Qin Wan walked very quickly on the path outside the purple bamboo forest.
The rain in the middle of the night was as cold as cold needles, and scraped obliquely on Qin Wan's body from the side of the umbrella. Qin Wan's palms were icy cold, but she subconsciously clenched her cuffs tightly. Fu Ling, who was following behind Qin Wan, had never seen Qin Wan look like this before.
Before approaching, he saw bright lights in the purple bamboo forest.
It was raining at night, although there was a cool wind passing through the purple bamboo forest, there was still a layer of rain and fog. The bamboo fragrance accompanied by the rotten smell of the soil after the rain invaded Qin Wan's senses somewhat pungently. Qin Wan walked in the shop. On the forest path full of dead branches in the middle of the night, water accumulated in the layers of dead branches under her feet, which soon wet her shoes, but Qin Wan had no time to estimate this.
Going inward along the main road, the further you go in, the more noisy voices of yamen servants can be heard. Just listening to the movement, one can imagine that this time it is not simply digging a well, and Yan Chi and Huo Huaixin also It is to use more people.
"Your Highness, Nine Girls are here!"
Bai Feng walked a few steps quickly, and suddenly gave a soft voice.
Yan Chi, who was standing in the distance, turned around, and immediately saw Qin Wan coming with an umbrella. The rain was still falling, and the whole forest was wet. Yan Chi's eyes drooped slightly, and he immediately saw Qin Wan's wet skirt. He frowned slightly, and strode forward to Qin Wan. Qin Wan bowed in front of him, and Fu Ling held an umbrella for Qin Wan in the back.
Seeing that Yan Chi was coming forward, Fu Ling hurriedly lowered her eyes and did not dare to look directly at her, but the next moment, the handle of the umbrella she was holding was suddenly picked up by someone, and before she could react, her hand was already empty .
Fu Ling raised her eyes, and looked at Yan Chi in a daze, but Yan Chi looked at her and said, "Go get your lady a hand warmer."
Fu Ling was a little stunned, Qin Wan straightened up and was also slightly taken aback, "Your Highness, there is no need to—"
"Who said there is no need." Yan Chi finished his sentence, and shook Qin Wan's folded hands in front of him solemnly. He just touched them immediately, without any contempt, but in front of so many people, But he doesn't shy away at all
"Your hands are too cold. I need you here, but I can't let you catch a cold."
Yan Chi's eyes settled down, and she looked at Fu Ling, even though Yan Chi's eyes didn't have any threatening meaning, Fu Ling was still shocked by that look, Fu Ling nodded non-stop, "Yes, servant girl, let's go—"
After Fu Ling finished speaking, she turned around and left. Yan Chi held the umbrella in another hand, turned around, and stood beside Qin Wan to hold up the umbrella for her.
Qin Wan stood there in a daze for a moment. She was indeed very cold, especially the hand she placed by her side. The slanting rain was flying, and there were still raindrops on the back of her hand. Just now, Yan Chi's unexpected touch, Qin Wan's The back of his hand immediately felt the warmth of his palm. The time he touched her was very short, and the warmth almost dissipated when his hand left. However, Qin Wan's overlapping hands changed up and down, and her left hand covered her The place Yan Chi touched just now, for some reason, felt that the back of his hand was not so cold anymore.
After thinking about it for a while, Qin Wan frowned as he looked at the huge well dug not far away, "What's the situation underneath? Just now, Bai Feng said, there's more than one skeleton?"
Yan Chi nodded, holding an umbrella in one hand, standing beside Qin Wan's, with his hands slightly behind, the top of the umbrella covered Qin Wan's head, while half of his own shoulder was exposed, but he didn't mind being beaten at all. wet.
"The bottom is still being dug. In such a short time, three skulls and a pile of broken bones have been dug out. This time, the digging is deeper than before. After the newly filled soil is dug out, the mud underneath is dug down again. At a distance of two feet deep, in the two feet of mud, there were also very fast and sporadic broken bones, but the real bones were all under the two feet of mud."
Yan Chi's tone was calm, his eyes were like a falcon, Qin Wan turned his head and glanced at him, from her perspective, he could just see Yan Chi's sharp-edged side face and his resolute and stern eyes, Qin Wan was extremely focused Yan Chi seems to be the same person. Qin Wan glanced at Yan Chi for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the bamboo umbrella above his head. Unlike Fu Ling who made the umbrella cover extremely low and unstable, Yan Chi held the umbrella higher and more stable. And it was tilted according to the angle of the rain, and for a long while, there was no rain on her body.
Qin Wan felt a little relieved, "Across the two-foot-deep mud, it must have been buried extremely deep at the beginning. As for the broken bones that were brought up in the mud, it was probably because the original living well had changed over the past few years. It became a dry well, caused by the sinking of mud and rocks and the floating of sand and soil." After a slight pause, Qin Wan continued, "Also, just now I saw my third uncle being escorted by the elder brother to leave the Qin residence."
Yan Chi didn't even move his eyebrows when he heard that, he just turned his head to look at her and said, "There are people arranged around this Qin residence, you don't have to worry." He couldn't help but said, "Did you go to the front yard just now?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips twitched slightly, "I heard that the old lady fainted and my elder brother went to the front yard to ask for a doctor, so I thought it was wrong, so I went to the front yard to have a look, but I just saw that the third uncle was about to be sent out. "
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan, "Even if it's inside the Qin Mansion, it's not without danger."
Qin Wan understood the meaning of this sentence. When she said this, she immediately thought of Miss Jiu's death. Indeed, apart from the deaths of Liu Shi and Liu Chun, there was another death in the Qin family, but that People's deaths were hidden because of her, and the murderous intentions in the Qin residence were far more complex than what appeared on the surface.
Qin Wan lowered her eyes, "Yes, I thought it was easy just now..."
Because the target was Qin Chen, Qin Wan didn't connect the word "murderous intent", but now that she thought about it, there was still some distance between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, even if someone was ambushing on the road, it was very likely to hurt her.
Qin Wan is also a thoughtful person, and rarely feels that she is not thinking carefully. Maybe Yan Chi's aura is too strong, or maybe Qin Wan sensed that Yan Chi's concern is true, and she admits that she is simple in thinking. It didn't matter, Yan Chi felt inexplicably hot when he saw her slightly slumped face, and then, he leaned a little to the right with his feet unobtrusively.
All of a sudden, he got closer to Qin Wan, and Yan Chi's aura completely enveloped Qin Wan. Maybe it's because the environment in the purple bamboo forest is a bit harsh, or maybe it's because the rainy night tonight is too cold, Yan Chi doesn't know why. He felt that Qin Wan was alone at this moment, if he didn't get closer, the ghosts and monsters hidden in the purple bamboo forest would swallow Qin Wan.
The rain was drizzling, and the clerks were still shouting at the well. Huo Huaixin stood by the well, asking if there was anything found underneath, and at the same time asking why the dispatcher hadn't come yet. Amid all the noise and busyness, Qin Wan didn't notice. Yan Chi was thinking, she only looked at the dark hole, and suddenly said, "How far is this well from the well under the flower shed?"
This sudden question, Yan Chi didn't think clearly, turned around to look behind, and said visually, "It's about twenty feet away, what's the matter? Why do you ask this..."
Qin Wan frowned, "When Sixth Sister fell into the well that day, she also said that she touched the bones of a dead person. Now I wonder if there are really dead bones in that well. Your Highness said that they have found it at the bottom just now." Three quarters of the head, I am afraid that if we dig further down, there will be more bones, how can there be so many dead people in the small Qin Mansion?"
Yan Chi pondered for a while, "The manpower of the government office has not been dispatched yet, and when Qi Lin comes over, we can also inspect the well. With so many bones, this case is not a simple murder case."
Qin Wan nodded and took a deep breath, "No wonder Third Uncle just left..."
Having said that, Yan Chi turned to look at Bai Feng, "Go out of the house and see what's going on outside."
As he spoke, he looked at Huo Huaixin who was wiping his sweat not far away, "Master Zhifu—"
As soon as he shouted, Huo Huaixin came over in a hurry, seeing Yan Chi holding an umbrella for Qin Wan, Huo Huaixin first took a breath of cool air, and then walked up to him step by step.
On such a cold and bleak rainy night, Qin Wan's whole body became stiff from the cold, but Huo Huaixin kept wiping his sweat. Everyone, even Qin Wan, thought that there were at most one or two more bones buried under this well, but he didn't expect that all of a sudden As soon as Sanju was dug up, for Huo Huaixin, the magistrate of Jinzhou, this case has suddenly changed from a current homicide case to a major case over the years. With so many lives buried in the Qin Mansion, if there is no explanation, if it cannot be found out, Then his official hat will most likely be lost.
"Your Highness, what are your orders?"
The Qin family is an aristocrat in Jinzhou City, and from the Zhongyonghou family, Huo Huaixin has always had the idea of making friends. Even if something happened this time, he treated Jiang, Lin, Qin An and others with great care. However, legal principles are more important than human feelings. Now that things are up to now, Huo Huai is confident that if he knows that a bad situation will affect his official career, he suddenly becomes a little confused. At this time, he is very grateful to the current emperor for giving Yan Chi'an a criminal inspection Make the first name.
Yan Chi looked at Huo Huaixin's flustered look and narrowed his eyes, "At this point, the Qin Mansion needs to be treated as a sinner for the time being. All the masters and servants inside and outside the Qin Mansion must be guarded, and none of them can escape. The excavation here is almost complete, so we have to interrogate severely, the bones of so many people have a lot to do with it."
Huo Huaixin wiped his sweat again, "Yes, yes... I understand... I will give you an order."
Huo Huai nodded incredulously, turned around and called the yamen officer to give instructions. After whispering, the yamen officer immediately turned around and left the Purple Bamboo Forest. Huo Huai was full of confidence that he had solved Song Rou's case earlier, although the time to solve the case was not long. It's short, but at least he didn't make any mistakes. At the end of the year, he can put it in the work report booklet as a bargaining chip for evaluating his performance. The people in the mansion were intriguing, or they had the intention to kill because of some kind of vendetta. All in all, it was not a big case, but he never thought that this seemingly ordinary murder case would involve such a murderous case in the forbidden area of the Qin Mansion. A shocking secret came...
"My lord, another skull has been dug up..."
Huo Huaixin's confidence had not yet calmed down, and unexpectedly, the clerk by the well suddenly yelled. Hearing this, Huo Huaixin's bitterness became heavier, and the cold sweat on his forehead became more and more intense.
Yan Chi and Qin Wan also heard it, and their eyes darkened.
The light in the well is not good, and the officials do not understand medicine. Right now, the only way to judge the death toll is the skull. Once the fourth skull comes out, it means that there are at least four people buried in the well. Why did these people die? die
The words of the yamen servant also made the expressions of the other yamen servants above the well change slightly. Although the magistrate yamen of Jinzhou prefecture often handles cases, most of them are small cases like Lin Daxing's. Liu and Liu Chun died one after another, which is already a little tricky However, they did not expect that the deaths of Liu Chun and Mrs. Liu were just the beginning. Not to mention two dead one after another, the bones of the second aunt were dug out. The bones of the second aunt had not been buried yet, but there was a It turned out to be a pile of corpses...
If it weren't for the large number of people present, these five big and three thick yamen servants would feel their scalps go numb.
"Light a few more torches to lift out the sludge here."
A few yamen servants lit the torches again, and in an instant, the area around the mouth of the well was as bright as day, and this place was dug a while ago, and then it was buried by the people of the Qin family, and now it was dug up again, it was already a mess, Dry soil and silt were mixed together, and the mountains and hills piled up around the mouth of the well were piled up. Several government servants looked at the mouth of the well, and some people sent the dug silt out. , it wasn't so eerie for a while.
Not long after, Fuling walked in holding an umbrella and holding a hand warmer.
"Miss, take it quickly..."
In Fu Ling's hand was holding a small blue and white hand stove with agate and emerald patterns on it. Inside it was agarwood and a piece of silver silk charcoal was embedded. The temperature in her hand was just right. When Fu Ling passed the stove, she just touched Qin Wan's hand. It was only then that Qin Wan realized that the back of Qin Wan's hands was as cold as ice. Fu Ling raised her eyes and glanced at Yan Chi, who did not expect Yan Chi to be more considerate than her.
Fu Ling held the umbrella by herself, and then glanced at Yan Chi who had no intention of returning the umbrella to her. Fu Ling had no choice but to take two steps back and stand aside with the umbrella. Standing behind, she left Yan Chi's line of sight. She loosened inexplicably, and as she looked at her like this, she saw that Yan Chi was covering Qin Wan's body with an umbrella and couldn't help feeling warm in her heart. Looking at it again, Yan Chi was tall and straight, and her whole body was imposing, while Qin Wan wore a With a cloak, Ping Ting is tall and elegant, standing under Yan Chi's umbrella, the two of them share an umbrella, it really looks like a painting, Fu Ling blinked, and compared with Yue Qing, it is true that this Prince Rui's son is more like himself miss match some...
Standing in front, Qin Wan didn't know Fu Ling's reveries. She looked at the busy mouth of the well, and couldn't help but want to go up to see what the yamen servants were doing down there, but as soon as she took a step, Yan Chi raised her hand A hand pressed her arm.
"The front is full of mud, just look at it here."
Qin Wan stopped in his tracks, and when he lowered his head, he saw Yan Chi's own boots were covered in mud.
Seeing her like this, the corners of Yan Chi's lips curved, "During the march in Shuoxi, I traveled hundreds of miles in the cold plain at night, and used to sleep in the wolf's den of snow wolves. I didn't change my military uniform for a month. How can you be with me?" Compare?"
Qin Wan heard her heart move. She knew that when marching and fighting, there are often people who lie in ambush for a long time without changing their uniforms, but this is the first time she has heard of snow wolves sleeping in wolf dens. Snow wolves are fierce and often live in groups. If you entered someone else's wolf's den, let alone the mess of the wolf's den, wouldn't it take a fierce battle to occupy the magpie's nest
Qin Wan thought for a while, if he praised his bravery at this time, he might have heard too much. If he praised his hard work, the Shuoxi Army could not be praised for his hard work. Qin Wan pondered for a while, nodded and said, "My son His Highness really lived up to his reputation."
Yan Chi frowned, and was about to say more, when Bai Feng's figure flashed in from outside the bamboo forest. He left quickly and came back quickly, Qin Wan didn't even see how he walked in, his people stood beside Yan Chi.
"Master, Mr. Qin was arrested as soon as he left the house, and he can't get away now. He has been sent back to the front yard. Right now, the guards at the gate of the mansion have withdrawn to the outside of Mr. Qin's courtyard. Our people still stay outside. Everything is going smooth."
Yan Chi nodded, his eyes turned, and Qi Lin walked in with more than a dozen servants from the Zizhu Forest.
Seeing Qi Lin coming, Huo Huaixin immediately stepped forward to give orders, Qi Lin nodded, and led the people to the front yard of the Qin Mansion.
Qi Lin led the people away, and ordered as he walked, "Go to gather the servants in the mansion to the management office, go to Mrs. Qin, and gather the young masters and young ladies in the mansion together. Where is the old lady?"
A yamen servant stepped forward, "It's in the Buddhist hall to the east."
Qi Lin's eyes darkened, "Okay, you two, go and watch over there, the magistrate and His Royal Highness will go there in person later, pay attention, don't let people from all over the place walk back and forth now, the Qin mansion must be guarded tightly !"
All the yamen servants responded in unison, and Qi Lin went straight to the front yard—
On this side, as soon as the servants of the government office came to the entrance of the Buddhist hall to pick lotus, they rushed in from outside, "Old lady, it's not good, the yamen sent guards to guard the outside of our Buddhist hall, saying yes The magistrate issued an order that everyone in the mansion, no matter master or servant, is not allowed to go out from now on, and he also said that he will come to you for questioning later."
Talking about Caihe, she looked at Lin who was on the side, "Ma'am, the yamen outside said that they want you to gather all the young masters and ladies together, and they will ask questions together later."
Mrs. Jiang was leaning back on the long couch, when she heard this, her hands trembled, and she almost couldn't hold the Buddhist beads.
Her complexion turned pale, her eyebrows trembled, she closed her eyes, and sighed, "That's all..."
Lin's eyes were already slightly red, "Mother, what should I do?"
Jiang Shi pursed her lips fiercely, "What else can I do, so many years... I have often dreamed of this scene, and now, it's just that everything that should come has come... What else can I do..."
Lin gritted her teeth, "Mother, let's not talk about it, master, master is even more... But Chen'er is still young, he is our Qin family's only hope, this matter, as soon as this matter happens, it will definitely come to an end." If it affects Chen'er, will the rest of Chen'er's life be ruined by this incident? Mother, please think of a way to save Chen'er..."
Jiang's hand holding the Buddhist beads trembled for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was trembling, "This matter has reached this point, and it is irreversible. Maybe it's God's will, and I can't hide it no matter what..."
Lin sobbed softly, and suddenly, Jiang sat up on the bed, "No, there is another way!"
Lin's eyes lit up, and Jiang looked at Lin and said, "Send the letter to the capital, no matter what, Chen'er is also a descendant of the Qin family, and the Zhongyonghou House needs the help of the Qin family's descendants, hurry up, I will write the letter myself... "
Jiang got up and was about to go to the ground, stretched out her hand, Cai He hurriedly went to support her, Jiang's anxious chest kept rising and falling, tremblingly walked towards the table not far away, helped Jiang sit down, Cai He hurriedly Going to the side to find a pen and paper, put the pen and paper on the table, and Cai He brought over the lamp not far away, Jiang collected himself, and then wrote.
The only thing that was quiet in the room was Lin's suppressed sobbing, Jiang's strokes, her brows were tightly knit into a word "Chuan". She wrote extremely slowly, as if every word was tied to the life and death of the Qin family. It took two cups of tea before a letter could be written. Jiang said again, "Go and get my seal."
Caihe responded, put down the lamp, and walked to the inner room. Not long after, she came out holding Jiang's seal.
Mrs. Jiang carefully stamped the seal on the back, and waited for the ink to dry a little before folding the letter. Once the letter was folded, Mrs. Jiang immediately handed it to Mrs. Lin, "Go and tell someone to send this letter to the capital immediately." !"
Knowing that this letter was a life-saving straw to save her son, Lin quickly took the letter, "Okay, mother, don't worry, I'll go right away."
Mrs. Jiang nodded, "Let's go while the house is not yet tightly sealed."
Lin responded, turned around and walked out.
Mrs. Lin left, Mrs. Jiang sat in a daze and became dazed. Cai He looked at his eyes with distress, "Don't worry, old lady, you have accumulated blessings for the Qin family for so many years, and this time you will surely turn the crisis into peace. of."
Mrs. Jiang slowly turned the beads, but shook her head bitterly, "It's useless, the sin is too great, and the Buddha can't forgive it. This time, our third house is completely over. I just ask... only I beg the capital to act faster, the sins are the sins of the elders, and have nothing to do with the juniors in the mansion."
Caihe pursed her lips, frowned and said, "The matter hasn't reached that point yet, old madam, don't plan for the worst."
Jiang Shi continued to shake her head, "You don't know, this matter has not turned around."
Doubt flashed in Caihe's eyes, "Old lady, back then..."
Jiang Shi closed her eyes at this time, apparently not intending to say any more, Cai He saw that Fang knew that she should not continue to ask, she immediately shut her mouth, only turned on the dim light at the side, and when the light came on, Only then did Cai He realize that Jiang's face, which had always been calm and calm, was covered with a thin layer of sweat.
Sighing, Caihe lowered his eyes.
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Qin Chen stood on the corridor in despair. Qin Wan had been away for a long time, but he was still standing tall and tall. The cold wind and rain hit him mercilessly. Soon, the hem of his robe It got wet.
The usual elegance and handsomeness were all gone. Qin Chen stared at the dark night like a sea of ink with faint eyes. The secret of the Qin family was discovered, and this scandal that had been covered up for several years was about to be revealed. At this moment, Qin Chen The mansion is like a sinking ship, even if he is extremely unwilling, so what? With his own strength, how can he turn the tide
The Qin family ship sank, and those people on board sank together. With so many people, Qin An deserved what he deserved, but what about the others? His younger sisters are not yet married, and he himself has yet to fulfill his ambitions, but he knows that in a few days, all his ambitions will have nothing to do with him, and the Qin family will become a sinner, and perhaps he will be implicated. other people in the house.
A burst of hatred suddenly surged in Qin Chen's eyes. There was no moment that made him hate that he was born in the Qin Mansion more than now. It was a night full of bitter wind and rain. Qin Chen's back was slightly bent, as if an invisible mountain was pressing him down. collapsed.
"My lord, my lord, the little people can't do anything..."
"Master Qin is so seriously ill, it's better to stay in his yard."
"That's right, once you walk out of the mansion, there will be trouble, and you won't even find a doctor on the street outside."
The voice came from far to near. Qin Chen was stunned for a while before turning around. The coolness had already spread all over his body. When he turned around, he realized that his legs had already stood stiff. He narrowed his eyes. As far as Qin Chen could see, only Seeing the two servants in official uniforms following behind Qin An's servant, Qin Chen shook his body, it turned out that he really couldn't get away.
"Master, why are you still here, we..."
The servant at the head saw Qin Chen, and was slightly taken aback. Qin Chen came back to his senses, and hurried forward and said, "I see, it's nothing, just send the master back."
The servant nodded, and Qin Chen also walked in. The two clerks in the back looked at each other, and both stood at the gate of the courtyard. He sank, and sent Qin An into the room. Because he was in a hurry to leave, Qin An was only covered with a cloak. After entering the room, when the cloak was lifted, Qin An's face was immediately exposed, and the lights in the room were still on. , Qin Chen saw the purple-red chancre on Qin An's face at a glance.
Feeling uncomfortable in his heart, Qin Chen endured the acid regurgitation in his stomach and stepped forward, "Father, I can't leave..."
Qin An was seriously ill, and he hadn't taken any effective medicinal soup for so many days. In addition, he was frightened at this moment, and his spirit was a little trance under his weak body. "I can't walk? Why? Why?"
Qin An showed horror, and subconsciously looked out the window, "Go, go immediately, I have to go..."
As he was speaking, Qin An stepped on the ground, but before he could stand up, he fell to the side with pain in his muscles and bones. The servants on the other side rushed to help him up, and advised him, "Master, I can't go anymore. They are all from the government. Didn’t we get stopped just now? We really can’t leave…”
Qin An waved his hand, "Trash! Go find Prefect Huo! Prefect Huo must be accommodating..."
Qin An was angry, with a ferocious look on his face. Qin Chen's eyes hurt when he saw this scene, and hatred came out again. He didn't want to say more, but only looked at the servants on the left and right, "Take care of father, don't come out. This yard!"
The servants all saw that Qin An was a little delirious at this moment, so they nodded hurriedly. Qin Chen didn't look at Qin An again, turned around and strode out.
"Nizi! You naughty boy! Come back to me—"
Qin Chen took big strides, turning a deaf ear to the scolding behind him, walked out of the courtyard, glanced at the two servants, did not speak, and went straight to the inner courtyard, and as soon as he stepped into the inner courtyard, Qin Chen saw more than usual. Many yamen servants didn't take a few steps, but saw Qi Lin at a glance, Qin Chen paused, and Qi Lin walked over slowly from the other side.
"The young master came back from the outer courtyard? How is Master Qin?"
Qi Lin spoke sarcastically, and Qin Chen's face turned blue and red, "It's okay."
Qi Lin smiled and nodded, "That's good. I'm going to see Master Qin. Master Qin is seriously ill. We should send a few more people to take care of him. By the way, where is the young master going?"
Qin Chen said calmly, "To see grandma..."
Qi Lin said with a half-smile, "It's better not to go to see the old lady, the young master will go back to his yard, after the questioning, the young master will go to see the old lady later, the magistrate and His Royal Highness issued an order, From before a cup of tea, everyone in the Qin Mansion is not allowed to move around indiscriminately."
The corners of Qin Chen's lips were tightly pursed. He just felt that his whole body was completely cold, and his face was even frozen. He couldn't even make an expression of displeasure or anger. He nodded, and Qin Chen walked around Qi Lin with a blank expression on his face. Put it down in your own yard.
Qi Lin turned around and looked at Qin Chen's back, and told the left and right, "Go to two people and protect the young master."
The two yamen servants responded and hurriedly followed.
Qi Lin sighed, shook his head again, and then turned to go towards the front yard. The left and right yamen's servants all had mixed expressions when they saw this, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Captor, is the Qin family going to end? "
Qi Lin snorted coldly, "Didn't you see the bones at the bottom of the well? There are so many lives hidden in the Qin Mansion, you can't stop talking?"
Several yamen shrank their necks, too busy to ask any more questions.
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The Qin Mansion was originally a prosperous official ship sailing on the river. This ship contained the wealth and wealth of many people. All the people living on this ship with the surname Qin were closely related to it. Naturally, Qin Wan was also included.
In the Purple Bamboo Forest, Yan Chi had been holding an umbrella for Qin Wan for nearly half an hour. Seeing that more and more silt was being dug out of it, Yan Chi turned his head to look at Qin Wan and said, "This incident has a great impact on the Qin family. It can’t be said that it has no effect on you, what do you plan to do?”
Qin Wan didn't seem to expect that Yan Chi would ask this question, turned his head and glanced at him before he bent his lips, "If I say that I have no intention, can His Royal Highness be trusted?"
Yan Chi listened to these words with concentration for a moment, and after a while, he pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Qin Wan looked away and continued to look in the direction of the mouth of the well, "I don't know what will happen to the Qin family. It depends on what is dug out from the bottom of the well. Now, my fate is indeed closely related to the Qin family, but this matter is obvious. It has nothing to do with me, but I believe that the laws of the Great Zhou are just, those who are involved will be punished, and those who have nothing to do will be fine in the end."
After a slight pause, Qin Wan said again, "As for the glory and wealth... When the Qin family is good, people surnamed Qin have a distinguished status and wealth beyond ordinary people. Since they enjoy these, when the Qin family is not good, all I should also be able to bear it, so I really don't have any plans, let's talk about it after the truth of this case emerges and a conclusion is reached."
Yan Chi's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "Ninth Miss is free and easy..."
When Qin Wan heard the words, she only bent her lips and didn't say much. She wasn't free and easy, but she didn't have deep feelings for the Qin Mansion. Although she still doesn't know how many bones there are in the well, she seems to be able to see the end of the Qin Mansion. , and the defeat of the Qin family must have affected her, but what does it matter? When she was just born, her father was just a small inspectorate official. At that time, their life was hard, and it was different. For Qin Shuang and Qin Xiang, she had to live a hard life. But there is no difficulty at all, not to mention that she has medical skills and can do autopsies, so she doesn't have to worry about her livelihood.
Qin Wan thinks clearly, there is a response to everything, and he can naturally be calm and composed.
Time went by little by little, and the torches on the well were changed a few times. After a while, there was a shout from down the well. Huo Huaixin stepped forward to listen to it, then turned around and said, "His Royal Highness, another skull was found, didn't you?" Pull the bones up."
Yan Chi's eyes straightened, and he nodded, "Pull it up first."
Huo Huaixin gave an order, and the servants around hurriedly laid out a felt blanket, and they planned to pile up the bones on the felt blanket for Qin Wan to check, as they did that day.
The underground terrain is narrow, and after a while, a bamboo basket was thrown down from the well, and after a while, the people on the well pulled up a basket of white bones. As the basket got higher and higher, the bones in the basket became more and more clearly exposed. It came out, and the top of the basket was a skull wrapped in mud.
Before digging the well, we got mud, not to mention digging down two feet now. Seeing that all the bones were covered in mud, Huo Huaixin immediately said, "Go fetch two buckets of water."
The yacha was ordered to leave, and the basket here had already been brought out. A yamen came over with the basket in his arms, and knocked all the bones inside on the felt blanket with a few bangs. This time, the other skulls were exposed After coming out, Huo Huaixin and Yan Chi frowned as they looked at the skulls. Before Qin Wan could speak, they already sensed that something was wrong.
Huo Huaixin was the first to step forward, but he didn't dare to turn it over. He just picked up a branch and poked it, then frowned and said, "It's strange, why do these skulls look a little... a little..."
"Small!"
Huo Huaixin didn't say "some" for a long time, but a yamen servant at the side shouted out first, Huo Huaixin's eyes lit up, "Yes! It's small! Some small..."
Yan Chi glanced at Qin Wan, Qin Wan stepped forward to the side of the felt blanket, Yan Chi frowned and said, "Your guess is right."
Qin Wan guessed right, the child's bones were indeed buried under the well, just like the one she picked up, they were much smaller than the adult's, Qin Wan handed the hand stove to Fuling behind, then squatted down and carefully Looking carefully at the pile of white bones wrapped in mud, because they are covered with mud, the details are not clear, but the approximate size of the bones can be seen clearly.
Qin Wan stared carefully for a moment, "Looking at the size of the bone and the degree of connection of the joints on it, the owner of this bone is probably around ten years old." Qin Wan also picked up a dead branch on the ground and moved it. After a while, "about ten years old, or eleven or twelve years old, at most no more than twelve years old..."
After Qin Wan finished speaking in a deep voice, there was silence all around.
If it is said that the dead are all grown-ups, one can still imagine that they were killed because of some kind of vendetta, but the dead are all children. What kind of enmity does this magnificent Qin Mansion have with the little children
Qin Wan squinted her eyes, and her eyes darkened unprecedentedly. When she followed her father around for a long time, she also saw cases related to children, and such cases were usually the most depressing and heavy.
"Can you only tell the age? Can you tell how dead it is?"
Huo Huaixin asked anxiously, Qin Wan shook his head, "We have to wait until the sludge is removed..."
Just as he was talking, the servants who were sent to fetch water had come back, and the four wooden barrels were put aside, and the servants put the bones into the barrels to clean, and the cleaned ones were put aside, Qin Wan waited for a while, seeing that the bones being washed were big and small, and then stepped forward to examine them carefully. Yan Chi didn't ask anything, but continued to stand beside Qin Wan holding an umbrella.
Qin Wan rolled up his sleeves and picked up bones of different sizes to examine one by one, including skull, leg bones, ribs, and even finger bones. Huo Huaixin picked up the torch beside him and moved closer to Qin Wan.
The torch was as bright as day, and Qin Wan's eyes were coldly examining every bone. Gradually, her brows were deeply wrinkled, and the servants around her were afraid to make a sound. For a moment, even the wind in the bamboo forest seemed to stop. When it came down, only the pattering sound of rain was left in the surroundings, Qin Wan one after another, until the bones in her hand were piled up into a small hill, and she stopped slowly.
Looking at the small mountain of bones, Yan Chi noticed Qin Wan's fingers were trembling slightly.
Yan Chi's breath tightened, an ominous premonition arose in his heart, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
Qin Wan pursed her lips, swallowed hard, and said in a hoarse voice, "Girls, they are all immature girls..."