Jiang Lusheng and Lan Shuang found the red rose bush they had seen that morning. After confirming the location, Jiang Lusheng said, "Let's dig from here together. Be careful of the thorns."
"Okay." Lan Shuang stood side by side with him, a palm's distance between them. They acted at the same time, which would be more efficient.
No one spoke for a moment. In the darkness, the only sounds were the rustling sound of the shovel being inserted into the soil and the slightly rapid breathing.
After digging for a few minutes, Jiang Lusheng's shovel suddenly hit something and encountered an obstacle. He was startled and immediately looked down, only to see a large piece of blue clothes exposed in the soil.
Lan Shuang also saw it and took a breath, "Did they really bury someone?"
"It's not good to use the shovel anymore. Please move aside."
Jiang Lusheng stood up, and Lan Shuang immediately stepped back, looking at Jiang Lusheng expectantly.
Jiang Lusheng closed his eyes, and the color of his pupils instantly turned red. He pinched his fingers together and pointed in the direction of his clothes. A strong wind blew past, and the mud was blown away from the middle, revealing a pale face with eyes open in death.
Lan Shuang's scalp felt numb.
I couldn't help but frown. The body had no corpse spots and was not rotten. It looked like it had just died.
But this place cannot be inferred by common sense, it may have been dead for a long time.
"She's very pretty and looks no more than twenty."
Lan Shuang observed for a while and said.
Jiang Lusheng nodded: "What is her identity?"
"I don't think she's a guest. She's probably a lady from this manor."
Lan Shuang had this intuition. She squatted down and took a closer look, and her guess became more and more certain. "Look at the clothes she's wearing. The material doesn't look very special, but the tailoring is very decent, and the small details don't look like the off-the-shelf items you see in ordinary stores. And her hair is big, chestnut-colored curls with natural curves. You can tell at a glance that she takes care of it regularly. Anyone who has the time and energy to do that is definitely not a servant."
Jiang Lusheng nodded, "If she is really the young lady from the manor, then things will be even more complicated."
He reached into the deceased's pockets and rummaged through them, saying, "I'm sorry if this offends you."
After searching for a while, I found a note.
Lan Shuang perked up, stood behind him and looked down, "See you at 10:30 pm, Red Rose Garden."
A gust of wind blew by, and Lan Shuang shivered. She suddenly asked, "What time is it now?"
Jiang Lusheng turned his head to look at his watch, his eyes fixed, and his voice became tense: "Ten thirty."
Lan Shuang took a deep breath, feeling that the corpse on the ground would jump up and strangle her at the next moment.
However, after waiting for a long time, the corpse was still the same corpse, lying quietly on the ground.
Lan Shuang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's see how she died. What was the fatal wound? Maybe we can find some clues."
She and Jiang Lusheng worked together to turn the body over, and finally found a bullet hole behind her head.
"Shot?"
Lan Shuang suddenly realized, "The murder weapon must be the gun locked in the warehouse!"
Jiang Lusheng nodded. "The murderer first asked her to come here, then shot her. Then he went back to the warehouse, locked the gun in a drawer while getting tools, and then came over with a shovel and buried her."
"It's so confusing." Lan Shuang sighed, "A young girl was murdered. What could be the reason? Money? Love?"
Jiang Lusheng clapped his hands and stood up. He made a gesture to clean the hands of both of them, restored the place to its original state, and covered it with roses again, as if nothing had happened.
"There are only two reasons for murder. Money and emotion—it could be love, family, or even hatred. It all boils down to emotion. We have too few clues to know for sure. We'll have to ask others tomorrow."
Lan Shuang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go back. It's getting late."
The two men took shovels and entered the living room, which was still quiet.
They went to the warehouse, locked the shovel back, quietly returned the key to the housekeeper, and took the empty glass away.
Lan Shuang and Jiang Lusheng separated when they went upstairs. Before leaving, Jiang Lusheng hooked Lan Shuang's finger. Lan Shuang turned around, and he tucked the hair away from her ears and whispered, "Be careful. If you encounter any danger, call me and I will appear immediately."
Lan Shuang nodded: "You should be careful too."
Jiang Lusheng let go of her with a smile, but Lan Shuang suddenly came up and kissed him on the lips, "Good night."
"good evening."
…
Back in her room, Lan Shuang took off her clothes and lay on the bed. She couldn't describe the feeling in her heart. She originally wanted to take a shower, but when she thought that blood or hair might flow out of the faucet halfway through the shower, she felt disgusted. Fortunately, Jiang Lusheng used magic to clean it for her, so she decided not to take a shower.
Lying in bed, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, bits and pieces of clues kept flashing before her eyes.
After thinking for an unknown amount of time, her consciousness became blurred and she fell into a light sleep.
However, just as he was about to let himself fall asleep, 888 suddenly called out, "Host, host, it's twelve o'clock! Liu Quan is out!"
Lan Shuang suddenly opened her eyes with a start, "Didn't we say we can't go out after midnight? Why is Liu Quan out at this time?"
888 stared at Liu Quan and said, "I don't know, but he seemed to be heading towards Jiang Lusheng's room."
"What?!" Lan Shuang could no longer lie still. She threw off the quilt, got out of bed, put on her slippers, turned on the light, opened the door and rushed out.
She leaned over the railing and looked up. This time she was mentally prepared and would not be scared by someone like the housekeeper. But this time no one was leaning over the railing. There was indeed someone standing at Jiang Lusheng's door. He didn't knock, but just stood there stealthily.
After a while, he suddenly opened the door and walked in.
Lan Shuang: “…”
Isn't this a repeat of what happened at noon?
Just replaced by Liu Quan and Jiang Lusheng.
However, Jiang Lusheng's killing power is much greater than Li Weiyan's. If Liu Quan really dares to offend him, breaking a leg would be the lightest punishment, and it is possible that all three legs would be broken.
She ignored the rules and hurried upstairs.
The lights in the corridor were always on, but Lan Shuang didn't know if it was due to psychological suggestion, but she felt that the light was not as bright as during the day.
She stood in front of Jiang Lusheng's door and found it was pitch black inside. She called out tentatively, "Jiang Lusheng?"
No one responded.
"Liu Quan?"
No one responded.
Lan Shuang got goosebumps all over her body.
"Xiao Baba, did you see where they went?"
However, there was no response this time.
Lan Shuang opened her eyes slightly, and felt a chill on her back. She suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned around abruptly and almost bumped into the person behind her.
The pale face smiled at her, and then the lights in the corridor began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
Lan Shuang lowered her eyes and saw that she was wearing a red skirt. She suddenly remembered the woman in red that Zheng Mingxin mentioned.
“You—Ah!”
The woman in red raised her hand and pushed her hard, and Lan Shuang was pushed into Jiang Lusheng's room.
The lights in the corridor went out and the door closed in an instant.
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