Mrs. said: "There is nothing wrong, if you can directly release the person who has not done it this time, the murderer just doesn't have to go back, and it probably makes more sense to go to Huangquan Road from here." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I was still telling Miss Murong before, why does everyone seem to know who the murderer is this time, and I am alone in the dark, and you have hinted at me more than once, you seem to know who the murderer is, according to your meaning, this murderer is among you, right?" ”

The third lady smiled: "I haven't told you anything, your so-called hint is probably just that you think too much, how can I know who it is?" If I knew, I would have told you, but what do you say? ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Yes." Okay, I'll go to another cell and see the rest of the people, and I'll ask the jailer to get you a thicker bed later, and you'll probably be spending the night here tonight." ”

The third lady stood up and looked at a small window above the cell, through which snowflakes kept drifting in, and she said: "I don't want the quilt, I was not born to be a third lady, I am also a person who is used to living a hard life, since I am locked up, then I will be treated equally with everyone." ”

Meng Tianchu saw the third lady say this, so he had to turn around and walk out of the cell, the third lady kept her back to them, looking up at the small window, not knowing what she was thinking.

When he came to the fourth lady's room, Meng Tianchu suddenly felt a lot warmer, and there were really two female jailers watching from the side, the fire in the brazier seemed to be about to be extinguished, Meng Tianchu walked to the brazier. Not far away, the fourth lady, Cher, was lying on the bed. His eyes were tightly closed, as if he were asleep.

Meng Tianchu asked the two female jailers, "Did the fourth lady eat rice or rice since she came in?" ”

One of the female jailers replied, "No, just some water." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Burn the fire in the brazier a little more." Don't let the fire go out, it's cold and damp in the cell this weather. ”

The female jailer answered, and the two men went out.

Meng Tianchu walked to the side of the fourth lady's bed, found a long bench and sat down, but the fourth lady's eyes did not open.

Murong Yuxue stepped forward. shouted softly, but the fourth lady did not react.

Meng Tianchu said: "Forget it, let her sleep, we'll come back later." ”

Walking out of the door of the fourth lady, Murong Yuxue said, "Is she pretending to be asleep?" ”

Meng Tianchu said: "It doesn't matter if it's right or not. ”

Murong Yuxue was puzzled. Meng Tianchu said: "At least she won't kill her own child, as for the second lady will not pose a threat to her, she has no reason to harm the second lady." So it doesn't matter. ”

Murong Xue said: "I don't think so, if she thinks that the second lady killed her two children, what if she wants to take revenge?" ”

Meng Tianchu said: "With her such a flamboyant and domineering personality, there is no need for her to do this kind of thing by herself. If she really suspected that it was the second lady, she would have told us. Or tell Miao Zhe that she will not make such a trick. ”

Murong Zhenxue thought about it and said, "Then maybe you know who killed her child, and she didn't want to tell us for fear of getting angry?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "This may not be nothing, the fourth lady's body is already weak, and being tossed by the eldest lady like this, I think it's even more pitiful." ”

Murong Xue said: "As Miao Rou said, eating fasting and reciting Buddha every day is actually the most vicious heart, and I don't know how many people I want to do before I give up." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Do you mean that the murderer is the eldest lady?" ”

Murong Yuxue immediately said, "I didn't say it, I just said that she was bad." ”

Walking to a cell, he saw that all the people inside were women, presumably all maids, Meng Tianchu said: "Come here, let's go and have a look, or there will be a harvest." ”

After Meng Tianchu waited for the jailer to open the door, those maids saw that Meng Tianchu was coming, and they all begged Meng Tianchu to let them out, saying that the cell was too cold and couldn't stand it.

Meng Tianchu said: "It's also difficult for you, if you know anything, tell me, we will solve the case as soon as possible, and you can go out earlier." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they stopped talking. Just snuggling up tightly together, leaning on each other's body temperature to keep warm.

Meng Tianchu said: "I know your concerns, but if the murderer is really your master, then I am afraid that you will not be able to continue to do it in the Miao family. ”

As soon as Meng Tianchu said this, the maids began to whisper.

Meng Tianchu sat on the bench brought by the jailer and said, "When the two young masters had an accident, who heard the sound of the nurse falling to the ground and rushed upstairs? ”

The little maid in the crowd timidly replied, "It's me." ”

Meng Tianchu motioned for her to come out of the crowd, and the maid seemed to be frozen, and walked to Meng Tianchu's side tremblingly.

Meng Tianchu said: "Are you the fourth lady's maid?" ”

The maid nodded and said yes.

Meng Tianchu continued to ask, "What did you see when you went up?" ”

The maid said, "Master, you asked me that day." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Yes, I want to ask you again." ”

The maid thought for a while and said, "Then I was downstairs with a few sisters, and I heard a sound upstairs, and everyone thought that the child was rolling to the ground, so they quickly asked me to go up and take a look. ”

Meng Tianchu motioned to Murong Yuxue to bring over the box containing the longevity lock, then opened it for the maid to identify, and said, "Have you seen this pair of longevity locks?" ”

The maid nodded and said, "I've seen it, the two young masters have been hanging on before." ”

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Meng Tianchu handed it to the other maids to see, and the other maids also said that they had seen it, Meng Tianchu nodded and handed the box to Murong Yuxue.

Meng Tianchu recognized the maid who had been beaten by the second lady that day, and he asked her to come out of the crowd and speak,

Meng Tianchu asked, "Do you have any memory of when this pair of longevity locks was removed from the necks of the two young masters?" ”

The maid said: "I haven't taken it, I have been wearing it since I was born, and the day before the accident of the two young masters, that is, the day the second lady went to the room, they were still worn around the necks of the two young masters." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Do you remember so clearly? ”

The maid nodded: "That's right, the two young masters have always been taken care of by me and the nurse, you can ask the nurse, she must remember." ”

Meng Tianchu turned around and asked Murong Zhenxue: "Where is the nurse?" ”

Murong Yuxue walked to the door and asked the jailer, and after a while, the nurse brought it.

Meng Tianchu asked, "Can you tell me about the situation that day?" ”

The nurse said: "Because the first night from the eldest lady's room came back late, so back to the room when the child has fallen asleep, I was also very sleepy, in the eldest lady's room to play when eating a little rice wine, did not dare to feed the child at night, but also afraid of the smell of wine smoked the two children, so I went to sleep next door, in the morning when I got up to the door did not hear the child's voice, thought that he was still asleep, so I went downstairs to prepare clothes and breakfast for the child, and then I probably stayed downstairs for less than an hour, When I came up, I saw them..."

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he asked, "Did you see the child when you went out of the eldest lady's room?" ”

The nurse nodded affirmatively and said, "I have seen it, both children are sleeping well." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Didn't you drink wine at that time?" How do you remember? ”

The nurse said, "It's just a little rice wine, I'm not drunk." And the two children have the habit of drinking water at night, I also mixed sugar water for them, and one of them only drank a little, thinking that it was a great drowsiness, so I didn't care, put them on the bed again, covered them with a quilt, and left. ”

Meng Tianchu thought, in this way, the time of death he thought was probably wrong.

Meng Tianchu asked, "You slept next door that night, didn't you hear the crying of the two children?" ”

The nurse looked ashamed and said, "I think it's because I drank the wine, I slept so much that I really didn't hear anything." ”

Meng Tianchu handed over the pair of longevity locks to the nurse and asked her to recognize it, the nurse looked at it, and said that it was the two young masters, Meng Tianchu motioned her to take a good look at it, and the nurse still replied yes affirmatively.

Meng Tianchu said: "When was the last time you saw this pair of longevity locks, think about it for me, and don't be in a hurry to answer." ”

The nurse thought for a moment and said, "It should be the night before the child died." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that she and the maid said the same, thinking that there would be no mistake, so he asked: "When I went, I didn't see this pair of longevity locks, didn't it mean that you and that maid were the only ones who went to that room?" When you entered the room and saw the two children hanging from the beams of the room, did you notice that the pair of longevity locks were still hanging from the necks of the two children? ”

The nurse and the maid looked at each other and shook their heads, and the nurse said, "I was scared to death, and when I woke up, I was no longer upstairs, but had been sent to the downstairs room." ”

The maid said: "I really don't remember, at that time I only remember calling the people downstairs loudly, and when they came, the housekeeper said that no one was allowed to enter, and asked people to hug the official, and then you came." ”