Before Liu Xiaoran asked, Su Mu pointed to the footprints and explained: "The traces are too heavy. It is impossible for an ordinary woman to print such deep traces."

He plucked the bushes and walked back for a while, pointing to other slightly messy traces on the ground: "For such a big family, the time for the gardener to mend the soil must not be long after, although the soil from the previous night may be relatively large."It was soft at the time, but the difference is not too much. The footprint of the gardener here is as deep as an adult male should have, and this footprint is even heavier than the footprint of the gardener. It is not an ordinary woman at all.Traces that can be pressed out."

"But the size of the footprints should be..." Liu Xiaoran frowned, but suddenly figured out the strangeness of the footprints, "Could it be someone wearing Liang Xuanxuan—"

"Yes, the forefoot of this shoe print is much heavier than the heel. I guess the person wearing the shoes must not be a woman, or at least someone who can't fit Liang Xuanxuan's shoes. As a result, this person is forced to use her shoes when walking forward.Slightly tiptoe." He stretched out his hand and gestured, "That's why there are such obvious features."

"So there are no footprints going back here, probably because that person walked backwards on his own footprints." Su Mu clapped his hands, stood up from the ground, rubbed his numb knees, "Can youThis person who thinks clearly about every step is really too shrewd."

"But I'm curious about why such a shrewd person doesn't take the dirt road that people usually walk on. There are many footprints there. If we walk there, we will never be able to find such clues today."

The two were silent for a long time, then Liu Xiaoran said slowly: "What if he left these marks on purpose for us to see?"

Su Mu didn't react, and blinked: "Huh?"

"The drowning case shouldn't have been closed so hastily. The reason why we saw this look of no one caring about it is because the local county magistrate is a lazy person." Liu Xiaoran's eyes became sharper, "If the county magistrate next to himIf Ling is a little more responsible, he will definitely come to the scene to investigate, and he left these footprints, if ordinary people were not like you—"

Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoran paused for a moment, and said seriously: "If you observe carefully, you won't be able to see the strangeness on the footprints. If there are no scars first, the case will definitely be closed by suicide, and no one will continue to pursue it."

Su Mu was somewhat surprised by Liu Shaoqing's praise suddenly, and felt a little joy from the bottom of his heart, even with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.After listening to your opponent's analysis, his face darkened again.

"It's really a clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure. The murderer handed us this evidence." Su Mu said, without concealing his contempt for the murderer's calculations.You can still be so calm, if you are not a habitual murderer, then you must have calculated it long ago."

He was about to take a closer look, but found that in one of these footprints, there was a footprint of a different size from the rest, slightly smaller than the gardener's footprint, but smaller than the woman's footprint.Bigger.

"Eh? This is..."

Before Su Mu could finish speaking, Liu Xiaoran made a serious silent expression, pulled Su Mu with one hand and pushed him down, and the two hid in the bushes.

Su Mu was dragged almost to Liu Xiaoran's body, but Liu Xiaoran didn't seem to let go of her hand, one hand was still on his shoulder.He could only bend his legs aggrievedly, and then squatted there holding his breath.

The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and the sound of people talking began to become clearer.

A slightly younger voice seemed to be complaining about something: "...I can't..."

A majestic and elderly voice interrupted him: "It can't be anything, now there is a funeral at home, if you go outside to have fun, I will break your leg."

Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran looked at each other clearly.

Since this voice was not Hong Siqi they had seen before, it must be Hong Chengyu and Hong Yichen.

Hong Yichen protracted his tone on purpose and said, "Oh? It turns out that my eldest brother thinks it's wrong for me to have fun outside, so I'm here—"

The meaningful pause later made the two people hiding in the dark feel a little shivering, and Hong Yichen's move must have meant something.

Sure enough, Hong Chengyu's voice also paused, and then he deliberately lowered his voice to retort: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Hong Yichen sneered, and replied: "I haven't said anything yet, brother, what are you in a hurry for?"

As the footsteps gradually faded away, the voices of the two people's voices gradually became blurred, and they could no longer be heard clearly.When it was confirmed that both of them had gone far away, the two breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Liu Xiaoran realized that she was only focused on pulling people, and she didn't realize that she and Su Mu were almost clinging to each other, and her hands kept pressingRubbing Su Mu's shoulder, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.It's not like I haven't had such close contact with other people before, but I have never felt this weird feeling.

When Su Mu regained consciousness, Liu Xiaoran had already stood up as if nothing had happened.

"It seems that those two people have a big problem." Su Mu touched his fringe hanging from the hair rope, and felt that the tip of his nose was still faintly entangled with a sandalwood fragrance.

The smell was cold and alienated, very similar to Liu Xiaoran himself.

Su Mu rubbed the tip of his nose subconsciously, and secretly glanced at Liu Xiaoran who was thinking about the problem standing opposite.

Feeling his gaze, Liu Xiaoran also glanced over. Su Mu could only answer: "That sentence is worth checking carefully, or let Master Lu check it out."

Liu Xiaoran obviously agreed with this point, so when Lu Lingjue had just sat down and hadn't had a sip of hot tea, Liu Xiaoran asked, "I've been inquiring for so long, what news do you have?"

Lu Lingjue choked suddenly.

Um... heard that the drunk crabs in the most famous Zhuying Building in Bishui County are delicious?

Naturally, Lu Lingjue didn't dare to say that, he could only look at Su Mu for help.

Su Mu received his signal and coughed lightly: "The people who come and go have only a half-knowledge of the affairs in the mansion. Even if they say something, it must be hearsay, but we can't count it. We still have to be careful in investigating the case."

Lu Lingjue nodded quickly, and climbed down the pole: "Yes, what they said is getting more and more outrageous, so there must be no reference value."

Liu Xiaoran glanced lightly at Su Mu who was drinking tea, the latter was not afraid of him, and smiled with narrowed eyes.

Su Mu is naturally confident, and Liu Xiaoran will not punish Lu Lingjue for such a trivial matter. After all, Lu Lingjue is much better than herself and Liu Xiaoran in dealing with the principals in the mansion.

"Can you see the master of this mansion?" Seeing Liu Xiaoran not continuing to speak as if tacitly acquiescing, Su Mu began to chat with Lu Lingjue.

"In the beginning, I saw the one we met before, the second master Hong, and the others, it seems that I saw the fourth young master Hong and...it should be the current head of the Hong family. I came over to talk to him, but I didn't see it.See that Miss Hong San in the legend, and the rest, oh!"

Lu Lingjue put the teacup on the table and patted his forehead, "I almost forgot, but I actually saw something strange. I also met the eldest lady, the wife of Mr. Hong. It is said thatShe is very gentle and virtuous, but when I saw her, although she had a pleasant face when talking with people, when she saw Master Hong walking over, her expression suddenly changed, and I couldn't tell what that expression was, it seemedSome were afraid inside, and left almost without looking back."

"At that time, there were a lot of people watching, so someone asked Mr. Hong. Mr. Hong only said that there was a conflict because of trivial matters recently, but..." Lu Lingjue took a sip of tea, paused and continued, "I think he talkedAt that time, I was very guilty, and stuttered three times in a sentence, which should not be an understatement like what he said."

As soon as Lu Lingjue's words came out, both Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran had a clearer guess about the phrase "inside". If this idea is confirmed, then the murderer's purpose of killing Liang Xuanxuan may be within sight.

The author has something to say:

Don't go near the water, it's easy to become unlucky!

(As for the funeral customs in ancient my country, whether to eat banquets or not, the customs are different in different places. Generally, this custom still exists in the Central Plains. It is because the ancient funeral is a big event, and usually requires the help of relatives and friends, so you need to ask People eat, here I moved the time forward. And don’t worry about no evidence if the body is buried. In ancient times, it is quite troublesome to choose a date for burial. It will not be buried within a few days. This is why Liu Shaoqing asked not to startle the snake. one of ⊙▽⊙)