"A man? He's six feet tall? Or a left-hander?" Huo Huaixin looked at the wedding dress on the table and asked doubtfully, "It's all about height, how does Hou know he's a left-hander?"
Yue Qiong picked up the wedding dress, "Look, brother Huo, this wedding dress was worn by that person. The wedding dress is brand new, only the left cuff has stains and scratched silk threads, but the right cuff has no. Let someone see it, this stain is the moss on the back wall of the plum garden, it must have been accidentally stained by the person when he was admitted to the hospital, the person must be careful in his wedding dress, and he must be left-handed to accidentally touch it on the left The cuffs left marks…”
Huo Huaixin took a closer look, his eyes lit up suddenly, "Master Hou is wise!"
Received this compliment, but Yue Qiong did not dare to accept it, the corners of her lips curled up, and her smile was slightly bitter, it was not his credit, but she was afraid of causing trouble for Qin Wan, so she omitted her part .
Huo Huaixin thought for a while, and then said, "Tonight's incident is strange, but it just happened to turn the case around. In the wedding procession of the Duke's Mansion, there are twenty low-level guards of honor and twenty guards. There are eight people including the nanny and the steward, six maidservants close to him, and the Mr. Wei who is sending him off to marry him and his two personal attendants. If it is true that the wedding dress is what the Marquis said, Ms. Song is well prepared. , then just ask her nanny in charge, and at the same time check out these guard servants one by one, wouldn't it be simple?"
Yue Qiong looked serious, "That's the reason, but brother Huo, what's the reason for this?" After a pause, Yue Qiong said cryptically, "That person pretended to be Miss Song's body, and he didn't go to me. I didn’t go to Jia’er, but I went to find an irrelevant... a servant in the mansion, who is very good, why scare a person who has nothing to do?"
Huo Huaixin didn't hear anything strange, and was about to speak when a loud voice sounded.
"Of course it is to create panic in the mansion. Lord Hou and Shi Ziye are surrounded by heavy guards, and it is difficult for that man to get close, so he went to the other servants to attack. He just needs to show up and let others see him."
Huo Ning stood aside, with a solemn expression on his face, "This matter is related to both the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis of Anyang's Mansion. This person may want to make matters worse and stir up disputes between the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis of Anyang's Mansion, or maybe It is to disturb the audiovisual and prevent us from investigating the case properly, but the servants of the Hou Mansion are smart and have remembered the characteristics of this person, so it is not difficult to find out."
With a determined look on Huo Ning's face, Huo Huaixin glared at Huo Ning, and smiled embarrassedly at Yue Qiong, "Forgive me, Lord Hou, the dog is interested in this case, and I'll let him follow along."
The corners of Yue Qiong's lips curved slightly, but she didn't care much, "It's a good thing that Huo Ning is young and promising, and wants to share your worries, but Huo Ning's meaning seems to be that the murderer is in the team of married people?"
Huo Ning hesitated for a moment, "This... I will only find out after checking, after all, Song Rou is the daughter of the Song family, and the wedding team, whether they are servants or guards, are all loyal to the Duke's mansion, there is no reason to harm her." Miss Song."
Yue Qiong nodded slightly, the government office of the case had already been filed, and Huo Huaixin was required to be present even to investigate, and said, "In this case, I will take brother Huo to Dongyuan. Right now, all the servants sent by Duke Song's mansion live in the house. There, Jia'er and Qing'er have already gone to count the number of guards and servants to ensure that there are not many of them."
Huo Huaixin's expression brightened, "Okay! If this person is found, even if he is not the murderer, he can provide important clues, then this case will be much simpler. Unlike now, I don't know where to start."
The person who died was the lady of Song Guogong's family, and was involved in Anyanghou's mansion. Huo Huaixin knew that it might not be a great achievement for him to handle the case well, but if he failed to handle it well, it would be a big mistake!
It has been three days since the crime happened, but he has no clue at all. When he was tossing and tossing in worry, something happened in the Hou's mansion. This was just right at home! Huo Huaixin is sure that this case will be solved in a few days!
Huo Huaixin followed Yue Qiong to Dongyuan with a happy face. The whole Dongyuan was brightly lit, and all the servants and guards of the Song family were put together. When Huo Huaixin arrived, Yue Qing was talking to the confused Wei Yanzhi.
"Brother Yan, it's not that I don't want to tell you the truth, but I have to wait for the magistrate..."
Said with a glance, "Ah, the magistrate is here!"
Wei Yanzhi also saw Huo Huaixin for the first time, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Zhifu, but there is a clue to Xiaorou's case?"
Wei Yanzhi was the leader of the wedding sending team this time, and he was here on behalf of the Duke of Song. Huo Huaixin did not dare to be disrespectful, but he really couldn't say anything, so he could only say, "Young Master Wei, don't worry, you are here tonight for this case. , On the night of the incident, I brought people here to ask you, but now something has changed, and I have to ask you again about some things."
Wei Yanzhi looked disappointed, and asked hoarsely, "How is Xiaorou?"
This question gave Huo Huaixin a shivers down his spine. Song Rou is dead, and his death is still so miserable. Now that he has been lying in Yizhuang for many days, it has long been difficult to see. How can there be any good or bad? Huo Huaixin smiled wryly, "Okay , everything is fine, the Yizhuang is still the incense hall set up by the young master that day, and the incense has not been broken for the past few days, and the young master of Song is mourning."
Wei Yanzhi gritted his teeth, and nodded in a difficult voice, "I also ask the magistrate to pay attention to it, and quickly find the murderer who killed Xiaorou and solve the case. I dreamed of Xiaorou for two consecutive nights. It is rare for her to be at peace. She came to Jinzhou Mansion alone, and now she is lying alone in the Yizhuang, her fragrance has faded away, and she can't even perform serious rituals. It's really... "
Huo Zhifu only felt that the pressure was quite high. Right now, he was just Wei Yanzhi. After a few days, when the serious Song Guogong came, he was afraid that he would put a knife on his neck and let him solve the case. Contemptuous, Mr. Wei also knows the rules of the government office to handle cases, the deceased can only be placed in Yizhuang before the case is found out, and Yizhuang is guarded, which is most beneficial to solving the case."
Wei Yanzhi nodded, and took a step back dejectedly, "Your Excellency, you can ask whatever you want. We will definitely cooperate fully and dare not hide anything."
Huo Huaixin was very satisfied with Wei Yanzhi, and ordered the ten or so yamen servants who followed him, "You, divide into two groups, and ask each one individually. Those who finish the questioning go out of the yard directly, and do not talk to the rest."
After all, Huo Huaixin had been an official for many years, and he had quite a set of rules and regulations. As soon as he issued his order, the yamen servants took action and used two vacant rooms in Dongyuan. talk.
Turning around, Huo Huaixin said again, "Go to Miss Song's nanny in charge and ask if she recognizes this wedding dress."
The wedding dress is in the hands of a Yamen's servant at the moment. As soon as Wei Yanzhi said this, he looked at the Yamen's servant's hand, and his pupils trembled.
Wei Yan took a step forward, "Wait a minute, where did you get this wedding dress?"
Huo Huaixin frowned and didn't answer the question, "Master Wei knows you?"
Wei Yanzhi stepped forward without hesitation, looked at the wedding dress, and immediately opened his eyes wide, "I recognize it! Why don't I recognize it! This is the handicraft of Jinxiufang in the capital. The embroidery patterns on it are all embroidered with gold thread. There are broken treasures embedded in the embroidery pattern, this wedding dress alone is worth tens of thousands of gold, we all met Xiao Rou day and night on the way to send the wedding, everyone would recognize that this wedding dress belonged to Xiao Rou!"
Speaking of which, Wei Yanzhi's face darkened, "Master Zhifu took Xiaorou's wedding dress?"
Huo Huaixin couldn't help twitching the corners of his lips a few times. Song Rou's body was parked in Yizhuang, but she had a different identity. Wei Yanzhi set up the incense hall the night it was parked. Not only that, but also said that the future people of the Duke's Mansion are not allowed to touch Song Rou Huo Huaixin wanted to change Song Rou's clothes, God knows how frightening it would be for a headless female corpse in red to stop in Yizhuang!
"Of course not, this is not the one on Miss Song!"
Wei Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't believe it, "Could it be... the one that Xiaorou has in spare?"
Huo Huaixin and Yue Qiong looked at each other, Huo Huaixin nodded, "It's very possible, that's why I called Miss Song's nanny in charge."
Wei Yan's face was dazed, "But... as far as I know, the wedding dress has never been taken out, so how could the magistrate get it?"
Huo Huaixin didn't answer, but said, "Young Master Wei will find out later."
While talking, someone has already called Song Rou's nurse in charge who is resting in another place.
Wei Yan's face was full of surprise, his eyes looked eagerly at the gate of the courtyard, and after a while, two women in dark blue narrow-sleeved skirts came in. There was quite a lot of activity in Dongyuan tonight, but the male and female servants did not live in the same place. , the two nuns didn't know what to ask them to come here, and they were feeling uneasy, but when they entered the courtyard, they saw the red wedding dress in Wei Yanzhi's hand!
Their faces turned pale, and the two nuns paused in horror.