The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

This testimony of Liu Qiao made Yu Hanjiang immediately alert. He asked Long Sen to guard the door so that no one could approach him, took Liu Qiao to the side and asked in a low voice, "Miss Si usually wears a white gauze to cover her face, so she is easy to be seen by others." Pretend, are you sure the person you see is Miss Fourth?"

"I'm sure. There is a very small red mole above the right brow bone of Miss Fourth. I put on the invisibility cloak and took a close look at it under suspicion. That person is Miss Fourth Qi Yiwei. Her dress and voice are similar to Miss Fourth's Same." Liu Qiao said firmly.

"Did you see the person who had a private meeting with Miss Fourth?" Yu Hanjiang asked.

"I see clearly, he must be a young master from a rich family. He is very particular about his attire. He also gave Miss Fourth a round jade pendant. Although I don't know jade, the jade pendant is crystal clear and should be quite valuable." Liu While recalling carefully, Qiao said, "In ancient times, sending jade pendants meant a promise of love, right?"

"According to the customs in Jiangzhou, it is true that a man giving a woman a jade pendant has the meaning of expressing love." Lao Mo said.

Yu Hanjiang looked back at Xiao Lou, just in time to meet his gaze when he looked up from the desk, and the two thought of a possibility at the same time.

Xiao Lou asked: "Is that rich young man wearing a dark blue gown, black boots embroidered with silver thread on his feet, and his hair tied up by a blue headband. His skin is very fair, and he wears a An emerald ring?"

Liu Qiao was startled, and said, "That's right, all the details are right."

Lao Mo came back to his senses and exclaimed: "Isn't that the young master of the Lin family—Lin Shaobo?"

Yu Hanjiang folded his arms thoughtfully: "I remember, Lin Shaobo was not there at all when the prince was assassinated." He turned his gaze to Xiao Lou again and asked, "How long has Master Lin been away?"

During the dinner, Yu Hanjiang kept watching the movements of the guests on the left, while Xiao Lou was in charge of observing the movements on the right.

Lin Shaobo happened to be sitting on the right, at the same table as Shao Qingge.

Xiao Lou was very careful, so he noticed Lin Shaobo when he got up to leave.

Hearing Team Yu's question, he said in detail: "When Ye Qi came out, Lin Shaobo left the table under the pretext of going to the toilet. Ye Qi played the piano to the accompaniment, and five women danced sword dances. The performance lasted about 10 minutes. The assassin suddenly assassinated the prince. , the prince fought with the assassin, the assassin failed to escape and escaped, and the servant girl came to report the news... all this time added up, about 20 minutes."

Yu Hanjiang said: "That is to say, Lin Shaobo disappeared for 20 minutes. Such a long time is enough for him to go to the backyard and hang the eldest lady from a tree to fake a suicide scene."

Xiao Lou looked at Liu Qiao and asked, "What time did you see Miss Fourth dating Lin Shaobo?"

There were no watches in ancient times, and Liu Qiao could not clearly determine the time. She speculated based on the position of the sun in the sky: "It should be around five o'clock in the evening. Before the sun set, there was a smell from the kitchen. They were preparing dinner."

Xiao Lou stroked his chin and analyzed: "Miss's death time is six o'clock, Young Master Lin appeared in the backyard at five o'clock, and left the banquet at eight o'clock, doesn't it match the time of Missy's death?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "There is a possibility, if the young lady was brutally murdered because she witnessed the adultery between her fiancé and her younger sister, then Young Master Lin and Miss Fourth could collude to poison her food in advance. I accidentally ingested toxins while eating snacks in my room, and was poisoned to death. Around [-] o’clock, Young Master Lin made an excuse to leave the banquet, went back to the backyard and hung her on a tree, pretending that she had hanged herself. That's right."

Lin Shaobo had the time to commit the crime, as well as the motive for committing the crime.

If the eldest lady finds out about his private meeting with the fourth lady, he really has the motive to kill someone, and if the scene of the crime is disguised as a suicide, if the prince also thinks that his daughter committed suicide, the palace has already accepted the dowry from the Lin family. Can be refunded.At this time, Lin Shaobo can find a way to let the prince betroth the fourth lady to him.

In ancient times, it was not uncommon for the elder sister to commit suicide because of her desire to replace her elder sister.

This is the best of both worlds.

Listening to Yu Hanjiang's analysis, everyone felt that there was a high possibility that Lin Shaobo and Fourth Miss would join hands to kill the eldest lady.

However, the secret room of hearts often reverses, and pure reasoning cannot conclude the case. Before finding definite evidence, Yu Hanjiang will not easily draw a conclusion—this is just a possibility, and there may be other possibilities.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Liu Qiao: "You have been very close to Miss Four these days. In your opinion, what kind of person is Miss Fourth?"

Liu Qiaodao: "Fourth Miss Qi Yiwei's character is similar to her mother Mrs. Han, she is gentle and considerate, soft-spoken, and loves to laugh. I have never seen her get angry."

Xiao Lou thought for a while, and said, "She knows medicine, so naturally she can dispense medicine that can poison people to death, right?"

Liu Qiao suddenly thought of something, and said: "By the way, she invited me to the palace today because she is not feeling well recently, and asked me to bring some medicinal materials for her to recuperate. Excessive doses can become deadly poisonous."

Xiao Loudao: "Perhaps, she just secretly added these medicines into Missy's diet or tea?"

At present, all the evidence points to Miss Fourth and Master Lin.

Yu Hanjiang said bluntly: "Liu Qiao, you go to the magistrate's prison to meet Mr. Shao first, and I will ask someone to ask Miss Fourth for questioning later."

Liu Qiao nodded, went out through the back door, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Long Sen went out to have a look. The three girls in the next hall had followed the prince's order and called everyone in the palace to wait for Lord Yu's questioning. Yu Hanjiang interrogated the other two wives in order.

Mrs. Qing has been tidying up the yard this afternoon. Several of her maids can testify to this.

Mrs. Qing said bluntly: "My family is like yesterday when I accidentally cut down a tree when I was practicing martial arts, which made the yard a mess, with mud and leaves everywhere. I have been watching the maids cleaning up my listening Fengge, it was not until dinner time that the prince sent someone to pass the message, so I changed my clothes and went to the banquet."

Throughout the banquet, she stayed by the prince's side and never left.

The servant who sent the message also confirmed Mrs. Qing's words, saying that when he went to listen to Fengge, a group of people were indeed cleaning the yard.

Yu Hanjiang called the most favored Mrs. Han over again

Mrs. Han said softly: "I have been resting in Hongmeiyuan in the afternoon. I have been weak recently, and I feel sleepy in the afternoon. I slept until the front yard came to pass the message. I woke up, washed, changed my clothes, and went to the prince's birthday dinner."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Can anyone prove that Madam slept in the house all afternoon?"

Mrs. Han frowned and thought about it, and said: "I sleep in the inner room, because I am sleepy, and I often wake up, wanting to drink water, so my two maids, Xiaoxue and Xiaoshuang, have been in the outer room Serving, they can prove that I haven't been out all afternoon."

Yu Hanjiang called the two maids in for questioning.

Xiaoxue said that Madam has been feeling unwell recently, and she goes to bed every afternoon, and today is no exception. She rested after lunch and woke up three times in a daze. Dress up.

Xiaoshuang's testimony was consistent with that of her companion, and she added that Madam has always lost her appetite recently. She only ate a small bowl of porridge for a meal. Seeing that she was sick, the two maids specially applied a lot of rouge to her, and carefully drew her eyebrows and made up to enhance her complexion.

Both ladies had perfect alibi.

In comparison, Mrs. Qing's testimony is more credible, because the tree in her yard was indeed cut down by Miss San, and other maidservants passing by could hear the sound of cleaning the yard, and the servant who sent the message also saw her with his own eyes. Sit in the yard and direct.

Mrs. Han, only the maid can testify.

This Xiaoxue and Xiaoshuang are the personal servants who followed her to marry into the palace. These servants in ancient times were usually extremely loyal to their masters, and some servants were even willing to die for their masters. very common.

Mrs. Han's testimony cannot be 100% certain, but her body cannot deceive anyone.

Xiao Lou is a medical student, and he can always tell the difference between a real illness and a faking illness. Mrs. Han's illness is quite serious, even with makeup on her face and improved complexion, she still looks very listless.Xiao Lou carefully observed her nails, the half-moon shape at the base of the nails was almost gone. The maid said that she only ate a bowl of porridge for each meal recently, which was obviously caused by a weak stomach and long-term malnutrition.

She may have a gastrointestinal disorder and a severe loss of appetite.With her current physical condition, it is impossible for her to have the strength to hug the eldest lady to a tree and hang her... Seeing her so fragile, she even has difficulty hanging a white silk on a tree.

Xiao Lou told Yu Hanjiang his conclusion: "Mrs. Han is not pretending to be sick, she is really not in good health."

Yu Hanjiang touched his chin: "It seems that the focus is still on the ladies."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Long Sen reported in a low voice, "It's Princess Nine."

Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "What is she doing here?"

Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Let her come in. I remember she said that she had written with the eldest lady before, maybe she would have a clue."

Seeing Xiao Lou didn't mind, Yu Hanjiang felt relieved and signaled Long Sen to open the door.

Dressed in men's clothing, Princess Nine brought Qu Wanyue into the room, and she said bluntly, "I know who the murderer is!"

Yu Hanjiang was quite surprised: "Oh? What did the princess say?"

The ninth princess looked aggrieved: "Qi Yiwei must have done it! A Yao sent me a letter before, and mentioned one thing in the letter. Master Yu, you can read it for yourself!"

She took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Yu Hanjiang.

Yu Hanjiang took the letter and walked to Xiao Lou's side, and Xiao Lou leaned over to look at it together. Every word was written squarely with the brush brush of the eldest lady, as if it was printed. On the letter, it said——

"Princess Nine:

See Xin'an.

My wedding date with the young master of the Lin family is scheduled for the [-]th day of next month. The wedding date is approaching, but I feel panic in my heart.

Rumor has it that the eldest young master of the Lin family spends his days drinking and drinking in brothels, and makes friends with many women in brothels in Jiangzhou. His mother said that it is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines. I don't mind his temporary indulgence if he can change his past after marriage.Besides, in matters of marriage, I can only obey the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker.

However, a few days ago I went to offer incense outside the city, and accidentally ran into Mr. Lin and my younger sister in the mountains.The younger sister gave Mr. Lin a blue handkerchief embroidered by herself. Mr. Lin looked gentle and told the younger sister that she was the love of his life, and that the person he wanted to marry was Yiwei, not Yiyao.

In the past few days, I have been suffering a lot in my heart, and I don't know how to deal with myself.

I want to tell my mother about this, but mother and Mrs. Han have always been at odds, and if things get serious, I'm afraid it won't end.

Princess Nine and I have known each other since we were young, and we are also my father's favorite royal sister. If you come forward, things may turn around.

I have only met Young Master Lin twice, and we have no feelings at all. Since he is infatuated with Fourth Sister, I want to fulfill them.However, there have been rumors in Jiangzhou that I have a marriage contract with Young Master Lin, and it is not good for the fourth sister to marry directly to the Lin family.

In order to get the best of both worlds, I decided to shave or become a monk.

As long as I become a nun, the marriage contract between the Lin family and the Wangfu does not need to be dissolved, and the fourth younger sister can replace me and marry into the Lin family in a legitimate way.

I grew up in the quiet ancient temple since I was a child, and I no longer miss all kinds of things in the world.It is better to be accompanied by the ancient Buddha with the green lamp from now on, and die for the rest of my life.

My father will not allow me to become a monk, and I hope that the ninth princess can persuade me well and help me realize this wish.

Yi Yao wrote it herself. "