When Hong Siqi was invited to the county government office for questioning, he still looked sluggish, even if he was facing a person of Liu Xiaoran's status and status, he returned weakly.On the other hand, Li Zhishan still had gloomy eyes, but when he occasionally glanced at Hong Siqi, he could still see a flash of fear.

"Master Liu, I don't know why you came to me this time?"

Liu Xiaoran's expression was indifferent, and her coercion remained undiminished, and she wrote down the reactions of the two people in front of her: "It's because of the two murders in the family."

"Murder... murder?" Hong Siqi looked a little more serious, "But my wife and my elder brother?"

Hearing these two names, Li Zhishan seemed to tremble.

"Exactly."

At the same time, Su Mu and Lu Lingjue went to the Hong Mansion again.

Just the day before, when they focused on Hong Siqi, Liu Xiaoran suddenly asked: "A few days ago when you asked the servants of the Hong family, what did they say Madam Liang did before she died?"

"It's nothing, it's just a very common thing." Lu Lingjue has thought about these things over and over again, shaking her head and going through them again, "Mrs. Liang was not feeling well that night, so I only used someAfter eating, she went back to rest. At You hour, she ordered someone to bring hot water into the house, saying she wanted to take a bath. When it was Xu hour, Master Hong Er ordered someone to go in to clean up. At this time, Mrs. Liang's personal maid, Rong'er, said that she sawThe madam had already fallen asleep on the bed, and was never seen again."

"Bath..."

Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran grasped the word at the same time. Lu Lingjue was at a loss when he saw that the two of them seemed to have thought of something.

"Hey, what are you thinking, why don't you tell me!"

Su Mu glanced at Liu Xiaoran, knowing that the other party should have thought of him, so he said: "Since Liang Xuanxuan didn't drown in the pool, but also had symptoms of drowning, then it can only be in other places where there is water.was killed."

Lu Lingjue nodded in agreement: "I know that, but besides the pool, where else can people be drowned?"

"People are most relaxed when they are bathing. The scar on the back of Liang Xuanxuan's neck was also pinched out from behind. If someone pushes her head into the water from behind while she is bathing, it will fit all of theseFeatures."

Lu Lingjue was taken aback when he heard the words. He had never thought of this kind of death. The wooden bucket used for bathing was no more than half the height of a person. If it was normal, who would have thought of drowning in this bucket.And they didn't suspect this at all before, firstly because this kind of death is rare, and secondly because of Hong Siqi's distraught appearance, they inadvertently gained a little more trust.

"This—" He thought along this line of thought, and then Su Mu said: "If Liang Xuanxuan was really drowned alive by being held in a bucket, then what about the sleeping Liang Xuanxuan that Rong'er saw at Xushi?"Isn't it already a corpse?"

Su Mu nodded, and pondered: "Yes, and in this way, Rong'er can become his witness, proving that nothing happened to Liang Xuanxuan when he and Liang Xuanxuan were in the same room."

Although this idea is bold and contains a lot of speculation, it is the most reasonable explanation at present.Then, as the suspected scene of the first crime, Liang Xuanxuan and Hong Siqi's bedroom may contain some clues from that time.

So they decided to split into two groups. Su Mu and Lu Lingjue returned to the Hong Mansion to continue searching for clues, while Liu Xiaoran stayed in the mansion to interrogate Hong Siqi and Li Zhishan one by one.

Before entering the door, Su Mu had already made sufficient mental preparations. Not to mention that this may not be the real first scene. Even if it was, several days had passed since Liang Xuanxuan's death. According to this person's cautious style, he should orderPeople have cleaned it for several rounds, and the hope of leaving clues can be regarded as slim.

To his surprise, after opening the door, a stale smell mixed with all kinds of dust in the air came to his nostrils, so that Su Mu couldn't help coughing twice, and even Lu Lingjue slapped his nose while covering his nose.: "Why isn't this room the second master Hong's bedroom? Why does it look like it hasn't been lived in for a long time?"

The servant who brought them here explained: "My lords, this was originally the second master's bedroom, but since the death of my wife, the second master has not often returned to this room to rest, and usually does not allow servants to go in and clean it., it should be that the second lady is still reluctant to leave like this."

When these words fell into Su Mu's ears, the taste changed. As expected, after the servant cautiously retreated, he heard Lu Lingjue mutter something in a low voice.

"It's a guilty conscience."

Su Mu smiled, reached out and patted Lu Lingjue's shoulder: "The murderer hasn't been confirmed yet, why are you talking about him?"

"If you want me to tell you, this is definitely not going to run away, it's him." After listening to Su Mu's words, Lu Lingjue felt that it was very reasonable. Before that, he always had some sympathy for Hong Siqi, after all, he had just experiencedThe pain of losing his wife and children, but now that he thinks that the culprit of this matter is actually Hong Siqi himself, he feels emotionally unacceptable.

"If he really has a guilty conscience, then we should thank him a lot." Su Mu stepped in, "It's more likely to leave something we want, isn't it?"

Lu Lingjue also understood this, but she still looked angry: "I've seen quite a few murders like this, and it's really the first time I've killed my wife who was six months pregnant.Whenever I met them, they would say that this tiger poison is not invincible, it really is—worse than a beast!"

"Don't jump to conclusions, if it's really him, we still need to find evidence." Su Mu patted his head reassuringly, and sighed, "It's difficult to determine the exact death of a drowned corpse.The time and the fact that it rained that day made it even more difficult, and using this method to investigate him must be impossible."

"Besides, every move he makes is calculated, and he considers almost every aspect. He's really cunning!" Lu Lingjue said angrily, "If we hadn't happened to be here, if it was the County Magistrate Wu, he would have ended the case with suicide and misstep."

Su Mu's eyes darkened as well, the murderer took every step of the way, and the depth of the city is indeed frightening.

"So now, we can only hope that Mrs. Liang will know something underground and point us to some clues."

The two began to search the room tacitly. There was nothing unusual about the furnishings in the room, but it was different from the study room they went to before. The floor here was covered with a layer of lichen with a pattern of spray splashes, which looked very simple and exquisite.

Su Mu paced on the ground for a while, and suddenly felt that something seemed to be stepped on the sole of his foot, so he quickly took a step back, squatted down and inspected carefully.

"Chenchu, come and see."

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