Princess? But being fostered under the name of the Queen Mother is different.
Everyone knew that the Queen Mother had never taken care of anyone before, but these fourteenth princesses had won the favor of the Queen Mother and even lived in a side hall of the Queen Mother's palace.
Except for the two days before when Mrs. Jiang Shu forced the young master to death and pinned her on her head, she hardly heard anything happened to her. But since the wine was delivered to the lake as a memorial, Mrs. Jiang Shu did not make any fuss and asked her to be buried.
Although he looks young, he already has the aura of a superior person, and he is not afraid at all when seeing the people in Tingwei Mansion.
The leader only slightly bowed his hands: "Princess, please give way, Tingwei's Mansion will handle the case." The tone was quite good, but still a bit unruly. After all, they were investigating the case under the king's orders.
Lingji struggled violently, but could not escape the hold of the two strong men on the left and right, and shouted for help: "Princess, please tell the Queen Mother and the King that Lingji was wronged, please Princess!"
"Shut up! Whether you are unjust or not, you will find out when you enter the Tingwei Mansion."
Xining raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "I wonder what I call this person?"
Someone replied: "This is President Xun Qian of Tingwei Mansion."
Xining was calm and said slowly: "Oh, Mr. Xun Qian, can you lend me a moment to speak?" As for being a princess, she is gentle, virtuous and virtuous.
Mr. Xun Qian frowned slightly: "If you have anything to say, tell me here." It's not just the concubine raised by the Queen Mother. Now in order to investigate the case, not to mention the concubine, it is necessary that the direct princess should also be interrogated.
She raised her sleeves and covered her mouth with a smile: "Is Mr. Qian afraid of a little girl like me? Since I'm borrowing a step, I will naturally say something useful to Mr. Qian. If it doesn't work, it won't be too late for Mr. Qian to attack again."
He was so bold, but Mr. Xun Qian rolled his eyes, raised his hand, and said to the side: "Please!"
After walking to the side, everyone left about seven or eight steps away, and the three of them stopped.
Xining said calmly: "There are only two days left in the deadline set by my father. Seeing that Mr. Qian is so anxious, investigating cases and arresting people everywhere, he is exhausted. This princess has some clues."
Mr. Xun Qian’s eyes suddenly flashed: “Please tell me.”
Every one of those arrested refused to admit it. Under severe punishment, they began to bite each other.
This Lingji was exposed by a chamberlain, saying that Lingji was infertile. She might be jealous of Mrs. Jiang Shu, so she attacked the young master.
Ling Ji was taken away for interrogation to see if they could bring out the others. If it happens, the clues of the murderer will be revealed. If not, there should simply be more people involved to muddy the waters.
If the Fourteenth Princess speaks out, then one more person can be convicted.
Then I heard the Fourteenth Princess say slowly, and seemed to sigh with emotion: "Mr. Qian, please stop arresting people. Think about this princess, her biological mother was from a humble background, but once she gained mercy from the Queen Mother, she won her favor. Here. In the palace, there may be mud on the soles of the feet today, but who knows what will happen to the branches tomorrow? Moreover, the relationships in the palace are intricate, and who knows who is good with whom and who is hostile to whom.”
After talking for a long time, there was still no clue, but the meaning was understood. We just told him not to arrest anyone, but to worry about the future at this time. If he couldn't hand over the murderer in two days, his life might be over.
Then I heard the 14th Princess lower her voice: "Aren't we looking for a murderer? In the small room next to the Jinxiu Palace, there are eight more wrapped in reed mats. If two are not enough, four will be enough, right?" The dead don’t blame anyone.”
Mr. Xun Qian's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, why do you need a living person to plead guilty? A dead person can also be the murderer. Let the living identify the dead. In order to survive, it is best if someone is convicted. If it is the dead who takes the blame, then he will be charged immediately.
He thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "How can we bring justice to the murderer if he is dead?" He was already dead, so maybe Mrs. Jiang Shu wanted him to find the murderer's remaining family members.
Xining smiled: "Those are slaves who can hardly find their families. They may have been sold since they were young. Since we need to rectify the law, then we can whip the corpses, break them into pieces, crush the bones and scatter the ashes. Ask those who have escaped sin to worship more on weekdays. , Just burn more paper money.”
Yes, these slaves are tired when they live, and they will die when they die. No matter how much I toss the body, it doesn't hurt anymore. Immediately handed over: "Thank you princess."
Xining didn't respond, curled his lips, turned around and left with Chun'er.
Mr. Xun Qian walked back and waved his hand: "Let it go!"
The person who was escorting Ling Ji let go of his hands, and Mr. Xun Qian acted like a good person: "The Fourteenth Princess testified that you couldn't enter the Jinxiu Palace, so you shouldn't murder Young Master Zhong. After thinking about it, Mr. Xun Qian thought it was reasonable. So let it go. Don’t blame me. Someone is reporting you. Now that the matter is clear, you’ll be fine.”
The frightened Lingji had already weakened her legs and collapsed on the ground, stammering: "Thank you, Mr. Qian."
Waiting until a group of people left, he stood up shakily and walked back slowly. As a royal maid, there will be a maid to serve her, and now my maid doesn't know where she is. Probably fled back to her master.
As for Mr. Xun Qian, his subordinates asked flatteringly: "Sir, do you still want to arrest someone?"
"Catch whoever, go back to the Captain's Mansion!" Xun Qian felt confident and looked much more cheerful.
Day and night, the arrested people were interrogated in turn, and more than a dozen confessions were written and signed and postponed. The confession written on pieces of linen was placed in front of Mr. Xun Qian.
After a cursory look, Mr. Xun Qian smiled with satisfaction, picked up his pen, and began to write down the case on the bamboo slips.
At this time, Lieutenant Li walked in from the outside with an angry look on his face: "Tomorrow is the deadline. Who do you plan to make take the blame?"
"It's just in time. Take a look for yourself." Mr. Xun Qian continued writing without raising his head.
Lieutenant Li picked up one and read it quickly. Then he was stunned and picked up another one to read. Halfway through, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Just fooling around like this?"
"Then what can you do? I am all ears." Mr. Xun Qian accidentally wrote a wrong word. He quickly picked up a cloth and wiped it off, and then scratched it slightly with a carving knife. He picked up the bamboo slip and put it to his mouth and blew on it. After putting it down, he looked at Captain Li with slightly raised eyebrows.
"We have found some clues, it is very likely..."
"Don't say it!" Mr. Xun Qian immediately interrupted him, quickly raised his hand and made a forbidden gesture: "Don't say anything."
He persuaded with good intentions and said seductively: "Whatever it is, if this matter is not a murderer, it will be a big trouble. Everyone knows that if you want to get a living person out of the palace of your favorite concubine, it will take a lot of effort. It’s not something ordinary people can do to escape so many people and drown by the lake.”
"In our position." He gestured back and forth with his fingers: "Who can be pulled off? The queen, the madam, or the beauty?"
He let out a long sigh, with sadness and helplessness: "Just leave it like this!"
Lieutenant Li was silent for a while, then put down his confession and walked out.
"Don't leave!" President Xun Qian shouted: "Come into the palace with me later to explain to the king."
"My lord, go on your own."
"Let's go together. We happen to eat sesame cakes and mutton soup on the way there. If not, let's have a good meal and die together."
Lieutenant Li...(End of Chapter)