Chapter 47
Chapter 47
When the 13th player arrived at the gate of Dong's house, all the players in the card game were present.
After a while, the closed rich door opened from the inside, and a housekeeper in a gray coat poked his head out.
"I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting, are you all invited by the master and Mrs. Hui, and are the guests attending the eldest lady's wedding?"
The butler came out from behind the door and stood on the steps, Yitu saw the white flower on his chest.
The white flowers set off the sadness between his brows, making him look even more haggard.
Even though no one responded to his words, the steward continued:
"Recently, Yongle Street is not peaceful. There was another murder case this morning. The police station is searching for suspicious persons..."
"For the safety of the Dong family, gentlemen and ladies, please show us your invitations."
"Murder?" Standing beside the stone lion, the man with curly hair touched his pocket and actually took out a bright red wedding invitation.
"this?"
The housekeeper nodded quickly, "Master, please come in, there will be a servant in the courtyard to take you to the guest room to rest."
"Other gentlemen and ladies, please show me the wedding invitation."
Seeing this, Yitu tried to touch his pocket, and there was a similar wedding invitation in it.
This wedding invitation wrote the name of the inviter, Mr. Dong, and the names of the two newcomers, but there was no invitee.
"Let's go." Lu Nan shouted.
Yitu heard the words and closed the wedding invitations and followed.
After the butler read the invitation, he let the players into the house.
When he turned to close the door, he muttered in a low voice:
"I've checked everything, and there shouldn't be any monsters coming in."
Although his voice was very low, almost all the players present heard this sentence, and everyone's mood became subtle in an instant.
At this time, there was no trace of festive red in the house, but white cloths were hung everywhere, and the servants also wore white flowers on their chests.
Obviously, the family's red happiness turned into white mourning.
After the butler closed the door carefully, he turned around and found that none of his guests followed the boy back to the guest room, but all their eyes fell on him.
He froze for a moment, then said:
"Everyone is exhausted, and it's getting late, everyone, go back to the guest room to rest before it gets dark."
"Isn't the Dong family hosting a happy event, why are they hanging white cloths and white flowers everywhere?" Someone couldn't help asking at this time.
Hearing this, the butler sighed, "I really can't hide it from you all, originally this was indeed a happy event, but why..."
"However, our eldest lady is gone this morning!"
"A good happy event has turned into a trivial matter, what a ghost!" The housekeeper was sad, and said after a while:
"I know everyone's shocked feelings at this time, and there are many taboos about this matter. After the master relieves the pain of losing his daughter, he will explain it to everyone in person."
After the butler finished speaking, he motioned for the servant to lead them to the guest room, then turned and left.
Knowing that they couldn't ask anything else if they asked again, the players had no choice but to follow the boy to their residence tonight.
Yitu and Lu Nan originally followed the same boy to the West Wing.
Coincidentally, Jiang Hanyu and the young man also dropped in with them.
The two servants walked in front, and the four followed behind. The path was silent for a while, it was extremely quiet.
Until a fork appeared in front, the two servants, one on the left and the other on the right, turned their heads to signal the guests behind them to follow.
Yitu hurriedly followed, the atmosphere was really awkward, it's better to separate earlier.
However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, someone grabbed Lu Nan's arm behind him.
Lu Nan was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously turned his head to look at the man holding him, and couldn't help frowning.
"you……"
Jiang Hanyu gave him a faint smile, and said with no refusal: "I'll trade with you."
After all, before Lu Nan had time to react, the two of them had already followed the young man to the left wing.
Only he and the new love that the man brought into the card game were left standing on the ground and looking at each other.
Song Jingchen was at a loss. He didn't know what the relationship between that man and Brother Jiang was, and he had never seen him before.
And when seeing the figures of the two of them almost disappearing on the path, Jiang Hanyu finally remembered that there was such a person as him.
The man turned to look at him, "I'll come back to you later."
Song Jingchen could only nod his head, "OK."
On the other side, Yitu couldn't help frowning as he looked at the man who was still walking steadily and turned his head.
"Since you are worried, what are you doing with me?"
Jiang Hanyu froze for a moment, then suddenly smiled.
"If I don't follow, how can I settle accounts with my old love?"
The man's fiery fingertips brushed against the back of Yitu's neck, and the two of them were so close that he had the illusion that he was going to be wrapped in this man's arms.
Yitu's body froze, and he drew a distance to the side.
"you……"
"When you were making up things outside behind my back, you didn't expect to meet me again, did you?"
Jiang Hanyu held Yitu's arm, and looked at his embarrassed face with a half-smile.
The man's fur coat did not change much of his original appearance, even so, the first sight of this man made people love it, and it was pleasing to the eye.
Yitu's wrist was grabbed by him, and the skin around it was hot and hot.
Jiang Hanyu was still relentless, and his smile became more and more wanton: "Why don't you play ugly this time? I'm afraid I'm a fool to let my handsome old love go without hurting me, so I'm looking for a new one!"
Almost as close as biting an ear, the man's magnetic voice made Yitu's ears feel hot.
Half of it was because of being angry, and the reason for the other half was unclear to him.
Before Yitu could wave him away, Jiang Hanyu let go of his hand first, and the smile on his face restrained a little.
"The other dogs in the team can't enter the poker field again, so I can only take Song Jingchen this time."
The sudden explanation took Yitu a long time to realize the meaning of the man's words.
Song Jingchen was the young man who entered the card game with Jiang Hanyu.
Yitu nodded, and then asked:
"Is he your friend?"
"Forget it, he is the younger brother of a member of my team." Jiang Hanyu didn't mind telling him this, and continued to speak in a good mood:
"Originally he didn't come into the card game with us, someone will take him."
"Who?" Yitu became curious.
"His cp." Jiang Hanyu raised his eyebrows slightly, "He's a pretty good guy, but he's been down lately."
"They are breaking up. I heard from Xiao Song that the man has a new love."
When Jiang Hanyu said this, he looked at Yitu again with that half-smile look.
Yitu felt like he was about to choke to death, and he really did, why did he dig a hole for himself.
As for Jiang Hanyu, a dog who has revenge and revenge, I don't know how many times I have to tease him about it.
While the two were talking, the servant led them to the corridor of the west wing.
"You two, go to bed early. Recently...it's not safe at night, so try not to go out." The servant kindly instructed.
After he finished speaking, he wanted to leave, but was stopped by Yitu in time.
"Brother, I'm sorry to ask so presumptuously." Yitu said, "How did your young lady... die?"
The servant frowned tightly, as if he was reluctant to speak.
Yitu was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.
The servant had no choice but to say: "Our lady hanged herself, if the housekeeper asks about this, don't say I sued you!"
"It's easy to say." Yitu smiled, "When your lady died, were you there?"
The boy shook his head, "Our young lady died in the morning. I was running errands for Mrs. Hui. When I came back, everyone in the family was wearing white flowers."
The little fellow looked around and suddenly lowered his voice.
"Dear guest, please don't ask these questions anymore, the current Dong family...is not clean!"
"Not clean?"
The boy nodded and smiled sarcastically:
"I can't tell you too much. Anyway, I don't live in the house, so I can only hear it from hearsay. It's not allowed."
Except for the housekeeper, the servants of the Dong family are all temporarily or permanently hired nearby, and they will leave when the time comes.
That is to say, at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, in the huge house of the Dong family, apart from the old lady and the housekeeper, there are only thirteen guests who just came in.
Before the servant left, he gave Jiang Hanyu the key to the door.
After the two opened the door, they found that the guest room in the house was very narrow.
And because no one has lived in it for too long, there is a lingering dusty smell in the house.
Yitu tore off the quilt and dusted it, although there was an unavoidable musty smell on it, he could barely sleep.
And now their only problem is that there is only one bed in this small room.
Looking at Jiang Hanyu standing beside him with his arms folded and frowning, Yitu had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask:
"How to sleep?" Do you want to ask for a wing room?
Jiang Hanyu glanced at him, then smiled suddenly: "I don't mind squeezing with my old love."
Yitu almost vomited blood from his anger again, "I don't mind!"
"Then it's too late. If there are extra rooms, do you think the poker room will kindly let us sleep together?" Jiang Hanyu asked back.
"I..." Yitu was speechless.
If you think about it carefully, there is still a care for two people living together.
As long as Dong's house is bigger, one person can have one room, and the card game will never allow players to take advantage of it.
Its malice is undisguised, and it wants to kill every player present with the rules.
Thinking of this, living in a room with Jiang Hanyu, even if it's a little crowded, he still took advantage of it.
At least you don't have to worry about losing your life at any time.
Thinking of this, Yitu felt instantly relieved, and his eyes on Jiang Hanyu became more friendly.
"You're right, let's squeeze together tonight."
Jiang Hanyu: "?" My friend, there seems to be something wrong with you.
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Their dinner was delivered to the room by the servant, it was meat and vegetables, the color and presentation were beautiful, at least it seemed that Yitu had a little appetite.
After delivering the dinner, the servants in the house will leave Dong's house, and the whole mansion will be quiet at that time, not a single sound can be heard.
Yitu thought that after dinner, the day would be over.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the butler came over in person.
It turned out that the master of the Dong family was in better health, and he wanted to invite these distinguished guests to the lobby of the front yard to get together and explain the situation while apologizing.
Yitu and Jiang Hanyu found the only lobby that was still lit according to the way they came.
When they arrived, the rest of the players in the lobby also arrived in disorder.
Among these people, Yitu quickly found the location of Lu Nan and Song Jingchen.
After the four reunited, the awkward atmosphere changed. Lu Nan was originally an outsider, so naturally there was nothing to restrain him.
However, Song Jingchen's gaze never left Yitu after he appeared.
That unbelievable, somewhat admiring look made Yitu wish he could find a crack in the ground and slip in.
Lu Nan must have told Song Jingchen what he was talking nonsense before, and now the misunderstanding is really big.
Jiang Hanyu didn't notice the eye contact between Yitu and Song Jingchen, but simply asked the latter about the situation in the east wing.
The East Wing is larger than the West Wing, and most of the players live in the East Wing.
This means that the more people there are, the more accidents are likely to happen.
But the game has just begun, so there is no need to be too cautious.
What's more, although Song Jingchen is not bright-headed, his powerful CP is always by his side for a long time.
If you earn enough points, you can still buy a few items that are enough to save your life.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hanyu didn't take it too seriously.
After all the players arrived, the housekeeper helped Mr. Dong, who had gray temples, sit on the front seat in the lobby.
Behind Master Dong was a beautiful woman in a plain white koi cheongsam. That was Master Dong's wife who had just married, Qiao Huiniang.
When Master Dong sat down and Yitu saw his face, he instantly understood why Hui Niang, who was only in her early twenties, was willing to follow this master who could be her own father.
Although most of Dong Qingshan's old age has been shown on his face, even so, he can still imagine his handsome and tough appearance when he was young. I am afraid that the daughters of several families are vying for the son who wants to marry.
As soon as Dong Qingshan sat down, he was exhausted, and his pair of deep eagle eyes were bloodshot.
Without the majesty of the head of the family, it adds a bit of haggardness.
He looked at the guests present and apologized with a wry smile.
"I'm really sorry everyone. Originally, Dong wanted to invite everyone to witness the happy birthday of his beloved woman. Who knew that today's negligence turned into a lifelong pain."
"Just this morning, my beloved daughter Dong Haoyue was found in the room by a servant..." Master Dong said this, his voice was so deep that he was almost out of breath.
"A piece of white silk was hanged on the eaves. People have already gone. Red joys have become white funerals. White-haired people give black-haired people!"
Master Dong coughed violently, and Mrs. Hui patted him on the back to let him breathe, her face was full of worry and sorrow.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry Dong. I didn't plan to keep you in the house for the funeral. It's just that the town is not peaceful recently..."
"Everyone might as well live in Dong's residence for a few days with good food and drink. I, Dong Qingshan, will bear all the expenses, so I will compensate everyone."
After Master Dong finished speaking, the hall was very quiet.
At this time, someone asked:
"Master Dong, may I take the liberty to ask you a question?"
Everyone's eyes fell on him instantly.
"Tell me." Master Dong nodded.
Yitu didn't care about other people's scrutiny, and then asked:
"When the servant found Miss Dong, did you see if Miss Dong's toes were pointing at someone?"
After he finished speaking, Master Dong was taken aback.
"What do you mean?" Master Dong stood up excitedly, "When Xiaoyue was discovered, her toes were indeed pointing at people, how did you know?"
After getting the answer he wanted, Yitu knew it in his heart.
"Then it seems that Miss Dong didn't hang herself, but... homicide."
As soon as he finished speaking, Master Dong's expression suddenly changed, while the expressions of the other players became subtler.
"How did you judge at such a young age? Could it be that you are talking nonsense for no reason?" Madam Hui doubted.
"People who hang themselves have been hung up for a long time, and when they die, their toes are hanging down to the ground." Yitu explained,
"As for Ms. Dong, after she was killed first, she pretended to hang herself for a period of time. During this period, the corpse had already developed a rigor, and her toes pointed at people."
Hearing these words, Master Dong sat back in a daze, and muttered: "Who...who dares to do such a trick in front of me!"
"Master, we want to avenge Xiaoyue."
Mrs. Hui, who suddenly learned the truth, covered her face and wept.
Jiang Hanyu looked at Yitu with great interest, "Are you a medical student?"
Yitu shook his head, and said in a low voice: "My friend is a forensic doctor, so he has learned a little bit."
In fact, even if he doesn't ask, it won't be long before everyone knows that Dong Haoyue killed himself, not hanged himself.
As long as Mr. Dong invited the coroner no longer out of face and reputation issues, the coroner would be able to see something wrong at a glance.
And they knew this clue, but it was only a matter of time.
Originally, Yitu didn't want to get ahead like this, but after thinking about it, Jiang Hanyu ate and lived with him, and there was a man covering him, so no one should be able to play tricks behind his back.
Just as Yitu guessed, someone asked Dong Qingshan why he didn't call the police, since something like this happened in the house.
Not only did they not call the police, but there were festive happy words on the wall outside the house. If it weren't for the white flowers on the chests of everyone in the house, no one would believe that someone died in this big house.
Dong Qingshan sighed deeply and explained:
"I also thought about calling the police to deal with it, but the group of things in the police station who take money and do nothing can't do anything at all, and they will ruin the Dong family's reputation."
"Who will come to do business with me, Dong Qingshan?"
"What's more, there have been frequent tragedies on Yongle Street in recent days. From time to time, there will be bad news from a family. Both men and women, big and small, are all heartbroken to death!"
"In a time when everyone is in panic, if the perpetrator is not found, there will be no peace."
"I'm going to report the case again at this time, but it's just adding to the chaos."
Master Dong's original plan was to appease these guests first, and then come to find someone to investigate the strangeness of Dong Haoyue's death.
But Yitu broke the truth ahead of time, and Master Dong only strengthened his decision to find someone to catch the murderer.
Starting tomorrow, the Dong family mansion will become more difficult to enter and exit.
On the way back with Yitu following Jiang Hanyu, he was still thinking about the thief, but the man's focus was not on it.
"There is still one hi that hasn't appeared."
Yitu was taken aback, "What?"
Jiang Hanyu took a look at him, "This card field is the word "囍", Double Happiness, Dong Haoyue is just one of them, and there is another one."
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