Seeing that Cai Baofang, the guard sent to protect the princess, quickly turned back, Hua Xiao frowned.

"Princess, she...... Something went wrong? ”

When he said this, Hua Xiao's heart trembled, but soon, he calmed down again, as if he had known that it would happen, although he didn't want it to happen, but he still couldn't avoid it.

Cai Baofang shook his head and said, "Not long after the princess walked out of the palace, she encountered a group of little beggars chasing a little beggar and beating her. She rescued the little beggar who was being chased and took her back to Yanfu Garden. ”

Hua Xiao was stunned, "She saved people from a group of little beggars?" ”

Cai Baofang replied with a strange expression: "She told the group of little beggars that she was Princess Yi, and if they dared to do anything to her, she would have them arrested." At this time, there were guards standing at the door, all wearing knives, and the group of little beggars were quickly scared away. ”

“……。” A trace of astonishment flashed on Hua Xiao's face, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let her go." ”

He didn't have the heart to take care of a little beggar at this time, he had boasted about Haikou in front of Li Qing before, and now he had to deal with the case first.

Thinking of the results of the housekeeper's investigation, Hua Xiao frowned.

……

When Li Qing came over with Chang Le, who had eaten, there were more than a dozen male ** servants kneeling in front of Hua Xiao.

One of these people was a bead that he didn't know where it had fallen; Seven claimed to have thrown beads into the lake; The remaining five, claiming to bury the beads in the same pit.

However, after rummaging through the pit that the last five men had mentioned, they found only four beads.

The number of beads and the number of people do not match, it is possible that one of the five people lied, or it is possible that the beads could not be found.

Adhering to the idea of not letting go of any clues, Hua Xiao asked these people to provide alibi while sending people to search these people's personal belongings.

Li Qing walked to Hua Xiao at this time.

"What's your name? What were you doing last night? The guard was asking about the third-to-last servant.

The servant said: "The slave's name is Zhang Youcai, he is in charge of the fire, and last night, the slave was still counting the firewood everywhere." ”

"Can anyone testify for you?" The guard asked.

"Yes." Zhang Youcai said: "The housekeeper, the Yahuan Xianglan of Chunhui Garden, and the big girl Huan Dongqin who listened to Xueyuan can all testify for me, and they also talked to me." ”

Hua Xiao went to the housekeeper, Xianglan and Dongqin to verify.

This side started asking the next person again.

After such a round of questioning, seven people with alibi evidence were eliminated, and the remaining six people were all suspected.

Hua Xiao asked the guards to take the six people down and continue the interrogation; He also asked the guards to accompany him to re-investigate the area around the well to see if he could find more clues, especially about the scene of the first crime.

……

"Lord Wang, can I ask a question?" Li smiled lightly, looking humble to study.

Hua Xiao was rarely weak at this time, his vision was a little evasive, and after seeing Chang Le behind Li Qing, he suddenly had an idea in his heart and immediately changed the topic.

"Who is this kid?" Hua Xiao pretended not to know that Li Qing had brought a little beggar into the palace.

Li Qing sighed in her heart: Could it be that no one reported the matter of her taking the little beggar into the palace to Hua Xiao?

No, she quickly denied this idea: someone was following her, what did she do, it was impossible for Hua Xiao not to know, so he is pretending not to know now?

Why?