Since the three witnesses proved that they saw the Shen family poisoning, Duan Ling'er had been asking them for a while.

Except for a few people who answered that the time when they saw Shen poisoning was almost at the same time, the rest of the answers were not much different.

One of the yard workers replied that he was pruning flowers at the edge of the garden, and when he looked up, he saw Shen in the kitchen placing a powdered substance on the dim sum.

The slave said that she was coming out of the pantry and saw Shen pouring something into the snack.

Jia Ding said that he was sweeping the floor in the garden and saw Shen putting something into the dim sum.

"According to what you say, my mother took advantage of people's unpreparedness and poisoned the dim sam?"

"That's it." The three minions spoke in unison.

Xiao Su's eyes flashed: "There are three people who testify that the Shen family took advantage of my unpreparedness to poison the eldest lady, master, this is a sure thing." ”

"Now Ling'er needs to ask them one by one." Duan Ling'er looked at Duan Tianya.

Duan Tianya nodded.

The three minions stayed behind first, and the other two went out to wait, and as soon as the two of them raised their feet and went out, they heard Duan Ling'er say to Xue Zheng:

"Sister Xue, in order to prevent someone from passing on the words in this hall to the two of them, please help me keep an eye on it."

Xue Zheng nodded, walked up without saying a word, and went to the small garden in front of him with the two of them.

Xiao Su's face changed instantly, and he gave Lin Chun a look.

At this time, I saw Duan Ling'er asking, "Since you saw my mother drugged the dim sum, tell me the details." ”

The hospital worker was stunned, what details?

When the sixth aunt explained, she didn't say any details?

Duan Ling'er said directly: "Tell me, what kind of tool did my mother use to pour out the powder at that time?" What was An Niang doing at that time? Are there other people around you? And where you stand to cut flowers. What kind of flowers are cut? ”

Sweat flowed down the foreheads of the hospital workers.

After the hospital worker answered nonsense, and replied with "I can't remember", Duan Linger asked Ruyi to take him out.

By the way, bring the slave and maid in.

Duan Ling'er asked the slave maid: "Come and recall, what kind of tool did you see my mother holding in her hand, you could see An Niang at that time, what was An Niang doing?" There are other people around you. Also, what time is the tea brewed in the pantry? What kind of tea is served today? ”

The slave maid suddenly felt her head grow bigger, and unconsciously glanced at Xiao Su.

She had been preparing to wronged Shen early this morning, and all her attention was on this matter, and she didn't pay attention to such a trivial matter as how many bubbles of tea she had brewed.

However, because she was originally a slave in the pantry and had experience in making tea, she pushed it out a number of times according to the hour, and made up some scenes at that time.

Duan Ling'er looked very satisfied, and watched Ruyi send the slave out.

I watched Ruyi come in with the last housekeeper.

Duan Ling'er asked the family about the same question, it was still what the Shen family was taking, what An Niang was doing, and whether there were anyone else around. The difference is to ask him where he is standing and what tools he is working with.

The family also talked nonsense, and the matter was over with separate questioning.

Duan Tianya's brows became tighter and tighter.

After the three witnesses stood back in the hall, Xie Ci also wrote down the testimony of the three people just now, and nodded to Duan Ling'er.

Before this, Duan Ling'er had already walked over and read the testimony, and compared it with the whisper of Xie Ci for a while.

Smile slightly.

"In the matter of what kind of tools my mother was holding, the hospital worker said that what I saw was my mother holding a white porcelain bottle in her right hand, and powder was poured out of it. The maid in the pantry

Saying that he couldn't remember, the family said that he only noticed the pouring and did not pay attention to the bottle. ”

The crowd looked at each other.

Duan Tianya's complexion had changed a little.

"As for whether you saw An Niang and what An Niang was doing, the hospital worker said that he didn't notice An Niang, and the maid in the pantry said that An Niang was on the stove at the time, and the family said that An Niang was washing vegetables."

"When I asked if there was anyone around, the three of you answered the same thing, saying that you didn't see anyone else."

The eldest lady's eyes flashed with a hint of complexity, and Duan Xiao also glanced at the three of them strangely.

Something doesn't sound right......

Duan Lan was also a little breathless, and just wanted to speak, but was pressed by the eldest lady's shoulder.

I saw Duan Ling'er say again: "If you ask about the details later, they are all about individuals, but they are all answered in detail." It just so happened that Gongzi Xie was also here, he was our fast catcher in Yangzhou, so naturally there were some different methods, he also told me about this method just now, I think you can give it a try. ”

As she spoke, she stepped forward and said a few words to Duan Tianya.

While Duan Tianya nodded, a very bad premonition flashed in Xiao Su's heart.

Garden edge.

Duan Tianya stood in the place where the yard worker just said, and even took a pair of scissors that the yard worker usually used to prune flowers and plants.

On the other side, Duan Lan stood under the porch leading from the pantry to the front hall, holding a hot teapot in his hand.

The second aunt Tian and the third young master Duan Cheng stood in the place where Jia Ding said that he was sweeping the floor, and Duan Cheng was holding the sweeping tool and broom that Jia Ding said at that time.

In the kitchen, Duan Yu stood by the window, a plate of dim sum in his hand, and a white porcelain vase.

Behind him, Ruyi walked back and forth between the stove and the vegetable sink.

Everyone only heard Duan Ling'er say: "Begin!" ”

Everyone is acting at the same time.

Duan Tianya began to cut flowers and plants, Duan Lan walked to the front hall with a teapot, and Duan Cheng waved his broom and began to sweep the floor.

Almost instantly, everyone said "huh".

It was Duan Cheng who spoke first.

Duan Cheng's voice reached everyone's ears, and he was heard in a loud voice: "Father! I see Big Sister! But it's too far away here, I see that the seventh brother is more vague, and Ruyi can't see clearly! ”

Duan Tianya didn't speak, and Duan Xiao, who was standing beside him, replied on his behalf: "The flowers and plants on my father's side blocked the view, and I could only see the eldest sister walking over." ”

Duan Lan's voice trembled a little when he spoke: "Father, when I look over from here, I can only see An Niang, why can't I see the seventh brother?" ”

Xiao Su's cold sweat came down in an instant.

Duan Ling'er waited for everyone to sit back in the hall, and sat down upright, only to see that Cheng Su, who had already arrived, was giving medicine to Shen, and An Niang had also woken up slightly after taking medicine.

Duan Tianya didn't stop it.

This time, the one who spoke was replaced by a thank you.

Xie Ci took out a picture, and almost everyone was shocked in their hearts.

In a short period of time, Xie Ci had already mapped out the location of the incident and the places in the confessions of several servants according to the actual situation of Duan Mansion.

Ruyi held this picture aloft it, and Xie Ci took a willow branch to explain it back and forth.

"The garden is actually the farthest angle from the kitchen window, and it is shaded by flowers and plants, so according to the average person's eyesight, it is not too fine to see, but the yard worker mentioned the white porcelain bottle, the right hand, and the powder. Unless he is gifted, he can't see it with normal eyesight. ”

The willow branch slid into the garden again.

"Here, there is a path that no one has passed, and it is at an oblique angle to the kitchen, so I have seen it

People by the window can see it, but the stove and vegetable sink are at the back, and if you look at it at an angle, you can't see it. ”

"As for the porch where the pantry goes to the antechamber." Xie Ci changed the position of the willow branch again: "Here, it is parallel to the kitchen, and according to the height of this maid, the wooden lattice window that just opens will block the person standing in front of the window, but as you walk, the person behind you can see it." ”

Xie Ci put down the wicker: "All of the above have been tested by everyone just now, so they must be appropriate." ”

The crowd nodded.

Xie Ci added: "In addition, when you were repeating the experience, I asked the housekeeper and also observed the workbook. It was found that these three days were the days of big pruning in the yard, so the yard workers not only had to take this kind of small scissors, but also took a large pair of scissors, and the usual process was that the yard workers first took small scissors to trim, and then went back to the tool room to get big scissors after breakfast, but the time to go back to get the big scissors happened to be the so-called time of Shen's poisoning. At this time, it stands to reason that the hospital workers are already on their way to get the big scissors. Why didn't you go? ”

The hospital worker was stunned for a moment: "Delay, delay...... It just so happened that I had a stomachache and wanted to go to the toilet......"

The hospital worker didn't know how to lie, and his mouth was not good.

Xie Ci didn't care about him, and continued: "The branches pruned by the yard workers fell to the ground, and they need to be swept away by the housekeeper who is in charge of sweeping the floor, and it just so happens that the person in charge of sweeping the floor here is the one who is also in charge of the path. ”

Everyone's faces were all stunned.

"So, it stands to reason that today should be the family to clean up the path faster than usual, and then rush to the edge of the garden to sweep the floor in advance, but for some reason he didn't go to meet the family today, and said that he hadn't seen the family today."

Jia Ding hurriedly defended: "I, because I saw the Shen family poisoning, I stopped what I was doing. ”

Xie Ci looked at the courtyard worker and said, "When you saw the Shen family poisoning, it stands to reason that you should have finished the work of the trail and went to the edge of the garden, why didn't you go over?" ”

The hospital worker was stunned for a while, and thought for a long time and said: "Today, my stomach is uncomfortable and I went to the toilet, so I delayed." ”

Xie Ci nodded, and both of them said to go to the toilet, and he accepted the answer.

"If what you said is true, why do you say that you have not met anyone, and did you not meet in the latrine?" And why did they say in unison that they didn't see the maid who came over from the pantry? ”

The two of them really didn't know how to answer this question, so they had to say nonsense: "I can't remember clearly." ”

Xie Ci turned his head and asked the maid: "You said that this morning's tea has been brewed twice, according to the situation in the workbook, it was indeed like this in the past, but do you know, today is different......

The slave's face changed suddenly.

Xie Ci said: "It is clearly remembered here, because the master of Duanfu said yesterday that the well water for making tea has a bitter taste, and the maid who made tea specially went to a farther well today to fetch water, so she only cared about boiling the water once, and the person who was supposed to be in the tea room at the beginning, why didn't he know about it at all?" ”

The slave suddenly trembled a little, in the morning she was receiving orders from Xiao Su's place, and when she hurried to the pantry, the tea was almost ready.

She thought it was the second brew, but who knew that it was the first brew, and when she went there, the tea maid disappeared because she went to carry water again, and the two did not talk about it.

The slave and maid trembled: "Today, I am not feeling well today, and I got up late, so I didn't see the maid preparing the tea."

Duan Ling'er exhaled and looked at Xiao Su's family: "Sixth aunt, these minions are servants one by one, they are unwell and leave their posts without authorization, and they also get up late casually, to be honest...... Your discipline in our house is really sparse......"