Seeing Bi Changxiao's attitude, Master Chang and Xie Yixiang glanced at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads. If the master of Bifu insists on breaking the sand pot and refuses to close the case, then even if the three court officials can reach an agreement, they will not be able to resist Zheng Guogong, who is personally sealed by the court, and can only continue to investigate. Butler Nafu also sighed secretly, cast apologetic glances at Xie Yixiang and Master Chang, and then followed Bi Changxiao's instructions to summon all the women in the mansion to come to the front hall.

At that moment, Ouyang Cha, the "Taishan Divine Needle", came out to persuade a few words, and the implication was that Bi Changxiao would stop and end the case according to Xie Yixiang's proposal. How do you know that Bi Changxiao had a dark face and said angrily: "Only the real murderer will want to close the case, so as to cover up the truth." Master Chang, you can remember clearly, whoever persuades me to settle the case hastily in the future will be suspected of committing murder!"

Xie Yixiang was also so angry that she couldn't help but come up with a solution that was actually vetoed by Bi Changxiao's straw bag. She immediately sat back in her chair in a rage and said no more. However, under the passage of the Fu housekeeper, all kinds of women in Bifu came one after another; looking around, there were old and young, fat and thin, just as Bi Changxiao said, maids, slaves, cooks, and florists were all available, and Chang Da was dizzy and dizzy, and he didn't know how to ask.

When all the women in the mansion arrived, Bi Changxiao got up and came to Xie Yixiang, saluted her, and said sincerely: "Sister Yixiang, you and I don't talk to each other as a family, Brother Fang is angry, and I am rude." My brother knows that you also have good intentions and want to protect my family. However, now that there is a murder in the house, it is very likely that the murderer is still hiding among us, and I wonder if he will have any new actions in the future. Therefore, I also asked Yixiang to work tirelessly to find out the truth of the case for the Bi family and find out the murderer. Even what Mr. Zhao had been hiding from that night was asked by you, I can trust you!"

Hearing Bi Changxiao say this, Zhao Ruoregret immediately snorted coldly, and Xie Yixiang was even more angry and funny. If this Zheng Guogong is a heinous villain, it is not true, but it is indeed an annoying straw bag. Not only does the oil and salt not enter, but he only admits death, but his face is also outrageously thick. Just now, he was obviously still angry, but in the blink of an eye, he was able to put down his posture and sincerely apologize to himself, which made Xie Yixiang a little at a loss.

I heard Bi Changxiao say to himself again: "Yes, it's already past noon now, but everyone hasn't had lunch yet." Today, since there is a Yixiang girl who comes to investigate the case in person, then I will grieve everyone for a day, stay in this front hall to cooperate with the investigation, and eat some lunch indiscriminately. I'll ask my servants to prepare a light meal. After that, he smiled at Xie Yixiangxiao again: "Sister Yixiang, you just have to interrogate these women in my house, don't have any scruples." When the food is delivered, you can ask while eating, but you won't be delayed. ”

Seeing Bi Changxiao change into a smiling face, Xie Yixiang was helpless with him, and said in her heart: "For the sake of the late Uncle Bi's face, I can't ignore the Bifu case." Since you must find out, then as you wish, you can find out as much as you want, and it can be regarded as doing your best, each according to the destiny of heaven. When it comes to this, everyone will go their separate ways from now on, and they will never get along with each other. ”

At that moment, she ignored Bi Changxiao who was standing in front of her, and directly summoned a maid-like girl from the crowd, asked her about the night of the murder, and asked her if she knew the movements of everyone present that night. The maid-like girl immediately answered one by one, but she didn't gain anything, Xie Yixiang didn't stop, and called a woman dressed as a servant to ask. Although many of these women in the mansion looked nervous and restless, and they were a little hesitant when answering, but under careful investigation, most of them were tortured by the three-month ban in Bifu, and the case-handling officials led by Chang Daren had naturally interrogated them many times.

Xie Yixiang asked questions in her mouth, listened in her ears, and observed in her eyes, and once she noticed any abnormality in the person being questioned, no matter what it was, she immediately responded with words. But under her questioning, she suddenly took out the secrets hidden in the hearts of these women, such as which slave had a personal enmity with which subordinate, which maid had an improper relationship with which family, and which cook embezzled the money used for procurement in the house in private, all of which were trivial and dirty things in the Bifu, which could be described as a mess, and it was useless to help the case, but when these things were exposed in front of outsiders, Bi Changxiao, as the master of the Bifu, was extremely embarrassed.

After Xie Yixiang finished questioning the tenth woman in the house, someone brought lunch, but it was one for each person and placed it on several cases next to everyone present. Although Bi Changxiao has always emphasized that it is just a simple meal, it is actually more sumptuous, and everyone has a plate of back pot meat, a plate of kung pao chicken, a plate of fish-flavored eggplant and a plate of mapo tofu, and a large bowl of white rice.

Although Xie Yixiang had an empty stomach, in this situation, where did he have any appetite? At the moment, he just took a few mouthfuls of food indiscriminately, and then continued to interrogate these women in the front hall. You must know that this case is actually a chore, and it is by no means as the world thinks, as long as you rely on your mind and experience, you can analyze the case while sitting in the room, so as to find out the murderer behind the scenes. All the clues and clues involved in each case must be found by the person handling the case in person, and finally analysis and reasoning can be made based on the clues. As for the current murder case in Bifu, fortunately, the time of the crime was already three months ago, and Master Chang and General Song had already completed the investigation of the murder on the spot, and if there were any clues, they would have been discovered early in the morning, so there was no need for Xie Yixiang to investigate in person. Now Xie Yixiang is just going to interrogate these more than 30 women, which is quite easy compared to the cases she has handled in the criminal arrest room in the past.

Seeing that everyone in the front hall was starting to eat, Xie Yixiang also finished interrogating the sixteenth woman, so she stopped to rest for a while. recalled Bi Changxiao's words, saying that in addition to the two sisters Bi Yixiao and Bi Yixiang, there were a total of thirty-six women in the house, but counting the women in the front hall, there were only thirty-five people, and there was clearly one less. Xie Yixiang didn't want to talk to Bi Changxiao, so she asked Chang Daren beside her, and Bi Changxiao hurriedly replied: "In addition to Yixiao, Yixiang and these subordinates, there is indeed a woman in the house, but it is my wife." Could it be that even she has to be interrogated?"

Xie Yixiang was slightly stunned, and then remembered that Bi Changxiao had been married for many years, and there was naturally a lady Bi in charge of this Bi Mansion, so she immediately said coldly: "Since you want to investigate, you naturally want to be fair and just." What does it matter if you meet the sister-in-law of the Bi family?"

Hearing her say this, Bi Changxiao was not easy to object, Nafu housekeeper hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and personally went to invite Bi Changxiao's wife, while Xie Yixiang continued to interrogate these women in the front hall. After a cup of tea, Butler Fu and a richly dressed woman walked into the front hall one after another. I saw that this woman was about thirty years old, and she looked about the same age as Bi Yixiao, but she was dressed as a woman, and she must be Bi Changxiao's wife; although her appearance was not good-looking, she also had distinct facial features, and she looked dignified and magnificent, but there was a trace of resentment between her eyebrows.

reminds me of what Ouyang Cha once said before that Bi Changxiao has been married for many years, but he has never had children under his knees, because Bi Changxiao has some heart disease. From this point of view, most of the resentment revealed by Mrs. Bi stems from the disharmony between husband and wife. I only heard that the butler Fu had introduced to Xie Yixiang: "This is the young master's wife, Mrs. Bi of Bifu." Madame's maiden surname is 'Yu', and she is the eldest daughter of Yu Shilang of the military department. ”

Xie Yixiang hurriedly returned the salute, but Xie Yixiang, the servant of the Ministry of War, knew that although he had some real power in his hands, he was only a civil official of the fourth grade, and he didn't expect that Bi Changxiao's wife was actually the eldest daughter of this Yu waiter. Calculated carefully, Bi Changxiao, as the eldest son of General Bi Wuzong and General Bi, and the "Zheng Guogong" of the imperial court, marrying such a wife as the main room can be said to be the wrong door, plus Bi Changxiao is so keen on fame and fortune, and he wants to take a career in office, it is inevitable that he will have a lot of dissatisfaction with his wife's physical and mental health, which is most likely the root cause of their discord between husband and wife.

At that moment, Mrs. Bi casually said a few words, but she didn't say much, thinking that she was a person who didn't care about things on weekdays. Xie Yixiang asked about the situation on the night of the murder, and Mrs. Bi's answer was the same as what Bi Changxiao said, the husband and wife had gone to bed early that night, and they were only later awakened by the noise in the house, but they couldn't ask any new clues.

After answering Xie Yixiang's words, Mrs. Nabi suddenly said a blessing to Master Chang again, and said respectfully: "Uncle Chang is good." Xie Yixiang was taken aback, Mrs. Bi's move was clearly because she had known this Chang Da for a long time, but she was afraid that she still had a lot of friendship.