Nongmen Shenjue

Mu Lin originally said it casually, but when asked by Chen Shiliyi, he realized it was wrong, and quickly covered it up: "I don't know what Xiaying gauze is, I just heard people say it. It is said that the gauze is silver-red in color, fine in texture, and mushy. The window screen is very good, it looks like smoke from a distance. I just thought that the second brother's villa is full of green, but it needs red to complement each other."

Chen Shiliu said with emotion: "I can't tell, Brother Mu, you still know how to match."

In fact, Mu Lin's mention of "Xiayingsha" was nothing. Although ordinary people don't know about it, Mu Lin has a lot of friends as a policeman, so he might have heard of it somewhere.However, Mullin's later explanation was very guilty and concealed.

Wen Jixue saw the flash of remorse on Mu Lin's face, obviously Mu Lin felt that he had said the wrong thing.

He went to see Mu Qingyan again, but saw Mu Qingyan showing a hint of helplessness.

Wen Jixue is really interested now: it seems to have discovered some secret.

Mu Lin took them to the household room, and came out after a while, bringing the files of the Shen family's case and the agate cup in the box.The agate cup cannot be taken out, and there are officials accompanying the guards, waiting for them to read it, and then seal it up again.There was a seal on the outside of the box containing the agate cup. When Mu Lin arrived, he had a new seal, which was issued by County Captain Lu.

Mu Qingyan was not in a hurry to read the file, after all the file was nothing, Mu Lin was in charge of the case and could take it out.

He looked at the red agate cup that Wen Jixue held in his hand.

Under the sunshine, it is full of brilliance, that kind of fire-like red, shiny and shiny, worthy of the word "treasure".very beautiful!

Wen Jixue examined it carefully, and put the agate cup back into the box.

"How?" Mullin asked.

"It's just that things are similar." Wen Jixue shook her head.

But Mu Qingyan knew that he was lying, the agate cup in front of him belonged to the Xue family back then.

However, the reason for Wen Jixue's denial is also easy to understand.If he admitted that he had seen it before, Mu Lin would definitely ask, could it be said that it belonged to the Xue family?Therefore, he can only deny it.Furthermore, the agate cup was proposed from the very beginning, not to investigate the case, but simply to confirm it.

Mullin was a little disappointed.

Mu Qingyan coughed lightly, and raised the file in his hand: "Brother, let's take a look at the clues we have so far."

Chen Shiliu enthusiastically said, "Go to my place and be quiet."

Mu Lin had no objection, and only sent out a few of his subordinates. Apart from continuing to collect information, he mainly focused on the movements of the Shen family.

When they arrived at Shenjueju, a few people sat in the backyard, and Fang Hua brought the little girl Fang Jin'er to bring tea.Although she knew that Fang Hua was different from normal people, she walked lightly, behaved well, and kept silent, so there was nothing unusual about her.Qi Nanfeng will carefully teach Fang Hua to do what she can, so that she can subtly integrate into normal life.

Mu Qingyan withdrew his gaze and looked at the file.

He already knew the main population of the Shen family. The direct branch had four families, and the eldest family, Qu's, was able to take power not only because of being the eldest daughter-in-law, but also because of the support of the second family.The second master is an alcoholic, not because he likes drinking, but because he likes to make wine. He has been like this since he was a child.He is in charge of the brewery and wine making, and he never slacks off. Qu's wining him over means he has mastered the foundation of the Shen family, and naturally has more power to speak.

The third master is long-sleeved and good at dancing, and he is in charge of the general affairs of the winery.

Although the fourth child is also famous in the winery, it is not bad if he can go there a few times a year.

Not to mention how many people knew about the secret room of the old house, just as Mu Lin analyzed, the courtyard belonged to Shen Youyun, so the most suspicious ones were Shen Youyun and Qu's.He also felt that the deceased died before the Shen family moved, so it must have been at least seven years, seven years ago...

He rummaged through it and found the maid who had her daughter died of tuberculosis.

Yun Xiang, a maid in Qu's courtyard, will be 15 years old when she dies.The maids in Qu's courtyard are divided into three classes, and the first class is the maid who is close to the maid, and is also in charge of personal affairs in the room.The second class is to act in a more appropriate manner, and it is also a shame to take things and spread the word.The third class is the coarse envoy, who is in charge of cleaning and so on.This Rue Xiang is second-class, it is said that she is quite spiritual, Qu's thinks highly of her, and intends to mention her.How did she know that she, Fu Bo'er, got a fatal disease and died in the end.

Mu Lin found the doctor who saw Rue Xiang back then, and verified the illness, and it was indeed her daughter's tuberculosis.

Daughter tuberculosis is actually a name for pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculosis, which is contagious, and there was no cure for it in ancient times.With this disease, people will be slender and thin, and at first sight it looks like a serious illness. The accompanying symptoms are usually low-grade fever, night sweats, fever, fatigue, difficulty breathing, and even blood in the sputum.

Mu Qingyan didn't know anything about medical diseases, but he frowned as he stared at the time of Ruxiang's death.

"Ruxiang moved out of Shen's house and died of illness within two months. Isn't it a bit quick?" This kind of disease has an incubation period, and it is a chronic disease. Even if it cannot be cured, it will not die so soon.

Mu Lin said: "Depending on her condition, it shouldn't be so fast, but according to her family and neighbors, after going out, Yunxiang cried all day long, refused to eat food, and refused to take medicine. How could she bear it? So she died soon after. gone."

This makes sense.

Maybe Rue Xiang was discouraged, after all, even if she couldn't die in the short term, but she got this disease, she couldn't marry and have children, and she couldn't continue to make progress in Shen's family.Furthermore, the family is still willing to take care of it for a day or two, what should I do after a long time?Girls are inherently thoughtful, and they are prone to overthinking when they are ill. If they hear any gossip, it is normal for them to go into a corner.

If it was back then, it was possible to check whether it was misdiagnosed, but now it can only be put aside.

For the time being, the focus is still on Shen Youyun and his wife.

Shen Youyun's life is very detailed. Before getting married, he also had several confidante friends in Fenglin.Although the possibility was not high, Mullin also checked one by one, ruling out the possibility that those people were the dead.As for the beauties in other places, Mu Lin also inquired about those who knew the origin of their names and surnames through various channels, and even tried to find Shen Youyun's whereabouts from those beauties.

The Qu family is much simpler, the family is a flower farmer, his parents passed away early, and there is only one younger brother.His younger brother got married and had a son, stayed in his hometown to inherit the family business, and was still a flower farmer.The relationship between the siblings is good, but after Qu's marriage, the siblings' meeting is also limited.

Qu has two sons, the eldest son is ten years old, and the youngest son is five years old.

"Brother, what's the current situation at the Shen family's old house?" Mu Qingyan asked.

"After this incident, the original buyer was very annoyed. The house did not continue to be built. I heard that they wanted to return the old house."

"I'll go over there and have a look." The old house must be going there.

The courtyard walls of the Shen family's old house were intact, and the gate was locked, so it was impossible to peep inside.Mu Lin actually got the key from the buyer, and several people went to the place where the collapsed place was. The bricks, tiles and wood were all cleaned out, revealing the old appearance of the secret room.

The size of the secret room is not small, and steps can be seen vaguely. Although it has collapsed, most of the bricks on the sides of the secret room remain in place, only the ground is bumpy and damp.When the bones were discovered, they were covered with a lot of soil, and the agate cup was also cleaned out from the soil.This is also a doubtful point, why does the agate cup appear here?Did the murderer leave the agate cup on purpose?

Staring at the secret room in front of him, Mu Qingyan asked: "When cleaning up, is there anything but the bones?"

Mu Lin shook his head: "Second Brother, is there something wrong?"

"That's not true, I just asked." Mu Qingyan saw something, squatted down and looked carefully, pointed to a piece of rotten wood wrapped in the soil and asked: "Where is this thing? It should be Was it dug out in the secret room?"

"This rotten wood? Yes, it was dug out of the soil, and it may be the weight of the secret room." Mu Lin didn't think there was anything at first, but when he asked, he couldn't help being a bit concerned: "Second brother, what's the problem? "

Mu Qingyan examined the rotten wood carefully, and said, "It's hard to say, let's look for other ones."

At present, Mulin, Chen Shiliu, and even Wen Jixue searched together, and found many large and small rotten logs in a short time.

It was Wen Jixue who saw the name first: "It doesn't look like a load bearing. Although the rot is serious, but so many comparisons, it looks like a certain part of the furniture. It may be a bed or a chest."

Most of the wood is rotten, leaving only the pitted interior, but occasionally you can see a little bit of preserved paint color, and even some remaining sporadic patterns.

Chen Shiliu took over, "If it's furniture, does it mean that the deceased was imprisoned in a secret room?"

Mu Lin smiled and said, "I think it's more likely that the golden house cangjiao."

"That's right!" Chen Shiliu thought of Shen Youyun's flamboyant disposition and Qu's power, so Jinwu Zangjiao was indeed a possibility. "If this is the case, Qu's suspicion is very serious."

"That's not necessarily true." Wen Jixue chuckled lightly: "The Qu family got a boy in one fell swoop in the second year of his entry, and in the first two or three years he had a strong relationship with Shen Youyun and his wife, so he took control of the power of the Shen family. , Qu's hate, but not reckless, she has a son, but also has power, even if a woman wins Shen Youyun's heart, so what? She can get to where she is today, which shows that she is not a person who regards love between men and women as everything Women, of course, will not kill people for favor, for her, the gain outweighs the loss."

These words also make sense.

Mu Lin frowned, thinking: "Or, something happened that could threaten her interests, prompting her to take a ruthless hand."

Mu Qingyan listened to the discussion of several people, looked around, and began to recall the haunting incident seven years ago.

Back then, people who were haunted by ghosts were panicked. The Shen family monks and Taoists took turns to invite them. When they invited a group of monks, a young monk screamed. When they found him, he had passed out.After being awakened, the little monk turned pale and shouted that the female ghost had appeared.

Before the Shen family either heard the woman crying or heard the woman singing, but no one had ever seen the woman.

Someone asked the little monk what the female ghost looked like, and the little monk said that she had long hair, was dressed in white, and was floating when she walked.These are the most common images of female ghosts in ghost stories, but the Shen family was terrified back then, after all, this ghost is at home.

What Mu Qingyan wanted to see was this "female ghost".