Gu Xiran ignored it, grabbed Shu Huan's hand and left.
"Don't leave me behind." Gu Xihe got a little anxious and grabbed his sleeve.
Gu Xiran shook his sleeves: "You'd better be quiet these days, don't follow us, go back to the Taijun."
"No way, Taijun is suffocating people."
"Then go play with Ran Mo."
"Isn't he like everyone else, with a bitter face, which makes me want to kick him hard in the face to make him change his expression."
…
Gu Xiran looked at him silently for a while: "Then what do you think, it's boring to follow us, who is in the mood to laugh and make a scene at a time like this?"
Gu Xihe scratched his head, hesitating to speak, seeing that they were about to leave again, he said anxiously: "That little girl, Shangxin, did you bring her back?"
Shu Huan stopped in surprise, glanced at him, and teased him: "Why, miss that little girl?"
"Bah, bah, bah..." Gu Xihe spat vigorously on the ground: "What are you talking about, I just want to find someone to bully me, to vent my depression in my heart, isn't that okay?"
"Okay." Gu Xiran smiled and said, "It happens that the little girl is just dumbfounded, she doesn't cry or shout or beg for mercy when she's being bullied, it's much better than Ran Mo and the others."
As soon as Gu Xihe heard the music, he shook his head and said: "The second brother who knows me..."
"Go, go, she's in Shengmei Pavilion." Gu Xiran interrupted him before he could finish, waving his hands as if chasing flies.
Gu Xihe was not annoyed either, and ran away with a smile.
Shu Huan looked at his back, bit her lips and smiled secretly: I don't know who bullied whom in the end...
Xin Xin, who has solved her knot in her heart, is no longer the awkward kid who was muffled and unwilling to speak when she first came, and the sharp side of her character is gradually revealed.
After wandering around Gujiayuan for a quarter of an hour, Gu Xiran brought Shu Huan to the place where Gu Xitian used to raise horses. It turned out to be in a secluded place not far from Luoxia Courtyard, but now the stables are empty, only a few bunches left. hay.
Gu Xiran reached out and grabbed two pieces of hay, and rubbed them in his hands: "It seems that he really loves that horse, Jue Ying. In such a big stable, there is only that one horse."
Shu Huan frowned: "What are you doubting? Why did you suddenly ask about Little Si Ma?"
Gu Xiran shook his head: "I just asked casually, without thinking of checking anything, but the few words Xiao Si said made me feel that this might not necessarily be an accident."
Anyway, there was no one here, so Shu Huan was tired from standing, so she put up her hands and sat on the wooden fence. After brushing the hem of her skirt, she said lightly: "But it can't prove that this is not an accident. After all, before the horse was startled, what happened?" Nothing happened."
Gu Xiran smiled: "That's why I came to check, since I'm idle anyway."
Shu Huan squinted at him: "Is it an occupational disease? Could it be that you used to be a criminal lawyer?"
Gu Xiran didn't answer, but searched carefully in the stable, and said after a while: "If it wasn't an accident, I would like to know the motive of the murderer. After all, we live in such a complicated place, who knows if we will be the ones who die in an accident next time?" .”
Shu Huan nodded silently, but seeing that he searched for a long time without any clues, he couldn't help sighing: "If there is really a murderer, if there is an accident, he will definitely not be careless enough to leave any clues for you to investigate, let alone this The accident happened outside, this is not the scene."
"Yeah." Gu Xiran also finished searching, put his hand on the wooden railing, and said in a deep thought: "If there is no clue, we can only guess the motive..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a boy with swollen eyes coming in with a broom. He was stunned for a moment when he saw them, and then hurriedly said, "Greetings to Second Master and Second Mistress."
Gu Xiran beckoned him over: "Are you watching Yang Jueying on weekdays?"
The young man took a few steps forward, shook his head and said, "Most of them are raised by the uncle himself, and even the feed is prepared by him himself. The little ones just follow along and do some cleaning."
Shu Huan asked: "Then yesterday, before the uncle took the horse out, did anything unusual happen?"
The boy thought for a while and replied: "No, it's the same as usual, the uncle came to feed the horse himself, taught the boy to prepare the saddle and bridle, and then led the horse. I didn't think..."
He bowed his head in silence, looking very sad.
Saddle and bridle head
Shu Huan wondered, could someone have hidden a sharp object like a needle under the saddle, and after Gu Xitian rode up, the heavy pressure caused the sharp object to stun Jueying? This is something that can be done, although it is necessary to accurately calculate the specific time for how long the sharp object will be pressed before stabbing the horse's back, it can't be too early, otherwise Gu Xitian will have an accident as soon as he gets on the horse, and everyone will be suspicious.
She raised her eyes to look at Gu Xiran, seeing that he was also in deep thought, so she was speechless.
After a while, I heard Gu Xiran say: "How long have you been in the mansion?"
"It's been three years." The young man seemed to be a smart one, as if he understood the reason for his question, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "My family is poor, I don't have enough food to eat, I don't have enough clothes to keep warm, and I've only lived with the old man for a few years." On Shu Tan Day, I always remember the kindness of the uncle, and never dare to do things that betray the Lord."
"Get up." Gu Xiran said: "I'm just asking casually, you don't need to panic, I'll tell you what happened yesterday before the uncle went out, and I'll listen to you. After putting on the saddle and bridle for Jueying, have you ever left? ?”
The boy shook his head again and again: "No, the uncle is standing by and waiting to lead the horse..."
When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Second master, if you don't believe me, you can ask sister Yingluo in the uncle's room. When the younger one was fixing the saddle and bridle for the horse, she happened to bring the packed bundle and returned it to me. Passed a couple of words from my grandma, and then I went out with my grandpa."
Gu Xiran nodded and said to Shu Huan without asking any more questions, "Let's go."
When the two were far away from the stable, Shu Huan asked, "Could it be him?"
Gu Xiran still said: "I don't know."
Shu Huan became a little frustrated: "How can we investigate things that have no evidence at all?"
Gu Xiran smiled: "It's been a day, even if there is any evidence, it must have been cleaned up long ago. The most we can learn is the details, restore the incident, and look back to see if we can deduce any useful information from it."
Shu Huan squinted at him slightly: "Why not?"
"Then I've tried my best, let go of it as soon as possible, and do what I should do. I can't just be on guard all day long because of something that might be really unexpected."
It seems that this is the only way to go.
Shu Huan didn't say any more, just followed him to the Luoxia Courtyard, called Yingluo out and asked a few questions, but apart from being able to prove that the boy wasn't lying, he didn't get any other clues.
The two were about to leave, when they saw Ji Danqing coming from a distance with a medicine box on his back, they stopped in their tracks, waiting for him to approach, and Yingluo took advantage of the situation to hold them back and said, "Since Doctor Ji is here, Second Master and Second Mistress might as well go into the house to have a rest, have a cup of tea before leaving, and see how my girl is doing."
Knowing that she was in a state of panic and helplessness at the moment, Shu Huan and Gu Xiran were really thirsty after taking the takeout home for a long time, so they nodded, waited for Ji Danqing to approach, and entered the Luoxia Courtyard together.
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