I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 199 Clues

In the past few days, she also learned from Yuan Yanxi that the location of Xianglianju was the other courtyard of the late General Xiao Nansheng in her previous life. The noble family of Shixun in the capital city, this other courtyard was the house built by General Xiao after he was awarded the title of honor. It was originally called Fuliutang.

However, with a secret report that came out of the blue, General Xiao became a traitor that everyone shouted and beat, and the Xiao family was punished. Even Xiao Nansheng's younger sister and concubine Xiao Jing'an, who was one of the four concubines, was not spared. Immediately, he was cast into the cold palace, and the young fifth prince Qi Yumo was also pushed out and bullied in the palace.In the year when General Xiao fell off the cliff, Concubine De also died in the cold palace, and the fifth prince was missing.

The Xiao family was not far behind, and all the previous property and land were confiscated from the national treasury, but this courtyard fell into the hands of Queen Chang Xinyue, and was later used as an embroidery workshop, which is now Xianglianju.

Lu Xizhi sighed in his heart, Xianglianju occupies a large area, and the courtyard has four entrances, Chang Xinyue is very good at occupying space.

Stepping into Xianglianju again, the two of them felt a sense of desolation and loneliness blowing over their faces.

After so many things happened, the students have long since rested and stopped attending classes, and the garden in the front yard seems to have withered a lot. The four copper lamps with goose feet on the two walls of the lobby are shaped like a solitary goose's feet, and the legs support a ring lamp. There are three lampposts in the lamp panel. At this time, three large candles are lit at the same time, illuminating the place as brightly as day. It seems that there are still people taking care of the place on a daily basis.

After a while, a figure flashed by from the backyard, and Bei Xue flew over and carried that person over.

"Jasper." Lu Xizhi said.

"What about Lu Ji?"

"Well, why, are you the only one left?"

Biyu sighed and lowered her head: "A few days later, Wang Hehe, there were still students studying at the beginning, but since the day before yesterday, the embroiderer did not come, so... today, only me and a few little sisters are left."

"What about the rain?"

"They are all in the embroidery room."

"That's fine, let's go, I have something to ask you."

Lu Xizhi walked into the embroidery room and saw four other girls besides Qingyu. She asked Beixue to watch, while she took Biyu to the next room to ask questions alone.

"Biyu, we're just chatting casually today, so don't be nervous." Seeing that Biyu was at a loss, Lu Xizhi comforted her.

The little girl nodded slightly.

"You said that day that Mrs. Li was very kind to Bilian, but she was very ordinary to you, didn't you?"

"Ah."

"Then... don't you all like Aunt Li?"

Bi Lian looked up, a little puzzled: "That's not true. Aunt Li is always in the kitchen on weekdays, and she is not close to us. It's hard to say whether she likes it or not."

"Since you said Aunt Li likes Bilian more, does she particularly hate anyone?"

Bilian shook her head.

Lu Xizhi suddenly said: "Aunt Li was killed, who do you think will kill her in Xianglianju?"

The woman on the opposite side was obviously taken aback, and looked at her in horror, her lips trembling: "What... Li... Aunt Li, yes, she was killed by someone? It wasn't Bilian's ghost..."

"No, it was killed by someone. Someone killed Aunt Li and forged the scene of suicide."

"How...how could..."

Biyu didn't seem to be pretending, Lu Xizhi lowered her eyes.

"Does Xianglianju often have outsiders coming?"

Biyu seemed to have not recovered from the question just now, her eyes were full of panic.

"You don't have to be afraid, the murderer's goal is very clear and has nothing to do with you, otherwise...you wouldn't be sitting here now."

Biyu looked up blankly, "The murderer won't kill us..."

"We are here to catch the murderer as soon as possible. After all... this is all speculation. What if he doesn't stop?" Lu Xizhi clapped his hands, "So, you have to cooperate with me and answer every question carefully. Xianglianju, often Are there outsiders coming in and out?"

"Occasionally, there will be one or two people who come in a carriage and enter through the side door. I... I just thought it was a man." Biyu quickly replied.

Lu Xizhi asked some more information about this man, but Biyu didn't know anything, so it didn't help much.

After sending Biyu away, she asked several other people with the same question one after another, and all of them gave similar answers.Finally, it was called sunny and rainy.

When asked who killed Mrs. Li and who she thought would be the murderer, Qingyu's reaction was quite intriguing.

She didn't have the fear of the others, but there was a flash of surprise, and the surprise didn't seem to be that Aunt Li was killed by someone, but she showed a very surprised expression when Lu Xizhi asked this question.

Lu Xizhi had a panoramic view of everything and had a calculation in his heart.

She calmly asked the rest of the questions, and then took her leave.

When the two walked out of Xianglianju, the carriage was parked outside the courtyard. When they looked up, they realized that it was already dusk and the moon was already faintly hanging in the sky.

The moonlight is bright and clear, and the sky and the earth seem to be covered with a layer of veil. It looks clear and distant, but it can't be seen clearly in the distance. There are also layers of darkness in the field, and the image is dark waves.

Just as Lu Xizhi was about to get into the carriage, he heard the sound of wheels at the end of the road. Looking over there, he vaguely saw a figure pushing the cart into Xianglianju.

Why does that look familiar?

"Beixue, go and have a look!"

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(End of this chapter)