Chapter 9 How pitiful
It started to drizzle in the middle of the night.
The spring rain in Jiangling was gentle and silent, yet continuous and dense. Ye Chutang went to close the window and a few drops of rain splashed on his sleeves.
She looked up unintentionally, and saw in her peripheral vision that the candle in the opposite room was still burning quietly, outlining a tall and elegant silhouette.
"The son of a rich family is indeed a spendthrift..."
These candles are more numerous and brighter than those lit by others.
Ye Chutang murmured and closed the window.
So she didn't see it, and after a while, the candle opposite went out.
Lian Zhou asked curiously, "Master, are you going to rest so early today?"
Shen Yanchuan chuckled.
"When you live under someone else's roof, you naturally have to abide by their rules."
…
It rained all night.
The next day, Ye Chutang was still sleeping when she heard Ye Yunfeng's voice coming from outside: "Sister! Sister!"
Ye Chutang turned over and said lazily:
"Don't make any noise, Xiaowu is still asleep."
Xiao Wu, who had been sitting up and playing for a while, blinked his eyes, then lay down obediently with his butt sticking up, and got close to Ye Chutang.
Ye Yunfeng hesitated for a second, but continued, "It's a big deal! Sister, come out quickly!"
Lian Zhou looked at the scene in the yard and felt a little strange.
"What are you doing so early in the morning?"
Seeing the excitement on that boy's face, could there be some good news?
Chen Yanchuan was changing the dressing, and the two wounds on his chest and lower abdomen had actually begun to heal.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
The injury lasted for half a month. Because it was poisonous and kept festering, it could not be healed. Even the doctors in the capital were very troubled.
I didn’t expect that after only two days at this small clinic, I had seen significant improvement.
This Doctor Ye...really has some hidden abilities.
Hearing Lian Zhou's words, he said casually without even raising his head: "It seems that the murderer has been found."
Lian Zhou was stunned: "So fast!?"
Yesterday, the Cao family came to cause trouble. Although he did not go out to see it, he heard it clearly thanks to his profound internal skills.
Death from allergic reaction to food is very difficult to investigate, especially when it is intentional, it is even harder to find evidence and the truth.
How is it possible to find the real murderer overnight?
However, the next moment, Ye Yunfeng's voice, unable to conceal his excitement, came over.
"Sister! They said they've found the person who stole the river shrimp for Cao Chengwu!"
Lian Zhou was startled, and when he turned around he saw that his master was still calm and composed, without any sign of surprise, and it was obvious that he had expected this.
this--
Squeak——
The door was pushed open and the girl who was woken up came out.
Shen Yanchuan raised his eyelids slightly and glanced over there, his eyes slightly fixed.
She had a very gentle and beautiful face, but at this moment, there was a hint of laziness and tiredness between her pair of distant mountain-like brows, as if she had not yet woken up. Her black hair was simply tied up with a wooden hairpin, and in the drizzle of spring rain, she looked like a crabapple that had not yet woken up.
Hazy and inexplicably attractive.
"I found it, so what? Why are you so excited?" She raised her hand to cover her lips and yawned softly, "Afeng, you're so noisy."
Chen Yanchuan calmly withdrew his gaze. The voice that floated into his ear was still lazy, like a feather gently rubbing against him, making him feel a little itchy.
Ye Yunfeng scratched his head embarrassedly: "Sister, I know I shouldn't disturb your sleep, but I'm just too happy!"
He pulled Ye Jingyan next to him and said, "Third brother! You tell me!"
Ye Jingyan originally wanted to wait for Ye Chutang to wake up before coming, but the fourth brother was impatient and didn't hold him back.
Meeting Ye Chutang's gaze, he sorted out his thoughts and told her everything: "I was going to go out to buy something this morning, and when I walked onto the street I heard someone say that the person who killed Cao Chengwu was caught. It was not someone else, but Liu Si from the Cao family. He was Cao Chengwu's servant, and when Cao Chengwu delivered midnight snacks yesterday, he secretly put river shrimp meat in it, and later he made up an excuse to get everyone else away, which led to Cao Chengwu dying quietly without anyone around him when he fell ill."
Ye Chutang raised her eyebrows slightly: "It's only been one night, and you have found out so clearly?"
Ye Yunfeng couldn't help himself, his eyebrows were dancing with joy: "Sister, you will never guess! The reason why the government investigated so quickly is because someone sent an anonymous letter of complaint last night!"
Ye Chutang's lips curved slightly: "Oh?"
Ye Yunfeng punched his palm, feeling excited: "I heard that they went to Liu Si's house overnight, and sure enough, they found the clothes he wore the day before he went to the lake, as well as some river shrimp shells! He secretly went to the lake to catch shrimps the night before, and accidentally cut a big gash on his leg, but he didn't dare to say anything! I didn't expect it to be found out!"
Ye Chutang glanced at the hazy sky.
"Just a letter is not enough evidence."
At this point, Ye Yunfeng became even more excited: "Who said it wasn't! So the people from the government office went to the lake early in the morning, and they found the strip of clothes that Liu Si had been scraped off! The evidence was irrefutable, and Liu Si knelt down and admitted it on the spot!"
Ye Chutang nodded. "It's raining, and it's really hard to go to the lake to find evidence. I have to thank the officers later."
She thought she would have to wait half a day longer.
However, high efficiency is good. Now that it has rained, many traces will be washed away. If we delay too long, we may not be able to find things so easily.
Ye Yunfeng asked in surprise: "Sister, aren't you surprised?"
He didn't sleep well last night. Although his suspicion was cleared, it was a human life after all. How could a twelve-year-old boy pretend that nothing had happened?
Ye Chutang tapped his forehead.
"As for the person, we didn't kill him in the first place. We were just unlucky and got implicated. Now that the truth is out, isn't it just right?"
What's the point of thinking so much?
Ye Yunfeng rubbed his forehead and felt that what his elder sister said was very right, but also seemed to be wrong.
In his opinion, this matter was really a huge trouble, but in the eyes of his sister, it seemed to be nothing, not even worth delaying her from sleeping in.
Moreover, he had never seen such calmness and composure in others, taking it for granted that things would be solved.
It seems as if everything is as it should be.
It makes people feel inexplicably at ease.
Ye Jingyan and Ye Chutang looked at each other and asked, "Sister, what should we do next?"
Ye Chutang said: "Go to the government office."
Ye Yunfeng opened his eyes wide: "Still going? But doesn't this matter have anything to do with us?"
Ye Chutang asked: "Liu Si was Cao Chengwu's servant, why did he kill him?"
Ye Yunfeng hesitated: "It seems, it seems that it is because Cao Chengwu always beats and scolds them, Liu Si has long been resentful in his heart, so he wants to kill him!"
"Killing someone means paying with one's life." Ye Chutang held up an oil-paper umbrella. Rain splashed down, creating a thin layer of white mist on the ground. "I guess the sky is falling for Liu Si's family right now, right?"
She whispered.
"Now, the orphans and widows are really pitiful."
(End of this chapter)
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