Ilea's interrogation soon made significant progress.
Anyone who can prove that they have not been to that room during that time will be asked to stand on the left side of the girl, and their witnesses will be checked and questioned repeatedly by a dedicated person. The testimonies of both sides will be compared and correct.
Others can leave the hall if they report it.
The ones left on the right are those who cannot prove themselves for the time being.
There were mainly two maids, a nun, and a tax collector. One of the maids clearly admitted that she had entered that room and gave Ilea a plate of freshly picked raspberries.
The nun also said that she had something to do and wanted to see Ilea, but after knocking on the door and seeing no answer, she left again without entering the house.
As for the other maid, she insisted that she had never been near that house, but she could not tell where she was during that time, and no one had seen her during that time.
Of course, the tax officer is more suspicious. It's not time to collect taxes yet, so he shouldn't be in the castle today.
The tax officer's face was very ugly, especially when he saw Alfred's eyes darkening, and the guards around him looked eager to take him down at any time.
He opened his mouth and said with difficulty, "Miss Ilea, can you say a few words in private?"
"When things come to a close, do you still want to fight to the death?" Jude raised his eyebrows and said.
"No, no, it's mainly because there are some things that I don't want to say in front of so many people." The tax officer was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly.
"What is it that is not convenient to tell you face to face?" The girl said with a frosty face, "What benefits did my stepmother promise to give you to make you betray me?"
"By the gods, I can swear that I have never done anything to betray you." The tax collector begged, "Just give me a chance. If you are really worried, you can ask Alfred Knight to do it."
If he stays, he can beat five of me with his skills. Even if I really have any evil intentions, I can't do anything with him here."
"I don't believe you at all."
"I...I can testify that Freddy and I are together!" A voice sounded.
Everyone was surprised to find that the person speaking was actually the maid who could not provide evidence to prove where she was during that time.
Jude looked at the gloomy tax collector, and then at the shy maid, and instantly understood something, with a look of sudden realization, "Is it possible that you two..."
"Yes." The maid readily admitted, "We were in the wine cellar when the incident happened."
"You said no one saw you, how can you prove it?"
"We were anxious when we came out because we heard the footsteps of the guards above. I left my silver bracelet there. By the way, that bracelet was given to me by Freddie." The maid answered all questions.
The tax officer named Freddy had no eyesight and collapsed directly to the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over... My wife will find out about this, and her father is still here."
There are brothers who will definitely not let me go."
Jude expressed sympathy for this, while Ilea called a guard to go around the cellar, and sure enough, she picked up the silver bracelet behind a wine barrel.
In addition, the soldier also found some... traces of fierce fighting on the ground, which completely cleared the two men of suspicion.
It's just that looking at the tax officer's expression of despair, it seems he would rather be caught as a traitor and thrown into a dungeon than live in such innocence.
Ilea turned her attention to the remaining maid and the nanny.
Especially that nanny, she had been very close to Vanessa in the castle before. The girl has been working on cleaning up the unstable factors in the castle recently.
However, we cannot drive everyone away at once, otherwise we will face the embarrassing situation of having no one available. We can only come in batches, starting with the most suspect ones.
Moreover, most of these people are old people in the castle. They have served the Arias family for more than ten years, or even hundreds of years. They cannot just pack up their bed and leave.
I still need to think of a suitable excuse to give him a large amount of pension money, so that I won't be stabbed in the back and said behind my back that the Arias family and the new lord are ruthless.
So don't blame Ilea for giving up on herself some time ago and being addicted to playing with electronic pet eggs. If Li Yu hadn't sent her money, she wouldn't even be able to play with others. It would be really boring to be a lord.
Ilea was planning to take advantage of this incident to send away a group of old people who were close to Vanessa. Unexpectedly, the maid delivering raspberries spoke first.
She probably also wanted to clear herself of suspicion, so she provided a very valuable clue.
According to her, when she left the house, she noticed Ilea's aunt, Alisa, walking towards her, looking hesitant and struggling.
Ilea's body trembled when she heard these words, and she looked up at the noble lady sitting beside her.
The latter seemed to have expected such an incident, and his lips twitched, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.
"I did go into that room when you went out, and if I say that I was so distracted at the time that I didn't notice whether there was a note on the ground, would you believe it?"
"Aunt..." The girl's chest was heaving violently, and she almost exhausted all her strength, but she could only squeeze out these two words through her teeth, and she could no longer say any more.
In fact, Ilea had already prepared for the worst before calling people over.
That is, someone in the family still maintains close contact with Vanessa. The girl has not forgotten the fact that her brother-in-law Torres, who was far away in the royal capital, suddenly changed his mind at the last moment and switched to Blanca.
She wouldn't be too surprised if someone betrayed her now.
But she still couldn't accept that the person would be her aunt Alisa, who had the best relationship with her and had been helping her speak.
Even though Alisa has always been the most suspicious about Torres, Ilea has been consciously alienating Alisa after returning to Green Field.
But deep down in her heart, the girl still wanted to trust her aunt.
Even though she had heard her father lament when she was young, after becoming a lord, she would find that there would be fewer and fewer trustworthy people around her, and she would become more and more lonely.
Ilea has also felt this deeply these days, but in her heart, there is a list.
That is the person she feels she can trust and rely on at all times. The first person in the list is of course the old knight Alfred, followed by Li Yu, and then the third person... The girl wants to name her aunt
Fill it in.
But now that name has been obliterated by her own hands.
Ilea felt a burst of heartache, the pain of betrayal, which was unforgettable.
With her uncle Antonio in front of her and her aunt Alisa in the back, not to mention a stepmother who only wanted to kill her, the girl was completely disappointed with her family.
She raised her face, took deep breaths several times before opening her eyes again, and then said, "Come here, take my aunt back to her room. She is not allowed to leave the door without my order, and no one is allowed to talk to her.
She contacts..."
The guards hesitated for a moment and walked towards the lady beside them.
The latter's face was pale, but he still stood up from his seat. Instead of defending himself, he saluted Ilea again.
Then he turned around, bowed his head and walked out of the hall surrounded by two guards.
Li Yu noticed that Purple Bird Flower and Golden Snake exchanged glances in an extremely hidden way, and a hint of unnoticeable joy flashed in their eyes.
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