"What? Why did she commit suicide?" Ah Xiang was, after all, Meng Lin's servant girl. After spending more than half a year with her, they had developed feelings for each other. Meng Lin could not help but shed tears.
"I don't know." Azurepeak shook his head helplessly." Father has just passed the seventh day, and something happened at home. Is this a coincidence, or has someone planned this for a long time?”
"Brother, what did you say?" Meng Lin wiped his tears." You mean, Ah Xiang's death…"
"Not only do I suspect Ah Xiang's death, I also suspect Father's death.”Azurepeak's gaze was very firm.
Meng Lin was dumbfounded. If his father and Ah Xiang were really murdered, who would be next? Azurepeak looked at his sister who was feeling uneasy and said,"Don't be afraid. With me here, no one will hurt you. I will definitely let you leave this country safely.”Meng Lin held his brother's hand tightly with tears in his eyes.""If I want to leave, I will help you settle everything before I leave. I won't run away.”Azurepeak saw that she was so sensible and smiled with relief. Meng Lin looked at the dead Ah Xiang and asked what to do now. Azurepeak asked Meng Lin to light the oil lamp and let Ah Xiang lie flat on the ground. He helped Ah Xiang up the stool that she kicked when she hung herself and stepped on the stool to observe the situation of the roof beam.
Meng Lin looked up for a while and felt his neck ache. He asked if he was okay. Azurepeak jumped down after a while and said,""Ah Xiang did not commit suicide."
Meng Lin widened his eyes and asked him how he knew. Azurepeak explained," When a living person tries to commit suicide, they will struggle when they put a buckle on their neck and kick over a stool. Therefore, the white silk tied to the roof beam will also move. If the roof beam is not cleaned all year round, dust will fall. When the white silk moves, the dust will fly up. The shape of the dust that is rubbed off is also irregular. I just saw the traces of Ah Xiang's white silk on the dust. It was a very neat bar. The width of this bar is the same as the width of the white silk. There is no trace of a living person struggling in the dust beside the white silk, so it must have been hung up after the person died. Also, when I stepped on this stool just now, I realized that the height is not suitable for a woman of Ah Xiang's height. It's suitable for a man to hang himself. Menglin, who is taller, you or Ah Xiang?"
"I'm a little taller than her."
"Come up." Azurepeak helped Meng Qilin onto the stool. Meng Qilin steadied himself. The buckle of the white silk in front of him just happened to touch his scalp. Meng Qilin stood on tiptoe and raised his neck with all his might. He almost raised his chin up into the sky before the buckle barely reached his chin. Azurepeak asked her to come down and said to her," This is the second suspicious point. It's difficult for you to put on such a high buckle. Ah Xiang is shorter than you. Under normal circumstances, she definitely won't be able to put it on. Therefore, the person who tied this button must be a man. He tied a button that matched his height but ignored this detail. I was standing on the stool just now and realized that it was very easy to tie a buckle of this height. I guess this man's height should be about the same as mine.”
"Brother, this is hard to find. There are people of your height everywhere.”
"Let's take a look at the door again." Azurepeak and Meng Lin walked to the door and looked at the door frame and the lock. The lock was an iron rod, about the length and thickness of a middle finger. It was installed on the right door. After closing the door, they shook the lock on the right door. The iron rod, which was about the thickness of a middle finger, was inserted into the slot on the left door. This way, the door was locked from the inside. It could not be pushed open from the outside. "When we came, we found that the door was locked from the inside. There are two possibilities. One is that the murderer killed Ah Xiang in the house and left through this door, but before he left, he released the switch. When he closed the door from the outside, he inserted a very thin piece of iron or wood through the gap to raise the iron rod. After the door was closed, he pulled out the iron or wood piece. This way, the iron rod naturally fell into the slot and the door was locked from the inside.”
"What about the second possibility?"
"The second possibility is that he killed someone and locked the door in the house. He didn't leave through the door but escaped through the window.”
"Then which one is it?"
"Don't worry, let's go to the door and take a look first.”
Azurepeak and Meng Qilin stood at the door and looked at each other for a while. Meng Qilin said,"There are no signs of a fight at this door, which means that the murderer didn't enter through the main door, but climbed in through the window.”
Azurepeak shook his head and said," It's true that there were no signs of a fight at the door, but from another point of view, the murderer didn't climb in through the window. Ah Xiang was an acquaintance of the murderer and didn't expect to be killed by an acquaintance.”
Meng Lin was stunned for a moment before nodding his head. He felt that what his brother said made sense. At this moment, a thunderclap sounded from the sky.”It was about to rain. The rain came quickly and heavily. When the two of them saw that they were wet, they hurriedly hid in Ah Xiang's house. The rain that dripped from the eaves at the door instantly washed everything clean.
"Oh no, the rain washed away the footprints left by the murderer. It will be difficult to solve the case now.”Azurepeak complained.
"Brother, let's take a look at the house. Maybe we can find something?”
Qing Feng nodded and went to check the environment of the house. Ah Xiang was a servant girl, so the house was simple. There was no decoration, just a fire bed. It was hot, so the stove connected to the fire bed was put away under the bed. There was a thin mattress and a thin quilt on the bed. There was nothing unusual. There was a table and two chairs in the corner. They were all old and looked like furniture from the Xia residence. There was an umbrella in the corner and a big box beside it. The box was not locked. He opened it and took a look. They were all neatly folded clothes.
Meng Lin had been looking at Ah Xiang's corpse. Suddenly, she felt that something was wrong with Ah Xiang's shirt. She touched Ah Xiang's chest through the shirt and felt that her two breasts were of different sizes. The left one seemed to have something to do with it. Meng Lin put his hand into the inside of the shirt and felt an inner pocket. There seemed to be something bulging in the pocket. He took it out and saw that it was a small sachet. This sachet was pink and embroidered with golden threads and dragon and phoenix patterns. It looked more luxurious. It didn't look like something a servant girl would use. He poured out the contents of the sachet and found a few valuable rings, a few pairs of gold earrings, and a key. Meng Lin was suddenly suspicious. A servant girl's annual salary could not even buy a valuable ring, so why did she have so many valuable things in her hands? And this key did not seem like the key of the Xia residence. The locks used in the Xia residence were all long copper locks from the Republic of China period. The key was very long and very old. This key was relatively short, like the lock key of a rich family in a big city. When Meng Lin was in Shanghai, the door lock of the mansion was different from the door lock of the Xia residence in the countryside. Thinking of this, Meng Lin felt that Ah Xiang's key was more like the key of a rich family in Shanghai. Azurepeak was still at his wit's end when Meng Lin called him over and showed him the treasure in Ah Xiang's sachet.
Azurepeak looked at these treasures and the key. Although there were many suspicious points, he couldn't find the root of the problem in a short time. He put the things back into the sachet and handed the sachet to Meng Lin to tell her not to lose it. He looked at the rain outside and saw Ah Xiang's corpse lying in front of him. How to tell his family about this tomorrow morning was really difficult for him.
After a discussion with Meng Lin, Qingfeng decided to rush to the police station overnight and let the police handle this matter. When Ah San kidnapped the siblings, he kept talking about the factory in Shanghai. It was very likely that the mastermind behind the scenes had already planned a plan to fight for the factory. It was likely that someone had murdered their father's death. The purpose was to let the siblings come back. This way, they would have the opportunity to attack the factory. At this point, Meng Lin could not help but shiver. He did not know if it was because of fear or because the rain outside was too heavy and the cold wind blowing in was too cold. Azurepeak asked Meng Lin to protect the scene while he picked up the umbrella in the corner and rushed out of the heavy rain in the dark night.
After Azurepeak left, Meng Lin suddenly felt a little scared in the house. She didn't dare to close the door and just left it open. She listened to the sound of the rain and looked at Ah Xiang's body with her back facing the door. She remembered what Azurepeak had said earlier," Not only do they suspect Ah Xiang's death, but they also suspect Father's death."”This sentence caused goosebumps to rise all over his body. The oil lamp in the room swayed weakly. The wind blowing in from the outside could blow out the oil lamp at any time. The oil lamp burned as if it was struggling to survive. The flickering light cast a shadow over the entire room. Meng Lin had a bad feeling. He felt that the Xia Mansion's fate was about to end. Everyone related to the Xia Mansion would die one by one. Would it be his turn next? Thinking of this, Meng Lin did not know if it was a psychological effect or something else, but he kept feeling the sound of footsteps coming from afar. The footsteps suddenly stopped behind him. There was a pair of eyes staring at him from behind. These eyes were filled with killing intent, as if they could kill him. He didn't know if he should turn back. If he turned back, he was afraid that he would meet these terrifying eyes. If he didn't turn back, he was afraid that he would be harmed. Suddenly, Meng Lin saw a tall man's figure on Ah Xiang's corpse with the help of the weak light. Yes, he didn't see wrongly. This figure was walking towards him from behind. It was getting closer and bigger. Meng Lin did not know where his courage came from.”She stood up and quickly turned around. She saw a tall man a step away from her.
"Ah!" She screamed and took two steps back. She tripped over Ah Xiang's corpse behind her and sat on Ah Xiang's stomach. However, Meng Qilin's scream scared the man so much that he trembled. At this moment, Azurepeak rushed in from outside the door and asked what was wrong. Meng Qilin saw Azurepeak come in and heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the man who had scared him just now. This man was wearing a black police uniform. He was probably the police officer that Azurepeak had hired.
Qing Feng pulled his sister up from Ah Xiang's body and said that this was Officer Gao. Officer Gao asked politely,""This must be the young miss. I'm really sorry for scaring you like that just now.”
" Uh…I'm sorry, Officer Gao. I was…I was a little scared just now…"
"Haha, it's alright." Officer Gao looked at Ah Xiang, who was lying on the ground, and asked if this was the victim. Then, he skillfully put on gloves and examined Ah Xiang's body. Then, he made a record. Meng Lin took out Ah Xiang's sachet and handed it to the officer. He emphasized that he was suspicious of the key and would inform him immediately once he found the house where the key was located. The officer nodded and took the sachet.
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