As the former wet nurse of the eldest princess, Guan Lijuan's residence was not the luxurious mansion she imagined, but a very ordinary small courtyard.
There are only two trees in the yard.
One is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree.
In the west corner of the yard is a pigsty, with two big sows humming inside.
Li Nanke knocked on the courtyard door.
The person who opened the door was a woman with dark cheeks.
"Hello, is Mrs. Guan Lijuan here?" Li Nanke asked politely.
"Are you her relatives?"
The dark-faced woman looked at the two men outside the house with suspicion.
Since Guan Lijuan returned to her hometown, more and more people have come to visit her relatives. Even the wild dogs outside will bark twice when they come, trying to find a way out.
"No, we are from the Night Patrol Department."
Li Nanke took out his identity token.
"Oh, are you friends of that white-eyed wolf?" The black-faced lady's tone instantly turned cold.
White-eyed wolf?
The two people outside the door were stunned after hearing this.
"Who is the white-eyed wolf? Auntie, have you recognized the wrong person?" Bai Buai asked in confusion.
Li Nanke seemed to understand something and said with a smile: "Auntie, we are not Zong Yuyu's friends. She is already dead. We are here to investigate some situations."
"What? Zong Yuyu is dead!?"
The black-faced woman opened her mouth wide with a look of disbelief.
"So the white-eyed wolf you were talking about is her." Bai Buai reacted and said with a smile, "That bitch is dead. Seeing that you hate her so much, you must be very happy."
Seeing that the black-faced woman was still stunned, Bai Buai pushed her away impatiently and shouted into the room, "Is Mrs. Guan at home? If she is, just give her a shout!"
"Hey, why are you like this?"
The black-faced woman came back to her senses, grabbed him hurriedly, and said displeasedly, "I didn't even tell you to let you in, why are you just barging in? Is there any royal law?"
"I am Wang Fa."
Bai Buai rolled up his sleeves and said, "How about you fight with me and beat me out."
The young prince's rogue behavior left Li Nanke speechless. He said to the black-faced woman in a pleasant manner: "We only bothered Mrs. Guan to investigate the Zong Yuyu case. Please forgive me. If she is here, please let us see her."
one side."
The black-faced woman hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said softly: "Come with me."
Bai Buai rolled up his sleeves and winked at Li Nanke when the woman turned around.
The latter is simply ignored.
Entering the back room, Li Nanke saw a thin-faced woman lying on the bed.
Judging from her age, Guan Lijuan should be in her forties now, but the woman's hair is already mostly white, and her face has obvious wrinkles.
Moreover, the whole person looked sickly, and half of his energy and energy seemed to be missing.
"Madam, an official from the Night Patrol Department is here to visit you."
The dark-faced woman picked up a soft cushion and placed it behind Guan Lijuan's back, making her sit up straighter, and whispered a few words into her ear.
I guess he probably told me about Zong Yuyu's death.
Guan Lijuan's half-dragged eyelids opened slightly.
Maybe it was because the light in the room was a little dark, so she waved her hand to the dark-faced woman to open all the half-covered curtains.
The woman responded and opened the curtains.
The dark room was immediately filled with bright light and became much brighter.
But when Guan Lijuan saw Li Nanke's face clearly, her expression suddenly changed.
Became extremely frightened.
His face, which was already pale, looked even paler at this moment.
Her body also trembled unconsciously.
More like a twitch.
Li Nanke was confused and didn't understand why the woman in front of him suddenly changed her expression.
Could it be that I saw something unclean?
Even at this moment, Li Nanke felt a chill on his back.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?"
The black-faced woman panicked when she saw this situation and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Guan Lijuan.
"I didn't see... I didn't see... I didn't see anything..."
Guan Lijuan lowered her head and did not dare to look at Li Nanke. Like a frightened bird, she curled up and muttered to herself, repeating over and over again, "This is a dream, this must be a dream, I didn't see it..."
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"Is this woman sick here?"
Bai Buai whispered to Li Nanke and pointed to his forehead.
Li Nanke frowned and stared at the panicked woman.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Nanke stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Guan, I am Li Nanke, Night Patrol Division. I am here today to ask you about something, not to take you for interrogation."
The black-faced woman was also trying to comfort him.
After a long time, the woman's mood gradually became calmer.
But she still didn't dare to look at Li Nanke. She looked at the vast sky outside the window, and her pupils seemed to have lost focus.
"It's not a dream..."
Guan Lijuan's voice was as light as a feather.
The three people in the room looked at her, not knowing what to say.
After a while, Guan Lijuan turned her head, stared at Li Nanke faintly, as if trying to ignore something dirty, and asked: "Ask whatever you want to ask."
Seeing that the other party had returned to normal, Li Nanke couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Zong Yuyu came to your place a few days ago, right."
"right."
Guan Lijuan nodded lightly, "She made a mistake and wanted me to intercede with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but I refused."
"Has she seen anyone else during this period?"
Li Nanke habitually took out a small notebook and planned to record some clues.
Bai Buai stretched his neck and took a few glances, but found that he couldn't understand clearly, so he found a stool, sat there leisurely, picked up an apple on the table and ate it.
The dark-faced woman looked hesitant, but said nothing.
"Only the girl from the Zhang family came to her and said something to apologize."
Guan Lijuan said.
really!
Li Nanke's eyes flashed and he asked: "What is the name of the girl from the Zhang family and where is she now?"
"already dead."
The speaker was a woman with black face.
She looked at Bai Buai with some disgust, and said in a muffled voice:
"That girl's name is Zhang Ertao. When Zong Yuyu came here for the first time, she had some conflicts with her. It was only after Madam persuaded her that we gave up.
But just four nights ago, that girl hanged herself."
The black-faced woman's words reminded Li Nanke of the funeral procession when he entered the village just now.
It seemed that was Zhang Ertao's funeral.
It is indeed contagious.
"Did you take off your clothes and hang yourself?" Bai Buai finally understood the purpose of Li Nanke's visit and asked first.
The black-faced woman stared at him in surprise, "How do you know?"
Bai Buai said proudly: "I know everything in heaven and on earth. I can understand such things with just a few clicks."
It's just that this boasting only earned the woman's contempt.
Li Nanke asked a few more questions, and after knowing the address of Zhang Ertao's home, he ended the interview.
Before leaving, Guan Lijuan suddenly stopped him.
"Have you ever had a nightmare, dreaming that... you couldn't escape?"
Nightmare?
Li Nanke didn't know why.
"I hope they are all false." Guan Lijuan sighed, stopped talking, and looked at the gloomy sky again.
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After leaving Guan Lijuan's house, Li Nanke and his wife came to Zhang Ertao's house.
Following this line of investigation, Li Nanke also found out that Zhang Ertao had been to Fengyunhui, and something didn't feel right after he came back.
Fengyun Society is the new organization after the disintegration of Xuanyuan Society.
The eldest brother is Shi Yan, also known as Uncle Hai. He was the second in command of the Xuanyuan Club.
"Let's go to Fengyunhui!"
Bai Buai waved his hand and said, "I will help Detective Li solve the case no matter what today!"