever thought that the murderer's feud with them may not have happened overnight." Xiao Yu said with a frown.

"You mean the murderer already knew them?" Ye Jian was taken aback.

"Judging from the degree of head decay, Chen Tai's death time should be about two days. The wound is smooth. The head should have been cut off with a sharp weapon after death. The body is still missing, which shows that the murderer had planned it long ago. The method of disposing of the corpse, he hangs the head outside the window, can achieve the purpose of eliminating the traces of the crime, and can also confuse the police investigation." Xiao Yu said calmly, "From all these points of view, it proves that the murderer has planned for a long time. What happened to Chen Tai was definitely not a momentary impulse."

"According to what you're saying, it's very likely that the murderer has known Chen Tai for many years?" Ye Jian said in shock.

"That's right, if the servants are temporarily excluded, then the only remaining suspects are..." Xiao Yu didn't say anything now, but the meaning in his words couldn't be more obvious.

The servants were indeed suspected of committing crimes, but with Chen Tai's identity and personality, this possibility was relatively greater and those who had more opportunities to commit crimes were those who had lived in the Chen family for many years and were very familiar with the Chen family.

They are Chen Zhe, Lu Yaning, Xu Xueru, Chen Jing, and even Chen Qiankun.