Bai Ying was originally tall and handsome, plus she was usually serious and unsmiling. Now she put on men's clothing and looked like a handsome young man. She came out from the side door. Although she gave Zheng Baishi something, everyone I don't think it's strange either.
Zheng Baishi didn't recognize Bai Ying at first, but when he saw that the handwriting on the note was all written in Nianhua lowercase, and the writing was clear and sharp, he knew it was Qin Wan's handwriting. He glanced at the direction of the side door, and Zheng Baishi looked uneasy. Motivatedly, he continued to ask Meng Wei, "What did you father and son talk about after drinking? Did your father and son quarrel? Could it be that your father came out with anger, coupled with alcoholism, and then stumbled and fell?" into the lake?"
Meng Wei's eyes widened when he heard the words, "Why would you quarrel! The villain treats father with the most respect, the uncle knows this. That night, the father was indeed angry with the fourth uncle, so the villain comforted his father and discussed it with him. How to make up for the loss of the family, after discussing a solution, father is in a good mood, why did he come out with anger?"
Zheng Baishi looked at Meng Wei, "What exactly did you say? What did you discuss?"
The corners of Meng Wei's lips pursed, and the hand beside him clenched into a fist subconsciously, "Small... the villain was drunk that night. According to Fourth Uncle Li, my father was able to expand the Meng family's business back then, but now he is just starting from scratch, and he will definitely make a comeback."
As he said that, Meng Wei's eyes drooped, his eyes rolled, and he said, "The way to discuss, of course, is to turn over the most important shop first, and then... and then find a new way."
Zheng Baishi narrowed his eyes, "Which shops are important?"
Meng Wei frowned, obviously asking questions, but why did he suddenly ask about the Meng family's business
Thinking about it this way, Meng Wei's eyes became even more uncertain, "Of course the most important thing is a few restaurants. Restaurants make the most money, but they also need to make money. My father said, first move the money from Ruyifang to buy jade. Go to the restaurant."
Zheng Baishi stared at Meng Wei motionlessly. Meng Wei knelt down in the hall, feeling that Zheng Baishi's gaze was like a sword, and he became even more nervous at the moment. Zheng Baishi asked again, "How much money do you want to embezzle?"
The corners of Meng Wei's lips trembled slightly, "Use... use twenty thousand taels of silver."
Zheng Baishi didn't give Meng Wei time to react, and asked quickly, "Which restaurants will the two thousand taels of silver be used for?"
Meng Wei became a little restless, he didn't dare to look directly at Zheng Baishi, he just watched his knees swaying left and right, "I use... I use the Tongfu Restaurant on Maoer Street, and, there is also Wanhua Street. Tongsheng Restaurant, and…”
Zheng Baishi not only wanted to ask, but also asked more and more detailed questions. The more detailed the questions, the more disturbed Meng Wei's expression became. Soon, Meng Wei raised his head with a painful face and said, "My lord, I don't remember much. It's clear, in short, we have to take care of several restaurants at home."
Zheng Baishi saw that Meng Wei's expression was not right, so he smiled, "Okay, I know, so you are saying that you were drunk and helped back to your yard, and then you don't know where your father went. Where is it?"
Meng Wei's expression flickered again, and then he nodded, "Yes, my father said that he got a little hot from drinking, and wanted to go out and take a few steps before going back. At that time, he had no problem walking, so I didn't care."
Zheng Baishi nodded, as if he was going to let Meng Wei go, he turned his eyes and looked at Meng Hui again, "Meng Hui, tell me, where did you go after you finished the banquet that night?"
When Meng Hui heard the question, he hurriedly said, "My lord, don't listen to his nonsense. It was not me who provoked the banquet that night, but Meng Jin. He has kept all the business in his own hands for so many years, completely I didn’t want to let it go to my brother. In the early years, I thought he had done a lot of hard work, but after looking at it these years, he is absolutely greedy. Yes, I hate him, but I don’t want to kill him. As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be exposed. After all, he is also my brother. I will not kill him. After the banquet that night, I went back to my yard. My wife, my servant, and the two maids in my wife's yard can all testify. That night, I rested at my wife's place!"
Speaking of which, Meng Hui turned around, "My lord doesn't believe me, just ask them—"
As soon as the words fell, some of the people kneeling behind immediately nodded in agreement.
Zheng Baishi listened, glanced back, then glanced at Zhanyang, Zhanyang immediately stepped forward and took the maidservants to the other side of the cubicle to ask questions alone, and Zheng Baishi looked at the second lady again. Yoshi.
"Second Madam, where were you that night?"
Youshi's eyes were calm, she was clearly kneeling in the courtroom, but her expression seemed to be settled. Hearing this, her slightly narrowed eyes widened, and she glanced at Zheng Baishi. In my own courtyard, I copied Buddhist scriptures all night, but did not go anywhere else, as the maid of the housewife can testify."
Youshi said every word, without any sense of nervousness or haste in his expression. Zheng Baishi probably never doubted her at all, and he didn't ask any more when he saw her expression like this. people.
"Third Madam, where were the three of you that night?"
The third wife, Jiang's face was withered, and she lowered her eyes respectfully when she heard the words, and said, "Return to what your lord said, after the dinner was over that night, the women and their sons and daughters-in-law went back to their yard together. The women went to bed early at night, and rested when they went back." , This point, the personal servants of the women can testify, and the children and daughter-in-law usually rest early, and the servants in their rooms can also testify."
Zheng Baishi looked at Meng Ziyi, "Master Meng, tell me."
Mencius raised his head, still holding Xu's hand, "Mother is used to going to bed early, and our husband and wife are too. After waiting for mother to rest that night, we went back to our courtyard and fell asleep. We didn't wake up until the next morning. I know something happened to my uncle."
Mencius described Meng Ziyi as introverted, and his voice is not loud when he speaks. If it is a woman, it is fine. Because he is a man, he always feels timid. Zheng Baishi looked at Mencius for a moment, and seeing that Zhanyang had finished asking Zhan Yang took the girls in the back to the cubicle for questioning alone—
Zheng Baishi pondered for a moment, then looked at Meng Zhou and Meng Yao, "Where are Master Meng and Miss Meng that night?"
Meng Yao lowered her head slightly, and Meng Zhou said upon seeing this, "Both my daughter and my son suffer from asthma, both of us were not well that night, after the banquet, my younger daughter and I took care of the son first, and then we went back to our rooms to rest. Well, on this point, the steward of the main hospital and the government doctor in the mansion can all testify, Zhang De, tell me—"
Meng Zhou looked at a middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man nodded, "Yes, my lord took care of the young master that night, and then asked someone to send the young lady back, and then he rested. The three guards can all testify that the master did not leave the main courtyard that night, and the young lady has Madam Zhang to testify."
Zhang De looked at the woman beside him, and the woman nodded, "Miss coughed all night, and even drank some medicine in the middle of the night, the other two big maids and servants in the room accompanied Miss until dawn."
On this side, Qin Wan looked at Meng Yao and took two steps back, "This Miss Meng came to the Hou Mansion that day to ask me to help her see a doctor. Symptoms of asthma."
Yan Chi followed her inside and said, "What do you think of the others?"
Qin Wan frowned and said, "Meng Hui seems to be an impulsive person. Such a person can't hide his true emotions. He is prone to conflict with others, but he is also the easiest to show his flaws. Just now I saw him sticking out his chest when he spoke. Looking up, I wish Master Zheng could ask him a few more questions. Compared with this, Meng Wei is more suspicious. When Meng Wei answered, he stuttered, especially when Master Zheng asked him about the details of that night. Just said it in a moment, just like what His Highness said that day, I also think he seems to be hiding something, he said that their father and son only talked about how to make up the business, but it is very likely that they said something else. "
Yan Chi nodded, "Maybe it has something to do with what you said just now, Bai Feng will definitely return soon, we will wait for his news."
Qin Wan nodded, and in the courtroom, Zheng Baishi asked Meng Wei.
"Meng Wei, why do you say that your fourth uncle killed your father?"
Qin Wan and Yan Chi looked at each other, then walked a few steps towards the door, watching the movement outside through the gap in the curtain.
Meng Wei looked bitter when he heard the words, and immediately said, "For so many years, my father has been working hard for the Meng family. Because of my father, the Meng family has the current wealth, but since four or five years ago, the fourth uncle has been making noise. The family had to be separated, but thanks to the mediation of the uncle, the Meng family was not separated. Last year, the opinions of the fourth uncle became more and more serious. I can't stop it anymore, fourth uncle has always felt that my father swallowed up the family's public property, and has been suppressing the third and fourth bedrooms to prevent the third and fourth bedrooms from getting involved in the business, but how could it be!"
Meng Wei's eyes were red, "Third aunt has been ill for a long time, and the second brother... the second brother also takes medicine from time to time. My father never blamed the second brother for not being able to help. Instead, he sent money to the third room every year according to the regulations. , there are four rooms, the fourth uncle has sound hands and feet, his father gave him two shops to take care of, but of the two shops, one of them could not be opened a year ago, it collapsed, and the other has to pay for it every year. Money is the only way to maintain it. In such a situation, how dare my father hand over a large amount of business to the fourth uncle? Those who are capable work hard, and these wealth are all earned by my father. Let the fourth uncle spoil it, it’s fine for the fourth uncle to be incompetent, the family provides delicious food and drink, but he just got greedy—"
Meng Wei's words were sincere, and Meng Hui's eyes turned red from his anger!
"You, you bastard, how dare you say such a thing?! Your father is in charge of the property of the public. It is true that he has made money, but those properties will also make money if they are put in other people's hands! And the property he gave me The sheet music was already posting money, and after it was given to me, someone else tampered with it, so how can it continue to be published? This is a good excuse for you and your son! With this excuse, the public property should be degraded. For private use!"
As they talked, the two quarreled again, and Meng Zhou's face was livid.
Zheng Baishi saw that the two of them insisted on their own opinions, so he looked at Meng Zhou, "What does Master Meng say?"
Meng Zhouchang sighed, "It's said that the family and Pepsi are prosperous. I also want the Meng family to be reconciled with Lele, so I have been reluctant to separate the family. The second child can do business, so I let him do it. But in the past few years, the third room is fine, but he doesn't give the fourth room a chance. I know that the fourth brother has resentment, and I blame me. My disciple is straightforward, sometimes impulsive, and sometimes speaks harshly, so there are many disputes, but even so, I don't believe he will harm the second brother."
As Meng Zhou spoke, Meng Hui snorted coldly with aggrieved face. When Meng Wei heard what Meng Zhou said, he immediately disagreed, but he didn't dare to talk back to Meng Zhou like he did to Meng Hui.
On this side, Meng Zhou continued to sigh, "Besides, there was a year of trouble last year. In fact, this year I wanted to separate the family. Before the Chinese New Year, I mentioned it to my second brother once. At that time, my second brother Said, since I have made a decision, he has no objection, but I hope that I will give him half a year. He has taken a fancy to a mine, which is a big business with no loss. Once this business is done, the income of the Meng family will be stable. , I know he has ambitions in business, and seeing that he doesn't object, I thought it would be okay to give him half a year, but who knows, the business he wanted to do a few years ago suddenly went wrong."
What Meng Zhou said was naturally about Meng Jin being cheated.
Meng Zhou sighed, "I am an official in the court, and I don't care about the family business. Now that I have lost the money, I don't say anything. Regarding this, the fourth brother has a big opinion, and the fourth brother is sure that the second brother has been greedy a lot over the years. The money in the public house has the capital to fill in the holes, so if the family is divided this time, the second room will no longer be able to share the property from the current Meng family property, and the money that was cheated will be regarded as belonging to the second child. Well, the second child naturally disagrees when he hears this, that's how the dispute at the family banquet came about."
Meng Zhou's tone was upright and serious. Seeing that he was not biased, Meng Hui naturally did not argue, and Meng Wei couldn't find any falsehood, so naturally he kept his mouth tightly shut. Meng Zhou continued, "You must not expose your family scandal. Today It really made Mr. Zheng laugh. Although Meng Wei said that the fourth brother killed the second child, in my eyes, the fourth brother is rude and reckless. He would not do such a thing as killing his own brother. Whether it's right or wrong, Mr. Zheng please decide."
Zheng Baishi nodded, then asked Meng Zhou again, "Master Meng, there is something I don't understand here."
Meng Zhou hurriedly said, "Master Zheng, please speak directly."
Zheng Baishi said casually, "Your mansion's business has gone wrong, and you were cheated of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by a scammer, why didn't you report it to the officials?"
As soon as these words came out, Meng Zhou smiled wryly, "Originally, I wanted to report to the government, but the second child felt that this was too embarrassing at the time, and charlatans and the like, even if they reported to the government, it would be difficult to catch them. Everyone knows about this, and the reputation of the Meng Mansion is damaged, because of this, this matter has been shelved." Sighing, Meng Zhou said again, "Thinking about it now, I really didn't think well at that time. There is no impenetrable wall, if the report was reported to the officials at that time, the money might be recovered, if the money was recovered, today's tragedy might not have happened."
Zheng Baishi's eyes darkened when he heard this, and the back door of the compartment on the other side was suddenly opened.
Bai Feng came in with sweat on his face, holding a handwritten letter in his hand. Seeing him coming, Yan Chi and Qin Wan walked towards him, Qin Wan asked anxiously, "How is it?"
Seeing Bai Feng coming, Li Muyun also stood up, Bai Feng said, "Master, Miss Jiu, the person who saves money in Xiangfu Bank is the second master of the Meng family, and he uses the alias of Meng Duzhou. He put the bank notes and paperwork in the bank's box, and that box has a special key, and the second master of the Meng Mansion only needs to take that key to the bank to withdraw the money."
Speaking of which, Bai Feng handed the handwritten letter to Yan Chi, "This is written by the owner of the bank himself. If you want him to come, you can pass it on now. Yesterday, someone from Meng's residence went to the bank to withdraw money, but he didn't bring the key and was rejected by the manager." He refused, so there was a quarrel. The shopkeeper also said that he also knew that something happened to the second master of the Meng Mansion. He thought that the young master of the Meng Mansion would go, but who knew that the young master didn't go and only sent a servant without a token. He dare not exchange money for others.”
Qin Wan and Yan Chi looked at each other, the key, no wonder the two servants they ran into in the Meng Mansion that day were looking for the key.
The corners of Yan Chi's lips twitched coldly, "At this moment, he naturally dare not come to change the money in person, but he is afraid that the money might go wrong, so he just asks a servant to do it. How much money has he saved?"
Bai Feng frowned, "Two hundred thousand taels."
Yan Chi and Qin Wan looked at each other again, and a light flashed in each of their eyes.
Yan Chi walked to the side of the pen and paper, quickly wrote a long note, put the handwriting and the note together, and asked Bai Feng to send it to Zheng Baishi. In the courtroom, Zheng Baishi was asking Meng Wei, "Meng Wei?" Wei, tell me how your family was cheated."
Meng Wei's face turned bitter, "My lord, my father's life is the most important thing right now, how can those silver coins compare to my father's life, my lord should hurry up and investigate the matter of my father's death."
Zheng Baishi was about to raise his eyebrows when he heard the words, but he saw Bai Feng walking out. Zheng Baishi straightened his back, and hurriedly took the handwriting and note from Bai Feng and opened it for a look. After reading these, Zheng Baishi's eyes became deeper stand up.
He stared at Meng Wei with a pair of sharp eyes, "I tell you what I want you to say. Your father's case is very complicated, and it may have something to do with the fact that you were cheated. If you don't explain clearly, how will the government verify it for you?"
Meng Wei took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "How could those crooks come back to kill my father? My father was killed in the Meng Mansion. In our mansion, who else would kill my father except my fourth uncle?" As he spoke, Meng Wei looked at Meng Hui again, "Actually... In fact, as long as you search Fourth Uncle's yard, you can know whether Fourth Uncle is harmful or not!"
Meng Hui frowned, "Search my yard?! Why search my yard?! Are you crazy?! Even if your father dies, you will be punished. Why didn't I trust your father to punish me all those years ago? He also took care of the share he got, but what happened later?! How did you father and son treat us as your own?! First, you were greedy and embezzled the property of the big family, three bedrooms and four bedrooms, but now, you want to slander me, kid , if you don’t repent again, beware that you will be punished too!”
"Who will be punished?!" Meng Wei stared at a pair of eyes, "Are you guilty?! Does it mean that as long as you search the yard, you will be searched for evidence that you killed my father?!"
"Oh—I have a guilty conscience?! Will I have a guilty conscience?!"
Meng Hui yelled and wanted to quarrel again, but Zheng Baishi slapped the gavel with a "pop" sound!
"Presumptuous! This is above the court, you two are not allowed to quarrel!"
Zheng Baishi was also quite angry. After all, they came from the Meng family. The uncle and nephew really have no self-cultivation. Thinking this way, Zheng Baishi glanced sideways at Meng Zhou, and saw Meng Zhou propping his forehead with one hand, It seems that they have given up on supervising and training the two.
Zheng Baishi sighed in his heart, but his eyes were more meaningful, "Meng Wei, you said that you can find evidence by searching Meng Hui's yard. What evidence do you mean?"
"A key! A key!" Meng Wei blurted out, hesitation flashed on his face after he finished speaking, but after he had said his words, he thought for a moment, and finally said with a normal expression, "That key is my father's seal. The key to the drawer is usually carried by my father all the time, but I didn’t find it when I sorted out my father’s body that day. I asked people to search everywhere but couldn’t find it, so I became more and more suspicious that someone wanted to murder my father. The private property that harmed my father."
Meng Hui's eyes widened, "It's empty talk! I've never seen any keys of your father's!"
Meng Wei wanted to say more, but Zheng Baishi asked, "Meng Wei, you already knew that your father was missing something, but why didn't you tell the government? His things are missing, and the key is considered as evidence. You concealed it. What do you want?"
Meng Wei's eyes flickered, "I... I just forgot about it at the time."
Zheng Baishi sneered, "Did you forget? Did you forget, or is the key something shady?"
As soon as these words came out, both Meng Zhou and Meng Hui looked at Meng Wei suspiciously. Zheng Baishi would not speak like this for no reason. Sure enough, Meng Wei's complexion changed slightly, but he said forcefully, "My lord is saying What? How could it be something shady?! Your lord has a place in your private treasury, right?! Isn’t it normal for each person to have one or two important keys?”
Zheng Baishi smiled, "I don't have two hundred thousand taels of silver in my private treasury."
As soon as these words fell, Meng Wei's face turned pale, and Zheng Baishi said again, "Of course you know it's not a liar who came back to harm your father, because 'liars' don't exist at all. What kind of inside story, how far do you plan to hide it?! This handwritten letter was written by the shopkeeper of Xiangfu Bank, please check it out!"
After finishing speaking, Zheng Baishi threw the handwritten letter in front of Meng Wei.
Hearing the words "Xiangfu Bank", Meng Wei was completely dumbfounded. He was a little too late to pick it up, but Meng Hui grabbed him first. , "Okay! Your father actually hid two hundred thousand taels of silver! Where did the two hundred thousand taels of silver come from?!" Meng Hui waited for Meng Wei with angry eyes, and soon he realized, "This must be It's the shadows that your father said was cheated away, you... your father and son actually used such a scam to collect their own family's wealth! Brother, take a look! Their father and son deceived us so hard!"
With that said, Meng Hui got up and handed the handwritten letter to Meng Zhou. Meng Zhou frowned, and hurried to look at it. Although the loss of the money hurt the strength of the Meng family, there was no other way for others to try to deceive them. , but if Meng Wei and his son joined forces to deceive other people in the Meng family, then things would be quite different.
Meng Zhou didn't believe it at first, but he saw Meng Wei's ashen face at a glance, and then looked at what was said in the handwriting, what else didn't he understand? ! After all, Meng Wei is not Meng Jin. After not many storms, Zheng Baishi's unexpected blow almost made him completely powerless to fight back. Seeing that Meng Zhou's complexion also changed, Meng Wei gritted his teeth and shrank his shoulders nervously!
Meng Zhou stood up, "Meng Wei, tell me, what's going on?"
Meng Wei lowered his head. On one side, the second wife came out of the trance-like state and frowned at Meng Wei. On the other side, the fourth and third wives, including Mencius, all looked at Meng Wei in surprise. The incident was a big one in the Meng family, but no matter how much it happened, everyone knew that the culprits were those liars, but now, the situation is completely different!
Meng Wei clenched his fists nervously, his eyes only dared to look at the ground, and when he heard Meng Zhou get angry, he knew that there was no room for change in this matter. Meng Zhou was the boss in this family, and he had always been a peacemaker. Now, Meng Wei knew that no matter what, someone would protect him at critical moments, but now that Meng Zhou was angry, and his father died again, who else in this family could protect him
Meng Wei's heart fell into an abyss. On this side, Meng Zhou took a step forward and roared softly, "Meng Wei, let me ask you again, what is going on?! You father and son are really planning to Trick us all?"
Meng Wei's eyes turned red, as if he was about to cry for a moment, grievances and fears flooded his heart, and he said to Meng Zhou, "Uncle, isn't it all because you thought of breaking up the family?! Why do you want to separate the family?" ? Just because my father is in charge of the business of the Meng Mansion? Over the years, how much my father has paid for the business of the Meng Mansion, but after the division of the family, my father can only get what he originally got. So over the years, my father What is the effort?! Why should the third and fourth bedrooms sit back and enjoy the benefits?! Uncle, I can’t blame my father, no one will be willing to put this matter on anyone!"
Seeing Meng Wei's appearance, Meng Zhou held the handwritten book tightly, unable to speak for a while, but Meng Hui didn't care so much, stepped forward and kicked Meng Wei, "You bastard! You and your father lost your heart You are crazy to do such a thing, and dare to say that your uncle is not right?! Without your uncle, what can your father do?!"
As soon as Meng Wei fell down, Youshi was clearly beside him, but he didn't help him.
Meng Zhou was stunned for a while, and suddenly smiled wryly, "So... so... everyone's worries and disputes for so many days have been in vain, and the two hundred thousand taels of silver are here..."
Meng Zhou found the lost silver, but also found out the situation of Meng Jin and his son. He didn't know whether he should be happy or happy, and he had mixed feelings for a while, and in front of so many people in the government office, his old face could be described as embarrassing. exhausted.
Meng Zhou raised his hand to stop Meng Hui who was about to beat Meng Wei, turned to look at Zheng Baishi, and smiled wryly, "Master Zheng, thank you for finding out this situation. Lord Zheng, please worry about my brother's death."
Seeing that Meng Zhou was also angry, Zheng Baishi just kept quiet as if he was watching a play. Now that Meng Zhou had regained his senses, he naturally wanted to interrogate the murder case. He slapped the gavel, "Meng Wei, you are honest, you How did you arrange this matter with your father? What does your father's death have to do with this matter? Also, what did you say to your father that night, and where did he go after that?"
Qin Wan's handwriting stated that Meng Wei seemed to be hiding and lying when he mentioned that the father and son were drinking that night, so Zheng Baishi asked very detailed questions at the time. He was still thinking about the reason why the father and son ate wine to hide, but now that he knew about it, he understood that what the father and son said must have something to do with the trick they set up to deceive their family, so he couldn't say it clearly in court.
"My...my father and I are talking about this matter of stealing money." Seeing that the situation was over, Meng Wei had no choice but to tell the truth, "This matter was arranged by my father, and the documents in the mining industry were also arranged by him. Let the uncle believe that he really wants to buy mines. What happened afterwards was just what his father said. In fact, he did not go to the west to negotiate with the so-called liars. He just transferred the money to other places. Uncle and the others did not know that his father came back from the west Afterwards, another play was performed, so that everyone believed that father was really deceived this time."
"That night, my fourth uncle got angry. After my father and I returned to the yard, we were still angry. As expected, my fourth uncle didn't take any credit for the second bedroom. My father said that after a few days of trouble with my fourth uncle, we would divide the family. It's best for us The second room can still fight for a little bit of family property, but if we can't, it's okay. When we leave the mansion and live in another place, we will take out the two hundred thousand taels of silver little by little without anyone noticing, and then use our previous connections to reconnect. When we do business, what we earn will be our own.”
"That's about it. We father and son were happy and drank a lot. I was the first to get drunk. I didn't lie about what happened afterwards. My father said that his heart was hot and he wanted to go out for a walk. The mansion is only so big. At night, he is a person who is afraid of water, he will definitely not go to the lake, at most he will go to the garden—”
Zheng Baishi frowned slightly, "He didn't let anyone follow?"
Meng Wei shook his head, "Father is very happy to think about it, but he has to restrain his emotions if someone follows him. No one in the Meng family knows about this. Father uses the old shopkeeper who has been with him for many years in the shop outside."
When Meng Wei said this, Zheng Baishi could understand, "So do you think your father's death has something to do with you taking money?"
Hearing this, Meng Wei nodded immediately, "Of course there is. The key on father's body is missing. My lord knows now that the money was collected by father himself or with the key. The origin is unknown, and my father definitely does not intend to pick it up himself, so the key is very important. He originally planned to ask the old shopkeeper to pick it up after the family was divided, but after my father died, I did not find the key on him. a key."
As he said that, Meng Wei rolled his eyes, "Either someone knew that my father had transferred the money privately and wanted to harm my father to get the money, or they just thought that the key was the key of my father's private treasury, or it was very small. The possibility is that the father lost it himself." Meng Wei looked anxiously at Zheng Baishi, "but this possibility is too small, the key of the father is hung around the neck, it is the same treasure as the amulet, the father does not Might have lost it."
Zheng Baishi's eyes darkened when he heard the words. When he saw Meng Jin's body, he even put on his shroud, and his clothes were burned when he died. Therefore, the only clues that could be found were the scars on Meng Jin's body. Yes, but unfortunately, the scars on Meng Jin's body did not have a clear direction. Even the old foreman who went to the autopsy felt that the possibility of being killed was unlikely. If Qin Wan hadn't given a different opinion, they were afraid that the case would be regarded as an accident Come on.
"Do you have anything to hide? Did you send someone to the bank yesterday?"
Meng Wei shook his head first, "No, no, no, I have nothing to hide." Then he nodded, "I didn't find the key yesterday, so I asked the servants in the mansion to try it, but it turned out that nothing could be taken out. If there is no key, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble if I go—"
Zheng Baishi turned to look at the others, "Among you, does anyone know what their father and son are doing?"
After asking this question, Zheng Baishi looked at Meng Zhou and Meng Hui, and when he glanced over, he saw only a pair of surprised and dazed eyes. Meng Zhou smiled bitterly, "Recently, there have been many troubles in our house because of this incident. No matter who knows about this, they will come to me and tell me about their father and son."
Zheng Baishi glanced over, if the fourth house knew, he would definitely not be able to hold back his hair, the third house was widowed and had a sick child, and he didn't have the heart to fight for money, and the eldest... the eldest house was an official in the court, so he was not allowed to do business, so that's the case , the possibility of murdering because of knowing that Erfang hid a sum of money will be ruled out.
Zheng Baishi sighed, "Okay, that's all for the time being. Do the rest of you have anything to say? If anyone finds something abnormal and informs the government, there will be a big reward."
After asking such a question, Zheng Baishi looked at the aunt, concubine and others who were kneeling at the end, and told the master beside him, "Master, you take them there and make a statement separately." Zheng Baishi stood up, looked at Mengzhou, "Master Meng is here later."
Meng Zhou nodded and sat down, and Zheng Baishi came towards Qin Wan's cubicle.
As soon as he entered, Zheng Baishi raised his jaw, and several people walked out through the back door together.
After entering the corridor, there was no need to speak in a low voice, Zheng Baishi looked at Yan Chi, "Your Highness, what do you think?"
Yan Chi squinted his eyes and said, "His father and son set up a scheme, only they two knew about it, but the others didn't know about it, so no one went to get the key and kill someone, and ordinary servants, how dare they do such a thing ?”
Qin Wan nodded, "This situation was discovered by accident. Although it is unlikely that Meng Jin will die because of that sum of money, the lost key is the key." Qin Wan turned to look at Zheng Baishi, "Your Excellency can send People go to the lake to salvage, if the key is found in the lake, the possibility of Mengjin's accident is extremely high."
Zheng Baishi nodded, and Li Muyun said, "Is it impossible for him to be killed in the lake?"
When Qin Wan heard this, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, "If you have to say whether this is possible, it's not absolutely impossible, but the inner lake is full of ancient stones, and Meng Jin has nothing to do with it. The fainting injury was not drugged, so Meng Jin must have been drowned alive. Since he was drowned alive, he must struggle. If he struggled by the lake, there should be only two or three injuries on his hands. It should be more serious than what you see, the struggle of falling into the water is not the same as the struggle of being drowned."
Having said that, Qin Wan suddenly frowned when she said this, and her expression immediately caught Yan Chi's attention, "What's wrong?"
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi, "Master Li reminded me, you must remember that there was a bruise on the back of Meng Jin's head on the occipital bone, although the bruise was not fatal, but that position is not something that can be injured casually. Meng Jin was really drowned, but the murderer held his head with his hands and pressed his body with other methods but did not leave any traces, could he be killed as well?"
Zheng Baishi raised his eyebrows, "Is there any other way to leave no trace?"
Qin Wan nodded, "For example, some people will have bruises on their faces after being smothered to death, but some people will not see any bruises on their faces when they are suffocated with pillows. That's the reason."
Speaking of this, Qin Wan said again, "And there is a horizontal scar on Meng Jin's stomach. I was wondering how it was caused during the autopsy. Now it seems that if Meng Jin happened to be pressed on a stone, wouldn't it be Just leave this trace?"
Zheng Baishi's eyes lit up immediately, and he said with great anticipation, "Maybe Nine Girls will come with us to the Meng Mansion?"
Qin Wan glanced at Yan Chi, and Yan Chi said, "It's still early, if you want, it's best to go with us."
Qin Wan nodded, "Okay then, let's go to Meng Mansion!"