Coming out of the Yu Mansion and looking at the sky, it was a little early to go back now, Meng Yan pondered, this Bai Suxin had been transferred from the prison of the Criminal Department to the temporary detention room of the Yamen, should he go and take a look.

"Your Excellency!"

"You're busy, leave me alone!" Meng Yan can be regarded as the most unofficial official in the Ming Dynasty, of course, depending on the time and occasion.

"What about Ou Feng, tell him to come to see me?"

"Master Meng, you are here, I have five days to complete it here, and I promise to complete the task you assigned to me before the year!" Ou Feng carried a mud poke and trotted all the way over, with hot air on his head.

"You don't have enough manpower, and you still do it yourself?" Meng Yan glanced at Ou Feng's working appearance and asked.

"Don't do this for the New Year, there are not enough craftsmen, I am from a craftsman, and my craft has not been lost, so I will do it together!" Ou Feng smiled and said, mainly because the salary offered by Meng Yan was three times more than usual.

The craftsmen recruited are all working hard, and Ou Feng's income in Dali Temple is not high, and a large family has to be raised, so take this opportunity to earn more.

"Okay, put aside the work in your hand first, and take me to see Bai Suxin!" Meng Yan commanded.

The detention chamber of the Yamen has not yet been completed, but there is only one prisoner in this detention cell, and there is no urgent need for it.

After Bai Suxin was escorted, he was imprisoned in a home remedy in the backyard, the windows were sealed, there was only one door to enter and exit, and the eight brocade guards were divided into two shifts to guard.

Not to mention a weak woman, even if she is a Jiangyang thief, she wants to escape from here. That's not necessarily easy.

"My lord, it's in this room."

"Isn't this room too cloudy, Bai Suxin, a woman, has been in prison for a year, see if she can move to the opposite side, don't nail the window, leave one for ventilation." Meng Yan commanded.

"Yes, my lord, I'll get someone right away?"

"There's no rush. I'll talk about it after I meet Bai Suxin. Meng Yan waved his hand.

"Your Excellency. You want to interrogate Bai Suxin? Ou Feng was surprised.

"It's not an interrogation, it's something to ask, it's an interrogation, it's not official." Meng Yan smiled and explained.

"Then I'll prepare it for you, right?" Ou Feng Road.

"No need. It's in the room where Bai Suxin is being held. Just move me a chair! Meng Yan commanded.

"Okay. Let's go. Ou Feng agreed, turned around and left.

"I've seen Master Meng!"

"Well, open the door." Meng Yan nodded.

"Whoa!"

The guard removes the key from his waist. Turning around, he opened the copper lock and pushed the door: "Your Excellency, please." ”

may have heard the sound of the door, Bai Suxin, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, slowly stood up and looked towards the door.

A strange and familiar face, a hint of surprise flashed in Bai Suxin's eyes.

"Lord Meng?"

"Bai Suxin, let's meet again?" Meng Yan smiled slightly, walked in, and met Bai Suxin's eyes.

"Yes, Master Meng, you sit!" Bai Suxin was a little at a loss, she suddenly changed the environment, she didn't know what her future fate would be, and she was hesitant in her heart.

However, there is not a single stool in this room except for the bed, where is this called Meng Yan to sit?

For a moment, a hint of embarrassment rose on Bai Suxin's pale face.

"My lord, the chair has been moved!" Ou Feng's voice came from the door, and I saw him walk in with a chair in his hand.

"Just leave it here." The chair that Ou Feng moved saved Bai Suxin from embarrassment.

"My lord, I'll go out first."

"Go get busy." Meng Yan nodded.

Ou Feng glanced at Bai Suxin and showed a hint of surprise, but he covered it up well, and Meng Yan didn't notice it.

"Bai Suxin, sit down and talk!"

"Lord Xie Meng."

"Are you still used to it here?"

"It's much better than in the prison of the Criminal Department, at least the sunrise and sunset are known here." Bai Suxin said quietly.

"Your case, the Holy Lord has ordered a new investigation and trial, do you know this?" Meng Yan asked.

"I know, when I was transferred, they all sued me." Bai Suxin nodded.

"Your case is more complicated, and after a year, it involves several yamen, and it is impossible to have a quick result, so you have to be patient and don't worry, understand?"

"I've survived a year, and I don't care about waiting a few more days."

"Well, you can have such a mentality, it's good, today is not an interrogation, I just want to have a detailed understanding of this case first, can you tell this official about your family?" Meng Yan Road.

In the case of a case, it is not only necessary to investigate the case itself, but also to investigate the background and family circumstances of the criminal suspect and the victim, so as to find out the criminal suspect's motive for committing the crime.

Only by finding the motive for the crime can we find the clues and breakthroughs in the case.

"What does Master Meng want to know?" Bai Suxin frowned, and seemed to resist this question, but she also knew that whether her grievances could be resolved or not depended on the young man in front of her.

"What is your relationship with your stepmother, Bai Jiao?" Meng Yan asked.

"Master Meng, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with the case, right?" Bai Suxin didn't seem to want to ask this question.

"Bai Suxin, this official knows that some things are family ugliness, and it is inconvenient for you to tell outsiders, but this case itself is caused by family ugliness, Jiao Hong is entangled with you, if you want to avenge your grievances, the case is clear, then you can't avoid it." Meng Yan Road.

Bai Suxin rubbed the corners of her clothes with both hands a few times, obviously very entangled in her heart, on the one hand, the ugliness of the family cannot be ignored, and on the other hand, she is persistent in "filial piety", after all, Bai Jiao's is her nominal stepmother, and as a child, she can't say the right and wrong of her parents.

Even if she is right, in the eyes of the world, she is unfilial, and unfilial piety is a big crime, which will be criticized by mouth and writing.

"My stepmother's name is Jiao Lanrong, and that winter, she and her younger brother Jiao Hong were so hungry that they were at the door of my pastry shop, and when my father saw them, he brought them home ......."

"What year is it?"

"Orthodox second winter."

"And when did your stepmother marry your father?" Meng Yan frowned slightly and asked, this kind of story sounded like a sense of déjà vu.

"August 16 of the following year. My father accepted Jiao Lanrong as a concubine. Bai Suxin recalled.

"But this official saw in the file that your younger brother Bai Shaoqing seems to have been born in February of the fourth year of orthodoxy, so if you count it, Ling Zun and Jiao Lanrong have been together for a long time?" Meng Yan asked.

"Yes, I didn't understand that until later." Bai Suxin nodded.

Meng Yan said that she understood, Bai Suxin was just a little girl under the age of twelve at that time, where did she understand this.

"How's your dad's relationship with your stepmom?"

"The relationship was not bad in the first two years, especially after my younger brother was born, my father straightened her out, and all the affairs of the family were entrusted to her." Bai Su said in his heart.

"And the power of money?"

"This is not the case. The money and power are in the hands of my father. However, my father was very generous to their siblings, and they spent a lot of money every month. ”

"Is it more than you, the eldest lady of the Bai family?"

"At that time, I was already helping my father in the store, and my father didn't expect Jiao Lanrong to give him a son. But I'm afraid that I won't live for my brother to grow up. Therefore, he passed on the skills of the Bai family's pastry to me! Bai Suxin said.

"Did Jiao Lanrong make any non-point requests? For example, ask your father to teach her or his brother Jiao Hong the art of pastrymaking? Meng Yan asked.

"Again, I heard my father and Jiao Lanrong arguing, and it seemed that this was the case. Jiao Lanrong wanted her father to teach Jiao Hong the skills of making pastries, and said that she would let her father introduce Jiao Hong to work in the imperial dining room, but her father disagreed and quarreled, and her father slapped Jiao Lanrong! Bai Suxin recalled carefully.

"Working in the Imperial Dining Room?" Meng Yan's heart suddenly, Jiao Hong is a secret agent of the East Factory, if you want to arrange to enter the imperial dining room, it is not particularly difficult, of course, if you want to get ahead in the imperial dining room, you can't do without a good cooking skill, Jiao Lanrong hopes that Bai Xinyuan will teach Jiao Hong to make pastries, which is also a reasonable thing.

"Yes, after this incident, my father was angry, so he moved to live in the store, and he didn't go home for several months, and I also lived in the store with him."

"Miss Suxin, when did your father quit his job in the imperial dining room?"

"Not long after my brother was born, my father almost quit his job in the imperial dining room."

"What do you mean?"

"I occasionally go into the palace to make pastries for the concubines and ladies in the palace, because there are many concubines in the palace who like to eat my father's pastries." Bai Suxin explained.

"Then did Jiao Lanrong want Jiao Hong to enter the imperial dining room before or after?" Meng Yan asked.

"After that."

"Well, when did Jiao Hong feel that way for you, that is, his eyes looked at you and wanted to do something to you?"

"When I was fourteen years old, I was taking a shower again, and I felt that someone was peeking, and I was scared, and my father was not at home at that time, and I didn't dare to tell anyone, and after that, whenever I was in the shower, I would close the doors and windows, but I always felt that someone was peeking in secret." Bai Suxin talked about that experience, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes.

"How did you know it was Jiao Hong peeking at you?"

"Again, after I was at home, Jiao Hong and I, when I took a bath, I secretly sprinkled a layer of dust on the door and windowsill, and the feeling of being peeked at came again, and when I finished taking a shower and opened the door, I found footprints on the ashes at the door." Bai Suxin said, "That's Jiao Hong's, I recognize it." ”

"I can't see it, you're quite smart enough to use this method to determine the identity of the person who spied on you!" Meng Yan exclaimed.

"I was also inspired by making pastries, which are made of flour and rice flour, and when they are pressed and formed with molds, and then steamed, the person's feet step on the ashes, and naturally there are footprints, and if you compare the footprints, you can know who it is!" Bai Su said in his heart.

"You know that Jiao Hong has a heart for you who does not kneel, have you ever sued your father?" Meng Yan asked.

"I said it, but my father didn't believe it, and then I said, Dad, if you don't believe it, next time before I take a shower, you can find an excuse to go out, and then secretly come back to see if Jiao Hong is peeking." Bai Suxin said, "Dad agreed!" ”

"The result?"

"Jiao Hong didn't expect me to set this trap with my father, but he was caught by my father, my father was very angry, and in front of Jiao Lanrong, he beat Jiao Hong hard, since then, my father is relieved that I am alone at home, and I will be taken with me when I go out." Bai Su said in his heart.

"When did Jiao Hong do things for Dongchang, do you know?"

"I only found out after I was arrested in the East Factory, but because Jiao Hong had bad intentions towards me before, no matter how they asked me, I said I didn't know, and I didn't admit that I killed him." Bai Su said in his heart.

"Miss Suxin, you can repeat to me all the things that happened on the day of your crime, don't miss anything, especially some details!" Meng Yan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said.

"Okay, Master Meng!" Bai Suxin nodded, "It was the eighth day of September last year, after noon, I finished the things in the store, boiled hot water, and then returned to my room to prepare for bathing......"

"Wait, Miss Suxin, did you have the door closed when you bathed?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that someone will come in, and before every bath, I will check whether the doors and windows are closed, even if I am tired, I will not forget it!"

"Did you find out when Jiao Hong came in?"

"It doesn't seem to be!" Bai Suxin shook his head.

"It's strange, you closed the window, locked the door, how did he enter your room silently, unless, he was already in ambush in your room!"

"How is this possible, when my room is not in Del, it is all locked, and I carry the keys with me!" Bai Suxin shook his head and said.

"Then think about it, who has access to your keys?" Meng Yan asked.

"Then it's only the masters in my shop, they all have the opportunity to contact me, but my keys are all hidden close to me, never leaving my body, they don't have a chance!"

"They don't have to steal your key, just rub it with your key, and you won't notice it." Meng Yan Road.

What the pastry shop does not lack is rice noodles, the material is convenient, and rubbing a key could not be simpler.

When Bai Suxin heard this, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

"If you think of anything, just say it, it's just you and me here, and before the case is revealed, the official will keep it secret for you." Meng Yan Road.

"My maid, Xi'er, she has been with me for five years, no, it should be four years." Bai Suxin said slowly.

"You doubt her?"

"I don't know if it's a suspicion or not, if someone really printed the key to my door, I can't think of anyone else who can do it lightly without me finding out." Bai Su said in his heart.

"And where is this Xi'er now?" Meng Yan asked.

"I don't know, after I was arrested, I never saw her again, and later I asked Sister Xiaoyu to inquire about her, but there was no news!" Bai Su said in his heart.

Meng Yan nodded, this Xi'er may be the breakthrough of this case.

When the case enters a dead end, you can jump out of the case itself and start with clues that seem to have nothing to do with the case itself, but are closely related.

"How old is Xi'er and what does she look like?" Meng Yan asked.

"Xi'er is sixteen years old this year, she should be half a head shorter than me, and her round face ......."

"Wait a minute!" Meng Yan suddenly stopped Bai Suxin.

"Master Meng, what's wrong?" Bai Su didn't understand.

"Tianxing, come in with paper and pencils!" Meng Yan turned his head and shouted.

"Yes, Childe!" (To be continued......)