The night was dark, the wind was blowing and the snow was blowing, and the dead Bailuzhou looked particularly gloomy and gloomy.
Although Lu Youxin agreed to Qin Wan, she was still very cautious. She asked Madam Huang to lead people to clean up Dongyuan's servants before leaving with Qin Wan.
In order to deceive others, Qin Wan only brought Bai Feng, Bai Ying and Fu Ling, while Lu Youxin brought Deng Huang, two nuns and two servants holding lamps.
Going east after leaving Wutong Garden, the quiet path with verdant trees and beautiful scenery looks quite scary in the daytime. The shadow of fangs and claws.
While holding the umbrella, Fu Ling held Qin Wan's arm tightly.
Compared with Bai Ying, Fu Ling had seen too little, and because she was with Lu Youxin and the others, Fu Ling forced herself to be calm and did not dare to show how flustered she was.
All the way to the boundary of Dongyuan, compared with Xiyuan, Dongyuan looks a little older, and because the courtyard here is unoccupied all year round, it is especially bleak and deserted. During the period when independent small courtyards are scattered, there are people living at the moment Most of the gates of the courtyard were tightly closed. If Lu Bohong and others had already rested, even the servants of the Lu family would not dare to come out again. After all, someone had just died, and the person who died was a young man. According to the customs of the Great Zhou , the younger the dead person is, the louder the sound will be.
"Auntie, where do the other cousins live?"
There was nothing to say all the way, Qin Wan suddenly asked a question, and a young man holding a lamp slipped and staggered a step in fright.
Lu Youxin glared at the man, and then said softly, "There are eight courtyards, large and small, in Dongyuan. The couple who came here first lived in Qingfengyuan. There are two entrances in Qingfengyuan. Jing Cheng also lived with his parents, but this time Jing Cheng came with a few female slaves, and she didn't want to live with her parents, so she lived in Qingsongyuan."
"Qingfeng Courtyard is the closest to Wutong Court in that direction. Qingsong Courtyard is a bit far away, and there are two old courtyards in the middle. Because no one lives there, no one cleans it now. Afterwards, the three-bedroom and four-bedroom people will come together. So I lived in Fengheyuan and Lanxiangyuan, which are a little further back. Fengheyuan and Lanxiangyuan are connected together, and there is a Daoyue cave gate in the middle. I was originally in Jianzhou City, but because I came here, I didn't want to live in their mansion, so I came here. Before the Lu family had some troubles, the fifth house was held accountable by the other houses, and your fifth cousin is weak and sick , In order to prevent them from quarreling all day long, I let them live in the Green Bamboo Courtyard in the northeast, which is a courtyard with two entrances, and my ninth nephew, Jinghe, also lives with them."
After a pause, Lu Youxin said again, "By the way, my fifth nephew Jingxiu came from the third room, and my sixth nephew Jing Yun came from the fourth room. They all lived here with their father. Last night the two of them I made an appointment to have a drink today, and I went to Jianzhou City before dawn today, and I haven’t come back yet.”
As Lu Youxin spoke, she looked at Qin Wan. On such a night with dark moon, high wind and snow, even she felt a little panic when walking outside, but Qin Wan still walked calmly. This, especially since she spoke You can tell from the quiet voice that is not in a hurry.
At night like this, Qin Wan's voice reassured her.
Seeing Qin Wan's pensive face, Lu You couldn't help being suspicious in his heart. There were many rumors about this Princess Yongci, some said that she was the reborn Qingtian who repeatedly solved strange cases, and some said that she had the backing of an expert to make her rise to the top. There are also those who boast of her superb medical skills, but her title is "Yongci", a word of kindness, which is a recognition of her medical skills. As for the post-mortem examination, Lu Youxin doesn't quite believe it.
After all, she is also from the Hou family, a decent noble lady, how can she go to learn the art of autopsy!
That's all, even if Qin Wan's parents died early, there were quite twists and turns later, but how can a teenage girl's family be better than a decades-old old man
Knowing that the person Yan Chi is going to marry is Qin Wan, Lu Youxin specially ordered someone to go to Jinzhou to inquire. This inquiry made her even more confused. It was rumored that Qin Wan was responsible for the two strange cases in Jinzhou, but how could she She couldn't believe it, because of the news she got, saying that although Qin Wan had the name of a cousin in the Jinzhou Qin Mansion, she didn't take it seriously at all. , Why did you suffer so much in those years
Thinking of this, Lu Youxin felt something was wrong when he saw Qin Wan at this moment, but the Qin Wan in front of him was very suitable for the news from the capital.
After thinking about it, Lu You felt a cloud of fog in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw that Qingsongyuan had already arrived.
Lu Youxin paused, "The people in the yard have already been sent away. They found out that they were out of breath in the morning. Because they haven't made a conclusion yet, they didn't change their mourning clothes. They just stopped like that. There is no incense and fire in the house." Banner, you-"
There was worry in Lu Youxin's eyes, and Qin Wan understood that it is most unlucky to die without setting up a mourning hall or burning incense.
She couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, Auntie, I don't believe this."
Lu Youxin was suspicious for a moment, then nodded again, turned and walked into Qingsongyuan.
Qin Wan looked around, there was only one gate in Qingsong Courtyard, "Do you usually lock the gate?"
Lu Youxin said, "It will be locked. Although it is at my house, it is snowing heavily at night. If there is no bolt inside, the courtyard door will be blown open."
Qin Wan nodded, and the group entered the yard.
I don’t know if it’s because of the fact that there are dead people in the main house. As soon as everyone entered the courtyard, they felt colder for no reason. The door of the main house was closed, and the room was lit. It looked quiet and mysterious. This is a courtyard just entered , Entering the courtyard is a flower garden with a square of two feet. There are a few clumps of dwarf pines planted in the flower garden. It also leads to the left and right wing rooms.
Qin Wan looked around, "Where does the female slave he brings live?"
Lu Youxin pointed to the wing room, "He has two female slaves and two young servants, and there are two rough servants in this yard. The female slave lives on the east side, and the young servant lives on the west side. These people have been interrogated during the day. He said he didn't notice anything unusual last night, and he didn't hear anyone calling."
Qin Wan nodded, and walked straight towards the main room. Lu Youxin saw that there was no trace of fear on her face. She knew that she was going to the place where the dead people were parked, but she still walked calmly like that. They also followed up.
From her point of view, it is not easy for Qin Wan to get to this point. It is possible that Qin Wan really learned how to deduce cases and conduct autopsies. Even though she is very scared at the moment, she has the ability to look calm and composed at any time. With this alone, she is already much stronger than most women.
Lu Youxin originally had a lot of concerns about Qin Wan, but at this time, most of the doubts have dissipated, and thinking that Yan Chi really loves Qin Wan, that's all.
Qin Wan walked to the main door, but did not rush to push the door. Seeing this, Huang Momo stepped forward and was about to push the door open, but Qin Wan raised her hand, "Wait a moment."
After walking under the eaves of the veranda, Qin Wan took off her hood, rubbed her frozen hands, and suddenly squatted down to look at a mark on the threshold, "How did you do this?"
Although the yard is old, it can still be seen that the wood used in its construction was of the highest grade. Not only that, these vermilion lacquer paintings have also been rested over the years, otherwise it seems impossible to be so complete now, but there are new ones on the threshold. mark.
How could Lu Youxin notice these details? Seeing Qin Wan's hand touching it, she couldn't help but feel helpless, "When I called the door in the morning, it was locked from the inside. I think it was when I knocked on the door..."
"The door was locked from the inside?"
Qin Wan raised her head and asked, Lu Youxin nodded, and then told all the people who came to be interrogated by Huang Momo. Qin Wan hurriedly asked, "Where is the window?"
Lu Youxin didn't understand this, so she looked at Nanny Huang, who pointed to the west window, "Over there..."
Qin Wan got up and went west to the corridor. When he got to the window, he saw a hole in the corner of the window paper. Qin Wan squatted down slightly, looked in through the hole, and saw the bed under the west window. At this moment, Lu Jingcheng was lying on it. He had been dead for a long time, and his face was covered with a white veil.
Qin Wan nodded, and then went to the door, she gently pushed the front door open, entered the door, and first checked the position of the door latch.
The bolt on the door had long since disappeared, and there was a new mark on the latch. Qin Wan looked around and saw the bolt in the corner.
The door bolt is made of wood, painted with red paint, it is broken in two at this moment, and a lot of the paint has peeled off.
After reading these, Qin Wan looked at the layout of the room for a while, and then took off the cloak and walked to the place where Lu Jingcheng's body was placed.
The layout of the room is very elegant and simple, because it is a guest courtyard, it does not look rich, but because the earth dragon has been broken in this room, it is as cold as the outside, and because the light in the room is quite dim, so you can see it by the window corpse, the two young servants holding the lamp hesitated.
Qin Wan didn't shy away from anything, she walked up to the corpse, and without thinking about it, she lifted the white veil on Lu Jingcheng's face.
Seeing this scene, Lu You's heart skipped a beat, and the two mothers Deng and Huang looked at each other, their eyes were not only surprised, but also a little horrified!
Lu Jingcheng had been dead for at least one day, his body was already stiff, and because of the severe cold weather, there was no smell of corpse. Looking at it, Lu Jingcheng's complexion was gray and his lips were cyanotic. On closer inspection, his face was unusually pale. Qin Wan leaned over again. Looking around at Lu Jingcheng's bare hands and wrists, he saw only a few very slight scratches.
Lu Youxin and the others were very surprised when they saw Qin Wan approaching the corpse, and their eyes widened when they saw Qin Wan not shy away from touching the corpse. Qin Wan's expression was serious, which was completely different from when he spoke just now. There was no smile on his face and his voice was cold, but there was still a bit of tenderness in it. At this moment, Qin Wan was serious, frowning slightly, focused and cold, and Lu Youxin was a little frightened.
Seeing Qin Wan start to check Lu Jingcheng's clothes, Lu Youxin couldn't hold back, "Guan'er, what can you see?"
Qin Wan didn't like to be disturbed during the autopsy, but Lu Youxin was an elder after all, so he said, "I haven't found the cause of death yet."
Lu Youxin smiled wryly, "The cause of death has actually been revealed—"
Qin Wan paused, and turned to look at Lu Youxin. At this moment, Qin Wan's face was expressionless, and Lu Youxin felt tense when she saw her, and he was not used to it. He hurriedly said, "When the boys found him in the morning, the earth dragon in the room It was broken a long time ago, and his brows and hair were covered with frost, and his face was pale, so he should have been frozen to death."
The wind and snow were howling outside the window, and Lu Youxin sighed, "It snowed last night. In such cold weather, it is common for people to freeze to death."
Qin Wan frowned lightly, "It's not freezing to death."
Speaking of which, Qin Wan turned around, continued to check Lu Jingcheng's clothes, and said quietly, "In such weather, if you stay outside with thin clothes, you may be frozen to death, because it is not only cold outside, but also cold wind, but even In this way, it will take at least one or two hours to die, unless it is an old child, or someone who is seriously ill. Although Lu Jingcheng was injured, her physique is not bad, and yesterday's injuries were all scratches, and she was not injured. It doesn't hurt his life, it's very simple, he fell asleep first, and then the earth dragon broke, if it was an ordinary person, he must have been woken up by freezing first, he knew that there were servants in the wing, why didn't he ask someone to burn the earth dragon again? "
Qin Wan's voice was very quiet, but it was different from the calm and deep flow of water in ordinary times, which made people feel at ease. At this moment, her quietness was like the severe cold outside. It was silent, but there was a feeling of coldness that penetrated into the bone marrow. She finished speaking word by word, and needles could be heard in the room. This made the sound of wind and snow outside seem more abrupt. Lu Youxin only felt a layer of goosebumps on her arms, and she subconsciously touched the back of her hand .
Qin Wan didn't feel how intimidating she was at the moment.
Lu Jingcheng was wearing a middle coat, and she really looked like she was sleeping.
After checking his shirt, Qin Wan didn't find anything unusual, so he stood up again, and glanced at the screen beside him.
There were two robes of Lu Jingcheng hanging on the screen. They were exactly the blue robes he was wearing when he was discovered yesterday. Qin Wan frowned and walked over to look at them. She frowned again. After a while, she turned back to look at the bed. On the side, beside the bed, was a pair of black short boots of Lu Jingcheng.
Qin Wan quickly walked to the bed and picked up the boots for a closer look...
Lu Youxin was confused by her comings and goings, so she continued to bite the bullet and said, "But the room is locked, he has been in the room all the time, and he drank medicine last night, if he slept too much , It is not impossible to be frozen to death, in such weather, if the ground dragon is not burned and the charcoal basin is not added, the house will freeze."
"Auntie's words have some truth." Qin Wan looked at the boots and said quietly, "But what if someone has come in here?"