Chapter 1: The Sleeping Flower Pavilion

  The people around her gasped in unison. The maid who had just stopped her was stunned, and then came forward to touch the snow on her face.

  "How could this be?!"

  What happened to him? He was such a healthy person, how did he die?

  Duan Shi frowned, walked forward and lifted up the small grass, feeling the pulse of the fallen snow.

  "It's been more than half an hour since he died."

  The maids behind her shrieked and ran out one after another. The housekeeper, however, stood aside with tears in her eyes, saying: "What a good person! How could she be gone? What's going on?"

  Xiaocao stood beside Duan Xi, gazing at Luoxue's face and whispered: "You're still working as a coroner? How come I couldn't tell how long she's been dead?"

  Duàn shí yī shōu huí shǒu, dī shēng dào: "tā shǒu wàn wēn dù lěng rù le gǔ suǐ, kěn dìng shì sǐ le yǒu bàn gè shí zhēn yǐ shàng, dàn shì àn zhào zhè cháng ān zuì jìn de tiān qì, yào shi chāo guò yī gè shí zhēn, kěn dìng huì fǔ rǎn. luò xuě de shī tǐ shàng shì wán hǎo méi yǒu yì wèi, suǒ yǐ shì bàn gè duō shí zhēn."

  It sounds very reasonable, Little Grass nodded and took out a small notebook to take notes.

  The maidservants ran ahead and informed Li Er Gou. Duan Shi Yi carefully examined the corpse of Luo Xue, then pulled Xiao Cao out.

  "What's going on?" Little Grass held his notebook and looked at him in confusion: "Aren't you supposed to go take a look? What if Li Er Gou destroys the crime scene?"

  "I've seen it all." Duan Shi stood in the courtyard, fanning himself calmly and said: "This case belongs to Li Hu-tou, we can't always interfere, just watch from the sidelines."

  The little grass pouted: "But we have more leads in our hands, if we give it to us, we will definitely break it faster than him."

  "You're still young." Duan Shi shook his head and said: "The Six Doors have their own rules, the cases he's taken on, we can't interfere with."

  What? Is she going to let someone else take the evidence she collected by risking her life? Xia Cao pouted: "What a pity..."

  "There's nothing worth regretting." Duan Shi asked in a low voice: "Tell me first, the person you're looking for, is it this Luo Xue?"

  "It can only be her, I haven't heard her voice yet." Xiaocao said: "Last night she took me as the one who came to pick up the head, and gave me that bottle, it was the one I stuffed into your hands."

  Duan Shi nodded: "Inside is ' Rouge Three Months'."

  In other words, this snowfall is highly suspicious and may be a clue to the murderer.

  But now she's dead.

  "Are we going to give that bottle to Li Erdou?" Xia Cao asked reluctantly.

  "Why give it to him?" Duan Yiliu chuckled: "You give it to him, he'll definitely pin the crime on Luoxue and say she killed herself out of fear of punishment, case closed."

  Two people died one after another, with Li Er Gou's ability, it is absolutely impossible to investigate, but he will not give up the credit, and will surely close the case hastily, and take some credit for himself.

  The little grass doesn't understand anymore, so what does Duan Gou Dan want to do if he can't intervene and won't hand over the evidence?

  "Alas, it seems like she could have gone out, her fiancé is still waiting for her outside, how can I say that she's just gone?" The housekeeper came out, wiping away tears as she spoke.

  Duan Shiyi put on a gentle expression, handed her a handkerchief: "How is it inside?"

  The housekeeper shook her head: "She died of illness, she was seriously ill last night, something happened in the building and no one took care of her. Who knew that after falling asleep, she would never wake up again... The doctor said it was a case of wind evil entering the body, high fever, and sudden death."

  "Poor her, at the age of 28, she still has a fiancé waiting for her to return and get married, but now it's all gone..."

  The little grass sighed and said, "The girls in the brothel are pitiful, and the maidservants are even more pitiful. Who isn't here just to make a living, forced by circumstances to end up like this?"

  The iron-hearted Tiexi seemed to have been moved, and he slightly frowned: "This is indeed innocent, where is her fiancé? We can also go to comfort him."

  "Great kindness." The housekeeper didn't say another word and went to find paper and pen, wrote something down, and handed it to Duan Shi Yi: "It just so happens that no one here can enter or leave, would you please trouble yourself to inform them, and let their family come collect the body?"

  "Whatever." Duan Shi Yi picked up the note and walked out with a hint of regret, pulling on a small blade of grass.

  Li Erdou was still frantically pacing back and forth in the house, when news arrived from the six-panel door side, and many more people were sent over. The chief catcher Ye Qianwen was finally startled, riding a horse galloping to Meng Hua Lou, and began to personally supervise the investigation.

  The six-panel door captain is not a thrifty lamp, everything on the six panels, including whether the chicken raised by Duan Shi in the backyard is male or female, he knows it clearly.

  Li Erdou thinks he can make arbitrary judgments under his supervision, which is impossible.

  So now Li Er Gou can only tighten his skin and slowly collect evidence, hoping to be lucky enough to bump into the murderer who will rush right in front of him.

  The little grass followed section eleven, riding a horse through the bustling streets of Chang'an, and bought a string of sugar gourds on the way. While eating, she asked: "Are we really going to find Luoxue's fiancé?"

  Duan Shi shook his head: "Before that, shouldn't we go to Chen's residence first?"

  What? What is Chen Fu? Little Grass stupidly asked: "Why?"

  "Jin Shu was bought by Chen Yuanwai, originally to be a concubine. Now that Jin Shu has been dead for two days, Chen Yuanwai hasn't even shown his face, isn't the suspicion even greater?"

  The little grass blinked, as if remembering something. It was what Qian Mama and Guan Shi Pozi said that night about how to hand over Chen Yuanwai's substitute, but today another person died in the Sleeping Flower Building, and no one from the Chen Mansion came to claim the body.

  Thinking about it, it's indeed a bit suspicious.

  "Moreover, the address Liu's mother gave me earlier is also very close to Chen Manor." Duan Shiyi said: "I suddenly remembered that three months ago I passed by Tianlang Street where Chen Manor is located and saw Luo Xue coming out from there."

  Little Grass: “......”

  Three months ago, you met so hastily, how can you still remember it so clearly?

  "If I'm not mistaken, the fiancé of Lu Xue should be from the Chen family." Duan Shi Yi pulled his horse to a stop on the street and picked up a small blade of grass: "This way, things will be much simpler."

  The little grass looked puzzled: "What's simple about it?"

  "I've got a task for you." Duan Shi Xi smiled suavely, his white teeth glinting in the sunlight: "How about becoming a temporary maid and earning some extra money?"

  "No way!" Little Grass puffed out her chest: "I'm going to crack the case and become an official constable, how can I be a part-time maid?"

  Duan Shi raised an eyebrow: "The treatment at Chen's house is very good, we have chicken legs to eat every day."

  "...Don't go!" Is she such a spineless person?

  "A month's wages is one or two silver coins."

  "...not..."

  "I heard that the young master of his family is exceptionally handsome and can paint and play the flute."

  "Alright, how do I get in?" Hehe, Xiaocao squatted in front of Duan Yu, her tail wagging straight.

  This hateful thing is useless as iron that can't be made into steel! Blind pig, in this city of Chang'an, there isn't a man who looks better than him!