"Master wants our second master to inherit the family business, the eldest master has always been dissatisfied with this!"
"Aunt Zhang is the uncle's biological mother. What can't she do for the uncle?"
"Our uncle is going to find a serious job recently, and now is the time to rely on the help of the master, how could he possibly kill the master?! It's the third master, because when the plague broke out, the master forced Concubine Liu [Ge Xiaoyi's biological mother] to go. Aunt Chen [Ge Xiaoxian's biological mother] who was serving the epidemic, but Aunt Chen didn't save it, and Aunt Liu died because of this..."
"Butler Xu has always wanted his son to take his place, but the master doesn't look down on the two sons of the Xu family at all. Butler Xu complains a lot in private..."
The east cross-yard flower hall of Ge Fu.
Sun Shaozong sat opposite Jia Yucun, looking at the newly released interrogation record in his hand, but his expression was a little dignified.
According to repeated verification statistics, when the door was broken and the body was found, there were a total of 16 people at the scene, namely Mrs. Zhang, the concubine of Ge Shilang, the old housekeeper Xu Ren, seven servants, three maids, one mother-in-law—and Ge Shilang The three sons of Shi Lang, Ge Xiaorui, Ge Xiaoxian, and Ge Xiaoyi.
As for Ge Shilang's youngest son Ge Xiaowen, although he also appeared at the scene of the crime, considering that he is only nine years old now, he really does not have the possibility of committing the crime independently, so he directly ruled it out.
After nearly half an hour of surprise interrogation, Zhou Da and Zhao Wuwei led the officials of the Criminal and Ming Division to find out a lot of motives for the murder.
But…
However, these people all have clear alibi, which can prove that they were not in the study when 'the murderer started barking'!
And it's not just a few who have motives. In fact, all the people who have been interrogated in isolation can produce a clear alibi!
So the case fell into a fog again for a while.
"Shao Zong."
Jia Yucun put the file on the coffee table, patted it a few times, and asked, "What do you think of this confession?"
tsk~
This sells Di Renjie's strength, and he has to make a cameo role in Li Yuanfang's work!
Sun Shaozong complained in his heart, and also threw the file on the coffee table, and said categorically: "Xu Steward, Ge Xiaorui, and Aunt Zhang, because they received too much attention, almost everyone confirmed that they were at the door before breaking the door. Outside - so the suspicion of committing the crime in person can basically be ruled out, but the suspicion of buying the murderer cannot be ruled out."
"Ge Shilang's three personal servants and two maids have been waiting in the East Wing's warm pavilion all the time - it's a waste of time, and the possibility of bribing five people at the same time is too low, so they can basically be ruled out. Suspect."
"The only people who are directly suspected of committing the crime are the maid and wife next to Aunt Zhang, the two servants next to Ge Xiaorui, and the brothers Ge Xiaoxian and Ge Xiaoyi who came alone."
"Six people..."
Jia Yucun chewed over Sun Shaozong's analysis several times, and then came up with his own idea: "Although it is possible to buy a murderer to kill, firstly, the risk is too great, and secondly, there is no deep hatred or hatred for such a thing as eating raw hearts. I can't do it - so I think Ge Xiaoyi should be the most suspicious person right now!"
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said: "From the point of view of motives, Ge Xiaoyi is naturally the most suspicious, but the motives are not necessarily obvious. This Ge Shilang is mysterious, and there must be hidden things that we don't know about - if you put aside the motives, I think the second son Ge Xiaoxian is very suspicious."
"Ge Xiaoxian?"
Jia Yucun was stunned when he heard the words, frowned and said, "But according to the confession, this second young master is the most favored in the house, and even because of Shilang Ge's doting, he had a quarrel with the eldest brother and the third brother, so Shilang Ge said this. When he dies, not only will he not get any benefit, but he may be excluded by his brothers."
After speaking, he shook his head again: "Under such circumstances, I really don't see any reason for him to kill Shi Lang Ge."
"That's why I said leave the motive behind."
Sun Shaozong grinned and said, "His alibi was provided by the open-faced maid by his side—Brother Yucun should know that a woman with this status is the best one to buy, and can keep secrets better than others."
Although Jia Yucun did not agree with this last analysis, he did not continue to refute it.
So the two of them agreed to make Ge Xiaoxian and Ge Xiaoyi brothers as important suspects for the time being, and give priority to finding out their situation. As for the other four suspects, they would simply take them back to Shuntian Prefecture and carefully intimidate them. Fan.
After discussing the details, it was already bright outside.
Jia Yucun was trying to invite Sun Shaozong to his house for breakfast, and he heard Zhou Da hurried to report that it was the second master of the Rongguo mansion who had arrived and wanted to see the mansion by name.
As soon as I heard that Jia Zheng wanted to see him, how could Jia Yucun dare to neglect him
He hurriedly called Sun Shaozong and greeted him all the way from the east wing.
When I arrived at the front yard, I saw that the hastily arranged mourning hall was bustling inside and outside. It was already crowded with officials who came to pay their respects after hearing the news—there were two of them, but they took up half of the mourning hall.
One of them is Jia Zheng, and the other has five willows and long beards.
Seeing this, Jia Yucun hurried forward a few steps and cupped his hands: "Jia Yucun, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, has seen Wang Shangshu."
Immediately afterwards, he gave Jia Zhengshen a salute: "Uncle is summoned, but I don't know what to do?"
It turned out that it was Wang Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who had arrived!
Sun Shaozong followed closely, and hurriedly stepped forward and gave a salute. He was about to open his mouth to declare his surname, but saw Wang Yan's eyes bright, and asked first: "You are Sun Tongjuan, who has recently gained fame recently, right? I don't know. case, have you found any clues?"
rely on ~
The old thing seems to have bad intentions!
There is nothing strange about what he said at first, but according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, with Jia Yucun, the prefect of the government, present, whether Sun Shaozong answered yes or no, there was a suspicion of overstepping the rules and taking credit!
Fortunately, although Sun Shaozong was born young and stupid, he was not rash, and he saw his intentions immediately, so he just replied indifferently: "Reporting to Lord Shangshu, this case should be dealt with as soon as possible. It's all under the supervision of Jia Fucheng himself, without the approval of the Fucheng adults, the lower officials dare not easily disclose the case."
Hearing Sun Shaozong's response, Wang Yan was obviously a little surprised, but Jia Zheng, who was on the side, didn't see the level of his eyebrows, and he ordered carelessly: "My nephew, Wang Shangshu is the immediate boss of Shilang Ge, and he is not an outsider. , you can say it anyway!"
When Jia Yucun saw him speak, he quickly agreed.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong told the story of Jia Yucun's investigation of the case together with himself - only the identities of a few key suspects were hidden.
Many of the details of the reasoning were listened to by Wang Yan and Jia Zheng.
"Sun Tongjue is indeed worthy of the name of 'Shenjuan'!"
In the end, Wang Yan first praised, and then discussed with Jia Zheng: "Brother Cunzhou, the unexpected death of Shilang Ge this time is really a great misfortune for our Ministry of Industry-since all the people handling the case are your sons and nephews, why don't you stay? Come down, how about supervising the case on behalf of our Ministry of Industry?"