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Xiaoqing looked and felt that it was a bit strange, so she asked Chief Steward Zhao Bao.

"Why is Miss's room missing half a door?"

With a glance, Zhao Bao knew that even though this woman was a servant, she was still esteemed wangfei's personal maidservant. Moreover, it looked like she had a very close relationship with esteemed wangfei. Thus, he respectfully replied, "Reporting to this mistress, this is the case."

Zhao Bao told them that the Zhao Family's Miss's door was originally intact. However, the day before the accident, the door must have fallen down due to the passage of time, so someone came to repair it. However, when he woke up the next day, he found the young miss of the Zhao Family lying on the ground. The door was also gone.

Xiaoqing thought, there must be something fishy about this. But as matters stood, the young miss of the Zhao Family was dead, and Chang Yu, the only person who knew of the matter, was also dead. Thus, this matter had become an unsolved case.

Xiaoqing thought for a while and realized that she couldn't make sense of the situation, so she stopped thinking about it. She turned to look at other places, just as she was thinking. "Huh?" Little White was surprised.

Everyone turned to look at Little White. Little White felt a little shy, so he lowered his head and no longer said anything.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong?" Luo Lingwei asked.

Little White cupped his hands together. "To reply Empress, this servant only felt that the water in the pond was a little bit red, and felt that it was a little strange."

Luo Lingwei and the others stepped forward to take a look. The water in the pond was indeed a little bit red and smelly.

Perception told Luo Lingwei that there was something fishy going on here.

"Someone, dig the bottom of this pond." Luo Lingwei instructed.

The servants who were standing aside immediately went to find hoes and buckets to scoop up water to dig the pond. They dug the pond out in a matter of seconds.

At this moment, the small pond had turned into a small depression that was filled with mud.

After digging for a while, they found a hand that was already beginning to rot. The hand had been in the water for days, so the flesh was white and swollen. When Luo Lingwei saw this, she couldn't help but think of her favorite pickled pepper, the phoenix claw. She felt her stomach churn as she quickly walked out of the small courtyard. She couldn't hold it in any longer, spitting out all of the breakfast in her stomach in an instant.

In this side chamber, other than Little White, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and the others, everyone else felt their throats tighten. They couldn't help but run out of the residence and start vomiting.

This place was a garden outside the back garden. Originally, the fragrance of the flowers should have assaulted his nostrils, but now they all had a fishy smell.

Luo Lingwei no longer had the courage to go to the courtyard and observe. After instructing Xiaoqing and the others to be more careful, she sat down in a pavilion in the back garden, attended by a few maids from outsider Zhao.

At this moment, Little Qing and the others were still carefully inspecting the corpse. As the corpse was in the depression, it was not easy to examine it, so Xiaoqing ordered a few servants to move it to a bluestone path.

At this moment, Xiaoqing was deep in thought as she looked at the pond. As for Little White, it squatted down and wrapped its delicate hands with a silk handkerchief to examine the corpse.

The victim was a male, but he had been in the water for many days. His face had been soaked to the point where it was hard to tell how long it had been. There were no obvious wounds on his body. The only wound was caused by a blunt instrument on his head. But it was not fatal.

Lil 'White looked at the mouth and nose of the dead man again and realized that although he had been brought to the case, there was still water flowing out. This meant that he was drowning. This person should have been knocked unconscious, drowned in the pond, and then buried under the mud. As a result, the blood from the wound on his head seeped into the water, causing it to turn red.

After understanding all of this, Xiaoqing circled around the courtyard. Suddenly, his gaze stopped at a tall wall. Hearing the hawking sounds from the other side of the wall, a thought suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Someone, tear down the other half of the door." Little Qing said.

When the servants heard this, they were at a loss for a moment, but they quickly started to move. After all, in their opinion, it was impossible for a dead body to be found after the door was destroyed, right?

After the few of them easily tore down the door, Xiaoqing had them place the door against the high wall as requested.

After the half door was set aside, Xiao Qing nodded her head and climbed up the high wall step by step as she carried her skirt along. Looking outside, she discovered that there was an intersection on the street and a small restaurant was in front of her.

The work of this half door was also quite exquisite. There were many carvings of birds and fish on the door which looked very beautiful. However, if someone were to lean on it, the carvings would be enough for one person to use as a ladder.

At this moment, Xiaoqing vaguely felt something in her heart, but she wasn't sure. Thus, she left the small courtyard and had the servant report to the yamen to carry the corpse away. He then headed towards the restaurant he had seen earlier.

Luo Lingwei knew that Xiaoqing was currently investigating the case and thought that she was the one who threw this matter to her, so she didn't want to disturb her anymore. Instead, she instructed Zhang Long to hold the token and open up a path for Xiaoqing.

At this time, Luo Lingwei had a free time, but she did not know what to do. She first returned to the yamen to look through the file, hoping to find some clues.

When Xiaoqing and the rest arrived at the restaurant, one of the waiters immediately went up to greet them.

"Honored guests, what kind of dishes would you like?" The waiter enthusiastically said, "We can swim in the sky or on the ground. There are all kinds of dishes here."

Zhang Long rolled his eyes at him and said, "Everything? "Good, then cook me a cloud in the sky, a whirlwind on the ground, and a moon in the river. Have you come?"

When the waiter heard this, he could only laugh and say, "I can tell that you are very humorous. The restaurant is not big and only has some local dishes. What would you like to eat?"

"Just cook two dishes randomly and then you can have another pot of wine." Before they could refuse, Xiaoqing took out a silver ingot from her pocket and said, "Look here, all that's left is your reward."

Zhang Long and the others knew that Xiaoqing wouldn't do these things for no reason. There was a reason why she had chosen to stay here. Moreover, that esteemed wangfei hadn't even eaten yet. She ate some breakfast in the morning and spat it all out to water the flowers.

Not long after, the waiter came up with a few dishes and a jug of wine.

"Masters, please enjoy." The waiter laughed and replied, "If you have any orders, please call me again."

Just as the waiter was about to turn around and leave, he heard Xiaoqing say, "Come back, aunty has something to ask you."