Chapter Twenty-Six: Finding the Inner Ghost
Doctor Ming's words made the person named Liu Si unable to hold his face, "I'm just asking, and Doctor Ming is too careful." After speaking, he walked out of the Xuanhe Hall with the medicine bag he had grasped and muttered.
Out of Xuanhe Hall, Liu Si looked around, as if he was looking for someone. Someone slapped him from behind, and he turned around to see that it was the person he was looking for.
"What's wrong?" The man asked in a low voice.
Liu Si shook his head, "Doctor Ming has always been tight-lipped, and it is difficult to get words out of his mouth. However, as far as a small guess is concerned, the condition of the little prince of the Chengwang Mansion should not be serious, otherwise Dr. Ming would not come back with joy, and eighty percent of them were rewarded with silver. ”
After listening to Liu Si's words, the man didn't ask anything more, and turned around to leave. Liu Si hurriedly blocked in front of him and said with a smile: "Master, have you forgotten something?" ”
The man frowned, and impatiently took a dime of broken silver from his bosom and threw it to him.
Liu Sile accepted the silver and shouted at the man's back: "Master, next time there is such a thing, you will still look for a small one!" ”
No one paid attention to the episodes that happened outside the Xuanhe Hall, but the Chengwang Mansion that was in the midst of their discussion was not calm.
In order to find out the ghosts in the house, Du Miaoyi asked the two nurses who served her son, the cook who was in charge of the nurse's food, the purchasing steward in the house, and the maids and servants who had access to the Bianyue grass all together.
"A few days ago, Wang Er was unwell, and the palace found out that there was a ghost in the house, and today the palace will find out that person in person. Those who are interested should admit it themselves, so as not to affect their families. ”
As soon as Du Miaoyi's words came out, the people kneeling below were frightened, and the first to react hurriedly shouted injustice, as if they could clear their suspicions.
Du Miaoyi sneered, "It seems that no one is willing to stand up." She glanced at Father-in-law Qin, "Father-in-law, you are the best at interrogation, these people will be handed over to you, be sure to find out the murderer of Wang Er." ”
Qin Gong said fairly: "Don't worry, the master will definitely pull that person out." ”
Father-in-law Qin did not interrogate in front of Du Miaoyi, but took the suspects one by one to a dark small room. In the face of the cold-blooded and ruthless father-in-law Qin, the timid almost confessed to wetting the bed when he was a child.
In order to find out the inner ghost as soon as possible, Gonggong Qin used the method of interrogating the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and eliminated most of the innocent people, and in the end, only the Jiang Chef on the stove, the Xu Pozi who guarded the corner gate, and the maid Chengyi who served the king were the three most suspicious.
Gonggong Qin raised the three of them in front of Du Miaoyi, and Du Miaoyi's fierce gaze went back and forth on the three of them. Chef Jiang bought it from outside, and when she bought it, she checked her details, and she was innocent and clean.
Mrs. Xu is the companion room given to her by the Du family, and her daughter and son-in-law are her stewards in the Zhuangzi. The maid Chengyi is also the son of the Du family, and the family's deed of sale is in her hand.
According to common sense, the suspicion and motive of Chef Jiang bought outside should be the greatest. But Du Miaoyi's intuition told her that Chef Jiang was fine.
"Father-in-law, let's start!" Du Miaoyi gave Gonggong Qin the right to interrogate in front of her.
The first to be tried was Chef Jiang, after hearing the three words of Bianyue Grass, Chef Jiang hurriedly said: "The Bianyue Grass was sent by the girl in orange, saying that He Niangzi and Wu Niangzi have had a bad appetite recently, and they may be able to eat cold Bianyue Grass to appetize and digest food, so as to better serve the little prince." The slave maid pickled the cold salad according to the usual method, and the orange girl served it to the two ladies. ”
As soon as Chef Jiang's words fell, Orange Yi immediately defended herself, "Niangniang, the slave maid just saw that the two ladies had been short of milk recently due to poor appetite, so they had a few more words with Granny Xu. Granny Xu said that the breastfeeding woman could milk after eating the Flat Moon Grass, and said that now was the time to eat the Flat Moon Grass, so the slave maid asked the kitchen to buy some Flat Moon Grass. ”
Mrs. Xu was about to speak, when Du Miaoyi's sharp eyes looked at the steward in charge of purchasing, "This palace doesn't know, when did the purchasing steward of the palace actually obey the dispatch of a second-class maid?" ”
The purchasing steward was asked by this sentence in a cold sweat, and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Niangniang forgives the sin, Niangniang forgives the sin, it was the girl in orange who said that she was ordered by Mama Zheng to let the slave buy some fresh Bianyue grass and send it to Chef Jiang." ”
"Mama Zheng?" Du Miaoyi didn't expect to pull Mama Zheng in. Mama Zheng is her nurse, and she is the person she trusts the most except for the two maids of the brocade generation and Father-in-law Qin.
"Niangniang, the girl in orange said that she and Mama Zheng's son Zheng Da have been married, so Mama Zheng specially asked her to come on this trip." Procurement stewardship account.
At this time, Chef Jiang also echoed: "The slave maid also asked the girl in orange before, if it would be troublesome to rashly change the recipe of the nurse, the girl in orange gave a guarantee to the slave maid, saying that the flat moon grass is a good thing to appetize and milk, let the slave maid just do it." ”
Hearing this, Du Miaoyi looked at the trembling orange clothes, and asked Mama Zheng to come over to confront her.
Mama Zheng heard that Orange Yi and her son had been married, and scolded: "Nonsense little hoof, my son is innocent, when did he have anything to do with you?" ”
After scolding, he explained to Du Miaoyi: "Niangniang, our family is loyal to Niangniang and the little prince, and there will be no second hearts, it must be this little hoof who deliberately framed my son, and please Niangniang to investigate." ”
Orange Yi's eyes widened, "Niangniang, the slave maid didn't lie, Zheng Da did make a lifelong agreement with the slave maid, and the bracelet on the slave's hand was given by Zheng Da, saying that it was passed down to his daughter-in-law by the Zheng family." ”
After speaking, he stretched out his wrist, and on his slender wrist was wearing a silver bracelet engraved with a rich flower. The silver bracelet looked a little old, and it didn't look like a young girl's favorite style.
Mama Zheng's face changed the moment she saw the bracelet, and she took off the silver bracelet on the wrist of the orange coat, "You little hooves dare to steal my bracelet, see if I don't kill you." ”
Du Miaoyi didn't understand anything when she heard this, it seems that Zheng Da has nothing to do with this matter. Orange Yi has been staying in the palace, but Mama Zheng and Zheng Da live outside the mansion, and Orange Yi is not so capable of getting this silver bracelet from the Zheng family.
Then he ordered: "Come here, bring Zheng Da to the palace." ”
When Mama Zheng heard this, she hurriedly said: "Niangniang, Da'er is your milk brother, and she will never do anything to be sorry for you." ”
Du Miaoyi glanced at her, "What is the truth, when Zheng Da comes, I will know, since Mama thinks Zheng Da is innocent, why be so anxious?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Mama Zheng didn't know how to explain it, she glanced at the orange clothes fiercely, and when this was over, she would never let her go.
Zheng Da was quickly brought over, and he didn't look energetic, and when he asked, he realized that he gambled in the casino all night last night and came back to rest in the morning.
Seeing Du Miaoyi, Zheng Da suddenly sobered up a lot, "I've seen Niangniang, I don't know what happened to Niangniang calling the slave?" ”
Du Miaoyi smiled, "They have all been recruited, don't you know what this palace called you to do?" ”
Zheng Da chuckled in his heart, "Niangniang's words made the slave a little incomprehensible. But in his heart, he was thinking about how to deal with Du Miaoyi's questioning.
Du Miaoyi suddenly didn't want to deal with him, and said to Gong Qin: "He will be handed over to you, and this palace will know the result as soon as possible." ”
Gonggong Qin received the order, and Mama Zheng hurriedly pleaded when she saw this, "Niangniang, it's all the little hooves in orange clothes who framed Da'er, don't be deceived!" ”
Du Miaoyi ignored it and watched coldly as Zheng Da was dragged away by Gonggong Qin's people. Her eyes fell on Mrs. Xu, who had been shrinking as a quail, and asked sharply, "Mrs. Xu, who told you that Bianyue Grass can give milk?" ”
Mrs. Xu was so frightened that she trembled, "Niangniang spare her life, old slave...... The old slave listened to what Mama Jin said. ”
The old slave heard the orange-clothed girl complain a few words that day, and it happened that Mama Jin came to find the old slave, so she told the old slave that the flat moon grass could produce milk. She asked the old slave to keep quiet, and the old slave was afraid that people would know about her dealings, so no one said anything. ”
After listening to Mrs. Xu's confession, Du Miaoyi suddenly understood. Mrs. Xu said that Mama Jin was a housekeeper in her mother's yard, and she and Mrs. Xu had a private relationship, and it was impossible for her to be just to contact her feelings. She couldn't wait to know how much the Du family was involved and what role her mother played in it?