"This is the greatest possibility." Zhen Shicheng didn't say anything to death, and the focus of the investigation was on these people.
Large families have rules, and servants in the front yard cannot come to the back yard unless there are very special circumstances. And the courtyard where the mistress lived was crowded and wanted to hide in it after sunset. This person must be someone who would not find it strange to be seen in the main courtyard.
In this case, the scope can actually be narrowed down, and the people in the main courtyard are even more suspicious.
"My lord, why don't you ask the steward of Bo's House to take out the backyard roster to check with people, and check who is not in the house now, and all the people who are left are gathered in the courtyard, waiting for the adults to inquire at any time."
Zhen Shicheng smiled slightly: "That's what I mean."
There are a lot of people in the entire back house of Yongchang Uncle Mansion, and it takes a lot of time to check and count. These are naturally handed over to several stewards of Uncle Mansion. Zhen Shicheng took a copy of the roster and read it from top to bottom.
The roster clearly states the names of the people in the various courtyards in the back house, what errands these people do, how much monthly silver they get, and some even record the director.
From such a roster, we can see how well-mannered the housewife is.
Zhen Shicheng read the roster twice, and his eyes fell on the top two names.
That is Yongchangbo's two connecting rooms.
The population of Uncle Yongchang's mansion is simple. Except for Uncle Yongchang and his wife and a son and a daughter, these two couples are the only ones who can be called half masters.
Glancing at Xie Yinlou brothers and sisters, Zhen Shicheng pointed to the door: "Uncle, let's go ahead and say a few words."
Yongchangbo silently followed Zhen Shicheng into the house. Looking at the familiar furnishings, he felt his heart block and sighed: "Master Zhen, just ask."
"Uncle's two aunts don't know if they have children?"
The roster did not include the master of the mansion, so Zhen Shicheng decided to ask clearly.
Uncle Yongchang smiled bitterly: "No."
Zhen Shicheng continued to ask, "Can you tell me the reason?"
"The reason?" Yong Changbo was startled when asked.
"The two concubines have been with the uncle for many years, right? It seems strange not to have one and a half daughters."
"I understand what Master Zhen means." Yong Changbo subconsciously frowned, with a hint of annoyance and embarrassment.
This anger was not at Zhen Shicheng, but because Zhen Shicheng's problem made him suspicious of the two rooms.
"One of the two of them received the house when they had their first child, and the other received the house when they gave birth to their daughter. I didn't want to give birth to concubines and concubine daughters to make the uncle's house become smoky, so I always let them take Bizi soup."
Zhen Shicheng thought about it and asked, "Then the two concubines have never been pregnant by accident?"
Yongchangbo was silent for a while, and said, "Chaoyun was pregnant three years ago, and I didn't agree to stay."
At that time, he also hesitated. After all, the two sons and daughters are grown up, and one more concubine or concubine will not affect it, it's just—
Zhen Shicheng is so keen, he immediately saw something different from Uncle Yongchang's expression, and asked, "After all, it's Uncle's blood. Since the accident happened, why didn't Uncle stay?"
Yong Changbo hesitated.
Zhen Shicheng persuaded: "If Uncle has anything to say, you must say it. The murderer has not yet been revealed. If you hide it again, you will help the murderer unintentionally."
"My wife was sick at the time."
As soon as Yongchang Bo said, Zhen Shicheng suddenly showed a clear color.
Yong Changbo and his wife are in love. After Tong Fang was pregnant, his wife became ill. Of course, Tong Fang would not let Tong Fang keep the child.
"My wife is really sick, and it's not because I was angry that Chaoyun was pregnant and did it to me on purpose." Yong Changbo hurriedly explained.
He didn't want to say it, he just didn't want people to misunderstand that his wife was an unacceptable woman.
Zhen Shicheng looked at Uncle Yongchang and sighed: "Uncle knows Mrs. Uncle and knows that Mrs. was really sick at that time, so what about auntie?"
Yongchangbo was stunned for a while, his face ugly: "Lord Zhen, you mean that Chaoyun is likely to hold a grudge against his wife because of the abortion, and thinks that his wife pretended to be ill to make her lose the child?"
"Young Master Ling and Ling Ai are both grown up. Since Uncle was the two concubines who received them successively when they were born, I think the two concubines were not young three years ago, right?"
"Well, they were all in their early thirties then."
Zhen Shicheng smiled: "Uncle, don't underestimate the pain of a woman who has been childless for many years suddenly became pregnant and was forcibly aborted, and this pain is enough to make people hate it."
"Did Chaoyun hurt his wife?" Yong Changbo's face was ashen.
At that time, he ordered Chaoyun to have an abortion. Although he felt a little guilty, he knew very well in his heart, how could he get pregnant after drinking a good Bizi soup? I don't want to know what's tricky in this.
After all, Chaoyun had been with him for many years. No matter what means he used to get pregnant, since the child was gone, he didn't want to pursue it any more. Instead, he rewarded her with a lot of things out of pity.
Could it be that she didn't stay because her wife couldn't tolerate the child, so she held grudges against her and finally waited for the opportunity to kill her
The more Yongchangbo thought about it, the more ugly his face became.
"Uncle, don't get too excited, this only shows that Chaoyun has a motive to kill his wife, but it doesn't mean that she is the murderer. Everything still needs evidence. What this officer has to do is to find out the suspects, and then rule out or find them. evidence that they were murderers."
Yong Changbo was still unable to calm down and punched the table.
"After Chaoyun lost the child, did the uncle notice anything unusual when he got along with her again?"
Uncle Yong Chang shook his head: "It's not a good feeling to stifle my own blood and blood. Since then, I have hardly stepped into the courtyard of the two rooms, so it's hard to know what happened to her."
Zhen Shicheng got up and said, "Well, call the two concubines and ask them first. Uncle, you have to calm down."
Yong Changbo reluctantly nodded.
The two went out, and Yong Changbo immediately ordered people to invite the two rooms.
Soon two middle-aged women came one after the other. The woman walking in front was slightly plump. Although she looked nervous, the curvature of the corners of her brows and eyes made her look gentle.
The woman in the back was thin, her eyelids were slightly drooping, her complexion was unhealthy pale, and her hair was a little gray.
Zhen Shicheng couldn't help thinking of the two hairs he found in the closet.
"Chunmei is in the front, Chaoyun is in the back." Yong Changbo said in a calm tone as much as possible.
At this time, he looked at the two passing rooms with cold eyes, and he was a little unfamiliar. After thinking about it carefully, it was true that he had not been to them for a long time.
When the people in the courtyard saw Uncle's two old passers-by being called over, although they dared not speak, they exchanged eye contact with each other.
God, is it the uncle's pass-through that killed the lady
Jiang Si's attention was originally focused on the crowds in the yard one after another. Seeing that Zhen Shicheng summoned the two passers-by, he quietly walked over.
She thought of a key point, which can almost determine who the murderer is, so let her first see if the two couples are innocent.