When Dongqing heard this, she furrowed her brows and looked slightly panicked, which was just the right amount of innocence.
"My lord, you are aware of this. How could this slave do all this? I haven't even understood what you just said."
The speaker was sincere and sincere, with a touch of pity and weakness from a lower-ranking person, which gave a good picture of power overpowering others.
Yu Qiansi is cold-hearted and will not be disturbed, so she lists out the clues discovered yesterday one by one.
"Not to mention the cotton thread and lamp oil everywhere in the fire scene. I also found black linear traces on the pile of stones that were pressed on the body.
The person who did all this first piled all kinds of stones in the house high near the window, and then dragged the body to the window.
Then, one end of the cotton thread soaked in kerosene was tied to the candle of the stone lampstand, and the other end was connected to a very unstable stone to fix it. As long as the candle burning time is calculated, the cotton thread will not be supported by the softened candle.
, they will relax. At that time, the stones will collapse and hit the body, creating the illusion that Yu Ren was accidentally killed."
Dongqing's face was pale, but she didn't give up. She asked sadly: "But Hua Liao and I both saw the silhouette of old housekeeper Yu crouching in front of the table. If it is true as your Excellency just said, what is the shadow we saw?"
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There is reason and evidence, but this statement plays into Yu Qiansi's ambitions.
"You are very smart. Everything you used that night was flammable. If everything went as you thought, I'm afraid it would have been burned without leaving a trace."
When Yu Qiansi said this, his words were like the cold wind in winter, and his voice suddenly became serious.
"But anything in this world, as long as it is done, will leave traces. Just like the burnt cotton thread will leave black marks on the stone. That night, you used a piece of coal with a human silhouette and leaned it against the window.
Then put a candle in the gap between the stones. Naturally, a person will be cast on the window, as if he is working at his desk."
Yu Qiansi raised the small black object, and everyone's eyes focused on it.
Boyi took a look and saw that it was the black thing Yu Qiansi found in the house yesterday.
When the time comes, the stone will overturn and the candle will ignite the kerosene on the ground. By then, flammable substances such as coal essence will naturally disappear in the fire.
"It's a pity that the material of this piece of coal is really good. Because you called out that there was someone at the window, the fire fighters were naturally the first to pour water on the window. Therefore, it was not completely burned as you expected."
Yu Qiansi continued: "Dongqing, you are not a family member, are you?"
Although it is a guess, there is no room for doubt.
Dongqing only said a word with a cold face, and lowered her head in silence.
Yesterday, Yu Qiansi noticed something strange when she saw them leaving. It was only when Xiao Zhang brought someone to show off her wealth that she suddenly realized what the difference was.
A wealthy family pays great attention to appearance. With Dongqing's stature being so tall, if the family gave birth to a child, she would not wait around the owner's family. After all, it would be unsightly to be a head taller than others. The whole house is unified.
When purchasing maids, Yapo will not send such maids who are too tall into the house.
The only possibility is that he was personally chosen by the master. But if that were the case, why would he not serve me personally and only sweep the grounds in the courtyard? He was selected to serve in the garden three years ago to serve the flowers and plants.
There must be a story in this.
Seeing this, Suifeng stepped forward and replied: "I went to Beijing last night to check, and found that in the official deed archives, Dongqing's parents were both from Zichuan, Henan Province."
Zichuan is a place where coal is grown and the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. The people there are indeed taller than others.
"Dongqing's parents were laborers in the mines. They were buried alive in the ground due to an earthquake. They were rescued by the late Madam Hou and then joined the Hou's mansion to serve them."
Coal essence is just a very hard and clear coal material. Although it is not very common, it is not precious. However, in places like Henan Road and Hebei Road, people do not have much gold and silver, so they regard it as valuable.
Objects, occasionally have collectors.
"As I mentioned before, the person who set up this trap must let people see Yu Ren die with their own eyes for it to be effective. But even if the madam assigned a maid to do it, the time is uncontrollable. Therefore, the person who set up the trap can only go there in person.
Only in this way can we control the time when the fire is discovered.
Fortunately, there is an ice cellar in the Hidden Garden, and the flowers in it must be returned to the antechamber before the funeral. You have calculated this time, and just wait for the lady to order someone to pick it up. No matter who this person is, even if she does not take the initiative to invite you,
You can also ask for an escort in the name of worrying about the deeper consequences."
After all, someone had just died in the garden, so the little girl would naturally be panicked walking alone at night and would not refuse to be accompanied.
Every word Yu Qiansi said made sense, and everyone kept nodding.
Only as a discoverer yourself can you control the time spent on the road, whether it is fast or slow, and you can always arrive at the right time. However, it is too risky to go alone, and witnessing it with others is foolproof.
At this time, looking at the maid named Dongqing, she was still looking pitiful, but everyone was no longer disgusted with Yu Qiansi's aggressiveness.
"Indeed, everything was as you expected. Everyone thought it was an accident." Yu Qiansi continued: "Until the princess made a big fuss about the funeral and Guangzhi had no choice but to respond to the investigation, you knew that once the autopsy was done,
Then you will find that the time of death is wrong. You can only find another way."
"Fortunately, the princess casually mentioned it and let you know that there are still people in the hidden garden in Haishi, so she thought of a clever plan to blame all this on Boyi, who appeared in Haishi."
Lin Shen couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw that Yu Qiansi had finally reached the point.
"Then how did she do it? Yesterday Sui Feng almost failed. A weak woman like her can't even imagine it."
Yu Qiansi pointed to the water basin in the center of the pond and said slowly.
"As a witness to the fire, you will naturally return to the scene to put out the fire. As I said at the beginning, you may have used pond water like others. Then under the firelight, you found that the changes on the copper drain became inaccurate.
Yes, it’s not that difficult.”
In other words, she had calculated the time to be a witness, but when the fire started, she subconsciously looked at the time and realized that it was even more inaccurate, and then she realized the problem.
"And the prerequisite for doing all this is that you must know that Yu Ren's real death time was around Haishi."
That's why I thought of blaming Boyi.
"Because you are tired from fighting the fire, you have not been arranged to go to the funeral. You can use this time to rearrange the scene. Although there are two people outside guarding the hidden garden and worrying about another fire, they must be exhausted and are looking for something to calm their nerves.
It’s not difficult to use some medicinal powder to make them fall asleep for a while.”
Having said this, Yu Qian looked at Dongqing wantonly and pointedly.
Dongqing has now lost her panic expression and just stared at Yu Qiansi calmly without saying a word.
But Lin Shen was still confused.
"Even if something went wrong and we returned to Haishi, the water in this pond remains the same. It's only one spoonful day and night. Where did she find so much water to raise the water level?"
Lin Shen looked at Dongqing. She was taller than ordinary people, but if the water in the pool was not deep, she would not be able to reach it even if she found a small boat to paddle across. The water level would have to rise, and with her height, she would be able to reach the huge height.
Key it.
"But moving the boat makes a lot of noise. I haven't found any boats in the Hou Mansion in the past two days."
"Guangzhi, you are wrong."
Yu Qiansi sighed softly: "Do you think she went by boat? In fact, the matter is not that complicated."
Yu Qiansi raised his hand and ordered Wuya Guard to start scooping water out of the pond. Lin Shen was anxious, so he also ordered the bad guys to help.
For a moment, the sound of water rushed, but it made the garden even more quiet.
She did not raise her voice, but her cold voice easily overwhelmed the noisy sound of water, and each word was clearly heard by everyone.
"Actually, Holly is almost seven feet tall. When I first met you, I wondered why you had to ask for so much water."
Everyone saw Yu Qiansi talking about the key point and waited with bated breath.
Double update today.
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