Ye Lang has seen a dead person for the first time when he grew up so old.

It was still a young girl who was still lively and talking to him all afternoon.

In addition to feeling unbelievable, he still felt a little sad in his heart.

Xiao Hongyu happened to come over, but she seemed more calm than Ye Lang. Perhaps because she was born in the Beihou Mansion of Beijiang Town, she glanced at the dead Yue'er with bright eyes.

"Is Yue'er's death related to you?"

"It's not me!" Ye Lang was so unfair that he rubbed his face and got up, "She was fine when I sent her back in the afternoon!"

"When did you send her back?" Ye Zheng walked towards Ye Lang.

Ye Lang opened his eyes aggrievedly: "Fourth cousin, do you doubt me too?"

"It's not that you doubt you, but that you want to determine the approximate time for Yue'er to get into trouble first." Ye Zheng saw Ye Lang's body trembling slightly, and knew that the fat man must be frightened. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said gently, "I know this matter has nothing to do with you, I just want to ask, don't take it to heart."

Ye Lang finally got comfort and recalled in a low voice: "It was probably around Youth hour, I can't remember it very clearly."

"Okay." Ye Zheng returned to Jiang Xi and Chu Ji again and whispered the time Ye Lang told him.

"That time of Yue'er's death is between You and Zi." Jiang Xi pondered.

When they heard the news of Yue'er's death, it happened to be in midnight.

So, Yue'er was killed during this period of time.

But this time period is also a time period for prostitutes to scatter flowers and parades, and the entire Pingkangfang is in chaos. As a popular place this time, Xianling's reputation has attracted tides of guests. They come and go, and there are hundreds of people coming and going, so the investigation is too difficult.

"No, it's unlikely to be a guest." Jiang Xi thought, "If it were a guest from Xianlingyuan, how could she attack an ordinary little maid? Unless it was for sex, but you see, Yue'er's clothes were neat and there was no trace of messiness, which means that she had not been harmed during her lifetime, and her killing was another reason."

Ye Zheng also listened to Jiang Xi's words, cleared the fog and saw a little hope of solving the case: "What do you mean is that the one who killed her is most likely the person in the Xianling Courtyard?"

"Well, there are only two types of motives for murder, one is love, hate, and the other is fighting for interests. The expression on Yue'er's face when she died was not about dying with her eyes open, but about surprise. This shows that she also knew the person who killed her, and she was still an unexpected person."

Jiang Xizhi's words undoubtedly opened up new clues.

Unexpected person? Who would it be?

My friend who is her maid or... the master Xian Ling'er she serves?

Just then, the coroner who received the news came, and the county magistrates and officers and soldiers of Wannian County came together.

Pingkangfang is within the scope of Wannian County in Chang'an. The county magistrate of Wannian County is a fifth-rank official and has a great official position. He did not have to work at this time to come in person. However, the King of Wei, who was trained in the Ministry of Justice, who discovered the murder case, should not be underestimated at this time, so the county magistrate came overnight to check the situation.

As soon as the county emperor arrived, a vast army of officers and soldiers rushed in, and the entire Xianlingyuan also realized that there was a murder in the backyard.

The hope of the brothel was dashed.

Ye Zheng did not go to see the madam's desolate look, and ordered someone to temporarily block the Xianlingyuan and not allow people to enter and exit. Although Jiang Xi said that the possibility of the murderer being a guest was extremely small, she also said that the real murderer might be hidden among ordinary guests. In order not to have any accidents, Ye Zheng issued this order.

The guests complained one after another, and they were gone for nothing, but they didn't dare to complain too much. After all, the King of Wei was the one who gave the order, so the scene was better controlled.

Ye Zheng asked the county magistrate to arrange for people to keep all the doors of Xianlingyuan, and then ordered the coroner to start the autopsy.

In public, the coroner could only roughly examine the body, and the conclusions drawn were consistent with Jiang Xi.

"The deceased was strangled to death and threw the body into the well. The wounds on his body were all caused by falling into the well. The wounds on his neck were the only injuries in his lifetime and were fatal injuries. Also, the person who killed her should have used handkerchiefs to avoid any traces, but he still left a little fingerprint. Judging from the fingerprints, the one who killed her should be a woman or a man with very small hands. But the man's palms are relatively large, and the hand is not often small to this extent, so the possibility of killing the dead is greater."

Woman? Then the scope is narrowed.

Ye Zheng was the same as Jiang Xi thought. The first thing he thought of was the amazing top card dancing in the Xianling Courtyard just now, and the master serving Yue'er, Xianling'er.

"Call out all the fairy bells and all the women whom Yue'er knew." Ye Zheng said.

The madam was so sad that she was so sad that she heard Ye Zheng mention Xianling'er's name. She became excited again when she heard Ye Zheng mention Xianling'er's name. This time she was so scared that she burst into tears and kept defending that Xianling'er was not taking action.

The pimp mother cried and robbed the earth, which was very annoying, but Ye Zheng couldn't avoid it and could only bear it.

Until Jiang Xi smiled and said, "In addition to Xianling'er, the King of Wei also called other women. You suddenly doubted Xianling'er. Could it be that she had similar means before that made you suspicious?"

"No! No!" The brothel tried his best to defend himself, but Jiang Xi still captured the flaw in her expression.

Ye Zheng took the opportunity to call Xianlinger and five other maids to question, and then he learned from them that Xianlinger, the top lady, occasionally had a bad temper and would beat the maids around him to vent their anger.

Therefore, the brothel was worried that Yue'er was beaten to death by Xianlinger when she got angry and beaten. If the matter spread, it would inevitably ruin Xianlinger's reputation.

Ye Lang, who stayed, could hear the anger: "Is Xianling's reputation more important than the life of his death?"

"I'm afraid yes." Xiao Hongyu stood beside him with his arms in his arms. "For that brothel, Xian Ling'er's reputation is worth a thousand gold, and Yue'er's life is worthless."

This is a bit cruel, but it is also true.

Ye Lang felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.

Over there, Xianlinger arrived late.

She changed her clothes when she danced with a sword dance and wore a moon-white long dress, which looked bright and radiant. It was hard to imagine that such a delicate woman would beat the maid when she got angry.

Before Xianling'er came, she didn't know what happened. She only heard that a person had died in Xianling's courtyard, but she didn't know who the deceased was.

This is what Jiang Xi suggested to Ye Zheng, who did it on purpose, just to see what Xian Ling'er's first reaction was after seeing Yue'er's body.

Xianling'er was directly led to Yue'er's corpse. When she saw the hideous corpse, Xianling'er was so scared that she screamed, and her steps were retreating one after another and almost fell down.

Jiang Xi's eyes were on Xianling'er, and he had made a judgment silently-

I was really scared, not pretending.

"Do you know the dead?" Ye Zheng stepped forward.

Xianling'er nodded gently: "I know, she is the maid who serves me, Yue'er."

"What do you know about her death?"

Xianling'er picked up the silk squid and raised her hand to dip the corners of her eyes. It turned out that her eyes were actually wet, and the pear blossoms looked so pitiful.

"I scolded Yue'er a few words at night." Xian Ling'er spoke without any hesitation to mention the conflict between her and Yue'er. "It was originally Yue'er who was responsible for taking care of my dress for traveling to the evening. Who knew that she was late and was not concerned about doing things. She pulled off a pearl on the dress. I was a little angry, so she scolded her and sent her out."

"Send it out?"

"Yes, I attach too much importance to the comparison of the courtesan tonight. I can't tolerate Yue'er's inattention, so I told her not to appear in front of me for the time being... But I didn't expect that it would be the last time I saw Yue'er."

"So, you have nothing to do with Yue'er's death?"

Xianling'er seemed to be scared, and her delicate body trembled slightly: "Do you suspect that I will kill Yue'er?"

Ye Zheng ignored her for the time being, but started interrogating her from Xianling's other maids.

"King of Wei, there is still a discovery!" The county magistrate trotted over with a handkerchief wrapped in a handkerchief. "I asked someone to search in the backyard, and happened to find this bead flower in the grass near the dry well!"

Ye Zheng took it and looked carefully.

However, one of the five maids who were being interrogated in front of him was so scared that his legs fell to the ground.

This maid Jiang Xi still had some impression. When the maid came in to see Ye Zheng, the other four were trying their best to please Ye Zheng, but the maid was worried and said nothing.

Looking at her head, there was a bead of flowers missing on her hair bun.

It goes without saying who the owner of the bead flower in Ye Zheng’s hand is.

"Is this bead flower yours?"

The maid cried bitterly: "...I didn't mean to kill her!"

This is an admission!

"You killed Yue'er? I remember your name is Cha'er?"

"Yes, I'm Cha'er." The maid remorseful, "I really didn't mean to kill Yue'er, I also failed for a moment..."

Her arguments were meaningless, so Ye Zheng directly called the maid and Xianlinger to find out the situation of the maid. According to what the two said, the maid named Cha'er came to Xianlinger half a year later than Yue'er. Yue'er relied on her arrival early and often bullied her.

Cha'er also admitted in person that the two had a conflict tonight, and Yue'er even slapped her. Cha'er, who had been bullied by Yue'er for a long time, couldn't help it, and in anger he grabbed Yue'er by the neck. Who knew that he had strangled Yue'er to death. Cha'er was frightened and secretly threw Yue'er into the abandoned dry well in the backyard.

The remaining slap marks on Cha'er's face and the beads left near the dry well seemed to confirm that the fact that Cha'er admitted was true.

"I didn't expect you to be so terrible. It was just a verbal argument and actually killed someone." Xian Ling'er's eyes turned red, and her eyes were particularly beautiful because they were wet with tears.

Cha'er threw herself in front of Xianling'er's heels and kept saying that she didn't mean it.

This master and servant still look a bit friendly.

Ye Zheng looked at this scene, but he always felt something was wrong.

Until Jiang Xi spoke.

"If you are really angry and killing someone, why are you so meticulous that you use a mat on the mat in advance to avoid any traces?"

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