Xie Jinlan raised his hand and waved lightly: "Go ahead." Then he took the record of the ink inkstone and looked at it carefully.

Mo Yan didn't bother anymore, and got up and left directly.

A moment later, a sound of footsteps quickly approached the area.

From the sound of the voice, there was more than one person coming.

Xie Jinlan raised his eyes and happened to see Zhang Hu who was about to pass through the arch.

Zhang Hu was slightly stunned, and then bowed to Xie Jinlan: "Master Xie, Master Chen asks to see you." ”

Xie Jinlan bowed slightly: "Let him come in." ”

Zhang Hu took a few steps back to the side.

The next moment, Master Chen's figure appeared at the arch: "Xia Guan has seen an adult." ”

After letting Zhang Hu step down, Xie Jinlan beckoned Master Chen to sit down beside him.

His gaze did not take off the transcript in his hand, and asked casually: "Master Chen, is the investigation over?" ”

Master Chen said: "I checked the confessions of many subordinates and female dependents in the Yuanwai Mansion, and during the time when Wang Tianci was killed, a total of five people were all present to prove it......"

From the mouth of Master Chen, Xie Jinlan learned that these five people were Wang Tianci's eighteenth aunt Lin Xue'er, Wang Yi, the most valued personal servant by Wang Tianci, Huang Rui'er, the eleventh aunt outside Wang Yuan, Zhang Xiaoliu, the second-class maid in Wang Tianci's courtyard, and Cheng Sheng, the guard of Yuanwai's mansion.

Lin Xue'er is a woman who was robbed by Wang Tianci a few days ago and sold herself to bury her mother. It was the poor woman Xie Jinlan met in the hand-copying verandah last night.

Because she annoyed Wang Tianci as soon as they met, when she first joined the foreign house, she was just a nameless and pointless maid. But this woman had quite a trick, and within a month, Wang Tianci coaxed her to be her aunt, and stayed in her courtyard almost every night.

Perhaps because she didn't follow Wang Tianci voluntarily at the beginning, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not have a grudge against Wang Tianci in her heart, so she will kill him.

Wang Yi is Wang Tianci's personal servant. Although he follows Wang Tianci on weekdays, he is most valued by Wang Tianci. But Wang Tianci often beat and scolded him mercilessly when he was in a bad mood.

The seeds of resentment may have been planted in his heart long ago. After accumulating over time, it finally broke out.

Huang Ruier is the concubine of Wang Xinna. Her family originally sold tofu, known as tofu Shih Tzu, and there was a gambling brother on it.

Before Wang Yuanwai took her into the room, Wang Tianci had already taken a fancy to her. After Wang Yi provided the ghost idea, Wang Tianci made her brother owe a large amount of gambling debts, and wanted to take the opportunity to let Huang Ruier pay off the debt.

But Wang Tianci was one step behind his father. His father accidentally ran into a person who went to the gambling house to ask for debts at the tofu stand. At that time, those people threatened to cut off Huang Ruier's brother's left hand, and Wang Yuanwai took advantage of the fire to rob him.

On the night when Wang Yuan took a concubine, Wang Tianci realized that the woman he fancied was actually given a head start by his father. So he lost his temper and had the gallery in the courtyard destroyed.

When the two fathers and sons were arguing behind closed doors, Huang Rui'er, who happened to have something to look for outside the king, accidentally heard something outside the door!

She learned that the reason why her brother owed such a large amount of gambling debts was actually a game set up by Wang Tianci!

She has a pungent temperament, and since she knew about it, she has never hidden her true thoughts, and she is very unkind to both father and son. Especially Wang Tianci, the culprit who harmed her life's happiness, but whenever someone mentioned this person's name in front of her, she would sink her face.

Zhang Xiaoliu is a foreign government member who has advanced in five years, and he has been very responsible for all these years. It's just that according to some subordinates, not long after she became a second-class maid in Wang Tianci's courtyard, Wang Tianci seemed to see her quite beautiful and wanted to take her into the room.

This Zhang Xiaoliu is also a backbone, saying that he would rather be a wife of a poor family than a concubine of a high family, and he will not obey death. Wang Tianci did something to her several times, but she avoided her.

Wang Tianci was annoyed and ashamed, and gave her the hardest and most tiring work in the courtyard to do alone, and did not allow others to come forward to help. If she makes a small mistake, she will be deducted a large part of her monthly money.

Although Zhang Xiaoliu had never complained to others, he may have wanted to get rid of Wang Tianci in his heart for a long time.

Cheng Sheng is a guard of the Yuanwaifu and was recruited into the Yuanwaifu ten years ago.

According to those people with quite high qualifications, he originally ran the rivers and lakes, because he was tired of the fights and killings on the rivers and lakes, so he wanted to live a stable life in such a remote county.

He doesn't live in the Yuanwai Mansion, he is silent on weekdays, and he is always alone. Therefore, the people in the house did not know much about him.

Some people said that he had seen Cheng Sheng and Wang Tianci have a quarrel from afar. But I don't know why the two are arguing.

According to Cheng Sheng's own confession, the only time the two quarreled was because he bumped into Wang Tianci who wanted to do something wrong to a girl in the house. He stepped forward to stop it, and was scolded by Wang Tianci.

And that Yahuan happened to be Zhang Xiaoliu, who had rejected Wang Tianci......

Xie Jinlan put down the transcript in his hand and said, "In this way, these five people all have a motive to kill. ”

Master Chen said: "Not bad! It's just that according to Li Daniu's testimony, it is more likely that the murderer is a man. Xia Guan believes that Cheng Sheng should be investigated emphatically! ”

A hint of playfulness flashed in Xie Jinlan's eyes: "Oh? Just because Cheng Sheng is the guard of the Foreign Mansion, he knows martial arts, and his strength is greater than that of the king? ”

Master Chen said: "It's not all. The king had injured his arm a few days ago and had been unable to lift heavy objects for nearly a month. ”

Xie Jinlan said with a smile: "Since Master Chen already has an idea in his heart, let's investigate according to your idea." ”

Master Chen bowed slightly, and then asked, "What do you gain from adults?" ”

Xie Jinlan lowered his eyes slightly, covering the emotions in his eyes, his fingers tapped at the stone table, and said lightly: "I haven't gained much, it's just that Mama Zeng next to Mrs. Wang has some problems." ”

Ruan Yezhen on the side was shocked.

Master Chen asked for her puzzlement: "Xia Guan heard that this Mama Zeng loves Wang Tianci very much, are these just appearances?" ”

Xie Jinlan stopped moving, raised his eyes to look at Master Chen, and asked instead of answering: "How much does Master Chen know about Mama Zeng?" ”

Master Chen recalled the information about Wang Yuan's foreign mansion that he had read last night, and then said:

"Mama Zeng was Mrs. Wang's dowry back then, and she was very loyal to Mrs. Wang. At the beginning, in order to allow Mrs. Wang to gain a firm foothold in her husband's family, she has been busy helping Mrs. Wang take care of all the affairs.

After Mrs. Wang finally took the power of the family and subdued the people in the house, Mama Zeng also wasted her years, and she was not married until she was twenty-three years old.

Although Mama Zeng did not have a grudge against Mrs. Wang because of this, Mrs. Wang felt very guilty in her heart. After thousands of choices, she was assigned to a steward surnamed Lin in the house.

Narin's family is poor, with no siblings, and his mother has been dead for many years, and he has been dependent on his father for all these years. Mama Zeng married in the past, but she was also relaxed.

Mrs. Wang promised him that as long as he married Mama Zeng, the number of cases would double in the following month. I don't know if Steward Lin is because of Mrs. Wang's promise, or because of some other reason, in short, he should make this marriage.

Two years later, Mama Tsang gave birth to a boy. Two more years later, a girl was born. Now this son is working in the shop with Steward Lin, and the daughter is a first-class personal maid in front of Mrs. Wang. ”

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