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Chapter 181 Dried Reed Flowers
  There were still many servants walking back and forth in the ancestral hall. Shen Zhuoxi asked Huizhi to clear them all away, while the three masters and servants searched for traces in the house.
  While searching, Zhuye said, "Since it was an arson, there may not be traces left behind. Moreover, people came and went when the fire was put out. Even if there were traces, they would probably have been wiped out."
  "My servant thinks the opposite." Huizhi took over the words and said: "There are people guarding the ancestral hall all the time, just during the meal break. It is impossible for the person who set the fire to do it perfectly without being discovered."
  "And the lady said that there must be something to support combustion, it must be pine oil or something like that. If you bring it up close, it will arouse suspicion!"
  Huizhi's words made Shen Zhuoxi suddenly stunned.
  Yes, if it is oil such as pine oil, the smell will definitely remain after burning.
  But from the time she entered the courtyard until now, except for the smokey smell of burning and the smell of the paste of offerings, there was no other smell!
  In other words, most of the things that support combustion may not be oil.
  Shen Zhuoxi stopped and turned around in his mind, thinking carefully about what could ignite quickly.
  "Miss, what's wrong?" Seeing her stop, Hui Zhi asked suspiciously, "Is your slave wrong?"
  "What you said makes sense, but the thing that was set on fire was definitely not pine oil." Shen Zhuoxi walked quickly to the window and looked out.
  There are many sycamore trees planted in the backyard of the ancestral hall, with shady green leaves. There are many lychee-sized fruits on the trees, which are bright green. When the autumn sun sets, the fruits turn yellow and there are small seeds inside...
  Shen Zhuoxi stared at the fruits thoughtfully, an idea flashed through his head, and he knelt down to search along the base of the wall.
  Huizhi and Zhuye glanced at each other. No one knew what Shen Zhuoxi was doing.
  Suddenly, Shen Zhuoxi stopped and said, "I really found it!"
  She stretched out her hand, picked up a ball of fluffy stuff from the base of the wall, and said with a smile, "Do you think there will be dried reed flowers in the ancestral hall?"
  Huizhi suddenly thought of something and said: "There are reed flowers in Huozhezi!"
  "No, this thing is not from Huozhezi." Shen Zhuoxi pointed to the corner and said, "Look for it one by one, there must be more."
  After a while, the three masters and servants found a small handful of dried reed flowers.
  "They actually use this thing as a combustion aid!" Zhuye said with emotion: "No ordinary person would pay attention to this, the intention is too sinister!"
  "How did Miss find out?" Hui Zhi asked curiously: "This method is too biased."
  "You inspired me." Shen Zhuoxi walked to the window sill, held the window with both hands and jumped lightly, and he was outside the window.
  She found some more dried reed flowers on the ground, held them up and gave Huizhi a sly smile: "Carrying oil drums in and out will definitely arouse suspicion. If we can think of it, others can too."
  "So those people must have hidden things on their bodies. Oil is out of the question. There are only a few things that can support combustion. Dried reed flowers are the easiest to get."
  Bamboo Leaf poked his head out of another window and said: "Dry reed flowers are the most flammable. Logically speaking, it is impossible to leave so many of them in such a big fire. Is this a flaw intentionally exposed?"
  "What are you thinking about?" Shen Zhuoxi leaned forward and flicked her forehead, saying: "This thing is flammable, but it is also light. When the flames start to burn, it will cause a heat wave."
  "The heat wave carries the airy dry reed flowers, and it will definitely settle a lot in the house."
  "Wow." Zhuye covered his forehead and said in admiration: "How come you know everything, Miss?"
  "How can I be your lady if you don't understand?" Shen Zhuoxi smiled mysteriously: "Guess again, who brought the Reed Flower in?"
  Zhuye shook his head: "I don't know."
  "I wonder why you shouldn't look for other traces?" Shen Zhuoxi laughed and said, "People don't come out from the front door. Look along the windows."
  Shen Zhuoxi continued to search outside the wall.
  I actually found a footprint at the foot of one of the windows, which seemed to have been made when it fell from the window.
  "Go to the housekeeper and ask him to call all the people who came in and out of the ancestral hall today." Shen Zhuoxi stood by the window and said.
  Zhuye sighed and quickly brought everyone over.
  The housekeeper stepped forward with a bitter look on his face and said, "Miss, we are busy right now. The grand master wants to restore the ancestral hall as soon as possible. Why did you call everyone here?"
  "It's burned like that. No matter how fast you go, you won't be able to finish it before tonight." Shen Zhuoxi glanced at the people brought by the housekeeper and said, "We are here to find the arsonist."
  "Ah?" the housekeeper asked suspiciously, "Is there really a murderer?"
  "Otherwise, what do you think?" Shen Zhuoxi narrowed his eyes slightly, took a few steps closer to the housekeeper, and said, "You don't really think it was me who offended my ancestors and caused the fire, do you?"
  The housekeeper said sarcastically: "I don't dare."
  "If you don't dare, just get out of the way." Shen Zhuoxi said, looking at the person behind the housekeeper: "Whoever sets fire to the ancestral hall will be given a chance to stand up and admit it. He will be given a lighter punishment."
  "If you don't admit it and get caught by me, it won't just be a simple punishment."
  Everyone stared hard, some dodging, some fearlessly, some bowing their heads, and some curious.
  However, no one responded.
  Shen Zhuoxi had expected it, smiled, and pointed at the fat man standing behind the crowd: "You, come out."
  The fat man who was clicked shivered and slowly stepped forward.
  "Hurry up," the butler urged, "Don't wait too long."
  The fat man quickened his pace a little, walked up to Shen Zhuoxi, and saluted, "Little man Dengzhan, I have met the lady."
  "Lamp, light up the front, what a good name." Shen Zhuoxi looked at him, and finally his eyes fell on his feet: "What size shoes should you wear?"
  "Ah?" Dengzhan was confused by her question and subconsciously said: "Seven inches and nine."
  The fat man is not very big, but he is very fat, and his feet are very wide. He cannot fit into the uniformly issued shoes for servants in the house.
  "It's just you." Shen Zhuoxi stepped back, walked to the window, and said, "You are the one who came out of the house through the window. I don't mind you, go and search yourself."
  The housekeeper was also stunned: "Ah? Why did the lady suddenly say that?"
  "This shoe print is eight inches long." Shen Zhuoxi staggered and pointed at the footprints under the window and said: "With such a big foot, he is either very tall or very fat. He is the most suitable."
  "I can't figure out why he climbed through the window without opening the door."
  The housekeeper didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly searched Deng Zhan's body, searching up and down, but found nothing except the money bag: "Miss, there's nothing!"
  "Give me the money bag." Shen Zhuoxi stretched out his hand and said.
  The housekeeper didn't know what she wanted to do, so he handed it to her as instructed.
  The money bag is slightly larger than ordinary ones, bigger than Shen Zhuoxi's open palm. If it is stuffed tightly, it can hold a lot of dried reed flowers.
  She weighed it and opened the money bag.
  There were only three copper coins in it, and in the corner of the money bag, there was indeed a small dried reed flower left.
  "What is this?" Shen Zhuoxi pinched it and asked Dengzhan.
  (End of this chapter)