Jinyiwei factory flower base love story

The second person to be interrogated was Dongmei, Xie Huilan's personal maid.

Dongmei is Xie Huilan's dowry girl, about [-] years old, with a round face, petite figure, and two buns, she looks very lively and lovely.But at this moment, she was in a state of depression, obviously the death of the male master also frightened her quite a bit.

Regarding what happened last night, Dongmei's description was almost exactly the same as Xie Huilan's.

"Last night, I was embroidering with my wife in the room. I waited for a long time for the master not to return to the room. The wife asked me to go to the study to invite the master. The master said he would come back in a while. After I came back to report to the wife, the wife asked me to go to the kitchen to get the medicine. At that time, only Sister Qiulian was in the kitchen, and she was responsible for frying the soup and medicine at home. Every night at the end of Haishi, I would come to the kitchen to get the medicine and give it to the master. When I went to the kitchen, Sister Qiulian brought me the medicine, and I Send the medicine to Madam's room while it's hot, Madam will serve Master to drink the medicine in person, and I will retreat outside."

Duan Mingchen asked: "Did you stop on the way from the kitchen to take the medicine back to your wife's room? Has anyone touched this bowl of medicine?"

Dongmei shook her head firmly and said, "Because I was afraid that the medicine would get cold, I walked very fast. I didn't stop on the way, and no one else touched the medicine. I'm very sure of that."

"After the master fell ill, Madam ordered you to go out to find a doctor. Did you find the doctor yourself?"

"The maidservant was weak and couldn't run fast, and was afraid of delaying time, so she found the housekeeper, Uncle Zhong, who immediately sent someone to invite the doctor."

"From when you found Uncle Zhong to when the doctor was invited to the mansion, how long did it take?"

"Let's think about it... It takes about a cup of tea. The doctor has tried his best to come here, but it's too late..."

Duan Mingchen thought for a while, then asked again: "Is your wife good at perfumery?"

Dongmei shook her head: "Madam likes listening to operas, reading books, and reciting poems, but she doesn't dabble in fragrance."

"Then where did you buy the incense in her room?"

"This... I don't know, I didn't buy it. But Miss Shen is very good at mixing incense. In the past, when the two of them got along, she often gave incense to my wife."

"Oh? You said that Miss Shen and Mrs. Shen were very close before, don't they now?"

Dongmei said with a regretful face: "Yes, the two of them are the best handkerchief handkerchiefs, they talk about everything, they are closer than sisters! But since my wife married the master, the relationship between the two of them has dropped to Freezing point. After Madam walked through the door, Miss Shen didn't even step into Madam's room, as if she wanted to break up with Madam, Madam is very sad for this!"

Duan Mingchen thought to himself, it's no wonder that a good best friend suddenly became his stepmother, and no one would be able to accept it, so it's not surprising that Miss Shen would behave like this.

Duan Mingchen took out the small wine bottle filled with pear blossoms and asked, "Have you seen this wine bottle before? Do you know who it is?"

Dongmei shook her head blankly: "I have never seen it before, and I don't know whose it is."

"Do you know who in this mansion is better at wine?"

"This... this servant, as Madam's dowry maid, has only been in Shen's residence for less than a month, so I don't know much about the situation in the residence, so I don't want to make random guesses."

Duan Mingchen nodded and said, "That's all, you go back first."

After questioning Xie Huilan and her maid, Duan Mingchen sorted out his thoughts a bit. According to the conversation between the two people before, it can be deduced that the murderer most likely mixed wine into Qiyang soup while decocting the medicine. Between the six o'clock of Haishi.As for how the murderer did it, other people need to be interrogated to see if they can find clues.

Duan Mingchen decided to adjust the order, first ask the housekeeper and the maid who cooked the medicine, and then ask Shen Yuzhu and Aunt Jiang last.

The housekeeper, Shen Zhong, stood upright with his hands down, with an unconcealable sadness on his honest face.

"The old slave has served the Shen family for more than [-] years. Since the master was ten years old, the old slave has been by his side. The master is generous and benevolent. I never expected that he would leave so suddenly. I am really jealous of the talent." ..."

Shen Zhong wiped his tears with his sleeve while talking, obviously very sad for his master's untimely death.

Duan Mingchen had no choice but to persuade him to mourn, and after a few words of comfort, he got to the point.

When Shen Junru fell ill, Shen Zhong’s statement was consistent with Xie Huilan and Dongmei’s. After receiving Dongmei’s report, he felt that the situation was serious, so he immediately sent someone to ride a fast horse to the nearest medical clinic, and invited the doctor home for rescue. Unfortunately, Still at a loss.

Duan Mingchen asked: "Last night from Xu to Hai, where were you and what did you do?"

The butler was startled, and subconsciously argued: "Master, you don't doubt the old slave, do you?"

"This question is of great importance. I will ask everyone in the mansion. You don't need to be nervous."

The housekeeper then replied: "Yesterday, from Xu time to Hai time, I have been checking the gift list sent by the Wei family, counting the number of betrothal gifts and recording them in the book. At that time, the accountant Zhang was with me, so he can testify for me."

Duan Mingchen felt as if he had walked into a misunderstanding, stood up, and slowly took two steps in the room.

The time for the murderer to commit the crime was from the end of the Xu Dynasty to the end of the Hai Dynasty. However, the most important thing in any murder case is the motive of committing the crime, and this motive obviously did not form last night.

So Duan Mingchen asked the housekeeper Shen Zhong to describe everything that happened in the mansion during the day.

Shen Zhong thought about it, and slowly said: "Recently, the mansion has been busy preparing for the marriage of the young lady. The young lady is the only daughter of the master, so naturally the dowry should not be sloppy, so as not to lose the face of our Shen family. This is also very important, early this morning, the embroidery workshop delivered the things, and the young lady went to see it in person, but found that the mandarin ducks embroidered on the pillows and quilts had used the wrong thread color."

"Miss was very angry about this and ordered the embroidery workshop to redo it, but the embroidery workshop said that the instructions they received were for this color. Moreover, the embroidery workshop is very busy now and there is a serious shortage of manpower. It's too late."

"Miss is in a very bad mood because of this. When I was walking in the garden, I heard two long-tongued servants joking about this. These two are serving Aunt Jiang, and one of them is Aunt Jiang's nanny. They mocked Miss and said, but She is marrying a poor scholar, but she can't wait to vacate the entire Shen family, such a generous dowry is not enough, and she insists on nitpicking many requirements."

"Miss was so angry that she cried when she heard this. She was weak and fell ill when she made such a fuss. When the master heard about this, he was furious and wanted to deal with the two long-tongued servants. After forty sticks Expelled from the mansion. Aunt Jiang came here after hearing the news, crying and pleading with the master, hoping to spare her nanny."

"This is like adding fuel to the flames. The master scolded Aunt Jiang for not being strict with her subordinates. The upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked. She even suspected that she instructed the servants to gossip behind their backs and gossip. Master, the master threatened to send her to the village in the countryside."

"It just so happened that the young master came back from outside and was terrified when he heard about it. He hurried to plead with Aunt Jiang. The young master is usually idle and doesn't study hard. The master has long been dissatisfied with him. Seeing that he is helping the aunt to disobey himself, In a fit of anger, he slapped him twice on the head, scolded him as a prodigal son, and said that he would rather confiscate the family property after death than leave it to him!"

Duan Mingchen frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but interrupt: "Wait, in your opinion, is this a momentary remark of the master, or did he really intend to do so?"

Shen Zhong sighed: "To tell you the truth, the young master has become more and more incompetent these years, and the master has been dissatisfied with him for not a day or two. However, it is the first time to say this in public. It can be seen that he is really disappointed. The master often sighs : If the young master has one-third of the intelligence of the young lady, the Shen family will be a successor. However, the young lady will marry out after all, and the master also wants to have a son so that he can inherit the family business."

Duan Mingchen thought to himself: Shen Junru has lost his wife for many years, and only has one aunt by his side. It can be inferred that he is not a lustful person, but he has been taking Qiyang Decoction recently, which shows that he is eager to have a child.

Duan Mingchen asked: "At that time, Young Master Shen was beaten, what was your reaction? What was Aunt Jiang's reaction?"

"The young master seemed a little dissatisfied, and knelt on the ground with his neck stuck. Aunt Jiang was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she didn't dare to say any more in person, but after the master left, she began to cry and curse softly."

"Who is she scolding?"

"Curse... scold Madam..." Shen Zhong seemed a little embarrassed, but he still decided to tell the truth, "Aunt Jiang scolded Madam Hu Meizi, bullied Master every day, seduced Master, and forced their mother and son to death."

"So, Aunt Jiang and Mrs. Shen usually have conflicts?"

"To be honest, Madam has been in the house for less than a month, and she usually stays at home. She stays in her own room, and she is very kind when she comes out occasionally. There is really no conflict. It's just that Madam is newly married, so the master will naturally Staying in her room more, Aunt Jiang is just jealous of it."

"How did you deal with the dowry?"

"Because of time constraints, the wedding is the next day, so the master ordered all the maids and women in the mansion who know how to sew to go to the embroidery workshop to help, rush to work overnight, and re-cut and embroidered embroidered pillows and quilts."

"That is to say, all the maids went to work in the embroidery room last night?"

"There are a total of 130 people in Shen's house. Except for the five masters, Mrs. Jiang, Aunt Jiang, and Miss Jiang, the other 120 people are all servants. Among them, 82 are men, and most of them sweep the floor, feed horses, do odd jobs, and do chores. Those who do rough work will not stay in the mansion at night, and the nursing home will only stay on the periphery, and will not enter the backyard where the female relatives live.

There are 44 maids and wives, three of them are too old to see well, and only 41 of them can work in the embroidery studio.However, the lady and the wife always need someone to wait on them at night, so they left Chun Xue in the lady's room, Dongmei in the lady's room, and Qiu Lian who was in charge of making the soup. It was time to go back to the room to rest. "

Duan Mingchen thought to himself, in this case, these 38 people can be ruled out as suspects.

Duan Mingchen asked again: "In this mansion, who are the ones who are greedy for good wine?"

The steward said: "Many servants who do rough work in the mansion like to have a few drinks, but the master strictly prohibits alcohol, so they are determined not to bring alcohol into the mansion."

Duan Mingchen questioned: "If it is true that everyone strictly abides by the prohibition order, why does this bottle of wine appear in the kitchen?"

The butler retorted puzzledly: "I think it's not surprising that there is wine in the kitchen. You need to use wine as a condiment when cooking some dishes, right? Although the master is allergic to wine, there is no prohibition on using wine in cooking. He won't eat this dish."

Duan Mingchen shook his head: "Generally, ordinary rice wine is enough for cooking, but this bottle is 50-year-old pear blossom white, which is very rare. Even if the Shen family is a wealthy family, they would not use such expensive wine as a condiment. Bar?"

The butler was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect this bottle of wine to be such a rare variety.Duan Mingchen showed the butler the delicate little wine bottle filled with pear blossom white.

The butler held it in his hand, looked it over carefully, frowned, and said, "Forgive me, my lord, I really have never seen this bottle of wine, and I don't know who would sneak it into the house."

Duan Mingchen observed the butler's expression, he didn't seem to be fake, so he put away the bottle.