Wang Huaiyu led the servants of the government office in strides ahead, and behind, Yan Chi and Qin Wan walked side by side.
When they got to the front of Qin Wan guest house, Qin Shuang and Qin Yan rushed out of their yard when they heard the commotion. Qin Yan strode up to follow, looked at Wang Huaiyu's formation in front of him and said, "His Royal Highness, Ninth Sister, what's going on? thing?"
Qin Wan looked at Qin Yan for a moment, "Master Pang is dead, go get the suspect now."
Qin Yan and Qin Shuang's expressions changed drastically at the same time, Qin Shuang hurriedly said, "Why did Master Pang die? Didn't you say that Master Pang escaped?"
Qin Wan frowned and said, "I'll explain to you later..."
Qin Shuang knew that this was not the time to explain these things, so she hurriedly nodded, "Okay, okay."
Qin Shuang and Qin Yan didn't know what was going on, so they just followed Qin Wan and walked west. Qin Wan only said that he was going to get the suspect now, but didn't say who the suspect was. When Wang Huaiyu stopped at Chang's Before the courtyard, Qin Shuang's eyes widened in disbelief, "The murderer... is the murderer here?"
Qin Wan didn't answer, but when the front courtyard door opened, Wang Huaiyu stood at the door and hesitated for a moment. After a while, Wang Huaiyu turned his head to look at Yan Chi and Qin Wan. Yan Chi and Qin Wan looked at each other and walked forward.
It was late, the night was dark, and the cold wind of the winter night whizzed through this small courtyard. Even so, it did not bring any chill to the people in the house. In the main room of this small courtyard, With two warm lamps burning, standing at the gate of the courtyard, one could hear laughter coming from inside, among which, Pang Jiayan's voice was particularly obvious.
On the other side, Wang Huaiyu asked the government official, "Did Qing Niang go out?"
The clerk of the government office nodded quickly, "Yes, Qing Niang went out half an hour ago, and it took about two to three quarters of an hour to go out. She said... said she went to fetch some gadgets for the third young master."
Wang Huaiyu looked at Qin Wan, Qin Wan thought about the time before and after, and said, "The time is right."
There is only one Qingniang in the mansion, so Qin Wan can't be wrong, and neither can the servants of the government office.
Wang Huaiyu nodded, at this moment, the unlocked door opened, and Pang Jiayan stood at the door with a serious face, seeing so many people standing at the door of the yard, he was neither surprised nor afraid, he He just looked at Wang Huaiyu silently for a while, then turned around and said, "Mother, Prefect Wang is here—"
The chatter and chatter in the room stopped suddenly.
Soon, there were soft footsteps, and Chang was the first to walk to the door. She stood behind Pang Jiayan, and the smile on her face gradually faded away. Then, Qingniang walked over holding Pang Jiayun's hand, Pang Jiayun was holding a doll in her hand. The pink skirt was very lively and cute. The four of them stood at the door together, and the not-so-large lintel was blocked. Chang and Pang Jiayan looked calm and divided. dignified, only Qingniang and Pang Jiayun still had smiles on their faces.
There was a silence, Mrs. Chang didn't speak, neither did Wang Huaiyu at the gate of the courtyard.
After a while, Qingniang smiled and said, "It's getting late, ma'am, take the young lady and the young master to rest, tonight, you take the young lady and the young master to sleep together—"
As soon as these words came out, the silence was broken just now.
Two points of reluctance flashed on Chang's face, and before she could reply, Qingniang stuffed Pang Jiayun's hand into Chang's.
"Madam, go, the lady and the young master will be handed over to Madam."
The corners of Chang's lips twitched, and she looked at Qingniang hesitantly for a few moments, then she pursed her lips tightly, and then she took Pang Jiayan with one hand and Pang Jiayun with the other, and walked towards the Nuan Pavilion. Qingniang looked at it with a smile Watching Mrs. Chang enter the Nuan Pavilion with her son and daughter, the smile on her face faded only after their backs disappeared, and she was stunned for a while before she turned around.
There was still a smile on her face, but the smile was so light and thin that it made people feel a little sad.
Wang Huaiyu waved to the people behind, and then walked in slowly.
"You seem to know we're coming for you."
The corners of Qingniang's lips curved slightly when she heard this, but she passed Wang Huaiyu and looked at Qin Wan, "There will be Nine Girls here, it will be sooner or later."
Qin Wan frowned, and walked in two steps, "Should I call you Qing Huan?"
Upon hearing this, Qingniang looked at Yan Chi again, "I think it's the work of His Royal Highness."
Yan Chi stepped in and stood beside Qin Wan. Qingniang looked at Qin Wan, then at Yan Chi, smiled slightly and said nothing, then Qin Wan said, "What happened back then? ?”
Qingniang's smile faltered for a few moments, "Back then... back then..."
The past events aroused the sadness in her heart, and she couldn't find the right words to describe the chaos that year. For a moment, she looked at Qin Wan calmly and said, "What is the most vicious woman that Miss Nine has ever seen?" ?”
Qin Wan was stunned for a moment when he was asked such a question.
Vicious woman? Qin Wan went around in her mind, but she didn't expect who was the most vicious person she had ever seen.
Let’s not talk about it before, after being reborn, the most ruthless thing I saw was Caihe, but thinking of Caihe’s tragic life experience, she didn’t want to put the word vicious on her body, and it’s not like she didn’t meet her. People who are not kind to her, such as Qin Xiang and Qin Shuang, but no matter how thoughtful they are, they can't be called vicious.
Qin Wan shook her head, Qingniang didn't have an answer to the question she asked.
Seeing this, Qingniang smiled, "I have seen... that woman, she has been competitive since she was a child, because her senior sister got happiness and she didn't, so she was so vicious that she murdered her senior sister's family."
"When people in the world talk about that case, they probably think that the perpetrator must have done it for the wealth, but that's not true. The deepest reason for that case, the massacre, was nothing more than jealousy."
Qingniang said mockingly, "Everyone can become vicious, as long as she starts to be jealous."
As she said that, Qingniang looked at Wang Huaiyu, "The plan to go all the way to Mengzhou was foolproof, but she pretended to reconnect with Master. If Master didn't check, the plan was revealed, and then there was a station that fire."
"The people in the troupe can see high-ranking officials and dignitaries at the top, and you can get acquainted with all kinds of people from all walks of life. They poisoned everyone's food. If so, it's fine, but that woman actually tortured and killed the master's family." and die."
At this point, Qingniang's voice trembled, "Master's children were only toddlers back then, but in order to ask where the keys on the deposit car are, she actually wanted to drown to death in front of Master." They, Master caught the trick and revealed the key, but, that vicious bitch! Still threw those two little dolls into the pool."
Qingniang's calm face suddenly became crazy, she didn't look at Yan Chi, she didn't look at Wang Huaiyu, she only looked at Qin Wan, "Ninth Miss is kind, and she has no official appointments, I just ask Ninth Miss, what is wrong with you in this world? What is right and wrong? What is law and justice?"
Qingniang's eyes were burning brightly, her eyes were red, and this question was even louder, hitting Qin Wan's spirit like a heavy hammer. Qin Wan was stunned for a moment when she asked her this question, what is right and wrong? What is legal justice
Qin Wan remembered the laws and regulations of Dazhou clearly, but she knew that this was not the answer Qingniang wanted.
She also remembered clearly all the teachings of her father in the past, but she also knew that those were not the answers Qingniang wanted.
Qingniang looked at Qin Wan, and suddenly gave a bleak smile, "I also thought about exposing, just exposing to the government, but... But I know, in this world, Fadu is just a rush of powerful people. The instrument of ruling us poor people, this instrument is infinitely powerful in the hands of those powerful and powerful, but if it is placed on us ordinary people, it is nothing more than a trivial and futile struggle. If this is the case, I will use my own method .”
Qin Wan felt that what Qingniang said was wrong, but looking at Shang Qingniang's firm eyes, she couldn't say anything to refute. Facing the victim's family who had personally experienced the incident, it was useless to preach the good laws of the Great Zhou. So far, fifteen years have passed, and the best fifteen years of her life have been carried with this huge burden. For a moment, Qin Wan thought of herself again. Her father was from the former official to the minister of Dali Temple. The representative of the prison law of the Great Zhou, but even he, didn't he also die under the prison law of the Great Zhou
Qin Wan didn't know which hand pushed her father to justice, but Qin Wan was sure that there must be a pair of hands named "power". From this point of view, although Qingniang's words were biased, they Again so sharp.
"Liu Renli, Qingyun, Pang Yiwen, and Pang Fuliang were all killed by you, right?" Wang Huaiyu asked Qingniang angrily. He was the magistrate of Yuzhou, but he couldn't listen to Qingniang's rebellious words.
Qingniang smiled, "Prefect Wang has no evidence yet, so how can I say I killed him?"
Wang Huaiyu was stunned by these words, and subconsciously looked at Qin Wan, Qin Wan frowned slightly, "Just now you suddenly disappeared in the small red building, and then Pang Fuliang died in the study, that sword needs to be Those who know martial arts can hit with one blow, Qingniang, you are in line with both timing and skill."
The corners of Qingniang's lips curled slightly, "I'm just going to get a few toys for the third young master. How did Miss Jiu know that I disappeared suddenly? I obviously walked out of the gate, but Miss Jiu was hiding behind the flower wall. checked."
Yan Chi frowned slightly, and Qin Wan said without changing expression, "You lit the lamp in Master Pang's study, and the lamp oil was added with Weizhou Island dragon musk. Just now we found traces of lamp oil dripping on the lamp stand , if you guessed right, your sleeves must have been stained too, you just need to apply a medicine on your sleeves later, and the dragon musk will turn red."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, Qingniang's smile froze. At the same time, she touched her sleeve subconsciously. After looking at Qin Wan for a moment, he smiled coolly, "I would like to see what Miss Jiu has, how she can break my situation, but I didn't expect that she was still defeated by such a small detail, that's all, I know Jiu Sooner or later, the girl will find out the truth with these few, sooner or later, what's the difference?"
Qin Wan's complexion remained unchanged, "Qing Niang has been lurking in Pang's Mansion for many years, and her mental skills are all good. I found the mystery just by chance. Here is one more thing I want to ask you for advice."
Qingniang looked at Qin Wan and said nothing, Qin Wan said, "Why did Qingli die?"
When Qin Wan asked such a question, Qingniang laughed, "It turns out that there are still nine girls who can't think of it."
As she said that, Qingniang smiled coldly, "Forget it, why not tell Ninth Girl? She and her master are the same kind, and she was also one of the instigators of that chaos back then." After a slight pause, Qingniang continued, " The focus of this case lies with that agency, and I believe that Nine Girls and Prefect Wang have already investigated it."
Wang Huaiyu raised his eyebrows as a response, and Qingniang said, "You must have checked the mechanism for adjusting the time, but you didn't look at the arrows."
Qin Wan frowned, and Wang Huaiyu said sternly, "Did you tamper with those arrows?"
Qingniang took a deep breath, "There were seventy-nine arrows, only one more, and Qingli died on the stage. It seems that she is really not good at kung fu. This class leader is not qualified."
Wang Huaiyu stared at Qingniang, who looked at the yamen servants standing outside the courtyard and took a deep breath, "I thought I could kill a few people quietly and leave here, but now I can't, Mr. Zhifu, let's go , I have my revenge, I have fulfilled my wish, I went underground, and I have the face to meet Master and her old man."
As Qingniang said, she raised her chin and walked towards the door. Just as she stepped out of the threshold, heavy footsteps came out behind her. Qingniang paused, but she didn't look back. Come in front of Qin Wan.
"I didn't expect so many people, but it was the nine girls who saw the mystery, and it was a waste of my tricks to figure it out."
Qin Wan met Shang Qingniang's calm eyes, and looked at Qingniang's sleeve for a moment, "There is no dragon musk that will turn red."
Qingniang was slightly startled, looked at Qin Wan, then at her sleeves, and suddenly smiled.
Her smile grew bigger and bigger, and after a while, she let out a sigh of relief, "Okay, okay, I'm really convinced this time."
Qingniang sighed, and Qin Wan pursed her lips slightly and said, "You didn't have all the tricks. You knew that I was following you from the moment you walked out today. You seemed to have set up a trick, but you revealed the biggest flaw—you You didn’t come out of the little red building, you disappeared, and the murder happened, all the previous suspicions can be confirmed.”
Qingniang looked at Qin Wan and smiled faintly, "Oh? Then why?"
Qin Wan looked at Qingniang's cloudy eyes, "Good is reasonable, evil is unreasonable, only the devil is an unreasonable person, you know that you have already suffered suspicion, so you simply don't want to hide it anymore, or, since you killed me From the moment you met Qingli, you have already planned for today's scene, if it weren't for the old things, you would never kill someone."
Qing Niang's smile deepened, "Ninth Miss is a really kind person, I only hope that Ninth Miss will do whatever she wants in the future and be happy forever."
After saying this, Qingniang let out another long breath, and after a while, she turned around and walked outside.
Her gait was light and her expression was relaxed, as if she had unloaded the biggest burden on her body, she was flying happily.