CHAPTER XXIV

After Wei Qian carefully examined the corpse, he groaned slightly, and then stepped forward and whispered a few words to the patriarch.

Cui Kuang and his two clan uncles were the first to arrive here, and the two of them ordered the courtyard to be sealed off for fear that the murderer would take advantage of the chaos to destroy the clues, and everyone stood at the foot of the stairs and waited.

After a moment, the patriarch said, "The people who are in this courtyard in an hour take a step forward." ”

A group of people looked left and right, and finally nine people took a step forward.

Among them are Cui Kuang, as well as his two clan uncles, and there are six serving servants. The yin qi is flourishing at night, and it is generally for the younger generations who are young and vigorous to keep the spirit, especially the Xie family, who is not the end of their lives, and the yin qi is even better, because nine is the yang number, so nine people are specially arranged in the courtyard.

After twilight, women were no longer allowed to approach the main courtyard, and even the people guarding the courtyard outside were nine young and strong male servants.

"So everyone else is coming when they hear the noise?" the patriarch looked at everyone with a grim gaze.

No one came forward anymore.

"Who was the first to find the body?" asked the patriarch.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy stood up, his face was pale, and his lips were still trembling, "It's small." ”

"Let's talk about it. The patriarch said.

The little guy swallowed nervously, "I was guarding the main hall with the three Langjun, because I drank too much water after dinner and wanted to go out to the toilet, when I passed through the side room, I found that the door opened a crack, and I felt strange, so I came to take a look, who knew that as soon as I opened the door, someone grabbed my foot, and I was so scared that I didn't hold back and shouted for a while." ”

Then all the people who were guarding the spirit in the main hall rushed over, and then the nine strong men who were guarding outside also rushed over when they heard the commotion. There was no one guarding the door, and the people who were awakened came one after another.

To be selected to guard the spirit, he is definitely not a timid person, but he can't stand being scared like this in the middle of the night.

When I asked this question, it seemed strange, there were guards outside the courtyard, and everyone in the courtyard was gathered in one place, and there was no time to commit murder. But according to Wei Qian's judgment, death should be within half an hour. The main poison in this man was arsenic, and the poison occurred within half an hour......

This complicates things.

The patriarch did not give up, and ordered people to call all the people who had been to this courtyard during the day, and he was determined to catch the murderer.

Wei Qian sighed silently.

Cui Ning was sleeping soundly, and was also awakened by Qingxin, and dressed sleepily under her service and went out.

The night wind at the end of summer already had a cold meaning, and a gust of wind blew in his face, Cui Ning was excited, suddenly sobered up, looked at the sky, and said suspiciously, "Qingxin, it's still early before dawn, where are we going?"

"It was said that there was an accident in the main courtyard, and the clan elder asked some people to question. Qingxin is also wondering, what can't wait for tomorrow to talk about it, but the poor lady finally got a good night's sleep and was woken up in the middle of the night.

"What!" Cui Ning exploded, "What's wrong?"

Qingxin said, "The slave doesn't know. ”

Cui Ning didn't get an answer, so she had to urge Qingxin to speed up.

Since the patriarch was temporarily recruiting people in the middle of the night, he asked the Ling clan to arrange a small hall that was not usually used for temporary use.

The Cui family had the intention to hide the death of the old lady, so they did not let many people approach the main hall during the day, and only sent a few children of their own clan to guard it, and during the day, the Ling family and other daughters-in-law would also come over to kneel for an hour, while Cui Ning and the Lin family would stay for a whole day.

In addition to a few of them, the patriarch also invited all the clan elders, as well as everyone who had come into contact with the servant girl during the day.

That adds up to less than twenty people.

After some inquiry, it was determined that the last time someone saw the maidservant was about a quarter of the hour yesterday, that is, around dinner.

Cui's never treats his subordinates harshly, most people still have two meals a day, they are the same as the master, three meals a day, even the rough maidservant is no exception, and it is the time for them to eat dinner.

At the moment of the unitary hour, it should have just eaten dinner.

The **, which is so violent and can kill people instantly, is usually poisoned within half an hour, so the poisoning should not be at dinnertime.

No matter where you enter the main courtyard, you must pass through the doors of the Cui family, especially the mother-in-law guarding the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, and it is impossible for a maid to have wings. The patriarch then called all the gatekeepers after the unitary time, and finally asked from the mouths of the two mothers-in-law, in the unitary time, this Linghua (that is, the rough maid) said that she was sent by Ning Niangzi to send something.

The two mothers-in-law have been staying at this house for half a month, going to work and getting off work every day, and when they chatted privately on weekdays, they vaguely guessed that the old lady was going to be bad, and they didn't know the specific situation.

It's not that they don't fulfill their responsibilities, because Linghua is the person next to the old lady, plus Cui Ningbian and the big and small maids, what can go wrong?

Thinking about it carefully, it just so happened that she had been guarding the mourning hall all day, and it happened that the maid had died there again! And yesterday when Cui Ning left was around the middle of the unitary hour.

She had plenty of time to poison.

Cui Ning was dragged into a pool of muddy water again for no reason, and she couldn't tell it clearly when she opened her mouth!

"Uncle. "The Ling family couldn't sit still, it was obvious that someone was trying to make his daughter a scapegoat!

The patriarch raised his hand slightly, stopped what she was about to say, and turned to look at Cui Ning, "Say it yourself." ”

"I didn't send her to deliver anything. "Cui Ning is neither humble nor arrogant.

There is no proof of death at this time, no one will believe her, the only thing that is a little uncertain is that Cui Ning should not be like this at a young age.

But the patriarch didn't know why he concluded that she was the murderer, his face was pale, and he slapped the case suddenly, "At a young age, my mind is vicious!

A room is dead silent.

Ling Shi was shocked by this sudden change, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately said sharply, "She is my daughter, she can't do such a thing! Uncle has no conclusive evidence, and this crime is not bearable by Shu Ning'er!"

Cui Ning stared at the patriarch, "I haven't been in contact with Linghua, there are many people who can testify, I didn't send her to do something!"

"What did you send her to do?

Cui Ning bit her lip tightly. Indeed, if you use other methods to poison you, you don't necessarily have to come into contact with Linghua in person.

Cui Ning is only suspicious, but she can't be sure that she did it.

In the stalemate, the room full of people couldn't figure out how to interject.

Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice said, "The Lin family has also been in the mourning hall." "It's going to be a little later for ―――――――――――― to add, so I'll wash and sleep after reading this update, and I'll continue to write updates.

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