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Before Jin Xiaolou could reply, Gao Lang had already touched the back of Jin Xiaolou's head and pressed her into her embrace. He said with a soft and gentle voice, "However, my wife, you can rest assured that one of the two of us is smart enough."

The cold winter night became even heavier as Jin Xiaolou's ears turned numb from the cold.

Jin Xiaolou was furious and punched Gao Lang in the stomach. After struggling free, she quickly said: "Entering the Mountain Note is nothing for you, how about getting rid of the soldiers?"

After he finished speaking, he pulled with all his might, pulling Gao Lang behind him.

With Jin Xiaolou's strength, she naturally could not pull Gao Lang away, but Gao Lang was happy to make his wife happy, so he took the chance and walked towards the outside of the alley.

As expected, the officer immediately scolded: "Who is it!" Stand aside! "

Seeing Gao Lang obediently standing against the wall, Jin Xiaolou secretly vented her anger. Ignoring Gao Lang, she turned and ran through the alley and rushed toward the Mountain Note.

The lantern beneath the Mountain Note's signboard was lit, and the door was tightly shut. Four soldiers stood guard at the entrance with spears in hand.

He had to go around to the back.

The Mountain Note's backyard was supported by three other families, two of which were also merchants and the other one was a private mansion.

Jin Xiaolou went around the house stealthily, and after great difficulty, she finally found a low wall on the side of the house. She had originally planned to enter the house first to see if she could find a way to get to the courtyard through the Mountain Note, but when she got closer, she saw two soldiers guarding the low wall.

Looks like this yamen is really guarded against death, locking the Mountain Note so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through. Gao Lang was right, Jin Xiaolou sighed, Mountain Note really wasn't that easy to enter.

Thus, she had to go back to the opposite side of the gate. The cat was waiting at the corner, planning to watch for a while. Perhaps there would be soldiers taking a nap later, so she took the opportunity to take action.

However, just as he was squatting against the wall, he heard someone shouting from not too far away, "Men, quick! There are bandits in the city!"

The soldiers guarding outside the Mountain Note heard, looked at each other, and two of them immediately went to carry their guns.

Not long after, another officer who had lost his hat ran over, flustered. He shouted to the other two, "Come help, don't let the criminals escape!"

The officer guarding the door hesitated. "We …"

The person who lost his hat immediately became anxious: "It's the middle of the night and no one has come to this damned place. That criminal seems to be related to the case in County Magistrate Mansion.

Hearing this, the two soldiers became serious and quickly followed the man into the distance.

Jin Xiaolou was startled, she only felt that the unhatted soldier looked like Chang An, and understood, and immediately passed through the streets, ready to push open the Mountain Note's gate.

Before he could reach out his hand, he was suddenly lifted up by his waist. With a flip and a few quick steps, he leaped onto the balcony above before he could figure out what had happened.

"You …" The moment Jin Xiaolou said that, she covered her mouth from behind.

With a creak, the door opened and two more soldiers came out. The two soldiers looked left and right, seeing that the people guarding outside were no longer there, they hurriedly ran towards the source of the sound.

Only after they had left far away did Gao Lang slowly say: "Truly impatient, if you were to be hit squarely, with your hat that wants to destroy the evidence, you really won't be able to wash it off even if you jump into the Yellow River."

With that, he let go of Jin Xiaolou. "There's only two inside, it's already clean.

Jin Xiaolou lowered his head and walked down. In her heart, she was grateful that Gao Lang had saved her, but she still could not help but say, "Why are you following me …"

Gao Lang shrugged and turned his head slightly, "Those soldiers don't know when they will return, I have to ensure my wife's safety."

Jin Xiaolou did not say anything and went back up the stairs.

The stairs to Mountain Note's second floor were not passed through the first floor, but directly connected to the kitchen outside.

He went downstairs, passed through the kitchen, and finally entered the backyard.

However, after not seeing him for two days, the courtyard was littered with fallen leaves. No one was cleaning the place, making it look messy and dirty.

Jin Xiaolou headed straight for the Ru Yi room, and stood at the door as she gently pushed it open.

It was pitch black inside. Jin Xiaolou took out a fire piston and a white candle from her bosom.

The red water on the ground was not dry at all, Jin Xiaolou was very careful to not leave any footprints. Standing in the middle of the room, she looked around and found that it was indeed as she remembered, there was not much room for hiding.

The bottom of the bed was empty. One could see everything from the door. The wardrobe on the right was not big, and after opening it, there were two partitions inside. It was fine for a child to be hidden inside.

However, Jin Xiaolou did not think that the person who killed Ru Yi was a child that had yet to grow up.

"If you are the murderer, then stand Ruyi in the middle of the room. Take the hemp rope and slowly approach her, then twist her neck." Gao Lang was shocked when he heard Gao Lang's voice. He almost extinguished the candle in his hand.

Gao Lang held onto Jin Xiaolou's wrist and continued: "You killed her and put her in the bathtub that she was going to bathe in. You already had a plan in mind, so you sealed the doors and windows, and planned to disguise this room as a secret room."

"Right now, where will you be hiding and wait for the Mountain Note manager, Jin Xiaolou, to break the door with her men?"

Jin Xiaolou rolled her eyes, and unconsciously held onto her forehead. She could not help but say: "I have nowhere to hide."

"No, you do." Gao Lang was sure, "There's only one."

Jin Xiaolou raised her head to look at the roof. The beams of the buildings in Xin Ning City were mostly thin and couldn't be hidden by anyone. In the entire room, there was no place to hide other than …

"Unless you hide in a bathtub." After Jin Xiaolou finished speaking, she shook her head first, "That's impossible, not to mention that Ru Yi is in the bathtub, after opening the door, Sister Ruyue entered the house, she leaned on the bathtub and took a breath of Ru Yi, if there's anyone else in the bathtub, how could I not see it?"

"Don't you think there's something odd about this case?" Gao Lang did not answer Jin Xiaolou's question. Instead, he laughed, "I remember that this wooden basin was broken, and that when people go in for a bit of time they would step on wooden thorns. This gave a Attendant two days of leave, and from then on, you placed this pot in the utility room. At first glance, he thought Ru Yi died from blood loss, but there wasn't a single wound on her body, so why did the culprit make such a big fuss of it? Why did he use so much dye to splash fake blood all over the place? Is it just to scare people? "

"There must be a reason behind all this." Gao Lang warned his in a soft voice.

The candlelight shone down on Gao Lang's face, causing him to be stunned for a moment. Then, he suddenly realized something: "Could it be that the murderer used the red dye to mix the water in the wooden basin so that he could better hide himself?"

"If that's the case, then this wooden basin was prepared by the murderer." Jin Xiaolou slowly walked over, "The culprit was not someone from Mountain Note, so she didn't know that we wouldn't use this wooden basin to bathe. He only thought that this large wooden basin could hide himself, and moved to the Ru Yi room."

Jin Xiaolou suddenly became enlightened: "No wonder the house is filled with water, because if the killer wants to come out of the basin, he must be wet. If the ground is dry, then wouldn't it be easy for people to know?"

"From this, it seems that the killer's ability to swim in water is excellent. At the very least, he can stay underwater for a while." Jin Xiaolou's eyes lit up, "Murderer …. there should be some sort of collusion with Song Yidao. "

She continued to speak: "Before, I still couldn't understand how Ru Yi's big brother knew of the news so quickly, and cried and made a ruckus at the Mountain Note's entrance. Now I know, he is trying to lure us away from this crime scene, to create an opportunity for the culprit to escape."

Gao Lang nodded: "More or less."

"That must be it!" Jin Xiaolou snapped her fingers excitedly, "If I was the murderer, I would have taken off my clothes, shoes and socks and hid them in the cabinet and hid them away in the wooden basin. After the people inside the house were lured away by Song Yi, I would quickly come out of the basin, put on my clothes, walk to the door and put on my shoes and socks, so that there would be no footprints outside, and then slip away without anyone noticing."

After she finished speaking, Jin Xiaolou immediately became withered: "However, the culprit is so cunning, to not leave the slightest bit of evidence, how can I catch his tail?"

"Have you forgotten the thorn in the basin?" Gao Lang took a step forward and stood in front of Jin Xiaolou.

"Wooden thorns?" Jin Xiaolou was suspicious, "Are you saying that the murderer will be hurt by the wooden thorn?"

"There's a good chance that the murderer will be hurt by that thorn, and you know how annoying that thorn is. Since Ruyi was not stabbed, and the murderer and Ruyi's corpse were squeezed together in the wooden basin, there are very few places they can set their feet on, so no matter what, they would accidentally step on one or two of them. " Gao Lang said as he raised his hand to point at the center of Jin Xiaolou's brows, "The wooden basin is filled with water that contains the dye, if the killer's leg is injured, he would definitely be stained with the dye, this is the most important evidence."

Jin Xiaolou nodded her head: "I understand. Next, I just need to find a person who is familiar with the water along with Song Yiya and he will be injured recently …"

Before he could finish, Gao Lang blew out the candle and approached Jin Xiaolou suddenly. He almost bit her ear and said: "She's back."

As soon as his voice fell, the sound of footsteps could be heard. Two soldiers walked in one after another and stopped in front of the door of the room.

Separated by a wooden door, Jin Xiaolou could almost hear the breathing of the two soldiers outside, but they did not dare to move an inch.

But Gao Lang's breathing kept hitting his ears and it didn't take long for it to itch.

He could only pull Gao Lang gently, and took a few steps back, then tiptoed to Gao Lang and asked: "What do we do, do you have a way to go out?"

Although Jin Xiaolou could not see, she could still feel Gao Lang shaking his head, and could not help but sigh, and then heard Gao Lang say: "I have a way, but I do not want to go out."

Jin Xiaolou was baffled when she heard him say: "To be able to be together with you on the same side as my head, that is what I wish for."

"You …" Jin Xiaolou was speechless and hurriedly took two steps back to distance herself from Gao Lang.

Gao Lang did not mind, as the dark grave and heavy night covered his lonely expression. Only a light voice came out: "My child's time was especially short, until he was five years old. When he was five years old, my mother died, right in front of my eyes. I grew up overnight. For my mother, to find out the truth, and also to survive, I had to pretend to be stupid, so that everyone would believe me. "

"Jin Xiaolou, when I was alone by your side, I never pretended to be.

Gao Lang's voice was a little hoarse. In that case, in this kind of place, he would seem out of place.

However, it was like a thorn in the wood basin, piercing into Jin Xiaolou's heart and leaving a red mark.

"If you think that I'm playing the fool and you think that I'm blaming you, then I won't blame you." Gao Lang raised his voice, he took two steps forward and paused, "The simpler the crime, the better. The murderer has only one motive for doing so many things, and that is to frame you. "

"If you are captured and your Mountain Note is turned off, who would benefit the most?"

After Gao Lang finished speaking, he stepped forward and opened the door, then walked out.