In the early morning seven days later, Qin Wan and Fu Ling came out from the west backyard, and the servants of the Qin Mansion who were hiding not far away looked at them curiously and somewhat in awe.
"The ceremony has been done for seven days, Miss Jiu is still fine, so is Miss Jiu really alive?"
"That's right, if it's really evil and obsessed with foxes, it would have been accepted by the eminent monks long ago!"
"I don't think it's possessed by evil worshipers, but by Bodhisattvas. Fu Ling was saved by Miss Nine!"
Fu Ling snorted softly, "Miss is obviously not dead, but they just said that she is dead, and when she wakes up, she still wants to insult her by saying that she is evil and seductive. Now it's all right, they should shut up after the ceremony is over." Mouth."
After seven days of confinement, Qin Wan finally settled down to accept the identity of the Ninth Miss of the Qin Mansion.
The most urgent task at the moment is to find out why Miss Ninth died, and she was surprised that no one came to inquire about it during the past seven days. Could it be that the murderer was not afraid of her waking up and telling the truth
Today's Qin Wan is wearing a moon-white wide-sleeved dress, and her waterfall-like black hair is pulled up with only one plain hairpin. She is bathed in the sunlight, her temperament is clear and her eyes are as bright as a bright moon. She doesn't say much, just He said softly, "Tell the story of that day again."
Fu Ling felt a little distressed, her young lady really couldn't remember the past.
"Miss had lunch that day, and took a nap for half an hour. In the afternoon, when she heard that Mr. Huo had entered the mansion, she was a little confused. However, Mr. Huo only talked to the eldest and second young masters when he entered the mansion, so he would not invite us. "
"Miss was depressed at the time and didn't even eat much dinner. After dinner, Miss suddenly said that she wanted to go out for a walk."
Fu Ling blamed herself, "It's also my servant's fault. I forgot to bring my cloak when I went out with Miss. It was a bit chilly after nightfall. When my servant accompanied Miss to the lotus pond, the wind suddenly blew up, making it even colder."
"I wanted the young lady to go back, but the young lady wanted to stay by the lotus pond for a while, so the servant girl asked the young lady to wait, and went back to fetch the cloak for the young lady. Miss Time is gone!"
Fu Ling said with a slightly sour nose, "At that time, the servant was in a hurry, the young lady was timid, and it was by the lotus pond in the middle of the night, and she was about to fall into it by accident. The servant hurriedly searched around the lotus pond, but the young lady was not found. I was afraid that the lady would go back to the yard by herself, and I would come back to look at it again, but I didn't see the lady when I came back... "
"The servant girl looked for it in the middle of the night, and it started to rain in the middle of the night. I really had no choice but to go to the housekeeper, but I was blocked outside the housekeeper's courtyard. The servant girl was so anxious that she knelt outside the housekeeper's courtyard. It took more than half an hour."
Fu Ling has a kind and lively personality, but at this point, she also gritted her teeth, "The butler never showed up. When the sky was about to dawn, someone suddenly said that the young lady jumped into the lake..."
Eight days have passed since the incident, and Fu Ling's eyes were still slightly red when she said it, "At that time, I felt that the sky was going to collapse."
Qin Wan patted the back of her hand reassuringly, "Then I was picked up and sent to the mourning hall soon?"
"En!" Fu Ling sniffed, "The old madam said it was unlucky, so she invited the masters to do a ritual ceremony for a day, and planned to take the young lady out for burial in the morning of the next day."
Qin Wan narrowed her eyes in thought for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyes, "Is this the lotus pond you mentioned?"
The two of them headed south all the way, and they came to a lotus pond ten feet square.
At the end of summer and early autumn, the pond is full of lotus leaf pavilions, the breeze is blowing, and the fragrance of lotus is overflowing.
Waterside pavilions stand around the lotus pond. In the middle of the lotus pond, there is also a covered bridge leading to the pavilion on the opposite side.
"That's right, the lady was standing by the covered bridge at that time."
The lotus pond here has only a wooden path around the lotus pond in the north, and the buildings and water pavilions are all in the south. Qin Wan came from the north and was standing at the north end of the covered bridge. "Where is Banyue Lake?" Qin Wan asked suddenly.
Fu Ling's eyes were puzzled, "Banyue Lake is still in the south. At that time, I heard that the lady jumped into the lake. I was still wondering how the lady got there. With our identities, the lady doesn't like to provoke disputes. The most I come to the lotus pond is on weekdays." Walk."
Because she didn't walk over by herself.
Qin Wan secretly said in his heart, "Take me there to have a look."
The two of them crossed the lotus pond along the covered bridge, and they saw a rockery, a gazebo beside the rockery, and behind the gazebo were two buildings with cornices. Qin Wan had already seen it clearly, even though it was far away in Jinzhou The third bedroom in the Qin Mansion is still luxurious. This mansion has ten steps, one view and five steps on the first floor.
It took another half a cup of tea to arrive at Banyue Lake.
As the name suggests, the lake is crescent-shaped, with lush flowers and trees on both sides of the lake, and there are two small buildings facing the lake standing quietly. At the moment, there is no one around the lake. Occasionally, one or two servants will take a peek and leave hurriedly.
Obviously, the shock of Qin Wan's resurrection is still there.
"Miss, do you still remember that from here to the south, on the left is the residence of young masters and ladies, on the right is the residence of aunts, the old lady is in the Buddhist hall in the east, and the old lady is in the front main courtyard..."
Fu Ling simply pointed, Qin Wan looked over but didn't answer, just asked, "Where was I caught that day?"
Fu Ling hurriedly walked forward for more than ten steps, "Here, this is..."
It was a huge natural basalt stone. Half of the stone was on the shore and half was in the lake. Standing on the stone, he had a wide view and could see the whole lake. Qin Wan walked over to the stone.
"Miss, don't go over—"
Fu Ling was still terrified, but Qin Wan shook her head. Although she didn't speak, the aura around her was already overwhelming.
Seeing Qin Wan approaching, Fu Ling was in a daze.
Her young lady is very different from before!
Looking at the sparkling lake in front of him, Qin Wan frowned slightly. The lake here is extremely deep, and it is indeed possible to drown people, but Qin Wan did not drown, but was thrown away. Stone is a bit conspicuous.
Miss Nine was supposed to have been killed on the night of July 21st, and then thrown into the lake in the middle of the night.
From this, it can be concluded that the murderer is a member of the Qin family. However, even in the middle of the night, there are so many servants in the Qin family, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be seen. When throwing the corpse, it is natural to choose a hidden place.
Qin Wan squatted down, put his hands into the water, and carefully felt the direction of the water.
This Banyue Lake is not a dead lake. It looks calm, but there must be an undercurrent at the bottom of the lake, and the corpses will move.
After a while, Qin Guan looked towards the lakeside flower forest seven or eight feet upstream of Xuanwu Stone.
It was a hibiscus forest. The flowering period of this season has passed, leaving only a piece of verdant greenery. Qin Wan got up and walked over slowly. Fuling wanted to keep up, but Qin Wan said after two steps, "Are you here?" wait."
When thinking about the case, Qin Wan didn't like to be disturbed by others, even the sound of footsteps.
Miss Nine is in a pitiful situation and has a timid temper, but she is a person who doesn't like to provoke disputes. Why was she killed? Where was he killed again? Could it be the hibiscus forest in front of me? The clothes on her body were replaced and burned, and she couldn't figure it out just because of the injuries on her body. Those scratches could be caused on any rough ground.
Qin Wan stared at the green lake.
This is where the body was found, there must be clues!
The sky was already bright, and the sun climbed up from the sky. Qin Wan walked to the lake next to the flower forest, and his gaze swept over like an arrow. At first glance, there was nothing unusual. Qin Wan did not give up, and leaned over to look at the bottom of the lake.
Qin Wan was concentrating on searching, when a shadow suddenly fell from behind her.
Qin Wan thought it was Fu Ling, and subconsciously turned around to speak, but just as soon as he turned around, he pushed her out fiercely with both hands!