"There are still people in the hall?" Su Mu asked in surprise.

"Of course, and this person is really bad, he also added mandala flowers to the tea he sent, intending to make them unable to wake up, so that his own fire can burn everything clean.Lu Lingjue shook his head, "I thought he did these things because he was afraid of being harmed by others, but now it seems that's his nature."

Just from these few words, Su Mu could feel the tense atmosphere at that time: "Is anyone hurt?"

"No, I looked around just now. Although there are still some people who fell asleep, they were rescued in time. They should be fine. The doctor has already prescribed the medicine, so they must wake up soon." Lu Lingjue shook his head and said, "The adults guessed that he would attack the corpses, but they still underestimated his viciousness. Fortunately, Li Zhishan reacted quickly enough, and quickly moved everyone out after finding out that there was something wrong with the tea, and he took the time to tell the adults.Only then can this person be caught."

"It's a pity that the fire had already started at that time, and the left and right sides of the hall had to be refurbished."

Su Mu was slightly taken aback: "You said Liu Shaoqing arrested this person?"

Lu Lingjue nodded, and said in a very natural tone: "Of course, the yamen servants here don't have such skills. I'm afraid there won't even be ashes left when they don't rush in and catch them."

Su Mu glanced in Liu Xiaoran's direction, and finally figured out why Liu Xiaoran's attire is so different today. Could it be the legendary night clothes?Dali Temple Shaoqing actually knows martial arts?

The exclamation marks and question marks in his head overshadowed each other, so that he stared at Liu Xiaoran in a daze, and the person being stared at had finished his orders and was just about to turn around and ask someone to go to the county government office for interrogation overnight, when he found Su Mulooked at him motionlessly.

Is it something you still care about hiding?

Liu Xiaoran paused, he was never good at dealing with social matters, and he didn't know how to alleviate this situation, so he could only suppress it temporarily, and asked, "Do you want to go to the county government office with me?"

There was no subject in these words, but Lu Lingjue understood very consciously that this was not talking to herself.

Stop dreaming, the boss is gone, can I still sleep well?

But Su Mu didn't seem to hear this, so Lu Lingjue poked him kindly: "Yu Zhi, my lord asked if you want to go to the county office together?"

"Of course—" Su Mu was about to blurt out, but suddenly stuck in his throat.

But does Liu Xiaoran really want to go by herself?

Seeing Su Mu's hesitant expression, Liu Xiaoran subconsciously said: "The evidence on the corpse is only half-knowledgeable, if you are... ahem, maybe you can explain it more clearly."

What he said was unprecedentedly straightforward, and Lu Lingjue naturally noticed something strange.Looking at Liu Xiaoran's expression, although it is obvious that nothing can be seen, but judging from his years of acquaintance with Liu Xiaoran, there is something wrong with his adults now.

In the past, Liu Xiaoran did a lot of things single-handedly, anyone could become half a burden in his eyes, when did he speak in such a tone like now?

Lu Lingjue was astonished, but unexpectedly felt relieved—Master Liu has learned how to negotiate with others.

Although Su Mu didn't think about it so much, she could hear that Liu Xiaoran's tone obviously hoped that she would go with her, and the embarrassment just now seemed to have dissipated a lot.

"Of course we have to go." He let go of his heart and added what he hadn't finished. "After investigating for so long, we should also find out what other reasons he has to kill."

It was supposed to be the dead of night, but at this moment the county government office was brightly lit.There was a lot of fire fighting, which woke up the neighbors a long time ago. Although the curfew has not been lifted, no one seems to care about it now, so they all flocked to the gate of the county government office. After seeing the kneeling people in the hall, they allIt's their own discussion.

Arson is a serious crime, and this alone is more than enough to detain people.

County Magistrate Wu sat tremblingly in the courtroom, his eyes couldn't stop looking at Liu Xiaoran who was beside him.

According to the rules, this meeting should indeed be judged by him in person, but sitting next to him is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple from Capital City, Wu Qing will feel uncomfortable.

"Lord Liu, look at this..." Wu Qing lifted his official hat, stood up and just spoke.

Liu Xiaoran replied: "You should interrogate first."

"Hey, that's right." Wu Qing could only sit back and wipe the cold sweat off his face.

He really never dreamed that a corpse of a woman who fell into the water would turn into what it is today, and when he looked at the man who was being escorted to kneel down, he was even more angry. This time, he would definitely be recorded by this young minister.It's a sum.

"Bold and unreasonable, you dare to set fire in the middle of the night and kill someone, you are guilty!" Xingmu slapped, even the drowsy child who was hugged by the door to watch the excitement was frightened.

This was the first time for Su Mu to be present at such a scene. He was quite curious and listened carefully with bated breath.

The people in the hall slowly raised their heads. Compared with a day ago, his hair is now disheveled, his eyes are scarlet, and there is still a trace of a smile on his indifferent expression, which makes people feel chills down their spines.

"No one died, and it's the villain's own property, what's wrong with me?"

"Nonsense! You used drugs in everyone's tea, and ignited the weeds that had been spread outside the house with fire. You clearly want to put everyone to death!"

Hong Siqi smiled after hearing this: "Yes, but I still didn't hurt anyone, did I? Master Wu is so filled with righteous indignation that the villain is at a loss."

Su Mu almost laughed angrily when he heard this. This person has such a good attitude. Could it be that the legendary person is shameless and invincible?It is really eye-opening to dare to be so righteous with such a dirty heart.

Wu Qing was also stunned by this nonsensical rebuttal for a moment, and then blushed and said: "The evidence for the crime of arson is solid, no matter how much you try to quibble, it will not help. Now I want to ask you about the other two cases! YouHis wife Liang Xuanxuan and elder brother Hong Chengyu, are their deaths related to you?"

Hearing these two names, Hong Siqi obviously paused, but he reacted very quickly, and quickly replied indifferently: "Master Wu, Madam was told by you that she slipped and fell into the water and died.What does it matter to me that so many of us hanged ourselves to death?"

Hearing this, noisy discussions outside the door also sounded.

"That's right, didn't Mrs. Liang fall into the water and die?"

"But if he fell into the water and died, how can the county magistrate be interrogated at this time? I don't think it's easy."

"It's really strange that Master Hong hanged himself suddenly."

"Who said it wasn't? At that time, some people said that Mrs. Liang's dead soul was dissatisfied and returned to the Hong Mansion to make trouble."

"quiet!"

The voices of people were so loud that they almost overwhelmed the voice of County Magistrate Wu, so he had to slap the gavel hard again to suppress the noisy voice.

"Come on! Bring Liang Xuanxuan's body up!"

As soon as these words came out, Hong Siqi's expression finally became a little loose, and there was also a trace of doubt in it, obviously not knowing that the coffin had already been swapped.

Liang Xuanxuan's body had been decomposed to a serious degree. Even the people at the door could smell an unpleasant smell after being lifted up. They all covered their noses, but reluctantly moved inside, trying to see more clearly.

Lifting off the white cloth covering the corpse, even Su Mu closed his eyes a little reluctantly.

It had been too long since death, and the gas in the corpse's abdomen swelled, squeezing the tongue out, and because of the decomposition of blood, the whole body turned a little red, looking extremely terrifying.

When Hong Siqi saw Liang Xuanxuan's already ashamed face, he still couldn't help shaking.

And it was precisely because the corpse had been placed for a long enough time that the wound on the neck, which needed infrared rays to be seen, became clear now.

Enduring the discomfort, Wu Qing ordered someone to turn the body over, revealing the choke marks on the back of the neck, and asked sharply, "You can recognize the choke marks on the back of the neck!"

Hong Siqi's expression was complicated, and the daze after seeing the corpse had dissipated, and he calmed down completely: "My lord, I don't know."

"Pinch marks, there are actually pinch marks?" Someone stood on tiptoe and looked inside, "Does that mean that Mrs. Liang didn't fall into the water by herself?"

"Tsk tsk, no wonder I always felt gloomy when I passed by Hong Mansion a few days ago. It's probably because Mrs. Liang was unwilling to die in vain."

Hong Siqi still didn't change his face, obviously convinced that they had no evidence to prove that he did it.

Seeing that this person was not afraid at all, Su Mu could only sigh once again, the crime of murder really requires a certain level of psychological quality, if others are asked about this, maybe they have recruited themselves, Hong Siqi can still do it.Confronting people so calmly is really very good.

Just as Su Mu sighed, when he lowered his head, he saw Liu Xiaoran really looking at him, and even Wu Qing and Lu Lingjue were also looking at him.

"..." Su Mu was confused, and looked at Liu Xiaoran questioningly.

"That nail, I'll leave it up to you."

Under Liu Xiaoran's gesture, a nail piece placed on a square wooden tray was brought up.

"You said you didn't recognize the pinch marks, so what about these nails?" Su Mu wrapped the nails in a cloth, knelt down and handed them to Hong Siqi for him to have a closer look, "I found them in the bedroom between you and Mrs. Liang.Thanks to the lichens you laid out, you didn’t even notice this thing.”

"According to Mrs. Liang's maid, Mrs. Liang loves the piano on weekdays, so she attaches great importance to her nails. May I ask what would make her cut her nails abruptly?" Seeing Hong Siqi bowing his head and thinking, SuMu knew that he was thinking about how to find a reason, "And Mrs. Liang only dyed her nails with impatiens flowers that morning, so this nail... should be broken when she was caught on the edge when you pushed her into the tub.right?"

"This—" Hong Siqi's face turned cold, and he was about to speak when he was interrupted by Su Mu again.

"Yes, you want to say that this is just our guess. Yes, it is a guess. Of course, this cannot be a direct evidence to identify you." Su Mu shook his head, "But you are too cautious, but sometimes you do too much.Naturally there are many."

"You carried Mrs. Liang to the edge of the pool and threw it into the water. You thought of every detail, and even remembered to walk out on the footsteps of when you came, but it was rainy and muddy, and the shoes you were wearing were not suitable, so when you walked, you accidentally stepped on the air and stepped directly into the dirt, right?"

Hong Siqi finally couldn't hold back his expression. What Su Mu said was indeed the details of that day, but why could he even see this?

"It's just that you're so careful, why don't you just throw away those shoes, and put them back because you're afraid that others will find you missing a pair of shoes and be suspicious of you?" Su Mu waved his hand, and a pair of pink satin shoes was put away.In front of Hong Siqi, "You wiped off the dirt on the outside of the shoes, but you forgot to wipe the inside."

"In this shoe, there are clearly toe prints of six toes."

The author has something to say:

Regarding the six toes and the footprints stepped on, mentioned it before hehehe~ It’s not obvious, it’s the end!

(On every time I feel that I can finish this chapter but I can't finish π_π every time)