It was getting dark again. Lu Zhan didn't know what he wanted to celebrate, but he actually asked the cook to prepare a banquet, and the nurses and servants of the Lu family were also given wine.
Perhaps to show his dissatisfaction with Li Hui, he didn't even send anyone to invite Li Hui to come to the back hall to have a drink with him. Jiang Sheng, the head of the nursing home, reminded him, and was scolded bloody by him.
Li Hui did not go to the back hall. He and Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang lit a fire in the hall and baked some noodles to eat. After that, he asked Dachun to go to the back hall to find Jiang Sheng to arrange the manpower for the night watch. However, soon after
When Chun came back to report, Lu Zhan said there was no need to be vigilant tonight because there was no need.
Li Hui was helpless and wanted to negotiate, but when he thought about Lu Zhan's face, he feared that it would be a waste of time. So he discussed it with Dachun Dazhuang, and the three of them took turns to stay on duty tonight, watching what was going on outside.
Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang insisted not to let Li Hui participate in the night watch, saying that they could go up to midnight and stay at night. Li Hui thought about it and gave up. The two of them snored like thunder last night and slept very well.
I had almost no sleep last night, and now I am feeling dizzy. I really need a good night's rest to regain my energy and brain power, and also think about how to contact Wang Guangzu and his gang tomorrow.
Zhao Dachun was on duty for half the night, and Li Hui also went to bed early by the campfire. There were people in the front and back halls tonight, and he felt a little at ease in his heart. As soon as he felt at ease, sleepiness came over him quickly, and he fell asleep not long after.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Hui was suddenly awakened by a shrill scream. The sound was particularly harsh in the quiet night and made people's hair stand on end. Li Hui sat up and saw the man lying not far away.
Zhao Dachun also got up. Zhao Dachun had just handed over the shift with Guo Dazhuang. It was just after midnight, and he was not asleep yet.
"What's the sound?" Li Hui asked in shock.
"It seems to be a scream. It came from the back hall, it couldn't be haunted." Zhao Dachun said with eyes wide open.
"What the hell. Something happened." Li Hui reached out and grabbed the dagger in his hand, and stood up. Zhao Dachun also hurriedly picked up the big iron bar.
At this moment, the sound of people screaming once again came from the direction of the back hall. The horrified screams were like a pot exploding, the sound was shrill and terrifying.
"Go and have a look!" Li Hui shouted. With a clang, he unsheathed the dagger in his hand and ran towards the back hall with the dagger in hand.
Zhao Dachun followed Li Hui with an iron rod. Guo Dazhuang, who was outside, also heard the sound and just came down from the wall and rushed to the entrance of the lobby. When he saw Li Hui and Li Dachun running to the back hall, he followed behind him without saying a word, holding the rod.
Li Hui ran along the corridor to the back hall with a dagger. The shouts in the back hall were more real. It seemed that someone was shouting something like "Young Master". At the entrance of the second patio, a person holding a lantern rushed towards the back hall.
He came out and almost bumped into Li Hui.
"Jiang Sheng, what's wrong? What happened? What are you shouting about?" Li Hui saw clearly that the person coming was Jiang Sheng.
When Jiang Sheng saw that it was Li Hui and others, he shouted loudly: "Li County Prime Minister, I was about to report to you. But what's terrible is that my young master was... cut off his head."
There was a buzz in Li Hui's head, and he opened his mouth in shock and was speechless.
…
In the room on the east side of the back hall, on the wooden bed that the Lu family had just built for Lu Zhan not long ago, Lu Zhan's body and head were separated and lying on the quilt. The scene was extremely terrifying and bloody.
There were blood splatters on the quilt and curtain, and the blood soaked the pillow and quilt. Lu Zhan's head and neck were about a few feet apart and fell on the corner of the bed. He was facing upward, staring at the curtain above with wide eyes, as if everything
It happened so fast, and the horrified expression was still frozen on his face.
There were not many signs of struggle on the bed. Lu Zhan's body was still covered by the quilt, and was even twitching slightly.
Li Hui stared blankly at Lu Zhan's separated body. His body could not control his chills, his stomach tightened, and he almost vomited it out.
This was the first time he saw a person's death with his head cut off. It was too terrifying and creepy. If he hadn't had the experience of fighting and killing people before, Li Hui would probably not be able to bear the bloody scene in front of him at this moment.
scene.
Although I have not had a good impression of Lu Zhan all the way, and I even dislike him very much. However, I never want him to die here.
Li Hui put down the curtain and turned around. The Lu family's nursing home and servants stood blankly in the room, looking at Li Hui with horror and helplessness in their eyes. Before that, they had already seen the face of the master on the bed.
It's such a tragic situation, they are now all at a loss, frightened and at a loss what to do.
Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief, forced himself to suppress the turmoil in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Who first discovered that Magistrate Lu was killed?"
"It's... cook Xu Laosi." Jiang Sheng reached out and pointed at the shivering middle-aged servant standing aside.
Xu Laosi was the accompanying servant and cook. Lu Zhan took him with him specially to cook for Lu Zhan on the road. Xu Laosi also secretly sent several bowls of food to Li Hui and others on the way. Li Hui was very interested in
He had a good impression.
"Xu Laosi, when did you find out about Magistrate Lu's situation?" Li Hui asked in a deep voice.
"Replying to Li Xian Cheng, it's just now. As soon as I entered the room, I felt something was wrong. When I looked on the bed... the young master... was beheaded..." Xu Laosi said tremblingly.
Li Hui frowned and shouted: "At midnight, why did you enter Magistrate Lu's bedroom?"
Xu Laosi hurriedly said: "I came here to bring tea. The young master drank a lot of wine in the evening. I was afraid that he would be thirsty in the middle of the night, so I made tea and brought it in. It was also the young master's order. Everyone heard it."
Li Hui looked at Jiang Sheng and the rest of the Lu family. Jiang Sheng and others nodded and said, "Young master did give the order. He said that after drinking, he would feel dry in the mouth and heart at night, so he asked Mr. Xu to prepare tea and put it in the house.
, and when he was thirsty, he drank by himself.”
Li Huidao: "Where is the tea you made?"
Xu Laosi pointed to the small table next to him. There was indeed a pot of tea and two teacups placed on the small table. Li Hui walked over and reached out to touch the teapot. It was still hot to the touch. He opened the lid of the pot and boiled it.
The smell of tea wafts out. The tea in Dajin is boiled tea, with onion, ginger, mint, cinnamon, red dates and other ingredients cooked into a porridge-like substance. Li Hui has never been accustomed to this kind of tea, and it has no tea flavor at all.
It seemed that Xu Laosi had indeed boiled tea and brought it in.
"Tell me about the situation at that time. Why did you feel something was wrong?" Li Hui said in a deep voice.
"After I came in, I found that the window at the back was open and cold wind was pouring in. I had bolted the window before the young master went to bed, so I felt strange. I was afraid that the young master would catch a cold, so I put the teapot here and then closed the window at the back.
After closing the window, I smelled a strong smell of blood. So I wanted to take a look at the young master. But when I looked at the bed, my God... I was scared to death, scared to death." Xu Laosi replied tremblingly.
road.
When Li Hui heard this, he quickly took the lantern from the person next to him and walked to the back window in three or two steps. The back window was a three-part window with flower and bird sculptures. Because it was renovated and installed, it was wiped clean and the window paper was
They are all freshly applied.
Under the illumination of the lantern, the window paper was intact. But Li Hui saw the scratches left by sharp tools on the wooden crossbar of the window. Bit by bit, the distribution was fine. Li Hui seemed to understand something in his heart.
He pulled out the window latch and pushed open the window. Suddenly, a cold wind rushed in, causing everyone in the room to shrink. The cold wind poured in, and the curtains on the bed began to flutter.
The lanterns held in everyone's hands were blown up and down, and everyone became a little panicked. At this moment, Li Hui closed the flower window with a clang.
The wind stopped, the room returned to normal, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Jiang Sheng, have you arranged for someone to be on guard around tonight?" Li Hui walked back and asked in a deep voice.
Jiang Sheng said hurriedly: "Young master said that there is no need to be vigilant tonight, so I...have no arrangements. I really deserve to die."
Li Huidao: "But where will all of you rest?"
"We are all sleeping in the west wing. We all drank some wine and fell into a deep sleep. If the fourth child hadn't woken up, we wouldn't have known what happened." Jiang Sheng said.
"Can you guarantee that everyone is in the west wing and has not sneaked out?" Li Hui asked again.
Jiang Sheng shouted: "Does County Prime Minister Li suspect that someone among us has killed the young master? Absolutely impossible. We have great courage, but we dare not do this. Not long after we fell asleep, we heard Xu Laosi's voice
Yelling. Mr. Xu has been with us all the time, but he didn’t sleep. He can prove it."
Several nurses nearby turned pale with fright when they heard this. They knelt down and kowtowed in a low voice and shouted: "Xian Cheng Li, how dare we do this? You must not doubt us."
Xu Laosi said hurriedly: "Li Xiancheng, I can prove it. I wanted to make tea and didn't dare to sleep, so I sat in the house and warmed myself by the fire. None of them came out. I didn't hear a sound. Who was it?
I didn’t see it either.”
Li Hui waved his hand and said to everyone: "I just want to eliminate your suspicions. In this way, you can basically eliminate your suspicions. In fact, I know that it cannot be one of you. Because someone used a sharp knife from the back window.
He opened the window bolt, entered the house and killed Magistrate Lu. There are traces of the tip of the knife on the window bolt. You must have been asleep at that time."