"I've been thinking that if one person killed several people in the Chen residence, then this person must know everything about the people in the Chen residence." Sitting in front of the window, Huangfu Nan said softly, looking at the lake outside.

Gongsun Ce, who was drawing a pen and intending to add some official words next to Chen Xiangyu's painting, paused slightly in the air, "But that person cannot be Chen Xiangyu."

"Why do you think so?" Huangfu Nan asked casually.Although she didn't think Chen Xiangyu was the murderer, did Chen Xiangyu know that the story she wrote was happening in reality?

"The small hermit hides in the forest, and the big hermit hides in the city. For a perpetrator, what better way to hide himself than in a familiar environment? If Chen Xiangyu wanted to kill them, why did he run away from home? Chen Mu is still Chen Sangong, both are grown men, it is not so easy for a girl with no martial arts background to kill them without being discovered." Zhan Zhao said.

Huangfu Nan frowned, "Actually, I've seen similar things before. Some people would delusionalize themselves as the protagonist in the book and act according to the protagonist's ideas in the book. I think this murderer may have such a problem, and he not only He is very familiar with the people in the Chen Manor, and he also knows every move of Chen Xiangyu, otherwise how could he know "Nie Shi Yuan" and arrange the life and death of the characters according to the main line in the book?"

Gongsun Ce lowered his head, dropped the ink-soaked brush in his hand, and added two lines of characters next to Chen Xiangyu's painting, writing in lower case with a strong character.

Zhan Zhao held a cup of tea in his hand, and he drank it slowly and calmly.

Ever since Huangfu Nan came to Kaifeng Mansion, they had heard too many unimaginable stories and conjectures from her mouth. Huangfu Nan's just words were not out of the ordinary, so they didn't have any influence on them.

"Is it possible that the murderer is someone close to Chen Xiangyu?" Huangfu Nan frowned, thinking.

The girl was dressed in a water-green scholar's gown, her long hair was tied up, and a few strands of black hair mischievously slid down her side cheeks. When the breeze blew past, a few strands of blue hair floated up.She was lying on the window sill, with her head resting on one hand, and her distressed appearance gave people an inexplicable urge to rub her lightly frowned brows away.

Zhan Zhao took Huangfu Nan's expression into his eyes at this time, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but raise an arc, which didn't interrupt her train of thought.

Huangfu Nan bit his lower lip, overturning his previous speculation, "That's impossible, Chen Xiangyu's eldest maid has gone to Chenzhou, and the maids in the two rooms are illiterate."

Huangfu Nan suddenly turned his head and looked at the two of them, "Do you think it is possible that this murderer is actually Chen Xiangyu's admirer?"

Gongsun Ce was carefully picking up Chen Xiangyu's Dan Qing, when he heard Huang Fu Nan's words, his hands trembled, and he almost tore the Dan Qing in half.

Guard Zhan who was drinking water took a sip of tea without warning.

They were still slightly startled by this guess.

"Huangfu, the name of a girl's family is very important. If there is something you can't be sure about, don't say it lightly." Gongsun Ce looked a little helpless.

Huangfu Nan spoke eloquently, "Other than that, I can't think of who the murderer would be. If he is not Chen Xiangyu's admirer, why would he make what Chen Xiangyu thinks come true?"

Gongsun Ce was silent and did not answer.Both he and Zhan Zhao felt that this case was so bizarre that it had never been done before. With their current imagination, they couldn't imagine what kind of person the murderer might be.But the top priority is to find Chen Xiangyu.

"I'm going to the government office." Gongsun Ce lowered his head, carefully rolled up the Danqing that was almost sacrificed just now, and took it in his hand to hand it over to the Hangzhou government office to be posted.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao also picked up the saber he put on the table, "I'll go with you, my lord asked me to visit Mr. Han and send some people over here."

Mr. Bao's auditing work in Hangzhou is in full swing. At this time, except for those who are trusted around him, no one else can use it at all.If Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others want to follow up on the case of the Chen family, it will basically be a continuum. Mr. Bao is sympathetic to his subordinates. He is worried that they will lose a lot of money if the continuum is broken, so he quickly asked Zhan Zhao to deploy manpower.

"Huangfu, are you going to the Chen Mansion?" Zhan Zhao looked at Huangfu Nan.

He remembered that Huang Fu Nan said that she was going to take the book "Nie Shi Yuan" to Chen's house to circulate.

Huangfu Nan stood up when he heard the words, "Go, how can we push the case if we don't go?"

When Huangfu Nan went to the Chen Mansion, it was probably because Chen Ruxue and others thought she was not a good person, so Chen Ruxue would accompany her as soon as she entered the Chen Mansion.At the same time, Ding Yuehua, Chen Ruxue's best friend, will also accompany Chen Ruxue.

As a result, Huangfu Nan's trip to Chen's house often turned into a trip of three.

Huangfu Nan was a little uncomfortable about this, but whether it was Chen Ruxue or Ding Yuehua, they had no intention of disturbing her work, but were just accompanying her. Occasionally, when she was going to find someone somewhere, these two could lead the way, not to mention how convenient it was. up.Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable Huangfu Nan was, he did not say the words of decline.

Holding her forehead, she knew that her skin was thicker than the wall.

Huangfu Nan threw the "Nie Shi Yuan" in his hand directly to Chen Ruxue, the more Chen Ruxue looked at it, the more shocked the expression on his face became, and finally stood up angrily, his usual soft tone became sharp at this moment: "Full of nonsense!"

Huangfu Nan just looked at her and didn't speak.

Seeing this, Ding Yuehua picked up the book and quickly read ten lines at a glance. After a long time, she raised her head to look at Huangfu Nan, "Miss Huangfu, what do you mean?"

Huangfu Nan met Ding Yuehua's gaze, and said calmly: "You two girls, please be safe and don't be impatient."

"How can I stay calm? Who is this person who is slandering the Chen family? Although my father has passed away, the new head of the family has taken over. Is this person too arrogant to use my Chen family as a joke after dinner!" Chen Ruxue was angry His face was flushed, and the hands beside him trembled slightly.

"Second girl, I'm afraid you made a mistake."

"Wrong? The dead is the big one. The third aunt died for my father, but she was ridiculed that it was—" It was probably because the next words were a bit indecent, and Chen Ruxue was speechless, "Anyway, it's just ridiculous! And My fourth uncle, how could he have mischievous intentions towards my aunt? My aunt has been dead for a long time, she was innocent in her lifetime, now that she is no longer behind her, does she have to be slandered by others? Although my third brother has a bit of a temper, but He has never had bad intentions, how can he say that he deserved this reward for slipping and drowning? This man is so brave, he dared to humiliate my Chen family like this!"

Hearing this, Huangfu Nan was not in a hurry to defend himself, but just stretched out his hand towards Ding Yuehua, "Miss Ding, have you finished reading? Please return the book to me after reading it, thank you."

Ding Yuehua was stunned, then returned the book in his hand to Huangfu Nan, turned around and scolded the maid who had been standing behind, "You don't have any winks, hurry up and pour a glass of water for the second girl."

Hearing the words, the servant girl behind her blessed her body and quickly poured water.

Huangfu Nan looked at Chen Ruxue's expression in front of him, and said calmly: "Second girl, it's not that someone humiliated the Chen family like this. When this book came into my hands, your third brother hadn't had any accidents yet."

"It's nonsense, if it wasn't for humiliating the Chen family—" Chen Ruxue paused suddenly, and looked at Huangfu Nan in astonishment, "What did you just say?"

"It's not that the author of this book is humiliating the Chen family, but the murder of the Chen family happened according to the plot in the book." Huangfu Nan explained.

Although the amount of information is not very large, the impact is powerful.Chen Ruxue swayed and almost fell off the chair.

"Ru Xue." Ding Yuehua quickly supported her body, then turned to look at Huangfu Nan, "Miss Huangfu, please be careful with your words."

Huangfu Nan still looked calm, "Miss Ding, what I said below is not false."

Before, they were not sure about the conclusion that the background of "Nie Shi Yuan" was the Chen family, but at this moment, Huang Fu Nan was finally sure of this conclusion.

If it was really as absurd as Chen Ruxue said, why did she have such a big reaction?

The reason behind the third aunt's suicide by swallowing gold was that she had planned to murder the child in the womb of Mrs. Chen's family at that time. After Mrs. Chen's miscarriage, she was no longer fertile.It's a pity that the third aunt's methods were vicious, and her son later died of illness. The current Patriarch of the Chen family is the son adopted by Mrs. Chen from the fourth aunt.

The third aunt in the book couldn't bear the condemnation of conscience and committed suicide by swallowing gold, Chen Mu died in a fire, and the third son Chen stumbled and fell into the pond.

The water in our house is extremely deep, and it looks clean and calm on the surface, but there are not only hidden waves inside, but also the bottom of the water is full of garbage. No one cleans up and no one wants to let the dirty and stinky garbage float to the surface.

No matter what era it is in, these things seem to be unavoidable for all big families.

Huangfu Nan sighed secretly in his heart, raised his eyes, met Ding Yuehua inadvertently, and then froze for a moment.

Illusion?Why did she feel that Ding Yuehua was staring at her?

Huangfu Nan thought about it, and went through his memories after meeting Ding Yuehua for the first time. They met dozens of times, and they didn't say many words. There should be no way to form a grudge.

People who are sharp in some things will inevitably lead to dullness in other things.

So Huangfu Nan took it for granted that Ding Yuehua's stare should be her own illusion.

She didn't have any grievances with others, she was very well behaved, why would others stare at her?

how could be?

of course not!

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