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Chapter 39 Another person dies

"Why do you say this, sir?" Yun Xi's clear peach blossom eyes became clearer and scorching in the hazy night, and her eyes were a little more confused and less warm.

Her family feud has not been avenged, and the grievances of Jiangnan scholars have not been washed away for ten years. How can she be "liked"?

As soon as Lu Qingfan saw the strange look in the little woman's eyes, he knew that he had asked Meng Lang: "Hua Jianying has a mysterious background and is deeply involved in the case. Getting too close to him is unpredictable."

With a straight face, he brought the conversation back to the right track.

Yun Xi felt a bit of unspeakable unhappiness in her heart.

But it was Lu Qingfan who made the final decision that Hua Jianying should be with everyone.

"Don't worry, sir. Yun Xi is at ease." Yun Xi's outburst of emotions subsided within a moment, and she replied in a business-like tone.

"That's all, let's go see the corpse." Lu Qingfan walked straight towards the underground cabin, the annoyance in his eyes not being seen by the master and the servant.

"Miss, are you angry?" Qingguo, who was falling behind in the corridor, carefully held Yun Xi's sleeves.

"No, I just feel that Master Lu's words made me a little disappointed." Yun Xi's heart softened, she held the little maid's hand and whispered: "I'm fine."

The capital was just around the corner but cases were happening frequently, which forced her to deal with it with all her vigor, fearing that any clues would be revealed if she couldn't get justice.

"My servant looks at it, Master Lu seems to be a little jealous." After Qingguo finished speaking, he shook his head in disbelief: "No, a brave man like Master Lu will not be jealous."

Yun Xi nodded in agreement: "Don't talk nonsense in front of adults."

A group of three people walked into Ban Youwei's wing. His body was lying on the huge table as it was when he left it in the morning. His appearance was peaceful, as if he was asleep.

Lu Qingfan could already clearly see the corpse spots on his forehead. According to Yun Xi's explanation, Lu Qingfan also had a more intuitive impression of the autopsy results.

"There are too few clues left. There are only a few people who meet the requirements." Lu Qingfan rubbed his temples.

According to Yun Xi's inference about the murderer's stature, several Taoist priests, Hua Jianying, and Peng Rong may be the murderers.

Of course, Yun Xi intuitively ruled out the possibility of Peng Rong committing the crime... How can I put it, maybe Peng Rong has a face that regards wealth as life, and he really doesn't seem like the kind of person who would sacrifice wealth and kill people.

After all, there is only one Xiao Yi in this world.

After talking about the business, Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan fell into a rare awkward silence.

Lu Qingfan wanted to apologize for what Meng Lang said just now, but the little woman had a business-like tone from beginning to end, with a gentle and calm tone, like soft cotton, which really made it hard for people to find a way to break through.

He felt aggrieved for a long time and asked Yun Xi to go back and rest.

"As members of the yamen, everyone is patrolling and keeping vigil, and Qingguo and I are no exception. Why don't we go and watch Granny Yan Ling, Master and Disciple." Yun Xi took the initiative to suggest: "This can further exclude them and the boat girls.

their suspicion."

Her intuition told her that the bloody words left by Granny Yan Ling were by no means a simple prophecy.

Lu Qingfan wanted to die, but was afraid that his actions would make the little woman more unhappy, so he had no choice but to agree.

Master and servant Yun Xi bid farewell to Lu Qingfan and returned to the ground floor.

During this period, they met several unfamiliar boatmen on the boat, patrolling back and forth on the deck. On the observation deck above their heads, Mr. Lei held up a telescope to observe the movements inside the boat... Such meticulous arrangements are indeed reassuring.

When Fang Nuo saw Yun Xi leaving and returning, he was surprised and a little nervous: "Miss Yun, are you my master..."

"My mother-in-law's condition is acceptable, Miss Fang, don't worry. We are here to keep vigil." Yun Xi smiled and said in a low voice: "Since my mother-in-law left a prophecy, we are afraid that others will take advantage of her."

Hearing this, Fang Nuo's eyes welled up with gratitude: "Miss Yun, thank you, I really appreciate it!"

Yun Xi and Qing Guo alternated between resting, with Qing Guo sleeping first and Yun Xi sleeping in the middle of the night. Make sure that one of the two was absolutely awake and pay attention to the movements next door and in the corridor at all times.

At around half a quarter of a hour, girls came and went from time to time across the street, and cheerful voices came intermittently from several rooms at different distances.

Except for the sleeping Granny Yan Ling, the three girls in the room were not sleepy at all, listening to Meng Lang's words with their eyes wide open.

They were all Yunying's unmarried little girls. They looked at each other with red faces and then looked away in shame. Each of them sat stiffly and silently.

How shameful.

Around 12:00, the person opposite the door laughed and went back without any movement. The entire cabin gradually became quiet, with only the occasional snoring sound echoing in the corridor.

Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Qing Guo and Fang Nuo with relieved expressions on their faces. The three of them laughed in unison, and the previous awkward atmosphere was gone.

"Miss Fang, go to sleep quickly, we are watching over you." Yun Xi comforted her warmly.

"Hey." Fang Nuo responded, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soon.

Qingguo was sitting on the small couch in a bowl, but soon he fell over and fell into a sleepy, imageless sleep.

Yunxi, who couldn't laugh or cry, covered Qingguo with a blanket and sat by the door with a stool. Through the crack in the door, she could clearly see the closed door opposite.

It was okay at first, and Yun Xi could hold on while sitting there. Later, when she felt sleepy, she would memorize medical books. But around midnight, she still felt sleepy, and her head dropped several times.

Yun Xi hurriedly gave herself a refreshing injection and sat there for an hour.

Qingguo woke up and took over from Yun Xi, who fell asleep next to the soft couch.

In the dream, big and bloody characters were written densely all over the cabin. Not only could Yun Xi not find Qingguo, Lu Qingfan, Leng Hai Lengchuan, and even Granny Yan Ling’s master and apprentice, who were still together just now, were gone!

"Qingguo! Lord Lu? Haiwei, Chuanwei, mother-in-law, mother-in-law..."

At some point, Yun Xi was suddenly awakened by her own words. She suddenly opened her eyes wide and met a pair of gentle, wave-like chestnut eyes.

It's the shadow among the flowers.

"Playboy?" Yun Xi's sleepiness suddenly faded away.

"Is Miss Yun okay?" Huajian Ying's handsome face was all worried. His warm hand lightly fell on Yun Xi's forehead and immediately took it back: "You seem to have caught a cold and have a fever, so you kept mumbling."

"Ah, thank you, Mr. Hua, I'm fine." Yun Xi's forehead was dripping with sweat and she did have a fever.

"I didn't say anything just now, did I?" Yun Xi pretended to be shy and asked, "I made the playboy laugh."

No one knew that cold sweat was dripping down her back at this moment, for she was afraid that she had said something she shouldn't have said in her dream.

"You keep calling 'grandma'." Hua Jianying smiled helplessly at Yun Xi, "She is very kind."

"Yes, miss, we are having a peaceful night, nothing happened!" Qingguo quickly added.

One look at the young lady's pale face and one can tell what she is thinking.

Looking at Fang Nuo who was washing her face and Granny Yan Ling who was still sleeping on the bed, Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

"It's not peaceful." Hua Jianying smiled bitterly: "Someone died again."

"Who is it?" Yun Xi was startled and asked hurriedly.
Chapter completed!
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