Chapter V: Testimony of Multiple People
"Uncle? Uncle! I'm Zhuang Youjie, I have something to tell you! Zhuang Youjie went to the residence of the new gatehouse, knocked on the door and shouted inside.
At this time, even late at night, the concierge uncle had already fallen asleep, and was woken up by Zhuang Youjie's forced knock on the door.
The uncle opened the door and politely invited Zhuang Youjie into the room, "Young Master Zhuang, is there something wrong with you coming here so late?" ”
Zhuang Youjie met the concierge so easily, but Liang Yuanque, who was in charge of talking to the swifts, didn't go so smoothly.
There was a housekeeper guarding the door of the guest room where Liang Yuanque lived, and he beckoned him over, "Brother, I have something to ask you to help with." ”
The family was instructed to take care of this "distinguished guest" as much as possible, so he naturally stepped forward to be obedient.
Liang Yuanque attached himself to the little brother's ear, and mysteriously instructed him, "You go and invite the swift girl who served the eldest lady before, remember to be quiet, and don't alarm others." ”
Because of Master Shen's orders, the family still went obediently, but he came back by himself, and at the same time brought back to the swift side and replied, "It's already rested, please ask Young Master Liang to talk about it tomorrow." ”
Liang Yuanque clenched his fists slightly, holding back the swearing, he was not so embarrassed by a little girl with a superficial expression.
"Where does Swift Girl live? I'll go and ask for it personally. ”
The family was a little hesitant, but Liang Yuanque's attitude was very resolute, thinking that he was invited by Master Shen at home, the family didn't dare to slack off, so he had to lead him forward.
The swift is the personal maid of the eldest lady, and her status among the Shen family's subordinates is relatively high, so she lives alone in an ear room in the west wing.
When Liang Yuanque arrived, the lights had been turned off in her room, and like the swift's reply, she obviously looked like she was asleep.
But Liang Yuanque was in a hurry to handle the case and couldn't get used to him, so he waved his hand and motioned for the family to step back first, and he personally stepped forward to knock on the door.
"It's over!" As soon as he knocked on the door, Swift's impatient voice came from the house, as if she thought that the family she had just driven away had gone and returned.
"I responded immediately, I guess I haven't fallen asleep yet, right?" Liang Yuanque approached the door and shouted into the house.
There was silence in the room for a while, and there was a response from the swift that was almost crying, "Young Master Liang, I don't know anything, I'm just a little girl, please don't embarrass me anymore." ”
Liang Yuanque did not agree or refuse her request, but took a step closer, almost lying on the door frame, and said in a voice that was not big, but the people in the room could just hear it,
"It's going to be time soon, isn't it time for the eldest lady to go out?"
After he said this, he only heard a ping-pong sound from the house, as if someone was hurrying to the door, and then the door opened, and behind the door was a panicked swift.
"Sir," the panicked Swift knelt down directly to Liang Yuanque, "I know that Mr. is a man of God, please spare my life, Miss's matter really has nothing to do with me, I didn't participate!" ”
Judging from her reaction, Liang Yuanque was right.
He grinned at the panicked little girl in front of him, "Then you have to tell me the truth, what you experienced and what you saw on the day of the crime." ”
The gang at the police station, although they didn't investigate anything about the case, but after all, they were dragged up by the angry Master Shen to investigate the case, and they had no clue so they could only pretend to be at the scene of the crime, at least they clearly recorded the situation at the scene of the crime, and even took photos.
When Liang Yuanque was in Inspector Chang's office at the time, he hurriedly flipped through the case materials.
It is recorded in the information that at the scene of the crime, the doors and windows were wide open, a flower pot stool was crooked, and Shen Yuelan's body was lying about three feet away from the window, with her throat cut.
Except that no body was found, the rest were basically the same as the scene that Liang Yuanque saw later, the only difference was that the window that was opened on the night of the crime was later closed.
Maybe this was an unintentional move by someone in the police station who didn't know who was at the scene, or maybe someone with a heart secretly moved after the crime.
The testimony of some witnesses was also recorded in the case materials, but perhaps because of the lack of professionalism and the sloppy and chaotic writing, Liang Yuanque took some time to distill the main points.
The testimony of the second lady is that she went to look for her sister at about a moment in the morning, and when she pushed the door, she saw her sister lying on the ground, with a masked man dressed in black lying on her body.
There is a supplement added to the file here, which is to confirm with several girls in front of the second lady that the second lady has not been out of the boudoir door before the second hour.
This supplement is not bad, Liang Yuanque can't guess that there is anyone in the police station who is so sober-minded.
And the family members who participated in the pursuit of the man in black that night were also recorded testimony, their testimony confirmed Shen Yuexin's words, first of all, a few people heard the screams of the second lady at the moment of the night, and then saw a figure from the courtyard wall of the eldest lady turned out, these people shouted for their companions while chasing, and then more family members participated in the pursuit, but the thief seemed to be very familiar with the Shen family and the vicinity, and had some skills, and the one who flew off the wall fled.
There is still a later addition here, and it is confirmed from the family that the thief escaped from the front door of the Shen Mansion.
There was also a very peculiar testimony of a person who was recorded in the notes that he had brought his testimony to the police station, but he withheld his name from the investigation record and was only called "Mr. That".
And "that gentleman" claimed to have bumped into Miss Lan on the street at the second quarter of the hour, but did not say exactly where he met her.
Since there are so many people's testimonies, where was Swift, as a personal maid, on that night?
This is the reason why Liang Yuanque must come to ask Swift, first, of course, because this girl is too suspicious, and second, with her identity, she did not explain her testimony on the night of Miss Lan's murder, which makes her even more suspicious.
Liang Yuanque bypassed the swift kneeling at the door of the house and walked straight into the house, waiting for her to reveal the secret she had been hiding.
Swift settled down, observed that there was no one outside the house, closed the door, and also walked into the house, Liang Yuanque saw that she was about to kneel again, and hurriedly stopped her, "Hey, don't like this, if you have something to say, if you are not guilty, I will not wronged you." ”
Hearing this, Yuyan had no choice but to move a stool for Liang Yuanque, and found a place to sit down, wiping her tears and saying to him, "The little girl has no eyes, and I don't see that Young Master Liang is the person that the eldest lady has been meeting. ”
Just her words made Liang Yuanque confused, but because of this, the detail that he couldn't put together in his mind finally found an explanation!