Originally, most of the first floor was flooded, and there was no place to stay. But who would have thought that someone was tied up with ropes on the side of the stairs leading to the second floor.

As he struggled, the tied man fell down and fell from the side to the bottom of the stairs. Most of his body was submerged in the water, and only his nose was still above the water.

When the water level rises further, he will be completely submerged, causing him to suffocate to death under the water!

Jiang Caishuang and Yan Anjin held lanterns and walked down the dim stairs together.

Go down two more steps and you will step into the surging water of Jinming Pond.

The corridor was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers. Only intermittent "dong-dong" sounds echoed in the darkness, making people's scalp numb.

Jiang Caishuang found a rope under the water, "There is a hemp rope here."

The water in the lake was dark and turbulent from time to time. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see the rope soaked under the handrail. The hemp rope was worn rough and was about to be soaked in water.

She held a lantern and leaned over the handrail of the stairs. In the dark water, she saw a tied up person. Judging from the figure, she should be a man.

As the light of the lantern came closer, she finally saw the man's face clearly.

It turned out to be Cui Xing!

Jiang Caishuang was shocked when she saw that ugly face off guard. Her feet slipped and her body leaned back.

Yan Anjin took action in time, grabbing her arm with a warm hand and holding her firmly.

"Be careful."

The lantern held by Jiang Caishuang fell into the water, and soon drifted away with the water waves and gradually went out.

She pointed at the dark handrail with trembling fingers, "How could it be Cui Xing? Wasn't he pushed down by someone?"

Zhou Li obviously saw with his own eyes that Cui Xing was pushed down from the building. So many people went into the water to salvage but couldn't fish him out. How could he be tied up here?

"Untie him first and then talk."

Cui Xing was freed from the rope. He had been soaked in the water for an unknown amount of time, and his skin was wrinkled by the soaking.

His brocade robe was well worn on his body, but one shoe was washed away by the current. Compared with yesterday during the day, all the jade accessories on his body were gone, and not a single thing of value was left.

He still had a sock stuffed in his mouth and couldn't cry out for help, so he kept banging his head on the stairs to make noises to attract people.

"Water, water, give me something to eat..." Cui Xing was taken to an empty room, lying on the ground, and said weakly.

The people from the Xuanjing Division came forward, fed him water, and handed him a piece of steamed bun.

Cui Xing also devoured the ordinary white steamed buns and ate them all in a few licks.

He was already drunk and had been in a coma for a long time. In addition, he was soaked in water and his head was not clear. He had been in a chaotic state of half-consciousness. Today, someone used urine to wake him up.

Make a sound and call for help quickly.

"Tell me, who tied you up on the first floor?"

Cui Xing was lying on the ground, Yan Anjin was sitting on the imperial chair far away, and Jiang Caishuang, veiled, sat down next to him.

She had countless questions to ask at this moment, but the one she wanted to ask the most was the question Yan Anjin just asked.

"It's Yu Jinliang! Catch him quickly and see if I don't kill him." Cui Xing's eyes were sinister and he wished he could cut Yu Jinliang into pieces with a thousand knives.

"When were you tied up?" Yan Anjin took a sip of tea and said calmly.

Cui Xing's eyes rolled, "I tied him tonight. I can't remember the time. When I came out after drinking, I was knocked unconscious by Yu Jinliang and tied up. Yes, and his servant, the two of them together

Come and plot against me!"

"Come out after drinking? Who did you drink with?"

"My friends, Wanliu and the others."

Lin Yue poured a glass of water on him, just to wash away the stinky smell on his body, "Drinking happened yesterday. It's the evening of the sixth day of the lunar month, and it will be the seventh day of the lunar month soon."

"On the sixth day of the lunar month?" Cui Xing was shocked and angry, "This damn Yu Jinliang dared to soak me in the water for so long. Did he want to kill me? Where is he now?"

No one paid any attention to his words.

Jiang Caishuang asked: "You said that you were knocked unconscious by Yu Jinliang just after you came out after drinking. Then why did Xiaomei see you in the room when she was giving you sobering tea?"

When Cui Xing heard the clear female voice, he subconsciously wanted to get up and take a look, but Liang Wu stepped heavily on his shoulder and pushed him back with a bang. His shoulder blade was almost crushed.

"Be honest! Answer the question!"

Cui Xinghengjin came up and struggled to get up, "Who are you and why are you arresting me? Do you know who my uncle is?"

"Xuanjing Si." A black iron token was photographed in front of his eyes, as well as Liang Wu's big black and fierce face. He threatened sternly: "Do you want to go to the Xuanjing Si Prison?"

These three words were like a reminder. Cui Xing's aura immediately weakened, and his newly aroused lust suddenly disappeared.

He lay on the ground and answered honestly: "I, I had already washed my feet and went to bed, but someone kept knocking on the door outside for a long time, so I had to go over and open the door. When I opened the door, there was no one outside, only

A note asked me to go to the stairs on the second floor, so I put on my clothes and went out. When I got nearby, before I could recover, Yu Jinliang ran over to me and hit me with a sap, knocking me out."

"I didn't remember anything after that. When I woke up and saw myself tied underwater, I thought it was a dream. I fell asleep again until I was woken up just now."

What is awakened is clearly awakened by nourishment.

The note Cui Xing mentioned had been found on his body a long time ago, but the note was soaked in water and the handwriting could not be read clearly.

Ask him what is written on the note and why he went out after seeing the note.

Cui Xing hesitated and said that he had drunk too much and could not remember clearly.

Yan Anjin sent someone to send a message to the uncle's house, saying that Cui Xing was found.

In the middle of the night, a group of people from the uncle's house dressed and got up to pick up the "corpse". When they arrived, they didn't see the body. They only saw a dirty living person standing in front of them. They thought Cui Xing was a water ghost who had returned.

, everyone was scared out of their wits.

Yu Wenyan supported his mother and stared at Cui Xing for a long time. He looked relieved and said, "It's not a ghost, it's Cui Xing. He's not dead."

Mrs. Bo also timidly observed for a long time, and only after smelling the foul smell on Cui Xing's body did she dare to believe that her nephew was back alive.

Mrs. Bo, who had always loved Cui Xing, did not show much excitement. She just said calmly: "It's good to come back. It's good to come back. Go back to the house to wipe yourself, change clothes, and get rid of bad luck."

Her attitude towards Cui Xing was not as kind as towards Cui Xing's infant.

Several owners of the uncle's house were there, but Jiang Caiwei did not show up.

"Mrs. Yu didn't come?" Yan Anjin asked seemingly unintentionally.

Yu Wenyan explained: "She was pregnant for the first time and was a little sleepy, so I let her rest in the house."

In this way, Cui Xing was taken back by the people of the uncle's house and stayed in his previous room.

"Why do I feel that you are not surprised at all?" Jiang Caishuang couldn't help but ask after everyone in the uncle's house left.

When she first discovered Cui Xing, she was really frightened, thinking that it was some evil thing that had come back from the dead.

But the demon-hunting astrolabe hidden in her clothes didn't respond at all, so she gradually accepted the fact that Cui Xing was not dead.

Compared with her shock, Yan Anjin was very calm from beginning to end, as if everything was as he expected.

Yan Anjin explained: "At first I thought the person who died was Cui Xing, because Cui Xing was the only one missing in the building at that time. But later Yu Jinliang also disappeared, and I changed my view."

"Isn't it because Yu Jinliang disappeared because he committed murder and absconded?"

"If Yu Jinliang escaped after killing someone, then the bamboo hat matter would not make sense. There is no reason for the murderer to only take the bamboo hat and not the raincoat."

"That's true." Jiang Caishuang nodded in agreement.

They had previously speculated that the murderer took away the bamboo hat most likely because he wanted to appear in front of everyone. But Yu Jinliang never appeared again.

"So I guess that Yu Jinliang may not have committed murder and absconded. There is another possibility that he disappeared without showing up - he had been killed long ago and was pushed into the river from upstairs."

"You mean, the person Zhou Li saw falling into the river was not Cui Xing, but Yu Jinliang?"

"That's right."

"But that was clearly Cui Xing's room. How could Yu Jinliang be killed in his room?"

"There were no coats or shoes left in Cui Xing's room. In addition to him meeting important people, there is another possibility that he went out later. We just learned from Cui Xing that he was tricked out of the room by Yu Jinliang. It happened that

This proves this point. Yu Jinliang deliberately tricked him out and tied him under the stairs. If not to vent his anger, he naturally wanted to get something from his room."

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?" Jiang Caishuang suddenly realized.

Cui Xing is an undistinguished person. He would not bother to dress neatly when meeting his elders. He put on his outer coat specially because he was going out, so he only wore his middle coat for fear of being laughed at.

She analyzed: "Yu Jinliang's family property was ruined and he only had the last shop left, but he was deceived by Cui Xing. He naturally wanted to ask Cui Xing to get his shop back. Even if he didn't come back, he could get it from him.

It would also be a good idea to get some silver notes."

Cui Xing was deceived by Yu Jinliang, knocked unconscious, and tied under the stairs. All valuables on him were taken away by Yu Jinliang.

After that, Yu Jinliang didn't give up and went to his room to continue rummaging, hoping to find more valuable items.

But who would have thought that he would be killed by someone by mistake and drowned in the rolling lake.

Jiang Caishuang thought for a moment and guessed: "The person the murderer originally wanted to kill was Cui Xing, right? Yu Jinliang was just a scapegoat who accidentally broke in."

If you want to kill Yu Jinliang, you can do it elsewhere. Why take the risk when he goes to steal something from someone else's house? If the owner of the house comes back, won't he happen to be caught?

Therefore, the person the murderer wanted to kill should be Cui Xing, but there was no candle in the private room. When the murderer saw a figure, he took it for granted that the person was Cui Xing. In addition, Yu Jinliang stole and did not dare to speak out, making it even more difficult to be caught.

People notice.
To be continued...