Volume 4: The Case of Dust in the Mirror Chapter 115: Shu Ning Palace
"Oh, that's right." Duan Ming nodded. It seems that the rules of this world are indeed somewhat different from those of the original world.
But this is understandable, after all, they are two worlds.
But what Duan Ming was even more confused about was, wasn't the emperor afraid that these "handsome" servants would cuckold him?
Shaking his head to get rid of the thoughts in his mind, Duan Ming, Li Waner, and Yu Chen walked into Shuning Palace.
Soon, all the servants of Shuning Palace were summoned by Deacon Liu and gathered in Shuning Palace, which is the largest hall in Shuning Palace.
"Are these just these people?" Duan Ming looked at the more than 20 people in front of him and frowned slightly: "Did someone leave?"
"No." Yu Chen replied: "Concubine Shu likes to be clean very much, and she doesn't like to be waited on, so there are only these people there all the time. And these people only clean the house on weekdays, and only when your majesty comes here.
, will come forward to serve you."
"That's it." Duan Ming nodded.
"Commander Yu, everyone has already called," Deacon Liu said to Yu Chen.
"Very good, your work efficiency is very fast." Duan Ming didn't care about Deacon Liu's neglect, but slowly walked among the people, his eyes constantly scanning everyone's bodies.
When everyone felt Duan Ming's gaze, their bodies couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It seems that Duan Ming's eyes have the ability to penetrate people's hearts.
"You." Suddenly, Duan Ming stopped in front of a maid: "What's your name?"
"Chun, Chun Tao." The maid said hurriedly.
"Tell me, what were you doing the day Concubine Shu disappeared?" Duan Ming said in a deep voice.
"I, I'm sleeping." Chuntao said.
"Is it just sleeping?" Duan Ming said with a smile: "Really, is it just sleeping?"
"I, I..." Chuntao's body trembled violently, and her eyes couldn't help but look at the other servant.
"Alas." Duan Ming sighed softly and said in a deep voice: "Yu Chen, let the people from the Imperial City Department come over and drag this Chuntao out for interrogation. If he still refuses to tell the truth, it doesn't matter if he is beaten to death."
"My lord, my lord!" Upon hearing this, Chuntao hurriedly knelt on the ground, her face full of tears, and kept kowtowing to Duan Ming: "Please, no."
"Sir!" The servant whom Chuntao was looking at before also stood up and knelt on the ground: "It was me. Chuntao was with me that night."
"Name." Duan Ming said in a deep voice without any surprise on his face.
"My, my name is Baiye," the servant said.
"Very good, then tell me what happened that night." Duan Ming came to the seat in the hall and sat down, his tone was extremely calm: "Don't hide anything, otherwise you two can go together."
"Yes, yes!" Chuntao and Baiye said hurriedly.
Afterwards, Chuntao and Baiye hurriedly told everything about that night.
"Are you saying that you have been in the backyard of Shuning Palace since Xu Shi?" Duan Ming nodded.
"Yes. We have always been there." Baiye said hurriedly.
"Didn't you hear any strange noises?" Duan Ming asked again.
"No, it was very quiet that night." Chuntao replied: "We, we were afraid of being discovered, so we paid extra attention."
"Very good." Duan Ming nodded, and then looked at Deacon Liu aside: "Find me a room and let you people come in one by one. Yu Chen, you watch outside and don't allow them to whisper to each other."
"Okay." Yu Chen nodded.
Deacon Liu soon found a room for Duan Ming. As soon as he entered the room, Li Waner hurriedly asked: "Mr. Duan, how do you know that Chuntao is related to Baiye?"
"It's very simple. When I was observing, I found that Chuntao's eyes had been glancing in the direction of Baiye intentionally or unintentionally. At the same time, Chuntao's hand was wearing a bracelet that no other maid had. And Baiye had a faint aura on his body.
Fragrant." Duan Ming said.
"I guess there should be a sachet on Baiye's body, but except for some young men, men rarely wear sachets and the like on their bodies." Duan Ming said, "In this case, the sachet on Baiye's body should be a lover.
Gifted."
"Based on Chuntao's gaze, I can roughly guess that Chuntao is related to Baiye. When I asked Chuntao, Baiye looked even more nervous, which confirmed my guess."
"But it's strange. Since they are in love, why don't they declare their departure?" Li Waner said doubtfully.
"After all, it is easier to earn money in the palace than outside." Duan Ming said with a smile: "And this Shuning Palace is very leisurely, and it is not very tiring on weekdays, so naturally I don't want to leave."
"Okay." Li Waner nodded: "Is what you told Yu Chen before true? Is it true that Your Majesty will not kill Brother Xing?"
"I don't know." Duan Ming shook his head: "But the possibility is very high."
"That's great." Li Waner exhaled a long breath.
After Duan Ming and Li Waner found a place to sit down, Duan Ming called out, and then Commander Liu let people come in one after another.
Duan Ming asked these people in detail whether anything special happened on the day Shu Fei disappeared, or whether they heard or saw anything abnormal.
But just as I told Song Rengui and Xing Qianqiu before, in the eyes of these people, there was nothing unusual about that day.
"What should I do?" After everyone left, Li Waner frowned and looked at Duan Ming: "There is still no clue."
"No, the absence of any abnormality is the biggest abnormality." Duan Ming said solemnly: "You think, although the blood sedan case did not spread to the outside world at that time, for Concubine Shu, as the person involved, she must have known about it."
"But, since you know this, why doesn't Concubine Shu feel any nervous emotions?"
"Because Concubine Shu believes that the palace is safe?" Li Waner thought for a moment and said.
"Is it safe? The blood sedan can enter the Imperial Garden silently, so is it really safe?" Duan Ming shook his head: "There must be something wrong inside."
"How is it? Have you gained anything?" At this time, Yu Chen walked in: "The servants have all come in, and I have seen it, but they have not had any communication."
"Well, are there any secret passages, back doors, wells, etc. in this palace?" Duan Ming asked.
"I haven't heard of the secret passage or the back door." Yu Chen shook his head: "But there is indeed a well."
"Let's go, take me to have a look." Duan Ming nodded, then called Deacon Liu, and together we went to the backyard of Shuning Palace.
Just like Concubine Shu's character, the backyard of Shuning Palace is very simple, with only a few osmanthus trees covered with snow.
And between these laurel trees, there is a well, lonely in the middle of the courtyard...
