Chapter Thirteen: Wronged
The next morning, a scream broke the tranquility of the morning.
"What the hell is going on!" Ling Haonan felt panicked when he saw Xiao Qi with blood in his hands in the yard.
"Master...small..."
"If you have something to say, hesitate, what a moral thing!"
Xiaoqi wiped off some tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and said, "Xiao Xiao, he is dead!"
Ling Haonan opened his eyes wide in disbelief. He didn't sleep all night last night, so how could Xiao Xiao die silently!
"Just in the bathhouse, go and see it!"
Ling Haonan quickly put down the book in his hand and walked towards the bathroom.
At the entrance of the bathing hall, Xiao Xiao fell to the ground in horror, his head drooping and his whole body was as stiff as ink. Not far away, a hundred-year-old poisonous python lay on the ground, and had already lost its voice. A few pieces of Xiao Xiao's clothes were hooked above the snake's teeth.
"How could there be a hundred-year-old poisonous python here!"
Ling Mansion is located in the middle of Qiushui City, far away from the woods. The century-old poisonous python only moves in the woods on weekdays and will not leave its territory easily, let alone come to Ling Mansion.
Then where did this snake come from?
Thinking of this, Ling Haonan looked at Wang Dong silently, but did not see any abnormalities.
"Maybe, I'm overthinking it."
"Why are you all around here?"
Outside the door, a cute girl in a floral purple dress walked towards the bathing hall in blue and white steps. She looked similar to Ling Bing'er, but she had a bit more reserved and elegant.
"Second Miss, don't go there." The maid Xin'er happened to pass by and called Ling Bingmeng.
"What's wrong?"
"Xiao Xiao...Xiao Xiao is dead!"
Ling Bingmeng was stunned when she heard this and said panic: "Did you see clearly? Is it Xiao Xiao?"
Seeing Xin'er nodding, Ling Bing'er couldn't help but tremble and took two steps back: "Why...this is the case."
"Miss Second, what's wrong with you?" Xin'er glanced at Ling Bingmeng in surprise.
"No... nothing, I just can't believe it."
"Miss, don't be sad. There is no way to do this kind of thing. Who would have thought that a hundred-year-old poisonous python would come to Ling Mansion? By the way, second lady, don't go over and see, you will have needle holes."
Ling Bingmeng nodded and walked to his room in a daze.
Xiaoxin looked back at the bath hall, but she was unwilling to stay here. She scratched the back of her red hands and turned to the guest room. Among the clothes she was holding, a bloody handkerchief exposed a pointed corner.
"Go, call me so everyone!"
"Yes, Master."
There was no trace of fighting in the entire bathhouse. Only Xiao Xiao and the dead poisonous python were lying quietly on the ground, the blood flowing had dried up. There was a bloody area at the door, which seemed to have been wiped by something.
The whole picture looks so weird.
When Wang Dong just stepped into the bathing hall, in addition to smelling the fishy smell, he also smelled a special fragrance. After sniffing carefully, he smelled it very special, as if he had smelled it somewhere.
Looking at Xiao Xiao's death situation, Wang Dong always felt something was wrong. When he squatted down, he saw a trace appearing in front of Wang Dong. He was about to pull away the cloth shirt, but he was beaten back by a whip.
"Okay, Wang Dong! Xiao Xiao fired a snake yesterday and scared you. Today you used this evil plan to kill Xiao Xiao. I, Ling Binger, and you will never finish it!" After that, he whipped another whip.
"Enough!" Ling Haonan's soul power surged in his palm, snatched Ling Bing'er's whip and threw it on the ground.
"Enough! Haven't you made enough trouble yet?"
Looking at Ling Haonan who was a little angry, Ling Bing'er pouted and stomped her feet coquettishly. She wanted to pick up her beloved whip, but she was afraid of Ling Haonan's eyes...
"I didn't kill Xiao Xiao." Wang Dong stood up and glanced at Ling Bing'er and said.
Silence proves that there is a ghost in your heart and will arouse others' suspicion. Although the murderer is not him.
"Hmph, if you say no, then no? Which murderer would write me on his face?"
"Bing'er!" Ling Haonan frowned and frowned a little deeper.
"Dad~! Why do you always help this outsider talk? Do you know his origin? Do you know his character?" Ling Binger dissatisfied and argued.
"You still need to teach me how to do things? Get back to the room!"
"Hmph, just go back!" Ling Binger muttered a few words, picked up the whip and turned around and ran away.
Ling Haonan was so angry that he raised his right hand, but he couldn't bear to fight. He had to wave his robe and turn around.
The cool morning breeze blew, and a milky white spider the size of a rice grain floated in front of Wang Dong from the beam. Wang Dong pushed it away and looked up casually. Unexpectedly, there was something else on the beam!
The beam fell down after a little dust. At one end of the main beam, a broken wooden branch was particularly conspicuous.
Wang Dong was about to remind Ling Haonan, but was blocked in front by Xiaonan who was rushing to come. He was still holding a bloody handkerchief in his hand.
After seeing Wang Dong, Xiao Nan took a step back and widened the distance from him. There was a hint of panic and fear on his face.
"Why are you here now?" Ling Haonan's face was a little unhappy. He had already said that he would let everyone gather here. But everyone was here, but Xiaonan, who was usually quick-witted, refused to come.
Could it be that he has a ghost in his heart? But his cultivation level has not even entered the early stage of the Soul Condensation Realm, so how could it attract a hundred-year-old poisonous python?
Just as Ling Haonan was thinking about it, Xiaonan handed him the handkerchief in his hand.
Ling Haonan frowned again, took the handkerchief and asked, "What is this for?"
"This handkerchief... was discovered when I was cleaning the guest room. It was because of this that I delayed for a while." After that, Xiaonan also looked at Wang Dong's face, which was further away from him.
There are three rooms, but two are not occupied, so obviously there is no need to clean it. Then this handkerchief...
"Head of Ling Family." Seeing Ling Haonan's changing face, Wang Dong knew that he had begun to doubt himself. Or rather, he had never believed in him.
"This handkerchief is not mine."
"You said it was not yours, why was it under your bed!"
After Xiaonan finished speaking, he looked at Xin'er unnaturally. The amplitude was very light, but Wang Dong saw it all. He asked back: "Why, it wasn't someone else who put it under my bed and framed me?"
"What do you mean? Could it be that I framed you!"
"I didn't say it, but I didn't rule out this possibility."
"Enough!" Ling Haonan shouted loudly, stopping the questioning between Wang Dong and Xiaonan. He walked in the bathing hall for a long time, his brows were sometimes tight and sometimes loose.
"Yesterday, who was the last person to meet Xiao Xiao?" Ling Haonan said after a while.
"It should be me. Before coming to the bathing hall, everyone else was almost asleep. Only Xiao Xiaomu was washing the floor later. When I went to the cottage, I saw him entering the bathing hall." Xiao Qi hesitated for a while and said to Ling Haonan.
Xiaoqi also knew in his heart that saying this would also include himself as the object of suspicion. But if he didn't say it, he would be pointed out by others, the scene would only be even more embarrassing.
Ling Haonan nodded. He believed Xiaoqi quite well.
"Then, have you heard any abnormal movement?"
Xiaoqi shook his head: "I've been going to the cottage for about half a stick of incense. After I came back, I heard Xiao Xiao's laughter."
Hi! According to what Xiaoqi said, Xiao Xiao went to take a bath alone. Then, why did he laugh for no reason? It was because he saw the hundred-year-old poisonous python laughing?
Thinking of this, Wang Dong felt creepy.
"When you go back, you will notice whether the lamps in other rooms are on?"
Xiaoqi pondered for a while, but shook his head and said, "It was already midnight at that time. I was so sleepy that I didn't pay much attention to other rooms except when I saw your study light up."
Ling Haonan nodded and believed Xiaoqi's words. I think that under his majesty, if Xiaoqi lies, he will definitely reveal flaws.
So he looked at Wang Dong and Xiaonan again and said in a deep voice: "That means, you two are the most suspicious."
In addition to the bloody handkerchief, Wang Dong lived alone and had enough time to commit the crime. In addition to the conflicts during the day, Wang Dong attacked this servant who had just met but had no good feelings, and Ling Haonan felt nothing strange about it.
Xiaonan appeared much later than others, and it is possible to create some so-called evidence that can confuse the public. After all, the grass snakes that fell yesterday scared Xiaonan very much.
"Take Wang Dong and Xiao Nan into the woodshed and guard them strictly! Don't let them go privately until the matter is revealed!"
Chapter completed!