The night is getting deeper and the cicadas have stopped chirping, but the frogs in the pond not far away are still croaking tirelessly.

There are few voices in the county government office, and the chirping of insects is pleasant.

Ye Xing stood in front of him and looked at the branches and leaves swaying in the wind outside. He thought to himself that the Tong Mansion would not be peaceful tonight!

Of course, the Tong Mansion will not be peaceful, and Ye Xing has sent people to closely monitor the Tong Mansion. No one in the Tong Mansion will be negligent in their actions.[

The next day, the weather was a bit sultry, and the wind made it even hotter. This seemed to be a prelude to rain in midsummer.

After breakfast, the spies who closely monitored every move of the Tong Mansion finally came back, and Ye Xing asked them to tell them everything they discovered.

"After the second lady followed Tong Yuanwai into the room, Tong Yuanwai kept asking the second lady why Xiaomei was blackmailing her for some privacy. At first, the second lady refused to tell her, and used some words to excuse her. Later, Tong Yuanwai

He got angry and said that if the second lady refused to tell him, he would divorce the second lady. The second lady was afraid, so she told the matter."

Everyone was a little excited when they heard this, so they urged the spy to continue talking.

The spy did not dare to neglect and said quickly: "The secret that the second lady was blackmailed by Xiaomei was what the second young master Tong Yuancai did. If the second lady does not give Xiaomei money, Xiaomei will tell the story about the second young master Tong Yuancai at Mipu.

Let Tong Yuancai lose the advantage of competing with his brother Tong Guangcai for family property."

After the spy finished speaking, Ye Xing asked: "Does Tong Yuanwai believe this reason?"

The spy nodded: "I guess he believed it, because after hearing what the second lady said, the boy couldn't help but sigh, as if he felt sorry that his two sons were not successful."

After hearing what the spy said, Ye Xing just smiled coldly, and then continued to ask: "What happens next?"

The spy shrugged and said, "What happened after that was very strange. The second lady did not stay in the room outside the boy's room overnight, but quietly went to meet his son Tong Yuancai."

"Did you follow?"

The spy nodded: "I went. After the second lady saw her son, she very carefully told Tong Yuancai, asking him to be careful. She also told his son what she had said to Tong Yuancai, asking him not to do anything about it in the future.

I’m going to provoke the brothel girls again.”

It seems that Xiaomei's threat to the second wife was indeed for this reason.

Later, another spy said: "The faces of Tong Guangcai and Young Madam Yao were ugly, but after they entered the room, they started doing it crazily... They didn't even say a word."

Everyone naturally understood what the spies were talking about, and after listening to what the spies said, they also felt strange, what on earth was Tong Guangcai hiding?

"What happens next?" Ye Xing continued to ask, because he felt that although Tong Guangcai's behavior was difficult to understand, there were traces to follow. He must have wanted to vent, but for what?

"After the two of them finished, the young lady took a rest, and Tong Guangcai quietly went to find his sister, Tong Die. The two of them talked in the room for a while, and then left immediately. But what they said specifically, we

But I didn’t hear it clearly, Tong Die’s room is really difficult to get close to, it’s a boudoir after all!”

Ye Xing also believed this. They had been to Tong Die's room before, and it was indeed difficult to eavesdrop on what was said inside.

After a night of investigation, Ye Xing has a deeper understanding of Tong Mansion. From these circumstances, it is difficult to tell who is the murderer of Xiaomei. What is the secret that Xiaomei knows, so that it can make people

Kill her to silence her?

Ye Xing locked himself in his room all morning. He needed to think about the connection between these things. He needed to know who might have killed Xiaomei and who was the murderer? [

While Ye Xing was thinking, Di Xiaojie and others felt that they had to do something, so they decided to investigate the rice shop business managed by Tong Guangcai and Tong Yuancai, so as to conduct a comparative investigation between them.

This matter was not easy to handle, so after some disguises, Hua Zhimeng and Di Xiaoxin went to investigate Tong Guangcai's shop, while Di Xiaojie, Xu Ruoxuan and Ai Feier went to Tong Yuancai's shop.

At about noon, they met at an inn after completing their investigation. After the meeting, Hua Zhimeng first talked about their findings.

"Tong Guangcai is not often in the shop. He only comes in the morning and then leaves to eat, drink, and gamble. Moreover, he is not afraid of others knowing about it. That's how he is anyway, and Tong Yuanwai also has a lot of trouble because of this incident.

I warned him a lot, but he didn't listen at all, and continued to eat, drink, and gamble. The rice shop's business was good with servants taking care of it, but most of the money in the rice shop was used by Tong Guangcai for prostitution."

After Hua Zhimeng finished speaking, she seemed to feel sorry for this prodigal son. What could she do for a person who had the ability to enjoy a comfortable life?

After that, Di Xiaojie explained the investigation of the three of them.

"That Tong Yuancai is a hypocrite at all. He behaves well in front of his father, but where no one restrains him, he just acts like a beast. I heard that he often recruits brothel girls to have sex with him in Mipu. Sometimes

Even seducing widows, alas, the world is really in decline and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be!”

When Di Xiaojie said this, he still had the sourness of a scholar. People couldn't help but laugh when they heard it, but they didn't laugh because Di Xiaojie continued to talk.

"This Tong Guangcai is a real villain, Tong Yuancai is a hypocrite, and these two brothers have been fighting openly and secretly to compete for the Tong family's property. Although this boy has a good body, who can say for sure about this kind of thing?"

I don't know when I suddenly died, because

Tong Yuan's wealth is inconsistent, so for those who don't know, he has the best chance of being appreciated by Tong Yuanwai, but this Tong Yuanwai is very fond of his eldest son, which is somewhat premature compared to his mother.

It's related to death, and the second lady's ears are not very helpful."

Everyone nodded slightly, no one could say for sure about this kind of thing.

After lunch, the group of them returned to the county government office. After returning to the county government office, Ye Xing happened to come out of the house. When he saw a few of them, Ye Xing hurriedly said: "Hurry up and follow me to the Tong Mansion. I've already

We know who the murderer is!"

When everyone heard what Ye Xing said, they were immediately excited. But apart from the excitement, they were also a little disappointed. They had been busy for most of the day and found out so much information, but they couldn't even wait for Ye Xing to lock himself in the room.
Chapter completed!