Song of Peach Blossoms: Alluring Princess

Chapter 304
There were still footprints left by the two when they fought on the floor of the guest room. After careful comparison, there was no trace left by outsiders except for the three of them who had entered the guest room.A chair by the wall was lying on the ground, one leg was half-folded, and fragments of cups were scattered near the window.There are four shallow pits on the wooden slats of the window sill, as if they were hit by something.

Shen Yu rubbed it with his fingertips, looked up and saw a forest outside the wall of the guest house, and birds flew by from time to time.

"What the hell did An Pingzhi see? A person like him was frightened to death?" Su Tiange walked to the wall. There were scriptures hanging on the wall, and the handwriting was flying around.Apart from these simple furnishings, there is nothing special about the whole room.

"Maybe it's the fear that was rooted in my heart since I was a child, but I deliberately suppressed it when I grew up, but I panicked when I dreamed back in the middle of the night. Today, the scene at that time suddenly reappeared. He couldn't stand it for a while, and died suddenly."

"Let Qian Miansheng investigate some of An Pingzhi's childhood experiences. Also, seeing Duke An's expression that day, I always feel that he doesn't care much about this fourth son."

"Come with me." The two of them went outside the window, and Shen Yu grabbed the window frame and took off the whole window frame slightly, "This is passive."

"So An Pingzhi himself saw something from the window and chased him out? But his hands and feet were tied, how did he break out of the window? Did he fall into the release pool before he died of fright or after he died? Was it thrown down? Where did those wounds on the face come from?"

"I can't answer the first one for you yet." Shen Yu followed the direction of the window and walked carefully step by step to the wall, "There are footprints here."

The grass in the yard doesn't grow long, and basically grows close to the ground, leaving no traces at all when walking over it.Walking under the wall, clumps of lush grass grew up against the wall, and one piece fell down. Even though it was propped up, it could still be seen that it was different from the left and right sides.

"Someone climbed to the outside from here." In other words, An Pingzhi was lifted out of the wall from here.He grabbed Su Tiange's waist and jumped onto the wall, falling outside the courtyard wall. A piece of the grass outside seemed to have been rubbed off, and there were scattered grass clippings and soil.Small pits fell one by one on the turf, which was the same depth as the small pits he saw on the windowsill.

"what are these?"

"An Pingzhi must have been pecked by birds here and died of fright." He looked at the opposite mountain forest, maybe the murderers who hurt people are now in the forest waiting for their master's call.

"I asked the villa to send a person who understands the sound of birds, and it will take two days to arrive."

"How did you come up with this?"

"I saw a group of birds always circling in the East Courtyard of Duke An's Mansion, and found it unusual." After she finished speaking, she looked up at him, "Do you think it has something to do with the East Courtyard?"

"It's hard to say. After all, no evidence has been found yet. What I'm more curious about is how the murderer managed to throw the corpse from here to the release pool without being discovered."

Walking along the front wall of the guest source, there is a downward slope and several steps are built against the courtyard wall. On the right side of the steps, a small door is opened from the wall. The door is locked, and the lock has rusted.Going down the steps, a stream of water was left from the mountain on the left, and the water washed against the stones and made a rushing sound.The steps extend all the way to a deep pool where the stream falls, which should be the place where Mingjue Temple gets water.

The pond water looks deep and green, but the water scooped up is extremely clear, which shows that the pond water is very deep.Standing by the pool, Shen Yu looked left and right. He could see the main hall of Mingjue Temple and the release pool in front of the hall. He had a bold idea.

"I'll go down and see."

"What did you find?"

"I'm not sure, so I'll check it out. You wait for me on the shore, try to stay away from the pool, and I'll go back as soon as I go." After speaking, he took off his coat and shoes and socks, and jumped into the water with his sword in his hand. go down.Su Tiange walked up with his clothes, sat down on the steps,

The water in the pool was freezing cold, and after diving a certain distance, I found a lot of aquatic plants and vines in the water, and a red fish swam over.He stretched out his hand to catch it, and the fish turned around and burrowed into the aquatic plants next to it. When he peeled away the aquatic plants, he couldn't see the fish, only a dark hole. He grabbed the aquatic plants and swam in.

The waterway was very long and dark, and almost when he was about to run out of breath, a little light appeared in front of him, and he climbed up the stone walls on both sides and dived up.

There were fish swimming on the left and right, Shen Yu lifted his head from the statue protruding from the pool wall, and heard the footsteps of the monks coming and going, as well as the voices of officials talking.It seems that An Pingzhi's body entered the release pool along this secret passage.

The next thing is very simple, the key point is to find out who in Mingjue Temple knows that there is a secret passage at the bottom of the Free Life Pool leading to the deep pool in the back mountain. It doesn't matter.

Returning from the waterway to the pond and coming out of the water again, before Shen Yu had time to wipe the water off his face, he realized that Su Tiange was gone.His clothes, shoes and socks were neatly placed on the steps by the pool, he panicked, put on his clothes, shoes and socks and walked up the steps.

No one was seen in the side hall of the guest house, "Why are you covered in water? Where is Miss Su?" The sixth prince led the people back from the back mountain, and saw Shen Yu looking for something with his whole body soaked, with an anxious expression on his face.

"There are traces of people struggling outside the right wall of the guest courtyard of Mingjue Temple. One day the waterway under the water pool led to the release pool. An Pingzhi was transported from the bottom of the pool to the release pool. You tell Mr. Liu, quickly bring Mingjue to the pool. The monks of the monastery are all gathered, and the murderer is among them." After speaking, he turned and ran to the guest courtyard.

"Hey, where is Miss Su?" The sixth prince disappeared around the corner with Shen Yu's figure flashing, patted the folding fan, and ordered the people around to inform Lord Liu immediately.

Shen Yu came to that section of steps again, and walked to the small door that was originally locked. There were a few spots of rust on the lock near the copper ring, and weeds grew under the door frame.The tops of several grasses were pinned under the door frame.

He took two steps forward, and after a closer look, he found that the small door was not locked at all. The lock and the copper ring were hung on the door frame, but they had nothing to do with the piece of wood standing by the wall.So with a slight pull of your hand, the door opens.

Inside the door is a courtyard with several rooms, all of which are closed. Obviously this is the residence of the monks of Mingjue Temple.Could it be that Tian Ge just sensed something unusual in the small door, so he came in to check, and was seen by the murderer?

He didn't dare to think about it, and pushed open one door after another, but there was no one there.

There were panicked footsteps outside the front door, a round-faced monk pushed open the courtyard door and rushed in, followed by the sixth prince with a sword and officials.

"The murderer is him, catch him quickly!"

(End of this chapter)