did not meet tonight

Xiao Yu and Chen Zhe came to the flower room. It rained intermittently last night, and the ground was very muddy. They looked around along the path paved with gravel, but found nothing unusual.The flower room is made of glass, and there is an automatic temperature control device inside, which will adjust to the most suitable temperature according to the weather. The fragrance of various flowers is mixed together, rich and gorgeous, stimulating the sense of taste.

Chen Zhe asked the servant to check carefully to see if there were any abnormalities. The pungent scent of flowers made him very uncomfortable. He frowned slightly and asked Xiao Yu, "Did you find anything?"

From the surface, there is really nothing unusual about the flower room. Every flower is delicate and beautiful. Due to the recent rain, the soil looks very wet, and some rotten fallen leaves are stuck to it.Xiao Yu walked along the path and asked, "How long has the gardener been on leave?"

"It's been more than a week, before the birthday banquet." Chen Zhe replied.

"What else does the gardener need to do besides watering the place?" Xiao Yu continued to ask.

"There's nothing else. The flower room has an automatic sprinkler device. You can switch it on and off depending on the situation. Generally, you don't need to take care of it here." Chen Zhe responded.

Xiao Yu came to a flower garden built with wooden fences, and there were golden chrysanthemums planted here, which bloomed especially gorgeously. The soil under the pressure was slightly raised, which seemed softer than other places.However, due to the continuous heavy rain recently, the rainwater seeps in through the ground, which will make the soil sink and become flat and firm. In addition, without the care of the gardener, it is impossible for this area to be so fluffy.

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "Move this flower garden away."

The four servants stepped forward and lifted the flower bed with all their strength, and moved it to the open space next to it, leaving a rectangular imprint on the ground, and the color of the soil was obviously different from other places.Xiao Yu immediately asked the servants to dig it up. Chen Zhe stood beside him and watched nervously. The iron rod dug up the soil again and again. Gradually, a piece of clothes came out along with the soil. Got to fall to the ground.

Chen Zhe picked up the iron handle that fell on the ground, and cleaned up the soil bit by bit. The smell of the corpse gradually permeated, and a headless corpse appeared in front of their eyes.Due to the humid weather and the warm climate here, the corpse has been severely decomposed, and the white maggots rolled over, giving off bursts of stench, mixed with the fragrance of flowers and filling the entire greenhouse. Several servants couldn't bear the smell and rushed outside to vomit.

Chen Zhe's face was pale, his hands trembled violently, and he could hardly hold the iron grip. Although the corpse was completely changed, judging from the clothes and figure, he could recognize it as Chen Tai at a glance.His knees softened, he knelt down and reached out to touch the corpse, Xiao Yu held him back and said, "Don't destroy the scene, we'll talk about it when the police arrive."

The news of the discovery of the corpse quickly spread throughout the manor, and servants rushed over to watch.Although Chen Zhe had told him not to tell Chen Qiankun, the news was always long-distance, and once spread to ten, ten to hundreds, Chen Qiankun heard the commotion outside, so he sent Xu Xueru to ask about the situation.When Xu Xueru came back, she hesitated, and Chen Qiankun raised her eyebrows, so she had no choice but to tell the truth.

Chen Qiankun has just passed his [-]th birthday, and he has been hit continuously in the past two days. The sorrow of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man almost broke the old man who will be strong all his life. After hearing Xu Xueru's words, he rolled his eyes and collapsed on the bed , old tears.

Xu Xueru stroked his chest to help him breathe, and said with a choked voice: "Master, people cannot be resurrected after death, you have to mourn, the most important thing is to take care of your body."

Chen Qiankun slapped her face hard with his backhand, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Bitch, don't you wish that we all died, so that you are happy in your heart?"

Xu Xueru was so slapped that he couldn't stand still, and half of her face was swollen, but she still said docilely: "The temperature in the flower room is high, the servant said that A Zhe and Xiao Yuxian are already there, and the police are coming soon. Master, you better not go there, so as not to touch the scene and hurt your feelings."

Chen Qiankun was lying on the bed, his eyes were red, and his breath was short of breath. He didn't know whether it was grief or anger. After a long time, he said: "Get out! Get out!"

Only then did Xu Xueru close the door and leave, Hou's servants outside the door had already heard the noise, they lowered their eyebrows, as if they had already gotten used to it.Xu Xueru went downstairs and accidentally saw Yu Yuanyuan in the living room, she went up to meet her and asked, "Yuanyuan, why are you here?"

"Azhe called just now to say that he is worried about Uncle Chen, let me come over and see how Uncle Chen is doing, is he okay?" Yu Yuanyuan glanced upstairs and asked.

"He is young, and now that this kind of thing happened again, he must be more sad than anyone else, but the matter has come to this point, we have no other way, we only hope that the police can catch the murderer as soon as possible, and return Artest justice. "Xu Xueru said with a sigh.

Yu Yuanyuan noticed her swollen left cheek, paused, and asked hesitantly, "Aunt Xu, your face?"

"Oh, this, I accidentally knocked on the door just now, it's nothing wrong, just apply ice cubes later." Xu Xueru said nonchalantly.

The fingerprints were still clear on it, but she was still covering it up. Yu Yuanyuan couldn't bear to expose her, and comforted her: "Uncle Chen must be in a bad mood after suffering such a big blow, and Ah Zhe is also under a lot of pressure. For the negligence, I hope that Aunt Xu can understand Uncle Chen's mood and don't care about it."

"I've been here for so many years, how can I still not understand him? Don't worry, I'm watching here." Xu Xueru said with a smile.

"Then I'll go back first. If you need anything, just come to me." Yu Yuanyuan said seriously.

Xu Xueru sent her out of the yard, and said: "You tell Ah Zhe to pay more attention to his health. The master is not in good health. Now he is the only one left in the Chen family who can take charge of the overall situation. If he falls down, then the Chen family really has no backbone."

"Well, I know, I will take care of him." Yu Yuanyuan nodded, she saw the walls extending forward on both sides, remembered something, and said, "A Jian passed out behind that before, and he said he heard a woman's death Then he was hit with a stick. Aunt Xu, what is behind this place, why don't you ask Ah Zhe to send someone to search it, in case the murderer is hiding inside."

"There is an artificial lake in the back, and there is a boat house. It used to be used by your Uncle Chen for fishing. Later, when you got older, you gradually lost that interest. Now, occasionally a servant will come over to clean it up. It may have been some servant that day. I bumped into it while cleaning." Xu Xueru said, "There is no other entrance there, you can only enter through this door, the murderer can't hide inside. But for safety's sake, I will arrange a few people to go over and have a look , there are many things in the manor now, so there is no need to trouble Ah Zhe."

"So that's the case, then I'll go first." Yu Yuanyuan said goodbye to her and left.

Xu Xueru watched her walk away, and after a long time, she lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly.Her cheek was still hot and painful, she reached out to touch it, with a numb and indifferent expression, then turned and walked towards the main house again.

The police had already arrived, and Chen Tai's body was packed into the body together with the head and transported away. Since the two were separated, an n comparison was needed to confirm the identity of the deceased, and the investigation had to be carried out after that.Chen Zhe followed the police car down the mountain, Xiao Yu returned to the room, Ye Jian was waiting for him fidgeting, and when he saw him, he asked, "How are you, are you sure it's Chen Tai?"

"We still need to wait for n's results, but it's basically certain." Xiao Yu changed his clothes and handed them to the servants to deal with. The clothes smelled of a strange mixture of corpse and flower fragrance, which was strong and pungent.

"So the murderer should know this place well, otherwise he wouldn't have hidden the body in such an unexpected place." Ye Jian said.

"He disappeared three days ago. The last people who saw him were Xu Xueru and Chen Jing. He hasn't appeared since then. Judging from the degree of decay of his body, he should have died in the afternoon or evening of that day. The most important thing now is to find the scene of the crime first." Xiao Yu said.

"There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the manor. If the murderer killed someone in other places and then moved the body to the flower room, the target is too big and it is easy to be exposed. I guess the place where he killed people is near the flower room. , the reason why I hang my head outside Yan Meilan's window is to confuse the view." Ye Jian said firmly.

"Why are you so sure that Yan Meilan is not the murderer?" Xiao Yu looked at him and asked with interest.

"It's obvious. One, she has no motive for killing, and two, people with a little intelligence can't do such a stupid way of hanging a human head outside her window. I think the murderer must have done this because she had a relationship with her and wanted to borrow This opportunity scares her." Ye Jian said clearly.

"You are getting more and more experienced." Xiao Yu said.

"That's not true! Close to vermilion is red, close to ink is black, the person sitting next to me is a police captain, maybe one day I can take advantage of this shareholder wind to soar!" Ye Jian seemed to have seen his own bright future.

"I'll wait and see." Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile.

"If the murderer is the same person, what do you think the dead have in common?" Ye Jian moved closer to him and said mysteriously, "I've already seen it, the person Lu Baoqian likes is Chen Zhe, she It has nothing to do with Chen Tai, so what can these two people have in common, I really don't understand."

"Maybe we can ask Yan Meilan about this," Xiao Yu reminded.

Ye Jian's eyes brightened: "Yes, why didn't I think of that! Since the murderer hung the head outside her window, it means that she also has some connection with the two murders. She must know something! Let's go, let's go now Just go!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Xiao Yu's arm and walked outside. Xiao Yu said helplessly, "Shouldn't this be the job of the police?"

"Punishing rape and eradicating evil is everyone's responsibility. We are sitting as we are sitting. It's good to help a little more." Ye Jian said righteously.In fact, how could Xiao Yu fail to see that he was so anxious and concerned that he didn't want Yu Yuanyuan to encounter any danger. The murderer was probably someone close to them, and the sooner he caught him, the safer he would be.

As soon as they walked out the door, the light bulbs in the corridor flickered a few times and then suddenly went out, and the surroundings became pitch black. There was a scream from Lu Yaning's room. She opened the door and ran out, asking hurriedly, "What's going on? What's going on?" Sudden power out?"

"It may have tripped. Someone has already gone to overhaul it. It should be restored after a while." The servant in charge of this building replied.

"What's wrong with you, you can't even do this little thing well, did Chen Jiahua invite you to have a meal with so many things!" Lu Yaning was anxious and scared, and scolded her head and face.

"Miss Yaning, I'm really sorry, please wait here for a while." The servant said obediently.

Ye Jian walked to the window and took a look, and found that the whole place was pitch black. It stands to reason that the manor should have an emergency power supply, even if there was a sudden power failure, it would not be like this.He felt vaguely uneasy, Xiao Yu patted him and said, "Let's go, let's go see Yan Meilan first."

Yan Meilan was locked in the room where she used to live, the door was locked from the outside, and two male servants were left guarding the corridor.This kind of house arrest is illegal, but there is a reason for it, Xiao Yu is not so pedantic, he asked: "Has anyone been here?"

"Only the people in the kitchen brought food in." The male servant replied.

There is no electricity here, and several servants are standing in the corridor waiting, Xiao Yu motioned: "Open the door, let's go in and have a look."

The male servant went over to take out the key. He had just inserted the key into the hole when the light in the corridor turned on and suddenly went out again. The servants looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.The male servant handed over the key to Xiao Yu, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, it seems that there is something wrong with the circuit here. I'll take someone over to check it. Please do it yourself."

Xiao Yu nodded, he turned the key, and there was a crisp sound of unlocking the lock, the door was pushed open, a gust of cold wind came in from the open window, the curtains fluttered, a young maid couldn't help but glanced inside curiously A look of horror suddenly appeared on his face, and he fell to the ground and screamed.

Xiao Yu and Ye Jian looked at each other, unable to say a word.

They saw that Yan Meilan was hung by the window, her body swaying in the wind with her bare feet.