Chapter 41: Not a drop of water
Xuanyuan Qinghe knew that as long as he took out this token, this person's attitude would immediately change, either respectful or submissive.
People, it's so fickle, Xuanyuan Qinghe thought so in his heart, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, now he just needs to wait for the result of this person.
After the man took the token, he frowned and looked at it carefully, both sides of it.
was about to hand it to Xuanyuan Qinghe, and Xuanyuan Qinghe took it with his hand, but the man took it back again, watched it carefully, and kept fiddling.
Xuanyuan Qinghe's right hand hung in the air, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, so he had to say, "Haven't you seen enough?" You should know what this is, and it's time to give it back to me! β
The gatekeeper handed the token back to Xuanyuan Qinghe, made an apologetic gesture, and said respectfully: "I'm sorry, my lord, I'll go and tell Miss, you can wait in the hall with me first." β
Immediately afterwards, the man who guarded the door introduced Li Xiaoran's people into the palace compound, Li Xiaoran thought that it was just a servant guarding the door, but later learned that this person was the housekeeper of the palace.
The palace is very wide from the outside, enough to show the land of the rich family, and after entering, the scenery inside is even more unique, there are pools, there are herring, it can be said that there is everything.
Li Xiaoran thought in shock: Good guy! The palace is bigger than my home in the capital, and this palace is just an ordinary merchant family, and I can't compare to her home in Shangshu Mansion.
"I don't know which one of you wants to see me, so you have been waiting for a long time!" Suddenly, a voice sounded, and I saw a woman walking slowly.
That woman is Wang Zhi, the daughter of the palace, and her niece is also very delicate, not the kind that falls into the clichΓ©, and she can be regarded as a beautiful woman with a bright moon.
Wang Zhi took a closer look, she didn't care about it, but after seeing Li Xiaoran and the others, her spirit instantly rose up, and her eyes widened.
Wang Zhi thought in her heart: This man is so handsome, and this woman can really be said to be a country and a city, how can there be such a person in this land of Qinzhou?
"Presumably you are Wang Zhi? We are from the prefect's yamen, and I want to ask you a few questions, I don't know if it is convenient? Li Xiaoran asked sincerely, and deliberately raised his eyebrows at Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi was frightened by Li Xiaoran's eyebrows, why did a woman raise her eyebrows for me! That's too much, isn't it? I thought in my heart, and then said with palpitations: "Qinzhou Prefect Yamen, we all know several adults inside, but I don't know who you are?" β
Wang Zhi didn't know the two people in front of him who claimed to be the prefect's yamen, so he didn't dare to say anything, and he had to ask to find out.
The Yamen of the Qinzhou Prefect, because there was no prefect a few years ago, it has always been Song Yong, Cui Qi and others who are doing things, so everyone in the neighborhood has met.
"You don't know this housekeeper, you should know each other, right?" Xuanyuan Qinghe threw the token over again, he didn't believe it, no one knew this prefect yamen token, so he had to try it today.
Wang Zhi took a closer look at it, and replied with a little embarrassment: "Forgive me for being stupid, I can't see that it's a token, and my lord can tell his identity directly!" β
After Xuanyuan Qinghe heard Wang Zhi's words, his mentality collapsed directly, doesn't anyone know this token, this is too fake, right?!
"Okay, I won't pretend to be a showdown, Xuanyuan Qinghe, the new prefect of Lower Qinzhou, will come to you to investigate the Xiuxiang case!" Xuanyuan Qinghe said helplessly, it seems that this token will not be good in the future, so it is better to say it directly.
After Wang Zhi heard that it was the new prefect, her face suddenly changed and became gloomy, and she thought uneasily: It's not that the prefect has been done, but now the prefect has come to ask, what should I do!
Wang Zhi pretended not to know anything and asked: "I have heard of this case, it seems that a person who died in that place, so what is the matter with me?" β
"Don't you know? Or do you not care? Li Xiaoran said slowly, an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and that smile seemed to be laughing at someone.
"Why should I care, and what does it have to do with me? Or are you suspicious of me, and am I going to kill this person? β
Wang Zhi asked rhetorically, with an angry expression, Xuanyuan Qinghe couldn't see a flaw, so he had to continue to observe.
"You don't know, it's just you, but you should have seen this thing, right?" After Li Xiaoran finished speaking, he took out the earrings and handed them over.
After Wang Zhi saw the earrings, her expression slowly solidified and gradually became serious. I thought uneasily: It turns out that this earring is here, I said how can I not find it, how should this be good!
And this subtle action did not escape Li Xiaoran's eyes, just asked a few words, and Li Xiaoran already had the answer in his heart.
"I used to have these earrings, but now I can't find them, and I don't know where they are, maybe this one in your hand belongs to someone else, and I don't just have it." Wang Zhi explained peacefully.
"Then you're wrong, you're really proud of these earrings! In Qinzhou, you are the only one, since we picked it up at the scene of the crime, you should always say something, right? β
Li Xiaoran refuted Wang Zhi's words and said, fortunately, in the previous Yanyun Pavilion, Sister Feng had already been asked, otherwise I didn't know what to say.
"So what, it's really not a coincidence, my earrings disappeared a few days ago, I haven't found them for a long time, since you have found them, why don't you give them back to me?!"
Wang Zhi reached out to Li Xiaoran to ask for the earrings in his hand, Li Xiaoran directly pushed his hand back, and said with a smile: "This is evidence at the place of the crime, and it can't be returned to you yet, wait until the case is solved!" β
Wang Zhi originally thought that the earrings could be returned, so that the only evidence left at the scene could be destroyed, but who knew that she would not give this woman!
"You didn't drop the earrings before, but now they're gone, and you're still at the scene of the crime, do you think it's a coincidence?" Xuanyuan Qinghe deliberately said this, wanting to explore Wang Zhi's reality.
"How do I know, when I went out shopping a few days ago, there was a large group of beggars rubbing on me, I gave them money out of kindness, who knew that I didn't see the earrings when I got home, maybe they stole them, and found that they were useless, so there were people, just threw them here."
Wang Zhi's face was not red, and her heart was not beating, it seemed that it was all the truth, and what she asked and answered, even if she had already answered the lines.
"You braggart and don't make drafts, and the earrings are on your ears, and the beggar took your earrings, don't you find out? Aren't you just making up a story with us, and it's fascinating! β
Xuanyuan Qinghe found out that Wang Zhi was full of lies, but he spoke without leaking, as if there was a script, and rehearsed it in advance.
"That's really not a coincidence, I didn't wear earrings on my ears that day, I put it in my purse, just afraid that someone would steal it, who knew that it was really stolen, and it rained overnight in the real house, I have to say that it was really a coincidence!"
Wang Zhi explained again, thinking in her heart: Fortunately, we have been prepared, I am not coming back, see what you have to ask me!
Li Xiaoran wants to burst into foul language, this coincidence is also a coincidence, it's so seamless, and this dialogue is simply leaky!
"Besides, you suspect that I'm useless, I'm not a murderer, and you want to condemn me with this earring, it's too ironic, this can't be evidence, you should go and search elsewhere, sir!"
Wang Zhi said arrogantly, without the previous nervousness, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
In fact, I was scared at first, but through a series of conversations just now, Wang Zhi only unexpectedly found that the two adults in front of her did not have any evidence, and besides, with this earring, it was nothing, so she let it go.
"Who said we doubted you, have you heard us say we doubt you? We just want to ask about the earrings, but you said a lot about it. β
Xuanyuan Qinghe said with a smile. In fact, this was also said on purpose, and he was suspicious of Wang Zhi, but he didn't expect that none of the sets were put in.
And it was about to be reversed, so he made this decision and deliberately said this to paralyze Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi didn't feel anything after listening to it, anyway, if there is no evidence, you can't arrest me, then I have nothing to fear.
"I'm sorry to disturb me today, I still have something to ask you in the future, don't leave Qinzhou for now, just stay at home, that's the case, let's go first, don't send it."
After Li Xiaoran finished speaking, Xuanyuan Qinghe originally wanted to say a few more words, but he was directly pulled away by Li Xiaoran.
"Butler, I've seen the prefect, so who is the woman next to him?" Wang Zhi said to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper was the janitor.
Wang Zhi couldn't figure it out. Xuanyuan Qinghe is the prefect, and he should ask questions, but from the beginning, it has always been the woman next to him who is mentioning, and Xuanyuan Qinghe only talks about it occasionally.
This is not logical, and who is that woman, Wang Zhi feels that she must find out, and the appearance of that woman is too shocking to the world.
If this woman is placed in the rivers and lakes, it will be time to set off another bloody storm!
"Tell Miss, that woman is Li Xiaoran, the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, it is this woman who accompanies her, and the prefect came to Qinzhou together, Li Xiaoran also has a maid named Ling'er, who now lives in the prefect's yamen courtyard, and one of them is currently unknown."
The housekeeper explained expressionlessly, in fact, since the news of the prefect's visit to Qinzhou spread, the major powerful mansions have launched actions to investigate the new prefect and the people next to the prefect.
"It's people from the capital, so they must not be here to be a prefect, or have some other purpose, do you say?" The curvature of the corners of Wang Zhi's mouth slowly increased, and she said conceitedly.
"Tell Miss, the villain doesn't know!" The official still said with a blank face, no matter what he said, there was no expression, as if he never laughed or cried.
"Then it's getting more and more interesting, and I'm starting to look forward to it!"
Wang Zhi said to herself that she no longer had the previous tension and worry, and now she is more "interesting" in her heart!
It's a familiar scene again, and it's a familiar two people, walking on the same street, but the two are now eating buns.
"This Wang Zhi's absolute problem has been exposed when I asked her a few words just now, but we have no evidence!" Li Xiaoran chewed the bun in his mouth and said in slurred words.
"What are you talking about? Eat your buns, eat them first and then talk about them, can't eating buns stop your mouth! Xuanyuan Qinghe didn't hear what Li Xiaoran was talking about at all, and after thinking about it, it was better to finish eating first.
"I said you're so handsome, I like it so much!" Li Xiaoran thought in his heart: I said this, you should have heard it, you should have heard it!
The speaker has no intention, and the listener has the intention. Xuanyuan Qinghe's blood rushed directly to the top of his head, and after hearing this sentence, he actually had a feeling of drunkenness, which made people feel wonderful, as if they were in an illusion, ethereal.