daughter-in-law next door

"You, you have to smile more to look good in the future."

The smile on Tang Ya's face became a bit bitter. She looked out the window and stared at the willow branches blowing in the wind in a daze. After a long time, she said, "I almost forgot what I looked like before."

Hearing this, Su Jinshi felt a little sad. She stretched out her hand to cover Tang Yaxin's, but she didn't know what to say to comfort her.

After a while, Tang Yaxin sniffed and lowered her head.

Su Jinshi looked at her and said hesitantly, "Yaxin, have you thought about the future? Have you decided to follow the sixth prince?"

Tang Yaxin was silent, she understood that what Su Jinshi said about following was not simply following, but being his wife or... concubine.

She didn't speak, Su Jinshi continued to ask: "Yaxin, you are also very clear...the sixth prince is not an ordinary person, is that kind of life really what you want?"

Tang Yaxin still didn't speak, but lowered her head even lower, and the cicada outside the house was still calling, but the voice was not as energetic as in summer, and every call felt like it was the last.

"But he treats me very well now." Tang Yaxin's voice was very soft, not so confident.

Su Jinshi sighed, and she smiled, "Okay, don't think about it, everything is gone."

Su Jinshi thought, maybe she shouldn't ask her like this, everyone has their own life, and as a friend, she can't make decisions about her life.

**

A few days later, Xu Zhi brought news to Ning Xifeng, and it was also a private investigation, so he also used written methods when reporting to Ning Xifeng.

Su Jinshi and the Tang brothers and sisters were still investigating the broken route, and they became more and more frustrated.

When several people were about to give up, Ning Xifeng suddenly asked them to go to the study to discuss matters, but the place of discussion was not in the mansion.

Several people came to an ordinary teahouse in the city one after another. The reason why they chose this teahouse was that there were private rooms on the second floor of the teahouse, but they were not in the style of rooms, but separated by bead curtains. Even so, each private room There is a distance, if you talk in a low voice, you can hardly hear the voice of the private room next door.

Within a quarter of an hour, several people arrived one after another, and Ning Xifeng was the last to arrive, and his expression was a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Tang Mingze asked him nervously.

Ning Xifeng was not in a hurry to speak, he sat down slowly, took another sip of tea, and then whispered, "When you came, did you find anyone following you?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone at the banquet was in panic, but they didn't show their expressions too much. Su Jinshi and Nian Su didn't notice anyone following them when they came, but the two of them looked at the faces of other people, and they were both a little uncomfortable, so they guessed it Some.

"Are there no one following Jin Shi and Nian Su?" Tang Mingze asked.

Su Jinshi and Nian Su nodded, "Neither of us noticed."

Ning Xifeng took a sip of tea, "Following is not important, even if they are being followed, they have no way of knowing what we are doing."

After hearing this, Su Jinshi didn't care about it, "Do you have any new clues?"

Ning Xifeng gave a rare smile, and put his hands on his knees, "It's not a new clue, but I can basically determine who the murderer is."

Almost everyone present was full of astonishment, only Xu Zhi's expression was a little elusive.

Ning Xifeng continued: "A few days ago, I asked Mr. Xu to investigate how many households in this city have pigeons or other tools that can communicate with other places faster."

When he said this, Su Jinshi and others suddenly realized that there were pigeons in the murderer's house in their previous case. Although it was a bit of a coincidence, it could not be said to be a kind of evidence.

However, if there is a suspect, then this case must be much easier to investigate.

"That's very good, but I don't know if there is any other more definite evidence besides this?" Tang Mingze smiled.

Ning Xifeng shook his head, but his tone was much more relaxed than before, "Not yet, if we look for that clue, we will definitely find something."

Su Jinshi finally showed a relaxed smile, "I forgot about carrier pigeons, but is the suspect you found around us?"

Ning Xifeng finally became serious again, "Indeed, this person is a yamen servant named Zhou Lin. He looks very inconspicuous, but he is recognized by the yamen as practical and capable."

Su Jinshi recalled slowly, but he couldn't remember that there was such a person in the yamen.

"If Miss Baiyu was abducted by Zhou Lin, then she must still be somewhere. If we find Miss Baiyu, can it be used as evidence?" Nian Su said suddenly.

Tang Mingze frowned, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not, although Miss Baiyu was taken away by him, it can't directly prove that Zhou Lin is the murderer who murdered and dismembered her body, it can only prove that Miss Baiyu was taken away by him. "

Su Jinshi also nodded, "We can't act too hastily. If we are too anxious, we may miss things. We'd better look for evidence secretly."

Everyone present nodded their heads, and finally felt that the case was half done, as long as they found solid evidence, Zhou Lin could be arrested.

"You still remember that the first two prisoners kept some of the victim's belongings with them. If Zhou Lin did the same, then we can arrest him very quickly." Su Jinshi said.

Tang Yaxin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "Although this is a characteristic shared by the first two criminals, it cannot be attributed to this murderer. We must treat these two cases with caution. No matter what the reason is, it is not allowed to We're halfway there."

After finishing speaking, Tang Yaxin glanced at Ning Xifeng.

Tang Mingze also nodded, "Don't startle the snake by flirting with it."

This discussion ended quickly, Ning Xifeng only informed the identity of the suspect and left quickly, and Xu Zhi also left quickly.

Knowing that there was a suspect, Su Jinshi felt relieved. She took Nian Su's hand and said with a smile, "Susu, let's go shopping outside. It's been a long time since I bought clothes for you."

Nian Su looked at Su Jin with a smile, nodded, but said, "Go and buy some cloth, I'll make clothes for you and Xiaodouzi."

Su Jinshi's eyes lit up, and he reached out to touch Nian Su's head, "Okay, let's go shopping, just don't make yourself too tired."

The two left holding hands, leaving only Tang Mingze and Tang Yaxin in the teahouse.

Tang Mingze frowned, he sighed softly, and asked, "Yaxin, have you already decided?"

Tang Yaxin pursed her lips and did not speak, but Tang Mingze put the lid on the teacup a little irritably, "Yaxin, you were not like this before. Has that little girl who dared to love and hate really disappeared?"

"Brother, I... I don't know what's wrong, every night before going to bed, the picture of that day will appear in front of my eyes, it's hard to fall asleep every day, but after falling asleep, I start dreaming again, brother..." Tang Yaxin paused, He raised his head and looked at Tang Mingze, the confusion in his eyes made Tang Mingze's heart ache.

She said: "I don't know how to get back to the old me, I almost forgot what I was like before..."

Tang Mingze was holding the teacup in his hand, and it turned white. He really wanted to touch her forehead like before, and then tell her easily, silly girl, this will all pass. In a few days, you will still be as heartless as before A silly girl who only knows how to laugh.

But now, he couldn't say these words.

He didn't even know if these things would pass for Tang Yaxin.

**

Su Jinshi and Nian Su searched for a long time at the fabric store, and finally picked two pieces of cloth, one was dark blue, and was going to make a new dress for Xiaodouzi, and the other was light blue, and was going to make a skirt for Su Jinshi .

Nian Su was in a good mood after buying the cloth, and walked briskly on the road. Su Jinshi couldn't help laughing when he saw her. Seeing her holding his hand and looking around, he felt that the time was quiet.

The two went shopping again, bought sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for Xiaodouzi, and sugar figurines, and they didn't return to Xu's mansion until sunset.

After returning to Xu's mansion, the atmosphere in the mansion was a bit strange. Su Jinshi and Nian Su's smiles were still on their lips. Seeing the servants in the mansion walking in a hurry and seemed to be very busy, their smiles faded.

After putting the things back in the room, someone called the two of them to a place in the mansion. Su Jinshi and Nian Suben still felt a little strange, and it was not until they realized why the atmosphere in the mansion was strange.

That place was Zhou Lin's residence, the room was in a mess, many things had been turned out, papers were scattered on the floor, Su Jinshi picked up a piece of paper at random, and when he saw it, he felt chills all over his body.

The drawings on these papers were all residual limbs.

If the guess is correct, they should be the stumps of those victims.

There was a faint cry in the room. Su Jinshi grabbed the paper and her strength became heavier. When she walked into the room, she saw a pool of blood on the ground, and there was a person lying in the blood. Next to it was a girl in white clothes. Already soaked in blood, but she didn't feel it. She looked at the people on the ground with a face full of horror, holding a dagger stiffly in her left hand.

Both Ning Xifeng and Tang Mingze have arrived.

"The dead person is Zhou Lin?" Su Jinshi heard his own voice full of disbelief.

Ning Xifeng nodded, he turned his head and glanced at a few people indifferently, with a mocking smile on his lips, "Maybe some of us are on his side."

Su Jinshi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately remembered her relationship with Lu Jingchen.

Is Ning Xifeng suspicious of her?

In other words, he is suspicious of everyone.

Su Jinshi looked at the girl who was sitting on the ground blankly, her expression was still blank, until a yamen servant pulled her up and shouted: "You are the murderer! You killed Zhou Lin! It was you who killed Zhou Lin! killed and dismembered!"

This voice brought everyone present back to reality, and the girl who was pulled up suddenly resisted with all her might.

"It's not me! I didn't kill people, I really didn't kill people!"

The yamen servant probably didn't expect a girl to be so strong, she was pushed away all of a sudden, and then the yamen servant became annoyed and said loudly: "Now that there are witnesses and evidence, do you still want to deny it?"

The girl was caught by the yamen servant again, crying bitterly, "I didn't! I was rescued by him. He promised me that he would give me a happy life... I really didn't kill anyone!"

Only then did Su Jinshi dare to be sure that this girl was the missing Baiyu girl.