Murong Ci endured it, wishing he could kick her out.
"If the princess feels panicked, then go for a walk on the street and don't hinder me."
She smiled brightly like a flower, and then immediately put on a straight face.
Murong Shi reluctantly shut up, because the kitchen has already arrived.
The kitchen is not big, and the firewood room is next door. When Murong Ci walked in, the cabinets were neat and tidy, and the things on the stove were neatly arranged, which seemed to be in order, which meant that the servants in the stove cleaned up the kitchen after dinner on the night of the incident.
Murong Shi turned her head and looked around, "There's nothing in the kitchen."
However, he found that His Highness and Master Shen were looking at a certain place, their eyes fixed. She followed their gazes, and there was a small knife holder beside the gate. She counted them, and there were a total of six grids for knives.
"What's so good about this knife holder? Is it carved or has a mechanism?" She asked puzzled.
"Of the six knives, which one do you think is more like a murder weapon?" Murong Ci said to Shen Zhiyan
Shen Zhiyan's obsidian-like eyes suddenly lit up, and he approached to inspect, then took out a long and narrow knife, "It should be this one, it fits the size of the wound on the deceased."
Murong Shi put forward a different opinion: "But this knife has no blood."
Murong Ci rolled his eyes, "Why did the murderer bring all the knives back to Dali Temple with blood stains on the murder weapon?"
"Your Highness is right, why didn't I think of that?"
Murong Shi chuckled, with a hearty smile.
Shen Zhiyan found a piece of coarse cloth to wrap the six knives and took them away.
After coming out of the kitchen, they went to the backyard and walked around, finding nothing, so they came to the front yard.
A person pushed the door and entered, his appearance was a bit suspicious.
He immediately shouted: "Who are you? You can't break into this place."
"I'm the housekeeper of the Zhou family." Luo Quan walked over quickly and looked at Murong Ci, "My lord, I recognize you."
"He is indeed Luo Quan, the housekeeper of the Zhou family, one of the two survivors of the Miemen massacre." Murong Ci asked Luo Quan kindly, "The government has sealed the Zhou family, what are you doing here?"
Luo Quan's face was full of sadness and sorrow, and his voice was choked, "Master, Mrs. Miss, and Master are all dead. The villain is very sad. I come here every day to have a look. But the gate is sealed, and the villain didn't come in. He just stayed outside. Take a look. The villain just saw the door was open and guessed if it was someone from Xiao Xiao who came in to steal, so he came in to have a look, but he didn't expect it to be you adults."
This gratitude to the master's master-servant relationship is moving.
Murong Shi also felt sad in her heart, she didn't know what to say, she could only comfort her in a clichéd way: "Dead people can't be brought back to life, you just mourn."
Luo Quan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and cried sadly: "The villain just went to the countryside for two days, and I didn't expect this to happen I want to serve the Master and Madam for the rest of my life, but I didn’t expect it.”
"I'm about to cry because of what you said, oh, don't be like this." She pouted her mouth and frowned, and she was about to cry.
"Housekeeper Luo, have you been with the Zhou family since you were very young? Did you sell yourself to the Zhou family?" Murong Ci asked coldly, indifferently.
"Housekeepers are generally older, you are young, you are only 20 years old, you can become a housekeeper, you are quite capable." Shen Zhiyan said.
"When I was ten years old, my village in the countryside was flooded. My parents and relatives either died of floods and waterlogging, or died of starvation after the flood receded. The villain followed people from the nearby villages to beg and came to the imperial capital. Begging on the street. One day, the villain saw the master’s purse being stolen by a beggar, the villain reminded him loudly, and then helped the master snatch the purse back.” Luo Quan choked as he spoke, “The master is grateful for the villain’s help. He took pity on me, so he took the villain back to the mansion, gave the villain food and clothing, let the villain live in the mansion, and work for him."
"You have been working in the Zhou family these years, and your master saw that you are smart, sensible, and nimble, so he let you be the housekeeper, didn't you?" Murong Shi added.
Luo Quan nodded, "Two years ago, the original old housekeeper was getting old. He accidentally fell and suffered leg pain. The master gave the old housekeeper a sum of money to return to the countryside for the elderly, and then let the villain be the housekeeper. The master is kind-hearted, he is the reborn parent of the villain, the villain made up his mind to serve the master's family as a cow and a horse, but he never thought that the adults, you must catch the murderer and avenge the master's family."
Murong Shi was particularly moved, her beautiful eyes sparkled, "Don't worry, Dali Temple will definitely catch the murderer and seek justice for the Zhou family."
Shen Zhiyan's handsome eyes were deep, and he asked, "Before you left Zhou's house to collect rent in the countryside, did you feel anything strange in the mansion?"
Luo Quan thought for a while and said, "Nothing unusual, it's the same as usual."
Shen Zhiyan reminded: "Think carefully, maybe it's the key to solving the case."
Luo Quan thought about it seriously, and hesitated for a long time: "There is one thing, I don't know if it will be useful to solve the murder case."
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nbsp; "Speak quickly." Murong Shi urged.
"One hour before the villain left Zhou's house to collect the rent, Feng Ying came to ask the villain for leave, saying that he had diarrhea several times and was exhausted, and wanted to go back to rest." Luo Quan said.
"What did Feng Ying do in the Zhou family and didn't sell himself to the Zhou family?" Murong Ci asked.
"Feng Ying is a gardener and a part-time worker. He has only been working in Zhou's house for three months, and he has not sold himself." Luo Quan replied, and suddenly remembered something, with a look of surprise on his face, "Is this person Feng Ying suspicious? Probably not. Although he is a bit slippery, he is nimble in his hands and feet, and he is careful and conscientious in his work. He takes care of the Zhou family's garden and flower garden very well, and he is also his duty."
"What's the trick?" Murong Shi asked with great interest.
"This villain is not very good at talking about people behind his back." He wondered.
"It's okay, let's chat casually." Murong Ci sneered in his heart, didn't he already talked a lot before
"Feng Ying doesn't really procrastinate, but she always asks for leave every now and then. Sometimes she says she has a headache, sometimes she says her back is sore, and sometimes she says her old mother is sick and needs someone to take care of her. Anyway, there are various reasons for her leave." Looking at their expressions, they seemed to be watching their words, "Twice, he took advantage of the opportunity to repair the flower garden and sneaked into Missy's yard quietly, and was discovered by Missy's maid."
"Why did he sneak into Miss Zhou's yard for sex?" Murong Shi's eyes widened with curiosity.
"Maybe, it was discovered twice in total. Madam was very angry when she found out about this incident. She wanted to break his legs and drive him out. She would also notify the major families. He knelt down and begged, so that The old mother in the family was seriously ill and needed money to treat her illness and begged his wife for mercy. He swore that he would never have any wrong thoughts. If he committed another crime, he would voluntarily break his legs. His wife took pity on the old mother in his family and forgave him and let him continue Work at Zhou's house."
Murong Shi had a look of "the real culprit is present", "It seems that there is something wrong with Feng Ying."
Luo Quan sadly said: "My lord, no matter who the real culprit is, as long as the real culprit is brought to justice, the master's wife's family and those servants, their souls in heaven will be gratified."
Murong Ci said without changing his face: "We will do our best. By the way, where are you going to collect rent?"
He said truthfully: "The villain was ordered by the master to go to Qingmei Village dozens of miles away from the imperial capital to collect rent. I remember that the villain left the imperial capital on the morning of August 11th and returned to Zhou's house on the morning of the 13th. , you will see"
Having said this, he choked up again, feeling uncontrollably sad.
She looked at Shen Zhiyan and made eye contact. The massacre of the Zhou family happened on August 13th at the fourth or fifth watch.
Well, Luo Quan should not be suspected of committing the crime.
After leaving Zhou's house, Murong Shi finally couldn't take it anymore and fell into a dizziness. Because there was too much blood in Zhou's house, and the smell of blood still lingered in the house. Qin Ruo followed Murong Ci's order and escorted her back to Yuwang Mansion.
When Murongci and Shen Zhiyan returned to Dali Temple, they saw that the yamen servant had just brought Feng Ying to the yamen for questioning.
Feng Ying was detained by two yamen servants. He looked ordinary, but he was very rebellious, and the cunning between his brows was fully revealed.
A yamen servant whispered in Shen Zhiyan's ear: "My lord, Feng Ying has scratches on his left arm."
Murong Ci nodded, "Zhiyan, let's start."
When they came to the lobby, the two sat down separately. Feng Ying was escorted to the center of the lobby by the yamen servants, kicked on the back of the knee, and fell to the ground with a plop.
"My lord, why did you arrest the grassroots? The grassroots did not commit a crime, let alone murder." Feng Ying argued loudly, extremely dissatisfied.
"I'm asking you, how could it be such a coincidence that the Zhou family was wiped out, so you're staying at home on leave?" Shen Zhiyan asked, "It's true."
"Caomin really suffered from diarrhea that day. He went to the hut a few times and had to ask for leave to go home." Feng Ying replied anxiously, "Caomin didn't know why he had diarrhea that morning. He was usually fine."
"Don't you often ask for leave?" Murong Ci asked with a half-smile.
"This..." he sighed heavily, and then broke his boat and said, "Yes, the grass people often ask for leave every now and then, because the Zhou family's garden is not big and there are not many flower gardens, so there is really nothing to do, so the grass people go to other houses to earn another The salary. The grassroots often say that they have headaches and brain fever, and the pain here is so painful, but they really went to the latrine several times that morning."
"Who can prove that you really have diarrhea?" Shen Zhiyan asked again, "You didn't go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. Your old mother's confession is unbelievable, and your neighbor didn't witness you really had diarrhea."
"Oh, my lord Qingtian, the grass man really has diarrhea, how could anyone see it when the grass man went to the hut?" Feng Ying was furious, with an expression of "died by injustice".
"Then why didn't you grab the medicine or drink it? How can you recover?" She slanted her lips.
"Caomin is in good health, and he will recover within two days. Caomin doesn't go to the doctor to get medicine because he wants to save money to buy medicine for his old mother." He had a bitter look on his face, "My old mother is suffering from a heart disease. The medicines they take every day are terribly expensive, and the grassroots have no choice but to make more."