Shen Yi'an was also quite surprised when he heard Shen Qianmo's words. He always thought that the fire was an accident, why did someone deliberately set it on fire? He looked at Shen Qianmo suspiciously and said, "Mo'er, but what did you find?" ”

"Yes." Shen Qianmo nodded and said, "Yesterday, Mo'er went to the yard to clean up her things and stumbled upon something, which can prove that the fire was not accidental, but man-made. ”

Shen Yi'an looked at Mama Ning and asked, "Have you gone to see the old lady?" ”

Shen Qianmo nodded yes. Shen Yi'an said: "Since the old lady sent Mama Ning over, she must have believed you." With the support of the old lady, you can take out your evidence, if it is true, the father will definitely make the decision for you. ”

"Thank you, father." After Shen Qianmo thanked him, he turned around and motioned to Luzhu. Lu Zhu shouted to a group of subordinates standing below, "Zhao Sanhuai, come out." ”

There was silence below. In the middle of the night, a man in his thirties limped out. The man is of medium stature, and his appearance is extremely ordinary and honest, not like a traitor. Shen Qianmo was a little surprised.

The man saluted everyone, and said in a trembling voice: "Little Zhao Sanhuai, I have seen the master, the lady, and the young lady. ”

It looks like a careless one. Shen Qianmo's expression turned cold, and she said sharply: "Zhao Sanhuai, are you guilty?" ”

Zhao Sanhuai trembled, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said continuously: "Miss, little one...... The little one doesn't know what crime he has committed, and he asks the eldest lady to make it clear. ”

Shen Qianmo sneered, "Let me ask you, where were you on the day of the fire?" ”

Zhao Sanhuai replied: "Small...... The little one was sleeping in the room that day, and woke up when he heard the noise, so he rushed with them to put out the fire. ”

"Really?" Shen Qianmo said: "So, you've never been near the courtyard, have you?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Sanhuai was determined.

Shen Qianmo nodded, and said calmly: "In this case, yesterday I found a few footprints outside the small courtyard, so I asked people to pull them down, Luzhu, let him take off his shoes and close them with the footprints on them to see if they are consistent." ”

Green bamboo stepped forward in response and took out a piece of white gauze, on which a large footprint was impressively printed. Zhao Sanhuai was at a stalemate for a moment, and saw that there was no way to get out, so he had to take off his shoes and let the green bamboo compare.

"Miss, the size is exactly the same." Lu Zhu reported to Shen Qianmo.

"Zhao Sanhuai, how do you explain?" Shen Qianmo asked.

"How can a footprint on gauze prove that this is my footprint, Miss, the little one is wronged, and the little one really hasn't done it." Zhao Sanhuai kowtowed desperately, and after a while, blood came out of his forehead, and his face was bloody, and several timid maids and aunts turned their heads sideways, not daring to look at it again. The subordinates on the side also talked about it, and many people didn't believe that Zhao Sanhuai, who was usually honest, would do this kind of thing.

Shen Qianmo's expression remained unchanged, she took a piece of bamboo pipe from the green bamboo hand, played with it, and said calmly: "Zhao Sanhuai, you don't have to be like this. Do you recognize this bamboo pipe? This is just found in your room, and there is still some white powder left in it, I have already asked the house doctor to check it, and the white powder I found on the windowsill of the small courtyard is the same ingredient of the incense. How do you explain this? ”

Zhao Sanhuai looked up at the small bamboo pipe in Shen Qianmo's hand, and collapsed to the ground with a dead face, regretting it in his heart, knowing that this was the case, he had to throw away this bamboo pipe no matter what, and only blamed himself for being careless. He hasn't been in the house for a long time, and he really can't understand that everyone says that this eldest lady is stupid and deceitful, but today he is so shrewd. What went wrong?

Shen Yi'an saw Zhao Sanhuai collapsed to the ground and had nothing to say, he clearly admitted it, and immediately became furious, a subordinate in the mansion actually dared to set fire to the courtyard of the eldest lady, what kind of chaos has become of the internal management of the national mansion? He asked angrily, "You dog minion, why do you want to set fire to the murder, what are your intentions?" ”

Zhao Sanhuai just kowtowed desperately, begging for mercy in a stack: "Ask the lord to be gracious, ask the lord to be gracious......"

Shen Qianmo saw that if he continued to knock like this, he would die, she didn't want Zhao Sanhuai's life, she just wanted to take this opportunity to establish her prestige in the mansion, and let the whole mansion know that she, the eldest lady, was not easy to bully. Seeing that the goal had been achieved today, he stopped pestering him and said to Shen Yi'an: "Father, seeing that he has a very strict mouth, why don't you lock him up first and interrogate him another day?" ”

Shen Yi'an was also annoyed by this kind of bloody thing, since Shen Qianmo said so, he waved his hand and said, "Come on, pull him down, put him in the firewood room, and take strict care of him." ”

After Zhao Sanhuai was dragged down, Shen Qianmo said aloud to the people with different expressions in the courtyard: "Everyone has also seen it, in the future, I hope that everyone will abide by their duties and do things honestly, and the Guogong Mansion will not treat you badly, but if there are dishonest tricks, the Guogong Mansion will not be merciful." Okay, let's get out of the way. ”

"Yes." The subordinates answered, and dispersed. Since then, they have a new understanding of this eldest lady. And Cui's, Shen Qianxue and the other aunts had uncertain faces and had their own thoughts. However, Shen Mingxuan, who came to see the excitement after school, looked at Shen Qianmo with admiration, thinking to himself, when did this big sister become so powerful.

Zhao Sanhuai, who was locked up in the firewood room, died that night. On the second day, when the guards opened the door to bring him food, they found him lying in a pyre covered in blood, and a blood-stained firewood knife had fallen next to him.

Shen Qianmo personally went to see Zhao Sanhuai's body, according to her preliminary examination, the time of death was between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning, that is, ugly time, and the fatal wound was a wound about 10 centimeters long on the neck, and she died of excessive blood loss. Look at the shape of the wound that matches the falling hatchet. Judging from the depth and depth of the wound, it was confirmed that it was a suicide. From this point of view, Zhao Sanhuai wiped his neck with this firewood knife.

Shen Qianmo looked at Zhao Sanhuai's corpse and sighed softly. She didn't mean to hurt anyone, she just wanted to protect herself in this strange place. Zhao Sanhuai is not a big traitor, it can be seen from the fact that he saved Luzhu.

Luzhu was drugged and stunned that day, but when she woke up, she was already outside the room, presumably Zhao Sanhuai rescued her.

But why did he set the fire? Who instructed him, and why did he listen to that man? Now that Zhao Sanhuai is dead, the clue is broken. Looking at Shen Qianxue's performance that day, it seems to have something to do with this matter, but with Shen Qianxue's personality and ability, is it her idea?

Shen Qianmo's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was contemplating, and the green bamboo next to her couldn't help retching again.

This girl saw a bloody corpse for the first time, and she didn't dare to enter, but when she saw that Shen Qianmo was going in, she mustered up the courage to follow up with the belief of protecting the young lady. Seeing Zhao Sanhuai's eyes wide open and dead corpse, she couldn't help but scream and retched again and again. Seeing that her young lady looked strange, she couldn't figure out when the young lady became so bold.

Shen Qianmo glanced at her helplessly, and instructed the family next to her: "Bury him well, and inquire about his family for me, and give them a little more compensation." ”

"Yes, Miss." A few family members responded. They also felt very surprised, this eldest lady actually did not change her face in the face of the corpse, Zhao Sanhuai set fire to the murder and wanted to harm the eldest lady, the eldest lady also buried him well, and did not forget to take care of his family, so magnanimous and kind-hearted, it is really rare in the world.

As a result, Shen Qianmo's prestige in the Guogong Mansion became more and more high, and the people no longer dared to underestimate this eldest lady who had not been looked at before.

After Mama Ning went back, she told Mrs. Shen about the situation that day, and she also praised Shen Qianmo in her words, and the old lady was also quite pleased, so that Mama Ning paid more attention to this girl every day. Although Cui Shi and Shen Qianxue were so angry, they couldn't help it.