The police officer yawned and said no, "Sheriff, don't worry, don't talk about people, even a fly dare not pass the door."

Sergeant Lin snorted: "Really? Can you guarantee it?"

The patrolman's eyes flashed, and he nodded again and again.

"You talk nonsense!" The servant girl Axiu blushed, "You still wanted to touch my face when I passed the door yesterday."

"Okay, you are so brave." Sergeant Lin whipped him, saying that you boy will not fall asleep in the middle of the night, right?If you dare to tease the maid, don't die.

The policeman kept begging for mercy, "Police, sheriff, I was wrong, there was something on her head, I just took it away for her... I really didn't dare to sleep..." The policeman shivered for a long time as he looked at Sergeant Lin's dangerous eyes , I had to honestly say: "Yesterday, last night at midnight, I took a nap."

Sergeant Lin swung his whip to beat him, and the policeman begged for mercy: "Police, Sergeant, please forgive me. In the past few days, brothers have been on guard all the time. They dare not rest or sleep. It's been three days. I really can't bear it. I promise , From yesterday to now, apart from her, the third aunt has been here, and the younger ones have not let them in."

Police Chief Lin heard that he dared to neglect his duty and let the murderer sneak into the room to erase the evidence, and was so angry that he wanted to kill him. Shi Xue persuaded, "Captain Lin, the brothers have worked hard in the past few days on patrol, and I can forgive you for being lax occasionally. , but now is not the time to pursue this."

Hearing what she said, Sergeant Lin calmed down a bit, and asked Axiu and the third aunt, "Didn't you say that you are not allowed to approach the study? What are you two doing in the study?"

Axiu: "The servant girl is responsible for the cleaning of the house of the gentlemen and wives. Yesterday, I cleaned the corridor so far. I was molested by the policeman and did not enter the study."

This statement is reasonable, Sergeant Lin looked at the third aunt, and the third aunt said unnaturally: "I was just passing by. Didn't the eldest lady ask me to ask the housekeeper for verification yesterday? I went and accidentally went wrong. Is there a problem? I didn't go into the study, so if you don't believe me, you can ask this little brother."

The police officer nodded, "Indeed, Third Aunt just took a look at it and didn't go in."

Sergeant Lin stroked his beard and paced back and forth, "How did the murderer get in?"

He stepped on the carpet next to the cedar pot, leaving dark marks.

Qiu Lingxuan frowned, "Look, there is water on the carpet, it must have been formed when the murderer came in through the window."

"Oh?" Sergeant Lin opened the window, and the pouring rain poured down, instantly drenching him, so scared that he quickly closed the window, "This is the third floor, the wind was so strong last night, the murderer is not afraid of being caught." The wind is blowing away, I bet the murderer has an accomplice."

Because the three concubines of the Shi family were not like ruthless characters who could climb the third floor with bare hands on a typhoon night, Sheriff Lin looked at the servant girls of the Shi family, as if thinking about who could climb the third floor with bare hands on a typhoon night.

"You, you, and you, take off your clothes." Sergeant Lin called several servants who looked strong and agile, and asked them to take off their clothes to see if there were any muscles. Qiu Lingxuan took the opportunity to bury her face Entering Shi Xue's arms, the three wives also turned their heads, "Sheriff Lin, there are so many women in the room, isn't this bad?"

Sergeant Lin thought about it, and asked them to go outside to take off. Xiaolou ran in with blood on his face and drenched body, "Uncle, it's not good, the housekeeper ran away."

"What?" Sergeant Lin was shocked, "Didn't you tell him to watch him?"

"Yeah, but after I fed him, he said he was going to the bathroom and the big one, so we untied him. Who knew he hit me with a stick and ran out when we were unprepared."

Sergeant Lin: "Then why don't you hurry up and chase after him!"

Xiaolou: "Lao, Lao Liu has gone, I'll let you know."

"Follow me!" Sergeant Lin waved his hand, telling all the policemen to follow him to catch people.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Xue quickly stopped the policeman guarding the study, and shouted: "Everyone leave the study and wait in the meeting hall. You continue to guard the study and no one is allowed to enter. All men on the island, follow me to find housekeeper."

Regardless of Shi Xue being a weak woman, she is always the one with the clearest mind and the most decisive action at critical moments. All the servants of the Shi family obey her, and it can be said that she responds to every call.

"Cousin." Qiu Lingxuan yelled, wanting to follow her, but her legs... the words reached her throat and became, "Be careful."

"En." Shi Xue nodded, and quickly disappeared into the heavy rain.

Qiu Lingxuan and the others waited like ants on a hot pot in the conference hall, sending people from time to time to see how the situation outside was and if Shi Xue was okay.

Miss Biao, I haven't found the housekeeper yet.

Miss Biao, I haven't found the housekeeper yet.

……

Miss Biao, the housekeeper is on Wangfengya.

Miss Biao, the eldest lady is persuading the housekeeper.

Miss Biao, the eldest lady was hijacked by the housekeeper!

what! ! !

Qiu Lingxuan almost jumped out of the wheelchair.

Miss Biao, miss, she, she...

Qiu Lingxuan asked anxiously: "What happened to her?"

She, she's fine, but the housekeeper... jumped off a cliff and committed suicide.

"No, it's fine." On a hot day, Qiu Lingxuan was frightened into a cold sweat, "Why is the butler so overwhelmed?"

The crowd waited for another half an hour, and the people who went out came back one after another. One policeman was blown off the cliff by the wind and broke his leg. Others injured three more in order to find him.

"Where is the housekeeper, what about others, did he really jump off a cliff?" The third aunt asked one by one, and everyone answered the same. Seeing Shi Xue, she rushed to her, "Shi Xue, Liu Hanfei really jumped off a cliff?" died?"

"Yeah." Shi Xue's face was pale, and she covered her neck with her hand, blood seeped out continuously, "I'm sorry, I didn't persuade you, the servant is still looking for it, wait for news."

"Impossible, did you push him down on purpose? He didn't kill him. Why did he jump? I don't believe it!" The third aunt was too emotional, "It's you, Sergeant Lin? You have always suspected him. Is there a chance to put him to death?"

Shi Xue was speechless, walked two steps with Xiaolou's support, and suddenly fell down.

"Cousin—" Qiu Lingxuan pushed the wheelchair and walked over distressedly, ordering Lan'er to get the medicine box quickly, "What's going on, why was cousin kidnapped by the housekeeper? What happened to her injury?"

Xiaolou couldn't help but said: "The steward ran to Wangfengya and threatened him with death. Miss Shi kept persuading him to come down, but he refused to listen. He asked the eldest lady to promise not to hurt him before he came down. Miss Shi went up without saying anything. After a few words, the butler suddenly hijacked her with a knife and wanted Miss Shi to die with him, if it wasn't for my uncle's quick hands, Miss Shi would have fallen too."

The third aunt frowned, and said bitterly: "Sheriff Lin, did you shoot and kill him?"

Sergeant Lin took the towel handed over by the servant, sneezed, and said angrily, "It's not good for him to stay in the firewood room, he has to run all over the mountain! One of my brothers fell off the cliff, and the others were looking for him. , I injured a few more, and I haven't found them yet!"

"You! Really killed him?!"

"I'm already polite enough. If we were in other places, all rebels would be shot, ah, ah..." Sergeant Lin sneezed again, and asked, "Hey, what are you worried about, something happened to the housekeeper?"

"I, I don't have it, I just care about whether it is the master who committed suicide." Although the third aunt argued so much, her face has been as pale as paper since she learned that the housekeeper had escaped.

"Hmph, isn't it? I'll find out later." Steward Liu caused a typhoon to run all over the mountain, broke his brother and hurt his beauty.

Aunt Tai ordered people to boil hot water for them to take a bath, and brought them a change of laundry and warm blankets. After two hours of busy work, Qiu Lingxuan asked people to cover Shi Xue with a thick blanket, and took out the winter blanket. With a hand stove to keep warm, Shi Xue bandaged the wound and rested for a while. When Sergeant Lin came in, she got up and said, "Let's go."

"Cousin, where are you going!" Qiu Lingxuan clearly felt that Shi Xue came back from the rain, just like Sergeant Lin, with anger.

"Qing'er is good, you don't need to worry about it." Shi Xue even had time to coax her when she was angry, but if she was not allowed to follow, it was a bit... Qiu Lingxuan didn't know whether to say it was luck or misfortune.

Because Shi Xue issued an order not to allow Qiu Lingxuan to go out, so a small threshold actually trapped Qiu Lingxuan, and sent Lan'er to investigate, only to know that Shi Xue and Sheriff Lin first searched for Steward Liu. After searching the room, I went to talk to my aunt for a long time, and said something mysteriously. Finally, I called my third aunt and talked for a long time. There was a faint cry and noise, and after that, it disappeared.

Qiu Lingxuan waited all night, but Shi Xue didn't come back.

In the early morning of the fourth day after the incident, the storm that had been raging for three days was much smaller.

Almost stopped at noon.

The servants came out one after another to clean the flooded first floor and clear the broken branches and fallen leaves on the road.

Except for the occasional sun and rain, there were no big storms. Sergeant Lin ordered people to search for the butler's body, and at the same time ordered people to overhaul the ferry and prepare to leave the island.

During lunch, Sergeant Lin announced that the murderer of Shi Wensheng was Liu Hanfei, Steward Liu. The motive and process of the murder had been communicated with the three concubines, Shi Yun and Shixue, and there was no doubt about it.

As for the motive and process of Butler Liu's murder, it is not convenient to announce it.

Ran Zhiqing's surname, of course, has no authority to know.

"Cousin, do you really think the murderer is Steward Liu?" Qiu Lingxuan knew that with Ran Zhiqing's character, she would not get to the bottom of it, but she had to know, not only because the plot was only 64% broken, but she also felt that something was wrong .

"Qing'er, in the Shi family, the less you know, the better."

"But didn't you say that you would take me away from Shi's house? Before leaving Shi's house, I want to clear up all my doubts."

Shi Xue tilted her head to look at her, "Why do you have to know the truth? This is not like you, Qing'er."

"I, I... just curious." Qiu Lingxuan didn't know how to explain.

"It's as curious as you!" Shi Xue looked at her strangely, as if looking at a stranger, "Let's talk about something else, Qing'er, do you remember what I gave you for your birthday last year? "

Last year, birthday... Fortunately, it was well prepared. Qiu Lingxuan was afraid of revealing her secrets, so she asked Lan'er a lot about the past, and said, "I injured my leg last year, and my birthday was at the hospital. You sent me a few books to relieve my boredom."

"What about this year? Do you want a Parker pen or a cheongsam from Jade Pavilion?" Shi Xue looked at her intently.

"I want..." Qiu Lingxuan's tongue braked hard, did Shi Xue remember wrongly, Ran Zhiqing didn't like writing at all, and she didn't like cheongsam, no, Shi Xue wouldn't remember wrong yes, that's...

"Don't you know what I want? What I hate the most is writing, and I can't wear a cheongsam, so I don't want it!"

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