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Lu Li was still awake when the midnight scream came.

Seeing Zhao Zhu made him emotionally ups and downs, he couldn't sleep at all, and the things in his mind began to diverge, from people to cases, from the past to the present, from family to friends.

The night wind was whistling, and the sound of snowflakes falling could be heard in the silent night, soft and shallow, as if afraid of waking up the sleeping people.

Lu Li hugged Dabai and was wrapped in a quilt, suddenly missing Shen Wansha very much.

He had already decided, just in case, not to see Shen Wansha again for a short time.But knowing that Baibaolou is his own, he thought that the young master liked some things in it, and wanted to give it to him; knowing that Baibaolou was well-informed, he asked Qian Kun to pay attention to the Shen family's movements, and if there was anything he could do to help , you can help in secret.He knew that the Shen family was powerful and the head of the family was very capable, so there was no need for him to worry about helping, but he just...

He couldn't help thinking about Shen Wansha.

I can bear it when I don't meet, but I miss it even more after meeting.

He found that he was also wrong on this point, and friendship cannot be let go...

The young master is so enthusiastic, so innocent, so cute, it must be very sad to encounter such a thing.

Lu Li covered his face with his hands and sighed deeply, how did he get out of this nasty situation?

Do you want to find the young master...

Thoughts were racing through his mind, and when he finally felt drowsy and sleepy, Lu Li shivered and was woken up by the screams.

The screaming at midnight was too scary, Dabai immediately stood up, and barking out the window, Lu Li also sat up.

Hu Weiwei lived next door to Lu Li, and her reaction was quicker. When she ran over and pushed open Lu Li's door, she hadn't put on her coat yet, with a worried expression on her face, "Are you scared awake?"

Lu Li didn't want to say that he didn't sleep much, and smiled at Hu Weiwei, "It's okay. But this movement...is something wrong?" His brows raised, and his voice became serious.

"There must be something wrong with this kind of noise in Jianghu people's territory." Hu Weiwei looked at the buttons on her jacket very calmly, "I just don't know if there is any danger... I can't leave you. But Fatty Qian must have gone to see it." , You wait, there will be news back soon."

"Yeah." Lu Li nodded.

There was a girl in the room, Lu Li felt that it was not good to sit on the bed, so he simply got out of bed, took off the coat hanging on the screen and put it on.Fortunately, there is a charcoal basin in the room, so it is not cold at all.

Under Lu Li's reassurance, Dabai also became quiet, and the two of them sat quietly in the room, waiting for the news from outside.

Qian Kun came very quickly, and when the sound outside became more and more noisy, he came back, with snowflakes on his shoulders, and the leopard's eyes were shining with excitement, "Master, someone died!"

Lu Li is a co-author, and he came to Wen Qi's territory just to use his co-operation means to win Wen Qi's trust and submit the case of the old castle owner to him.He successfully handled this matter, bringing a powerful alliance to Baibaolou, and at the same time bringing new supporters to Suzerain Order.

He made a beautiful appearance before saving the dead, so he shouldn't let it go now!

A corpse represents an opportunity!

Hu Weiwei wanted to understand all this in an instant, the corners of her eyes almost flew up, and she immediately rummaged through the box to find warm clothes, "We must go there!"

Lu Li also felt that this was an opportunity, and asked Qian Kun carefully, "Who died? Has Wen Qi been there? How many people are there?"

Qian Kun said with a smile, "The one who died was a servant girl. Master Wenbao has already passed away, and many people from the Jianghu have followed. It's not at first glance when we go, there will be no problem..."

While the two were talking, Hu Weiwei had already chosen the clothes, and personally helped Lu Li put them on, then put the white fox fur cloak on him, and finally put a hand stove in his hand, all done!

Qian Kun clapped his hands, "Run and beautiful jade, brighter than the full moon, master wears this very well!" At the same time, he gave Hu Weiwei an appreciative wink, praising her for her good looks.

Hu Weiwei accepted the praise with a smile, not feeling ashamed at all.Just kidding, after selling her body to bury her father for so many years, she managed to do it by relying on her skills of dressing up!What kind of person, what time, what kind of clothes to wear, she knows all about it!

But there are still things missing... Hu Weiwei turned around and continued to rummaging through boxes, "Wait a little longer!"

Working with corpses all year round, Lu Li doesn't have any requirements on what to wear. In winter, he just needs to keep warm.He didn't understand Hu Weiwei's tossing, but Zuo just wanted him to stand out and be more imposing.

Standing bored, he chatted with Qian Kun, "It must be snowing outside."

Qian Kun nodded, "Yes, the accumulation is quite thick, master must pay attention to his feet when going out."

"My whole body...isn't it submerged in white?"

Qian Kun thought it was true, but he regained his composure and was happy again, "But it's midnight now, the master's white clothes are so conspicuous!"

"If someone is killed, there will definitely be lights around."

Now Qian Kun has nothing to say, but it is...

"What are you still doing in a daze? Let's go!" Hu Weiwei finally found what she wanted, walked out of the room first, opened an umbrella, raised it above her head, and greeted Lu Li with a smile.

It was a red oil-paper umbrella with 24 bamboo bones, elegant in shape and warm in color.Lu Li understood, this is the first glance...

"Let's go." He smiled at Qian Kun and walked out.

Qian Kun scratched his head, having fun, Lu Li was teasing him just now!

That's right, he finally looks like a lively boy!

……

Hu Weiwei was very ingenious, not counting the red paper umbrella, she also asked Qian Kun to carry a red lantern to light up the front.

So the three master and servant who finally appeared at the scene of the murder in the eyes of the crowd were quite eye-catching.

In the white snow field, a red lantern suddenly appeared, and then, a red oil-paper umbrella slowly moved over, and a young man in a moon-white robe and a white fox fur cloak walked among the red.

The red paper umbrella was raised above the young man's head, and he was holding a stove, walking from afar without rushing.Slowly, as they approached, everyone saw the young man's slender figure and upright posture.The young man was handsome, with aura in his eyes, clean eyes, and a warm and calm smile on his lips.

Among the snowflakes flying all over the sky, he seems to be strolling in a courtyard, calm and calm...

Everyone gasped for breath.Soon someone recognized that this was the young man who had revived the drowned man a few days ago, and blurted out, "The gods are here!"

Isn't it?Can save the dead and return the sun, and has such an aura of exile, what is it if it is not a god?

As soon as Lu Li came, everyone made way for him to enter the room.

Wen Qi saw him coming a long time ago, and got up to greet him, "Mr. Lu."

There was a charcoal basin burning in the room, so it was much warmer than outside. Lu Li took off his cloak and handed it to Hu Weiwei, still holding the hand stove, nodded politely with Wen Qi, "I'll see if there's anything I can do to help."

He was dressed in white, but the hand stove in his hand was a dark blue color. I don't know where Hu Weiwei got it. The youthful demeanor made him more calm and calm.

It looks very believable at first glance.

Wen Qi's eyes flickered, he didn't say much, and directly led Lu Li to the corpse, "Sir, please take a look."

The corpse was a woman in her prime, lying on her back on the bed.

Lu Li handed the stove to Hu Weiwei, and bent down to examine it carefully.

"The deceased was scattered, his clothes were messed up, his breathing and heartbeat stopped. He touched it with his hand, but his body temperature was still there."

"The deceased's face was bruised and swollen, and the tip of the tongue protruded from the dentition and bitten." In addition, there were large and numerous subconjunctival hemorrhages, and scattered subcutaneous hemorrhages on the oral mucosa.

"There are purple-black choke marks on the neck, large patches in between, irregular subcutaneous hemorrhages, oblong subcutaneous hemorrhages on the side of the neck, and half-moon-shaped skin peeling..." The large irregular patches are caused by force from the palm side of the tiger's mouth, oblong is the finger, and the half-moon is the nail print.

So it's obvious, "The body is fresh, homicide."

The woman only had an inner garment on her body, and her hair naturally fell apart, not because of a fierce struggle... "Before the accident, the woman should have loosened her hair, stripped off her clothes, and went to bed. The murderer came out of nowhere and killed her."

Lu Li pointed to the quilt, "There are messy marks on the bed, the deceased had struggled hard before he died."

After finishing speaking, he went to the door and looked at the latch carefully, and then looked at the window, "There is no sign of the door or window being pried. When the murderer arrives, it is likely that the deceased opened the door. That is to say, the murderer is very likely to be known to the deceased." of."

"I know..." Wen Qi narrowed his eyes, his anger rising.

The people present did not understand the change of Wen Qi's mood, and went out to explain to Wen Jiuxian, who had been beside Wen Qi, "To tell you the truth, the deceased's name was Chun Xing, and she was a useful maid in the castle. Most of my Jianghu friends, and those present, have seen her before."

Zhuo Xiuyuan from Lianhua Villa stroked his beard and sighed, his eyes were pitiful, "Let me just say, this girl looks familiar... It's such a beautiful time, it's really embarrassing to encounter such a thing."

The long follower beside him also sighed, "I saw her yesterday, a generous and beautiful girl..."

Che Haoyan, Young Master of Eagle Valley, snorted coldly, "Stupid. Didn't you hear that? People are suspecting us."

Wen Jiuxian smiled, "The castle owner has no such intentions, everything must be based on evidence."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

After seeing the corpse, Lu Li felt that his hands were a little cold, and took the hand stove from Hu Weiwei's hand again, "Oh, there's still a little more."

As soon as he spoke, the room fell silent immediately, and Qiqi looked at him.

Lu Li pointed to the face of the deceased, "The deceased's face was severely bruised, with large and numerous bleeding spots, and the larynx and hyoid bones were not broken - such behavior shows that the murderer's strangulation process was quite long and not easy. This person probably has no martial arts."

Everyone's spirit platform was cleared up.

They all know martial arts, how could it take so long to strangle a woman, and they deliberately refrained from breaking her bones?Besides, if they really wanted to kill a woman, wouldn't there be a better way, and they had to go through all this trouble?

Wen Jiuxian said to his ancestor, why didn't you say it earlier, and he offended a lot of people!

Lu Li didn't notice Wen Jiuxian's resentful gaze at all, and turned his head to ask Wen Qi, "Is there anyone in Zhuangzi who can't fight?"

"Not many." Wenjiabao is a family of martial arts, and some maids in the family can learn how to protect themselves with two hands, and there are really few who don't know it at all...

Suddenly a sullen voice came, "Mister, don't you know martial arts?"

This sentence immediately brought the focus to Lu Li.

Everyone's eyes turned to Lu Li almost immediately, and some people murmured in a low voice: This guy used ghost skills to save people when he came here, and now he's going to conduct an autopsy to find the murderer. With such a high profile, I don't believe it at all if he has no purpose for the Wenjiabao...

After thinking about it, everyone thought it made sense, and immediately looked at Lu Li with unkind eyes.

Hu Weiwei was in a hurry.She has not forgotten the identity of the soft girl she is playing now, her beautiful eyes are shocked, and she is about to cry, "You...you have wronged a good person! My master was specially treated by the castle master, and I have never seen this maid before! The past few days have been in the yard, staying at home, without any injustice, why did you come to kill her..."

Her expression was aggrieved but still charming, with a timid or angry blush on her face, which made everyone present feel that she was bullying others, and wondered if she was too mean-spirited. Immediately, someone asked Wen Jiuxian, "Is that so?"

Wen Jiuxian thought about the recent arrangement of Zhuangzi, "It is indeed so."

"In this case, the murderer should not be this gentleman."

When Hu Weiwei came out to perform, Lu Li didn't speak, just looked at the people in the room.

The one who drew the focus to him, dressed in red and young, was Che Haoyan, the young master of Eagle Valley.He muttered in a low voice that he was too far away for other reasons, and deliberately hid behind the crowd. He didn't see the face clearly, only saw that the man's chin was very characteristic, and it was obvious that it covered the sky.The one who spoke for him was a strong man with a thick back and a waist. Now this strong man was looking at Hu Weiwei enthusiastically, and Hu Weiwei hid behind her in shame...

There is another person who behaves very special.He is not tall, and he is very fat, rubbing his hands, and his eyes are twinkling...

Lu Li's eyes flickered, and he looked at Wen Qi, "The deceased is newly dead, and the murderer is likely to return to Zhuangzili. The murderer left obvious finger marks on the neck of the deceased, and the castle master can summon all those who don't know martial arts. , compare whether the handprints match."

"...Not bad." Wen Qi also behaved a little strangely, his state was always a bit disengaged, as if he didn't care, but also as if he did it on purpose.

He stretched out his index finger and middle finger, and swiped forward, "Go find it!"

The order was issued quickly.

"No need!" At this moment, someone stood up.

Lu Li saw that it was the fat man who behaved differently and was not tall.

When he got closer, the candlelight reflected his face more clearly, Lu Li could see clearly, this man's eyes were not big, his nose was not high, his complexion was not good, he was not old, and he was not good-looking at all, but his lower half The face, especially the mouth and chin, looks a bit like Wen Qi...

"Second Uncle?" Wen Qi raised his voice slightly, "What are you doing here?"

Sure enough, they are close relatives.

Before Lu Li came, he had read the information Qian Kun gave him, and knew that there was such a person in Wenjiabao, Wen Rang.Wen Rang is Wen Qi's uncle, half-brother with Wen Qi's father. He didn't like to practice martial arts since he was a child. He has a bad temper and no future, so he survived the power struggle.

Now the serious master of the Wen family, besides Wen Qi, is Wen Rang.

Wen Rang sneered, pointing to the maid on the bed, "I killed her."

The room was instantly quiet.

Wen Qi's voice was a little cold, "Oh? Why?"

"Hmph! I thought it was pitiful for her to be unmarried at such a young age, so I accepted her. I thought that if she was obedient, I would make her like a wife in the future. Who knew that she would be disobedient and secretly conceived and asked her to have a baby?" Don't fight! I came to find her tonight just to discuss this matter, but when the dispute was fierce, I killed her by mistake!"

Wen Rang looked confident, "It's just a lowly servant girl. If you kill him, you will kill him. Is it worth all the fuss?"

Lu Li frowned slightly, "You said... she was pregnant? You two are still arguing fiercely..." This fierce dispute also alludes to having sex?

Wen Rang said sternly, "Yes!"

But it shouldn't be...

Lu Li handed the stove to Hu Weiwei, walked to the bed, and untied the clothes of the deceased.

After that, he put his hand on the deceased's heart, from top to bottom, to the navel, and patted gently——

It feels very soft and not hard at all.

"You're lying." Lu Li looked at Wen Rang firmly, "She's not pregnant."

Wen let his eyes roll wildly, and raised his voice, "Maybe she was obedient and beat me up! After hitting me, she didn't tell me the truth, and wanted to lure me to her!"

With the corpse in front of me, I want to cheat a coffin... I really can't see the coffin without crying.

Lu Li called Hu Weiwei to come over and whispered a few words into her ear, Hu Weiwei nodded to express her understanding.

He also said to Wen Qi, "There is one more thing to check about the deceased. It's just that the dead is the most important thing, and we men need to give some respect. The next check will be done by my maid. Master Wenbao can ask Zhuangzi to go to the lady Come and be a witness."

Wen Qi nodded, "Yes."

……

Soon, two women were called to the room, and Hu Weiwei was ready.The three women went to the bed and lowered the curtains.

The curtain blocked everyone's sight, Hu Weiwei looked at the cotton-wrapped middle finger and sighed softly.

Her beautiful nails...have been kept for many years and have been carefully maintained, but just now they were cut off by the order of the master...but it doesn't matter, as long as you can help, these are small things, anyway, the nails will grow.

Speaking of which, this is the first time she has assisted in an autopsy!Hu Weiwei's eyes lit up.

The woman took off the clothes on the lower body of the deceased, and motioned to Hu Weiwei: It's all right.

Hu Weiwei looked straight, looked at the face of the deceased, and carefully inserted her middle finger into the private parts of the deceased...

Soon, the curtain was opened, and the woman had helped the deceased to dress again. Hu Weiwei walked up to Lu Li, saluted, and showed everyone her middle finger wrapped in cotton cloth.

Everyone is puzzled.

Lu Li explained, "The blood is dark, indicating that the deceased is a virgin."

She's a virgin... Not to mention she's pregnant, even the girl has never done anything about having sex!

Wen Rang is lying!

If he doesn't have one, then there is only one possibility, his place...is too short and too small, too small to make a woman lose Yuanhong.

Wen Rang's face flushed immediately, he gritted his teeth and stared at Lu Li.

Lu Li smiled at him, Wen Rang held a mouthful of blood in his throat, and finally had to swallow it back.

Suddenly, he didn't know what he thought of, and sneered, "I just fell in love with this bitch! But she is obviously a slave, but she doesn't look down on me, the second master Wen, and repeatedly shirks, preventing me from doing things. I came here tonight on the spur of the moment, but she is still pretending to be a chaste and strong woman, making the master so unhappy, giving her death is still taking advantage of her!"

"Yes! I have never slept with her, but she offended me, I will make her famous, and she will not live in peace if she dies! She has no family, otherwise I will kill her whole family!" Wen Rang looked at Wen Qi, with a stiff neck, looked stubborn, "I am the second master of the Wen family, and I can't even beat and kill a servant? Is it worthy of your condemnation?"

"It's not worth it." Facing Wen Rang's slightly threatening eyes, Wen Qi didn't flinch at all, "Second Uncle does everything for granted, and no one will care about you in the Wen family's territory. It's different, you really have to ask, otherwise people will think that Wenjiabao is a land of tigers and wolves, and there will be no rules."

Wen Rang clenched his fists, "Do you believe me?"

"How dare my nephew," Wen Qi said indifferently, "If you can't write two words of warmth in one stroke, the second uncle is good. But the second uncle doesn't know martial arts, and I'm worried that the second uncle will be deceived by the wicked. People in the world have many tricks , all kinds of poisons, Gu, drugs..."

"Fine, fine, it's up to you! Anyway, you are the owner of the castle, and you have the final say on the Wen family. My second uncle is not respected even if he has a seniority!" After Wen Rang yelled, he shook his sleeves. rushed out of the room.

The quarrel between uncle and nephew caused all the people present to sigh.

Zhuo Xiuyuan took two steps forward, persuading Wen Qi, "We're all a family, just talk about it, why make such a fuss? Your father and I are best friends, and your father is open-minded and ambitious, and I don't even want to see my family like this. "

Wen Qi bowed his hands to him, very face-saving, "What Uncle Zhuo said is that I was impulsive."

"It's a good thing for young people to be aggressive, but if a man has no temper, is he still called a man?" Zhuo Xiuyuan patted Wen Qi's shoulder with loving eyes, "You are so good, your father must be proud of you."

Wen Qi's eyes flickered, as if thinking of his dead father, he sighed.

Among the people present, some praised Zhuo Xiuyuan as a benevolent man, and some praised Wen Qide for his ability to have both, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

Only Che Haoyan taunted, "Hypocrisy."

Lu Li only paid some attention to listening to them, and most of his mind was still observing the scene.

This room is very small, if it is not blocked by the crowd, it should be clear at a glance.

Everything is the same as his previous observations, the door is correct, the window is correct, the bed is correct... the shoes—

Something is wrong with the shoes.

Lu Li silently moved his steps and walked to the bed.The dead man's shoes were placed neatly on the pedals. They were a pair of soft-soled shoes with exquisite patterns that were easy to walk on.

Wenjiabao is very rich, the maids in the family, especially the maids who are used in front of the master, are often rewarded, and their wealth is not low. Lu Li has seen many maids wearing gold and silver, similar to the rich lady.

Just like this pair of shoes, pearls the size of lotus seeds are dropped on the toe.The pearls are not perfectly round, and the color is not particularly good, but there is a hint of pink, and it looks good when it is set on the toe. You can imagine how the owner's lotus steps lightly move, how eye-catching it is.

This is wrong, it's on the pearl on the toe.

There are some dark blue threads faintly wrapped around the pearls.This color is very special and not common. After Lu Li came to Zhuangzi, he only saw it on one person - Ruan Ying.This was the color of the underclothes he was wearing when he was taken out of the water.

This girl... had contact with Ruan Ying?Does she have anything to do with Ruan Ying falling into the water?

The two things are too close together...

In the scene just now, Lu Li clearly felt that Wen Qi and Wen Rang were at odds.So why did Wen Rang lie and admit to killing the woman?Wen Qi is for Ruan Ying, if the death of this servant girl has something to do with Ruan Ying, then he should help conceal the truth...

Lu Li was a little puzzled.

When his consciousness returned, he heard that Zhuo Xiuyuan was recommending someone to Wen Qi, "The surname is Bai, and when he was called Bai, he was a very powerful master in Shangjing."