Chapter 8
An hour later, the west courtyard.

Su Jizhi held the silver hairpin in his hand and Wan Yan looked at each other.

"Tell me, Miss Wanyan, what do you mean by this?"

Wan Yan bit her lower lip, Su Ji is very poisonous.

She thought that people died for money, and this silver hairpin was worth at least 20 taels of silver if it was pawned. How did the jailer report everything to Su Jizhi?

Wan Yan lowered her head, pretending to be frightened.

"Wei Zhengwu's autopsy report came out. He died of excessive blood loss after being pierced with a sharp weapon. You are no longer suspected, but Miss Wanyan's behavior, this officer will think you are inquiring about the case."

"Yes." The girl's voice was like a mosquito: "My lord, I didn't kill anyone, but I was curious about how Vice General Wei died. It's still the same sentence. Except for the murderer, I was the last person to contact Vice General Wei."

Su Jizhi lowered his brows, he always felt that Wanyan had a plan, not just for the truth of the case.

"If the girl says that, I have another consideration. Do you know the murderer and conspire to kill Vice-General Wei? You are responsible for knocking Vice-General Wei unconscious so that the murderer can proceed smoothly."

Wan Yan's heart sank, she did do this, but the purpose was not to help the murderer commit the murder.

"My lord, the little girl doesn't know that Vice-General Wei is taking medicine, or that sentence, I want to get Vice-General Wei drunk, but I have nothing to do with the murderer."

Wan Yan looked directly at Su Jizhi.

Now she has figured out the process of Wei Zhengwu's death.

Worries and doubts are all gone.

Wei Zhengwu died of stab wounds and had nothing to do with her.

She was giving Wei Zhengwu alcohol because she didn't know that Wei Zhengwu had taken Hehuansan.

Wanyan breathed a long sigh of relief.

When she left the Peony Hall the night before, Wei Zhengwu's state was indeed not right.

Later, when she heard that Wei Zhengwu had died, she was terrified.

If Wei Zhengwu died of Hehuansan poisoning, she could not escape the responsibility anyway.

Su Jizhi looked at the girl and after knowing that he was fine, he smiled slightly.

The fundus of the eyes is clean and clear, so pure that there is no trace of impurities.

What secret is she hiding?
And why do you show your favor to him frequently?
"My lord, if I clear the suspicion, will I have to leave the government office?"

"Not yet."

Su Jizhi found out that Wan Yan was actually very happy.

She really admired him?

Su Jizhi didn't believe it.

So before Miao Hong came back, he didn't intend to let Wan Yan leave Tongshan mansion.

"Tell me about the sandy smell you mentioned, and now talk about it in detail."

Wan Yan's smile became brighter when she heard that she didn't need to go back to the teaching office.

"I have been sensitive to smell since I was a child, and I can smell smells that ordinary people can't smell. Yesterday, I found out that Vice General Wei was killed. After I entered the room, I smelled the smell of sand and stone."

The girl's voice was soft and waxy, and Su Jizhi was shocked.

So when he returned to the scene of the crime last night, did she really smell the sweet-scented osmanthus on him?
"Don't be afraid, my lord. I can't distinguish the smell all the time, because I am sensitive to the smell. No matter the smell or smell, I will selectively avoid it when it rushes into my nose."

Wan Yan raised her wrist.

The soft sleeves slipped off in an instant, revealing the girl's slender white lotus-root-like jade arms, hiding the fragrance of Sophora japonica flowers, which instantly surrounded him.

Su Jizhi wanted to hide, but he liked the smell.

The girl smiled, bright as sunshine: "That's it, I like the fragrance of Sophora japonica every day, and use it to cover up other smells."

Su Jizhi approached Wanyan for half a step without any trace, and the roots of his ears felt hot.

"My lord, the smell of sand and stone is very strong. Even though the window was open at that time, I still smelled that smell."

"If you were asked to identify, would you be able to identify that smell from thousands of smells?"

Wan Yan's long eyelashes blinked again and again: "My lord, I don't know, but I can give it a try."

When the girl walked out of the west courtyard, Su Jizhi strode half a step ahead of her just like last night.

Unlike in the dark night, Su Jizhi in gray uniform looks more youthful and handsome.

Neiya.

Su Jizhi pointed the grains of sand on the table to Wan Yan, hoping that she could turn the case around.

"Is this found in the room where the accident happened?" Wan Yan picked up a grain of sand and put it under her nose, with a smile on the corner of her mouth; "Master Su, this is the smell."

Su Jizhi thought it was amazing.

He can't smell anything.

"But why did the murderer bring sand and stones?" Wan Yan was puzzled.

"Maybe it was left on the murderer's body or the sole of a shoe."

Wan Yan shook her head: "The Jiaofang Division is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for strangers to come in and out casually."

"The murderer jumped in and out of the window."

Wan Yan suddenly realized that it was so.

"But...the Peony Hall is on the second floor, and people often come and go in the backyard. The murderer is too bold, isn't he afraid of being seen?"

"According to the results of the autopsy, when Vice General Wei died of ugliness, at that time, the Secretary of Jiaofang must have..."

Su Jizhi wanted to say that he was drunk and dreamed of death, but suddenly he thought about the fact that girls are performing arts instead of selling themselves.

Wan Yan's smile froze on her face, and she looked lonely, "Yes, in the eyes of adults, what are we?"

The girl's tone was resentful, Su Jizhi evaded and pointed to the map: "The government servants have started to cast their nets widely today. According to the directions provided by Miss Wanyan, they will visit the gravel fields near Tongshan Mansion one by one."

Wan Yan didn't want to talk.

Half an hour later, Wan Yan sat in the chair of the inner office without moving at all.

Su Jizhi sat upright, reading and rereading the autopsy report.

With a light cough, Su Jizhi asked, "Miss Wanyan, do you want tea?"

"Don't dare to bother my lord, I'm not thirsty."

Su Jizhi bowed his body and had no topic to talk about, and the atmosphere reached a deadlock again.

"Last night, I saw that the girl likes calligraphy and painting. The girls here can browse through the books at will."

Wan Yan glanced at him lightly, got up and walked to the bookshelf.

The atmosphere eased, and Su Jizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Near noon, yamen servants returned one after another, Su Jizhi did not avoid Wanyan.

Outside the city of Tongshan Prefecture, according to the investigation of the government officials, there are three large sand and gravel fields.

The government servants brought back sand samples and employment lists from the three sand and gravel pits.

Wan Yan came over.

The familiar taste rushed into the nostrils.

Su Jizhi tentatively picked up the first bag of gravel and put it by his nose. It had no smell except dust.

Looking at the color, it is also different from the sand and gravel found at the scene of the crime.

Just as he was about to pick up the second bag, he found that the yamen servant was staring at Wan Yan intently.

Su Ji's heart was filled with anger.

How dare you covet this little white rabbit?

Wan Yan is the head of the Jiaofang Division, not only participated in solving the case, but also prepared to smell the things brought back from the scene. If it gets out, she will be in big trouble.

Su Jizhi sternly ordered the yamen servant to leave the inner yamen.

At the same time, I felt a faint unhappiness in my heart, it was all caused by my beauty.

Wan Yan didn't know, so when they were the only ones left in the inner office, he asked cautiously, "Does your lord want me to distinguish these three smells?"

Su Jizhi nodded: "Although I'm not sure, I still hope to use Miss Wanyan's ability to shorten the time to solve the case."

"What about the benefits?"

Su Ji's eyes were heavy, "Say it."

The girl picked up the sand and sniffed it lightly: "I haven't figured it out yet, if I help the lord solve the case, it will be considered that the lord owes me a request, how about it?"

The little girl's eyes were burning, and there was youth in her eyes.

"I promise you."

Wan Yan picked up three bags of sand, sniffed it lightly, and put down one of them.

Then he took a deep breath and exhaled, putting the remaining two bags of sand under his nose.

Think about it, and continue to put down a bag of sand.

Finally, she handed the sandbag in her hand to Su Jizhi: "My lord, this!"

(End of this chapter)

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