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Chapter 38 The Female Corpse in the Study Room

Du Si returned to the study, forgetting about Mao Yi and others, he walked all the way to ask questions, and under the instructions of a group of female relatives, he came to the residence of Qin's personal maid who usually served Qin.

Here, he got the news that although Qin shi changed the incense himself every day, the incense candles were managed by other maidservants. Du Si found the maidservant, and she narrated several times the original scene of Qin shi combing the incense candles on the day of Qin shi's death.

"One stick of incense lasts half an hour. We usually give the three-day amount to Madam just before the last day. That day happens to be the second day of the three days. After Madam dies, I will go to see the incense stick again." , there are only 44 left.”

In other words, Qin Shi burned a total of four incense candles that night. From this, the time of her death should be after Yinzheng, which is exactly four o'clock in the night when converted to modern time.

But Ying'er claimed that Yinzheng went to the study to deliver tea to Qin Shi at three o'clock. Du Si immediately suspected that Qin Shi might have died at that time, but now the testimony obtained in Zhuang's mansion pointed the arrow at Zhuang Hui.

Du Si sat on a stone slab, quietly recalling everyone's testimony.

First, the three servants in the prison, Zheng Qiu and others were ordered by the Qin family to come to the study that night. Because they had a feud with the Qin family, they became the three most motivated to commit the crime.

Zheng Qiuzi entered the study at the beginning, left at [-]:[-], Li Ge entered the study at [-]:[-], left half an hour later, that is, left at [-]:[-], and finally, Yinger claimed to come to the study to deliver tea at [-]:[-], at that time It was raining, and he went back after not staying for long; the watchman said that it was indeed raining at Yinshi, but it stopped at two o'clock.

Xiao Si, who lived in the back door of Zhuang's mansion, said again that Yinshi saw Zhuang Hui rushing through the back door, and according to the maid who managed the incense sticks, Qin's death should be after Yinzheng...

The activities of these people were all before Yinshi, and at the latest at the third quarter of Yinshi, a quarter earlier than Yinzheng.

Du Si sighed, and took out the bloody incense stick from his robe.

No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out the time of Qin's death. What was the meaning of this bloody incense stick?The last stick of incense was clearly burned out, so how could there be this extra piece of incense stick?

Could it be the clues Qin left behind deliberately...

Impossible, as Du Si saw with his own eyes, the traces of blood under Qin's body were naturally distributed, and there was no sign of dragging and running. In other words, when Qin was hit hard from the back, he died.

Du Si looked at the piece of joss stick, lost in thought and couldn't extricate himself. It wasn't until the sun shone above his head that he realized the time. When he got up, his legs were numb and he couldn't walk.

Mao Yi and the others had already left, Du Sishu breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards Xiao Si's residence by the back door.

"Hey, why are you still here? Did no one tell you to leave?" Xiao Si was very surprised to see him, the people from the yamen had already left, but Du Si was still in the Zhuang mansion, and no one chased him away.

After looking at Du Si's face a few times, Xiao Si felt relieved.

"You must be among those women, why didn't I drive you away..." Xiao Si muttered in a low voice.

"These private matters are fine, I'm here for the Qin case." Du Si said solemnly, "The night Qin was murdered, you saw Zhuang Hui leaving through the back door, and the night moon was unknown, how could you be sure that it was Zhuang Hui? ?”

Seeing Du Si's appearance, Xiao Si suppressed his anger, and said honestly, "You saw it too, there is a window in my room, and I like to step on the bench to watch the scenery every day when I have nothing to do. Someone passed by, I woke up but couldn't fall asleep, so I stepped on the stool and looked out the window, but I saw a figure."

Du Si nodded, Xiao Si continued after seeing this.

"The man was holding a bundle in his hand, and he was in a hurry, as if some flood beast was chasing him behind him. At first, I thought it was a little thief, but the man suddenly fell, and the bundle was scattered all over the ground. The silver fell out, and when he reached out to pick up the lost silver, I saw that the man was wearing a gold wrench the size of a cat's eye, so I was sure that he was Master Zhuang."

"Why did I hear that Zhuang Hui stayed in Changle Fang that night and didn't go out?" Du Si wondered.

"Hey, don't you know?" Xiao Si suddenly approached Du Si and began to gossip, "The people there only care about money and don't care about it. Mr. Zhuang often goes to that casino to gamble, and of course the people there will help him. Well, in my opinion, Mr. Zhuang might have gone to the second room, Madam is strict with her and has a violent temper, who can stand her."

Xiao Si made an unbearably funny look, and Du Si couldn't help chuckling, "You know quite a lot."

"It's nothing. I don't have much to do on weekdays, so I'm busy." Xiaosi smiled and touched his head. He seemed to be thinking of something, and then worried, "Then...how are the three people imprisoned now? When will the magistrate Let them out?"

Dusi paused, then laughed again, "Why, are you worried about them?"

"They are very kind to me. I haven't seen them these days, and I miss them a little." Xiaosi's eyes are clear and clear, very transparent.

"Unexpectedly, the Qin family, who is said to be as fierce as a yaksha, has a group of servants who are so humane. The world is really unpredictable." Du Si sighed.

"In fact, Mrs. Qin is not as bad as they said." Xiaosi suddenly retorted, seeming to be dissatisfied with Du Si's words, "Although Mrs. Qin is unreasonable and unreasonable, she supports the whole family. The master often stays in Changlefang , I seldom get along with my wife, and my wife handles the bills in the study when she has nothing to do, and staying up all night is commonplace, so I am convinced that I am so ruthless to myself."

When Du Si heard the words, he couldn't help but feel emotional, people's words are terrible, so he also followed the rumors, which is really biased.

"You are from the yamen, so you must know when the magistrate will release Brother Li and others to the Zhuang Mansion." Xiao Si grabbed Du Si's sleeve and looked at him with bright eyes, "can you tell the magistrate to return to the Zhuang Mansion soon?" Do you want to let them back? I can wait to eat dumplings with them, the dumplings made by sister Yinger are the best!"

Du Si remained silent, looking at Xiao Si with extremely gentle eyes, "They will come back."

"I'll wait for your words." Xiaosi smiled and turned around to leave.

Du Si stopped him and asked some more about Cui Shengyong.

Cui Shengyong is not a local. He has no wife and no children. It is said that his relatives died in a fire and his family property was burned to the ground. This is why he came to Yecheng to seek a way out.

This person's reputation is not generally good, and almost everyone who has met him has said that he is good. When Du Si met him for the first time, he had a very good impression.

Du Si waited for a while, until the servants got up in a hurry, and then he came to the front yard. Along the road where the servants come and go, Du Si quickly found Zhuang Hui, who was flirting with a delicate woman. I am Lennon, so happy.

Du Si walked out from the corner abruptly and said quietly.

"Master Zhuang, you are in a good mood today."

"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" Zhuang Hui hurriedly pushed the woman away to adjust her clothes, while instructing the servants, "Who let him in? Come, take him out!"

"My lord forgets so much, master, you don't remember me?" Du Si approached.

Zhuang Hui looked at it carefully and suddenly remembered.

"It's you? Aren't you Mrs. Qin's servant..." Zhuang Hui thought for a moment, and quickly realized, "No, I haven't seen you before, who are you? Why did you lie to me!"

These words did not frighten Du Si, he thought for a while, and then came up with a perfect wording.

"Master, the county magistrate is here today... Where do you think I am from?" Du Si laughed.

"County Chancellor?" Zhuang Hui was puzzled, while the young servant came forward and whispered, his face changed like a cloud, and finally squeezed out a smiling face, "I'm sorry, I didn't know where you were from earlier. "

Du Si didn't say a word, but smiled enigmatically.

"How is Song Zhi County doing recently, do you need me to come and say hello?" Zhuang Hui asked.

"The Magistrate is very kind, I don't need you to worry about it." Du Si leaned down and added to Zhuang Hui, "You went back at Yinshi that night, why didn't you make it clear to the Lord?"

"This, this..." Zhuang Hui was speechless, sweat was all over her forehead, and she was very nervous.

"What were you doing then?" Du Si asked sharply, quite airs.

Zhuang Hui shivered, looked left and right, and called everyone away, "I was wandering in Changle Square that night, but I was unlucky and lost a lot of money. Yinshi went home to get the money, that's all!"

Du Si didn't respond, just looked at him and remained silent.

"It's true. How dare a villain lie to others. This has nothing to do with Qin Shi. I wasn't here when she died!"

Du Si was startled, but didn't show it on his face.

At the mention of life, Zhuang Hui shut up hastily, and gave Du Si a lot of money to send him away; but he didn't know that he was cheated by Du Si again for the second time.

Outside the Zhuang mansion, Du Si had mixed feelings in his heart, he looked at the banknotes in his hand, and immediately arranged a good place for them.

"Hey, you're here again." The old man who guarded the prison in the yamen accepted the bank note with a smile.

"Go in quickly, it's time for half a stick of incense."

The cell door was wide open, and a few rays of sunlight poured down on the cold floor of the prison. Countless pairs of prying eyes cast their gazes on. Du Si went straight into the cell without looking back. The door was quickly closed again, blocking everyone Thinking about it, it also blocked Du Si's only escape route.

The author has something to say: the list is complete, so sleepy...

The next chapter of 9000 words chapter V is on Thursday, I hope everyone will support it~

I haven't seen Xiao Gong for a long time, will he get moldy if left too long? 233

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