Mu Huaichuan couldn't understand at all what was the point of Shen Sitang asking these questions? I don't understand why Mrs. Li and the little girl are arranged in different rooms, and what is she doing?

There were more than 200 people in the Li Mansion, and Shen Sitang interrogated them one by one, from day to night, and from night to dawn.

The people of the Inspectorate were leaning or sitting in the courtyard, shrugging their eyelids and drowsy, but the people of the Li Mansion were very awake, some of them were locked up in room No. 2, some were locked up in room No. 3, and they were still sleepy when they were highly stressed.

The last person to enter Room No. 1 was the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, Shen Sitang stared at him fiercely, and the housekeeper sat tremblingly on the opposite side of the long table.

The room was empty, so quiet at the moment that a pin could be heard, and the housekeeper was nervous for no reason, and his mind was in a mess.

Shen Sitang stared at him for a while before asking, "How long have you been following Li Guichuan?" ”

The housekeeper stood outside all night, trembling all over at the moment, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the adult, the old slave grew up in the Li Mansion since he was a child, and he has been serving the master for more than fifty years. ”

Shen Sitang deliberately asked him the second question after a while: "Did Li Guichuan let you take poison?" ”

The housekeeper waved his hand again and again: "If you don't take poison, how can the master let the old slave take poison?" No no! ”

Mu Huaichuan pinched his eyebrows, they interrogated all night, and no one in the entire Li Mansion took poison, that is to say, only Qinglan was fed poison.

It seems that Shen Sitang's previous suspicions are not unreasonable.

Mu Huaichuan exhaled a breath of turbidity, turned his head to look at Shen Sitang on his side, there was only half a day left, could she save the day during this period?

Shen Sitang asked the third question: "There was a maid named Lan Lan in your mansion before, who was expelled from the mansion four years ago, and later entered the Yichun Courtyard and became an obsessed maid of the Oiran, do you remember her?" ”

The housekeeper's eyes flashed, he subconsciously straightened his waist, shook his head and said, "There is such a person, but where she went after she was expelled from the house, the old slave doesn't know." ”

"You're lying!" Shen Sitang suddenly got up, so frightened that the old housekeeper trembled, and even Mu Huaichuan, who was sitting next to her, suddenly lost his sleepiness, and the whole person was in a lot of energy.

Mu Huaichuan narrowed his eyes, and his gaze locked on the old butler opposite.

Shen Sitang said angrily: "Yichun Courtyard is Li Guichuan's business, it is impossible for you to be by his side since you were a child, Lan Lan was not driven out by you, but was purposefully arranged by you to Yichun Courtyard." ”

The old butler's lips trembled, and he was speechless.

Mu Huaichuan ordered angrily: "Come on, take this old guy back and hand it over to the torture hall for strict interrogation!" ”

When he finished speaking, no one came in.

Mu Huaichuan's face was ugly, he got up and opened the door, and He Zhao, who was dozing off against the door frame, crooked his body and almost fell in.

He Zhao rubbed his eyes like waking up from a dream with Mu Huaichuan's support: "Boss? Is it a shift change? ”

Mu Huaichuan had a calm face: "What kind of shift, take the housekeeper of the Li Mansion back for interrogation, the others..." he said and turned his head to look at Shen Sitang: "What about the others?" ”

Shen Sitang replied: "The people in room No. 2 have more or less lied, take them back for retrial, and the people in room No. 3 will take care of them." ”

Mu Huaichuan nodded, glanced at He Zhao, He Zhao arched his hand to show that he understood, and then gathered the sluggish officials in the courtyard to get up and do things.

There were no people on the streets of the capital at this hour, but it was convenient for them, and the group returned to the inspectorate in a mighty way.

Shen Sitang had no intention of going home to rest, and there were still many doubts in the case of the third prince that had not been solved.

"Right Yushi, I need Li Guichuan's account book for doing business." After Shen Sitang finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "Is the right imperial history going to be handed over?" Then I'll wait for Brother Chen to come and tell him. ”

Mu Huaichuan wrinkled his eyebrows and looked at her: "You don't rest?" ”

Shen Sitang shook his head: "I don't have time." ”

Mu Huaichuan didn't say anything more, left a sentence to go to the tea room and wait, then turned around and went out.

Before the shift was handed over, Mu Huaichuan sent the account book to her.

Shen Sitang's face was a little pale, and her lips were a little chapped, she didn't care about these, she thanked Mu Huaichuan and took the account book and flipped through it.

"Qianning, Qianning..."Before anyone arrived, Chen Yue'an pushed open the door of the tearoom, and saw Mu Huaichuan raising his chin at him as a greeting, and then sat opposite Shen Sitang, and said with a distressed face: "Qianning, you haven't slept all night?" ”

Shen Sitang snorted and focused on the ledger.

Mu Huaichuan said as if displeased: "Since you are here, I will go back to the house to rest." ”

Chen Yue'an waved his hand at him: "Let's go, let's go, Ming'er, remember to come early, don't be greedy for my time." ”

Mu Huaichuan went out without saying a word, Chen Yue'an lay half on the tea case, and said to Shen Sitang: "Qianning, don't worry, He Zhao told me what happened yesterday, I have already ordered someone to go to Yichun Courtyard to bring Jiao Niang over for interrogation, and I will definitely go all out to help you today." ”

Shen Sitang raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said lightly, "Brother Chen, thank you first." ”

She has no spirit or confidence, Shen Sitang feels that she is still far from the truth, and does not think that she can find out the real culprit within the specified time of Emperor Yongqing.

Not long after, a deputy imperial envoy knocked on the door and came in, and said to Chen Yue'an: "Boss, the lady of Yichun Courtyard has brought it back." ”

Chen Yue'an got up when he heard this, and introduced to Shen Sitang by the way: "Qianning, this is Hu Zhonglun, the deputy imperial envoy under my name. ”

Shen Sitang turned his head to look at Hu Zhonglun, and Hu Zhonglun smiled shyly at her: "Hello Miss Shen." ”

Hu Zhonglun is tall and big, and he blocked the door of the tea room like a mountain, but he smiled very honestly.

Shen Sitang was infected by his smile, and also showed a smile: "Deputy Hu is good." ”

Chen Yuean patted Hu Zhonglun's arm: "Let's go, let's go to the torture hall." Saying that, he looked at Shen Sitang: "Qianning, today I will pry their mouths open, you can rest assured." ”

Shen Sitang nodded, and continued to flip through the ledger after they left.

Li Guichuan seems to be an ordinary businessman, and the cooperation with him is basically a certain cloth village or a mansion, there are many famous families in the capital, and it is normal to buy good silk in private.

For two whole hours, Shen Sitang found nothing, and at this moment, a line of words caught her attention.

Xu Wangda, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, included two hundred horses of fine silk.

Ministry of Internal Affairs? Palace!

Li Guichuan was able to contact the people in the palace, whether these two hundred pieces of silk were ordinary business, or some kind of excuse to meet and discuss important matters!

Shen Sitang got up suddenly, opened the door of the tea room, and said loudly to the officials in the Tianji Hall: "Give me the file of Xu Wangda, the head of the Internal Affairs Office!" ”

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The Mansion of the Six Princes.

The door of the study was open, Tang Yihui hurriedly stepped in, and arched his hand towards the monarch's court: "Your Highness, Miss Shen has already found Xu Wangda, if you continue to investigate, I'm afraid..."

Before he finished speaking, his expression was full of anxiety, and Zhou Zifu's face beside Jun Tingyan also changed: "Your Highness, you can't let Miss Shen investigate anymore!" ”

Jun Tingyan held a piece of mutton fat warm jade in his hand, and carved it intently, and a lifelike white dragon began to take shape under his carving knife.

His expression was indifferent, and after he finished carving the pen in his hand, he said unhurriedly: "Then... Don't let her look down again. ”