Chapter 50: Focused Cross-examination

The last two people to ask were Adian and Xiaomei.

Qian Tu kept writing the inquiry record, and his right arm was faintly sore. He looked at the little girl who was trembling in front of him, asked a few questions as usual, and said, "Your name is Xiaomei, what is your relationship with the missing maid?" ”

Xiao Mei pursed her lips, rubbed the corners of her clothes with her hands, and replied, "My lord, the slave really doesn't know how Sister Xia Xiang disappeared. That day, at the gate of Qinwu Academy, Sister Xia Xiang ran away alone. How could the slave and maid be blind to her sister, the slave and maid were not familiar with her at all, and they had seen Sister Xia Xiang twice by the princess's side. My lord, the slave and Sister Xia Xiang have no grievances, and the slave will never hurt Sister Xia Xiang! ”

"Oh~" Qian Tu sneered and said, "This is not certain, you are just a second-class maid." There were already two first-class maids around the princess, plus the four from the palace. You are a little second-class maid who wants to be on top, maybe you have lost your mind for a while and hurt her, right?! ”

When Xiaomei heard this, her apricot eyes widened more and more, and she said angrily: "You, you spew blood!" "Even the adults stopped shouting.

"Whether this official is a bloody spurter or not, it's not for you to determine. The officer only believes the evidence. Qian Tu finally caught a case that he could play, and this time it would be interrogated, and there was no ambiguity at all.

If Xiao Zhao saw it, he was afraid that he would say: My lord, how good it would be if you were so normal in normal times!

The next one to come in was Adian, who was bought into Haowangfu at the same time as Xiaomei three years ago. I have always taken care of each other, and my feelings are deep. Seeing Xiaomei crying angrily, Adian had a problem in his heart for this Lord Qian. But Adian was calmer than Xiaomei, and he also held his breath, and walked into the house, although his face was cold, but the rules of the line did not fall at all, his left and right hands were folded on his waist, and he bent his knees slightly, and said: "The maid Adian has seen an adult." ”

Qian Tuzheng pinched his sour right hand with his left hand, and he hadn't written so many words for a long time! A figure dressed in a green lotus skirt appeared in front of him, saluting him coldly.

Qian Tu put his left hand on the table, pressed the other people's transcripts under the elbow of his right hand, took a blank piece of paper and put it on the square table, and said, "Sit." ”

"Girl, how old is you?"

Dealing with people with different personalities, Qian Tu has different ways of handling cases. Before, he spoke harshly to Xiaomei, just to provoke her, but now in the face of Adian, he naturally changed his attitude.

Adian sat on the square stool vigilantly and replied: "If you go back to your lordship, the maid is twenty-eight years old." ”

Qian Tu squarely wrote the words 'Sixteen' on the white paper, and wrote the word 'position' on another line, saying: "What is your identity in the palace?" ”

"The maidservant, like Xiaomei, is the second-class maid of the palace."

"When was the last time you saw the missing maid?"

"On the night of five days ago, outside the courtyard of the Qinwu Academy."

Qian Tu glanced up at her, and then wrote on the desk with a calm expression: "Then what is your relationship with the missing maid?" ”

Adian replied: "It doesn't matter, I only met her on the way to Qinwu Academy with the princess, and I didn't even say a word." ”

"Qinwuyuan, you and the maid in front of you both mentioned this place, when did it happen, and why did Xia Xiang leave alone?" Qian Tu asked.

Ah Dian was calm and replied: "That day, the maidservants followed the princess to Qinwu Courtyard to find the prince, and when they walked to the gate of Qinwu Academy, they heard the sound of fighting in the courtyard, and the princess took a sneak look at it first. Later, seeing that the princess seemed to be frightened, Xia Xiang volunteered to go to see the situation in the yard, and after seeing it, she suddenly threw down the wooden lantern and ran away. ”

"Do you remember so clearly, did something big happen that day?"

Adian didn't answer this time, and said, "Does this matter have anything to do with this case?" ”

Qian Tu said: "It matters, can't the girl say it?" ”

Adian was distracted for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "This matter is not something that a maid of mine can talk about. ”

"Okay, so what about after that? Where have you been? ”

"Later, I went to the side room to find another maid of the princess, Dongmei."

"What's the matter with her?"

"My lord, the princess ordered me to go."

"Are there any eyewitnesses?"

Adian was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister Dongmei can testify." ”

Qian Tu continued: "I'm not asking when you are with Dongmei, I'm asking if you are on the way to find Dongmei, but there are other people with you. ”

Adian said frankly, "No, it was already late at that time, and I was looking for Sister Dongmei alone." Maybe someone else saw me, but I didn't pay attention. ”

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After Qian Tu asked everyone, more than an hour had passed, and the heavy rain outside the house seemed to be about to stop. Xuanyuan Hao had already gone to the library half an hour ago, and for some reason, Xiao Xiangzi was left behind by him.

Qian Tu came out of the West Chamber, walked through the corridor, and arrived at the main hall.

"Lord Qian, how is the situation?" Chu Yueqing hurriedly got up and asked.

"Xia Guan probably has already inferred, but, princess, is there a maid in this mansion who hasn't come?" Qian Tu's eyes sparkled, although this case was not difficult to solve, but after all, it was the most enjoyable case he had handled in the past five years. The cells in his body couldn't stop beating.

"Anyone else hasn't come?" Chu Yueqing asked suspiciously, and then thought that he was probably talking about Dongmei. She looked at the gloomy sky outside, this weather, she shouldn't go out to hang out, right?

"This princess knows who the lord is talking about, Xia Xiang and Granny Li live in the house on the east side of the room, and Dongmei happens to live in the south, so this princess will go and take a look with Lord Qian."

The group walked under the corridor, Chu Yueqing thought as he walked, why don't you correct Dongmei's name at this moment? After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was inappropriate, so I still had a chance to discuss it with Dongmei before making a decision.

Walk through a long corridor with a cobblestone path ahead. There are many flowers and trees on both sides, and near the stone path are dwarf shrubs, which have been carefully trimmed and look like an umbrella as a whole. The shrubs were surrounded by bright flowers, but the weather was getting colder, and the flowers had already withered, leaving dead branches, but they were also repaired neatly.

Qian Tu saw the strange appearance of these dead branches, and teased: "These flower branches are well pruned, and it must have taken a lot of thought." I don't know who is in charge of these flowers and trees? ”

Chu Yueqing: "......" Don't look at me, I don't know.

"Ahem, who's in charge of this? Did you know? Chu Yueqing finally couldn't stand Qian Tu's persistent gaze and asked the people around him.

After stopping for a long time, Xiaomei walked out with a red face and said, "Back to the princess, it's a slave." ”

"Oh," Qian Tu sighed softly, "It's you." It's okay, I'm just asking. Then he said no more, and walked forward.

The mood of the two-sentence kung fu Xiaomei turned a thousand times, the first time she heard Qian Tu's words, she thought that she had finally found someone who admired her, and she also understood Qian Tu's fierce attitude when she asked before, but he actually humiliated her again.

Chu Yueqing looked at Xiaomei's embarrassed little face, embarrassed for a while, and said in his heart: It's okay that you asked so seriously, you are sick! Seeing that Qian Tu had gone a little farther, he comforted: "Don't pay attention to him, rough old men don't understand aesthetics." I just think it's pretty good. ”

Qian Tu, who happened to be walking in front, stumbled, and Xiaomei couldn't help but laugh when he listened to it.

Chu Yueqing: "That's right, how beautiful it looks when you laugh!" ”

Although Qian Tu walked in front, they heard their conversation clearly, and they were dissatisfied in their hearts: I am obviously a golden bachelor in Gyeonggi in the wind of Yushu, when did I become a rough man! (To be continued)

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