no soul

"This..." Lin Hong was stunned after hearing this, "It's so creepy when you say that. But she's already called 'sister', what else can I say?"

"I just said it casually. The maid of Huang's family said that her parents couldn't tell the difference. If she called 'sister', she could be her sister, so I don't think it's impossible." Wan Guchuan looked at the people on the street. The crowd, without meaning to.

"If she is a sister, what is she doing pretending to be a sister?"

Wan Guchuan thought for a while, "Maybe she wants to be a younger sister?"

"Come on," Lin Hong said, "Guess without evidence."

"There will always be evidence."

"Evidence... I think we are wandering around like headless chickens-do you think this world will cycle like the last one?" Lin Hong asked him.

"I think it might be, but the time to trigger the cycle is different." Wan Guchuan pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

People come and go on the street, but the atmosphere is still shrouded in depression and suspicion. Pairs of eyes will always glance at them intentionally or unintentionally.

After talking, the two walked into Jiang's Inn, where Jiang Le'er was still playing with inflatable balls.

Boom, boom, boom, gurgling...

As soon as the two entered the door, Jiang Le'er picked up the ball and looked at them with clear and bright eyes, "Have you caught the murderer yet?"

"No, the murderer is too powerful," Lin Hong patted her head, "Don't worry, brother is even stronger, and he will definitely be caught."

Jiang Le'er nodded obediently, "If you catch the murderer who killed my sister, you must punish him. Cut off his head too."

Lin Hong was stunned for a moment, "I will definitely..."

Jiang Le'er continued to play ball.

Boom, boom, boom, gurgling...

Lin Hong wanted to ask something else, but Wan Guchuan dragged him away.

"What are you doing? I still want to ask her something." Lin Hong broke away from him.

"Her mole is under the corner of her left eye..."

The mole was originally under the corner of the right eye...

"What!" Lin Hong was startled, and turned to look at Jiang Le'er.

Jiang Le'er stood in place holding the ball, looking at the two of them.

"I see how weird she looks now..." Lin Hong tugged at Wan Guchuan, "Tell me, could it be that the Pisces jade pendant copied her exactly like her?"

Wan Guchuan glanced at him, and pulled the clothes on his shoulders out of his hands bit by bit, "There is no evidence to guess."

Lin Hong: "..."

"What I said must make sense! No evidence is needed!" Lin Hong grabbed his clothes again.

Wan Guchuan: "..."

The two met Jiang's father who had just come out outside their room door.

"Uncle, what are you doing?" Lin Hong raised an eyebrow and asked him.

Father Jiang was very natural, and he didn't feel the embarrassment of being found coming out of other people's houses on the spot. "You guys are back. Didn't I come to see if you lack anything? Are you used to living here?"

"Of course I'm used to it!" Lin Hong smiled, grabbed a handful of broken silver and put it in Father Jiang's hand, "It's not easy for you if you can't open for business these days, thank you for taking care of me."

Father Jiang took the money and laughed, "Look at what you said, you have worked hard to investigate the case!"

"You guys have a good rest! I won't bother you, just tell me if you need anything!" Father Jiang left with a smile.

Lin Hong watched him leave.

"How do you say?" Wan Guchuan frowned and asked him.

Lin Hong walked into the room, sat down on the bed, and smiled at him, "You don't know, do you? The practice of Dazhengchao Black Heart Inn is to come to the room to pick up leaks. If you lose something in the inn, don't try to get it back." gone."

"The son of the number one merchant in the world is really on the right track." Wan Guchuan stood by the table and poured a cup of tea.

"Yo, you know me?" Lin Hong was a little surprised.They are not the only family with the surname Lin in Pingyang, and they have never mentioned their family affairs to him.

"Mr. Lin's brocade clothes, it's hard not to think of the rich merchant Lin's family." Wan Guchuan put down his cup, lifted his clothes and sat down on the stool.

In fact, Wan Guchuan also investigated when he went back. The second son of the rich merchant Lin's family is indeed Lin Hong.There is also the Duan family, he has also checked, the Duan family is engaged in yin and yang, as Duan Yu himself said, his family is not in Pingyang City, but in the ancient flag city a few cities away.

Lin Hong said: "However, it is necessary to give money, and we must not live in vain."

"Are you not afraid that your money will be exposed, and he will come to trouble you?"

Lin Hong raised his eyebrows at him, "Isn't there still you here?"

Wan Guchuan laughed angrily.

Lin Hong fell on the bed and thought for a while, "I don't think Father Jiang is the murderer."

Wan Guchuan rubbed his sword and looked at him.

"The family members of the deceased said that the murderer didn't do it for money. Father Jiang loved money so much, would he steal something if he killed someone?"

"It makes sense." Wan Guchuan said, "But it might be an act."

"Too."

Nothing happened that night, and the night was peaceful.

The next day's breakfast was obviously richer, and Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were also full of smiles.

Lin Hong: This is too pragmatic...

Wan Guchuan suggested: "Let's go to the homes of the other deceased today to find out how the murderer did the murder in a secret room."

"Okay." Lin Hong agreed.

Passing by the courtyard, Jiang's father was carrying water in both hands, and he had just returned from fetching water.

The bucket he was carrying in his hand was quite big, and he had to bring it back from the far river, so he was inevitably lacking in physical strength. Before he could pour the water into the big tank, he was so tired that he kicked the bucket on the ground to rest.

Jiang Le'er threw the inflatable ball and ran over, "Father! I'll help you!"

As she spoke, she lifted the bucket half as tall as her with one hand and poured it into the water tank.

Father Jiang smiled and rubbed her head, "Le'er is really sensible."

Lin Hong saw it.Xindao father and daughter are in harmony.

The two passed by Yan's house they had been to before - the first family whose son died, and the skinny old man was standing at the door.

She looked at the two people passing by, and said, "You three, be more careful."

Lin Hong paused, and he grabbed Wan Guchuan, "She said 'three'!"

Wan Guchuan pulled the clothes out of his hands, "Sister Jiang."

"I know..." Lin Hong pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache, "The question is, why did she follow us? Don't you think it's scary?"

"I don't know, ask yourself." Wan Guchuan straightened his sleeves.

Lin Hong turned his head and said to the empty back, "Why are you following us?"

Wan Guchuan: "..." I really asked...

Of course, no voice would answer him.

Wan Guchuan looked at the old man, "Old man, why can you see ghosts?" If Jiang Le'er is because of the Pisces jade pendant, then what's the matter with this old man?

The old man smiled, and only said two words: "Psychic medium." Then he turned and entered the room.

"Spiritual medium... what is it?" Lin Hong was puzzled.

Wan Guchuan explained: "It seems to be called a psychic."

"Scary..."

They were walking down the street when they suddenly felt someone pulling them from behind.

The two stopped in unison.

Lin Hong's complexion changed, "This... who's talking..."

Before he finished speaking, a towering ancient tree in front of him fell straight down with the exclamation of the crowd! !

A bang!

It blows the broken hair on his forehead flying.

The huge tree lay across in front of them, and it knocked down the high wall on the right, causing the gravel to roll all over the ground.

If they go one step faster, the consequences will be disastrous...

"Sorry for scaring the two of you!" A man quickly ran over to apologize, "My house is planting trees, and one of them didn't stabilize..."

"No...it's okay..." Lin Hong was still in shock.

Looking back, it was empty, "She saved us."

"Yes." Wan Guchuan agreed.

"Why?" Lin Hong thought of the crazy female ghost in red last time. Aren't ghosts always trying to kill them?

Wan Guchuan wanted to say that you asked her, but thinking that Lin Hong might really ask, he changed his words: "Maybe she wants us to help her find the real culprit, but we can't let us die."

Lin Hong turned his head and said to the back: "Thank you, thank you, I will do my best."

Wan Guchuan raised his eyebrows.I really forgot who pulled them in.

They had to go around because a big tree blocked the way.

They went to the second Xia's house where the girl died.

It is said that the girls in this family are famously beautiful, but it's a pity that God is jealous of her beauty.

There was no window nailed in this house, and only a young lady of the Huang family died at that time. Who would have thought of nailing a window?

They went to the second household where the son died.

The family didn't believe in evil, and they didn't nail up the windows.The two got nothing.

The son of the third household died.

This family is poor and has a single house. The kitchen and bedroom are all in one place, just separated by a door and a wall.

It was also because of poverty that the youngest male died, and the family cried like hell when this matter was mentioned.

The old mother yelled and grabbed Lin Hong, saying that she must catch the murderer.

Lin Hong pulled his skirt with difficulty to prevent the old mother from dragging the clothes off, and kept saying don't worry.

People were still in a trance until they came out.

Wan Guchuan laughed at him.

fourth household.

Wan Guchuan went to check the scratches on the bed board.

Lin Hong looked at the chimney with a small opening, "You said..."

Wan Guchuan stroked the scratches on the floor under the bed with his fingers, the space under the bed is very small...

"If the murderer is very petite, can he get in and out of this chimney?" Lin Hong continued.

Wan Guchuan also understood, "Indeed."

The space under the bed is so small, you can't hide it if you are not small.

"Because of her light body, the maids of the Huang family didn't hear the footsteps. Because of her petite body, she could easily sneak into the house through the chimney, hide under the narrow bed, commit murder in the middle of the night, and then escape through the chimney through the cabinet, causing a murder in a secret room. "

Wan Guchuan stood up and continued, "The direction has always been wrong, and he is not an adult man at all."

Lin Hongdao, "Petite in stature, but also very strong, for example—Jiang Le'er."

Wan Guchuan looked at him.

"Her father needs two hands to lift the bucket, but she can lift it with one hand, isn't it strong?"

The murderer is a 12-year-old girl. This is a possibility that no one will consider or want to consider, but perhaps because of this, this case will become an unsolved case.

Wan Guchuan said: "The evidence is not enough. If she killed someone, there would be blood on her clothes, and there would be soot on her clothes when she went out from the chimney. Where did she destroy the evidence?"

Lin Hong thought, "Have you seen any public wells in the city?"

"Never." Wan Guchuan recalled.

But Father Jiang came back with fetching water—"There is a river, and there is river water to wash away blood stains."

"Go." Wan Guchuan walked out.

Sure enough, there is a river on the outskirts of the city. The water is not rushing, but very clear.Lin Hong inevitably thought of the Blood River last time...

They suddenly realized one thing: all the water the Jiang family drank was drawn from here...

Lin Hong: "..."

Wan Guchuan: "..."

Lin Hong looked disheveled, "Downstream or...upstream?"

Wan Guchuan frowned, "I hope downstream..."

At this moment, Lin Hong felt that Jiang Le'er only took a few mouthfuls of food each time, which seemed to be a bit meaningful... "I'm afraid it's not satisfactory..."

Wan Guchuan was helpless, "Let's look at the upstream first, it's best if there is no one, and there is no need to be stuck in the throat."

The two went upstream.

They watched the situation in the water, but found nothing.

"Not upstream!" Lin Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was speaking, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.

Looking over, the figure of the headless girl in yellow flashed past.

"Damn! She was standing there just now!" Startled by this, Lin Hong was still terrified, and pointed to a place on the opposite bank, signaling Wan Guchuan.

The two waded across the river with their shoes on.

In front of the place where the girl was standing just now, the stones in the water are strange—the surrounding stones are covered with moss, and those stones are smooth, obviously being moved by someone.