Jiao Luan

Chapter 244 Discovery
Is that blood?
Perhaps it was because blood was unavoidable after several rescue efforts, this question inexplicably flashed across Cheng Wei's mind, and picked up the shoe with a handkerchief.

"Girl?" Huanyan was puzzled.

Cheng Wei, as if he hadn't heard of it, put the shoe up to his nose and sniffed it, his expression became serious: "Fat Yu, where did you get this shoe from?"

Fat Yu tilted his head to look at her, as if he didn't understand what she was talking about.

Cheng Wei clenched the shoe tightly, thought for a while, took a few steps in the direction where Fat Yu had just returned, and then waved to Fat Yu.

Fat Fish understood this movement and immediately followed.

So Cheng Wei pointed at the shoes again, and looked at Fat Yu.

Fat Yu has been eating fatter these days, round like a fur ball, and looks at Cheng Wei.

Cheng Wei was a little upset, took the shoes and took a few steps back, turned back and walked in that direction again, and finally stopped again, looking at Fat Yu.

Perhaps the understanding of some things only requires a flash of inspiration, and animals are no exception.

Fat Yu tilted his head to stare at the shoes in Cheng Wei's hands, and suddenly had a reaction and ran in that direction.

Cheng Wei hurriedly followed, and when Fat Yu stopped, she also stopped, staring at a certain place without moving.

The soil there was obviously newly plowed, and this was a very remote corner of the garden. Even if you wanted to pick trees and plant flowers, it seemed that you couldn't do it here.

Reaching out to grab a handful of soil and twisting it unconsciously, Cheng Wei said, "Huanyan, you go back and get two flower shovels."

Huanyan was stunned.

Cheng Wei looked up at her: "Hurry up!"

"Hey." Huanyan responded and ran away quickly.

She walked quickly, and it didn't take long for her to come back, panting: "Girl, here!"

Cheng Wei took the flower shovel and pointed to it: "Let's dig and see."

Huanyan's actions are always more reliable than words, so after hearing what Cheng Wei said, she raised the shovel and started digging without asking.

As expected, the soil was soft, and Cheng Wei felt more uneasy as he dug deeper.

She vaguely guessed that there might be something buried in the soil, but the moment she didn't actually see it, she couldn't believe it.

It can be said that the curiosity and faint fear at this age drove her to not stop, until the brown cloth came into view, and when the happy face let out an exclamation, she took a step back, and her hands trembled involuntarily.

"Girl, what, what is this?" The visual impact was obviously beyond the acceptable range of the little maid, Huan Yan dropped the shovel in her hand, and looked at Cheng Wei in horror.

Xu Shi was mentally prepared for Cheng Wei ever since she saw that shoe. After the initial shock, she was much calmer than Huanyan: "It should be a person..."

"Human?" Huanyan's voice was a little higher, "How can people be in the soil?"

It was obviously a tense atmosphere, but Cheng Wei was amused by Huanyan's words: "Of course it's because of death."

As he spoke, he glanced at the brown cloth that was showing mud, and panic prevailed again, Cheng Wei tried his best to put on a calm look, and ordered: "Huanyan, you go find the second young master."

At this time, the first thing she thinks of is her second brother, not her mother.

This is habit and instinct.

"Yes." Huanyan stood up, turned around and ran, and turned back like a gust of wind after a few steps, "Girl, you should go, the servant girl is here."

Cheng Wei was a little surprised: "Aren't you afraid?"

Huan Yan bit her lips: "I'm afraid, but the girl will be afraid if she stays here."

Facing the little maid's pale face and her terrified eyes, Cheng Wei couldn't help but think of that scene in the nightmare.

Huanyan protected her to go, was shot riddled with holes, and stood upright until she died.

Cheng Wei suppressed the tears welling up, and shook his head: "No, I'll stay here, you're fast, hurry up."

"girl--"

Cheng Wei stared: "Why are you dawdling, you can't bite me if you're dead!"

Huanyan bit her lip and ran away.

When Huanyan really left, only Fat Yu was left with him, and the late spring morning breeze blew, Cheng Wei felt a little chilled.

She didn't dare to look at the dead people in the soil, but she couldn't help casting her gaze over there.

After staring there for a long while, Cheng Wei became ruthless.

It was agreed that she would not be afraid of anything, why is she still so timid, it's not like she hasn't seen dead people before!
Thinking like this, as if to prove that he was not afraid, Cheng Wei picked up the shovel and shoveled up the soil one by one.

When Huanyan hurried over with Cheng Che, most of the body of the person buried in the soil had been exposed.

"Wei Wei, don't move." Seeing that Cheng Wei was digging vigorously, Cheng Che galloped over.

Cheng Wei was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up and saw it was the second brother, he remembered being afraid, threw the small shovel, threw himself into Cheng Che's arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Second brother, there is a dead person—"

Cheng Che's body froze, and he let her hold her. He raised his hand to caress her back: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Second Brother is here."

Huanyan stood aside, looked at the sobbing master who was thrown into the arms of the second son, and quickly glanced at the dead man who was about to be dug out, greatly puzzled.

The girl is so scared, why did she dig so fast, she obviously didn't waste much time.

Under Cheng Che's soft voice, Cheng Wei regained his composure, and reluctantly came out of his arms: "Second brother, I look at that man's clothes, he seems to be a servant of our family."

Cheng Che patted her on the shoulder: "Wei Wei, go back with Huanyan first, and let the second brother take care of this."

Cheng Wei shook his head: "No, second brother, I found out about this person first, so I wanted to stay and see what's going on, otherwise I won't be safe even if I go back."

Seeing this, Cheng Che stopped trying to persuade him, picked up the shovel and continued digging.

After the man was completely dug out, he looked at it carefully for a moment, his expression gradually condensed: "Wei Wei, you go and tell mother and eldest aunt about this now, second brother is waiting for you here."

This time Cheng Wei didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly went with a happy face.

Soon the elders of the uncle's residence gathered in Nian Song Hall to listen to Cheng Wei's brothers and sisters report on the situation.

Cheng Wei first talked about the process of discovering the body, and Cheng Che continued: "The man was wearing the clothes of a servant in the house. I saw him several times at the porter, and he seemed to be called Shunzi. I just checked in the garden and found his body. The fatal wound is on the neck, judging from the shape of the wound, it should be—”

Having said that, Cheng Che paused for a moment, and everyone was aroused by his curiosity. Mrs. Meng asked coldly, "What is it?"

Cheng Che stood upright, with slightly lowered eyelids, and a calm expression, which made his next words more believable: "It should be pierced by a long, thin and sharp object. Considering that he was buried in the back garden , Grandson has a guess, but he just said it out of fear of shocking the elders."

"They're all dead, so why not be surprised? Tell me!" Mrs. Meng was calmer than ordinary old ladies at this time.

No matter when she was a girl or after she got married, she supported the whole family. After so many years, there would be few lives in her hands, but suddenly a dead body was dug up in the place where she lived, it would be a little scary.

Cheng Che's eyes showed a cold light: "I'm afraid he had an evil intention towards a certain woman, and was stabbed to death by that woman with a hairpin and other things."

(End of this chapter)