Chen Shaobei remembered.

When he was talking to Jiang Zhi in the warm pavilion, someone was eavesdropping outside.

When I chased it out, I saw only a goose-yellow skirt.

And today, Qi Xiuwei is wearing goose yellow clothes.

Chen Shaobei's face suddenly became gloomy.

He asked Adjutant General Zhang carefully: "Tell me clearly, who came to you for it?" ”

Vice General Zhang pointed to the little maid behind Qi Xiuwei.

"That's her."

Qi Xiuwei was startled and looked back.

Her personal maid Caiyun bowed her head weakly.

"Caiyun, you ......" Qi Xiuwei was stunned.

Shen Ningning's eyes were complicated, and she remembered that when she told Qi Xiuwei the truth that day, she also took this maid with her.

Maybe Caiyun overheard, not Qi Xiuwei told her?

Shen Ningning always felt that Qi Xiuwei was not such a person.

Caiyun saw that everyone's black crow's eyes fell on her.

Immediately frightened, he knelt on the ground and cried.

"The slave learned about this by accident, and it has nothing to do with the young lady."

"Unintentionally?" Chen Shaobei's voice was very oppressive: "You can make it clear, what an unintentional method." ”

Caiyun's eyes were flustered: "Once on the street, the slave saw it...... I saw Miss Jiang enter the inn. ”

Chen Shaobei sneered: "What day? When? ”

A simple question, but it made Caiyun tremble.

Just as she was hesitating, suddenly! The clouds slammed into a nearby pillar.

There was a muffled "bang" and blood splattered.

The ladies watching around screamed.

Mo Lingwei covered Shen Ningning's eyes for the first time.

But the girl had already seen Caiyun crashing towards the pillar, and her little face turned pale.

"Brother, did she really hit it?"

In her ears, Qi Xiuwei's mournful shout came: "Caiyun! Caiyun, wake up! ”

Shen Ningning heard Qi Xiuwei's helplessness, and she hurriedly wanted to help.

But Mo Lingwei grabbed her wrist.

"Don't go," his voice was calm, revealing a faint coldness: "That maid is dead, Chen Shaobei has confirmed it." ”

Shen Ningning trembled.

It's such a small matter, why did Caiyun commit suicide?

Mrs. Shu's face was bloodless, and even Su Zhirou was so frightened that she forgot to blink.

In the simple and elegant courtyard, only Qi Xiuwei squatted beside Caiyun's corpse, crying sadly.

This is the servant girl who has served her for ten years.

No matter how many questions Chen Shaobei has, he can't ask.

Caiyun used his death to gag everyone's mouths and took the charges down.

In the end, it was Mrs. Shu who regained her mind and stood up to dissolve the banquet in advance.

However, everyone looked at Xiuwei's eyes, and there was still a little change.

Clear-eyed people feel that Caiyun chose this way in order to protect the Lord.

Qi Xiuwei was in a gloomy mood, and the domestic servant she brought was carrying Caiyun's corpse.

Seeing her walk out of the mansion alone, Shen Ningning thought about it, but couldn't help but chase after her.

Qi Xiuwei heard the footsteps behind her, she looked sideways slightly, and her white face was full of endless sadness.

"Ning Ning...... I didn't betray you, I really didn't say it. ”

Shen Ningning's dark eyes flashed: "I believe you, Xiaowei, no one else believes it, and I also believe that you won't do it, I will find out the person who harmed you and let everyone know that you are innocent." ”

Qi Xiuwei lowered her eyes and shed a tear.

Her lips moved, as if to say thank you.

Shen Ningning watched her lonely figure get into the carriage and then left.

The girl stood in place for a long time, a little distressed.

Mo Lingwei didn't know when he came behind her: "Let's go, the sun is going down, I'll send you home." ”

Shen Ningning couldn't be happy, so she only nodded.

Seeing her like this, in order to make her happy, Mo Lingwei first scolded Chen Shaobei a few words.

"He is too impulsive, and he wants to seek justice for Jiang Zhi, so he will ask Qi Xiuwei on the spot, and I will definitely discipline him for you."

Shen Ningning shook his head: "Forget my brother, Chen Shaobei didn't do anything wrong, there must be someone to provoke this." ”

She suspected that it was Su Zhirou at first.

But when the incident happened just now, Shen Ningning didn't fail to pay attention to Su Zhirou's expression.

She seemed to be surprised, there was anyone else who knew about this besides her?

The two went back together, planning to say goodbye to Mrs. Shu and leave.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, she met Chen Shaobei and Jiang Zhi waiting for her.

"Sister Ning Ning," Jiang Zhi came up, and was a little anxious: "My matter has affected Miss Qi, I'm sorry." ”

Chen Shaobei also frowned and said: "I asked too much just now, and I forgot to check in another place, which caused a tragedy, and I am very sorry for Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Shen Ningning waved his hand: "This is already the case, the top priority is for me to find out what is going on between you, General Chen, why do you think that Xiaowei is informant?" ”

Chen Shaobei lowered his eyes and told Shen Ningning about the goose yellow skirt he saw.

Shen Ningning was puzzled: "I don't know how many noble ladies came to the banquet today, and there are many people who wear dresses of that color, just like this, I can't categorically decide that Xiao Wei did it." ”

There was one thing that Shen Ningning couldn't understand.

Caiyun is Qi Xiuwei's personal maidservant, and she has been seen serving by Qi Xiuwei's side since she was a child.

If someone really bought her, it would be impossible for Caiyun to betray Qi Xiuwei.

In the end, he committed suicide in such a drastic way.

Fortunately, Vice General Zhang and his wife also felt a little guilty, and they always felt that they had hurt a girl.

So it's not gone yet.

Mo Lingwei asked them to come back again, and described clearly to Shen Ningning what Caiyun said to Vice General Zhang at the beginning.

"The last general remembers that when Caiyun came over, she lowered her head, spoke quietly, and kept looking left and right, and she was the only one at that time, and she seemed to be very afraid that others would hear what she said."

Vice General Zhang touched his beard and recalled.

Mrs. Zhang thought about it and immediately said, "She kept looking back at the hanging flower gate over there." ”

Shen Ningning looked in the direction that Mrs. Zhang was pointing.

The pendulum gate connects the outer courtyard with the inner courtyard.

Shen Ningning hurriedly lifted her skirt and carefully observed left and right.

Pushing aside the grass, she found that there was a footprint in the inconspicuous corner behind the weeping flower door.

Mo Lingwei squinted: "It rained not long ago, and the sun was on the back here, and the soil was wet, leaving a mark." ”

Everyone crouched down to watch.

The footprint was very large, not like a woman's.

"Strange, could it be that the person who bought Caiyun is a man?"

There were many suspicions, and when Shen Ningning went to see Mrs. Shu, she asked her to arrange for a few trustworthy family members to guard the scene.

She's going to move the rescuers to get a thorough look into the matter.

The next day.

Shen Ningning came with her second brother Xie Ming'an, as well as her black wolf king.

Mrs. Shu was warmly entertained, and Su Zhirou hid behind the door to observe.

The Black Wolf King was lying at Shen Ningning's feet, his wolf eyes were faint, and Su Zhirou was so frightened that he didn't dare to come in.

Mrs. Shu sent hot tea, and Xie Ming'an said: "Thank you, Mrs. Shu, but today my sister invited me to investigate important matters, I, as a person, can't sit still if there is a case, and I must go to investigate it as soon as possible." ”

After that, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, quite arrogant.

Xie Ming'an said to Shen Ningning: "You sit here and drink tea, I'll go to the place you said first." ”

Shen Ningning held the teacup and blinked his eyes widely: "Don't you need me to show you the way?" ”

"No, there are some suspicious details hidden in places you don't want to know."

After that, Xie Ming'an first confessed to Mrs. Shu: "I may have to harass you in your mansion." ”

Mrs. Shu didn't care: "Master Xie, just investigate thoroughly, it's about Ning Ning's friends, and it's what happened in my house, how can I sit back and ignore it." ”

So, Xie Ming'an gave up his hand and turned around and went out. (End of chapter)