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Caiyue nodded blankly. She stared at Xu Qinghuan closely, trying to figure out what happened just now.
Xu Qinghuan looked at Caiyue with a relaxed and natural expression: "You just fell down there."
Caiyue pursed her lips and shook her head: "No...it's not wrestling...I...I..."
Xu Qinghuan stepped forward and opened her palms. There were osmanthus petals in her palms: "You saw the beautiful osmanthus flowers by the river and wanted to pick them for the eldest princess.
This flower is very beautiful. It is rare that it is still blooming today. If you place it among the dendrobium flowers, it will definitely fill the room with fragrance."
Caiyue's lips twitched: "I...the flower smelled very good, so I walked over."
Xu Qinghuan continued: "What happened when picking flowers?"
"I...when I was picking flowers," Caiyue's eyes suddenly widened, "a man came out of the pond and suddenly grabbed my ankle. The man's hands were cold and his face was blue... He was a dead man.
...No...no...it's a water ghost, she wants to drag me into the water."
Caiyue's body was swaying, as if she was about to faint. Just as her teeth were chattering, she felt a warmth in her arms. The coldness in her body was immediately dissipated, and a hand held her tightly.
Caiyue stared blankly at the heater in her arms and Miss Xu's comforting hands.
"It's okay, you don't need to panic," Xu Qinghuan whispered, "She's not here to find you."
Caiyue's lips trembled: "Why... why..."
Xu Qinghuan said: "If she is looking for you, she will tell you who she is and what she is here to do. You don't know anything, so it is obvious that she is not the person she is looking for."
There seemed to be some truth to this, but it still couldn't dispel the fear in Cai Yue's heart. No matter who saw that scene, they would become like Cai Yue.
The eldest princess of Jiashan next to her changed her face because of these words. According to Miss Xu, who is the person crawling out of the water really looking for?
Princess Jiashan fell into thinking.
"Princess Jiashan, Princess Jian." Xu Qinghuan stepped forward and saluted.
Princess Jian coughed lightly, and the eldest princess of Jiashan looked at Xu Qinghuan as if she was waking up from a dream: "Miss Xu..."
Xu Qinghuan said: "Aren't you going to catch that person, Princess?"
"Who?" Princess Jiashan understood at this point, "You mean the one in the pond..."
Xu Qinghuan looked at Caiyue: "The person who scared Caiyue."
A look of hesitation flashed across Princess Jiashan's face.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Does the eldest princess also believe that it is a water ghost?"
The eldest princess of Jiashan looked at Xu Qinghuan: "Of course I don't believe it, but..." She frowned slightly and did not continue. She changed the topic and ordered the steward, "Have someone close the door and carefully check the house. Don't let anyone who is suspected be released."
Let's go and see if someone is deliberately pretending to be a ghost."
After hearing this, the mother in charge will go down to make arrangements.
"Wait a minute," Xu Qinghuan stopped the steward, "I'm afraid this isn't the first time this has happened. Everyone in the mansion has already checked it out, right?"
The eldest princess of Jiashan couldn't help but feel moved. She asked Miss Xu to come here in order to inquire about Huijing. Unexpectedly, she hadn't found a chance to ask these questions yet, so she asked Miss Xu to find out everything about the house.
Now that the matter has come to a point, it can no longer be concealed. Princess Jiashan said: "This has happened not once or twice. Someone has seen the shadow of a woman by the pond before. I also asked people to check it, but nothing was found.
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Xu Qinghuan walked back to the pond: "This incident happened not long ago, and the ground on the shore has not completely dried, so there must be some clues left."
The eldest princess of Jiashan couldn't help but follow Xu Qinghuan.
Just now, everyone was only focused on watching Caiyue, and did not notice that there was always a person busy by the pond.
A round-faced maid lay on the ground and watched carefully, then carefully took out a handful of soybeans from her purse and placed them one by one on the ground. The maid looked distressed, as if someone had grabbed her heart.
After a while, the maid raised her head and said with a grimace: "Miss, everything is set up."
Xu Qinghuan knelt down and looked at the pattern made of soybean grains. He could vaguely see that it was a footprint.
"The man was very careful. He came ashore from the pond and avoided the bluestone road. He deliberately took this unmaintained dirt road because the dirt road was covered with grass and it was not easy to leave footprints. Therefore, at first glance, it seemed that no footprints were left behind.
The slightest trace makes people naturally think of those ghosts that suddenly appear.
Once you think this way, you won't look around for evidence, and these clues will disappear over time and become even more invisible."
After Xu Qinghuan said this, he looked at Princess Jiashan: "Fortunately, this incident happened not long ago. If you look carefully, you can find the traces left by the man here."
When Xu Qinghuan said this, the eldest princess of Jiashan walked a few steps and looked down, and then said in surprise: "If these are... that person's footprints... they look a bit..."
"It's a bit big," Xu Qinghuan smiled slightly, "It doesn't look like a woman's feet. If the eldest princess of Jiashan carefully interrogated the women in the mansion before, then now she has reason to call the short servant in the mansion for questioning."
The eldest princess of Jiashan ordered the steward: "Why are you still standing there? Go quickly." Miss Xu was right. After all, when the thing appeared, no one could see his face clearly.
The steward responded and immediately took people down to investigate.
The eldest princess of Jiashan went to see Xu Qinghuan again: "It is said that Miss Xu is good at solving cases. It is true when I saw her today."
Xu Qinghuan said: "I'm just more careful than others, and I have one or two capable people around me to help me."
Hearing the eldest lady talking about the powerful person, Feng Chu immediately stood up and straightened her back. People who are successful are usually more favored than others. She is the eldest lady's favorite maid. Thinking of this, Feng Chu felt sad because of Huang Dou.
My mood has improved a bit.
"The eldest princess didn't move into this garden, is it because of this incident?"
Princess Jiashan's eyes flashed and she just nodded: "I thought the house was unclean, so..."
Before she finished speaking, Miss Xu smiled slightly, as if she had seen through what she was hiding.
Xu Qinghuan continued: "Isn't it the eldest princess who was frightened for the first time in this house?"
The eldest princess of Jiashan clenched her handkerchief. Thinking of what happened that day, the hairs on her body could not help but stand up.
Xu Qinghuan continued: "The person originally wanted to scare the eldest princess, but the eldest princess is now cautious and refuses to go near the pond."
The eldest princess of Jiashan swallowed and wanted to say something, but finally swallowed the words back in her stomach.
"Princess," the mother in charge came over quickly and said, "a boy in our inner courtyard is missing. You, the princess, the ladies, and the young lady should go to the main room first and have someone protect you to avoid any mistakes."
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Modified bug:
I wrote about the lake before, but it didn’t feel right, so I changed it to a pond.
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