Just remember

Just as the master praying in the outer hall was trying to explain to the brothers that there was absolutely no necessary connection between impoliteness and gang status, Chun Jinran in the inner room had already come to Nie Shuang's room with Xiahou Zhengnan.

Because people were sent to guard at the first time, except for Nie Shuang's body, which was put on the bed, the rest of the room remained in its original appearance.

Mess everywhere.

This is Chun Jinran's first impression of the room.

The tables and chairs were overturned, the candlesticks were overturned, the curtains were torn, and the books were scattered. With just one glance, it is not difficult to imagine how fierce a fight took place here.

"Master Dingchen, look at the place where the candlestick fell, there seems to be blood." Chun Jinran stood at the door and looked into the distance, vaguely feeling that there was redness there.

Dingchen heard the words and walked over, and after a while, shook his head at him: "It's the wax oil that dripped when the red candle fell over."

"Oh..." Chun Jinran was a little disappointed.

Ding Chen was amused by the way he was pawing at the door frame: "Master Chun, why don't you come in and check for yourself."

Of course Chun Jinran thought about it, but looking at the girl Lin Qiaoxing who looked like a thief, she shook her head aggrievedly: "Forget it, I'll just watch you guys check."

Dingchen couldn't help but laugh, and turned to Lin Qiaoxing who was also standing at the door: "Miss Lin, since you are here, I believe no one will play tricks under your nose. Benefactor Ruochun can really solve the case, but because of unnecessary scruples, instead Letting the murderer get away with it will not have to pay the price."

Lin Qiaoxing frowned, struggle flashed in her eyes, but finally snorted: "I didn't say he couldn't go in."

"Then thank you Miss Lin." Before he finished speaking, Chun Jinran had already stepped in with both feet. In front of opportunities, Chun Shaoxia has always been a quick catcher.

In this way, Xiahou Zhengnan and Lin Qiaoxing were the only ones standing at the door. The bones of the case?The latter didn't want to step here, because he was afraid of seeing his senior sister again and crying again.In fact, just standing at the door had already made the circles of her eyes red again.So she forced herself to put all her attention on Chun Jinran, and pay close attention to this guy's every move, without allowing any suspiciousness.

Chun Jinran followed Ding Chenzai to carefully inspect the overturned furniture and utensils in the house, they were all ordinary objects, and found nothing.Only the inkstone knocked down from the desk made Chun Jinran take a few more glances.

I saw that the place where the inkstone fell was also where the books were scattered. The strong ink stained a large piece of the book that fell on the top, and a wolf hair stained with ink fell two feet away from the book. The ink on the tip of the pen Dried, leaving only the inky color.

"Master Chun, have you discovered anything?" Ding Chen beside him felt his unusual silence.

"Little master, look at this inkstone, this ink stain, this pen, what might you think of?" Chun Jinran asked.

Dingchen thought for a while, and then he had the answer: "Miss Nie was writing when she encountered the villain?"

Chun Jinran didn't answer him, but squatted down at an extremely fast speed, and began to rummage through the pile of books and papers.

Dingchen also knelt down to help, but he still said a little more: "Don't have too much hope, Master Chun. If the things written by Miss Nie are related to the murderer, there are nine out of ten chances that they will be taken away by the murderer."

Li Lichun also understands it, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will try.

For a while, there was only the sound of flipping paper in the room.

"Chun Benefactor, see if it's this." Ding Chen found a piece of paper at some point.

Chun Jinran hastily took it out to see, part of the paper had been torn off, and now there were only two sentences written on the remaining part—meeting and getting drunk is the leading edge, where the wind and rain have cleared, where is it floating.

Ding Chen came over to look at it: "This should be a queer word."

Chun Jinran: "Yes, and it is a word that hurts the feelings of men and women."

Ding Chen: "Love between a man and a woman? But Miss Nie Shuang..."

"A green lantern should have accompanied the ancient Buddha." Chun Jinran said, his gaze drifting into the distance.

After half a stick of incense, all the scattered books and papers were turned over one by one, and the second paper quietly appeared.

Different from before, this piece of paper is intact, except that what is written on it is no longer a word, but a poem—I have been lonely since I was a child, and I only dedicated myself to the Xuanmiao Temple. Fushou gets Zen again.

"If Master Kuyi sees this, I'm afraid he will be sad again." Ding Chen sighed softly.

Chun Jinran got up, limped to the door, and handed two pieces of paper to Lin Qiaoxing: "Miss Lin, is this your senior sister's handwriting?"

Lin Qiaoxing took the paper, just after taking a look at it, tears began to roll in her eyes, and finally said in a crying voice: "Well, it's my senior sister's handwriting."

Chun Jinran couldn't bear it, raised his hand to touch her head, and said softly but firmly: "I will definitely catch the murderer, and give your senior sister justice!"

Lin Qiaoxing finally collapsed, with a bang, big teardrops fell down.

Chun Jinran couldn't bear this, so she quickly wiped away the other party's tears with her sleeve.

However, the cloth on the cuffs is limited, and the teardrops are not cut off. They wipe more and more, and the dry sleeves almost become water sleeves. Chun Jin can solve the case, but he is really not good at coaxing people. When he was scratching his ears and cheeks, the little girl suddenly grabbed his sleeves , blew his nose hard, then raised his red face: "Can you really catch the murderer?"

Chun Jinran met her gaze without dodging at all: "Yes."

The girl's eyes gradually became firm: "I believe in you."

For some reason, although she was just a little girl, Chun Jinran felt the motivation other than "curiosity" for the first time in solving puzzles or solving cases. Those two words were responsibility.

but--

"Hey, blow your nose with your own sleeve from now on, okay?"

"That's so dirty."

"..."

The two pieces of paper are both written by Nie Shuang. The one that is grateful to Mrs. Kuyi is understandable, but the one that mourns love is more interesting, and half of it was torn away... Walking back to the middle of the room , Chun Jinran thoughtfully.

"Master Chun, can I continue to check?" Ding Chen interrupted his thinking.

Chun Jinran sighed, pulled the little monk to his side, and complained in a voice that only two people could hear: "Can you not call me Chun benefactor..."

Dingchen looked at Lin Qiaoxing, then at him, and whispered: "It's better that we don't know each other."

Chun Jinran understood his scruples, but it was the first time he was neglected by his friends, and he still couldn't hide his sadness, his mouth flattened unconsciously, that was pitiful.

Dingchen: "The benefactor of spring..."

Chun Jinran: "If you call me that again, I'll just stand here and do nothing!"

Dingchen: "You stepped on the hanging rope."

Chun Jinran: "..."

Lin Qiaoxing at the door didn't know why Xiahou Zhengnan laughed suddenly, so he asked.

Xiahou Zhengnan shook his head with a smile, saying it was nothing, just heard some interesting things.

In the other room, Chun Jinran had already picked up the hanging rope and looked carefully.

"This rope was originally tied to the top, and when he rescued the person, he was cut off by Guo Juan, Guo Daxia." Ding Chen explained.

Sure enough, the rope fracture was neat and smooth.

"Was Guo Pan the first to find the body?"

"No, it's the servants who serve here. Pei Shaoxia and Miss Jin from Tianranju lived closest, so they came here first when they heard the screams, followed by Guo Pan and us."

"Then why did the one who cut the rope become Guo Juan?"

"Miss Jin was frightened and didn't react for a while. Pei Shaoxia...uh, I don't know how to say it..."

"Is it because you have been looking at the corpse without any intention of getting started?"

"how do you know?"

"..."

Because that guy has persecution paranoia!He will never intervene in anything that looks suspicious!

"Forget it," now is not the time to dwell on such problems, "let's go and see the corpse."

While talking, the two had come to the bed.

Nie Shuang was lying there quietly, her clothes neatly dressed, her face serene. If it wasn't for her terribly livid face and the scars on her neck, it would almost make people think that she was still asleep.

Chun Jinran said "offended" silently in his heart, then lifted the opponent's chin slightly, and carefully observed the rope bruises on his neck.Sure enough, although the silt marks overlapped in a large area, two traces were still clearly visible on the edge.There were also traces of rope friction on both palms, especially the palms, which were still slightly red and swollen.

Except for the neck and hands, there were no other obvious injuries on Nie Shuang's body.

"Little Master," Chun Jinran suddenly lowered his voice, "Can I do you a favor?"

Ding Chen turned his head to the side, with an appearance of listening attentively.

"Help me turn Miss Nie Shuang over."

Ding Chen was a little embarrassed: "Will this be inappropriate?"

Chun Jinran insisted: "I want to see the scar on the back of her neck, it's very important."

Ding Chen was silent for a moment, and Xiao Nuo took two steps to stand beside him, forming a posture of two shoulder to shoulder.

Chun Jinran understood, and then the two worked together to turn Nie Shuang into a back-up position.

From the angle of the door, only two people could be seen bending over at the same time, as if they were inspecting the corpse, but they couldn't see the situation on the bed.

After checking the scars on the back of the neck, the two followed suit and restored Nie Shuang to its original state.

"How." Ding Chen asked.

Chun Jinran said: "You also saw that there are two rope marks, one intersecting on the back of the neck, and the other not. It means that she was indeed strangled by the rope before being hoisted up."

Compassion floated from the bottom of Ding Chen's eyes, and after a long time, he let out a soft sigh.

Compared with the scene, the corpse can give unexpectedly few clues, which makes Chun Jinran a little frustrated.It would be great if Ding Ruoshui was here, Chun Jinran thought regretfully, at least he could infer the approximate time of death from the temperature of the body, instead of taking his own witnesses and the screams of the maidservant as the beginning and the end, and generalizing the time of death. It boils down to the second half of the night.

"Wait," Chun Jinran suddenly thought of a question, "Were you there when Guo Pan cut the rope?"

Dingchen didn't know, so he still answered truthfully: "Yes."

"Then Miss Nie was so peaceful at that time?"

"No, the eyes were originally wide open, but Master Kuyi couldn't bear it and helped them close them."

"Who presumed that? He killed himself first, and then pretended to commit suicide?"

"Guo Pan, he was the first to notice the two cord marks on Miss Nie's neck."

"..."

"His deduction is wrong?" Ding Chen heard the clue.

Chun Jinran lowered her eyes, and after a long while, said: "Not exactly."

"It's over?" Xiahou Zhengnan looked at the two people who had returned, and asked knowingly.

Ding Chen patiently reported: "Yes, the owner of the villa, the inspection of Xiaoseng and Chun Shaoxia has been completed."

Xiahou Zhengnan nodded in satisfaction, it was faster than he expected, and half an hour ago, he had moved two chairs, although Lin Qiaoxing declined, but he was very comfortable sitting on it.

"Master Xiahou," Chun Jinran really didn't have the patience of Dingchen, and said straightforwardly, "I want to ask a question."

Xiahou Zhengnan raised his eyebrows: "Ask who?"

Chun Jinran didn't even think about it: "Everything that needs to be asked."

Xiahou Zhengnan: "Is this all defined by you?"

Chun Jinran: "If you want me to find out the murderer."

"Of course I hope," Xia Houzhengnan said as he stood up, his momentum reversed instantly, especially when he leaned forward slightly and approached Chun Jinran, it was obvious who was stronger and who was weaker, "but it must be quick."

Chun Jinran's back has already touched the door frame: "How fast?"

Xiahou Zhengnan looked at him fixedly: "Tomorrow Maoshi, before sunrise."

Chun Jinran: "..."

Xiahou Zhengnan sat back in his chair, calmed down and said, "Tomorrow is my son's big day. After dawn, I will go to greet the relatives. This is the top priority and no mistakes can be tolerated. Now that the knights of the whole world are gathered here, I can't Let them watch the jokes of the villa."

"Master," Chun Jinran reminded him, "It's almost noon now."

Xiahou Zhengnan shrugged: "So you still have half a day and one night."

Chun Jinran pursed her lips tightly, seeming to be thinking, but also struggling.

a long time.

"Young Xia Chun, have you made your decision?"

Chun Jinran looked at Dingchen, the man's eyes were full of encouragement, and then at Lin Qiaoxing, the girl's eyes were full of anticipation.He swallowed hard, and finally his heart broke: "Impossible."

Ding Chen was stunned.

Lin Qiaoxing's black line.

Xiahou Zhengnan almost spit out the tea he just drank.

"Shouldn't it be time to say yes even if it doesn't work to show determination and cheer up!!" The little girl felt that she had been cruelly deceived.

Chun Jinran felt that she was the one who stood up and talked without pain in her back: "I'm not a Daluo fairy, the murderer can jump out automatically by just blowing one breath?"

Lin Qiaoxing: "Then you can also agree first, whether you can do it is another story, but you don't even have the heart to do it!"

Chun Jinran: "Whoever has no heart, I have no guts!"

Lin Qiaoxing: "What?"

Chun Jinran: "Master Xiahou, if I agree but can't find the murderer, what should I do?"

Xiahou Zhengnan: "Then you are the murderer."

Chun Jinran: "I see."

Lin Qiaoxing: "..."

But in the end, Chun Jinran agreed to the deadline.

because--

Xia Houzhengnan: "Before dawn tomorrow, if you catch the murderer, you will die. If you don't catch the murderer, you will die for him. This is not an inquiry, but a notice."

Chun Jinran: "Then you just asked me how to decide!"

Xiahou Zhengnan: "Be polite, I never thought you took it seriously."

Chun Jinran: "..."

The wind blew through the window, sending a wave of heat.

It's noon.