Chapter 214 Ruby
"What is the January period?"
Before Zhang Xiu could react, Ding Xiaodie pointed at their rooftop and said, "House, a house as a reward."
"ah?!"
This is indeed the case. One day a while ago, the space system said that it would reward Ding Xiaodie with a house. Unexpectedly, half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. As the one-month deadline is getting closer, the mother and daughter began to get anxious.
Every household in this nameless village is penniless, so how can they have time to build a house? If they don’t leave after half a month, what will we do if a yard of houses suddenly appears out of nowhere?
At this time, Ding Xiaodie whispered, "The only way is for me to find a time to go in and talk to him."
"That's all we can do!"
Unable to think of a better solution at the moment, Ding Xiaodie repeatedly reminded herself not to forget the time.
When it gets dark, while her mother is taking the old woman out for a walk, she plans to chat with Xiao Ding in her space.
But as soon as she had this thought, a string of red words appeared in front of her eyes, as if she had a pair of X-ray eyes and could see everything in the space even in this situation.
No longer have to be quiet like before, and also have to pretend to be asleep.
The string of red characters read: "15 days, countdown."
"Hey, can't you reward me in some other way? Must you give me a suite?"
Ding Xiaodie was extremely angry. It was already this late and they were still counting down.
Space: Ruby reward.
Wha…what? o((⊙﹏⊙))o
Just when Ding Xiaodie hadn't reacted yet, something suddenly fell from the beam and rolled forward, and at the same time a red edge flashed by.
The light almost hurts one's eyes.
After that, Ding Xiaodie slowly came to her senses and saw clearly that it was a ruby as big as her fist, lying safely in an ash nest.
Is this... is this reasonable?
Ding Xiaodie quickly ran over to pick it up. The texture was top-notch and the color was world-class. Please give her a dozen of such gems.
Unexpectedly, the space is getting bigger and bigger. Ding Xiaodie couldn't help but smile. "This big gem, is it worth the price of that apartment? Wow, it's beautiful, so beautiful!"
Is there any woman in the world who doesn’t like jewelry?
Ding Xiaodie looked at the ruby from left to right and couldn't let it go.
However, it is very dangerous to carry such a large amount of gems on your body. This is true at any time. Don't use money to test people's hearts.
Thinking of this, after playing with it for a while, Ding Xiaodie wanted to put the ruby back into the space.
But for some reason, this time Xiao Ding didn't say a word. She put it in three times, and he vomited three times, clearly not wanting her to put the gem in the space.
Well, I'll just have to find a way to carry it with me.
In order to cover it up, Ding Xiaodie deliberately pulled out a corner of her patched bag and sewed the ruby inside so that it would not look conspicuous at all.
While she was doing all this, Lu Xingluo's investigation was proceeding quietly and orderly.
After checking each family one by one, the problem finally came back to the Lu family.
Most of the guards are single. Perhaps if we check whether they have any injuries on their bodies, we can find out something.
For this reason, Lu Xingluo ordered all the men in the mansion, including the guards and servants, not to leave. They all gathered in the yard and then practiced boxing together.
Of course, when boxing in such hot weather, you must take off your shirt so that you can see who is injured.
Uncle Jiu reported back, "A total of four guards and servants had injuries, including burns and scrapes. It's hard to tell if they were just scratches. I asked them, and they all had their own reasons."
Lu Xingluo frowned slightly.
What he least wanted to see was that the murderer was inside the Lu family, but the fact was, the more he investigated, the more disheartened he became.
At this time, several elders of the older generation in the village came to the Lu family to ask to see Mrs. Lu and the second young master.
Because his mother was unwell, Lu Xingluo had to take on these reception tasks at such a young age.
After the elders sat down and talked one after another, Lu Xingluo finally understood what was going on!
They had only two requests: either set off immediately and continue to head towards Wo County, because the people in the village were in a panic, and if they stayed any longer, they would lose their minds.
The second point is that even if we can’t travel in the next two days, we must bury Amei as soon as possible!
As time went on, with such a person in the village, people would inevitably become more and more afraid, especially some women, who almost dared not go out.
"Okay, I'll think about it carefully and will definitely give you an answer."
Lu Xingluo frowned and sent these people away.
He turned around and said to Uncle Jiu, "How can we bury Ah Mei when the murderer hasn't been caught yet? How can we continue on our journey when father and brother haven't returned yet?"
In fact, I can’t agree to either of these two things!
Uncle Jiu sighed, "I understand Second Young Master's concerns, but the weather is too hot right now, and the heat is unbearable. I'm afraid...Amei's body won't be able to be kept for much longer."
It has been a day now, but the body is already showing signs of decay.
It’s not that Lu Xingluo doesn’t understand these things, but the murderer has not been caught, and he always feels as if he has not done anything for Amei.
He turned and glanced at Uncle Jiu, thought calmly for a moment, and finally nodded: "Then let's send someone to choose a place to bury it. This will at least give an explanation to the villagers, and also tell the elders that we won't move for the time being."
Uncle Jiu agreed: "I'll do it right away."
"Uncle Jiu, send someone to call Xiaodie over. Don't let my mother know."
"yes."
Ding Xiaodie, who was called later, also looked listless, with her brows slightly furrowed.
Lu Xingluo forced a smile: "Xiaodie, what's wrong with you?"
Ding Xiaodie shook her head: "Nothing, what does the Second Young Master want to talk to me about?"
The joy brought by the ruby lasted only a moment, but then she thought of the story of Ding Hao and Ding Xue, the brother and sister. If she hadn't experienced it herself, she would never have believed that such a thing could exist in the world.
The elder sister took the grandmother out and threw her away, but the younger brother was shocked when he found out the truth.
The more Ding Lian thought about her little Ding Hao, the more uncomfortable she felt.
Seeing that she seemed to have finally cheered up, Lu Xingluo said, "I heard from my aunt that you learned a lot from her about how to judge people and how to see injuries. So I want to ask you to help me see which of these four people looks like the murderer of Ah Mei, and whether the injuries on his body match.
While sending Uncle Jiu to call people, Lu Xingluo called the four people into a room. He took Xiaodie in from the backyard and stood behind a screen to observe secretly.
After listening to this, Ding Xiaodie perked up, concentrated her attention, and carefully observed the four people.
Two of them were in their forties, one in his thirties, and one around twenty.
These four people were not strangers to Ding Xiaodie, as she often visited the Lu family, so she was familiar with them.
She recalled Amei's appearance in her mind: the marks on her neck were pulled upwards, her feet were pushing hard on the ground, and even one of her embroidered shoes was kicked off.
(End of this chapter)
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