Chapter 110: Essential Skills

“...... However, there was no news after that, I asked the maids in the house, and they told me that their master had arranged for someone to help me find my sister, but their master himself was too busy, so he didn't have time to see me, and they said that they would notify me as soon as there was news. ”

"I'm sure he'll really help me find my sister, so I've been waiting quietly...... But after a long time, they didn't find my sister, and I was scared and anxious...... One day, I saw him again, and he comforted me softly and promised me that he would help me find my sister......"

Xiao's voice was very soft, as if she was intoxicated with those memories, but the smile on her face became more and more cold, mocking, and the flickering candle flame in the interrogation room reflected on her face, which made people a little trance.

Xiao's narration became slower and slower, and his voice became more and more erratic: "Later, he said that he had something important to return to Beijing and it was inconvenient to take me back, but he was not at ease about leaving me alone, and he said that if I was willing to believe him, he could arrange a new identity for me." “

Xiao's expression became indifferent, and she paused for a moment again, as if trying to recall those pasts: "I naturally believe in him, he is my savior, how can I not believe him..... However, he is obviously extraordinary, but he has always been gentle and considerate to me as a helpless orphan girl, in this world, except for my sister, no one has treated me so well as him, how can I not believe him......"

Ever since Xiao began to tell about those past events, Lord Shangshu, who had been silent, and the waiter of the Criminal Department glanced at each other again.

Xiao is finally slowly starting to get to the point.

"He said that I was sent to the county magistrate of Yangxian County, and let me recognize Xiao Shangwen as my father, he said that he would take me into the mansion in the future, and I must need an identity, so he told me that I can only be the real Xiao Caiyi in the future, and I can't show my feet in front of anyone, I didn't understand it at the time, and later I learned that Xiao Shangwen really had a daughter named Xiao Caiyi, but it seemed that I was sent out of the mansion after I entered the mansion......"

"I stayed in the Xiao Mansion for almost two years, and he went to see him several times, and he told me that he would take me into the mansion when I grew up...... In those days, I was full of anticipation and waiting for him to pick me up in the house, and I almost forgot about my sister who had not heard from me yet...... One day, he suddenly brought news of his sister. ”

"He told me it was all his fault...... It's because he is moving too slowly......" Xiao's voice became a little unsteady, and she took a few deep breaths before reluctantly continuing: "I don't know why he said that, but I was scared at the time, and I thought something bad must have happened...... Afterward...... He told me that my sister was gone. “

He said that his people had been checking for a long time and finally found out the news about his sister, but it was a step too late after all...... He said that someone saw his sister come down from the mountain that day, and met a group of nobles, and then was taken away by those people, and then they followed the news and finally found out that the person who took away his sister was Jing Ninghou, and he hid his sister in a courtyard, but, not long ago, Mrs. Jing Ninghou learned of her sister's existence, and actually killed her sister ruthlessly......"

"I don't believe it...... I didn't believe it at all, but he took me in his arms...... Tell me that's true, he won't let me believe it......" Xiao's eyes flashed a little bit of water, and she tried to restrain the emotions surging in her heart, but her voice was still slightly trembling.

"I begged him to avenge my sister, and he was very embarrassed at first, and then I begged for a long time, and he told me that it was not impossible to avenge my sister, but if I was wronged, he said that he was reluctant to let me be wronged...... However, how could I not avenge my sister because I was afraid of being wronged, so I told him that as long as I could avenge my sister, I would be willing to let me suffer any kind of grievance. “

“...... He said that Jingning Houfu has been meritorious for generations, and I must not be tough if I want to avenge my sister, he said that he can arrange for me to enter the Hou Mansion, and then wait for the opportunity to take revenge, but he is reluctant to let me enter the Hou Mansion...... I was bent on avenging my sister and begged him for a long time, and he finally agreed...... But he said that he couldn't secretly ask for Zhang Fang and Qi's lives, and he asked me to keep an eye on Zhang Fang and Qi's whereabouts..... He said that he would find a way to avenge his sister openly......" Xiao's speech became a little hurried, and even a little incoherent.

"I didn't know his identity until then...... Although he didn't let Zhang Fang and Qi kill him with his own hands, he still gave me some secret poisons...... Later, I really found an opportunity, I quietly poisoned Zhang Fang and Qi's family, so that Qi's strange baby hurt his body again and lost his fertility forever...... And Zhang Fang, the same......"

“...... I saw with my own eyes that after the Qi family gave birth to a strange baby, they were rejected by the old lady and Zhang Fang, and were sent to another hospital, I felt very happy, but I don't know why I was a little sad that I couldn't explain...... So I quietly ran to find him, it was late at night, and the people of the palace told me that he was still busy, and I saw him very much at that time, and I was afraid of disturbing him, so I did not let the people go to report to him, but I stayed in his courtyard and waited for him. “

The expression on Xiao's face changed several times with her narration, and her voice was sometimes high and low, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and sometimes there would be a long pause.

Lord Shang Shu and the waiter of the Criminal Department just listened quietly, and did not interrupt or urge, and even the expressions on their faces did not change too much or too obviously.

The most important thing that people who have been in this place for a long time is the patience to listen to stories, and when listening to stories, maintaining absolute calm is also a skill they must learn.

As the first and second in command of the Criminal Department, Lord Shang Shu and the Squire of the Criminal Department are of course well versed in this.

Although Shaw's narrative is somewhat confusing and verbose, the two are able to capture useful information very clearly and accurately.

"I waited for a long time, and I was a little sleepy, so I fell asleep on the couch in the back room...... When I was in a daze, I heard someone talking, and I woke up, but I didn't make a sound...... I heard that He Xinli was giving him a message, saying that Huangzhou had sent back the news, and the matter had been done...... After He Xinli finished his salute, I heard him say that Tiansha Pavilion would never let him down......"

Lord Shangshu's eyes flashed, and the pen in the hand of the waiter of the criminal department also paused slightly.

Luo Yuan, the former governor of Huangzhou, is on the list.

"I didn't know what they were talking about, but I suddenly felt a little scared...... Later, after returning to Jingning Houfu, I kept thinking about this incident, and I was always afraid of the surprise and the faint murderous aura when he found out about me, until this matter was a long time later, and I dared to quietly inquire about the place of Tiansha Pavilion......"