Chapter 81: Cross-examination
"Ladies, please find a place to rest, I have already asked people to go to the county office, and they will come over after a while, how did Miss Xu Wu fall into the water, you will know it at a check." Mrs. Li cleared her throat and arranged for the mothers-in-law to arrange for the ladies and ladies to sit down.
The mothers-in-law squeezed into the panicked and noisy crowd and placed the ladies and ladies separately.
The panicked scene can be regarded as being firmly controlled.
Li Yi'er's face was very bad, and she was helped by Cui Qiao and moved to Mrs. Li's side.
Mrs. Li looked at her daughter deeply, and felt a little distressed. Yi'er grew up holding it since she was a child, where has she really seen this kind of murder scene. But this is just a little distressed, now so many ladies and ladies are here, but they don't have time to care about their daughters.
Miss Xu Wu was lying in the pavilion, no one dared to approach, and they all sat down leaning against the fence pillar.
Bai Qiao had already arrived not far from Miss Xu Wu when he was in chaos.
Miss Xu Wu's clothes were quite neat, her hair was scattered on the blue and white bricks, and her face was extremely panicked and frightened.
"Huh? Don't come closer! How scary! There was an unfamiliar young lady beside her, who grabbed Bai Qiao, who wanted to move forward.
Scary? It seems to be a little scary, but it's not that scary.
Bai Qiao nodded and stepped back.
Not long after, a carriage hurriedly arrived outside the gate of the Li Mansion, and as soon as the carriage stopped, a mother-in-law jumped down to help the people in the carriage down. The noble lady with red eyes, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and walked into the house quickly. After a while, another group of people arrived in a hurry, and the patrol and arrester left the soldiers to guard the door, and the rest of the people were led by the steward to quickly go to the Huxin Pavilion.
"Li Mansion, this is a big incident~ The three ladies of Yongning Bo Mansion are here." On the corner of the alley outside Li's house, the fortune teller stroked his beard and carried the flag to his body: "Niancang's old bald donkey is really right, but he didn't say anything specific!" ”
"Hey! Fortune teller! Get out of here! Don't wander around here! The patrol at the gate of the Li Mansion waved his hand and motioned for Lao Suo to go away.
Lao Suo immediately nodded and smiled flatteringly: "Yes, yes, yes!" My lord! Let's go! ”
Carrying the flag, Lao Suo ran down the alley with a smoke.
In the Li Mansion, the third lady of the Yongning Bo Mansion looked at the people on the ground, crying and almost fainting.
"My son~ Which one killed my son! What about patrolling? Why hasn't the patrol come yet! Mrs. Xu San shouted hoarsely, her voice was already hoarse.
"I've already called, it's time to see when it's time." Mrs. Li pressed the corners of her eyes, and her eyes were very red. As a mother, which one has seen this kind of scene?
"You, go and urge again! Go tell the master! Let the master come too! ”
The grandmother beside Mrs. Xu San nodded, turned her head and ran away.
Mama ran halfway through, and just saw the patrol coming with a servant, and found a maid to lead the way, and Mama continued to go out of the house to find the third master of Yongningbo Mansion.
The guards at the door of the Li Mansion had already received an order, and at this moment all the people in the mansion could not go out, and Mama was directly stopped at the gate of the mansion.
The patrol moved all the ladies and ladies to the outside of the corridor of the Huxin Pavilion, and the entire Huxin Pavilion was surrounded by a cloth curtain, and the patrol guarded the entire Huxin Pavilion and began the autopsy.
Mrs. Xu San held the pillars of the corridor, covered her face and cried and couldn't help but look inside.
Outside the Lake Center Pavilion, everyone's hearts were hanging. At this time, even if they didn't do it, they can't help but be afraid that they will be corrected, and they can't get rid of it!
Bai Jin should be the most frightened one, with a miserable little face nestled in Zhao's arms, trembling with fright, and kept crying.
"Mother, mother, I really didn't do it."
Zhao put his arms around Bai Jin, distressed: "I naturally know it's not you." Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you'll find out the cause of death after a while. ”
"But they all said it was me."
"You're not as brave as your sister, don't worry."
Xia Shuang helped Bai Qiao to stand aside, and gritted her teeth when she heard the words. Madame, what she means by this can be heard by a fool. It's impossible for the second young lady to do such a thing, will they do it? For the sake of the innocence of the second lady, can the eldest lady be thrown out and whipped by others?
Bai Qiao pulled the summer frost.
Xia Shuang was stunned for a moment, only to realize that she was holding Miss's hand tighter and tighter, and it had hurt Miss.
"Miss..."
"Meditation." Patrick Road. Xia Shuang is still smaller in the end, how can this kind of red mouth and white teeth be taken seriously? Zhao is willing to say, let her go. The cause of Miss Xu Wu's death will always be found out by patrolling. It's useless to be quick to speak for a while.
Xia Shuang nodded and stood up obediently.
After being frightened for a while, he finally lifted a curtain and came out.
Mrs. Xu San was the first to pounce: "How did my daughter die?" ”
He hurriedly saluted: "Miss Xu's dress is torn and there are scratches on her wrists, which are caused by an argument with someone before she died." It is speculated that Miss Xu was pushed into the water during an argument with others, which caused Miss Xu to drown. ”
"Miss Xu has a dispute with the gangster, and there must be a loss of grooming in the process of the dispute, so you can check the person with untidy appearance first." Wang Patrol came out in the Huxin Pavilion and said before Mrs. Xu San answered.
As soon as these words came out, some of the young ladies present breathed a sigh of relief, and some were afraid, and they hurriedly touched their dresses and hair accessories to see if they were neat.
"Mrs. Li, can you bother the grandmothers to gather all the guests today?"
Mrs. Li nodded: "Naturally." ”
All the people in the west pond returned to Mrs. Li's main courtyard, and some grandmothers placed Miss Xu Wu's body elsewhere.
All the people were still in the clothes they had when they came, and the neat lady was soon excluded.
There were five young ladies left.
Bai Jin and Zhou Ying are among them, as well as the second lady of the Wei Duwei family, the eldest lady of the Feng Yu family and the sixth miss of the Sima family.
Seeing that Bai Jin was still among them, Zhao couldn't help but think about it a little anxiously, and was stopped by the patrol.
"Please tell each of the five ladies what they are doing this morning and who they are with." The patrolman's eyes were sharp, and he looked at the five young ladies' clothes, hair accessories, and facial expressions.
Zhou Ying pursed her lips: "Let me say it first, Sister Jin has already arrived when I came, and I have been with Sister Jin since I entered the Li Mansion, and I have had a quarrel with Miss Xu Wu in the middle, this Miss Zhao San can testify." ”
Miss Zhao San had already been excluded, and nodded when she heard this: "Yes, there was indeed a quarrel at that time, and Miss Bai Er also made a move." ”
"That's because the servant next to you pushed me, and I fought back!" Bai Jin hurriedly explained, his face full of horror.
"Later, Miss Li came to solve the siege, and Miss Xu Wu broke up with us, and then I kept walking around the garden with Sister Jin, and many young ladies in this garden should have seen it." Zhou Ying quickly thought about the past in her mind and said.
"I was afraid that Miss Bai Er and Miss Xu Wu would have another dispute, so I asked the girls around me to follow, Miss Xu Wu drove my maid Cui Qiao away halfway, but Yin Qiao followed Miss Bai Er until the banquet returned to the main courtyard." After all this time, Li Yi'er slowed down a lot, spoke gently and politely, and let Forsythia come over by the way.
Forsythia obediently explained all the itineraries of Bai Jin, including where he went, how long he stayed, and when he returned to the main courtyard.
In this way, the suspicion of Bai Jin and Zhou Ying was ruled out.
Mrs. Zhou and Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. This breath was relieved, and both of them had weak legs and feet, and they were supported by the grandmothers to avoid falling.
Bai Jin saw that he had washed away his disgust, and he opened his throat aggrievedly and cried.
The patrol continued to lay his eyes on the remaining three young ladies.
The second lady of Wei Duwei's family pursed her lips: "I came to the Li Mansion by myself, first I said a few words to the eldest lady of the Li family, and then there were more people coming, so I walked around the garden alone, and my hair hung on the branch halfway, and a strand of hair hung down, or Sister Zhao San helped me say goodbye." ”
Miss Zhao San thought for a while: "There is indeed such a thing. ”
Miss Zhang of the Fengyu family was so frightened that she cried out before she could speak: "When I came, many young ladies were talking and chatting in the garden, so they also found a shady and unoccupied place to rest, and they didn't go back until the maids came to call during the meal." ”
The patrol asked, "Where did you rest in the shade and where no one was there?" ”
"It's under the porch behind the bamboo forest, it's cool there, I just want to be lazy."
"Is there a witness?"
Miss Zhang suddenly cried louder: "No." ”
"What about this young lady?" Set your sights on Miss Wang Liu of the Sima family at the end.
Miss Wang Liu bit her lip and covered her face with a fan, her heart was very weak, and she eased up several times before she said: "I... I didn't eat in the morning, so I asked the maid to go to the kitchen to ask for a snack, and I kept eating under the flower garden. ”
"Which flower garden? Can anyone see it? "The patrol fox is very suspicious.
"It's the peony next to the bamboo forest, which I ate on the bench by the pond in the flower garden." Miss Wang Liu replied curtly.
"Mrs. Li, can you call the people in the kitchen and see who wants the snack?"
Mrs. Li nodded, and immediately sent someone to call.
The people in the kitchen came over after a while, looked around in place, and pointed to the maid beside Miss Wang Liu: "It's the silver silk cake that this girl came to ask for." ”
"When the maid went to get the silver silk cake, where was Miss Wang Liu?"
"Naturally, I'm waiting under the peony, it's so hot outside, it's hot everywhere I go." Miss Wang Liu said.
"Is there a witness?"
"Nope."
"Miss Wang Liu lied and ate under the peony garden, naturally many young ladies would see it, how could there be no witness?" Patrol Road.
Miss Wang Liu's heart shrank, her eyes turned red, and she gritted her teeth with tears: "I have no reason to push Miss Xu Wu!" It's not me, I... I... I ate under the green pine trees to the east, where there were benches too. ”
Li Yi'er's brows became tighter and tighter, her hands clenched together, and she couldn't help but interrupt: "Just now, Miss Bai and I have been sitting under that green pine, but I haven't seen Miss Wang Liu. ”