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The arrival of Mrs. White and her party made the hall quiet.

She left suddenly, then turned back suddenly, and there were a few unfamiliar outsiders behind her. Everyone couldn't help being curious, and the eyes on Lu Li and the others were obvious.Among them, the one with the worst complexion and the worst mood is Huaideshui's concubine Shi Shi.

Mrs. Shi was already crying while being supported by the maid, but now she was crying even more heartbreakingly and crumbling.

Although her daughter Huaiyu is a concubine, she has the serious surname Huai and is the master of the Huai family!Now that she died in a miserable state, just after she was brought home, the mistress left in a hurry before her butt was hot, and she came back with four foreign men. Was she trying to make others laugh at her?Let's see how miserable Sister Yu's death is!

She looked outside the house with the posture of wiping her tears, there was no one, the master hadn't arrived yet, and not even a young man standing in front appeared, it seemed that she was caught up in business and couldn't come back for a while...

"Madam..." Shi bowed down heartily, her voice full of grief, "I know that Madam is in charge of the house, and everything is busy, but Sister Yu, she has not yet reached her age, so she just left her parents... I really can't bear it, I beg Madam to order to go to the government office to ask for a skilled assistant to come back, so that I can find out the cause of death, find the murderer, and have an explanation to the master..."

She was wearing an exquisite dark embroidered moon-white Hunan dress, which accentuated her lovely and pitiful demeanor. She bowed and cried like this, as if Mrs. Huai had bullied her badly.

Mrs. Huai lowered her eyebrows slightly, as if she didn't hear this, she ignored her at all, walked to the first seat and sat down.

Sixth Miss Huai Xin couldn't hold back, she jumped out and pointed at Shi Shi's nose and scolded, "What do you mean? Accusing mother of not caring about Fifth Sister? Or using father's name to suppress mother? You are just a concubine, father When you're not here, mother will weigh and handle all matters in the house, so you can't interfere!"

Shi's eyes were red, and she looked at Huai Xin in surprise, "Why did Miss Six say such a thing? I'm just a pitiful Miss Fifth. She died in a miserable state. The master and wife are kind-hearted and noble, and they must be more grateful than the concubine. Worried that Mrs. Master and Madam are too sad, and there are some omissions, I reminded me slightly, without any hidden meaning..."

"Just this one word has attracted Miss Six's accusation, I am really wronged!" Shi said and began to wipe her tears again, "I only want to—"

"Aunt Shi, please calm down," Huai Shuyu, the eldest son of the Huai family, went to Mrs. Huai's head and stood still, looking at Aunt Shi coldly, "Although the fifth younger sister was born by you, her surname is Huai, and she called my father as her father. Calling my mother a mother has nothing to do with you. Her parents naturally couldn't bear her tragic death outside, and they will investigate and investigate the murderer. If you want to argue, you might as well stand aside and wait."

"If Ma'am wants to conduct a strict investigation, she would have issued an order a long time ago. Why would she entertain outsiders at this time—" Aunt Shi stood up abruptly, and pointed at Lu Li and the others with agitated emotions, ready to go. She could pinch her in the next second, Shi Yi held her back.

"Sister...Sister!"

In order to hold Aunt Shi back, Shi Yi dragged her back, and the two of them turned around. When everyone saw the back of Shi Yi's head, he covered Aunt Shi tightly with his body.I don't know what he did, but when he moved away, Aunt Shi had already calmed down, looking down at the ground from the corner of her eyes, it seemed that she didn't want to make trouble anymore.

Huai Xin curled her lips, "It should have been like this a long time ago—"

Shi Yi turned his head and glanced at Huai Xin.

Huai Xin's temper is actually not calm, otherwise she would not have quarreled with Huai Yu in the jewelry store because of Yizhi Hairpin that day, Shi Yi's glance, she wanted to quarrel back, but seeing Huai Yu's body on the ground, He bit his lip, endured it, and didn't speak any more.

The room fell silent for a while.

"Is the quarrel over?" Mrs. Huai slowly put down the teacup, "After the quarrel is over, let's get down to business. The few people in the hall are my specially invited guests. The young man in the middle who wears a light blue gown, named Lu Li, is a ghost The other three are his friends, and the four are very good at autopsy to solve cases, and I invited them here this time because of Sister Yu's death."

Aunt Shi was surprised, and her eyes were full of dissatisfaction. She obviously thought that the assistant was too young, so Madam made a fool of her!

Mrs. Huai snorted coldly, "I have been in charge of the back house of Huai Mansion for many years, and I am always busy. I don't bother to do anything that wastes time. Whether you have opinions or not, this matter has been decided. Lu Li, you start the autopsy !"

This obviously saw through Aunt Shi's intentions, saying that she didn't have the time to fool her, she wasn't worthy!And also domineeringly declared that the old lady's back house old lady has the final say, it's best if you don't have an opinion, and hold back if you have an opinion!

Aunt Shi still wanted to talk, but her name, wisdom and character were all crushed by Mrs. Huai. There were also Mrs. Huai's own sons and adopted concubines at the scene. stop!

Master Bisheng is not here yet!

Time not with me, Aunt Shi bit her lip, had no choice but to give up, looking at the corpse on the ground with tears in her eyes.

How can the daughter she gave birth to, the flesh that fell from her body, not feel distressed?But the dead lights are out, she has been in Huai's house for so long, and Zhai Dou always carries her line, which is a career that cannot be ignored at any time, otherwise the consequences of a careless move will be unimaginable, she still has a son to raise... …

The handkerchief rubbed her eyes fiercely, Aunt Shi stared at Lu Li, she really wanted to see what could be detected by such a small operation!If the test is wrong, she will definitely make him feel overwhelmed!

Lu Li saw the look in Aunt Shi's eyes, but he didn't care at all. He came to Huai Mansion because of Mrs. Huai, and because of his mother's past. How the women in this house are torn up has nothing to do with him.His observation is only for one point: whether these people have anything to do with the death of the deceased.

Mrs. Huai spoke, but no one objected, so Lu Li went to the door, knelt down, and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse.

Looking at it this way, I felt that the corpse behaved a little strangely.

According to Zhou's mother, Miss Huai Wu Huaiyu attended the flower banquet five days ago to gain the limelight, and disappeared the next day when she participated in another family's small banquet. It was only four days since now. Even if Huaiyu died at that time, it would be four days away, but this corpse The degree of swelling is not like it only lasted for four days.

Generally, corpses are immersed in water, regardless of whether they are drowned or thrown away after death, the changes of corpses in water are slower than those on land. Even in hot summer, it takes two to four hours for the skin on the fingers and toes to wrinkle, and the skin on the palms and soles of the feet to turn white It takes a whole day, it takes two days for the skin on the back of the hands and insteps to turn white, and it takes seven to fourteen days for the entire skin on the hands to swell and turn white and fall off like a glove.

The skin of this corpse was swollen and whitish, and the facial features were distorted and difficult to identify. Although the skin on the hands had not fallen off like a glove, it was not far away.

Nothing like a four-day-old corpse.

Unless, the corpse has been in a place where the water temperature is extremely high and the alkalinity is extremely high and there are many bacteria...

Lu Li frowned slightly, carefully observing the corpse.

Mouth without mushroom-shaped foam.

The shape of the hand stretches naturally, without holding any water plants or branches.

The cornea was highly turbid, and the pupils could not be seen through. There were faint bleeding spots on the conjunctiva, which were small and vague, and could not be used as evidence of asphyxiation.

Conjunctiva, oral mucosa detachment.

The head, hands and feet of the dead body were scratched and scraped. It seems that they were scratched and scratched by branches or stone walls by the river. The wounds were neat, white, and bloodless.

The body was probably in the wrong position when it fell into the water, the scratch marks on the head and face were very heavy, and the skin was swollen, so the appearance could no longer be recognized. If she was not wearing Huai Yu's clothes and her stature was similar to Huai Yu's, the Huai family would probably not be able to confirm her identity.

After reading it roughly, Lu Li stood up, "Excuse me, is there any wine and vinegar in the house?"

Everyone was curious why Lu Li asked this question, but no one was smart enough to ask. Only Zhou's mother, who was beside Mrs. Huai, stood up with a smile, "Yes, this old slave will send someone to fetch it."

Lu Li cupped his hands, "Thank you Mama Zhou, if you can find fine white cotton cloth, please bring some."

The weather is hot in summer, the corpses are fished out from the river, and they walk a long way. Now remove the shroud and untie the clothes, wait a while, and the corpses are already dry.

Lu Li folded the fine white cotton cloth, poured wine vinegar on it, covered it carefully on the corpse, and uncovered it after a quarter of an hour... only to see a large piece of blue and red corpse spots appeared on the body that was still pale just now!

Everyone covered their mouths in amazement, and bit their lips sideways, unable to bear to look at them. These traces... are too scary!

Only Lu Li and his three friends remained calm.

Shen Wansha swept around the hall, thinking to himself where is he going? Little Lizi can still dissect a corpse, scaring you to death!

He Lianyu was no more experienced than Shen Wansha, but he was also not as ignorant as these people. He kept a consistent smile on his face, like a spring breeze.

Zhao Zhu's long and slender eyes were full of ink, and his burning gaze never left Lu Li's hand.These hands are slender and shiny, and they are not disgusting at all even though they are in contact with the corpse. On the contrary, they are very clean and dexterous, as if they have a strange magic power, which is very attractive... I can't get enough of them.

Lu Li ignores all the background and carefully observes the deceased.

The deceased's shoulder blades, back, and buttocks had a large number of plaques, which did not fade when pressed with fingers, and did not transfer when the corpse was turned.

There are traces of bruising on the neck, the throat is slightly collapsed, and there is no damage to the neck bone...

Later, Lu Li wiped his hands, frowned, and concluded, "The deceased did not die by drowning."

"Didn't you drown?" Aunt Shi covered her mouth with horror on her face.

Lu Li nodded and looked at Mrs. Huai, "The deceased was already dead before he fell into the water. Apart from the choke mark on the neck, there were no other obvious fatal injuries. It is very likely that he was strangled to death, but if you want to know more detailed tests, you need an autopsy. "

"Strangle to death?" Madam Huai narrowed her eyes slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

"The deceased was indeed strangled violently." Lu Li actually had some doubts. He always felt that the corpse behaved a little strangely, but he couldn't see it just by examining it in this way. It would be great if he could dissect it...

"It was you! It was you who strangled my daughter!" Aunt Shi screamed and rushed towards Huai Xin, "You were jealous of Sister Yu, you failed to win the quarrel, felt ashamed, and felt resentful, so you strangled Sister Yu!"

Huai Xin took a few steps back to avoid Aunt Shi, frowned and replied, "She has a sharp tongue, she doesn't do anything but compare, there is nothing for me to be jealous of! I have quarreled with her countless times since we were young, if we are not angry , I killed her a long time ago, why wait until now? Don't spout blood!"

"There is no one else but you!" Aunt Shi continued to throw herself on Huaixin, wishing she could tear Huaixin apart, crying as she threw herself, "My poor sister Yu..."

Suddenly there was a crisp 'pop', and a powder porcelain teacup was thrown on the ground and shattered.

Aunt Shi stopped immediately.

Mrs. Huai looked at him coldly, her voice was as cold as frost, "Is Huaiyu your daughter? You deserve it too!"

Aunt Shi shuddered, realizing that she had said the wrong thing in a hurry, she bit her lip and said nothing.

Seeing that the hall was quiet, Lu Li looked around, "May I ask what happened to Miss Fifth before she disappeared?"

Mrs. Huai closed her eyes slightly, sat on the head and did not speak, Huai Shuyu was quiet, stood up and said, "Before Fifth Younger Sister had an accident, join me in the small banquet."

"If it's convenient, please let me know the details." Lu Li cupped his hands.

Huai Shuyu returned the gift earnestly, "It's nothing inconvenient, sir is here to help solve my fifth sister's death, you should know about it."

After that, he spoke seriously.

It turned out that this day's small banquet was different from the previous day's flower banquet.The flower banquet is hosted by the wife of the transfer envoy, and all the ladies are invited. The ladies bring their own daughters to the banquet.But this day's small banquet was hosted by the eldest son of a fifth-rank official family, and friends of the same age were invited to play.The eldest son has a younger sister from the same mother, and when the elder brother wants to host a banquet, she joins in the fun and invites friends to come to play.

Because of the large size of the house, there are two sides to one side, and one side entertains male guests, while the other side hosts female guests, without affecting each other.

This kind of small banquet is held on a large scale and men and women are separated, so there is nothing impolite about it. Even if boys and girls are curious and gather together to peek at the opposite side, as long as it is not too much, the elders will acquiesce and let them make trouble.

After all, etiquette is etiquette, and sometimes the elders also hope that their children can be childhood sweethearts and achieve a good relationship.

Because of Huaiyu's entanglement, not only Huaixin went to the small banquet this day, but Huai Shuyu also went.

Huai Shuyu was making poems and playing with her friends, and she was having a good time, when someone came to report that Miss Fifth and Miss Six were having trouble again.As an elder brother and a male in the family, it is impossible for Huai Shuyu to ignore it, and let the younger sisters at home make trouble with them, but it is wrong to embarrass them, so he rushed over in a hurry.

There is a canal between the male and female venues. The canal is winding and there is a rockery on the side. He couldn't go directly to the abrupt female guest, so he stood on the high place of the rockery and looked into the distance, while listening to the servant girl's reply.

It turned out that Huai Xin's handkerchief was handed in carelessly and splashed some tea on Huai Yu's hand. Fortunately, the tea was not too hot and Huai Yu was not injured, but the handkerchief was slightly dirty.But Huaiyu was not happy, so she didn't express it immediately. When others started talking again, she suddenly stood up, deliberately knocked over the cup, and poured the whole cup of tea onto Huaixin's handkerchief.She obviously did it on purpose, but she laughed and said, "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it."

Huaixin couldn't help but retorted.Just because this time the tea was newly added, it was very hot, not to mention the dirty clothes, the little girl's hands were burned red, she thought Huai Yu was too much, if you have any complaints about her, you can directly confront her, and rush It's no use going with her friends.

Huai Yu arrogantly said that this was just an accident, or someone else made trouble first, and she avenged herself by accident, so she can't be blamed at all.

Huai Xin Huai Yu didn't dare to make a noise in public, so he found another way to fight.

The games played by the girls, pot-throwing and shooting, both of them went to compete. They looked friendly, but the bets became more and more outrageous, which fully explained the ugly level of the scene, but the two of them were unconscious and felt that no one could see it. .

Huai Shuyu looked at the two vindictive younger sisters, and then at the group of girls surrounded by the younger sisters, and felt a headache.

He sent his personal servant girls over to send a message, telling them to stop immediately, go to the master's house to resign, meet at the gate, and go home immediately!

The maid walked across the Baiyu Bridge to deliver a message, Huai Xin Huaiyu followed the maid's guidance, saw the figure standing far away on the rockery, stomped her feet, and had to obey.

Piansheng is now notified by the host that the banquet has been set up, and everyone is invited to attend.Shi Yi was also invited by the young master of the master's family.

Both Huai Xin and Huai Yu looked at Huai Shuyu with begging eyes, without it, it would be too embarrassing to leave now, and the banquet was about to start, but they left, as if they were driven away by the host's family, even if they were not driven away, they did What a bad thing, no face to continue to stay.

Shi Yi also came over and said to Huai Shu Yuyuan that it is not etiquette to leave without eating, the two younger sisters now know that they were wrong, so it is better to slow down and save face for each other.

This is reasonable, Huai Shuyu himself is also very difficult to reject the kindness of the master's young master, so he had to agree.However, he still asked the servant girl to pass another sentence, after entering the table to taste the banquet, leave immediately, no trouble is allowed!

This banquet, Huai Shuyu was not happy at all, she only used two chopsticks, and said goodbye to the master's son, and went to the door to wait for her sisters.

But he only waited for Huai Xin to come.

Because Huaixin and Huaiyu were awkward, they didn't sit at the same table, so Huaixin didn't know about Huaiyu's situation.

This time, the brothers and sisters of the Huai family sent two carriages, one for Huai Shuyu and one for Huai Xin and Huai Yu.In order to prevent the two younger sisters from quarreling again when they met, Huai Shuyu helped Huai Xin into his carriage, and summoned his servants to protect her and return home first.He himself turned back to Huaiyu, planning to go back in the same car with the younger sister.

Because Huai Xin was a woman, Huai Shuyu, the older brother, could not personally escort her, so she sent all the servants she had brought over to protect her, leaving only her maids and servants by her side.He sent his servant girl into the inner courtyard to inquire about it, the young servant looked for any news in the outer courtyard, and he waited in the bamboo pavilion outside the second gate.

After a while, the servant girl and the servant came back, saying that they hadn't seen Huaiyu anywhere, and hadn't heard any information about where she was going.

Huai Shuyu was a little worried, and asked the maid again if the housekeeper had left.

The servant girl replied, since Huaixin resigned, many young ladies also resigned when they were tired from playing, many of them left one after another before that.

Huai Shuyu recalled that Huai Xin and Huai Yu often quarreled, basically from childhood to adulthood, they were similar in age, and often needed to ride in a car, if they quarreled, Huai Xin would let it go, Huai Yu would often play his temper, Instead of going with Huai Xin, I asked my friend to take a friend's car and turn around.

So he immediately went home, wanting to see if Huaiyu had returned.

Huai Xin's carriage was going very slowly, but in a hurry, he borrowed the master's horse to ride, so he and Huai Xin went home one after another, but Huai Yu did not come back.

Huai Shuyu was worried, so she reported the situation to Mrs. Huai, and Mrs. Huai immediately sent someone to secretly visit Miss Yan's list to find out whether Huaiyu was with her.

But until the banquet ended, there was still no news.

Mrs. White was worried.Because although Huaiyu has a little temper, she doesn't dare to go too far. If she dares to take the same car back with Huaixin, she will definitely ask her friends to send her back to avoid the elders, otherwise she will be punished when she returns home.

She has never been as quiet as this time, without any news.

Mrs. Huai immediately informed Huai Deshui of the news.Huaideshui was also anxious, and the husband and wife cast their nets to search.It was a matter of the reputation of the girl's family, so they didn't dare to search for it, and only tried their best to make unannounced visits.

Unfortunately, there has been no news until today...

When Huai Shuyu narrated, her brows were furrowed and her tone was calm, but Lu Li could still see that this young man was not without fear.

After experiencing such a thing, his younger sister was lost in an accident in his hands, no matter whether the younger sister is close to him or not, whether he likes it or hates it, he must feel uncomfortable in his heart.

Aunt Shi stared at Huai Xin, and said bitterly, "You are the one who killed sister Yu! It is normal for sisters to quarrel, but sister Yu never thought of killing you, but you strangled her to death without blinking. What a cruel heart!"

Huai Xin raised her small face and stared back, "Fifth Sister suffered such evil, you don't want to find out the reason, what do you mean by pushing me all the time! Could it be that you know the beginning and end of this matter, you don't want to continue to investigate, you just want to blame me?" I!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Huai Shuyu couldn't help being angry, "Stop arguing!"

He stared at Aunt Shi, "Wu Zuo is here, he will definitely find out the facts of the case, what's the use of arguing!"

Aunt Shi bit her lip, and suddenly broke out, pointing at Huai Shuyu, "It's you! You can't understand me fighting for favor and making the master alienate his wife, so you want to kill my daughter!"

Shi Yi had already stepped forward to stop her when she raised her finger to Huai Shuyu, but Aunt Shi's explosive speed was too fast, he couldn't stop her at all!

Huai Shuyu's eyes narrowed suddenly, and her voice sank, "Aunt Shi, be careful. My mother is my father's wife, the wife of the Huai family. Even if you give birth to Nine Tails, you won't be able to snatch her away. That's why you suspect me of killing Sister Yu. , Aunt Shi is too daring to guess."

"But you still suspect that I killed your deaf sister!"

"Sister, be careful!"

"Shi Shi!"

When Aunt Shi was stimulated by Huai Shuyu and impulsively said the above sentence, Shi Yi immediately pulled her back and tightly covered her mouth.

At the same time, Madam Huai's eyes shot like sharp arrows, her hands on the chair trembled slightly, her expression was quite frightening, as if she wanted to swallow Aunt Shi alive.

Huai Xin took a few steps back, covering her mouth with her hand, not daring to speak out.

Huai Shuyu took a step forward, her eyes were like cold stars, aggressive, "Then, please ask Aunt Shi to explain why my sister was born deaf? Why did my mother get rubella when she was pregnant with my sister?"