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"Find the murderer."

It's not a solution to keep wasting time like this.

Of course, the government couldn't hold them forever; they would release them when the time came. However, that time was too long for her. Instead of waiting here, she might as well help the government find the murderer.

That night, the body was thrown from the second floor. When they came downstairs, there was no one in the corridor, so the murderer must have thrown the body after that.

Bei Yutang went to the corridor on the second floor to check, but unexpectedly, there was already someone standing in the corridor.

The man was dressed in a slender blue robe. From behind, one would think he was tall and majestic. But when he turned around, one could see an ordinary face.

The man in blue saw her and nodded slightly at her.

The two of them were checking the corridor separately without interfering with each other.

There was no trace of blood on the corridor, which made Bei Yutang a little suspicious. If the body was carried out of the room, blood would surely drip onto the corridor, but this corridor was too clean.

There must be something I overlooked.

Bei Yutang looked up, his gaze drawn to something inside the eaves.

She jumped up on the railing, grabbed a corner of the eaves with her hand, and wiped it, revealing a trace of blood on the inside.

Why are there bloodstains on this? Could it be...

Bei Yutang looked up at the eaves, flipped over and jumped directly to the roof of the boat.

I don’t know when the man in blue was also on the roof, it seems he found it too.

Since they had the same goal, Bei Yutang asked directly, "Little brother, have you found anything?"

The man in blue was stunned and gave her a playful look.

Little Brother...

The man in blue looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "There are rope marks here."

Bei Yutang walked forward, squatted down, and saw scratches on the corners. They were fresh, having been made recently. The roof was empty, and no one usually went up there. This scratch was clearly made the night before.

Suppose that if Wen Wanru and her maids were dead before they went downstairs, the murderer installed the bodies on top of the boat, and waited until the cabin on the first floor was in commotion and everyone's attention was on that, then cut the ropes and the bodies fell.

Last night, with strong winds and heavy rain, the rope must have been blown into the river, destroying the evidence without anyone noticing. Those who were in the cabin before the body appeared that night couldn't prove they weren't the murderer. All these alibis were completely overturned.

Those who returned to the cabin midway and those who left the cabin before buying and selling children were the most suspicious.

"It seems that the previous alibi needs to be re-checked." Bei Yutang said.

The man in blue nodded in agreement.

After the two looked back and forth on the roof, Bei Yutang found a small piece of fishing line in a gap somewhere on the roof.

"It seems like this is what we're going to use." Bei Yutang took out the fishing line.

The man in blue glanced at the fishing line. "It's strong enough to be easily discovered in the dark."

"Come on, please ask the yamen runners to come up and take a look."

As the two were about to get off the roof, the steward on board saw them and shouted, "What are you doing up there?"

Bei Yutang and the man in blue came down one after the other and went straight to the yamen runners.

"I'm asking you a question, are you deaf?"

Bei Yutang glanced at the steward and said, "If you have time to restrain us here, why don't you spend more time looking for evidence and finding the murderer?"