Chapter 45: Curiosity

Even if no eyewitness has been found, Shen Lian still firmly believes that his inference is not wrong, and Meizi must have lied and deliberately concealed it.

didn't give up, Shen Lian was still asking everywhere, and he had to ask all the people who lived here before he could do it.

In this way, they began to ask questions from house to house.

The result was all the same, nothing was asked at all.

Just as they were disappointed and about to give up, a farmer came back from the field with a hoe on his shoulder, and looked a little curious when he saw the prefect coming to them.

"Lord Prefect, why did you come here in person?"

"That's right, a while ago I heard that Master Wang's daughter Wang Yuyan appeared in Meizi's house, and I wanted to ask if it was true, but no one knew."

After hearing this, the peasant woman hurriedly said, "I saw it at the time, and it is true that she has been staying in Meizi's house all along. ”

Her words made Shen Lian look very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Did you really see it?" The peasant woman nodded, "Really, it was about twenty days ago, I did see it, but Wang Yuyan didn't seem to have been out of the yard, she has always stayed inside, I also once passed by, I heard someone reading poetry, I took a look at it, and found that she was inside, I was still very curious, how could she appear in a place like ours." ”

Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, the prefect asked, "Can you take responsibility for what you said and prove that you weren't lying?" The peasant woman nodded firmly, "How can this be a lie?" I did see it, even if I was standing on top of the court, I would say this, and I would never change my words. ”

After saying this, they were very satisfied, and the prefect said to her, "I really need your help then." ”

Now that the witness has been found, it is time for interrogation.

Above the lobby, Meizi knelt on the ground, showing a look of grievance, constantly crying about her grievances.

"Lord Qingtian, I was really wronged, Wang Yuyan and I are sisters, how could I do anything to hurt her? There must be a misunderstanding in all this. ”

At this time, Old Man Wang was also sitting on the chair next to him, looking at Meizi with a sad face.

Seeing her petite appearance, it was hard to imagine that she would do such a thing, besides, the two of them were indeed sisters, and he had heard it from his daughter.

"Could it be that there is really some misunderstanding? I look at her as a girl's family, she wouldn't do such a thing. ”

For his kindness, Shen Lian felt that sometimes this kindness out of thin air was actually a weapon to condone the real criminals.

She said to Old Man Wang very seriously, "If we didn't have some evidence, we wouldn't have arrested her suddenly." ”

After a pause, she continued.

"What would you do if she really killed your daughter?" This sudden question directly made Old Man Wang stunned, and he didn't expect that she would ask such a question and was silent there.

After seeing that he stopped talking, Shen Lian's gaze shifted to Meizi, who was kneeling not far away.

"You don't need to say how wronged you are now, how you were wronged, and when we come up with evidence, you will have nothing to say."

Seeing her sworn appearance, it also made Meizi's heart a little afraid, didn't she really find something? Afraid that this would really be the case, she began to panic a little, knelt on the ground and began to think about what she should do next.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at the prefect.

"Please Lord Qingtian to make the decision for me and help me redress my grievances, now it is the adults who will judge the case, but she is a woman who openly ignores your presence in the public court, and says these words, she obviously doesn't take you seriously."

I didn't expect Meizi to be a little cautious, trying to provoke the contradiction between her and the prefect, but obviously, she was too naΓ―ve and extremely stupid.

The prefect didn't mind, but looked like he couldn't ask for it.

There is a capable person by his side to help solve the case, and he is also idle, so he doesn't need to think too much about it at all.

And once there is really any big problem in this case, because he is not mainly involved in it, when the time comes, there is a reason to explain everything like this, and it is enough to shift the responsibility to Shen Lian, he can also stay out of the matter and will not be implicated in any way.

"Shen Lian is also here now, in addition to the autopsy, she is also very good at solving cases, so I asked her to assist me in all investigations, what's wrong?" Faced with such words, Meizi was speechless, and could only bow her head again.

Seeing that she was speechless, a sneer tugged at the corner of Shen Lian's mouth, this time, she had no way to quibble.

"Wang Yuyan left home more than a month ago, during which time she went, none of us know, during this time, we went to her best sister Meizi's house to ask, Meizi swore that she did not know about it, they had not seen each other for a long time."

Seeing that Meizi had been keeping her head down, Shen Lian withdrew her gaze and continued to speak.

"Later, we found a man named Zhuzi who sold buns, and learned from him that he knew about it."

Hearing this, the old man Wang who was sitting there was full of questions.

"Selling steamed buns? How do I know I've never heard my family Yuyan talk about it? ”

"Maybe I'm embarrassed, or maybe I don't know how to speak, because she and the man named Zhuzi are in love, but the family backgrounds of the two are too different, so your daughter is afraid that you won't agree, so she hasn't talked to you about it, but this time we know something from Zhuzi."

"What's the matter?" Old Man Wang asked.

He told us that after Yuyan left the house, they met once, and then went to Meizi's house to live temporarily, and later ...... "Before she finished speaking, Meizi, who was kneeling on the ground, directly interrupted her next words and began to refute.

"I've said it many times, I haven't seen Wang Yuyan again, I don't know about her leaving home, the pillar is lying, maybe it's not impossible that he killed Wang Yuyan, and then he wants to put the blame on me."

Knowing that she would answer like this, Shen Lian was not much surprised, but patiently told her.

"You don't need to be in a hurry, and you don't need to defend yourself at this time, I'll give you time to explain it yourself, but when the time comes, whether you can still think of what to say, that's not necessarily."

But at this time, Meizi couldn't hear enough to hear her words, and she was still desperately trying to defend herself.

"It's the pillar who is lying, he's wronging me! I'm innocent! Originally, I thought that I would wait until I had explained everything next, and then talk about her lies, but I didn't expect that she would be so impatient, since this was the case, Shen Lian felt that there was really no need for him to continue to grind.

She stared at Meizi and began to question, "You said that you and Wang Yuyan are sisters, but when we went to look for you, you talked about her name by name, and there was no affectionate title at all, and we couldn't tell from your conversation how surprised you were at her death." ”

"I ......" After a pause, she began to explain to herself.

"I was a little surprised at the time, because I didn't expect such a thing to happen, so I didn't know what kind of expression it should be for a while, and I cried for a long time after you left!"

"Really?" Shen Lian looked at her coldly, "But I remember, you told us that you haven't seen Wang Yuyan since then, but why did anyone see her appear in your home?" These words directly made Meizi's face change instantly, and she stared at Shen Lian in disbelief.

I don't know if what she said is true or not, if it is, then I really may really have no way to escape.