At about the end of the day, a galloping carriage came to a halt at the door of the six gates.

Then, without waiting for the maid's support, the two richly dressed women rushed out of the car in a hurry and rushed towards the six doors.

In the mortuary, which looked like an ice cellar, the middle-aged woman threw herself on the stiff corpse and cried, "Woo woo, my poor son!

The young woman kept wiping her tears with a silk scarf like broken threads, letting out a low whimper, and calling out like a broken heart, "Husband, husband, husband." ”

Liu Ya came back from the Servant's Mansion, and happened to meet two women who were barely able to collect their emotions and were helped away by the maid, and when they passed by, she suddenly said, "Are the two of Fu Liu's relatives?"

The middle-aged woman, whose nose was red and swollen from crying, paused suspiciously, turned her face sideways and asked, "Are you—"

Liu Ya took out the token and said, "I am Liu Jian, who is in charge of the post-mortem examination of Fu Liu's case, I take the liberty of asking, do you use rouge gouache produced by 'jasper makeup' in your mansion?"

The middle-aged woman said, "Indeed. ”

"Then trouble the two ladies and your retinue to cooperate with our investigation. ”

Liu Ya summoned the junior arresters who were guarding the neighborhood and invited them into the interrogation room and the pending trial room that she had requested, and the two rooms, on the left and right sides of the coroner's room, were far apart to effectively prevent eavesdropping.

In the interrogation room, which is simply furnished, with soft tones and relaxing, the junior catcher quickly sent a warm and superb Tieguanyin to the middle-aged woman, that is, Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Liu Ya said softly, "Today is the sixth day of the first month, and the crime is the fifth day of the first month, and on the morning of the fifth day of the first month, you and your daughter-in-law Tang went to the temple on the outskirts of Beijing to worship the Buddha, right?"

"That's right. Mrs. Shangshu of the military department said.

Liu Ya groaned, "During the period from sunset to Hai, did Madame feel anything unusual about the people and things around her?"

Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War frowned, thought about it and shook her head and said, "I didn't feel anything unusual, maybe it was caused by running around and tired, and after dinner, I felt sleepy, and when I returned to the room, I seemed to fall asleep when I lay down. ”

"In the past, would Madame be the same?"

She hesitated for a while and said, "Even in the mansion, I will get up all night, not to mention that I am not used to the temple, and I will be a little tossing and turning." ”

Liu Ya asked several innocuous questions before handing over the confession recorded by the junior arrest to Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War to press her fingerprints, and then interrogated Fu Liu's wife Tang, as if she didn't think that her family of the deceased would be interrogated, she was a little nervous and stirred the handkerchief embroidered with Qiu Ju, and the original faint fragrance became clear due to the space problem.

"May I ask Madam, on the night of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, can anyone prove that you have been resting in the wing room of the temple?" asked Liu Ya.

Tang said, "My maids Xiaohong and Xiaocui, as well as Huang'er by my mother's side, she brought me vegetable soup around the clock. ”

"Why did Huang'er send you vegetable soup at that time?"

"This is what my mother ordered, since I was pregnant, I would drink some soup every day before going to bed, but in Buddhism, I ate vegetarian according to the rules. Tang said, "Before that, I was rushing to copy the scriptures for tomorrow's worship, and when I came back to my senses, it was almost time, and after drinking the soup, I continued to copy, about the time of Mozi, and then went to rest." ”

"Has the maid been waiting for you in the house during this process?"

"They only wait outside the door. ”

Liu Ya's jaw head signaled understanding, and suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Do you know that your husband has Jiao'e hidden outside?"